Taoist Master Xuanhuang

The meaning of a ghost ship is simply: meaningless and meaningless.

As the originator of the Abyss cultivators, he himself couldn't possibly control even a few rebels.

To be honest, he had anticipated this long ago, but the good thing is that this is the era.

This era is incredibly favorable for a lineage patriarch like him, especially given that he can provide visualization diagrams.

As long as the cultivator is still comprehending the visualization diagram, it is impossible for them to escape his control; that is impossible.

The origins of the Xuanhuang method are similar in their profound meaning.

In a distorted world, cultivation requires a suppressive object; otherwise, with the existence of a distorted heavenly will, it would be impossible for the group of cultivators to be born.

This issue was discussed a long time ago.

Unless you can suppress yourself with your own will, or you achieve sainthood with fourth-order willpower, there is no other way.

The reason why Xuanhuang is so outrageous is not only because his will has always been stronger than his cultivation level, but also because of the suppression of his golden divine soul.

This is the decisive key.

Is there any cultivator who can achieve what Xuanhuang did, where their will is always stronger than their cultivation level?

Someone can definitely do it.

It seems impossible at present because the timeline is very short. In the vast universe and the endless river of time, there must be many things that can be done.

There are definitely beings with exceptional talent in terms of willpower, whose willpower strength consistently surpasses their cultivation level; that's for sure.

But is it possible to achieve what Xuanhuang did, suppressing the world at the first level of true will?

That definitely won't work.

Previously, there was another type of cultivator in the entire cultivation system called a magic weapon cultivator.

The reason why cultivators with magical artifacts can become extraordinary is because they use magical artifacts to suppress evil spirits.

However, the drawbacks are also obvious: there is a very low upper limit and a very low quantity.

The people of the world of gods and demons led by Ji Zhongfu could only suppress a thousand extraordinary beings, which is why they were defeated by the four realms of demons, ghosts, and barbarians.

Logically speaking, the Space Heart was originally a fourth-order being, and regardless of its willpower, its strength far surpassed that of Xuanhuang.

Why can't there be more repression?

That's why there's an upper limit.

As for Xuanhuang, there is no upper limit at all.

The reason is that the conceptual ability of the golden divine soul is not simply the strength of the first-order true will before the Xuanhuang realm.

As long as cultivators still need to visualize objects to suppress their desires during cultivation, it means that the Heavenly Dao of this world is incomplete and still has great flaws and distortions.

As long as there are still flaws and distortions, cultivators must comprehend and contemplate the object.

The object of contemplation is the very essence of this world.

Removing the object of visualization is like removing the foundation from a skyscraper; it will collapse immediately.

As long as the object of the Abyss cultivators' visualization remains the image of the Ghost Ship, the Ghost Ship will not fear any cultivators rebelling.

Just destroy it directly; there's no difficulty involved.

Therefore, this is a good era, the best era for the lineage masters. (Those without their own visualization diagrams do not count.)
Even if it is a rebellion, it requires the Heavenly Dao to successfully transform and advance, and the world to return to a complete and perfect state. At that time, cultivators will no longer need to visualize objects, and the Heavenly Dao will be balanced.

The cultivation world is currently inseparable from Xuanhuang. Even for cultivators who enter the Dao through techniques, the three great gods still provide the Lesser Heavenly Dao.

Ultimately, it all comes down to the mysterious and the primordial.

The Heavenly Dao is all primordial and ethereal, so how could any cultivator rebel against primordial and ethereal principles? This question simply doesn't exist.

This problem doesn't exist on the ghost ship either.

If the cultivators of the abyss want to rebel, let's wait until the world is whole again, and then we won't rely on the ghost ship concept diagram.

Only then will there be a possibility of resistance.

However, this possibility has also been eliminated.

Do you remember the Xuanhuang visualization diagram? When entering a higher level, the divine soul is suppressed and the visualized object exists in the divine soul. However, when you reach the first level, the visualized object will be integrated into the cultivator's dantian.

It has become the foundation for supporting the dantian; how can one get rid of this?

Getting rid of it is like destroying your dantian (energy center), and destroying your dantian is like self-destruction, isn't it?

Moreover, this is only the first-order Xuanhuang level; a second-order cultivator is a step further.

The visualized object not only merges into the dantian, but also gradually integrates into the soul, will, flesh and blood, and everything else as the cultivator's cultivation progresses.

The higher one's cultivation level, the deeper the visualized object becomes integrated, making it impossible to break free.

This isn't just Xuanhuang deliberately manipulating cultivators. After all, what's the point of manipulating cultivators? Who is worth manipulating by Xuanhuang?

There is really no other way, the reason lies in the incompleteness of the Way of Heaven.

An incomplete Heavenly Dao has no balance, and the Xuanhuang visualization object merely serves to replace the complete Heavenly Dao.

If cultivators do not use the visualization diagram of Xuanhuang, they can only use the rules of the Heavenly Dao for balance.

In fact, they are the same; one is subject to the laws of nature, and the other is subject to the laws of heaven.

In any case, we are all subject to others.

It's impossible for a cultivator to grow stronger from childhood without relying on external aids; that's simply not true.

Unless a being is born at the seventh rank, the very foundation of its own cycle, it must rely on its environment to become stronger.

The environment that provides this cultivation environment is the world in which one exists, which is the Heavenly Dao or consciousness.

The cultivators had already seen through this problem.

Without the Dao Lord, cultivation is impossible. And if one can cultivate, one might feel that the Dao Lord is bad for suppressing one's cultivation.

Want to eat farts? Nothing is perfect.

The Dao Lord is the Heavenly Dao, and cultivators have already accepted this fact.

Compared to the illusory and supreme Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao of the Dao Lord seems to be easier to approach.

As long as one doesn't deliberately oppose the Dao Lord, the Dao Lord's suppression of everything is clearly better than the Heavenly Dao's suppression of everything.

Another theory is that the moment when the Heavenly Dao is fully restored will be the moment when they create innate beings.

This statement is based on evidence.

The world is currently undergoing a transformation, or rather, it is at the very beginning of a world, a time of chaos and disorder.

When heaven and earth return to their original state and the Way of Heaven returns, it will surely be a new era of the Way of Heaven.

They naturally became innate beings?

Just like in the beginning of the primordial world, before the Heavenly Dao was born.

This view is widely accepted by monks.

Our perception of something can change over time.

During the Tang Dynasty, a copper coin was worthless, even if it had been touched by Emperor Taizong. But in modern times, this same copper coin is very valuable. This is the change that occurs with the passage of time.

Currently, the cultivation world also has the term "innate beings," but this term is mostly used to refer to realm deities, beings born at the fourth rank, or beings that have condensed innate qi seeds.

But as time goes by, who dares to say that as long as they live, they can't become the innate beings in the eyes of later generations?

Humanity, at least, deserves this title. Under the workings of the universe, humanity should belong to the old era, destined to be swept into the dust of history.

But it was under the guidance of Xuanhuang that humanity gradually became what later generations of beings considered innate beings—this was the greatest reversal of fortune.

Closer to home.

The ghost ship has the confidence to not be afraid. It is here to develop subordinate cultivators, make up for its own shortcomings, and gather fortune, not to be overthrown.

If they were to be overtaken, that would be disastrous.

However, it's not bad if rebels occasionally stand up; it's a kind of fun.

Fun, absolutely.

Ghost Ship treats potential rebellion as a pastime; he enjoys adventure and excitement, and might even deliberately provoke such people to appear.

It's still a matter of his nature; someone who thrives on chaos can't be too detached.

……

"What should we do? Is this the interior of the Ghost Ship's main body? Such a strong style, I like it."

"Is the dangerous-looking airflow on the outside the abyss? It must be. I felt locked on after just one glance, and it seems like I can't get rid of it."

"Hehehe, you've come to the right place! My demonic path is indeed about to rise again, hahaha..."

"Old Ghost, I knew you'd come. I thought you were dead."

"Hmph, Du'e, even if you die, I won't die! I heard you went abroad, how are you doing, living a carefree life?"

"What carefree life? There are annoying righteous cultivators everywhere, they're utterly detestable. I can't even take a break when I want to. These people are really boring."

"..."

Suddenly I realized they weren't good people at all.

Many people are bad people themselves, but they don't admit that they are bad people and always think that they are good people.

I'm such a good person, and suddenly I find that everyone on the ghost ship is a bad guy.

They're all the same kind of people, and suddenly everyone feels a bit troublesome.

So, we can relieve some stress by talking and discussing.

Although I don't admit that I'm a scoundrel, I do agree that everyone around me is a jerk, and I should be careful when I'm with this bunch of jerks.

Some evil and heretical people even had such thoughts.

Could it be that Lord Ghost Ship wants to get rid of me... no, some trashy demons and heretics? So he came up with this plan to wipe out... no, I'm innocent, and to eliminate all these bastards in one fell swoop?

This can't be! I'm innocent! I'm a good person!

I'm not like those bastards.

It's no wonder some cultivators thought that way, given the familiar faces and auras they encountered.

They are all somewhat notorious heretics. Even if you don't know them, just by looking at their sinister aura, you can tell that they are definitely not good people.

suddenly!

"Hehehe, my children, you have finally come!"

The dome cracked open with a black, gaping wound, and a foul wind, carrying the salty stench of the rotting sea, poured into the city. First, rust seeped from the glazed tiles, then the ghostly flames along the road suddenly turned green, and many cultivators' protective jade pendants or talismans shattered one after another.

Calamities are always foreshadowed in the smallest details.

Boom! Inside the enormous ghost ship, it was like an infinitely vast world. The streets, where death energy had accumulated for hundreds of miles, arched up inch by inch, and the underground dragon veins emitted painful howls.

Not far away, on a giant mountain with a face like a demon, thirty-six streams of liquid spiritual essence surged upwards from a crack into the sky, like a group of dragons rushing to their deaths into a suddenly appearing abyss vortex.

In the center of the whirlpool, the rotten bow of a ship covered in barnacles slowly emerged, the word "Bad Luck" etched on the bow like flowing pus and blood.

The entire colossal ship was forged from the molten bones of billions of people, with sails of dragon corpses, dried like cured meat, hanging from its masts. The hull constantly flickered between reality and illusion: what appeared to be rotting teak wood would transform into the ribs of a giant beast in the blink of an eye, and upon closer inspection, it would become a distorted fold of space.

The most terrifying sight was the shadow swaying by the ship's railing—half-human figures with limbs tangled in fishing nets, their empty eye sockets teeming with what looked like a school of fish emerging from the abyss.

Crash... The rusty anchor crashed down in the square where 100,000 people were gathered.

The anchor chain leaves an irreparable scar where it scrapes.

Mold spots appeared on the jade bricks, the dragon pillar and the dragon eye spirit stone quickly turned gray, and several cultivators who couldn't avoid it instantly turned white-haired and their skin turned white, and half of their cultivation was swept away by the illusory anchor chain!

"Ah, no, no..." came the old Taoist's shrill scream from one of the cultivators.

The market buildings, composed of eyeballs suspended in the clouds, melted like wax, their entire bodies shedding bluish-black tears.

Suddenly, a blood-red lantern appeared at the bow of the ship. Under the light, dozens of illusory anchor chains pierced the void. Cultivators who reacted instinctively or tried to fight back were hooked out from the spatial interlayer and hoisted onto the ship's side like fish!
Until a huge circle drawn with black blood gathered a ghostly light, iron chains shot out from the void, like chains of law that had once subdued ancient ferocious beasts, and landed on the black blood circle, like seventy-two iron towers standing tall.

At this moment, the substance wrapped around the hull emitted a teeth-grinding corrosive sound, and the ship came to a slight stop.

"No manners! Who let you out of this circle?"

"quiet!"

The cultivators then realized that those who had just died seemed to be cultivators outside the circle of pus and blood, as well as some who had fought back in a reaction to the stress.

But I really didn't notice that blood-red circle just now.

A sudden, deathly silence fell.

At this moment, the ghost ship's deck burst open its riddled gates, and what surged forth was not demonic soldiers, but a viscous tide of misfortune. Where the black tide passed, jade turned to dust, and the bodies of the dead cultivators and their flying swords rusted into iron slag.

Even more deadly was the boundless fear that arose in their hearts: first-level cultivators began to vomit fragments of their internal organs for no reason, and deep, demonic cracks appeared on the hearts of second-level high-level cultivators! It was as if misfortune had corrupted their souls.

Suddenly, the sound of a funeral conch shell came from the hull of the ship, and pale white ephemera bloomed on the decaying hull, and a majestic body shrouded in black mist slowly appeared.

His gaze swept over everyone, and the boundless pressure and the tide of misfortune slowly dissipated.

The monks were then jolted awake from their boundless fear and trembling.

Suddenly, I realized that at least several hundred fellow cultivators had died.

At this moment, he was even more certain of his previous guess: the ghost ship was there to sweep away these evil heretics and demons, not to open a lineage or recruit subordinate cultivators.

【Why go to such lengths? Why go to such lengths? Do you really need to use these precious treasures to advertise for us little shrimps and demons? If you want to destroy us, why put on this whole show?】

This is the sentiment shared by countless cultivators.

I don't deserve to do this; what have I done to deserve it?

"Do not doubt it, it is indeed I who opened the Abyss Lineage and recruited subordinate cultivators... However, my subordinates are different, very different."

As if it could see through everyone's thoughts, the ghost ship used such an opening to show the difference of the abyss cultivators.

As for the hundreds of innocent people who died, they are dead and that's that. Since they were different subordinate cultivators, there was no need for them to be treated the same as other subordinate cultivators.

They immediately set a standard, defining us Abyss cultivators as being in such a chaotic state.

The ghost ship thought about it for a long time before coming up with this opening.

It's just that the wear and tear is quite significant.

Fortunately, the cultivators who came were, if not all of them were evil or heretical, but most of them were, and they were able to accept such cruelty and brutality. If it had been an ordinary cultivator, they would have been killed long ago.

Moreover, the hundreds of deaths should not be dismissed as mere bad luck.

These hundreds of people are simply not worth mourning.

...(End of chapter)