Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

Refining the essence, qi, and spirit through the three calamities, and uniting the body through the five difficulties and five barriers.

To attain immortality and eternal youth, one must be immortal and possess all the power of magic.

Those with liver wood in their constitution live long, while those with heart fire live forever.

In all the heavens and myriad realms, in the chaotic universe, who can remain unmoved by the allure of immortality?
After attaining the longevity of the Azure Emperor, Jiang Sheng said he was not in a hurry, but the decline of his lifespan was imminent. Jiang Sheng had also deduced the barrier of heart fire and tried to transform liver wood into heart fire.

However, he was previously troubled by the fact that his breakthrough was too short and his realm was unstable. In addition, with a great battle imminent, Jiang Sheng could not concentrate on breaking through to the second tribulation. Therefore, there was always a shackle on the second tribulation realm.

This shackle must be comprehended with a Daoist heart, worn down by the passage of time, and ground down with Daoist practice, before it can be broken through repeated impacts and one can overcome the decline of lifespan.

But now, this Daoist struggle between the Pure Yang powerhouses at the Dao Realm has given Jiang Sheng enough insights. Observing the Pure Yang's demonstration of the Dao and comprehending the key to his own existence, Jiang Sheng was able to directly break free of his shackles.

What Jiang Sheng lacked was never enlightenment or a Daoist heart.

The only thing Jiang Sheng has always lacked is time.

Whether judging from his cultivation level in the Void Refinement stage or the Integration stage, Jiang Sheng is far too young.

At less than 1,800 years old, while ordinary beings are still barely at the stage of Nascent Soul, Jiang Sheng has already leaped over Nascent Soul, Dharma Aspect, and Void Refinement to reach the Body Integration stage, and is even preparing to break through the tribulation again.

In terms of supernatural abilities, innate talent, and comprehension, Jiang Sheng was never inferior. However, the accumulation of knowledge and experience over the years was something Jiang Sheng lacked.

After all, Jiang Sheng had never encountered any insurmountable barriers or shackles when breaking through realms, so he didn't have much time to accumulate experience.

But in this battle of the Dao, the mastery of the Great Dao, the understanding of the laws, and the practice of their own paths by each of the Pure Yang Daoists were all revealed to Jiang Sheng.

Jiang Sheng could say that through this Daoist debate, he saw the Daoist will and intention of many who upheld the pure Yang Dao, and the profound meaning of the Dao they practiced.

The struggle for the Dao is not merely a contest of supernatural powers and methods, or a struggle for the authority of the Great Dao. Rather, it is a demonstration of the Dao by the Pure Yang beings, and a manifestation of their own practice. It is a clash between Pure Yang beings who use the essence and rhyme of their own Dao and their own fruits as weapons to confront other beings who walk on the same Great Dao.

The struggle over the Great Dao has affected all the heavens and myriad realms.

Jiang Sheng could clearly see the water and fire in the world changing, and the stars twisting.
If the conflict between the Great Dao of Fire and the Great Dao of Stars was limited to a few adjacent Great Daos, then the clash between Dao Lord Dejing and Dao Lord Hunxuan over the Great Daos of Water and Fire, and the struggle for the Great Dao of Yin and Yang, was no longer limited to the Great Daos of Water and Fire and the Great Dao of Yin and Yang.

Through the Yin-Yang Great Dao, the Great Daos of Water, Fire, Wind, Cloud, Thunder, and many others were affected. The chaotic universe was filled with the collision and roar of the Great Daos. The waves of the River of Time had swept through the Great Thousand Worlds and were beginning to spread to the Middle and Small Thousand Worlds.

Jiang Sheng gazed at the corner of the Dao struggle revealed in the sky. With his current level of cultivation, he couldn't really see much, but the corner he could sense was enough to shock him.

Jiang Sheng originally started with water magic, and then cultivated wind, thunder, water and fire as his foundation. In addition, the four pure yang Dao seeds in Jiang Sheng's body made him exceptionally sensitive to wind, thunder, water and fire.

At this moment, in the sky, layer upon layer of laws intertwined: the crimson flames of Daoist Feiyang and the purple fire of Daoist Chixiao; the starry sea of ​​Daoist Dianxing and the galaxy of Daoist Yueheng; the yin and yang of Daoist Hunxuan and the water and fire of Daoist Dejing.
Amidst the clash of Dao Lords, the various Great Daos intertwined, and layers upon layers of laws crisscrossed, covering the sky of the Nine Provinces Realm layer upon layer, constantly writing their own Dao and proclaiming their own laws between heaven and earth.

Jiang Sheng saw crimson flames burning the sky, with a great sun emerging from the sea of ​​fire; Jiang Sheng saw purple flames surging, with purple lotuses swaying between the sea and sky; Jiang Sheng saw the vast sea of ​​stars, with countless stars condensing like celestial gods; Jiang Sheng saw the Milky Way turning, with brilliant stars hanging upside down like bolts of silk.
Gazing at the Pure Yang Dao Contest above the sky, sensing the ineffable authority of the Great Dao, and listening to the astonished exclamations of the surrounding True Monarchs, even Jiang Sheng, whose heart was usually as calm as still water, felt a surge of heroic spirit inexplicably arise:
Three thousand years have passed, three thousand years of present and future, I can take my place!
The rushing sound swept across the heavens, shaking the universe.

Every wave on the river of time is enough to destroy a world, and every ripple on the river of time will devour countless lives.

The river of time, which runs through the past and present, flows through countless years, and connects all the heavens and the myriad worlds, has never appeared alone.

As time flows on, fate, cause and effect, and calamities inevitably follow.

This long river, flowing for hundreds of millions of years, has witnessed the destruction of countless eras, the collapse of countless Pure Yang holy lands, and the fall of countless Pure Yang masters.

Even the pure Yang beings who claim to transcend the Three Realms and are not bound by the Five Elements, even the Daoist Lords and Buddhas who endure countless eons without being worn down and who disregard fate and cause and effect, are nothing more than a handful of sand in the long river of time.

At this moment, on the vast and colorful surface of the River of Time, which stretched as far as the eye could see, Daoist Chixiao and Daoist Feiyang faced each other from afar.

The two Daoist masters seemed to be far away, yet also very close at hand.

The river of time surged forth with a metallic roar, like thunder and galloping beasts, with waves of time crashing against the space and time on both sides, shaking the chaotic universe.

With his right hand holding the Crimson Sky Sword of Karma-Slaying, and his left hand supporting the Eight Scenery Glazed Lamp, Crimson Sky Dao Lord spread out from beneath his feet, rapidly unfolding across the River of Time to form a vast sea of ​​lotuses that almost covered the entire river surface.

As purple fire lotuses swayed, wisps of the Eight Scenery Heavenly Fire rose and flowed, transforming around Dao Lord Chixiao into Dao seals and Dao traces. Countless laws densely manifested around Dao Lord Chixiao, forming a vast and boundless celestial book of laws.

It was the Eight Views Crimson Heaven Dao Lord who spoke the Eight Views Fire Virtue True Scripture! Although at this moment the fire lotus covered the light and time, and the Daoist teachings were manifested in the heavens, the Crimson Heaven Dao Lord looked completely ordinary.

The Pure Yang True Body Dharma Form, formed by the interweaving of countless laws and Dao inscriptions, manifests in the long river of time, illuminating all the heavens and myriad realms. That vast and majestic Pure Yang Dharma Form has long since engaged in a contest with the Flying Yang Dao Lord in countless past years.

The same applies to Daoist Feiyang.

Above Feiyang Daojun's head were ten bright, blazing suns, while behind him, formed from billions of laws, was a vast and unfathomable Dao scripture.

Luminous Flying Sun Daoist speaks of the True Scripture of the Crimson Flame Great Sun!
At this moment, the Daoist conflict between Daoist Chixiao and Daoist Feiyang is an attack launched by both sides based on their own understanding and experience of the Great Dao of Fire, using their own Daoist scriptures as the foundation.

Above the long river of time, the swaying fiery lotus and the bright sun in the sky collided and reflected each other. The billions of cloud-script laws in the two Daoist scriptures also flew out from the scriptures, transforming into torrents of laws from all directions and launching an impact.

The dense laws collided and eroded each other continuously. Each clash between the laws was a contest of wills and a battle of Dao hearts between the two Dao Lords.

Daoist Chixiao raised his hand and lifted the Chixiao Slaying Sword, saying loudly, "The way of fire is not a cruel and tyrannical path, nor is it a domineering practice. It is to be benevolent and virtuous, nurture all things and bless the world, so as to prove the origin of all things."

Feiyang Daojun laughed disdainfully: "Taiyi is the way of nature, impartial and unbiased. Fire is the supreme and righteous, capable of punishing the world and intimidating all evil. How can you speak of it as cruel and domineering?"

As he spoke, boundless crimson flames erupted from the World-Suppressing Golden Seal in Feiyang Daojun's hand. As streams of crimson flames entered the Flowing Bright World-Burning Mirror, the Golden Crow, whose origin had been damaged, revived and let out a cry that resounded throughout the heavens.

Immediately afterwards, the Golden Crow spread its wings, and the ten bright suns above the head of Daoist Feiyang rotated continuously as the Golden Crow soared through the sky, with the Golden Crow seemingly being conceived within each sun.

As the golden crow cried out in the sky, wisps of Yang Flame essence entered the great sun, making the ten great suns seem to come alive, all emitting cries.

Daoist Chixiao raised his eyebrows and looked over. He saw that the rudiments of golden crows had already been conceived within the ten great suns. Once Daoist Feiyang truly conceived these ten golden crows, it would be difficult to stop him.

Ten golden crows, capable of burning away even time itself.

Feiyang Daojun laughed and said, "Chixiao, once my ten golden crows have attained enlightenment, that will be the time for me to seize your Dao fruit!"

Looking at the golden crows that kept circling and crying around the ten great suns, Dao Lord Chixiao had great doubts: With Dao Lord Feiyang's cultivation, could he really have nurtured ten golden crows?
"Feiyang, you want to nurture ten golden crows? You should know that even the Heavenly Emperor of the Three Realms has not done so. Where do you get your confidence?"

"Besides, how could I sit idly by and watch you give birth to the Golden Crow?"

As Daoist Chixiao spoke, wisps of purple heavenly fire began to swirl around the Chixiao Karma-Slaying Sword in his hand. The vast purple heavenly fire converged to form the Karma-Slaying Technique: "Fire Virtue - Karma-Slaying Fruit!"

In an instant, a raging fire line pierced through the universe and rushed straight to the past on the long river of time.

This line of fire was not aimed at the ten great suns above Feiyang Daojun's head, but at the golden crow that kept circling.

As the line of fire streaked through the air, Fei Yang Daojun, sensing the overwhelming power of its destructive force, changed his expression and immediately threw out the World-Suppressing Golden Seal in his hand.

In an instant, the blazing fire line and the World-Suppressing Golden Seal disappeared together, entering the past.

Ten thousand years ago, in a world, the sun rose in the east and set in the west. Countless years later, a golden crow was conceived and formed within the sun, becoming the destined ruler of this world.

As the Golden Crow opened its eyes, just as it was about to spread its wings and fly out from the sun, a magnificent golden seal descended from the sky, containing immeasurable power to suppress it.

The golden crow was initially alarmed, but then regained its composure: it knew that the golden seal was not meant to suppress it, but to protect it.

Jinwu was still somewhat confused. This golden seal was so majestic and imposing, like the sun in the sky with boundless power, capable of suppressing the universe and deterring all evil. What kind of being wanted to kill it under this seal?
Just as the Golden Crow was filled with doubt, a line of fire suddenly tore through space and time, piercing straight through the great sun that had given birth to the Golden Crow. Before the Golden Crow could find an answer to its confusion, it vanished into thin air along with the collapse of the great sun.

Only then did the golden seal realize what was happening, and in its rage, it smashed down, reducing this world to dust. At the same time, the golden seal itself vanished without a trace.

Meanwhile, thirteen thousand years ago, in a certain world, something within the only great sun in that world planted a seed. Immediately afterward, a line of fire surged forth, pulverizing the great sun and the seed within it.

From then on, this world was plunged into darkness, and then a colossal seal covered the sky, turning this world into dust.

Fifteen thousand years ago, just as a great sun was about to rise in this world, it seemed as if some being cast its gaze upon it. In no time at all, the sun, which had just risen into the sky, was torn apart by a line of fire that appeared from nowhere, and that line of fire disappeared into who-knows-where.

In a short while, another golden seal appeared. This time, the golden seal did not destroy the world, but instead replaced the great sun as the sun of this world.

Within the golden seal, something descended with divine intent; in the formless and intangible realm, a divine bird began to gestate. (End of Chapter)