Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

Sword light soars into the sky, piercing the cold palace gates; a blue rainbow dances, stirring up turbulent waves.

The sword's edge flashed, the cry of a crane resounded throughout the heavens and earth, and the brilliant blue-green sword light danced like a graceful dragon, instantly slaying the three-headed monster.

Jiang Sheng casually sheathed his sword, the Qingping Sword, still carrying a chilling, fishy scent, hidden its blade in its sheath.

After the spirits died, a strange fragrance wafted out. Jiang Sheng absorbed the fragrance, looked at the corpses of the three spirits in front of him, snorted softly, and walked straight forward without even looking at them.

Since crossing the 100,000-mile glacier to enter this new land, Jiang Sheng has killed countless snow spirits.

When Jiang Sheng first saw these spirits, he was quite curious.

After all, these spirits are all strangely shaped, with ethereal and illusory forms, roaming between heaven and earth. They either hide in the frost forest, conceal themselves under the ice river, or hide inside the ice pillar, and then launch a sneak attack on Jiang Sheng, an outsider.

It must be said that these spirits are first-rate at concealing their aura. Perhaps they are the spirits of heaven and earth born from this land, and their aura is perfectly hidden in the ice and snow and cold wind, making them difficult to distinguish. Even if one uses divine sense to perceive them, as long as these spirits can remain still, it is difficult to find their traces.

At first, Jiang Sheng was quite interested in examining the appearance of these monsters after they were killed, exploring their talents and supernatural abilities, and even observing the spiritual marks and Dao inscriptions in their bodies. He was also extremely wary of the fragrance that emanated from these monsters after they died.

However, as Jiang Sheng discovered that the fragrance resembled the aura of a precious elixir, and more and more spirits emerged to attack him, he became unsurprised.

Whether it was the unfamiliar aura of Jiang Sheng, an outsider, that made these spirits frantic, or their greed for the fresh, living blood on him, these spirits kept popping up as if eager for Jiang Sheng to slaughter them, to the point that Jiang Sheng had lost interest.

As he slayed monsters along the way, Jiang Sheng didn't know how much precious energy he had absorbed. Following the sword mark he had made, he arrived at the center of this domain. As expected, a continuous expanse of palaces and pavilions, like a fairyland, appeared before Jiang Sheng.

These palaces and pavilions are extremely similar to the Cold Profound Prison Realm.

Both are celestial palaces amidst towering peaks and shimmering pavilions, with a couplet hanging high above the palace gate in front of the continuous palace complex.

“A land of misty frost and cold, a palace of dazzling red splendor.”

Jiang Sheng softly recited the first and second verses of the poem for the palace gate, then looked at the plaque, which bore four large gilded characters: "Jade Delicacies."

"Frosty Realm".

"The Pill Domain, so this place is a place for alchemy."

Jiang Sheng's eyes lit up. He looked down from the air and saw neatly planned medicinal fields.

However, due to the passage of time, the medicinal plants in the field have long since disappeared. The spiritual plants have either rotted into ashes or the field has turned into frozen soil. Clearly, the lack of maintenance over the past 40,000 years has caused an imbalance of yin and yang in this pill field.

Even those yin-type and cold-type herbs planted in medicinal fields lose their vitality due to excessive coldness.

Shaking his head, Jiang Sheng strolled into the Pill Pavilion and began searching this alchemy grounds.

Jiang Sheng didn't have much hope of finding the elixir; he just hoped to find one or two volumes of the pill formulas from the previous Yuanhui, even if they were just a few incomplete volumes, which would still be beneficial.

And the result did not disappoint Jiang Sheng. In the main hall, Jiang Sheng found a scroll of elixir prescriptions on a broken table.

"Taiyin Danjing, Taiyin Shuanghun Dan".

"The main ingredients require one drop of Nine Heavens Moon Soul Dew, one 3,000-year-old Taiyin Cold Jade Mushroom, and three 1,000-year-old Frost Soul Condensing Grass; the auxiliary ingredients require three spoonfuls of 1,000-year-old Ice Crystal Jade Marrow, one 500-year-old You Tan Night Dew Flower, one ounce of Cold Star Sand, and one Ice Silkworm Shell."

"The guiding medicine is selected from the True Yin Water, supplemented by the Cold Jade Flowing Essence. The furnace is opened when the moon is full, and the pills are collected when the moon is at its fullest. The initial refining is done by warming the furnace with the True Yin Fire for three days, the middle refining is done by quenching with the True Moon Flame for seven days, and finally the True Spirit Fire is used to complete the pill."

"When the elixir is formed, the medicine is moon-white, with three rings of frost-like patterns on its surface and a cold lotus at the top. The elixir has a clear, cool, and refreshing fragrance that can awaken the mind and soothe the heart, nourish damaged meridians, and repair broken spirits."

"Forbidden. Those with a pure Yang constitution should not take the pill. Unless one is a cultivator of the Moon Cold Path or the Taiyin Method, one must nurture the pill with Sun Warm Jade for forty-nine days after taking it."

Looking at the prescription, Jiang Sheng's eyes lit up.

Taiyin Frost Soul Pill: Nourishes the meridians, repairs the spirit and soul, and refreshes the mind and heart.
This is a top-grade precious pill, and one that Jiang Sheng could refine even when he was in the Integration Realm!

After making a copy of the pill formula, Jiang Sheng searched the hall again. Although he did not find the pill formula, he did find a batch of cold jade boxes that were originally used to store the pills.

These jade boxes are all made of Taiyin Jade, which has the ability to seal spiritual energy and nurture precious elixirs.

Besides being used to refine the Cold Jade Pill Box, the core of the Taiyin Cold Jade is the Cold Jade Essence, a medicinal ingredient needed in many Taiyin Pill recipes.

After putting away the pill boxes, Jiang Sheng searched the pill pavilion again and finally copied thirteen chapters of Taiyin pill formulas. In addition to the Taiyin Frost Soul Pill, there were also a series of precious pills such as the Taiyin Ice Heart Pill, Moonlight White Dew Pill, Clear Frost Condensing True Pill, and Taiyin Upper Spirit Pill.

These precious pills can be used to protect the true spirit, maintain spiritual energy, nourish the soul and Dao heart, and enhance the Taiyin Dharma lineage. They are all indispensable precious pills and medicines for cultivating the Taiyin Dharma. Among them, the Taiyin Ice Heart Pill and the Clear Frost Condensing True Pill can be taken by non-Taiyin Dharma cultivators. They have great effects on maintaining the Dao heart and purifying the soul and condensing true essence.

Besides these pill formulas, Jiang Sheng also found a pill furnace in this pill pavilion specifically for refining the Taiyin Treasure Pill.

The alchemy furnace is thirteen feet tall and thirteen feet wide. It is cast from cold iron and black gold. Seventy-two kinds of magical restrictions and spiritual marks are engraved on the outside, and thirty-six immortal seal script and Dao patterns are engraved on the inside. Combined with the celestial sphere and connected with the eight trigrams, it is a superior alchemy furnace.

Although 40,000 years have passed and the alchemy furnace's rank has fallen to the Void Refining stage, Jiang Sheng is confident that after bringing it back to the Three Realms, he will have plenty of ways to raise the alchemy furnace's rank back to the Body stage, and it is not impossible for it to be elevated to the Mahayana stage.

Most importantly, this alchemy furnace was originally the one in the Pill Pavilion specifically for refining the Taiyin Treasure Pill. Jiang Sheng didn't need to refine a new furnace; he could use it right away without any worries.

Therefore, after putting the alchemy furnace into his sleeve, Jiang Sheng also instructed the four swords of Zhulu Xianjue to ensure that these four magical swords, which had long since developed sentience, would not damage the precious furnace.

Jiang Sheng then left Shuanghua Danjing and continued eastward.

As for the spirits that kept appearing along the way, which contained the fragrance of elixir, Jiang Sheng had a vague guess in his heart: these spirits might be the transformed spirits of the immortal herbs and precious pills in this Frost Blossom Elixir Realm.

After all, in the span of forty thousand years, some immortal herbs and precious pills have gained sentience and become spirits, which is why they contain such a unique fragrance, and are even of great benefit to Jiang Sheng.

However, this Frosty Realm ultimately has an owner. The Cold Frost Sovereign might be watching him from somewhere, so Jiang Sheng couldn't simply exterminate all the spirits in this region. He ignored those that didn't obstruct his path, and even those that did, as long as they didn't block his way, he wouldn't provoke them. Regardless of whether these spirits were immortal herbs or precious pills that had gained sentience, their growth was a testament to the protection of heaven and earth. Daoists revered nature and disliked indiscriminate killing. Even if such spirits were beneficial to Jiang Sheng, he wouldn't be greedy and insatiable.

While spiritual practice doesn't require purifying the mind and reducing desires, calming the mind and stopping desires is absolutely correct. Moreover, Jiang Sheng deeply understands a principle: everything in excess is as bad as deficiency. Gaining too much of a certain kind of thing is not a good thing; it will either disrupt the balance of yin and yang in a place or ruin one's own spiritual practice.

After all, Jiang Sheng's method is not solely based on Taiyin. Although consuming too much of these Yin and Cold-attribute precious pill energies may benefit Jiang Sheng's cultivation in the short term, it will undoubtedly affect his foundation in the long run.

"Although elixirs are good, too many are useless; everything in excess is as bad as too little."

"Others seek the Tao and search for precious medicines, while I contemplate the Dharma and comprehend its true meaning."

A clear and melodious voice echoed between heaven and earth. Jiang Sheng chuckled and crossed the Dan Domain, heading towards another world.

Jiang Sheng didn't know exactly how many realms the Taiyin Illusionary Realm contained.

Along the way, Jiang Sheng has crossed five different realms.

The Frosty Prison Realm, the Frosty Elixir Realm, the Moonlit Clear Water Realm, the Radiant Illusion Realm, and the Ice Flame Weapon Realm.

The Cold Profound Prison Realm is a place to imprison criminals; the Frost Blossom Pill Realm is a place to refine pills; the Moon Clear Water Realm is a place to cultivate the water magic of the moon; the Radiant Illusion Realm is a dreamlike and hazy place; and the Ice Flame Weapon Realm is a place to cultivate the cold flame and refine magical artifacts.

Among the five realms, Jiang Sheng found cultivation techniques in the Cold Profound Prison Realm, pill formulas in the Frosty Radiance Pill Realm, comprehended the Dao of Taiyin Profound Water in the Moon Clear Water Realm, refined his mind with hazy illusions in the Radiant Illusion Realm, and found the Cold Flame Weapon Furnace in the Ice Flame Weapon Realm.
Along the way, Jiang Sheng gained a lot, and at the same time, he also gained a clearer understanding of the Taiyin Method.

As Jiang Sheng crossed the Ice Flame Realm and arrived in a completely new world, he saw the cold moonlight in the sky and a forest of cold bamboo everywhere he looked.

Bamboo stalks are shrouded in a cold mist, and the frosty air reflects the shimmering light of colorful glass.

Jiang Sheng walked through the bamboo forest, sensing the chilling sensation that seeped into his very bones and soul.

This chill was not the fierce, blizzard-like cold that Jiang Sheng had encountered before, which seemed to freeze people solid. Although it was cold, it still had a refreshing quality, making people's minds clear and their spirits bright.

As Jiang Sheng's divine sense spread out, he discovered that this world was completely covered by a sea of ​​bamboo, and in the very center of the world was a lake, seemingly a place where moonlight shone through.

As you traverse through the bamboo forest, the woods are serene and mysterious, teeming with life yet utterly silent, as if apart from that one lake, there is no other place where life can flourish.

After passing through the bamboo forest and arriving at the lake, Jiang Sheng's eyes flashed with azure-gold light as he gazed at the lake, which seemed to be formed from the convergence of moonlight. The light pierced through the lake and revealed the palaces and pavilions at the bottom of the lake.

The central palace of this world is hidden deep at the bottom of the lake.

As Jiang Sheng discovered the location of the palace, a voice drifted over: "Now that we're here, let's come down."

Her voice was clear and cold, yet it contained a hint of warmth.

As this sound rang out, ripples spread across the lake, and the lake was parted by an invisible force, forming a path leading to the palace at the bottom of the lake.

Jiang Sheng was not afraid. The more he experienced in this Taiyin Illusion, the more confident he became.

Upon arriving at the underwater palace, Jiang Sheng, as usual, saw a couplet on the gate.

"A place where bamboo nurtures spiritual energy, and where moonlight condenses into a celestial pool."

"Bamboo Clear Palace".

Jiang Sheng read the plaque above the palace gate softly; this was the first time he had ever encountered such a plaque.

Previously, these were all referred to as "the realm of so-and-so" or "the domain of so-and-so," but this place is uniquely called "Palace."

Only here, there is a familiar ethereal aura, as if living beings exist.

Doesn't this mean that the layout here is unique even within the Taiyin Illusionary Realm?
As he pondered, the palace gates opened to Jiang Sheng. Stepping into the palace, Jiang Sheng discovered that the layout and arrangement of the halls and pavilions were very similar to the Taiyin Palace where the Cold Frost Palace Goddess resided.

It could even be said that this palace, apart from being smaller than the Taiyin Palace, is almost a replica of the Taiyin Palace, only smaller in size.

As Jiang Sheng entered the palace and stepped onto the cold jade steps, lanterns along the way lit up with a soft glow, and the jade railings and corridors shone with a clear light. The entire palace seemed to come alive with Jiang Sheng's arrival.

On the frozen pond and pavilion, the ice and snow melted, magnolias and lilies swayed in the breeze, and lotus blossoms bloomed in abundance. The toads croaked, rabbits roamed in groups, laurel trees stood in groves, and willows provided shade. Among the pavilions and towers, exotic flowers bloomed fragrantly, and rare herbs exuded freshness. At the sacred pool and hot spring, embroidered screens and celestial maidens appeared as if in a painting.
As Jiang Sheng ventured deeper into the palace, he could see layers of light gauze curtains automatically closing to reveal the passageway ahead. Each time Jiang Sheng took a step forward, the gauze curtains behind him would close and fall back down.

As you walk forward, the gauze curtains and draperies in the corridors and palaces unfold like ripples on the water, creating a fragrant atmosphere. Spiritual birds dance, celestial mist hangs like clouds, and lamps twinkle like stars. Everything you see is exquisite and dreamlike, almost exactly what every cultivator imagines of a palace on the moon.

As Jiang Sheng continued forward, his sense of vigilance gradually decreased until it disappeared completely.

Moreover, as Jiang Sheng continued to move forward, the Yin energy on his body became increasingly solid.

The wind, thunder, water, and fire energy that Jiang Sheng originally possessed had unknowingly transformed into pure and refined Taiyin energy. The Taiyin precious pill energy he had absorbed earlier had also transformed into Taiyin magic power, which continuously surged out from Jiang Sheng's limbs and bones.

The Yin-Yang Calamity Extinction power that Jiang Sheng originally possessed, refined by the Yin-Yang Calamity Extinction Three Transformations Five Elements Mystic Method, was now constantly transforming into wisps of moonlight cold energy, forming flawless and pure Taiyin Moonlight Cold Power.

Behind Jiang Sheng's head, the Four Symbols Dao Wheel, forged from wind, thunder, water, and fire, was also tainted by the cold moonlight, gradually transforming into the Taiyin Moonlight Dao Wheel, which hung high in the sky.

At this moment, as the Yin energy around Jiang Sheng grew stronger and stronger, and as the moonlight cleansed his bones and meridians, the already aloof Jiang Sheng became even more ethereal and indifferent. Coupled with his bone structure that even the Cold Frost Sovereign admired, Jiang Sheng resembled a flawless Yin immortal.

The jade crown, adorned with stars, shimmered with subtle brilliance; the black robe with lotus patterns rippled with layers of clear light; and the bamboo-patterned cloud and crane skirt floated like a flying crane.
Unbeknownst to him, Jiang Sheng had completely changed. As Jiang Sheng continued to move forward, the Moon Palace Fairies and Cold Palace Immortals that appeared on both sides bowed down to him and addressed him as Young Lord.

As Jiang Sheng finally reached the depths of this palace, arriving before the palace forged from ice crystals and carved from cold jade, a graceful, aloof, and noble figure slowly emerged as the palace doors opened.

At this moment, the entire celestial palace was fully revived, and all living beings bowed down in unison, fervently welcoming the return of their supreme being:
"Welcome to the Moon Goddess Taiyin Guanghan!" (End of Chapter)