Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

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The bells tolled solemnly, and the chimes rang out melodiously.

The shrine was solemn and majestic, with tall and magnificent pavilions and towers that displayed the grandeur of a divine court. The murals in the vermilion walls and corridors were exquisite, depicting the gods and immortals who worshipped the Sun God.

As Jiang Sheng walked through the vermilion-walled corridors, the towering palace walls seemed like two insurmountable barriers, confining him to the narrow canyon. As Jiang Sheng continued to walk, the immortals and gods engraved on the palace walls seemed to come alive, casting their gazes upon him and staring intently at him.

Such indescribable, mountain-like pressure would naturally cause ordinary people to feel fear and perhaps even start recalling all the sins and mistakes they have committed in their lives, causing cracks to appear in their Dao heart. But for Jiang Sheng, this kind of method is nothing more than a drop in the ocean.

“The images of immortals and gods are depicted with lacquer and ink to enhance their power; the long corridors and palaces are created to continuously increase the aura of the immortals and gods and exert immense pressure; finally, the eyes of living beings are added to discern the true nature of the passersby and test their Dao heart. If a person is guilty of heinous crimes, under the gaze of the immortals and gods, if their Dao heart is flawed, the Yang Fire will spontaneously ignite and burn them to ashes.”

"The stone used for the palace wall, the paint and ink used, and the array used are all top-grade immortal materials. It is truly the work of a Daoist master and is enviable."

As Jiang Sheng spoke, he allowed the thousands of majestic immortals to focus their gaze on him, maintaining his own speed, neither hurried nor slow, as if intentionally sensing the pressure of this palace wall.

Although those whose hearts are clouded and whose souls are confused will be ignited by the true fire of the sun here, this passage is not only for this purpose.

Jiang Sheng could clearly sense that as he continued to move forward, the overwhelming pressure was constantly tempering his flesh and bones, and the scrutinizing gaze of all the immortals and gods was also forging his soul.

Even Jiang Sheng's physical body, reshaped by the fruit of a minor world, and his resilient soul, comparable to a Five Tribulation True Monarch, could sense the tempering effect, which is enough to show the extraordinary nature of this palace wall corridor.

Therefore, Jiang Sheng intentionally walked slower to allow himself to be tempered most effectively.

By the time Jiang Sheng walked out of this section of the palace wall corridor, a quarter of an hour had passed. The effect that quarter of an hour had on Jiang Sheng was comparable to that of a hundred years of arduous cultivation.

The Great Sun Divine Palace, the Dao Lord's Daoist temple, is truly extraordinary!

As Jiang Sheng walked out of the corridor, even with his strong physical body and soul, he felt a sense of fatigue.

This journey was indeed a tempering of Jiang Sheng's physical body and soul, but it also took a great toll on him. In just a quarter of an hour, Jiang Sheng felt as if he were fighting against a Five Tribulation True Monarch, which was exhaustion at the level of his soul and Dao heart.

However, compared to what was gained, the fatigue and exhaustion were nothing.

After all, Jiang Sheng was in mortal danger from fighting against a Five Tribulations True Monarch.

However, just as Jiang Sheng stepped out of the corridor, before he could even catch his breath, a sudden sense of crisis, which made his soul ache and his body tremble, came over him.

With a change in expression, Jiang Sheng instinctively tried to retreat back to the palace corridor, but a threat also came from behind him.

In an instant, Jiang Sheng found himself in danger of being attacked from both sides.

Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Sheng moved directly to the left, instantly transforming from stillness to motion. His speed of traveling thousands of miles in a single thought exploded out of the spot with a muffled thunderous roar.

As the boundless fire elemental energy exploded, even within the Great Sun Divine Palace, space cracked open, and wisps of void storms surged in, stirring the fire elemental energy into an even more violent and turbulent state.

At the same time, Jiang Sheng was met with a barrage of sword and blade strikes from the front and a dense barrage of arrows from behind. These various attacks caused ripples to spread across the afterimage of Jiang Sheng, who was left behind due to his rapid movement.

呲!
Two jets of blazing white vapor shot out from Jiang Sheng's nostrils, igniting the omnipresent fire elemental energy around him and creating a dazzling display of intense flames.

Jiang Sheng tilted his head slightly to dodge a ray of Yang Flame Sword Qi. He looked up and saw a powerful Daoist army standing outside the palace walls and corridors.

This army of Dao soldiers numbered only a thousand, but each of them was fully armored and armed with swords, axes, and halberds. When the thousand men joined forces, their auras all reached the Integration Realm!
In front of this thousand-strong army of Dao soldiers stood ten Dao soldiers with the cultivation level of the Integration Realm. Each of these generals was at the Integration Realm, with cultivation levels of three or four tribulations. The one who had just drawn his sword was a general with cultivation level of three tribulations.

With the strength of such a Daoist army, and being located within the Great Sun Divine Palace, where the timing, location, and human resources are all in the hands of others, even a Fifth Tribulation True Monarch could easily fall into a trap if he is not careful.

Tap tap tap tap
The clanging of metal echoed like a torrent, and Jiang Sheng glanced over and saw that a massive army of ten thousand archers had suddenly emerged from the once quiet and deserted palace corridors.

This army of ten thousand was also clad in armor, with longbows in their hands. The armor and even the arrows at their waists all shimmered with a subtle light. The longbows and arrows, in particular, were radiant with tiny points of light, clearly indicating that they were no ordinary items.

With such a massive army of ten thousand, each member possessing the cultivation level of the Void Refinement Dao, and tens of thousands of Void Refinement level longbowmen combined with celestial-grade magical bows and arrows, it's no wonder that Jiang Sheng felt a chill run down his spine when the force erupted in an instant.

At this moment, the thousand heavily armored Taoist soldiers in front and the ten thousand longbow Taoist soldiers behind them subtly suppressed Jiang Sheng in a corner. Only then did Jiang Sheng realize that after walking out of the palace wall corridor, there was a wide and open square area.

"Barbican?"

Looking at the tall palace walls all around and the square, empty platform, Jiang Sheng knew exactly where he was.
In an instant, the idioms of "closing the door to beat the dog" and "catching a turtle in a jar" popped into Jiang Sheng's mind, causing his cheeks to twitch slightly: Sun King Jin Hao's move was truly a test of one's Dao heart. Anyone who encountered this scene would probably have their Dao heart fluctuate and then go berserk in anger.

"Anyone who trespasses into the divine palace will be killed!"

A general uttered these words hoarsely, and immediately, ten thousand soldiers drew their bows and released a barrage of arrows. The twang of the bowstrings caused the heavens and earth to tremble, as if space itself were being shattered and torn apart. Thousands of fire arrows rained down from the sky, instantly transforming into a dense rain of fire and meteors that covered Jiang Sheng in all directions. The space here was protected by various restrictions that prevented escape, forcing the cultivator to face the enemy head-on.

Looking at the fiery meteors shooting towards him, and sensing the sharp, piercing arrows of the Void Refining Realm within them, even before the arrows arrived, Jiang Sheng could already sense the aura of the spiritual runes and laws engraved on the arrows, such as sharpness, tearing, hardness, forbidden magic, and soul-suppressing.

A rain of fire and meteors hurtled down, but Jiang Sheng stood silently beneath the fiery storm, ignoring the deadly downpour, and his figure vanished without a trace.

When the dense barrage of arrows fell, the Taoist soldiers could no longer find any trace of Jiang Sheng.

Just as the Taoist soldiers were puzzled, a sword light whistled through the air. The sword rang out with a mournful cry, and the sword light, like a dragon, tore through the Taoist soldiers' formation, carving a blank space among the ten thousand longbow-wielding Taoist soldiers.

As the longbowmen of the Daoist army dissipated into flames, Jiang Sheng recognized the origin of this army: the Sunfire Divine Army.

"I thought that the limit for a high-grade Dao weapon was the Refinement of Void, so how could it be the Integration Realm?"

"It turns out to be a Sunfire Divine Weapon, which was created by harnessing the power of the sun and stars and imbuing it with the true fire of the sun."

Jiang Sheng's voice came from above, and the soldiers looked up to see that Jiang Sheng had somehow managed to reach the top of the tall, insurmountable palace wall!

“Previously outside the palace gate, I comprehended the Great Sun Movement Technique. With the ability to escape, there is no need to choose to confront head-on. I am not such a fool.”

"Now, the roles have been reversed, and it's my turn to take action."

As Jiang Sheng spoke, the five elements of thunder essence gathered in his hand. Because it was on the sun and stars, the fire and thunder essence among the five elements was particularly violent and intense. As the five elements of thunder essence continued to condense and brew, a powerful and majestic heavenly thunder might formed between heaven and earth and condensed in Jiang Sheng's hand.

Thunder is the might of heaven and earth, majestic and righteous, causing all evil to flee.

The power of the heavenly thunder at this moment was enough to cleanse this walled city, but Jiang Sheng was still not satisfied. As the Yin-Yang Calamity Extinction Three Transformations Five Elements Wonderful Method was put into operation, a trace of the breath of the end of the calamity and the end of the fortune was added to the heavenly thunder, giving the magnificent heavenly thunder a trace of calamity and a trace of annihilation power.

As the thunderclouds hovering above the barbican grew increasingly gloomy, the surging power of calamity flowed within them, making the thunderclouds even more profound and terrifying.

At this moment, the Sunfire Divine Soldiers in the barbican also sensed the danger. With the roar of the ten general-level Dao soldiers, the longbow Dao soldiers launched fire arrows, and the thousand heavily armored soldiers slashed out with thousands of sword and axe shadows.

However, the Five Elements Divine Thunder that Jiang Sheng had gathered in his hand was now tainted by the power of calamity. A glint flashed in Jiang Sheng's eyes, and he suddenly flung out the Five Elements Heavenly Thunder.

"The Five Thunder Heavenly Heart Orthodox Method, here it comes!"

In an instant, the magnificent Five Elements Heavenly Thunder descended from the sky.

The power of the Five Elements Heavenly Thunder and Yang Fire clashed incessantly. The blazing Yang Fire soared into the sky like the roar of an angry beast, but was constantly suppressed by the violent Five Elements Divine Thunder. The rolling Five Elements Divine Thunder poured down like a flood, and the power of calamity instantly permeated the entire Wengcheng.

In an instant, the earth shook and the entire barbican was transformed into a prison of thunder and fire. The Yang Fire Divine Soldiers formed an army formation and transformed into raging fire beasts, attempting to tear apart the heavenly thunder. However, as the boundless power of calamity surged and roared, it was as if a giant hand of a god pressed down, suppressing the enormous raging fire beasts within the barbican.

The deafening thunderbolts ultimately annihilated everything that existed.

As the Yang Fire Divine Soldiers' formation collapsed, the thunderous roar became the only sound in the world.

When the thunderclouds dissipated, the space within the barbican had been completely shattered. Countless void storms swept through the barbican, and arcs of electricity leaped and lightning flashed. However, the Sunfire Divine Weapon within had vanished without a trace.

Jiang Sheng chuckled. It wasn't impossible to win by fighting these Taoist soldiers head-on, but with this convenient method, why bother with a direct confrontation?

"This is the Five Thunder Heavenly Heart Orthodox Method, with dazzling thunder to suppress evil."

After saying this, Jiang Sheng turned and left.

As the Great Sun Technique was continuously activated, Jiang Sheng used the crimson-gold sun wheel at the top of the central palace of the Great Sun Divine Palace as his support, and quickly advanced, crossing several palace walls in just a few breaths to arrive in front of a tall hall.

Upon reaching this point, Jiang Sheng finally stopped and looked up. He saw that the palace was tall, magnificent, and extraordinary. There were seventy-two stone steps in front of the gate, and nine pillars on each side, each painted with a fire beast. Fire birds stood on the top of the pillars, and there were also figures in fire armor standing on both sides of the stone steps, extending all the way to the front of the palace gate.

In front of the temple gate are two stone statues of fire dragons, and various yang patterns and spiritual marks are engraved on the left and right door pillars, which faintly reveal a sense of majesty and solemnity, and transform into two lines of Taoist script.

"The Heavenly Fire Hall suppresses all evil spirits under heaven."

"The gloomy prison is awe-inspiring, and evil spirits lurk in the mortal world."

After reciting the two verses on the gatepost, Jiang Sheng looked at the plaque above the hall, where four Taoist seal characters were boldly inscribed in a vigorous and elegant style:
"The Radiant Ceremony of Heaven." (End of Chapter)