Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 868 Cultivating the Golden Light Divine Mantra
"I can improve my cultivation by purifying various evil energies, and I can also obtain Dao fruits by converting wandering ghosts! How about that? How does it compare to your so-called grotto heaven?" Xuanzhen laughed.

Yang Zhengshan's lips twitched slightly. "So, you old Taoist priest, you were waiting for me here!"

"Envy it!"

"envious!"

"Want to learn?"

"miss you!"

"Haha, you are not a disciple of my Dao Palace, so you are not allowed to practice the secret techniques of the Dao Palace!" Xuanzhen laughed smugly.

"Pah, just you wait and see!"

Yang Zhengshan revealed a disdainful expression.

These eight divine spells may be very powerful, but the cultivation techniques he practiced were also quite good.

Both the "Green Wood Longevity Scripture" and the "Dongxu Refining Scripture" are very compatible with him, so he doesn't need to change to other cultivation methods.

Moreover, he also possesses the "Qinghua Thunder Technique," whose Yi Wood Divine Thunder can also purify various evil energies, but it cannot enhance cultivation.

Tsk tsk, using the purification of malevolent energy to enhance one's cultivation level is truly an enviable secret method.

Yang Zhengshan appeared disdainful on the surface, but in reality, he was very envious.

"I want to rebuild the Dao Palace. Why don't you join my Dao Palace?" Xuanzhen seemed to see through Yang Zhengshan's thoughts and smiled.

"No thanks, my family is too wealthy to join your Dao Palace!" Yang Zhengshan refused.

"It's just a nominal appointment. I'll take you on behalf of my master. Once you join my Dao Palace, I'll teach you the Eight Great Divine Incantations!" Xuanzhen tempted.

Yang Zhengshan hesitated; these eight divine spells looked very powerful.

Xuanzhen continued, "The Eight Great Divine Incantations include the Purification of Mind Incantation, the Purification of Mouth Incantation, the Purification of Body Incantation, the Earth-Soothing Incantation, the Golden Light Incantation, the Purification of Heaven and Earth Incantation, the Incense Offering Incantation, and the Mysterious Essence Incantation. Each of these incantations has infinitely wondrous uses."

Yang Zhengshan hesitated and said, "I already have quite a few cultivation techniques, and I don't have the time and energy to do more!"

Having more cultivation techniques is not necessarily better. The best techniques are those that suit your own abilities. In addition, it is sufficient to specialize in a few techniques. There is no need to cultivate a large number of techniques.

Xuanzhen said, "Then I recommend that you cultivate the Purifying Heart Mantra, the Purifying Body Mantra, and the Golden Light Mantra. The Purifying Heart Mantra is the first of the eight divine mantras. This mantra can make the mortal heart enter into darkness and silence, reflect on the Dao heart, and enter into tranquility. It also has the effect of protecting the soul and spirit."

"The Purification Mantra can restore the four cardinal spirits within the body to their proper positions, eliminate physical karma, protect the body, safeguard the Dao body, and purify the body, enabling one to invoke the myriad paths of heaven and earth with a pure body."

"The Golden Light Divine Mantra focuses on cultivating the mind and nature of the Dao body, advocating the internal refinement of the Golden Light Primordial Spirit to protect the body, subdue demons and defend the Dao! It can be used to form a Golden Light Talisman, or to circulate the hidden Golden Light to refine the elixir internally, or to attain enlightenment and cultivate truth, with the Thunder God protecting it, or to empower magical treasures to escape into the earth and steal from the heavens."

Xuanzhen's words were so enticing that Yang Zhengshan had no desire to refuse.

“Alright, I’ll join your Dao Palace. Why don’t you build your Dao Palace in this Spirit Source Land?” Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and said.

Whether he enters the Dao Palace or not is actually irrelevant. He is already a guest elder of the Illusion Moon Sect, and at worst, he can become a guest elder of the Enlightenment Dao Palace.

In comparison, leaving Xuanzhen and Daogong in the Spirit Source Land would undoubtedly be more advantageous for him.

With Xuanzhen here, the Spirit Source Land now has two Foundation Establishment cultivators, so he'll have a helper if he encounters other problems in the future.

Moreover, with the Dao Palace's powerful inheritance, the Spirit Source Land is like a tiger with wings.

Xuanzhen stroked his beard and pondered for a moment before saying, "It's possible, but you must also allow me to rebuild the Dao Palace outside!"

His considerations were similar to Yang Zhengshan's. However, although the Spirit Source Land was safe, there were too few spiritual apertures there. If he wanted to expand his Dao Palace, he could not confine it to the Spirit Source Land.

Therefore, his idea was to build a Taoist palace in the land of spiritual origin, and then choose a blessed land outside to build another Taoist palace and recruit many disciples.

The safety of the spiritual source ensures the preservation of the Dao Palace's heritage, while allowing outsiders to search for spiritual treasures to strengthen the Dao Palace—a win-win situation.

"Alright, it's decided then. You can look around these next few days and choose a good place to build your Dao Palace. Once you've chosen one, I'll have someone build it for you!"

"As for disciples, the Jingxuan Hall under the Ziwei Tower has a few good immortal cultivators, but they are a bit old. You can choose a few as your disciples. As for personal disciples, when we find good candidates in the future, you can choose four of them first!"

The Spirit Source Land now has more than just Yang Zhengshan and his seven disciples; there are also a dozen or so older immortal cultivators with slightly lower aptitude. These immortal cultivators are probably at the second or third level of the Qi Refining stage. They can't be of great help, but they can still do odd jobs.

The Jingxuan Hall downstairs in Ziwei Tower is an institution specifically set up for immortal cultivators. It is directly under the jurisdiction of Yang Chengmao, the master of Ziwei Tower, and is mainly responsible for all matters related to immortal cultivators.

Yang Zhengshan's seven disciples also belonged to Jingxuan Hall, and the head of Jingxuan Hall was Cui Yang.

Xuanzhen agreed to Yang Zhengshan's suggestion almost without hesitation.

He's all alone now, so he has nothing to worry about.

Moreover, he has just escaped Mo Xuanyu's control, so he may have some time to cultivate in seclusion.

He was still unaware of Mo Xuanyu's situation, but it was definitely not a good time for him to wander around, lest he run into Mo Xuanyu.

Therefore, he planned to recuperate in the land of spiritual energy for a few years, and take the opportunity to build the Dao Palace and pass on its legacy.

In the following days, Xuanzhen toured the Spirit Source Land. The Spirit Source Land is now very vast, with the Spirit Spring Mountain Plain as its center, and its boundaries have expanded to more than a thousand miles away.

However, the population is mainly concentrated within a hundred miles around Lingquanshanping, while the area beyond that is a desolate wilderness overgrown with vegetation.

Xuanzhen ultimately chose the location of the Dao Palace on the shore of Daqing Lake.

This Daqing Lake is the lake that Yang Zhengshan drew water from the ruins of the formation. There is also a Xiaoqing Lake next to it. The two lakes are connected, and the spiritual spring water from the north flows continuously into the two lakes, then meanders southward and merges into the spiritual river.

After more than 20 years of natural evolution, the shores of Daqing Lake have become a beautiful and blessed place. Although it lacks human management, the natural scenery is exceptionally beautiful.

The only drawback is that there are many strange beasts in this Qing Lake, such as various fish, shrimp, turtles and tortoises. The most troublesome are those strange fish with barbs all over their bodies like blades. The Beast Taming Hall named these strange fish the Spiny-Scaled Fish.

Spiny fish are also very useful; their spines are as hard as steel and extremely sharp, and with a little forging, they can be made into arrows.

Currently, the Beast Taming Hall of Yaoguang Tower raises a lot of spiny fish in Daqing Lake and Xiaoqing Lake, specifically to provide spiny fish for the Weapon Casting Hall to make arrows.

On the shore of Daqing Lake, Xuanzhen stood on the hillside, overlooking the beautiful lake below. "This place is quite nice. The mountaintop is spacious enough to build a main hall for the Daoist temple, and the slope is relatively gentle, so building some pavilions and courtyards wouldn't be a problem!"

"We can also build a waterside pavilion by the lake, and a dock over there, so that people can travel down the river directly to the capital city!"

Yang Zhengshan glanced around at the surroundings and nodded slightly. "I'm glad you like it!"

Although the population of Lingyuan Land is not large, the scale of the operation is quite significant.

Buildings can be found everywhere, from the Flaming Mountains to the Black Iron Mine to the west, along the Spirit River to the south, to the Green Wolf Mountains to the north.

Although the twelve buildings are all concentrated in Yujing City, each hall and department has many buildings and facilities outside the city.

Take the Beast Taming Hall for example. There is a Blue Wolf Training Base in Green Wolf Mountain, a Golden Feather Fire Crow Training Base in Flame Mountain, more than a dozen horse farms in the south that specialize in breeding Crimson Cloud Horses and Cloud Tiger Colts, aquaculture bases in Daqing Lake and Xiaoqing Lake, and a treasure fish breeding base in Moon Bay, etc.

Needless to say, Lingzhitang has countless spiritual fruit tree gardens, tea gardens, medicinal herb gardens, and rare herb gardens, which are flourishing everywhere.

Although the location of Daqing Lake is somewhat remote, it is not without human activity. The place Xuanzhen chose is right across the lake from the aquaculture base of the Beast Taming Hall.

This place is only sixty or seventy miles away from Yujing City. Although the roads are impassable, it only takes two or three hours by boat, so there is no fear of inconvenience in transporting supplies.

Once Xuanzhen had chosen the location, Yang Zhengshan immediately entrusted the task of building the Dao Palace to Ziwei Tower. Ziwei Tower quickly dispatched Tianfu Tower to organize more than ten array masters and more than three hundred craftsmen to come to Dao Palace Mountain.

The mountain where the Dao Palace is located is naturally the Dao Palace itself. This was the case with the Wuzhen Dao Palace in the Da'an Dynasty. In the land of spiritual origin, Xuanzhen was too lazy to rack his brains to name a mountain, so he simply called it Dao Palace Mountain.

The Heavenly Mansion Tower, formerly known as the Secret Method Pavilion, houses the Pill Hall, Weapon Forging Hall, Array Formation Hall, and Crafts Hall. Since most buildings in the Spirit Source Land now require the addition of array formations, most construction tasks are completed jointly by the Array Formation Hall and the Crafts Hall.

Three hundred or so craftsmen may not seem like many, but they were all experienced craftsmen and their construction efficiency was extremely fast.

According to Xuanzhen's plan, the Dao Palace will consist of a palace, three pavilions, twelve courtyards, and six auxiliary buildings. This is not a large project, and it can be completed in just over half a year for more than three hundred craftsmen.

Soon, the construction of Wuzhen Dao Palace was on track, and Yang Zhengshan began to cultivate the three great divine incantations taught by Xuanzhen.

Of the three great divine incantations, the Purification Mantra and the Purification Mantra are relatively simple. Yang Zhengshan only needed to practice them a few times under Xuanzhen's guidance to master them.

However, while these two divine spells are easy to learn, it is extremely difficult to cultivate them to a high level.

According to the cultivation realms of spells, there are entry level, minor success, major success, perfection, and transformation realm. These two divine spells are easy to enter, but to cultivate to the major success level depends on comprehension and opportunity. As for the transformation realm, Xuanzhen is not clear about it. He has only cultivated the two divine spells to the minor success level and has just touched the threshold of the major success level. He has no idea what the transformation realm of divine spells is like.

The Golden Light Divine Mantra is extremely difficult to even begin to learn.

Golden light is the manifestation of the Dao, the divine light of the gods. Gold signifies strength and indestructibility; those who seek the Dao possess profound and extensive skills, their radiance shining forth, enough to drive away ghosts and demons. Like the unyielding strength of gold, it is dazzling and radiant, hence the name golden light.

The Golden Light Divine Mantra contains a cultivation method, which is to gather the righteous energy of heaven and earth and refine the essence of the sun and moon.

Golden light can protect the body, drive away ghosts and evil spirits, and can also be used to refine elixirs, help one achieve enlightenment and cultivate true immortality. It can also be used to enhance magical treasures, allowing one to escape underground and steal from the heavens.

Simply put, this golden light is like a panacea; it can be used anywhere, even as a cultivation technique, without affecting the cultivator's original cultivation method.

Yang Zhengshan had high expectations for the Golden Light Divine Mantra. After receiving instruction from Xuanzhen, he went into seclusion to cultivate it.

However, this Golden Light Divine Mantra is different from ordinary immortal cultivation techniques. Ordinary immortal cultivation techniques are basically cultivated by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Different cultivation techniques can absorb spiritual energy of heaven and earth with different attributes.

The Golden Light Divine Mantra cultivates the myriad energies of heaven and earth, which can be understood as all things and the changes in heaven and earth.

Heaven and earth are one yin and one yang; the mysterious is the Dao, and the origin is the root of all things. Therefore, although the mysterious and the origin are vast and boundless, they are nothing but the manifestation of the Dao and the creation of heaven and earth.

The myriad energies encompass all things and the changes of heaven and earth; do not cling to the fundamental source. It is said that all the energies of heaven and earth are the result of the combination and dispersion of yin and yang, which is the fundamental root of all energies in heaven and earth.

Xuanzhen's explanation was somewhat vague, and Yang Zhengshan's understanding was also haphazard.

He devoted himself to cultivation for several months, but he still couldn't get the hang of the Golden Light Divine Mantra.

Because he simply couldn't understand what this myriad energies were.

The myriad energies seem to be the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but they are not entirely so. He is like a bewildered child who can never understand what the myriad energies are.

Until he consumed a lotus seed from the Daoist Sacred Lotus, in a moment of clarity of mind, he entered into a profound and mysterious enlightenment.

Supernatural powers are inherent in oneself; common people relinquish them, while virtuous people retain them. If those who seek the Dao cultivate themselves for countless eons, will my supernatural powers not be proven and expanded?

"Solely revered" means that there is no one who can surpass it. This is because when the Way prevails, Heaven and Earth are established; when the Way prevails, people and things follow suit. Therefore, it is said to be "solely revered."

My body is the body of a seeker of the Dao. For if one aspires to the Dao, the Dao is not far from them; the body is the Dao, and the Dao is the body. This refers to the perfect golden light that surrounds the Dao body after cultivation.
What cannot be seen is called "Yi"; what cannot be heard is called "hope". This refers to the state of cultivation where one transcends the six senses, severs the six sense organs, and reaches a state of selflessness.
Nothing is greater than heaven and earth, yet even they are finite, while the Way is infinite.

The Dao extends beyond the tangible world of Heaven and Earth.

Although the Great Way is formless and soundless, it encompasses heaven and earth, and all living beings depend on it for nourishment.

In the quiet room, enlightenment dawned on Yang Zhengshan's mind, and faint golden light emanated from his body, covering his entire being.

Yang Zhengshan suddenly realized.

The so-called golden light is not the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but the way of change of all things in heaven and earth, and can also be understood as the origin of the great way of heaven and earth.

The golden light is the power that cultivators borrow from the origin of the Great Dao, which includes the idea of ​​the unity of heaven and man and the merging of oneself with the Dao.

This thing is too mysterious. Even though Yang Zhengshan has gained a lot of insight, he can't explain it clearly. No wonder Xuanzhen's explanation was vague.

After sitting quietly for half an hour, Yang Zhengshan slowly opened his eyes, and two golden rays shot out from his eyes.

His eyesight also became incredibly strange; he no longer saw real things, but rather the changes of all things.

At this moment, his eyes were filled with a bizarre and wonderful sight: drifting spiritual energy, a blurry void, the essence of the spiritual source land, and many other vague and unknown entities.

The Great Void is a world outside of reality, also known as the Endless Void. Everything in the Great Void is nothingness and illusion.

It is said that Golden Core cultivators can enter the Great Void and travel through it, thus achieving the effect of rapid movement.

(End of this chapter)