Qin Renhuang just became an immortal, and you told me this is the prehistoric time

"This world is connected to the legendary 'Perfect World,' and its system of laws may be closer to the origin. Moreover, cultivators in this world must forge their own paths, and the world itself seems to be 'forcing' cultivators to constantly break through their limits and comprehend new 'Dao' and 'Principles'... These comprehensions are precisely what other worlds call 'laws'!"

Winning's strategy is becoming increasingly clear.

"Absorbing the legacy of countless sages from this realm to lay the foundation for my future ascension to immortality and even higher realms is far more important than acquiring any amount of source stones or magical treasures! The laws are more important than anything else!"

Once his mind was made up, Ying Xuan no longer hesitated.

His hand seals changed again, and his primordial spirit and true body were activated simultaneously. He began to actively guide and sort out the massive influx of law fragments, classifying, summarizing, and initially integrating them according to his own understanding of the Great Dao.

At that moment, he clearly sensed that several extremely obscure yet seemingly integrated "mysterious auras" appeared faintly in the surrounding void.

These auras did not emit any external spiritual fluctuations, but they carried the ultimate control and utilization of one's own aura by a peak body refinement expert. They were able to entrust a faint trace of divine thought to the naturally diffused aura, like invisible tentacles, quietly reaching towards the edge of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array!

Ying Xuan felt a chill run down his spine, then sneered.

He knew that this was the gaze of a supreme being from the Undying Mountain, or some other forbidden zone, cast from a great distance.

They may have been alarmed by the events at Zishan and the recent killings, and have begun to pay attention to themselves, this suddenly appearing "variable".

"You dare not directly probe with your divine sense, fearing that my formation will backfire or capture your traces, so you resort to such a petty trick of conveying your aura?"

Ying Xuan's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an undisguised mockery, spreading through the formation towards the direction from which those subtle auras were coming.

"Since you're curious, why not come into my formation and see for yourself? Let's see whether your supreme beings of the forbidden zones possess the power of the Imperial Laws, or whether my otherworldly formation can trap and kill even the peak Imperial level beings?"

His tone was calm, yet it contained unparalleled confidence. The Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Grand Formation, after being transformed by the Yin-Yang Essence of Purple Mountain, had greatly increased in power and had begun to merge with his Sea of ​​Bitterness and Primordial Spirit.

He was confident that even if an ancient supreme being who had reached the pinnacle of imperial power and returned to the peak of imperial power broke into the formation, he was confident that he could contend with him and even severely injure him by taking advantage of the formation! Even if the Ruthless Great Emperor or the Undying Emperor personally came, breaking this formation would not be an easy task!

The moment his words were spoken, two completely different yet equally imbued with supreme majesty and ancient vicissitudes resounded almost simultaneously in the void surrounding the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation, as if transcending time and space!

A domineering and ruthless thought, carrying the aura of metal and killing, hung like a heavenly blade overhead.

"You ants, how dare you act so presumptuously outside the Undying Mountain? You have committed a capital offense by refining Purple Mountain and killing countless spirits. Kneel before the mountain and offer your flesh and blood along with that treasured array, and perhaps a wisp of your soul may be spared for reincarnation."

This was the voice of the Stone Emperor, filled with undeniable killing intent and greed.

The other thought appeared peaceful and distant, as if it had existed for countless ages, yet it carried a condescending indifference and a sense of charity.

"Young friend, you are exceptionally talented and proficient in extraordinary techniques, but your bloodlust is too strong, and you may fall into the demonic path. Considering the difficulty of your cultivation, if you are willing to kneel outside the Immortal Mountain for three thousand years to wear away your violent nature and sincerely repent, I may make an exception and accept you as a disciple, and pass on to you the supreme method of immortality."

This was the voice of the Celestial Venerable of Longevity, seemingly a peaceful admonition, but in reality extremely arrogant, regarding Ying Xuan as a junior who could be manipulated at will, and his words already showing that he considered everything about Ying Xuan as his own.

Upon hearing this, Ying Xuan was not afraid at all. Instead, he burst into loud laughter, which reverberated through the formation and shook the void.

"Hahaha! One demands that I kneel and offer up my flesh and blood magic treasures, the other demands that I kneel and worship for three thousand years to accept a disciple... What great prestige! What thick skin! You who have cut yourselves in half, clinging to life in the forbidden zone, feeding on all living beings, are you worthy to speak of life and death and discuss the Dao of Immortality before me?"

His laughter abruptly stopped, and his tone turned cold, like ice that had stood for millennia.

"I will go to the Undying Mountain myself. When the time comes, whether you kneel before me or I send you all to your final resting place, that will depend on your own abilities!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he ignored the commotion outside and focused all his energy on calming his mind. He guided the ever-flowing spiritual power of the plants and the fragments of laws to accelerate his breakthrough to the third level of the Dao Palace—the Divine Treasury of the Spleen! Earth carries all things, and the spleen belongs to Earth. It is the key to stabilizing the foundation and transforming energy.

Once the spleen palace is opened, the circulation of the five internal organs will be initially established, and his cultivation speed and the stability of his foundation will reach a new level!
Ying Xuan had no interest in paying attention to the two illusory thoughts emanating from afar. Whether it was the Stone Emperor's threat or the condescending charity of the Eternal Life Celestial Venerable, to him it was no different from the buzzing of flies.

With a thought, the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation slowly began to operate, smoothing out and eliminating all the subtle fluctuations in energy generated by the confrontation between the formation and the surrounding space, restoring it to a tranquil world of starlight and flowing blue waves.

Far away in the vast Central Plains, deep within the "Immortal Tomb" shrouded in endless celestial mist and the aura of an ancient mausoleum, an old man with a withered face, seemingly integrated with the stone coffin beneath him, who had been asleep for countless millennia, slowly raised his almost petrified eyelids.

His cloudy eyes, which seemed to see through eternity, gazed at the void in the direction of the Northern Region. The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and a hoarse voice, almost inaudible but carrying a strange sense of appreciation, echoed within his decaying body.

"Human race... such a figure has emerged among the younger generation? To be able to control a magic weapon to the point that it covers tens of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, changing at will, and refining Purple Mountain as easily as taking something out of a bag... Hehe, interesting, very interesting. It seems that this life will not be too boring."

In the area where the Northern Region and the Central Plains meet, there lies the core area of ​​the "Undying Mountain," shrouded in a thick, impenetrable black mist, with its sword-like peaks, jagged rocks, and an atmosphere of endless deathly silence and ominousness.

At the summit of a terrifying mountain, seemingly forged from countless jet-black divine iron peaks and towering tens of thousands of feet high, stood a figure as majestic as a demon god, surrounded by dark golden aura and blood-red halos, with his hands behind his back, perched on the edge of a precipice.

His gaze was like cold lightning, piercing through the void as he looked towards the location of Ying Xuan's formation, which was none other than the Stone Emperor.

His eyes first blazed with an intense, almost tangible fighting spirit—an instinctive excitement of encountering a worthy opponent, as if his blood, dormant for millennia, were beginning to boil. But in an instant, that fighting spirit was extinguished as if doused with ice water, quickly receding and subsiding, ultimately settling into a deep, abyss-like coldness and rationality.

"Hmph, their strength is not weak, and their formation is even more strange... Even from this distance, I can still faintly feel the threat."

The Stone Emperor muttered to himself in a low voice, his tone like the friction of metal against metal.

"Unless I achieve ultimate sublimation and return to the peak of the Imperial Path, I wouldn't be entirely confident I could break through that tortoise shell and capture that brat. To waste my remaining immortal life force on a junior of unknown origin? It's not worth it." He finally shook his head, his figure slowly merging into the enormous dark throne behind him, seemingly connected to the mountain. His aura returned to silence, leaving only that chilling killing intent, like a lurking venomous snake, deeply hidden.

For someone like him, momentary passion and fighting spirit are far less important than achieving immortality and waiting for the path to ascension to heaven to open. Unless Ying Xuan truly attacks the Undying Mountain and threatens his fundamental interests, he will not easily use his trump cards.

Within the array space, Ying Xuan was completely unaware of the subsequent reactions of these two distant "gazes," and didn't bother to find out.

His entire mind was immersed in the profound changes brought about by his successive breakthroughs.

The Dao Palace Secret Realm is divided into five levels: Heart, Liver, Spleen, Lung, and Kidney, focusing on cultivating the spiritual essence of the five internal organs. This realm is actually "simple" in theory; as long as one has sufficient pure spiritual energy to generate enough life essence, one can break through by sequentially filling and illuminating the five internal organs.

For Ying Xuan, the biggest hurdle—his lack of understanding of the Heaven-Covering Law system—had been filled by Li Ruoyu of Zhuofeng. At this moment, the massive amount of plant spiritual energy purified by the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array was like an inexhaustible source, providing him with the most abundant "fuel."

The spleen belongs to the earth element, governs transformation and transportation, is the source of qi and blood, and also bears all things. Under the impetus of abundant spiritual power and the qi of the heart fire and liver wood, the spleen palace is rapidly expanded and filled, radiating a thick and gentle yellow glow.

Ying Xuan felt his body's foundation become several times more stable in an instant, his energy absorption and conversion efficiency skyrocketed, and the flow of Qi and blood throughout his body became more powerful and vigorous.

Immediately following, the lungs, belonging to the metal element, govern qi, control respiration, and regulate water metabolism. A sharp, golden qi arises from the spleen (earth element) and surges into the lungs. In an instant, with each breath Ying Xuan takes, it seems as if wind and thunder are faintly present; the efficiency of his breathing increases dramatically, his aura becomes sharper and more refined, and the exchange of spiritual energy with the world seems much smoother.

Finally, the kidneys belong to the water element, store essence, govern the intake of qi, and are the foundation of innate constitution. Guided by the power of the lungs (metal generating water), a deep, dark black light shone in the kidney palace.

A cool yet vibrant energy flowed throughout my body, nourishing my bone marrow and stabilizing my fundamental nature.

Ying Xuan even felt that the life essence he had lost due to refining the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Formation was now being effectively replenished and strengthened, and the faint sense of "deficiency" was filled in considerably.

The heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys—the five vital organs—are illuminated in sequence! Five colors of light—red, blue, yellow, white, and black—intermingle and circulate within Ying Xuan's body.

Each cycle caused a subtle resonance and transformation in billions of cells throughout his body. Inside the cells, the foundation originating from the Maoshan Taoist techniques of "Five Elements Great Escape" and "Five Thunder Orthodox Method" was now undergoing a wondrous fusion and complementation with the divine power of the secret realm of the Shrouding Heaven Taoist Palace!
The power of the Five Elements is no longer merely an external application when performing Taoist magic, but is more deeply imprinted into the essence of life. The heart fire is more intense, the liver wood is more flourishing, the spleen earth is thicker, the lung metal is sharper, and the kidney water is deeper.

Correspondingly, his understanding and control of the Five Elements Daoist methods are also improving rapidly. Many key points that were previously vague or unclear are now suddenly clear to him.

An even more astonishing change occurred in the Purple Mansion's Sea of ​​Consciousness!

With the completion of the Five Internal Organs and Divine Treasury, the power of the Five Elements formed a stable cycle within the body. The "Spiritual Root" in Ying Xuan's Purple Mansion, which was originally just a hazy ball of light representing the Five Elements attributes, was now frantically absorbing the fragments of the Five Elements Laws and Daoist Rhymes that were pouring in from the outside world and newly formed within the body!
"Buzz!"

The crimson Heartfire Spiritual Root light cluster trembled violently first, and countless fine lines emerged, intertwined, and combined on its surface, finally condensing into an incomplete ancient rune phantom that exuded the pure Dao of "fire"! This rune was not any known script, but a direct manifestation of the Law of "fire"!
Immediately afterwards, the four spiritual root light clusters of cyan, yellow, white, and black also underwent similar changes, each condensing into a fragmented five-element law rune!

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth!

Five incomplete phantom runes of law floated in the Purple Mansion. Though incomplete, they exuded a genuine and undeniable majesty of law! The moment they formed, Ying Xuan's perception of the five elements of law wandering in the surrounding world suddenly became more than ten times clearer! It was as if he had been looking at the world through a layer of frosted glass, and now a large part of the glass had been wiped clean!

With a thought, he didn't even need to deliberately mobilize much magic power; a wisp of crimson flame appeared out of thin air at his fingertips. This flame had a restrained temperature, yet it carried a law-like meaning of burning everything and igniting the void, far surpassing the flames he had previously propelled with magic power.

The application of the Five Elements Daoist techniques has seen a qualitative leap in speed, power, and the finesse of control!
These five incomplete Five Elements runes seemed to possess a spirit. After hovering slightly in the Purple Mansion, they spontaneously flew towards Ying Xuan's Earth Immortal-level primordial spirit, who sat upright in the center of the Purple Mansion, surrounded by pale golden pure Yang energy.

Like five tiny satellites, they slowly rotated around the primordial spirit. Runes scattered corresponding points of light from the Five Elements, merging into the primordial spirit.

When the primordial spirit came into contact with these most fundamental Five Elements laws for nourishment, it was as if a long-awaited rain had fallen after a drought. The entire body trembled, and the circulation speed of the pale golden pure Yang energy suddenly increased dramatically! The efficiency of refining and purifying spiritual power instantly increased by nearly tenfold! The process of cultivating the Pure Yang Immortal Body, which originally required a huge amount of time, seemed to have been pushed forward by a large margin!

"So that's how it is... A breakthrough in realm, especially one that touches upon the secret realm of the body's very origin, can directly promote the condensation and control of the corresponding laws of heaven and earth!"

Ying Xuan understood immediately, and joy welled up within him.

This gain is far more valuable than a mere increase in strength! It is the cornerstone of the Great Dao!
At the same time, he also keenly noticed another change in the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation.

As his Dao Palace Secret Realm reached its peak, his body underwent a profound transformation, eliminating more subtle impurities and discomfort, and his connection with the formation became even closer.

When the formation is in operation, the sparse and mixed semi-converted energy absorbed from the void of the outside world is purified and refined more efficiently after entering the formation space.

The closer it was to Ying Xuan's body, the purer the energy became, almost reaching the purity of the "spiritual energy of heaven and earth" in some cultivation worlds he remembered.

This is clearly the purifying effect produced by the combination of his life magnetic field and the formation after his own realm improved.

"It seems that if cultivators from the Shrouding the Heavens world were to enter my Great Qin world, even in the void, they should be able to survive for a short time thanks to their powerful physical bodies and adaptability to harsh environments."

The thought flashed through Ying Xuan's mind, but then a cold, sarcastic smile appeared on his lips.

"But... why should I take them back?"

He murmured to himself, his gaze deep and unfathomable.

"The power of body-refining cultivators in this realm mostly originates from the exploration of their own Bitter Sea Secret Realm. They are relatively less dependent on external spiritual energy, but they need a massive amount of resources to replenish their life essence. When they fight, their blood and qi surge to the sky, and their destructive power is astonishing." (End of this chapter)