All Heavens: Start with the Heaven-Covering Sacrifice

Chapter 308 The World of Yang Gods, The 'Dao' of Yang Gods

"The world is a sea of ​​suffering, and the physical body is the boat that carries the soul to the other shore. To cross the sea of ​​suffering and reach the other shore, one needs to cultivate martial arts and Taoist arts."

The World of Yangshen.

The Great Qian Dynasty, Jade Capital City.

A lecture was taking place in a tall and spacious Taoist temple. In the temple's square, a young man stood on a platform, slowly lecturing to a group of young people below. However, the young man was not talking about classics, history, philosophy, or ethics and law, but about various methods of cultivation.

The current Great Qian Dynasty has seized the land of the Great Zhou Dynasty and ruled over thousands of miles of mountains and rivers. Emperor Qian has even ordered the confiscation of all kinds of martial arts and Taoist manuals in the world and forbade anyone to spread their teachings on the land of Great Qian. However, this Taoist temple located in the center of Yujing City is still spreading its teachings, and the person in the palace seems to be completely unaware of it, which makes people think wildly and feel that the owner of the Taoist temple has an astonishing background.

"Master, what is the difference between martial arts and Taoist arts that you mentioned?"

After the young man on the podium finished speaking, a young man in the square raised his hand and asked a question.

He Lang glanced at the audience and, upon discovering that the speaker was none other than Hong Yi, the chosen one of the Yangshen world, a smile crept onto his lips.

"Hong Yi's doubts are probably your doubts as well. I will answer them for you. The so-called martial arts are the cultivation methods that hone the physical body, also known as the martial arts of the human immortals. At the deepest level, one can shatter the void. Dao techniques are the path to cultivate the soul, which allows one to detach from the physical body and travel through the world. The highest realm is the Yang God."

The cultivation stages of Taoist arts include: focusing the mind, leaving the body, night travel, day travel, controlling objects (yin spirit), manifesting form, possession, seizing a body (ghost immortal), nine-tribulation ghost immortal (passing through the first to ninth tribulation of lightning), and yang spirit.

Among them, the stages of calming the mind and possession are nothing special. Only when one reaches the stage of Ghost Immortal can one be considered a great cultivator, capable of breaking through the barrier of life and death and seizing another's body for reincarnation. However, the reincarnation will be troubled by the mystery of the womb.

Ghost Immortals need to undergo tribulations to cultivate. Each tribulation increases their strength tenfold. After nine tribulations, their thoughts become pure Yang, and they can transform into Yang Gods. Yang Gods are supreme and great, able to transcend reincarnation, and their souls are immortal and indestructible. They only die when an era begins to exist.

As for the realms of martial arts for human immortals, they are: skin training, flesh training, tendon training, bone training, internal organ training, marrow training, blood exchange (martial saint), martial arts human immortal, and shattering the vacuum.

The same applies to the Martial Immortal realm. Before reaching the Martial Immortal realm, the Martial Immortal path is nothing special. Only by reaching the Martial Immortal realm can one be considered to have achieved success in the Martial Immortal path. If one can cultivate to the level of materializing fist intent, regenerating blood from a drop of water, and achieving countless transformations—then reaching the level of a Nine Tribulations Ghost Immortal—the next step in the Martial Immortal path is to shatter the void and achieve physical immortality.

Hong Yi was secretly surprised when he heard the comments from the mysterious abbot. He hadn't expected the abbot to have such high standards.

“Master, you have opened up the path of cultivation for us. I wonder if you could teach us the methods of cultivation? Hong Yi would be extremely grateful.”

Hong Yi had been listening to lectures here for many days and had long been fascinated by the path of cultivation, and had already developed the idea of ​​cultivating the Tao.

"no!"

Before He Lang could speak, a loud voice rang out from outside the Taoist temple, followed by a dignified and imposing middle-aged man who walked in, accompanied by a large group of servants.

“You unfilial son, instead of focusing on studying the teachings of the sages, you want to cultivate these unorthodox and heretical paths. You are truly putting the cart before the horse.”

Hong Xuanji first glanced at He Lang, then coldly shouted a few words at Hong Yi.

"Take this rebellious son back with me."

Hong Xuanji coldly gave instructions to his servants.

"Who do we have here? Isn't this Grand Tutor Hong, the loyal hound of Emperor Qian? You, a martial arts immortal, actually forbid your child from cultivating and instead have him study the teachings of sages. That's quite interesting. Are you afraid that if he succeeds in his cultivation, he'll personally kill you, the Confucian scholar who murdered his wife? Haha!"

He Lang released his aura slightly, and Hong Xuanji felt as if he were being rejected by this world. A terrifying aura pressed down on him, freezing his immortal blood and making him unable to move. His newly created All-Heavens Life and Death Wheel Fist Intent was almost crushed. He felt that He Lang's voice was as heavy as the vast world, pressing down on his mind and making him unable to move.

Especially after hearing He Lang's words, Hong Xuanji's eyes were filled with rage, and she looked like she wanted to devour He Lang.

"What? Didn't you feel you had broken through to the Human Immortal realm and wanted to probe my strength for your master? Why are you silent now?"

As He Lang spoke, he released the suppression and watched Hong Xuanji's constantly changing expression with great interest.

Seeing that Hong Xuanji, whom he considered as imposing as a mountain, was easily suppressed by He Lang, Hong Yi's fear of Hong Xuanji lessened considerably. However, a question arose in his mind: He Lang seemed to be referring to his biological mother.
From He Lang's contemptuous tone, he sensed a great secret: it seemed that his father had personally killed his mother. This made Hong Yi's hands clench involuntarily, and his teeth chatter. The gentle woman in his memory had actually been killed by this old scoundrel.

"Master, what do you mean? My mother, Meng Bingyun, was killed by him?"

Hong Yi stopped calling him "father" and simply referred to him as "he".

"Of course, your mother's background is astonishing. She is the successor of the Supreme Dao and the younger sister of Meng Shenji, who is known as the number one person in the world today. She cultivates the Supreme Elixir Scripture left by the ancient great power, Yang Shen 'Tai', and practices the Supreme Way of Forgetting Emotions."

Your father, Grand Tutor Hong, deliberately approached your mother to seize the Supreme Elixir Scripture, winning her heart and causing her to lose all her cultivation. After obtaining the scripture, he turned his back on her, leading to your mother's tragic death. This is the true face of the Grand Tutor of the current dynasty—a purely beastly act! We righteous cultivators are ashamed to associate with such a person! To call someone like this a master of Neo-Confucianism is utterly laughable!

He Lang ruthlessly revealed this past event to mock Hong Xuanji.

Hong Xuanji was truly extraordinary; the concept of the relationship between ruler and subject was practically ingrained in her bones, and she was utterly loyal to Emperor Qian, Yang Pan.

If this were an ordinary world, it wouldn't be so bad, since there are some cultivation methods in this world. The key is that this guy's loyal dog mentality actually allowed him to create the Wheel of Life and Death, a fist intent that dominates the realm of life and death in all heavens. It's quite heaven-defying, considering that his mind is completely unrelated to this kind of fist intent. If it were Yang Pan, that would be more like it.

"Is what he said true?"

Hong Yi gritted his teeth, staring at Hong Xuanji with bloodshot eyes and asked.

"You unfilial son, are you questioning me? Do you have no regard for ethics, morality, or the principles of heaven, earth, ruler, parents, and teachers? Is this how you speak to me?"

Upon hearing Hong Yi's question, Hong Xuanji asked in a serious tone.

"So what if it's true, or it's false? Are you going to go against me for that lowly servant girl?"

"Clap clap clap!"

Upon hearing Hong Xuanji's words, He Lang immediately clapped! Such beastly words are something most people wouldn't utter!
"Grand Tutor Hong, you've really got it!"

Hong Xuanji glanced coldly at He Lang and said, "Daoist Master, don't be too arrogant. This world ultimately belongs to our Great Qian. Emperor Qian has already obtained the Creation Ship. If you know what's good for you, you'd better obediently submit to Great Qian and offer up your inheritance."

"Then I shall wait and see. It's just a magic artifact of the Creation Daoist. If you let the Creation Daoist make a move so easily, I'll think highly of you."

He Lang glanced at him indifferently, then with a wave of his hand, threw Hong Xuanji and his servants out of the Taoist temple, turning them into rolling gourds on the ground.

He had seen the mere Creation Ship before, even in ancient times. Who wasn't a Yang God?

In ancient times, he was known by the name of the Dao!
(End of this chapter)