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Chapter 249: Obtaining three of the eighteen diagrams, a golden pill was swallowed! Before the Xuan Coffin, the Great Dao Treasure Pill was within reach.
Da da da.

Stepping into this ancient corridor where the Yuan Mansion of the 'Impermanent Lord of All Laws' manifests, behind you are the lingering shadows of countless demons and monsters, and before you are blank wall hangings.

But as Ji Xiu raised his hand to make contact.

Starting from the first panel, "The Daoist Master Learns Arts at Mount Sumeru"...
Miraculously, any 'scene' catalog that was touched by his palm slowly took on traces and outlines under the reflection of his double pupils.

In front.

While Qin Jinkui and Dugu Qi of the Beicangzhou Clan, along with members of the Xuanfu Sect and the Shuijun Mansion, were exploring ahead, many were also keeping an eye on the situation behind them.

After all, everyone else had dutifully fought their way into the Yuan Mansion from the surrounding demonic landscapes, while those lacking the necessary skills had already perished on the spot.

Only Ji Xiu appeared in the first [Daoist Lord Diagram] without any explanation, and was even able to use the treasures within to knock down rare materials and obtain huge benefits.

He has nothing particularly special about him.
With so many people present, at the very least, they came from prominent families in the state, where there was much infighting and backstabbing within their households. They were all quite shrewd and naturally didn't believe that it was all a coincidence.

If it weren't for the ancient coffin at the end, which clearly held a great secret and was even suspected to be the burial place of the Dao Lord after his death, the matter would not have been of great importance.

Perhaps, just for the vajra and the rare materials, the Xuanfu Sect disciples who were just about to draw their swords would have already used their magic and attacked all at once.

From the perspective of others, as Ji Xiu stopped, the scenes in those catalogs remained blank, exactly the same as before.

Some people glanced at it briefly, found nothing unusual, then looked away and scoffed.

"It's all in vain. Do you think that by obtaining one opportunity you can uncover other mysteries?"

"If it were really that easy, why wouldn't others have tried? These images are all very ordinary, without any spiritual essence or runes, and there's nowhere to explore them."

"Perhaps the Great Dao Lord of that time only left some inheritance in that first copy."

The one who spoke was a true disciple of the Xuanfu Sect.

As the legitimate lineage of the Crimson Heaven, they delve the deepest and most extensively into the secrets of ancient formations and ruins.

Even they couldn't detect anything amiss, so how could a martial artist who cultivates the Immortal Martial Path possibly see through the secret?

The sound was not concealed.

When the words reached Ji Xiu's ears, he merely smiled, unconcerned, and then looked ahead.

However, unlike the others who were viewing a 'wordless book', he saw it differently.

Right now, right in front of him.

One by one, the 'Taoist diagrams' emitted golden light, gradually revealing their patterns and taking on outlines—

The Great Brahma is destroyed, and humanity and demons bring calamity to the world.

This is the second catalog.

Ji Xiu silently watched this scene that only he could see.

The Great Brahma refers to the 'Great Court of Humans and Immortals' that preceded the Great Mystery.

They perished completely more than nine hundred years ago. There is not a single mention of that era in the records of the various prefectures and counties. It is likely that only the 'White Jade Capital' contains some records of that time.

However, at this Yuanfu Ancient Site
Ji Xiu, however, saw a glimpse of that era from the perspective of the 'river view'.

"It turns out that the background of my dream of wealth and glory was between the 'end of Brahma and the beginning of the mystery'."

He silently pondered, his double pupils scrutinizing every detail.

All that could be seen was this second Dao diagram.

The earth was cracked and parched, thousands of people starved to death, and the sky was gloomy and yellow.

There was even a human ruler dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, whose neck was hanging from a treasure tree imbued with dragon energy, his breath cut off.
Although the situation is different from when I entered the 'Mount Sumeru Temple' before, I can still see the records on this map clearly from an outsider's perspective.

Even more remarkably, lines of flowing ink-like seal script appeared out of thin air, seemingly possessing sentience, explaining bit by bit everything that was happening on this Daoist diagram.
[The Daoist Lord emerged from Mount Sumeru after learning his arts, at a time when the Great Brahma was destroyed. The last Brahma Lord was hung upside down on the Dragon Fortune Mystic Wood, and from then on, the legitimate lineage of Brahma bloodline kings was severed, and the earth was tainted by the five turbidities of human and demonic energy.]

The so-called five turbid demonic energies refer to various calamities or misfortunes, such as disease, war, greed, anger, wicked desires, and the pursuit of immortality, which are 'obstacles of perception' formed by the desires of the human heart. They are evolved from the primordial energy.

Once a person becomes deeply entrenched in this, excessively craving power, force, and desire, they will be tainted by demonic energy and fall into the state of a 'human demon.' Though they may retain their sanity, they are demonic beings who will inevitably bring disaster to the world!

Those with low cultivation levels are 'human demons', while those with high cultivation levels are 'heavenly demons'!

In the 987th year of the Great Brahma Era, after the unification of the heavens, the thirty-six vassal states across the land were plagued by continuous warfare and disease. Demonic obstacles arose throughout the land, and the last emperor of Brahma fell into the demonic tide, deeply entrenched in the obscuration of perception, unable to extricate himself, and thus perished.

As the ink-colored seal script flowed, Ji Xiu saw himself as 'Jiang Jing', traveling from the foot of Mount Sumeru through counties, prefectures, and states.
Along the way, all sorts of obstacles and hindrances were frequently encountered.

From peddlers and laborers to generals, princes, and nobles, countless people have fallen into the trap of becoming "demons" due to their own selfish desires.

A county magistrate, driven by selfish desires, hung up "soul-summoning lanterns" throughout the county, gathering the souls and spirits of the entire county. The mere head of a county was able to cultivate the "Great Elixir of Magical Power," reaching the sixth level of high-level Taoist arts.

There was a general who ate a girl alive, established a separatist regime, divided up the land and granted fiefdoms, and conquered cities and fortresses. With 'warfare' and 'killing,' he became a powerful ruler of a province!
Even the hanged Great Brahma Lord transformed into a great evil, his mind still burning, lingering around the 'Great Brahma Ancestral Tomb'.
Those scenes sent a chill down Ji Xiu's spine, and he couldn't help but recall a saying by the Patriarch Sumeru.

If we set aside those regions ruled by immortals, Buddhas, and saints, and look towards the former 'homeland of Brahma,' the Central Plains...
Having trekked through mountains and rivers for two years as Jiang Jing, if no one had secretly taken care of him, he would probably have been reduced to ashes long ago.

It seems that Meng Qingfan, the birth mother of the Xuanfu Sect, has probably given herself a lot of convenience.

As he pondered this, Ji Xiu felt a sharp pain in his double pupils.

As he shook his head, he was surprised to find that the 'Dao Diagram' in front of him suddenly began to blur.

At the same time, his primordial spirit in his dantian dimmed, seemingly due to having glimpsed too many secrets.
"It seems that with my current cultivation level, I am unable to fully explore the [Eighteen Scenes of the Daoist Master of Proving the Dao], which seemingly represents the entire life of the Daoist Master of the Impermanence of All Things."

Ji Xiu had a premonition that if he continued to forcibly probe, he might lose something.

But sometimes, what people desire most is to explore the 'unknown'.

Therefore, with a hint of resentment, Ji Xiu endured the blurred vision, forced his double pupils open, and looked at the third Dao diagram.

The nomination was visible above it.

[Attaining enlightenment at Mount Sumeru, achieving enlightenment through the Golden Elixir]

"Attaining enlightenment at Mount Sumeru, one achieves the Dao through the Golden Elixir."

Ji Xiu murmured to himself.

At this moment, he had already glimpsed three of the eighteen Daoist diagrams.

They are:
[Daojun learns his skills at Mount Sumeru!]

[The Great Brahma has crumbled, and demons and humans are wreaking havoc on the world!]

[Attaining enlightenment at Mount Sumeru, achieving the Golden Elixir!]

Sorting things out, the last corner Ji Xiu saw on the third Dao Diagram was of himself, Jiang Jing, absorbing and refining some kind of 'thing'. Then, like an immortal ascending to heaven, he abruptly crossed realms from his original Dao Purple Mansion, his Yuan Spirit leaving his body in broad daylight!
Even the dantian and dantian, which had been empty, suddenly became filled with a magnificent golden elixir, like a 'candle illuminating the sun,' surrounded by myriad energies, connecting to the nine orifices, circulating throughout the body, and extremely mysterious.
"This is.?"

As if he had caught a glimpse of a great treasure, Ji Xiu's eyes widened, and a surge of desire welled up in his heart.

After swallowing a golden pill, I realized that my fate was not in the hands of heaven!
What exactly is this 'Nine Aperture Golden Elixir' displayed on the third diagram? It could enable a Qi cultivator who has just opened his Purple Mansion to break through the 'Out of Body' stage and directly enter the 'Great Elixir of Magic Power,' which is only one step away from the upper three realms!?

"I wonder if we can find it in these Yuanling Ancient Ruins?"

Ji Xiu was filled with excitement as he watched helplessly as all the Dao diagrams became completely obscured, turning into blank spaces just like everyone else's. The shock from before still lingered, and he kept thinking to himself.

You need to know.

Even if he has the Primordial Dao Record and the Yellow Millet Dream to help him.

However, apart from the original Ji Xiu, anyone who wants to delve into the "destiny of four lives and five lifetimes" that he has experienced cannot escape two words.

That is the 'medium'!
Only by drawing upon his pre-existing skills, martial arts, Taoist techniques, and supernatural powers could he rewind these years through the dream of wealth and power!

Otherwise, all these benefits are just illusions, visible but unattainable.

Now that he has entered the 'Impermanent Daoist Yuan Mansion,' his greatest desire is to obtain the secret techniques related to the Jiang Jing period, so that he can advance and reverse time!

In this way, he can become stronger by leaps and bounds in a short period of time.

This includes the twilight of royal power, or other destinies.
This is true.

Just as Ji Xiu was struggling to calm down, he finally managed to regain his composure.

The remaining young people from the three groups who had entered the Yuanfu Ancient Site had already reached the end of the long corridor.

All I saw was...
There, a floating ancient coffin, carved from 'mysterious stone' and imprinted with countless mysterious patterns and array grooves, floated up out of thin air.

In the very center of the ancient coffin, there was a circular groove in which a dimly lit object, shaped like a pill, was inlaid.

Everyone else stopped there, their eyes filled with either fear or longing as they looked at the ancient black coffin. They didn't know its origin, but they wanted to find out what it might be good for.

Seeing this, Ji Xiu quickly followed.

And just as he stopped in front of the ancient coffin
[Detected that the recipient has seen the 'Impermanent Laws Dao Lord's' spiritual essence refined into a golden elixir—the 'Impermanent Laws Dao Elixir.' By refining it using the wondrous methods of alchemy, one can completely cultivate to the 'High-Level Daoist Skill—Golden Elixir Great Dao'!]

[Has there been any contact or advance payment?]

In an instant, Ji Xiu's pupils contracted.

Even now, the golden core embedded in the center of the black coffin is dim and covered in dust.

Can.
Even without the pre-emptive ability of the Primordial Dao Records.

He immediately recognized it as the 'Nine Aperture Golden Pill' that he had glimpsed in the third diagram earlier!
It was personally handed over by the goddess Meng Qingfan of the Xuanfu Sect nearly a thousand years ago!

All things are impermanent, outside the Daoist Lord's palace!

Looking at the projection above.

Inside the Xuanfu Cloud Boat, Yuan Lingzai was originally calculating how to deal with the sudden arrival of the Lord of Qishan.
But just as everyone in the Yuan Mansion stepped into that black coffin!
Suddenly, the jade talisman in his palm trembled violently, and a furious roar from the Xuanxiao True Venerable came from within:

"It's that golden pill, it's that golden pill!"

“One of the three treasures left by our Xuanfu Sect’s immortal ancestors a thousand years ago is a Nine-Aperture Golden Elixir and a scroll of the Golden Elixir Mystery Method.”

"A thousand years ago, the two supported each other and could cultivate the supreme Dao of alchemy within the realm of high-level Daoist skills. From then on, the path to the great realm of supernatural powers was smooth and open. This lineage could only be passed down to the successors of each generation of the Daoist lineage!"

"But nearly a thousand years ago, it was shamelessly stolen by Jiang Shenji and his son Jiang Jing. The former stole a scroll of the Golden Elixir Technique, and the latter took the Nine Aperture Golden Elixir. It has been lost ever since and has never been seen again!"

"Fortunately, my lineage had previously used powerful methods to calculate the location of the 'Nine Aperture Golden Elixir,' which is located in the Yuanfu Ancient Ruins in the Eastern Canghai of the Great Xuan Dynasty. Sure enough!"

"Quickly inform Xuan Qingli that there is no need to hide anymore. Go all out and retrieve this 'Dao Pill' for me!"

Yuan Lingzai felt as if he had been struck by lightning; he had rarely seen the serene and composed ancestor reveal such an expression.

Therefore, he dared not be negligent and immediately used his methods to inform Xuan Qingli, the true disciple of the True Venerable, who had specially cut off the cultivation of the True Person and stepped into the Yuanfu Ancient Site, of the decree.

But at the same time, a sense of unease and discontent arose in my heart.

I've heard that back then, True Venerable Xuanxiao was a figure from the same era as 'Lord of Impermanence of All Laws', and was also a strong contender for the succession of the Holy Son in the Xuanfu Sect.

So, when such a big incident happened back then, did he go out to arrest this person, but returned empty-handed, thus creating a grudge or suffering a setback?

Otherwise, why would he have such a temper?
However, these matters are too far in the past, and the sect's records on them are vague, so he only makes guesses.

immediately
He then focused his gaze on the ancient site of the "Primordial Palace of Impermanence of All Things".

Quietly observing, the grand show begins.

The ancient corridor leads to a dark coffin.

"So this is what it is."

Xuan Qingli received two decrees from Xuanxiao Zhenzun and Yuanlingzai. His eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he thought to himself.

Immediately, the Taoist priest glanced at both sides and saw that the martial arts disciples of the Great Xuanzhou Clan and the dragon princes of the Water Lord's Mansion were all eager to make a move, and they all recognized the extraordinary and unique nature of that golden pill.

He then shook his head slightly, stepped forward in an instant, and stood before several true disciples of the Xuanfu Sect, his aura no longer concealed:

"Gentlemen, there's no need to waste your energy."

“This ‘Nine-Aperture Golden Pill’ was originally stolen from my ‘Mysterious Talisman Sect’ by Master Jiang of the Yuan Mansion. We have come here to return it to its rightful owner.”

“I, Xuan Qingli, am a direct disciple of the True Venerable, having attained the rank of ‘Divine Power True Man’. I entered this Yuan Palace after severing my Dao cultivation, and am in charge of the Lesser Divine Powers and two Divine Power artifacts.”

"If it were the current chief or direct descendant of your Tianzhu or Jushi families, I might pay a little more attention to them."

"Okay, you can."

He paused, looked around, and shook his head slightly. His eyes held no disdain, only the calm of someone in control of everything.

Even if all of you come at me together

"They are no match for me either."

Xuan Qingli swept his Taoist robe sleeves, shouted, and slapped out two objects with his left and right hands.

Upon closer inspection, everyone saw a precious banner filled with pure energy moving on its own even without wind on its left, and a moon-shaped wheel adorned with jade luster rotating on its own in its right.
He held a banner in his left hand and a wheel in his right, his expression serene, as if he were simply stating a fact.

As the two Dao artifacts pressed down with imposing power...
The expressions of the disciples of the Great Xuanzhou Clan and the Dragon Prince of the Water Lord's Mansion immediately turned ugly. Before they could even make a move, they were already immobilized by the overwhelming difference in their Dao artifacts.

At this moment, no one expected it.
The Xuanfu Sect is actually willing to go to such lengths, even having a True Person sever their own cultivation level and fall, to come in and bully these martial arts masters who haven't even mastered the Dragon and Tiger realms!
(P.S.: I couldn't stay awake and fell asleep yesterday. But aiming high will yield some results, so I'm still writing today! Maybe I'll finish it, or at the very least, I'll update every day. Let's go!)
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