The Great Way to Truth, Starting from Jiazi Laodao

Chapter 286 Earth Qi Perfection, the Secret of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends

In this small world, at the Taiping Dao Palace, five powerful beings joined forces to refine array diagrams, increasing efficiency a hundredfold.

The fifth great power is naturally Xuanming.

Having promised the Taiping Daoist to help refine the array, he could not go back on his word.

This array diagram is quite powerful.

Even Xuanming felt his heart pound with fear.

During the refining process, he diligently studied and comprehended the techniques, and his mastery of array formations advanced by leaps and bounds. Sometimes, the Master of the Taiping Dao would even offer him guidance.

Xuanming made rapid progress.

They are more confident in creating the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array.

While Xuanming was busy refining the array diagram, the stories of the world never stopped; on the contrary, they became even more exciting.

On the eighth day of the third month of the year following his departure from the Netherworld, a cocoon of light shattered deep within the Netherworld.

The image of Houtu Niangniang transformed into her Dharma body.

She wore a crown adorned with the symbol of abundant harvests and a dark blue and green robe embroidered with images of seeds and farming tools.

Behind him were six illusory beams of colored light.

Profound and mysterious, sacred and compassionate.

The entire underworld received even more favor from the netherworld, and Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun, who was in charge of handling affairs, smiled.

The goddess descended into this world.

The rise of the Netherworld is not far off.

The powerful beings of the Netherworld were astonished. San Tu Leng's lips curled into a slight smile, and his long sword was poised to strike, as if he would unleash a massacre if any other powerful beings dared to make a move.

Sensing this murderous aura, the other powerful figures hesitated to act rashly. Some snorted coldly, their gazes unfriendly; others hesitated, ultimately choosing to secretly visit the Underworld Sea.

After Houtu Niangniang was born, she often stayed in the Netherworld for a long time, using her supernatural powers to sort out the laws of the Netherworld and purify the filth of the Netherworld. However, she would sometimes leave the Netherworld and travel through the fields and mountains, sowing the seeds of creation, promoting the growth of the five grains and the flourishing of plants.

They will also transform into midwives, personally delivering newborns and ensuring the safety of mothers and children. This applies not only to humans, but also to various animals, and even the reproduction of plants and fungi. They will even appear inside mountains and rivers to perfect the authority of the earth god.

The Seven Immortals, including Xuanxu, had contact with him and received his guidance, which led to a breakthrough in their research on the Earth Immortal Techniques.

Of course, the struggle between the Underworld and other Netherworld forces never stopped, but the powerful no longer took action. Even the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top cultivators rarely participated, and ordinary cultivators at the Divine Refinement stage were the highest combat power.

Both sides are using this opportunity to train their troops.

The Five Elders departed, wandering between the four extremes and the Central Plains, displaying divine miracles, helping the distressed and relieving the suffering, each fulfilling their duties and practicing their own way.

The Antarctic Longevity Emperor went to Leize, intending to cultivate the Thunder God of Universal Transformation there.

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The underworld is functioning well.

The pursuit of truth is also flourishing.

The sixth generation of disciples has come of age.

More than half of the fifth-generation live-action actors are from this generation.

The fourth generation of True Immortals also successively attained the Innate Realm.

Of course, this refers to real people in the general sense.

Li Zizai is still a Saint Embryo True Person, but after years of wandering and experiencing both the Netherworld and the Human World, his foundation has become even deeper, and he is now accumulating power for the Refinement of Godhood.

Chang'anzi and Changning, this Daoist couple, have successively condensed their sacred embryos. Even Li Zizai has to be cautious when they join forces.

Changqingzi also formed a Daoist partnership with the female cultivator Lingze, whom he had fought at the Dao Yuan Grand Gathering. Through the method of dual cultivation and mutual support, they condensed their golden cores and surpassed their master and uncle.

Aside from a temporary hiatus in spiritual cultivation, the Qiuzhen Temple is barely on par with the top-tier Daoist lineages with millennia of history; catching up and even surpassing them is only a matter of time. Meanwhile, the battles between the Dafeng Dynasty and the three great divine dynasties are becoming increasingly fierce.

Although the reincarnation of the Ziwei Emperor was young, he had worked as a monk, a Taoist priest, and a beggar in his early years to make a living. However, he was exceptionally intelligent, quick to learn, courageous, and insightful, and soon a group of country boys gathered around him.

They were poor but dared to fight and struggle. Some were brave, some were decisive, some were honest, and some were intelligent. They all listened to Zhu Wu, the reincarnation of the Great Emperor.

Over the years, they have amassed considerable wealth.

They not only built strongholds on several nearby mountains, but also opened security escort agencies and trading companies in several nearby counties.

With the help of a random cultivator's inheritance obtained by chance, Zhu Wu cultivated to the level of a Qi Refining True Person in just a few years. He was very powerful. In addition, he was kind and compassionate to the people. Even though he was a bandit, the people protected him. Even the county magistrate praised him highly.

In particular, in the last two years, Zhu Wu has acquired several talented individuals and been appreciated by influential people, which has led to his rise to prominence. He has not only joined the Dafeng Dynasty's government and enlisted in the army, gaining a legitimate background, but his power has also expanded rapidly, earning him the genuine support of many people.

After enlisting, he studied military strategy and tactics while leading his troops into battle. He gradually made a name for himself, achieved military merits, and rose step by step to become a captain, becoming both a scholar and a warrior.

They became representatives of civilians in the military.

A scion of a powerful family once tried to take credit for his work, but before the powerful figure behind him could lend a hand, Zhu Wu cleverly resolved the situation, causing the scion to suffer a great loss. Later, the scion was impressed by Zhu Wu's methods and magnanimity and became his supporter, not allowing anyone to slander Zhu Wu.

This made the influential person behind him look at him with new respect.

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Time flies, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

At the Taiping Dao Palace, Xuanming stopped. He had completed the part of the array he was responsible for, and the remaining tasks were to be handled by the Taiping Dao Master and the three great masters.

Before leaving the palace, the Lord of Taiping Dao gave Xuanming a set of array formation insights, which the latter did not refuse.

This was indeed very useful to him.

After bowing in gratitude, Xuanming left the Taoist palace, returned to Fuyun Mountain, and went back to Qiudao Temple.

After resting for three days at the Daowen Academy on Zangdao Peak, I went into seclusion to cultivate. I sat cross-legged on a futon and circulated the "Primordial Qi Technique," causing the five energies within my body to surge and my internal organs to roar.

In his spare time from refining the array diagrams, Xuanming diligently cultivated without ceasing. Now, the spleen earth element among the five elements is about to be completed. The five elders of the five directions have made great contributions to achieving this result.

They are inherently connected to the five internal organs, serving as the chief deities of the five internal organs, governing the five qi, and controlling the five elements. Their cultivation can nourish Xuanming, and Xuanming's mastery of the five qi can also nourish them, thus complementing each other.

Not long ago, the Great Immortal Huangji Huangjiao had already achieved the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, becoming a Divine Emperor, and the Xuanming Earth Qi also reached perfection.

It still needs some polishing.

The spleen shines brightly because the innate earth energy within the body intertwines with the earth energy outside the body. One is innate, the other acquired, and they are connected internally and externally, transforming into a fundamental source of earth energy.

Xuanming's aura became even stronger.

After refining the remaining four internal organs and the four energies, he paused his cultivation of the five internal organs and sent his primordial spirit into the mysterious gate.

Looking at the "Huangting Neijing Yujing", his eyes flickered. Xuanming already knew how to continue reading this book: to perfect the two paths of heaven and earth.

Exterior shots, mid-range shots, interior shots!
In a sense, it is also one of the three powers (heaven, earth, and man).

He could open the first two scriptures by observing and practicing the Dao, but the third one was not so easy.

The combination of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends is equivalent to the initial unification of the three powers of Heaven, Earth and Man!

He was the center, so he was able to read it for the first time.

However, this kind of unification is also a distorted form of the three elements.

If Xuanming wants to continue reciting scriptures, he must perfect the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Divine Powers. These are all divine powers sufficient to prove the Dao, and they require a lot of reasoning to support them. For the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends to achieve perfection, the Underworld must unify the Netherworld, and the Dao of the Earth must be perfected.

The same applies to the Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals.

He estimated that it would require the combined efforts of many powerful beings to establish a heavenly court.

(End of this chapter)