The Lord of the Laws of Heaven

Chapter 288 Underworld
Yan Chixia sat cross-legged on a straw mat. He looked out the window and saw an extremely bright light shining through.

But Xiao Jun was seen standing in front of a stove, with a full moon hanging behind his head. Countless moonlight rays were sprinkled directly down, but they quickly condensed around Xiao Jun.

It gathered into a halo behind Xiao Jun's head.

In front of Xiao Jun was a furnace that was more than one meter tall. The furnace had the lustrous color of beautiful jade. It was the best jadeite in the world and was made of jade.

Although Yan Chixia was a rough man, he knew that these jades were definitely worth a fortune. And those who knew the jade used in these furnaces knew that even a palm-sized piece of jade was worth a fortune.

And such a priceless jade stone is actually as tall as a person! It is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

Yan Chixia looked at the furnace made of beautiful jade. Although he knew it was a huge fortune, there was not a trace of greed in his heart. This was due to his own concentration in cultivation and also because he knew how these beautiful jades were made.

He saw that Xiao Jun casually collected a lot of moonlight, condensed it into flames, and found some earth and rocks, and then burned and refined it directly. After the earth and rocks melted and went through some simple processing, they were completely transformed into priceless jade in the mortal world.

Yan Chixia looked at Xiao Jun's methods and thought of the legendary immortals' method of refining stone into gold, except that Xiao Jun only refined stone into jade.

Xiao Jun condensed the moonlight into real fire and threw it directly into the furnace. However, he saw a pure white flame condensed from the moonlight burst out and directly filled the entire furnace cavity.

But Xiao Jun directly threw the core of the tree demon inside into it, and then threw the smooth silver-white iron block next to it directly into the furnace.

Xiao Jun is refining a weapon, imitating the "blood-veined steel" as a base to refine a powerful magical weapon of his own.

The wood that looked like flesh and blood burned with the real fire condensed by the moonlight. The wood that looked like blood-red flesh now made a sizzling sound, a bit like the sound of frying meat.

However, a lot of black evil energy slowly floated out of it, and then was directly refined and disappeared by the true fire condensed by the moonlight.

The originally dark blood-red flesh texture gradually turned into a stone like red agate. Xiao Jun continued to throw in a large amount of iron blocks that he had refined using local materials and Yuanci. The iron blocks melted and gradually wrapped the core of the tree monster.

However, the core of the tree demon continued to absorb the molten iron, and the agate-colored core of the tree demon slowly grew larger, and some strange patterns appeared.

Xiao Jun used Yuanci to directly refine something like pure iron. He also collected a lot of inspiration and some breath between heaven and earth, and continued to refine it into it. He saw that the patterns on the core of the tree monster looked a bit like the blood of life, and also like runes.

These are indeed talismans, which condense Xiao Jun’s own magical powers.

But Xiao Jun continued to train, the moonlit night slowly passed, and the sun rose directly in the east.

At the same time, the halo formed by the moonlight behind Xiao Jun's head transformed into a halo formed by the sunlight, just like a small sun hanging behind Xiao Jun's head, and the flame in the furnace also changed from the original clear moonlight true fire to the scorching sunlight true fire.

After a period of tempering like this, at noon, a crimson sword appeared. It looked like gold, but not gold, and wood, but not wood. It was covered with intricate patterns. These were the result of Xiao Jun's instantaneous calculations of countless Taoist techniques, engraved into these patterns.

The long sword floated in the furnace, and the patterns on it were shining and flowing, just like a living creature breathing.

It was indeed breathing, and the true fire condensed from the sunlight by Xiao Jun was being continuously absorbed and exhaled by the crimson sword. It was a bit like a cultivator constantly expelling the old and absorbing the new. The sword was also expelling the old and absorbing the new, making itself more and more perfect.

However, the sword became sharper as it breathed.

Suddenly, a sword sound came from the blood-red long sword. The long sword immediately broke through Xiao Jun's furnace and flew around Xiao Jun. The sword changed constantly with Xiao Jun's thoughts, and he performed sword skills in the air.

In an instant, sword lights were seen flying, sword nets were dense, and the blood-red cold light spread throughout the Lanruo Temple.

He stopped the sword with great satisfaction and it fell next to Xiao Jun's hand. Xiao Jun held the blood-red sword in his hand. His Yang Shen sensed the sword and found that the internal veins had a feeling of touching his own flesh.

"For cultivators who practice the weapon-resolving method of the Corpse Reincarnation Immortal Realm, this sword I have forged is the best place to rest!"

"It's like a flesh and blood body. The Yin God resides in it, and can even cultivate! I imitated and refined the blood-patterned steel from the Yang God world, adding my own understanding."

Xiao Jun naturally does not need the so-called corpse-reincarnation method, because Xiao Jun's yang spirit is free, and Xiao Jun's physical body is quite stable due to practicing the "Pure Yang Sutra", integrating various direct knowledge.

With the methods of martial arts, biology, medicine, and human engineering, Xiao Jun circulates the primordial magnetism to strengthen his body. His body is even comparable to that of the Martial Saint in the Yangshen world.

The weapon method in the corpse-reincarnation technique refers to those who have cultivated to the level of Yin God, but have no hope of achieving the Great Dao. It requires a lot of good deeds for the Yin God to take over the body, otherwise they will be punished by heaven, and there is also the disaster of the mystery in the womb. Therefore, they place the Yin God in the weapon and use the weapon as a solid and long-lasting physical body, so that they can achieve the Great Dao in the future.

It belongs to the lower level of the immortal way, and is even a last resort for the corpse-reincarnated immortals.

Even among the corpse-reincarnated immortals, there are superior cultivation methods, such as the Taiyin Form Refining Method, which is the most profound and can reshape a person's physical body, transforming it from a human form into an immortal immortal body. While the Taiyin Form Refining Method cannot reach the realm of a celestial immortal with vast magical powers and boundless magic, it can still make one a carefree terrestrial immortal, enjoying the pleasures of immortality.

Xiao Jun's sword now imitates blood-patterned steel, and incorporates many of Xiao Jun's ingenuity. This sword contains countless auras. This sword is alive and has a body!
If a cultivator with no hope of achieving the Great Dao, whose Yin Spirit has failed to transform into a Yang Spirit, obtains Xiao Jun's sword, the Yin Spirit will remain as alive as if it were still there! They can even use this sword to practice inner alchemy! In this world, this sword is a well-deserved immortal sword!
"Just call yourself Red Blood!"

At this moment, Yan Chixia walked over, bowed, and said, "Senior... Congratulations on refining a magical artifact! I have a question, could you please help me?"

"Speak!" Xiao Jun let the Red Blood Sword float upright beside him. Yan Chixia glanced at the sword beside Xiao Jun and asked, "I see that Senior is a body of spirit and soul, a body of primordial spirit, yet he can reside in the human world forever... Could it be that Senior has become an immortal?"

"Not really..." Xiao Jun shook his head and said to Yan Chixia, "I'm just cultivating my Yang Spirit and practicing various magical techniques to make my Yang Spirit strong and long-lasting. I can't be considered an immortal yet!"

"It turns out to be Master Yangshen in person!" Yan Chixia bowed to Xiao Jun in admiration.

Xiao Jun used his magical power to make Yan Chixia stand up, and said to Yan Chixia, "No need to be so polite. I see that your cultivation is quite mixed, with martial arts, Taoism, and Buddhism. Although your cultivation is successful, it is not systematic."

"That's right! I was originally a captain of the police who practiced swordsmanship. Later, I got Taoism by chance and started practicing on my own... It's just wild fox Zen!" Yan Chixia shook his head and said.

"Martial arts training is the path of strengthening the physical body, shaping a flawless body, an indestructible golden body, and finally reaching the great way, with both form and spirit being perfect."

"To cultivate the Dao is to investigate the spiritual principles of heaven and earth, ultimately achieving the state of a celestial being. Whether it's receiving a talisman, practicing the alchemy cauldron, practicing fetal breathing, or using thunder techniques, they all ultimately lead to the same goal: refining the void and merging with the Dao, ultimately achieving the state of a celestial being."

"Buddhism is the path to enlightenment, to tapping into the Tathagatagarbha, the true nature of one's mind. First, one eliminates afflictions, eradicates all defilements, cultivates the cessation of defilements, and attains the status of an arhat... Then, one attains enlightenment, becomes a bodhisattva, and gains great wisdom, great supernatural powers, great merit, and great compassion..."

Xiao Jun spoke directly and then said to Yan Chixia, "In fact, I have learned quite a lot. I also know that all cultivations are ultimately common. All cultivations, in the final analysis, also need a goal. If your cultivation cannot be concentrated into one, it seems that there is no goal for cultivation..."

"Ah... I don't want to become an immortal, nor do I want to become an Arhat or Bodhisattva. I comprehend Taoism and Buddhism to calm myself down. By the way, it also helps me to slay demons and bring peace to the world!" Yan Chixia said.

Xiao Jun understood Yan Chixia's thoughts. From Yan Chixia's point of view, the so-called Taoism and Buddhism are essentially the same as martial arts. If the martial arts are profound, they can eliminate demons. The purpose is to eliminate demons and monsters and prevent people from being harmed by demons.

In fact, the so-called Taoism, Buddhism, and martial arts are just a means. For example, becoming an immortal is actually the result of the condensation of Taoist wisdom. Seeking the Tao is actually in all aspects. Different people have different purposes for seeking the Tao, and the future results will also be different.

"You did very well!" Xiao Jun nodded. In fact, in Xiao Jun's eyes, Taoism itself is a means of seeking the truth, seeking the truth of the world, and exploring the inner mysteries of the myriad worlds. In fact, becoming an immortal is not important to Xiao Jun at all!

Just like Yan Chixia, who only cares about slaying demons and eliminating evil, and doesn't care about becoming an immortal at all.

Seeing Yan Chixia's righteous appearance, Xiao Jun glanced at the longsword beside him... This longsword was a true divine sword, called the Ancient Xuanyuan Divine Sword. Divine swords were spiritual, and Yan Chixia was chosen because his spiritual nature matched the true meaning of the divine sword. Xiao Jun naturally admired Yan Chixia.

"Let's discuss the methods of cultivation, so we can verify each other's knowledge."

"Okay!" Yan Chixia nodded in agreement, and then began to talk about his understanding of cultivation.

Yan Chixia's words were not mysterious. They only reflected his direct experience of cultivation and simple insights. However, it was these simple feelings and insights that allowed Yan Chixia to achieve an extremely high level of cultivation.

The ultimate truth is not complicated. The truth is very simple. The difficulty lies in how to implement the simple truth consistently!

Xiao Jun also talked about many principles in a concise manner. Then Xiao Jun asked for the ancient Xuanyuan Sword and the accompanying "Diamond Sutra" from Yan Chixia's hands to read and comprehend the infinite mysteries contained therein.

The ancient Xuanyuan Sword seemed to be formed from the righteousness of humanity. Only such righteousness could be able to slay demons and eliminate evil. Xiao Jun comprehended the mystery of the righteousness and incorporated it into his own resources.

The Diamond Sutra is written in Sanskrit. Xiao Jun read the Sanskrit version of the Diamond Sutra with great interest. The text written in Sanskrit contains profound magical power.

"This Diamond Sutra was written by a Buddhist practitioner at the Arhat level. It's roughly equivalent to the realm of Yangshen Zhenren!"

In fact, although there is no single system in this world and each sect has a different system of practice, we can still understand the general levels and make comparisons through the comprehension of Taoism.

The Arhats have eliminated all their defilements and achieved the state of eliminating all defilements, becoming pure Yang with no defilements... They are similar to Yangshen Zhenren, and are equivalent to some of the leak-free Jindan Zhenren of the alchemy practitioners, which is equivalent to the state of cultivating martial arts to the point of shaping a golden body.

However, this analysis is not absolute. Some Yin Gods condense a large amount of Yin Qi and have extremely powerful magic power, which can even pollute ordinary Yang Gods. They follow the path of Yin Gods to the extreme. Unlike ordinary practitioners in the human world, the transformation from Yin Gods to Yang Gods is a qualitative transformation.

The Yang God has more mystery, but the magic power of the Yang God may not be as good as that of the Yin God sometimes.

In this world, realm can only be used as a rough reference, but it cannot be used to estimate magic power.

Xiao Jun finished reading the Diamond Sutra, comprehending the wisdom of Diamond Prajna, then nodded and handed it to Yan Chixia. He said to Yan Chixia, "The reason I went out this time was actually to kill some demons and obtain some materials for my own practice."

Xiao Jun said to Yan Chixia Mingpai, "What a pity... I can't kill this greatest demon in the world!"

"I wonder what kind of demon it is?" Yan Chixia asked curiously, "Where is it?"

"The current imperial preceptor is the greatest demon. He devours the faith and worship of the mortal world, using the nation's fortune for cultivation... The rampant demons in the mortal world are caused by some of the viciousness of human hearts and the chaos of the nation, but a large portion is also due to the current imperial preceptor!" Xiao Jun said to Yan Chixia, "He devours the fortune of many people, making it impossible to suppress demons and monsters, and thus many demons have appeared!"

"Is it really like this?" Yan Chixia's eyes widened and he roared.

"Of course!" Xiao Jun nodded in response, then said to Yan Chixia, "I plan to hunt down a few more demons, refine them, study the Dao, and then find an opportunity to kill that demon directly!"

The current imperial preceptor had consumed so much incense and luck that even if Xiao Jun were to cultivate on his own, he wouldn't be able to defeat him. However, once he hunted down a prey, the souls and essence within would be excellent nourishment, enhancing his own magical powers.

In this world, Taoism is Taoism, and mana is mana! Taoism can be very high but mana is very low!
But you can use magic power to explore the mysteries of the truth!

Mana is fake! The Dao is real... Using fake mana to cultivate the true Dao.

Moreover, the demons that Xiao Jun refined were actually analyzed demons, and all the knowledge of the demons from soul to body was dissected as his own nourishment.

"If you want to become an immortal, you should do 1,300 good deeds!"

'This kind of kindness is not just external good deeds, but also inner merits...'

'Inner perfection, outer perfection...'

In fact, Xiao Jun's yang spirit often left his body to help the wandering souls of the dead and to kill some demons and monsters. After killing the demons and monsters, he would ponder the various changes of the vital energy in the demons and monsters' bodies and obtain a lot of knowledge about the world.

"Pure merits, wisdom merits, compassion merits, supernatural merits... these merits come from the heart..." Using external behavior to prove the boundless merits in the heart and carry the truth.

Xiao Jun silently moved his soul, carefully calculating the many fates and entangled forces on his soul. He needed enough soul power, the power that came from his heart, to resolve the qi entangled on his soul.

These qi hinder the operation of the power of the primordial spirit. In Taoism, they are considered as miscellaneous qi, and in Buddhism, they are called karma.

The Taoist method of removing these impurities is nothing more than controlling the temperature, practicing hard, and practicing virtue, in order to obtain enough Taoist power to refine away the impurities.

Buddhism eliminates karma by cultivating the power of merit in one’s heart and eliminating the karma in one’s heart.

When Xiao Jun killed some demons and monsters, he would thoroughly dissect the various mysterious principles contained within the demons, and grind their souls directly for comprehension, allowing Xiao Jun to continuously comprehend the mystery of the power of the soul.

Once Xiao Jun comprehends enough truths and understands the mysteries of his own spiritual power, all the impurities entangled in Xiao Jun's soul will be immediately broken away! Xiao Jun will be able to explore the mysteries of refining the void and merging with the Tao, and thus achieve the status of a celestial being.

"The power of the primordial spirit...itself is the surge of the void! To investigate the truth is to rely on the truth to reflect one's own primordial spirit! To investigate the truth is to achieve inner perfection."

In this classical fantasy world of A Chinese Ghost Story, Xiao Jun comprehends the power of his own soul and feels the boundless vitality surging in the void between heaven and earth.

In the "Yang Shen" worldview, one must comprehend the truth and reach inner perfection in order to achieve the state of Yang Shen and even the other shore!
In fact, in the world of "Feng Yun", Xiao Jun was the first to deeply comprehend the power of the soul. Relying on the martial art "Mahamutic", he directly obtained boundless power from the void. Then Xiao Jun realized the power of the soul from "Mahamutic".

In the world of Fengyun, Xiao Jun's soul was also contaminated with many impurities, which interfered with the operation of the soul's power.

After such a long period of contemplation, Xiao Jun also understood that the way to break the entanglement of the soul is to rely on the truth and achieve inner perfection, so that the power of the soul can be freed from the entanglement and truly reach the realm of the immortals who have refined the void and merged with the Tao!

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Xiao Jun rested in Lanruo Temple for a few days. With the Red Blood Sword, Xiao Jun was like having a spare body. With a body, practicing with it would be twice the result with half the effort!
The group of female ghosts originally in Lanruo Temple were all liberated by Xiao Jun and entered the cycle of reincarnation. Some female ghosts accepted it calmly, but some female ghosts thought that being a human was too painful and did not want to reincarnate. However, Xiao Jun still liberated these female ghosts directly.

In fact, this group of female ghosts are ghosts that have condensed Yin energy. They help tree monsters to harm people. There are many impurities in their spiritual power. It is not certain whether they can be human beings in the next life!

Only a soul that is light and free of impurities can be reincarnated into a wise and intelligent person.

Xiao Jun didn't want these ghosts to remain in the world, but he also didn't want their souls to be scattered.

Borrowing the Yang God, Xiao Jun felt the fluctuations of the void, his mind immersed in nothingness. Suddenly, Xiao Jun felt a superimposed space. There was an extremely rich yin energy in that space, which was the underworld in the legend!
However, Xiao Jun's Yang Shen immediately changed his mind and escaped into it. The Yang Shen entered the underworld. His Yuan Shen silently moved and relied on divination to find a trace of connection from the tree monster and rushed straight towards the Black Mountain Monster.

"I have killed the Black Mountain Old Demon... I will grind the Black Mountain Old Demon into pieces and investigate... I have a feeling that grinding its soul into pieces and investigating it will allow me to take my Netherworld Soul Path a step further!" Xiao Jun's Yang Spirit escaped into the interior of the Red Blood Sword, like a spirit residing in a physical body, flying in the air, slashing directly with a sharp sword light!
This underworld is a treasure land for Xiao Jun to comprehend the mysteries of the soul. It is also a good place for Xiao Jun to comprehend his own soul in the underworld and comprehend the structure of the soul.

(End of this chapter)