The Lord of the Laws of Heaven

Chapter 340 The Secret Realm of Physical Body, Yang An's Transformation

After all, the tribulation of lightning is a wonder of heaven and earth, a secret creation of heaven and earth.

It grants cultivators endless supernatural powers, but the dependence on it is far too strong. Whether it is the path of martial arts or the path of ghost immortals, in the later stages, one must rely on the power of lightning tribulation.

It's not that the power of lightning tribulation is bad; on the contrary, it's far too wonderful and too powerful, containing boundless might. As long as one's mental will is up to par, one can overcome the lightning tribulation and directly acquire sufficient wisdom and supernatural abilities.

However, in this world of Yang Gods, the Heavenly Tribulation is the collision of the true magnetism of heaven and earth, which bursts forth with the infinite power of life and death of the universe.

This kind of thunder can only exist in the Great Thousand World. The other Middle Thousand Worlds and Outer Heavens do have thunder, but those thunders are just residual waves that seep out from the thunder in the Great Thousand World, and are hundreds of millions of times weaker than the real thunder in the Great Thousand World.

Therefore, in the Middle Thousand Worlds, one can only cultivate martial arts, and it is very difficult to cultivate immortality.

The lightning tribulation, a mysterious creation of heaven and earth, will eventually dissipate. It is even possible that the lightning tribulation only exists in this one era, and may not exist in past eras, and it is unlikely to exist in future eras.

Only in this era did the tribulation lightning, a treasure trove condensing the creation of heaven and earth, emerge, instantly transforming what might have been a weak and utterly mortal into a creator.

In other words, as long as one has sufficient willpower and wisdom, one can directly acquire great supernatural powers. Such a world is extremely rare.

Having already survived the ninefold tribulation of lightning, Xiao Jun possessed a profound understanding of it and naturally wanted to directly transform the calculations of lightning tribulation into cultivation methods.

"The human body is also a small world, and there are countless secret realms within it."

"Acupoints are a kind of supernatural realm, and the soul is also a powerful supernatural realm."

Martial arts immortals open their acupoints, reborn from a drop of blood, achieving immortality. Daoist ghost immortals undergo tribulations to cleanse their thoughts, becoming creators, their thoughts transforming into the heavens.

However, the secrets of the human body should not be limited to this.

Xiao Jun's thoughts were boundless, his mind was racing, and he even borrowed the galaxy within the celestial star map, which could be manipulated in an indescribable way. With such wisdom and ability, he was able to calculate the secret realm of the human body.

It was once said that Xiao Jun began to develop a new system, the concept of which was to regard the human body as a perfect world, the human body as the embryo of the heavens, allowing the embryo to develop and eventually grow continuously.

In the beginning, the soul and the body were inseparable, but martial arts and Taoist arts made the soul and the body become mutually exclusive. In the end, however, the soul and the body became one again.

Theoretically speaking, this is actually a detour.

Xiao Jun's mind worked to calculate the infinite mysteries of the human body.

"By exploring and mastering the physical body, one can drive the brain and spirit to undergo a transformation, condensing the essence of the spirit and the physical body into a true qi."

This true energy originates from each person's own spirit and will. It is refined with personal artistic conception and carries one's own principles.

In the current world of Yang Shen, proving one's principles requires facing the tribulations of heaven and earth, especially for Confucianism, which proves itself against the Creator, thus becoming a sage. Although the Creator's realm has begun to comprehend the mysteries of the true spirit, understand the true nature of all phenomena, and reach a point where no destiny can restrain them, it is itself an extremely high realm of the mind.

However, it seems that we have always been working towards external proof, while neglecting to work towards internal proof.

"This true energy can be called magical power. It can evolve into its own unique method and completely carry its own will."

“More importantly…” Xiao Jun smiled slightly: “This system cultivates the physical body and the mind, but at the same time it is also about exploring the hidden treasures of one’s own talents and aptitudes.”

"By mastering one's soul and body with exquisite precision, one begins to compile oneself. The true energy condensed from the spirit and essence can become the cornerstone for carrying principles. This allows for all-round evolution of oneself. Because it is the brain and spiritual will that are being cultivated, it is itself exploring the secret realm of wisdom."

Once Xiao Jun fully develops this system, it will allow people to avoid the tribulation of lightning, and everyone can directly realize their own truth through inner reflection.

The true energy that carries the principles can also be used to prove them to others, making those around them submit.

This is the principle of inner sagehood leading to outer kingship; only by proving the existence of both inner and outer truths can one begin to prove the truth and reality.

"In the beginning, you master your physical body, tap into the potential of life, and condense your spirit and essence into true energy. All of this is based on the physical body... This realm is called the Secret Realm of the Physical Body."

"When spirit and essence condense into true energy, and then refine it into magical power, it begins to possess supernatural abilities and opens the door to supernatural powers."

Having true qi allows one to interfere with the external world. The deeper one's understanding of principles and the universe, the more powerful the influence of true qi on all things in the world will be. At the same time, this understanding of principles and the universe can further promote spiritual sublimation, enhancing one's own aptitude and talent.

What Xiao Jun is doing now is not pursuing so-called great supernatural powers. On the contrary, what Xiao Jun wants to do now is to make this system accessible to everyone and to popularize it.

In this way, Xiao Jun will be able to fulfill his previous wish of enabling everyone to modify their own aptitude, thus making his wish come true.

To perfect this system, one needs someone to help with the research, and ideally, that person should be a celestial being.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jun looked inside his Xuanhuang Pagoda. There were two stones, one of which already had the outline of a human. Upon closer inspection, it seemed that the outline of this human was about to break through the stone embryo and be born.

Moreover, upon birth, he was already a Human Immortal, and a peak Human Immortal at that. Carefully observing the flow of energy within him and calculating the acupoints within, he had already begun to take shape and was becoming relatively perfect.

The other stone, however, contained nothing more than an infant within, and had not yet taken on a true human form.

The one of the two stone embryos in Xiao Jun's hands, which directly broke through the stone embryo and transformed into a human immortal, was the divine embryo that was taken from the hands of Champion Marquis Yang An.

It might not be accurate to call it a takeover, because Yang An had already been "enlightened."

Tens of thousands of miles away in Zhongzhou, Yang An was surrounded by a group of beautiful young women. However, Yang An was no longer the lewd man he used to be. Instead, his gaze was firm and his eyes were deep as he sat in a chair watching the women dance.

But he seemed lost in thought, as if his mind was wandering elsewhere.

After the women finished their dance, they bowed to Yang An. Yang An nodded and said, "Very good, you may all leave now!"

The women exchanged glances, then said in a melodious voice, "Yes, Your Excellency."

They were all neatly arranged and left the incredibly luxurious room.

At this moment, Yang An is naturally the real Yang An, because Yang An's soul has never changed.

But Yang An suddenly realized that he was "himself", and he woke up to the fact that he was Xiao Jun.

This was Xiao Jun's method after comprehending the true spirit. At that time, Meng Shenji foresaw Yang An's existence and captured him directly. Even with the Panhuang Life Sword protecting him, how could Yang An resist Meng Shenji's great power?

At that time, Yang An was terrified, believing that he was about to be killed by Meng Shenji.

However, instead of killing Yang An, Meng Shenji used the True Spirit Dao to directly enlighten Yang An.

So that's how it is. I am Yang An, the Dream God, but in essence, I am nothing more than the true spirit of "Xiao Jun"!
Yang An was thus enlightened.

However, the endless desires within Yang An's soul, along with seemingly inexhaustible negative emotions, still exist within him. There is boundless greed and possessiveness, and the extreme lewdness that has permeated his soul still remains.

However, Xiao Jun easily circulated his true spirit, performed infinite calculations, and saw through all laws, effortlessly dissolving the endless greed within his soul.

In truth, it would only take Xiao Jun a fleeting moment to resolve these endless negative emotions, and to dispel his boundless greed and possessiveness.

The reason Yang An gradually resolved the issue was simply because he replaced the image of Yang An in the minds of those around him with the new image of Yang An. Xiao Jun only needed the slightest movement or a hint in his eyes to transmit his meme, gradually replacing the image of Yang An in the minds of others.

Yang An was originally a greedy man who wanted to possess everything. Anyone who knew Yang An would not have any good feelings towards him, except perhaps for the women he had captured.

But gradually, their impression of Yang An will be replaced by Xiao Jun's thoughts, and they will only see Yang An, whom Xiao Jun wants to see.

Soon, a woman in a red dress walked over gracefully and sat down directly on Yang An's lap.

"What's wrong? Ever since you came back, you've been so stingy with your attention, even when it comes to other women's women!" Her tone carried a hint of coquettishness.

Yang An laughed and teased the woman in front of him, "Huang Yanyan, as the first wife, you must be considerate of your husband."

"But ever since you started practicing that damned 'Nourishing Life' technique, I see you becoming less and less like yourself! You've really changed a lot!"

"Wrong, I haven't changed at all, or rather, I've been changing all along!" Yang An stopped, then said to Huang Yanyan, "Do you know that I was born with a unity of spirit and body?"

"Of course I know! You said you obtained a cultivation technique that can resolve the fusion of your spirit and body."

"My initial state of spiritual-physical unity was caused by my father, who prevented me from cultivating Daoist arts. Otherwise, with my aptitude, achieving Dao and immortality would have been incredibly easy!" Yang An said. "But my father probably never imagined that there would be a cultivation method in this world that allows cultivators to freely switch between spiritual-physical unity and spiritual-physical separation!"

"I am currently separating my spirit and body. My father's painstaking efforts to use Taoist magic seem ridiculous to me now."

"I'm going to start practicing Taoist arts!" Yang An said to Huang Yanyan.

"The 'Nourishing Life' is so profound, capable of freely uniting the spirit and body or separating them. Could even ghost immortals do this?"

“Of course!” Yang An replied directly, and then said to Huang Yanyan, “This set of techniques explains the yin and yang transformation of the soul and the body. Ghost immortals can easily achieve the unity of spirit and body, while human immortals can also achieve the differentiation of spirit and body. These two states can also quickly transform into each other, allowing people to have the advantages of both martial arts and immortality at the same time, and eliminating their disadvantages.”

"May I ask you, Lord Marquis, about this technique?" Huang Yanyan asked Yang An, her eyes filled with astonishment.

“Of course.” With that, Yang An took out a book from the gourd at his waist. The book had three large characters written on it: “The Principle of Nourishing Life”.

He handed the book directly to Huang Yan Yan, who took it and began to peruse it, carefully exploring and savoring it.

"Truly a miraculous skill! It allows one to directly possess the advantages of both martial arts and immortality. This is of immense help to immortality cultivators in their martial arts practice!" Huang Yanyan closed the book and finally exclaimed, "You must know that once you reach the Object Manipulation Realm, you must decide whether your future path will be the path of immortality or the path of martial arts."

"However, the immortal path involves the separation of spirit and body, making it extremely difficult to advance in martial arts."

"As martial arts unite the spirit and the body, it becomes increasingly difficult for the soul to leave the body, eventually leading to complete fusion with the physical body."

"But this 'Nourishing Life Master' truly solves this problem, making it worthwhile for cultivators to pay an enormous price to acquire this technique."

"You should know that even Meng Shenji, the number one expert in the world, needed the Heavenly Origin Divine Pill to become a Human Immortal." Yang An said with a smile, "That's because the Immortal Path and the Martial Path were incompatible at the beginning, so an external object was needed to become a Human Immortal."

"My talent and aptitude are unparalleled in the world. Not only will I achieve the Martial Immortal realm, but I will also attain the Ghost Immortal realm and the Longevity realm!" After saying this, Yang An's aura exuded a sense of conquering the world!

This put Huang Yan Yan's mind at ease; it seemed that the Marquis was still the same Marquis.

Huang Yanyan's visit was originally intended to test Yang An, because ever since Yang An returned, he has been saying that he is cultivating a miraculous skill. Originally, Yang An would always take advantage of women, but he needs to cultivate a divine skill to maintain his pure yang body and thus cannot have real intimate contact with women.

But he still had an immense interest in women. The lewd aura emanating from every pore was hard to shake off. But that lewdness faded day by day, eventually disappearing altogether.

After this trip, Yang An was still the same Yang An, but the changes were too rapid, which made Huang Yan Yan start to worry whether Yang An might be possessed by another divine soul.
Yang An was never possessed; his soul was still his own! How could you say he was possessed? He simply realized that he was originally "himself"!

“But my lord, since you came back, you have neglected many of our sisters! This will not do.” After saying this, Huang Yanyan rested her head on Yang An’s chest, listening to Yang An’s heart pounding like a drum: “My lord, all your women were born into wealth and nobility. If these sisters are neglected, it will greatly hinder our grand plan.”

"Don't worry, recently, in preparation for my cultivation of Taoist arts, I've begun to carefully study the classics of sages, and I find them endlessly fascinating and immensely joyful," Yang An said with a smile. "I didn't expect to neglect you all; that's my fault!"

(End of this chapter)