The Fate of Eternal Life

Chapter 48: Four Extreme Secret Methods to Break Through Bodhidharma's Spine
A silver disk hangs high in the sky, the bright moonlight casting down upon the pristine mountain range. Ancient trees sway, the moonlight streams down, and the place is very quiet, with the occasional bird song adding to the tranquility.

In a valley among the mountains, the earth veins converge here, spiritual springs flow, and the grass and trees are lush, forming a pool of water.

"Rumble..."

I saw a chaotic airflow flowing from the void, rushing down, pouring into the top of a figure's head, washing his entire body.

After a while, the chaotic airflow disappeared and was completely swallowed by him, revealing Ning Qingyi's face. He was wearing a black robe and sitting cross-legged in the void, becoming one with the heaven and the earth.

He opened his eyes, which were nourished by chaotic energy. He stood up and slowly threw a straight punch without using any divine power, but it actually made the void tremble.

"With pure physical strength, can I already shake the void?"

Ning Qingyi threw another punch. This time, the divine power in the Lunhai Life Spring surged, passing through the five palaces in his chest and flowing to his right fist. At the same time, the bones of his right arm glowed inch by inch, revealing complex Taoist patterns.

The heaven and earth trembled, and all the sounds roared!
A punch was thrown, and a huge columnar projection appeared, which actually sealed off the entire void, and then shattered it into pieces, recreating the chaotic scene.

"A terrifying punch! This is the power of returning to chaos!"

Ning Qingyi couldn't contain his joy. He roared and unleashed the Namo Fist in the valley. He didn't activate the Invincible Golden Body, but the Ancient Buddha Fist techniques, coupled with the chaotic energy bursting from his body, actually reduced the entire valley to chaos!

When the world calmed down and the chaotic energy disappeared, the small valley had disappeared, leaving only the barren red soil of the northern region.

"When chaos disappears, heaven and earth emerge; when chaos appears, heaven and earth perish." Ning Qingyi's eyes flashed with brilliance as he said, "I have mastered the Heavenly Pillar Method, the single cultivation method of the Four Extremes Secret Realm!"

In the chaotic ancient times, Emperor Huang Tian manifested the Great Dao and left behind the seeds of the secret realm, but there was no glorious era of cultivation like today. Everything was still under exploration. It was not until the Lord of Tribulation took off the Seal of the Heart of Heaven that a grand road was paved in the universe.

However, the cultivation methods of a single secret realm have been circulating, and countless geniuses have used their ingenuity to create various cultivation methods, allowing a hundred flowers to bloom. However, the future of a single secret realm method depends on what realm it can reach.

After all, some roads may seem like a smooth road at first, but eventually they lead to a dead end.

Ning Qing's previous cultivation methods in the two secret realms now seem to be extraordinary.

The secret realm of the Wheel Sea has now become "the sea that accommodates all rivers, and is vast because of its tolerance". It is dissolving the Wheel Sea and accumulating divine power every moment. Every time one comprehends the Emperor's Scripture or accumulates the insights of the Great Dao to a certain level, one can open up a Taoist spring, and then use the Taoist spring to stabilize the Bitter Sea. While nourishing the central life spring, it can comprehensively improve the control over the Wheel Sea.

The secret realm of the Taoist Palace hopes for "something mixed and formed before heaven and earth". The five palaces and five tripods give birth to five innate spiritual objects. The small world of the human body imitates the big world of the outside world to give birth to the Holy Spirit, giving birth to five "Emperors of Heaven"!
As for the Four Extremes Secret Realm...

Ning Qingyi communicated with the Gate of Eternal Life. This gate that transcends everything, suppresses everything, and evolves everything, swallowed and exhaled chaotic airflow, becoming more and more terrifying.

Inside the door, the embryonic form of the world in the shape of a Hedao flower glowed faintly, illuminating the four Chaos Divine Pillars.

Every ray of divine light reflects the infinite divine patterns of the Great Dao. While illuminating the Chaos Divine Pillar, it also constantly sharpens the pillar and engraves thousands of runes.

At the same time, the chaotic airflow continuously washed over the Chaos Divine Pillar, but if one looked closely, every time the chaotic airflow passed by, it would leave a little bit of "dust" on the Chaos Divine Pillar.

It's hard to tell with the naked eye, but it's there!

It is not difficult to imagine that over time, the Chaos Pillar will continue to grow and truly become the pillar of the world!
not to mention……

Ning Qingyi used his mind to sense the thoughts of the soul in the embryonic form of the world, and the embryonic form of the world began to sway actively. The secret of the group of characters engraved on the Chaos Divine Pillar began to revive, forming the Four Extremes Array.

Faintly, the embryonic form of the world took shape as a heart body, and the four divine pillars vaguely flashed the shapes of arms and feet.

From a distance, it looked like a "person" was lying in the chaos and began to breathe...

It’s amazing!

If someone saw it, they would definitely think that the god who created the world was being conceived and born!
At the same time, Ning Qingyi's original body also began to breathe in the same rhythm.

With every breath, his newly formed limbs glowed faintly, Dao runes loomed, chaotic energy constantly emerged and disappeared, and his bones continued to crack, yet they constantly healed themselves under the operation of the Golden Body Technique, becoming increasingly stronger. Every movement seemed to resonate with the myriad Daos, and he appeared to be invulnerable to all attacks.

Thinking back to half a month ago, when his newly formed limbs had connected to the Chaos Divine Plant through the Celestial Pillar Transformation Technique, they were nearly shattered by the chaotic energy. Now, half a month later, his body had not only rapidly recovered to its peak state, but had even surpassed it. Furthermore, his limbs had merged with the Chaos Divine Pillar, summoning the Celestial Pillar for a photo session. This naturally transformed the surrounding void into a formation base, which, combined with the Composition Secret Technique, was a truly powerful weapon!
In addition, new breakthrough opportunities have arrived.

"The fourth level of the Unbeatable Golden Body Realm...Dharma Spine!"

This supreme golden body secret technique of the ancient Buddhist sect is similar to many physical cultivation methods, tempering the skin, flesh, tendons, bones, and marrow. However, what transforms decay into magic is the numerous secret texts during the golden body refining process, tempering the body to the extreme.

However, in the fourth level of suffering, Bodhidharma's spine has shifted from solid to virtual, beginning to pursue "unchange," "indestructibility," and "immortality." The spine tightly connects the entire body, achieving harmony and unity within the flesh and blood, and maintaining righteous thoughts and actions.

From this point of view, the difference between Bodhidharma's spine and the secret realm of dragon transformation is just a thought away.

The key to the secret realm of dragon transformation is "change", and every change is a leap in the level of life.

The Bodhidharma spine, however, pursues "unchange" and immortality.

Ning Qingyi carefully comprehended the secret method of the invincible golden body, as well as the explanations of the secret realm of dragon transformation in Baopuzi, Taoist scriptures, Western Emperor and other imperial scriptures, and grasped the principles of "change" and "invariance".

He was in this place where chaos was repeating itself, facing the void quietly. Three days later, he suddenly let out a long roar and stood still in the void.

His whole body began to shine brightly, his tendons, bones and membranes were all shaking, and the melodious and clear sounds of gold and jade were endless. Bits of golden light overflowed from his skin, flesh, tendons and bones, and continued to gather together, and finally gathered into a column of golden light, rushing straight into the sky!

The golden pillar shone brightly, bursts of strange fragrance came from the void, auspicious clouds appeared in the sky, and eight heavenly dragons surrounded it.

At the same time, Ning Qingyi's divine power continued to boil, gradually reaching the point where it overflowed, with faint signs of breaking through to the secret realm of dragon transformation.

Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning in the sky, which was extremely bright and boundless, stretching for hundreds of thousands of miles. Even the auspicious clouds were split in half, as if it wanted to destroy everything.

For a moment, he was about to break through two realms at the same time.

"Is this the meaning of the robbery?"

Ning Qingyi's face was filled with calm. When the Invincible Golden Body reached the level of Bodhidharma's spine, the "suffering" of cultivation shifted from self-inflicted suffering to a calamity brought down by heaven and earth!
This kind of disaster arises from the physical body and interacts with the outside world, so there are inherent internal and external disasters.

Needless to say, there are external disasters. Every time there is progress, there will be the power of heaven.

The inner calamity is indeed mysterious, with disturbances from evil thoughts and refinements from the heart fire... It is so strange and bizarre that it is hard to guard against.

Now, his secret realm cultivation is ready to start, and he is determined to break through the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm regardless of the timing, making the calamity even worse. It is obviously the work of evil thoughts.

But Ning Qingyi's heart was as hard as iron, and he could see through the changes in his thoughts clearly. He was therefore cautious and focused.

But external disasters wait for no one!
I saw dark clouds shaking in the sky for thousands of miles, and the golden pillar stood upright like a magic needle that stabilizes the sea.

The next moment, endless thunder and lightning, and ten thousand feet of purple light completely submerged the sky!
What descended directly from the heaven and earth was a sea of ​​thunder, which continuously sharpened the golden pillar that stood tall and upright!

In an instant, nothing could be seen. All I could see was thunder and lightning, and only the power of destruction.

Such a big commotion naturally attracted the attention of practitioners from tens of thousands of miles around.

"Someone is going through a tribulation!" "Such a terrible tribulation, could it be that a powerful being has made a breakthrough here?"

Many curious people could not help but fly here, not only to observe the senior masters' tribulation to gain experience, but also to have some ulterior motives - if the great master failed to overcome the tribulation, would it be...

Everyone approached quickly, but when they were a thousand miles away, they didn't dare to go any further.

The thunderstorm was so fierce that it submerged the entire primitive mountain range. Every inch of space was filled with the feeling of disaster, which was terrifying to the extreme.

The golden pillar was constantly struck by lightning, and fragments were occasionally shattered and flew away, turning into rain of light that was consumed by the thunder.

"It's too cruel. They don't give people a chance to live..." someone sighed.

"Could this golden pillar be some kind of magic weapon or secret method that it can withstand the thunder for so long?" someone was surprised.

Ning Qingyi couldn't hear it. He tried his best to suppress his boiling divine power, but he had to mobilize all the energy and blood in his body to support the golden pillar.

This is because the golden pillar is made up of the essence of the body's qi and blood. If it is destroyed by the thunder, it means that the blood and flesh are exhausted, and all the efforts made in the precious body will be wasted.

But at the same time, the heavenly tribulation was also constantly carving the golden pillar of qi and blood.

The lightning struck, seemingly trying to split the golden pillar into three pieces! The lightning seemed to come alive from the cracks, trying to drill into them and disintegrate them from the inside.

This kind of destruction began to manifest itself on his body at the same time. He felt pain and numbness all over his body, as if he was about to be turned into a pool of meat paste.

But this is just the first level.

Ning Qingyi suppressed his cultivation in the secret realm and began to silently recite the secret of the invincible golden body.

"The five realms of desire coexist in one land. The four meditations of the form realm are divided into four lands. The four formless realms are divided into four lands. There are nine in total..."

He saw a picture of the sky flashing in his mind, and then it rushed straight into the sky!
Three Realms and Nine Maps!
This is the key mystery of Bodhidharma's spine at this stage, integrating the power of the whole body and transforming the human body into the three realms and nine lands!

The three realms are the desire realm, the form realm, and the formless realm!

The nine stages are the stage where the five realms of existence are mixed, the stage where one is free from birth and happiness, the stage where one is free from concentration and happiness, the stage where one is free from joy and bliss, the stage where one has abandoned all thoughts and feelings, the stage where one has infinite space, the stage where one has infinite consciousness, the stage where nothing exists, and the stage where one has neither perception nor non-perception.

As long as you complete the practice of the Three Realms and Nine Maps, you will instantly attain Buddhahood! This means you will become an immortal in the human world!
A fiery look flashed in Ning Qing's eyes as he continued to chant the secret technique.

The golden pillar of Qi and blood merged with the hazy map of the Three Realms and Nine Realms, and suddenly it became something completely different. Countless mysteries began to surface on the golden pillar of Qi and blood, like relief carvings.

"The first step is done!"

As Ning Qingyi was thinking about this, the thunder between heaven and earth became even more violent.

Suddenly, changes occurred in the sea of ​​thunder.

"Roar!"

A thunder dragon was born from the sea of ​​thunder. Its horns were like a deer, its head was like a camel, its claws were like an eagle, and its paws were like a tiger. It was lifelike, like a living creature, floating freely in the sky, and then it let out bursts of dragon roars!

The golden pillar of qi and blood suddenly trembled, as if it was about to be shattered by the roar.

"What is that! A real dragon was born from the thunder tribulation. It's a living creature!" someone exclaimed in shock.

"It's too terrifying. With that roar, my cultivation almost exploded and triggered a calamity." An old man's face suddenly changed color and he retreated hundreds of miles in horror.

Immediately afterwards, the thunder dragon pounced on the golden pillar and entangled itself around it.

Every time the dragon claws grabbed the golden pillar of qi and blood, cracks appeared, destroying the map of heaven.

Ning Qingyi also felt the heart-wrenching pain, but his expression did not change at all, he just stimulated the blood and energy in his body.

Suddenly, the pillar of heaven expanded, and the qi and blood turned into chains, binding the real dragon to it.

"Roar!"

The Thunder Dragon roared, but was ultimately assimilated by the Qi and Blood Golden Pillar, becoming a blurry mark on the Qi and Blood Golden Pillar.

"Ow!"

The thunder dragon disappeared, and the sea of ​​thunder changed and regenerated, and a purple tiger jumped out of it.

It opened its mouth and blew out a terrifying divine wind from nowhere, shaving off layer upon layer of the earth wherever it passed. The golden pillar of Qi and Blood suddenly began to disintegrate.

This thunder tiger is also very cunning. It does not rush to the golden pillar, but keeps hovering on the edge.

"Calm and immovable like the earth..."

Ning Qingyi held the key points tightly, allowing the calamity wind to blow through the sky. Slowly, the Qi and Blood Golden Pillar changed its appearance. The original three sections of Qi and Blood Golden Pillar slowly transformed into the shape of thirty-three spine sections under the calamity wind. It was amazing.

"Why do I feel like this is a spine?" someone asked suspiciously.

Soon, the Thunder Tiger could no longer hold on. Every gust of wind consumed its body. Finally, it was hit hard and merged into the golden pillar of qi and blood.

The sea of ​​thunder gave birth to two thunder spirits in succession, and it seemed to have lost all its strength and began to become thinner.

But Ning Qingyi did not relax at all. He saw the dark clouds and the sea of ​​thunder shrinking and shrinking, and in the end it turned into a black light that was flickering and uncertain, which made people feel creepy at the sight of it.

"Could this be the calamity of extinction..." Someone recognized it.

This is an extremely terrifying calamity for people in the Buddhist community. It targets the soul. If one cannot hold on, he will be annihilated immediately, but the physical body will not be damaged at all.

"Crack!"

The black light expanded and absorbed all the light in the sky, which inevitably made people feel a great fear.

Ning Qingyi and his Qi and Blood Pillar were also completely enveloped, standing tall like a bright lamp. However, he seemed to have experienced the misfortune of being lost again, and his entire body was filled with nothingness.

Time slipped away, and as the golden pillar of Qi and blood gradually eroded, shrinking to half a man's height, Ning Qing's eyes flashed with brilliance. He reached out and grasped it, and the pillar instantly fell into his body, merging with it. In that instant, he felt his entire body sublime, a sense of unity emerging from within him.

He couldn't help but stand up.

"Roar!!!"

The magnificent mountains and rivers within a radius of thousands of miles were all reduced to dust with just one roar!

(End of this chapter)