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Chapter 282 The Nine Yuan Immortal Temple

The phrase "Fellow Daoist, we meet again" puzzled Shen Wen'an.

He tried desperately to recall his memories, but he couldn't remember when or where he had seen this strange child.

"Your Excellency is..."

Meeting Shen Wen'an's questioning gaze, the child grinned and said, "This humble monk obtained the twenty-fourth Dharma Bone, shedding all decay and gaining a new life."

"It is natural that you do not recognize me, fellow Daoist."

Upon hearing this, both Shen Wen'an and Xu Zhan showed surprise on their faces!
They never imagined that the three-foot-tall child in front of them would be the old monk from Tianlong Temple they had met a month or so ago!

Although Shen Wen'an had heard that the monks of Canaan Temple possessed a method of reincarnation that allowed them to shed their decaying bodies, possess an unborn child, and be reborn.

However, there shouldn't be any other vessel for possession within Dragon Slaying Valley. How did this old monk manage to reverse time and transform into this form?
"Junior Brother Wen'an knows this person?"

Seeing that the two seemed to have some connection, Huang Lingshan couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

After a moment's thought, Shen Wen'an briefly recounted how he had met the old monk over a month ago.

After he finished speaking, Liu Qixuan and Huang Lingshan were also shocked.

"Now what?"

"Still fighting?"

Liu Qixuan suppressed his surprise and frowned as he spoke.

The strange child in front of them, who had transformed from an old monk, was clearly not a member of the Calamity Fire Sect, and his strength was extremely bizarre.

He and Huang Lingshan had been fighting each other for more than half an hour, but they still couldn't defeat him.

To be fair, Liu Qixuan didn't want to fight this child anymore.

Shen Wen'an had not considered fighting to the death with his opponent a month or so ago, and naturally did not want to waste his energy fighting him now.

He glanced at the strange child, then cupped his hands slightly and said, "Shall we stop here?"

The child quickly nodded: "This humble monk does not wish to get entangled with you all."

"Instead of wasting time, you should look for your own Dharma bones and find a way back to Tianlong Temple."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Zhan couldn't help but ask him out of curiosity, "How did you become like this?"

"Have you been doing this over and over again all these years?"

"Xu Zhan." Upon hearing Xu Zhan's words, Shen Wen'an quickly called out to him.

They had only met the old monk once, and it was still uncertain whether he was friend or foe.

Since neither side intends to fight, it's best not to pry into the other's privacy.

The child opposite seemed to have no qualms about it, smiling and saying, "It's not really a secret."

"Over the years, as I search for my own spiritual essence and a way to return to Tenryu-ji Temple, I have also continuously studied and improved my own methods of practice."

“This valley lacks spiritual energy, which is insufficient to sustain cultivation.”

“I have improved the ‘three bodies’ of Buddhist practice, using the ‘present body’ to nurture the ‘future body’, and then drawing on the path of physical cultivation, using the power of the Dharma bone to replace the secret treasure, and continuously repeating the cycle.”

"Twenty-four Dharma bones... This humble monk has lived for twenty-four lifetimes."

The four people in front of him were stunned by his remarks.

"Damn, that's a pervert..."

"Does this mean he's using himself to give birth to himself?"

Xu Zhan couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Although his words sounded laughable, Shen Wen'an and the other two thought they were quite apt.

The method this old monk used was indeed to nurture his future self with his present self during the process of continuous growth.

When his life force in his "present body" was exhausted, he abandoned that decaying body and transformed into his current form.

Thus, when this body decays again, it seems he can continue to conceive a new "future body".

Like some monsters, they live life after life by constantly shedding their skin.

Based on what the old monk said before, his Dharma body has more than two hundred Dharma bones in total, and each time a bone is found, he can undergo a transformation and rebirth.

This seems to mean that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he could survive in Dragon Slayer Valley a hundred and seventy or eighty times!?

After a moment of silence, a sudden inspiration flashed through Shen Wen'an's mind, and he immediately cupped his hands and said, "Fellow Daoist, do you not wish for the people of the Calamity Fire Sect to open this Ten Thousand Dragons Formation?"

The strange child nodded slightly and said, "This humble monk believes that Tianlong Temple is a pure land and should not continue to participate in such disputes."

"Being banned back then, though a karmic calamity, can also be considered a blessing in disguise."

"If it hadn't been sealed off, Tianlong Temple might have been destroyed just like the Daying Immortal Mansion."

Shen Wen'an nodded and then asked, "In that case, have you ever met anyone from the Calamity Fire Sect?"

"If you do not wish them to open the Myriad Dragons Formation, please give us some guidance. This will also help you resolve your concerns."

The child smiled and shook his head after hearing this.

“Fate and destiny are predetermined. Over the years, this humble monk has long since washed away all karmic burdens.”

"Fellow Daoist, please forgive me. This humble monk must not be tainted by such karma."

After saying this, he bowed slightly to the four of them, then leaped away and disappeared into the dense forest.

Upon seeing this, a hint of disappointment appeared on Shen Wen'an's face.

This old monk has wandered the entire Dragon Slayer Valley for countless years, and his understanding of the valley must far surpass that of them.

With his guidance, the four of them should be able to find the members of the Calamity Fire Cult more quickly.

However, the other party clearly did not want to get involved in the karma, so the four of them could only continue their search slowly.

After the old monk left, the four of them sat together.

Huang Lingshan also told the two about the events that had happened in the outside world over the past year.

When they heard that Shen Li had broken through to the Golden Core stage and had killed twelve Yin Generals of the Underworld in one fell swoop during that breakthrough, Shen Wen'an and Xu Zhan both showed expressions of disbelief.

"That girl, Li'er, is that amazing!?"

Xu Zhan looked strange and muttered to himself.

Shen Wen'an, on the other hand, was alright.

He knew that Shen Li was a witch cultivator and possessed the Gu Spirit Saint Body. Although she had hardly ever made a move over the years, her strength was definitely not weak.

"The fact that I obtained the spiritual essence of the Yunmeng Marsh so smoothly is somewhat beyond my expectations."

Shen Wen'an said in a deep voice.

Ever since the manifestation of spiritual phenomena in the Yunmeng Great Swamp, they have made many speculations, guessing that the major Golden Core forces in the Southern Frontier would definitely not let this go, and must have secretly devised countermeasures against the Shen family and the Qingluo Sword Pavilion.

Who would have thought that when it came to the final struggle for the spiritual essence, the group of people would just watch helplessly as Qingluo Sword Pavilion took the item away, without a single person intervening.

This unusual phenomenon puzzled Shen Wen'an.

Beside him, Liu Qixuan took out his wine gourd and then took out four jade wine cups from his storage bag. He skillfully filled them and waved them to the three of them.

"I think this is not hard to understand."

Slowly raising the jade cup in front of him, Liu Qixuan drank the wine in one gulp and then laughed, "Those cowards may have indeed prepared a response."

"As a result, the countermeasure failed when the spirit manifested, which is why they dared not act rashly and could only watch helplessly as Ling Shan took the spirit away."

The three people in front of him reacted differently upon hearing this.

"Third Uncle, do you think those forces in the Southern Frontier might have already made connections with the Calamity Fire Sect and the Underworld?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Wen'an paused slightly as he brought the jade cup to his lips, then put it back down.

"You mean the major powers in the Southern Frontier didn't make a move at the time because they were waiting for the Fire Calamity Sect and the Underworld, but neither side showed any intention of making a move, so they didn't dare to act rashly?"

After he said that, Huang Lingshan seemed to have thought of something and took over the topic, saying, "Actually, when Li'er achieved the Golden Core, I had a suspicion."

“When an ordinary Golden Core cultivator breaks through and is targeted by the Underworld, they will usually only send one Underworld cultivator to seize the Golden Essence.”

“Even if the Shen family has a precedent of attacking Yin Si cultivators, it is impossible for Yin Si to send twelve Yin generals at once.”

“I suspect that these twelve Yin generals were originally the Yin Division’s target for that spirit in Yunmeng Great Swamp, but they unexpectedly encountered Shen Li breaking through to the Golden Core stage, and the twelve Yin generals planned to take advantage of the situation to steal her Golden Essence.”

"Unexpectedly, all twelve Yin Generals died at Shen Li's hands. As a result, when their spirits manifested, without their intervention, the forces in the Southern Frontier naturally dared not easily stop them."

After the four of them analyzed it, they found that everything seemed to make sense.

"So, the major Golden Core forces in Southern Xinjiang have really sided with the Calamity Fire Sect and the Underworld?"

Xu Zhan spoke with a solemn expression.

No matter how much trouble or commotion there is with the matters of spirituality and the source of the Dao, those are all internal matters of the Yangnao Land.

For the land of Yangnao, both the Underworld and the Fire Calamity Sect are outsiders.

The actions of the major Golden Core factions in Southern Xinjiang are tantamount to betraying their homeland.

"Alright, this isn't something we should be worrying about."

After a moment of silence, Liu Qixuan poured himself another glass of wine and raised it to the three of them.

"We need to find the remaining Fire Calamity Cult cultivators as soon as possible and then leave this place."

Shen Wen'an nodded.

After a short rest, the four set off to continue their search for the remaining four members of the Calamity Fire Cult.

……

Southern Xinjiang, Yangquan Mountain.

Inside the main hall of the White Propaganda Sect, after the last powerful consolidation, dozens of members of the White Propaganda Sect have now converted to the "Primordial Golden Chapter" passed down by the Heavenly Demon He Yi.

The current followers of the White Propaganda Sect, in terms of cultivation alone, have fallen by more than one level in overall strength.

However, the Primordial Golden Chapter is, after all, a genuine ancient demonic cultivation technique.

After practicing this method, everyone's actual combat strength has greatly improved, and they all put in their best effort to improve their cultivation level as soon as possible.

"Any new news from southern Xinjiang lately?"

Above the main hall, on the throne of the sect leader, Shen Chongxu, who had returned to the mid-stage of the embryonic breathing realm, glanced at the crowd below and asked calmly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Dong Yunbao stepped forward and respectfully cupped his hands: "Reporting to the sect leader, according to the scouts, the various forces, including the Fushan Kingdom and the Canaan Temple, withdrew from Yangnao Land in a rather disheveled manner some time ago."

"Among them, the king of Fushan Kingdom, Wu Shikui, had encountered something, and of the hundreds of thousands of troops that accompanied him, only tens of thousands of his personal guards returned with him."

"The remaining troops gradually fled back on their own more than a month ago."

After a pause, Dong Yunbao continued, "A few days ago, I secretly infiltrated Qingting City and happened to meet a general of the vanguard army."

"From his words, I learned that the ruler of Fushan Kingdom, Wu Shikui, encountered a powerful enemy in Yangnao Land. He was lucky enough to survive, so he immediately fled back with his personal guards, leaving hundreds of thousands of cultivators behind and not caring about them."

"Now that they have escaped back, they no longer intend to remain loyal to the Kingdom of Fushan."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongxu immediately became interested.

He slowly sat up straight, resting his elbows on his knees, and looked at Dong Yunbao, saying, "So, the hundreds of thousands of cultivators in Fushan Kingdom are preparing to rebel?"

Dong Yunbao nodded slightly: "That's what the rumors say."

"But I also received another message."

"It is said that Qin Yanxian, the Marquis of Dingjun of Fushan Kingdom, did not die peacefully."

“That old fellow, Marquis Dingjun, was already at the half-step Golden Core realm back then. Now, after more than a hundred years of seclusion, his cultivation has probably already reached the mid-to-late Golden Core stage.”

"With him and that Wu clan puppet around, even if hundreds of thousands of soldiers wanted to rebel, they would have to think twice."

Shen Chongxu nodded slightly.

The Golden Elixir represents an insurmountable chasm for those practicing Qi cultivation and embryonic breathing.

Simply piling up quantities is hardly effective against them.

If a Golden Core cultivator is willing to set aside his pride and use a hit-and-run tactic, wiping out hundreds of thousands of Qi Refining cultivators would be virtually risk-free.

Moreover, neither Wu Shi Kui nor the so-called Marquis of Dingjun, Qin Yanxian, were in the early stage of the Golden Core realm.

After a moment of silence in the hall, Ming Zhengchu, who was on the other side, suddenly cupped his hands and said, "The Fushan Kingdom has offended quite a few forces over the years."

"If a mutiny were to occur in the army under my rule, the surrounding forces such as the Yin Corpse Sect and Heavenly Sword City would certainly not stand idly by."

"They are very likely to take advantage of the situation and work together with the rebels to wipe out the Fushan Kingdom in one fell swoop."

After a slight pause, Ming Zhengchu respectfully cupped his hands and said, "Master, this may be an opportunity for me to spread the word about the sect."

opportunity?

After a moment's thought, Shen Chongxu shook his head and said, "I have no intention of getting involved with them."

"The White Propaganda Sect no longer needs to expand its sphere of influence."

"However, the chaotic Fushan Kingdom is indeed better for me, Bai Xuanjiao, than it is now."

He never intended to build the White Propaganda into a major force.

As long as we maintain the current scale and improve everyone's capabilities, pursuing a high-end approach will be fine.

"Keep a close eye on the movements of the Fushan Kingdom." After some thought, Shen Chongxu said in a deep voice, "Over the years, I don't need to say more about what kind of opportunities are suitable for taking action."

"Remember this: be cautious in your actions, know when to stop, and don't be greedy."

"Only by living can there be a future. Do you all understand?"

The crowd below bowed in unison and said, "We will obey the bishop's teachings!"

Shen Chongxu nodded and said, "Keep a close eye on Canaan Temple and Tiantan Mountain as well. Report any unusual activity they make immediately."

"Also, if the opportunity arises, we can take action against their cultivators."

"But we must pay attention to the details and not let the fire spread to the White Missionaries."

Whether it's Tian Tan Mountain or Canaan Temple, both of these forces have a deep-seated grudge against the Shen family.

Bai Xuanjiao is weak, but if there is an opportunity to catch a lone disciple from either side, he should try his best to take action.

"Yes!"

The crowd below bowed again.

Seeing this, Shen Chongxu waved his hand lightly: "Everyone, disperse."

After bowing respectfully, everyone withdrew.

Shen Chongxu sat alone in the main hall for a while, then got up and went to the rear sleeping quarters.

Inside the hall, Wu Shi Qianrou was manipulating the Netherworld Furnace to condense a Blood Pill.

He Yi had previously said that although cultivating the "Primordial Golden Chapter" no longer required relying on devouring the essence and blood of other living beings to improve one's cultivation level, occasionally consuming some essence and blood pills would not cause any harm.

Shen Chongxu's original cultivation had already reached the perfect state of fetal breathing, but due to cultivating the "Primordial Golden Chapter", his realm dropped to the early stage of fetal breathing. He still had a sufficient understanding of the perfect state of fetal breathing.

Wu Qianrou planned to refine more blood pills for him so that he could return to the perfect state of fetal breathing as soon as possible.

"Owner."

Once the Blood Pill was successfully condensed, Wu Qianrou immediately and attentively handed it to Shen Chongxu.

Looking at the blood pill, Shen Chongxu shook his head slightly.

"Keep this pill for yourself. I don't want to rely on this method to improve my cultivation right now."

Upon hearing this, Wu Qianrou's face flashed with a hint of disappointment and sorrow.

Shen Chongxu glanced at her and said, "The Blood Puppet clone is equally important to me."

"If you can quickly raise your Blood Puppet Avatar to the Golden Core realm, it will be a great help to me."

Wu Qianrou nodded slightly, her disappointment easing somewhat.

"Then I will no longer help Master refine Blood Pills, and will instead focus all my energy on improving the Blood Puppet Avatar?"

Shen Chongxu nodded and waved his hand, saying, "You go ahead and get busy. I need to cultivate for a while."

After bowing slightly, Wu Shi Qianrou transformed into a streak of blood-red light and entered the Netherworld Furnace to busy herself with enhancing the strength of her Blood Puppet clone.

As soon as her figure disappeared, a purplish-black mist flew out from Shen Chongxu's body and transformed into a charming woman in the void in front of the bed.

At this moment, He Yi, dressed in a long purple dress, lay languidly on the throne formed by purple smoke. Her straight, snow-white legs, set against the backdrop of the dark purple smoke, were incredibly alluring.

"The devil is one who does as he pleases; you can't keep suppressing your desires."

"In this way, one cannot become a true demon."

He Yi played with a strand of her hair, her voice soft and slightly provocative.

Shen Chongxu glanced at the beautiful legs swaying in front of him, then turned his head slightly and said calmly, "When have I ever suppressed my desires?"

Upon hearing this, He Yi covered his mouth and chuckled, "Boy, lying in front of me is just asking for trouble."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongxu's expression froze, and he felt somewhat annoyed.

He almost forgot that He Yi was a celestial demon, extremely adept at understanding people's hearts, making it impossible for him to lie to her.

Catching a fleeting look of embarrassment on his face, He Yi slowly stood up, lightly touched the ground with her jade feet, and floated down from the purplish-black throne, landing in front of him.

"Primordial demonic energy encompasses everything, mixed with the desires, greed, and resentment of all living beings in the world."

"You can't completely refine these negative energies; you'll always have to find one or two to release."

"Otherwise, not only will your cultivation progress be slow, but over time, the suppressed desires will also affect your state of mind."

“When your mind is damaged, you will be more likely to succumb to boundless desires.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongxu frowned slightly and stared at He Yi's stunningly beautiful face for a moment.

"how should I do?"

Meeting his gaze, He Yi chuckled and said, "As I said, I'll find someone to release my desires."

"For example... let that little girl come out and properly release her lust..."

Shen Chongxu was taken aback for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Alright, stop causing trouble here. Go back if you have nothing else to do. I'm going to cultivate now." With that, he sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes.

But the more he tried to clear his mind and calm his thoughts, the clearer the image of those snow-white thighs under the purple dress became in his mind.

Shen Chongxu didn't know how long he had worked before he was able to calm his mind and enter a state of cultivation.

Outside, He Yi stood quietly before him, observing him with interest, and murmured softly, "So, the little fellow was thinking of me all along..."

……

Yunshui City.

On the second floor of the Blackwater Pavilion, Shen Yuan, who had been in seclusion for almost four years, was still sitting cross-legged.

As Hu Yufen had complained before, he had been in seclusion for nearly four years, and there was still no sign of him breaking through to the Golden Core stage.

Ultimately, it's because Shen Yuan's own cultivation aptitude wasn't particularly good.

Without spiritual roots, he relied solely on the help of the white jade tortoise shell to simultaneously improve the quality of his inner five elements and break through to the Dao embryonic breathing realm.

To break through from the embryonic breathing stage and enter the Golden Core realm, it is necessary to simultaneously improve the internal Five Elements system.

But this time it was clearly not as easy as before.

Even before he went into seclusion, he had made several deductions about his own situation, trying to find a way to easily step onto the Golden Core path.

But in the end, nothing was gained.

Later, in an attempt to deduce what Shen Xiubai was comprehending, they unexpectedly attracted chaotic lightning.

Sensing the chaotic aura emanating from the Chaotic Annihilation Divine Lightning, he suddenly gained a glimmer of understanding. He had been in a hurry to go into seclusion earlier, hoping to see if he could use this glimmer of understanding to further his cultivation.

But while enlightenment is one thing, achieving a breakthrough based on a mere glimmer of understanding is still extremely difficult.

At this moment, Shen Yuan was caught in a dilemma.

He had gradually transformed his dantian into a chaotic state according to his previous enlightenment.

The goal is to construct a five-element cycle within the dantian in order to form a "chaotic golden elixir".

The five elements can generate each other, but they can also restrain each other.

Maintaining this cycle between them is already the limit; to compress them together to form an inner core is simply wishful thinking.

Shen Yuan tried for more than two years, and several times he almost had his dantian explode due to the mutual restraint of the five elements, which led to his death and the dissipation of his Dao.

If one fails to condense the inner core, it is also impossible to eliminate the remaining five elements of spiritual power and retain only one.

Shen Yuan understood that if he didn't find a way to resolve this predicament, given the current state of his dantian, it would be impossible for him to break through to the Golden Core stage.

The divine consciousness emanation stood within the dantian.

Looking at the enormous vortex in front of him, which resembled a galaxy or nebula, slowly swirling, Shen Yuan's expression turned solemn.

"In the end, I was just too greedy..."

After muttering to himself, he sighed softly.

If I hadn't felt it was too much of a waste to give up that glimmer of understanding and to seek a breakthrough step by step, I wouldn't have ended up where I am today.

Now the entire dantian is in a state of chaos, with the five elements of spiritual power interacting and restraining each other. Any deviation in the spiritual power of any attribute could cause the entire vortex to surge, thus causing the vortex containing the five elements of spiritual power to explode!

At that time, not only his own dantian and physical body, but the entire Yunshui City would likely be affected.

After all, the spiritual power in his dantian is now comparable to the combined spiritual power in the dantians of five cultivators at the Great Perfection of the Fetal Breathing Realm.

Standing silently before the enormous chaotic vortex, Shen Yuan racked his brains trying to find a solution.

Suddenly, a flash of light appeared in his mind!
The huge, slowly rotating vortex inside the dantian was remarkably similar to the nebula photographed by scientists in the previous life.

It seems I had previously fallen into a misconception.

All I've ever wanted to do is compress this entire vortex nebula into a single inner core.

As a result, due to the mutual restraint of the five elements, the enormous repulsive force between them led them into a dead end.

If we look at it from the perspective of stars, we can extract the five elements energy rotating in the dantian and condense it into a shape similar to stars in a nebula. This will not only not destroy the characteristics of the five elements cycle, but also meet the requirements of condensing qi into elixir.

Following this line of thought, the problem that has been troubling me for years seems to be easily solved!
Thinking of this, Shen Yuan's divine consciousness immediately narrowed its eyes, which flashed with a sharp light.

He understood that if this move succeeded, it would be equivalent to simultaneously forming five inner cores in his dantian!

In terms of sheer numbers, they are definitely stronger than ordinary cultivators who only have one Golden Core.

Whether it will be successful or not, we'll have to try to find out.

With a slight thought, his divine consciousness immediately began to carefully manipulate the vortex, gradually sorting out and dispersing the five elements of spiritual energy within it.

This itself isn't particularly difficult, but it takes a lot of mental effort to execute.

Fortunately, he also cultivated the Great Evolution Path, and his spiritual strength far exceeded that of normal cultivators.

After spending a great deal of time, they finally managed to slowly separate the five elements of spiritual energy within the vortex.

Now comes the most crucial moment for this idea.

Ningdan.

Furthermore, it is necessary to simultaneously transform the five forms of spiritual energy into the shape of an inner core, without any mistakes during this process.

If the speed at which a certain spiritual energy condenses into a pill is too fast or too slow, the entire balance system will be broken instantly.

Shen Yuan diverted a portion of his divine sense to maintain the current state of the five spiritual energies within his dantian, while using the remaining vast amount of his divine sense to slowly recover the mental and spiritual power he had previously consumed.

He must complete this task at his peak condition; failure would mean certain death!

I don’t know how much time has passed.

When he felt that he had fully recovered to his peak condition, he began the process of condensing his core!

The divine consciousness is divided into five parts, and the power of the mind is also used in five ways.

Simultaneously manipulating the five spiritual energies within the dantian, slowly and synchronously compressing them, ultimately allowing them to gradually transform from a spiritual energy state into an inner core state.

As the five spiritual energies rotated continuously, their forms simultaneously transformed into the shape of the inner core.

Even at this point, Shen Yuan still dared not relax.

He needs to continue compressing the five inner cores to make them completely stable so that they won't fall apart after his divine sense is withdrawn.

The massive depletion of his spiritual and mental energy had already caused his consciousness to become blurred.

The intense pain emanating from his head made it even more difficult for him to maintain his focus.

Despite his discomfort, Shen Yuanqiang tried his best to maintain his previous caution.

But he still overlooked the difficulty of this last step.

Ordinary cultivators at the Great Perfection of Fetal Breathing do not need to be so careful when preparing to break through to the Inner Core stage. They only need to focus all their divine sense and mental power on their dantian, squeezing the spiritual power within the dantian little by little, so that it gathers into an Inner Core.

Even so, the very step of forming the core is enough to exhaust the spiritual power of a cultivator at the peak of the embryonic breathing stage.

Therefore, the main reason why some cultivators at the perfected stage of embryonic breathing dare not break through to the Golden Core stage, besides other external reasons, is that their spiritual cultivation is insufficient.

If they cannot be sure that their spiritual power can condense the spiritual energy in their dantian into a pill in one go, they dare not even attempt a breakthrough.

Otherwise, the force of their spiritual energy fluctuating between expansion and contraction could, at best, rupture their dantian, and at worst, blast their entire bodies to smithereens.

With Shen Yuan's current spiritual cultivation, condensing just one inner core would be more than enough.

However, condensing five at the same time is far more difficult than five times the original difficulty.

After all, during the process of condensing the pills, it is necessary to pay attention to the condensation speed of the five inner pills and to monitor their mutual influence.

His spiritual power had already run out when the Five Elements Inner Core was just beginning to take shape. He has been able to persist until now entirely because of his stubborn will.

hum!
A wave of dizziness washed over him, and Shen Yuan's seated body swayed slightly.

The peaceful and stable scene within his dantian suddenly became turbulent in an instant.

The fire-attribute inner core, glowing red, and the dark water-attribute inner core exhibited a strong repulsive force due to the slight turbulence.

Under the influence of this force, the positions of the two inner cores shifted, which in turn affected the other inner cores nearby.

Upon seeing this, Shen Yuan's heart sank.

He immediately suppressed the splitting headache caused by the exhaustion of his divine soul and forcibly used his meager spiritual power to stabilize the collapsing balance.

However, the current crisis has not yet been resolved.

He had stabilized the operation of the five inner cores, but he also found that he still could not withdraw his divine sense.

Not only because the divine sense relaxed slightly, but also because the five inner cores that had not yet fully condensed would change shape.

It was also because he suddenly discovered that when the five inner cores were rotating, they seemed to have lost their backbone and could not be stably positioned in a certain location in the dantian.

At this moment, Shen Yuan suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness.

Failed……

This attempt can be considered a failure.

The consequences of failure are predictable: once the five inner cores in his dantian go out of control, the violent power will directly tear his dantian apart, destroy his physical body, and even level the entire Yunshui City.

He suddenly felt a pang of regret, regretting that he shouldn't have chosen Blackwater Pavilion for his seclusion.

He also regretted taking that risk to break through to the Golden Core stage.

"Well, I've lived for nearly two hundred years in this life, and I have a house full of children and grandchildren."

"With Wen'an and Chongming around, the Shen family business can be passed down."

A sense of relief suddenly arose in Shen Yuan's heart, and then he slowly withdrew his exhausted spiritual power, no longer forcing himself.

However, in the instant his consciousness relaxed slightly, the white jade tortoise shell in his sea of ​​consciousness suddenly released a large amount of fluorescent light!

In an instant, the not-so-intense fluorescence directly illuminated his entire sea of ​​consciousness!
Not only that, Shen Yuan suddenly found that everything about him seemed to have been frozen in an instant!
Breathing, thoughts, the circulation of spiritual energy within the body, including the five inner cores in the dantian—everything was instantly frozen.

Before he could even figure out what had happened...

The red and white vortex on the surface of the white jade tortoise shell suddenly enveloped his soul and disappeared!
Shen Yuan felt the surrounding light and shadows shift, and when his vision returned, he was horrified to find that the white jade tortoise shell had actually brought his soul to a familiar place!

That dilapidated, mysterious palace!
Back then, Qu Yunhe of Huangshengzong tricked the Shen family out of half of their fortune. In order to find a way to regain their fortune, he forcibly deduced Huangshengzong's "borrowing fortune" method, and ended up in this strange palace by accident.

Later, because of a "Taoist disc" in the palace, he inexplicably went to a place that seemed like a heavenly paradise and heard the sound of "Taoist bells and chimes" twice.

After returning in a daze, a cultivation method called the Great Evolution Path, known as the "Secret Reversion Scripture of Divination - First Volume," appeared in my mind.

Now, on the brink of life and death, the white jade tortoise shell has brought his soul here once again.

Just as Shen Yuan was wondering what the white jade tortoise shell was planning to do, he was horrified to find that the white jade tortoise shell had actually manifested and crashed into the glazed jade pillar in front of him.

boom!
A huge roar sounded!

Shen Yuan was stunned when the white jade tortoise shell slid into his body in a flash.

Immediately, he felt the entire palace shake a few times.

then--

Above the shattered dome of the main hall, a terrifying eye suddenly appeared!

"you again!?"

"Get out of here!"

An angry roar erupted, and the entire hall instantly spun and shook violently.

Shen Yuan's soul immediately hid behind a pillar in the main hall, clinging tightly to the thick pillar with both hands.

After a long time, the swaying hall gradually calmed down.

When Shen Yuan looked up, he saw those enormous eyes peering through the gap in the dome, constantly scanning and searching for him.

After the eyes disappeared, the hall shook a few more times before finally returning to complete calm.

Once he was sure it was safe, Shen Yuan carefully stepped out from behind the pillar, his eyes immediately landing on the jade disc not far in front of him.

After gazing at the jade disc and pondering for a moment, he suddenly understood the meaning of the white jade tortoise shell.

Given the chaotic state of his internal dantian, he was in a life-or-death situation, and ordinary methods would probably be of little use in helping him.

The only way is to use the jade disc in this mysterious palace to go to that place that seems to be a heavenly paradise and see if we can find a solution.

After figuring this out, he immediately bent down and picked up the jade disc.

The next moment, a resounding voice suddenly rang out in his senses, and Shen Yuan felt his soul rise again, ever upward...

A moment later, he returned to the place where the sky was filled with rosy clouds and auspicious energy.

"Fellow Daoist, you were almost late."

As soon as he sat down, a voice rang out from the left.

Shen Yuan instinctively didn't want to pay attention, but when he thought about the predicament he was facing, an idea came to mind.

His head slowly turned to the left.

This time, the power that had been binding him had actually disappeared.

This means he no longer has to sit there like a statue, unable to move, as he did last time.

"I've met Taoist friends."

"When I first arrived here last time, I was suppressed by that invisible force. Please forgive me if I cannot speak."

The figure in front of him, shrouded in golden light and whose exact appearance was obscured, returned the greeting with a chuckle and said, "It's alright, it's alright."

"Fellow Daoist, just remember that the Daoist temple of the Nine Yuan Immortals opens once every ten years. Being able to come and listen will be of great benefit to us."

Is this the Jiuyuan Zhexian Temple Taoist temple?
Shen Yuan secretly memorized the name.

After chatting for a while, the golden figure looked at the empty futon to Shen Yuan's right and sighed, "Fellow Daoist Canghe, I'm afraid you'll miss this opportunity this time."

A grey crane?

Shen Yuan vaguely remembered that the person sitting to his right was a child's voice; his name was Cang He.

With a slight thought, he also sighed and said, "To be honest, fellow Daoist, I almost missed it this time as well."

After their casual conversation, Shen Yuan had already discovered that everyone in this training ground was enveloped in a golden light. Outsiders could not see through the golden light, nor could they know the other party's cultivation level or appearance.

The cultivator in front of him, who called himself "Master Chiyuan," happened to be a chatterbox, so he wanted to see if the other party could solve the predicament he was facing.

"Oh?"

"What difficulties have you encountered, fellow Daoist?"

As expected, Master Chiyuan was very perceptive and asked out of curiosity.

Shen Yuan sighed: "A junior in the clan, who has no spiritual root, has cultivated to the perfect state of embryonic breathing through great perseverance."

"A few days ago, that young man, in his twilight years, comprehended a method to break through to the Golden Core stage through embryonic breathing and began to go into seclusion to break through."

Master Chiyuan listened quietly without interrupting.

Shen Yuan continued, "I originally thought that he would be able to achieve the Golden Core Dao in one fell swoop with his comprehension."

"Who would have thought that the little guy was too ambitious, actually condensing five inner cores in his dantian in one go..."

After fabricating a junior member of the clan and revealing his current predicament, Shen Yuan sighed and said, "That junior is my favorite one. I can't bear to see him fail to break through and die."

"Alas, I am now willing but unable..."

After nodding slightly, Master Chiyuan also remarked with emotion, "Judging from your words, you must also be from the Cangmin Sea."

"The Great Dao of my Cangmin Sea is incomplete; the fact that one must possess spiritual roots to cultivate is a manifestation of this incompleteness."

"It is truly remarkable that a young nobleman could almost cultivate to the Golden Core stage with a body lacking spiritual roots..."

"However, I have indeed seen a similar situation in a tattered ancient book."

After a slight pause, Master Chiyuan continued, "It seems that the senior cultivator who left behind the ancient book also used a similar method to that of the younger generation of nobles, achieving the Golden Core Dao of 'water and fire in harmony' with a body without spiritual roots."

"I am not very clear about the specific method, but the incomplete ancient book mentions many times that he himself seemed to have cultivated alchemy, and finally used alchemy to condense a balance between the water and fire golden elixir."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuan felt a surge of excitement!
There are currently two problems troubling him.

One reason is that the power of the soul was exhausted, making it impossible to continue compressing the five inner cores.

This problem now appears to be solvable.

The white jade tortoise shell used its magical power to freeze his body and then brought his soul to the Nine Yuan Immortal Temple.

After returning, his spiritual power will surely be able to recover to its peak state.

The second problem is that there is no central pillar during the circulation of the Five Elements Internal Alchemy.

According to what Master Chiyuan said, he also seemed to feel that after returning, he could use the power of the Great Evolution to condense another inner core among the five inner cores!
At that time, with the Great Evolution Inner Elixir as the center, and the Five Elements Inner Elixirs revolving around it, this predicament might be resolved.

After a moment's thought, he immediately cupped his hands towards the Crimson Kite Master before him and said, "Fellow Daoist's words have been like a sudden awakening for me."

"Thank you, fellow Taoist."

He was sincerely grateful to Master Chi Yuan.

"Fellow Daoist, you are too kind. I only happened to have seen that incomplete ancient book and do not know whether this method is feasible."

"Fellow Daoist, please be very careful after you return. If this method fails, I hope you will not blame me for misleading others."

Shen Yuan waved his hands repeatedly and laughed, "Of course not."

"If this attempt fails, then it can only be blamed on his fate to suffer such a calamity."

"We cultivators know that fate is unpredictable. We should do our best and leave the rest to fate."

Master Chiyuan nodded slightly and said, "Fellow Daoist's state of mind at that time was truly admirable."

"If you have the opportunity in the future, you must come to the Crimson Beard Realm."

"I have a considerable collection of fine spirit wines. Let us drink and discuss the Dao together then."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuan secretly memorized the world where the Crimson Kite Venerable resided, hoping that he might be able to break through successfully after returning.

Having survived the collapse of the Dao in Yangnao Land, I really need to find an opportunity to go to the Crimson Beard Realm to properly thank Master Chiyuan.

(End of this chapter)