Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 583 Innate Dao Patterns
The summit of the five mountains of the Moving Mountain Sect.

Li Wushou stood with his hands behind his back, following behind the Five Mountains Hermit, with Yue Ling standing beside him, her face flushed.

The man from Wuyue Mountain stood barefoot under an ancient pine tree, pointing to the five mountains that seemed to share a common origin, and introduced them:

"Holy Lord, please look. These five mountains were created by the first Supreme Elder of the Mountain Moving Sect when he was dying, by stripping away his own innate Dao patterns. All the disciples of the Mountain Moving Sect in later generations enjoy the blessings of the first Supreme Elder."

"Oh?"

Li Wushou was somewhat surprised to hear this.

He originally thought that the five mountains of the Mountain Moving Sect should be related to the Five Sacred Mountains Man.

Upon first meeting him, he could sense that the Five Mountains Man was closely connected with these five mountains, and that the mountain's power was contained within him with every breath.

It's easy to imagine that the Five Mountains people's combat strength would be greatly enhanced when they were near the Mountain Moving Sect.

In Li Wushou's view, it was even approaching the level of a top-tier Nascent Soul cultivator who had mastered the Dao.

Moreover, the textures inside the body of the Wuyue Mountain figure are indeed more numerous than those of the Yueling figure.

On its head, spine, and limbs, there were some areas with interwoven textures that even he could not see through, but Li Wushou could keenly perceive the extraordinary nature of these areas.

Because the celestial and terrestrial patterns within the body of Wuyue Mountain are not spread throughout the entire body, but under the influence of these six mysterious areas, the whole person is twisted into a single rope.

These mysterious areas still appear to be the patterns of heaven and earth, but they seem to have undergone some kind of transformation, becoming even more different.

Therefore, it can be seen that when the Five Peaks Mountain Man unleashed his full power in the Mountain Moving Sect, his combat strength should have steadily entered the ranks of the top Nascent Soul stage, and he was even not much worse than those who had comprehended the Dao on their own.

This was astonishing to Li Wushou.

In Li Wushou's view, the Sacred Body Realm of this world should correspond to the Divine Transformation Realm in the outside world.

The Holy Body is divided into three stages: Initial Entry, Minor Completion, and Major Completion.

Each realm should correspond to the early, middle, and late stages of the external Nascent Soul realm.

He had heard Yue Ling mention the Five Peaks Hermit, whose cultivation level should be at the Lesser Completion of the Sacred Body.

If we follow the previous logic, the opponent's cultivation level should be no more than the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, but the opponent was able to unleash such combat power.

What about the completion of the Holy Body?
Wouldn't that mean we could directly fight the Venerable One?!
After all, according to Yue Ling's account, the differences between each stage of the Sacred Body Realm are enormous.

The gap between Nascent Soul Realm cultivators in the outside world is much larger.

It can even be said that there is a world of difference!

A Supreme Being who has achieved minor success in building a Holy Body can easily suppress several enemies who have just achieved a Holy Body, and may even kill them.

Furthermore, a fully accomplished Saint Body can easily slaughter a group of lesser Saint Body cultivators!
Yue Ling couldn't explain the details either.

However, Li Wushou guessed that it should be related to "innate Dao patterns".

Thinking of this, Li Wushou's mind stirred, and he focused his gaze on the body of the Five Peaks Mountain Man.

Could those mysterious areas on the opponent's limbs and head be "innate Dao patterns"?

Upon closer observation, Li Wushou increasingly felt that this was a completely different path of cultivation!

The path to immortality in the outside world, in essence, is to evolve one's own sacred domain into a vast world, thereby becoming an "immortal".

From then on, the Daoist principles within the universe were all under his control.

As long as Heaven and Earth endure, so too will the Dao endure!

Therefore, to a large extent, the size of the Dharma Realm and the amount of Daoist energy nurtured within it determine the strength of a person.

However, the cultivators in this world do not cultivate the Dao, nor do they nurture the Dharma realm.

Their physical bodies are naturally much stronger than those of immortal cultivators in the outside world.

Even though Yue Ling's combat strength is only equivalent to that of a True Monarch, her physical body surpasses that of an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator.

Moreover, they do practice Taoist methods.

Through the resonance between the physical body and the universe, these patterns of heaven and earth engraved within the body contain the power of the laws of heaven and earth.

With every movement of the hands and feet, one resonates with the universe, achieving the effect of absorbing the Tao into the body and becoming one with the Tao.

All of this seems to be predicated on one's physical body being strong enough to bear the many patterns of heaven and earth.

In a sense, this is more like the blessing of heaven and earth.

Wherever you are, there is heaven and earth, and there is the Dao.

The ultimate goal of cultivation is that I am immortal, and the Dao is immortal!
One cultivates heaven and earth, placing the Dao within the Dharma Realm or the Sacred Domain to evolve heaven and earth.

One cultivates oneself and carries the Dao within one's own body! It's not a matter of who is better or worse, but rather that each has its own merits.

But Li Wushou suddenly became excited.

If the mysterious area inside Wuyue Mountain's body is the innate Dao pattern that the other party has mastered, then wouldn't that mean that he is not the so-called Great Accomplished Sacred Body at all?

It doesn't even qualify as the Holy Body?
After all, he had not yet mastered this level of celestial patterns within his body.

Doesn't this also indicate that he still has a lot of room for improvement?

There couldn't be better news!

Three innate Dao patterns are enough to achieve sainthood, six innate Dao patterns are enough to achieve minor sainthood, and nine innate Dao patterns are enough to achieve major sainthood.

Given Li Wushou's current physical condition, if he were to master the method of engraving innate Dao patterns, how many innate Dao patterns could he bear?

Thinking of this, Li Wushou was already quite impatient.

Looking at the hermit of Wuyue Mountain, he asked:
"The Dao patterns that the hermit controls seem to be related to these five great mountains?"

The hermit of Wuyue Mountain invited Li Wushou to sit at the stone table under the ancient pine tree. Yue Ling, who was brewing tea nearby, nodded slightly upon hearing this and said with a hint of self-deprecation:
"The wise ruler has discerning eyes!"
Wu Yue was dull-witted, and through his own enlightenment, he could only grasp three innate Dao patterns.

Later, as his time was drawing to a close, the Moving Mountain Sect had no successor.

Wu Yue sacrificed two of his own innate Dao patterns to nourish the five innate Dao patterns of the first generation of the five mountains, and then incorporated them into his body, forcibly breaking through the minor completion stage of the Sacred Body.

Although he has been barely surviving for many years, he cannot leave the Mountain Moving Sect for too long.

Otherwise, these five mountains might be in danger of collapsing.

Therefore, the Five Mountains Sects could only sit idly within their sects most of the time.

This is what a "mountain dweller" is all about!

Li Wushou nodded upon hearing this. Now everything made sense. No wonder he always felt that the aura of the Five Sacred Mountains Man was a bit strange. It turned out that he was in harmony with the mountains.

In a sense, this seems to align with the Tao?
Thinking of this, Li Wushou asked again:
"The first Supreme Elder of the Mountain Moving Sect was actually able to peel away innate Dao patterns?"

Upon hearing this, the man from Wuyue Mountain smiled slightly.

The fact that a Great Accomplished Holy Body could surprise someone like him made the First Supreme Master Wuyue Mountain Man feel delighted.

But what he didn't know was that Li Wushou was simply ignorant.

After offering Li Wushou a cup of tea, the Hermit of Five Mountains replied:

"Ordinary people who have achieved minor success in building a sacred body cannot do so, but the first generation of the Mountain Moving Sect's Supreme Elder was only one step away from achieving major success in building a sacred body. His innate Dao patterns were only one step away from materialization. The first generation of the Supreme Elder used his own essence and blood to irrigate and peel out eight innate Dao patterns."

After two generations of Supreme Beings of the Moving Mountain Sect cultivated their Dao through self-cultivation, the five innate Dao patterns that exist today were preserved.

Li Wushou nodded silently and praised:

"The Mountain Moving Sect is truly admirable, and its first Supreme Master was an extraordinary hero!"

In his heart, Li Wushou was sorting out what he had gained.

Judging from the words of the Five Mountains Hermit, there should be at least one difference between the Great Accomplished Sacred Body and the ordinary Sacred Body, namely that the innate Dao patterns of the Great Accomplished Sacred Body are materialized.

Even if it is separated from the body, it should be able to exist independently.

However, under normal circumstances, the innate Dao patterns of other sacred bodies should not be able to work.

It took the efforts of several generations of the Moving Mountain Sect to preserve these five innate Dao patterns.

Upon hearing Li Wushou's praise, the smiles on the faces of Wuyue Shanren and Yue Ling deepened.

The Moving Mountain Sect was deeply grateful for the contributions of the first Supreme Elder and the two subsequent Supreme Elders. They were also honored that their three ancestors had received praise from a Great Accomplished Holy Body.

Under the ancient pine tree, the two chatted back and forth, exchanging pleasantries.

Although Li Wushou was not proficient in the laws of this world, the laws of Taoism are interconnected in a certain sense, so dealing with the Five Sacred Mountains Man was naturally not difficult for him with his level of cultivation.

After a conversation, the Five Mountains Man had no more doubts about Li Wushou's identity and strength.

The other party's cultivation level and knowledge far surpass those of ordinary people.

Although they may often be unaware of some basic common sense, those who can cultivate themselves to such a level are all detached from worldly affairs and devoted to their spiritual practice.

The fact that he lacked some common sense only further confirmed Li Wushou's identity.

It wasn't until two hours later that their conversation gradually subsided.

After drinking a cup of tea, Li Wushou began to speak:
"I have benefited greatly from discussing the Dao with you, my recluse. I wonder if you could demonstrate your innate Dao patterns?"

(End of this chapter)