Covering the Sky: Fairy, I really need to control you properly.

"Who is that person in the Taoist robe from Tian Shu Peak?"

"Reporting to Chief Yang, I have no idea!" The junior brother beside him hurriedly said, "There are not many disciples on Tian Shu Peak, less than a thousand, but I have never seen this person before."

Yang Mo frowned even more deeply.

A Dao Palace Realm cultivator who dares to cross realms and sign up for the Four Extremes Group's Dao Discussion Competition is either a madman or has something to rely on.

But he appeared at this crucial juncture, and he happened to be wearing the Taoist robe of Tian Shu Peak.

Could it be a coincidence?

"Investigate," Yang Mo's voice turned cold. "Find out this person's background and report back immediately."

"yes!"

……

On the other side, Xu Jinhuan returned to his cave alone, sat cross-legged, and began to cultivate with focused concentration.

In the days that followed, although he resided in the Bitter Sea of ​​Zixia Fairy and Yao Xi in the form of a Dao Tree, he never neglected his duties for a single day.

Immersed day and night in the scriptures and Daoist teachings of the two fairies, and through the mysteries of the Dao Tree itself, the traces of cultivation techniques flowing within their bodies were naturally absorbed by the Dao Tree and transformed into their own.

Zixia's innate Dao embryo is close to the Great Dao, and Yaoxi's Hunyuan Holy Light Technique is holy and magnificent. Although they did not actively study the scriptures, they had already seeped into their Dao foundation through daily immersion.

Moreover, after the first Dao Fruit was taken over by the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, he developed an inexplicable connection with the gourd.

Even without actively summoning the gourd itself, he can still draw out a wisp of sword energy or condense Taiyin Divine Water at will.

These are all the inherent supernatural powers of the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, but now they have become techniques that he can use with a simple gesture.

However, the more this was the case, the more clear-headed Xu Jinhuan became.

"To refute without being thorough is ultimately not one's own path."

"Then let the Records of the Eastern Emperor bear witness to the beginning!"

In the sea of ​​suffering, the Heavenly Trees stand tall, their branches and leaves flowing with golden light, like an inverted Milky Way.

Above the Dao Tree, five Dao Palaces hung like five small suns, connected by a hazy aura, exhaling and exhaling vast divine power.

The Taoist palace and its secret realm correspond to the five internal organs of the human body: heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.

Ordinary cultivators may first open the heart's spiritual reservoir to strengthen their qi and blood, or they may first open the lung's spiritual reservoir to draw in the essence of heaven and earth. The order varies from person to person, and the methods of cultivation are different for each individual.

In ancient times, there were those who specialized in cultivating one particular aspect of life, like ascetics who opened only one palace, walking the path of the ultimate.

Some people proceed step by step, opening the five internal organs and their corresponding spiritual treasures according to the five elements' generating and restraining relationships, proceeding cautiously step by step.

But regardless of the approach, it all comes down to "order".

First, establish a Taoist temple, gather the deities within, and once the foundation is solid, then establish the next one. This seems to be an ironclad rule that has existed since ancient times.

The Dao Palace Volume of the Records of the Eastern Emperor, however, does the opposite.

"The five palaces are one, cultivating together and progressing together!"

The Sea of ​​Wheels Secret Realm cultivates Yin and Yang, while the Dao Palace Secret Realm cultivates the Five Elements.

The five internal organs belong to the five elements, and the five elements generate and restrain each other in a cyclical manner, which constitutes the operating principle of the human body as a microcosm.

The reason why ordinary scriptures open the Dao Palace in sequence is because there is a relationship of mutual generation and restraint among the five internal organs.

If they are activated simultaneously without warning, the forces of the five elements will clash, causing minor damage to the meridians or even severe internal burns.

However, the Eastern Emperor's Record simultaneously nurtured and opened up five Dao Palaces, allowing them to resonate with and nourish each other, ultimately achieving the true convergence of the five elements.

In other words, one can progress from the initial entry into the Dao Palace to perfection in one step, simultaneously opening the five viscera!

What incredible control that requires!

Xu Jinhuan had previously condensed a physical body, and although he succeeded in doing so in a day by leveraging the characteristics of the Heavenly Dao Tree, he had not yet condensed a single deity within the Dao Palace.

He initially thought something had gone wrong, but now he understands there was a reason for it.

Seeking to open up the Taoist temple, they gathered deities mostly for contemplation.

Visualize the great ancestors, the mythical beasts and ferocious birds, the sun, moon and stars, and shape them with your mind, endowing them with spirituality.

When you visualize a true dragon, the deities of the Taoist palace will appear in the form of a dragon, breathing in and out dragon energy.

By contemplating the ancient emperor, the deities will possess some of the ancient emperor's divine essence.

For example, the Ancient Sacred Body does not cultivate divinity; instead, it directly devours the power of the five great divine treasures using its own sacred body origin, thus taking a different path.

But the records of the Eastern Emperor are different.

"Both spirit and form are reflections of oneself, reflecting one's own Dao and spirit."

Xu Jinhuan didn't quite understand this sentence at first, but it suddenly became clear to him now.

The Eastern Emperor's Record does not rely on external objects for contemplation, nor does it rely on the divine forms of predecessors. Instead, it uses itself as a mirror to see itself and reflect upon its own form.

The deities are a reflection of oneself, a concrete manifestation of the Tao, and another "self" on the path of cultivation.

Within the five Dao Palaces, five hazy figures simultaneously began to coalesce.

That wasn't a true dragon, a divine phoenix, an ancient emperor, or a celestial demon; it was Xu Jinhuan himself.

Within the Divine Treasury of the Heart, a figure stood entirely crimson, surrounded by raging flames, like a king of fire.

The heart belongs to fire, governs blood vessels, and governs the spirit.

The deities gathered in this Taoist palace embody his will.

Within the liver, where the spirit resides, a vibrant green aura pervades, and a figure stands amidst countless trees, brimming with life.

The liver belongs to the element of wood, which governs the free flow of qi and blood, and is the source of vitality.

The deity's body was surrounded by a blue light, echoing the azure blood of Xu Jinhuan.

The spirit of the spleen is hidden within, its yellow light thick and heavy, as stable as the earth, with the faint imposing presence of mountains.

The spleen belongs to the earth element, governs transformation and transportation, is the foundation of postnatal health, occupies the central position among the five elements, and harmonizes the four internal organs.

The spirit of the lungs resides within, its white qi sharp as a sword, piercing and intimidating. It governs qi and its dispersal, serving as the gateway for the exchange of spiritual energy between the human body and the universe.

The spirit of the kidneys is stored within, where black fluid flows continuously. It is responsible for storing essence and receiving qi, and is the source of life.

Five deities, five faces identical to Xu Jinhuan's original form, and five completely different temperaments.

According to the Imperial Scripture, they cannot fight outside their bodies like the deities of ordinary cultivators' palaces.

Their function is more fundamental; they are a reflection of Xu Jinhuan's Taoist practices, a "mirror image" of his cultivation path.

The growth of each deity will benefit the original deity, enhancing their control over the Dao.

At this moment, the five Dao Palaces trembled simultaneously, and the power of the five elements began to circulate.

The heart fire generates the spleen earth, the spleen earth generates the lung metal, the lung metal generates the kidney water, the kidney water generates the liver wood, and the liver wood generates the heart fire.

The five elements generate each other, forming a self-sustaining cycle.

Once this cycle is formed, Xu Jinhuan no longer needs to deliberately stimulate it. The power of the five elements surges like rivers, nourishing and strengthening each other, circulating throughout the heavens.

……

"Dead tree, what are you doing? Every time you cultivate, you make such a commotion?"

Inside the cave, Fairy Zixia gritted her teeth, fully activating her innate Dao embryo source. Purple mist rose around her, like a thin veil covering the entire Tian Shu Peak, barely concealing the terrifying phenomenon.

Sensing that Xu Jinhuan had reached a critical stage, she flipped her hand, and a full 100,000 catties of pure source scattered on the ground, piling up like a small mountain.

Xu Jinhuan sat cross-legged amidst the pile of source stones, his body enveloped in a hazy blue light, with five-colored divine rays flickering beneath his skin, flowing endlessly.

His consciousness had long since sunk into the depths of suffering, and he was completely unaware of everything in the outside world.

Ten thousand catties of source stone melted away in an instant.

The milky-white primordial energy surged like a river flowing backward, entering every pore of the body, flowing along the meridians into the Sea of ​​Bitterness, and then being absorbed by the five Dao Palaces.

Zixia Fairy gritted her teeth, then pulled out another 200,000 jin of Yuan and poured it all out.