I cultivate the Purple Mansion Golden Elixir Dao on Earth

Boundless brilliance, blooming like rain.

Little by little, yet weaving together threads into a surface, they transformed into curtains of light, obscuring Jiang Songjing's vision.

In just a moment.

The light obscured the shadows.

The Baiyang Temple, where Jiang Songjing originally lived, seemed to have become a completely different world.

Before him lay a palace as clear as crystal, as translucent as a single piece of crystal, thousands of feet long. Yet, within this crystal clarity, wisps of floating clouds drifted about, appearing equally pure and pristine, yet obscuring the interior of the palace.

On both sides of the palace, various spiritual plants and trees guard it.

With its verdant leaves and green fruits, and lush vines, the trees appear at first glance to be individual green trees, but upon closer inspection, they are intertwined and woven into a huge wooden ring over the palace, extremely ancient and simple, yet full of vibrant green life.

As for Jiang Songjing's feet, there was a long set of palace steps.

The stone steps were as green as jade, resembling a clear pool with rippling water that solidified into lumps when it fell to the ground.

Following the emerald-green walls forward, Jiang Songjing saw a tall, slender figure standing at the entrance of the palace at the end of the steps. Though somewhat ethereal, Jiang Songjing recognized him at a glance.

"Brother Lin!"

Jiang Songjing looked at that back view, her heart filled with a sense of bewilderment and ignorance.

"...How did Baiyang Temple suddenly become such a different place!?"

The thought had barely crossed his mind when he suddenly realized what was happening.

"--wrong!"

"It's not that Baiyang Temple has changed; it's me. I myself have been suddenly placed in this kind of world!"

"This is Lin Ge's doing; it's something you only see in novels and legends..."

"...Sage-level skill!"

Jiang Songjing held her breath, stunned by her realization, and stood frozen in place. For a moment, she couldn't think of anything else but the shock she felt from this realization!

His eyes seemed to see nothing but Lin Yu's back, oblivious to everything else, leaving only pure astonishment and terror!

—Brother Lin, he's truly a sage!

"Come on up."

Just as he was still in shock and disbelief, a soft voice rang in Jiang Songjing's ears. Though not loud, it was enough to bring him back to his senses, and his eyes regained their clarity.

"...Yes, Brother Lin!"

Jiang Songjing took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the excitement in her heart.

He responded and then, facing the seemingly unreachable figure standing at the top of the palace steps, he stepped up the stairs and climbed towards it.

……

"【Hearing Soul Incense】is a life-giving supernatural power, capable of summoning souls and secretly communicating with the heart. Therefore, in addition to listening to the souls and prying into the hearts of others, it can also silently capture hearts and minds, guiding the spirits of others into one's own consciousness."

"Therefore, even though it is a scene from one's own memory, it can also be seen by others."

"However, this kind of usage is ultimately not as profound as the [Soul Listening Incense], but merely a derivative of its profoundness. It cannot compare to the supernatural powers of the [Self-Attachment] and [Dream Awakening] stages that can truly weave endless illusions and even make the false appear real. With my current embryonic breathing cultivation, the only people I can trap are mortals like Jiang Songjing."

"...However, there are no other cultivators on Earth besides me right now. So even the wondrous evolution of the Soul Listening Incense is virtually invincible."

Lin Yu stood at the end of the palace steps, at the entrance of the glazed palace.

He stood still, taking in the entire scene within the palace, his thoughts flowing quietly through his mind like clear water.

The sound of hurried footsteps and heavy breathing came from the steps behind me, growing closer and louder.

That was the sound of Jiang Songjing climbing the stairs rapidly.

Although this is an illusion constructed based on Lin Yu's memories, it still includes all five senses and six perceptions.

As long as one hasn't broken free from it, every bit of strength expended and every drop of blood shed within it will be real.

Fifty breaths to go.

Jiang Songjing still has fifty breaths to reach the person behind him.

Lin Yu gazed quietly at the glazed palace, a rare look of nostalgia flashing in her eyes.

This place is the most vivid yet most vague secret place in his memory.

Its title is... [Qingyuantian].

It is the fundamental grotto-heaven elevated by the True Lord Ganmu Tianyang Fengsheng of the Changqing Sect, where the Qi of Wood Virtue is abundant and the spiritual resources of Ganmu are vast as the sea. Living within it, even those who were originally nearing the end of their lifespan can extend their lifespan by several decades.

In his previous life, he was Lin Yu, one of the newest immortal talents of the Changqing Sect. He was fortunate enough to enter the cave heaven for cultivation along with Elder Jinfa during the Qi Refining period.

Upon entering the cave, Lin Yu was so shocked by the vast spiritual energy that he became hesitant and panicked.

It was at that time that he first heard the celestial music of the True Lord.

"Yu... Lin Yu".

It seemed like a murmured soliloquy, but it quickly transformed into a chorus throughout the entire grotto. The spiritual energy between heaven and earth surged and surged, and the wood element energy manifested and spread.

All the spiritual plants joyfully raised their branches in welcome, while all the cultivators bowed down in fear.

Lin Yu wanted to kneel down, but was frozen in place by a strange force.

He watched as a Yan Dan tree beside him suddenly rose up, growing from a few feet to tens of feet, hundreds of feet, thousands of feet... connecting with the clouds hanging in the sky, and then a branch of green foliage drooped down from the clouds.

The verdant branch stretched from the sky to the ground, and then a green figure emerged from it. The figure was neither real nor real, faceless and headless, and it was impossible to tell whether it was front or back. It was as if the profound secrets of all the spiritual plants in the world were woven into it, transforming into a vast expanse of green light.

Lin Yu dared not look any longer, yet even with his eyes closed, he could see the figure in the blue light walking towards him step by step, until it reached him, gently touched his head, and uttered a voice of indeterminate gender, like the soft murmur of green trees in an empty mountain in the wind:

"He is indeed destined to cultivate [Sinking Wood], but when he entered the Daoist practice of Qi cultivation, he cultivated the 'Avoid Wood Yin Nourishment and Coffin Establishment Technique'... Who gave him the name 'Yu'?"

Lin Yu stood there, stunned and oblivious.

But then the elder who had been kneeling beside him since childhood, who had personally named Lin Yu and cared for him deeply, and whom Lin Yu regarded as his closest relative, suddenly changed his expression drastically.

But he didn't have time to use any of his supernatural abilities.

The towering Yandan tree, already reaching into the clouds, now droops down a branch of green.

In an instant, the green branch pierced through Elder Jinfa's body, tore his soul apart, and forcibly dissolved his already perfected cultivation and spiritual energy into the spiritual energy of heaven and earth!

Seeing this scene, Lin Yu's mind went blank, and he even forgot to breathe.

But the blue light, and the seemingly real yet unreal figure within it, gradually faded away at this moment.

He left behind only a final, ethereal melody that left a lasting impression, and a jade slip containing the "Su Fu Ling Ji Jing" (Scripture of the Subdued Coffin).

"From now on, practice this method."

When Lin Yu came to his senses, he realized that his cultivation at the Qi Refining Realm was still based on the divine foundation of the [Fujiu Palace], but was generated by consuming [Chenyin Coffin Qi].

But a strange change was subtly occurring within this magical power, and he vaguely felt as if he had severed some invisible shackles.

It was like tearing away a cage that had always enveloped me, but which I had never noticed before!

Once you catch a fish and enter the sea, you are free to roam the world.

long after.

As his cultivation level gradually rose until he reached the Purple Mansion realm, Lin Yu finally understood the true story behind the True Lord's incarnation in the Azure Origin Heaven that day, and the question he posed within the heavens.

What kind of scheme was hidden behind the Venerable Jinfa, who treated him like a father, who named him and instructed him to practice the "Avoid Wood Shade and Nourish the Coffin" to enter the Dao?

— Lin Yu's destiny is suited to cultivating [sinking wood], among which the supreme supernatural power [coffin palace] can be cultivated through two techniques: "The Secret of Nourishing the Coffin in the Shade of Wood" and "The Classic of the Coffin of the Spirit".

Although they are of the same rank, the imagery they embody differs, and the effects of cultivating their Dao foundation and supernatural powers will also vary.

The "Secret of Avoiding Wood Shade for Erecting a Coffin" focuses on "nurturing wood for erecting a coffin," which is a method for nurturing the nature of wood.

The Venerable Elder, however, gave Lin Yu the name "Yu"!

Wood is the mother of fire, and fire is the child of wood.

The name Lin Yu subtly embodies this imagery. Therefore, while the "Secret of Nourishing the Coffin with Wood" appears to be about "nurturing wood," its essence is actually about nurturing an invisible fire!

Therefore, the faster Lin Yu cultivated the "Avoid Wood Yin and Nourish the Coffin Technique", the more he cultivated himself into a spiritual being that could help the inner supernatural powers and treasures of the Fire Virtue to reach perfection!

—This is precisely the purpose of the Dharma Elder.

He had been stuck at the perfection of the three supernatural powers for a long time, and wanted to enter the realm of the four supernatural powers, so he adopted Lin Yu, a natural genius who cultivated the [Sinking Wood] technique.

The purpose of passing on the "Avoid Wood Shade and Nourish the Coffin" was to use a secret method to refine Lin Yu into an ancient fire-elemental artifact after Lin Yu achieved the Dao Foundation. Then, this artifact would be used to first burn and then regenerate the Purple Mansion Divine Power that Lin Yu had already cultivated, and take advantage of this gap to cultivate a new Dao Foundation Divine Power and step into the Great True Person realm of the Four Divine Powers!

This... was precisely the fate that Lin Yu was destined to suffer, as planned by Master Zifu.

However, on that day, [Ganmu Tianyang Fengsheng Zhenjun] made a rare move in [Qingyuan Tian].

That True Lord, who had remained silent and invisible for decades within the [Evergreen Sect], whose only trace of existence was the vibrant Wood Virtue Qi.

He descended to the mortal realm once more, uttering celestial music, surprisingly for Lin Yu, a minor cultivator, and even instructed him on the practice of the [Su Fu Ling Ji Jing], which aims to "nourish oneself by forming a coffin."

From then on, Lin Yu was no longer troubled by the imagery of his name. The supernatural power he cultivated, the [Fuji Palace], could even reverse the yang fire and imprison it as yin fire, thereby enhancing his own divine power!

In the years that followed, whenever Lin Yu recalled this incident, he couldn't help but feel overwhelmed with emotion and countless thoughts.

But as his cultivation advanced further, even reaching the pinnacle of the world, and he gained the opportunity to leap forward and approach those lofty True Lords, Lin Yu's thoughts changed again.

Although he was still grateful and indebted, there were also a few doubts that he would only think of when he was in the deepest and most dangerous secluded caves or ancient secret realms.

—Given the True Lord's power and might, he must have already noticed me before I even entered the grotto-heaven. So, could my being adopted by the Elder of the Court of Judgment be part of his scheme?

—The True Lord holds the [Ganmu] position, yet he pays such attention to me. What kind of scheme does He have in the [Chenmu] path, or even the entire Wood Virtue path? And where do I stand in this scheme?

—What kind of pawn am I to the True Lord?

Those speculations and doubts remained unresolved until Lin Yu's previous life when he was studying gold.

In order to be a good pawn for a True Lord, Lin Yu deliberately did not pay attention to the flow and changes of the five fruit positions within the Wood Virtue in his previous life. Apart from the [Sinking Wood], he only vaguely remembered the supernatural powers and techniques related to the other Wood Virtue, without carefully comprehending them.

...But things are different now.

Lin Yu pulled her thoughts away from Lin Yu's memories. Those past events seemed like a distant memory, yet also like standing at a great height looking down at the flowing river.

The past is gone, and I will never be tainted by it again.

All doubts and concerns have dissipated like smoke.

No matter what schemes that [Ganmutian Yangsheng Zhenjun] had... the world has ultimately changed!

In this life, it's not just about attaining the Wood Virtue Realm... all the mysteries of this world are things he is determined to explore!

Lin Yu lowered his eyes slightly.

But at that moment, a panting voice called out from behind him.

"Lin...Brother Lin, I've arrived."

Lin Yu turned halfway to the side and, within the illusion of the [Soul-Listening Incense], raised her hand to Jiang Songjing, pointing towards the palace chamber.

"Come in with me."

After saying this, Jiang Songjing didn't move, but stared at Lin Yu in astonishment.

"Lin, Brother Lin, your face..."

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow slightly.

He knew perfectly well why Jiang Songjing had that expression.

At this moment, what appears in this illusion created by memory is his true self, an image created by the fusion of "Lin Yu" and "Lin Yu", naturally possessing some of the charm of "Lin Yu".

Although she no longer possesses the full divine and celestial appearance of the Great Master of the Purple Mansion from her previous life, in the eyes of ordinary people, she already has an indescribably beautiful and celestial appearance!

"For those who cultivate themselves, outward appearance is merely superficial. Come in with me."

Lin Yu calmly said that he should first enter the palace.

"Yes……"

Jiang Songjing hesitated for a moment, then followed Lin Yu inside.

But as soon as he entered the palace, his eyes widened in surprise.

Jiang Songjing looked at the interior with a look of surprise and uncertainty.

"Huh!"

It wasn't because the palace was filled with ethereal beauty and extraordinary wonders, with all sorts of unimaginable magnificent sights.

—It's because there's nothing inside!

The vast glazed palace was completely empty; the halls, pavilions, pillars, carved railings, and jade steps were all gone!

"Brother Lin..."

Jiang Songjing hesitated before following Lin Yu's retreating figure, all the way into the palace. Just as she was about to ask a question, she heard Lin Yu's soft voice:

"This place was originally called Qingyuantian, the residence of the True Lord. It is hidden away from the world and forms its own world. There are countless divine trees and spiritual plants in it."

【Qingyuantian】? True Lord?

As Jiang Songjing processed the shock of these terms, she continued to follow closely behind Lin Yu.

"However, Heaven has its appointed time, and the world has its cycles. The True Lord is no more, and the immortals no longer dwell."

As she spoke, Lin Yu suddenly stopped in her tracks.

At this very moment, though only a short time had passed, in a daze, Jiang Songjing realized that the two of them had arrived at the very center of the palace.

Right in the center of the palace, Lin Yu turned her head and looked at him.

As if severing ties with something invisible, or as if mending something, his eyes swirled with an extremely yin energy, containing the imagery of all yin wood in the world, suddenly filling the entire palace! Even his ordinary clothes instantly transformed into a black robe that could cleanse the Yellow Springs and reverse life and death!

With this change, not only this glazed palace, but also the infinite world outside the palace, turned from clear to turbid, from auspicious to malevolent, from yang to yin. It was as if the legendary underworld beneath the nine earths had risen up and occupied the space that originally belonged to this celestial treasure land. Lin Yu was the supreme master of that underworld, the supreme ruler who held the seal!

Upon seeing this scene, Jiang Songjing held her breath again, forgetting to breathe, and stared at it intently.

"Therefore, I shall change my name for this day."

"Title - [Yin Zhao Tian]"