From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Jiang Liu has now fully grasped the concept of "Yang Shen" within the Quanzhen School of "Under One Person".

In the past, Taoism defined the Yang spirit as the refinement of the Yin impurities within the primordial spirit to achieve a pure Yang spirit free of Yin, thus reaching a state of divine travel beyond the heavens and the ability to manifest in other forms outside the body.

However, in the world of "Under One Person," the Yang God and the Primordial God are obviously not interchangeable, since the Primordial God is defined in this world as the human body's thought organ—the brain.

But how can the brain exist independently of the physical body?

It's not like the Reverse Rebirth Triple Method.

but.

Compared to the definition of Yang Shen in the previous life, the definition of Yang Shen in this world seems more scientific. Isn't Yang Shen just a pure and ultimate thought, idea, and spirit that can be cultivated and advanced continuously?

When one's thoughts are pure Yang, one can escape the cycle of birth and death and enjoy freedom. The physical body, and even the soul, are all manifestations of the primordial Qi acting on the body, and naturally return to the universe.

and so!

The Quanzhen school of cultivation, which focuses on both physical and spiritual aspects, actually leans towards the "sexual" aspect, aiming to cultivate a stable physical body and ultimately cultivate a true Yang spirit.

The so-called "cleansing the stinking flesh and blood"

The phrase "stinking skin bag" already reveals the attitude of the Quanzhen School towards the physical body: the raft that helps their spirit cross the sea of ​​suffering must be extremely sturdy, but once they reach the other shore, the raft is useless and can be discarded.

The alchemical methods of the Quanzhen School differ quite a bit from my concept of internal cultivation of life force and the attainment of the Golden Elixir.

[Furthermore, compare this to the Golden Light Mantra and Five Thunder Orthodox Method of the Zhengyi School—]

[Tsk, I always thought that Quanzhen Daoists focused on the physical body while Zhengyi Daoists focused on the spiritual. Most people in the supernatural world probably thought so too, since Quanzhen Daoists all have powerful physical bodies, while Zhengyi Daoists mostly use talismans and incantations as their supernatural abilities. The Golden Light Incantation of the Celestial Master's Mansion is actually more like a buff to one's own life cultivation. Just considering the most basic life cultivation at the same level, most people believe that Quanzhen Daoists are definitely stronger than Zhengyi Daoists who don't use the Golden Light Incantation.]

But now, looking beyond appearances to the inner essence, Jiang Liu takes a closer look!

Good guy!

Although both Zhengyi and Quanzhen emphasize the cultivation of both body and mind, Zhengyi focuses on the "body" aspect, while Quanzhen leans more towards the "mind" aspect.

Upon careful consideration, Jiang Liu also felt that this was the correct approach.

The Zhengyi school is based on talismans. One of the eight extraordinary skills in the future, the "Tongtian Talisman," may require using one's own body as a talisman to communicate with the heavens. Therefore, one's body must be upright!

The cultivation of Quanzhen Daoist alchemy focuses on the two words "Yang Shen" (the spirit of the yang). Although it cultivates both body and mind, there is no doubt that a strong physical body is merely a raft to help the Yang Shen cross the sea of ​​suffering and reach the other shore, rather than the key to it.

# Chapter 422 A thought can travel a thousand miles, but taking action is better.

"Thank you, Master Qingwei, for revealing the secret of the Yang Spirit."

Quanzhen Neidan—

Jiang Liu will never practice cultivation.

His pursuit of reaching the heavens and achieving immortality was not, in order to finally purify his remaining will into pure Yang and escape the confines of the physical body.

but.

Regarding the idea of ​​pure Yang thoughts, Jiang Liu felt that it was not impossible to try. With his innate ability of being a god, he should theoretically be able to take out a dreamlike thought and confer it as a "person" within his own mental landscape and three realms, and let the person formed by the thought cultivate according to his own thoughts to see if he could cultivate a bit of pure Yang thoughts that would never perish.

If it can be done!

Jiang Liu discovered that he could continuously accumulate pure Yang thoughts and confer them upon the other deities of Heaven and Earth, making his mental landscape more perfect and also making the circulation of Qi in his physical landscape more perfect.

Jiang Liu is also a man of action.

The idea of ​​"I want to become an inventor" was extracted, and a bit of his own spirit and soul was extracted with his innate ability and injected into it to shape it. He was then taught the method of cultivating the Yang God and thrown into a forest in the Three Realms of the Mind.

The inventor, full of ambition, felled trees to build houses, and then—

Boom!

The trees fell and crushed him to death, and his spirit and soul energy returned to the river itself.

[It seems this won't work in the short term... Is it because there's only one "person"?]

Jiang Liu knew that cultivation was not a matter for one person alone. Perhaps only when the race of 'humans' was born in this Three Realms of Mind and Scenery and a civilization was formed could cultivation begin.

But with his current abilities, how long would it take him to bestow human titles upon each "thought"?

Although this mental landscape is also a dream of Jiang Liu, a dream that is combined with his physical landscape and will never be shattered, it can also conjure up countless living beings in a single thought.

This naturally includes people.

However, without his innate special ability or other methods, these beings would be nothing but illusions, vanishing into nothingness if he were not careful.

Meaningless.

"It's just compensation."

Master Qingwei had no idea what Jiang Liu had tried in that instant. "The secret of the Yang God seems to be something that cannot be easily passed on, but in reality, most people don't have the aptitude for it. Even if they do know it, they don't know how to cultivate it."

In fact, Qingwei Zhenren's transmission of the Yang Shen method to Jiangliu Yuhuang Palace was also partly motivated by personal motives.

This is because the Yang Shen method of the Jade Emperor Palace is based on thoughts, which is slightly different from the method of other Quanzhen sects, which is based on the overall thoughts and intentions of the primordial spirit.

If one cultivates based on thought, the Yin spirit that is cultivated will not be much different from one's own personality. It only needs to eliminate distracting thoughts and sublimate to the extreme to transform into a true Yang spirit.

In this way, the intention becomes even purer.

If one begins cultivation based on a single thought, then the resulting Yang spirit will inevitably be guided by that thought.

Those who cultivate all take "cultivation" as their goal, and this thought is the purest. Therefore, Master Qingwei believes that Jiang Liu will definitely focus on "cultivation" as his main thought, and then integrate other thoughts. When the Yang Spirit is achieved, Jiang Liu will definitely focus on cultivation in the future and will no longer consider other matters in the human world. When the other party reaches a level that even he dares not presume to discuss, he might even thank him!

Isn't this a wonderful story?

This both soothed the anxieties of Zhen De, Zhang Mingyuan, and others, and was also for Jiang Liu's good.

That's the best of both worlds!

“Indeed, I don’t know how to practice this method right now,” Jiang Liu sighed.

"I can explain it to you in more detail."

Master Qingwei hurriedly said.

"Master, you seem to really want me to cultivate this method?" Jiang Liu said with a smile, noticing that the aura on Master Qingwei's Yang God was slightly dimmed.

"It is because the method you practice seems to have a connection with the alchemy of my Quanzhen lineage that I am willing to give you some guidance." Master Qingwei realized that he had been too hasty, which made the other party notice something was wrong. He quickly cultivated his mind and restored the luster of the aura on his body.

Obvious.

The Yang Shen method of the Jade Emperor Palace is slightly different from the Yang Shen method of other branches of Quanzhen. Even if one cultivates "pure Yang", it will be affected by external things and become tainted by impure thoughts, so that Yin will be generated from Yang. One must cultivate at all times to maintain this pure Yang, otherwise Yin impurities, that is, other impure thoughts, will be generated.

This reminded Jiang Liu of the immortals, Buddhas, fairies, and gods in "Journey to the West" who descended to the mortal world to become demons and monsters. Instead of enjoying the wonders of the immortal and Buddha realms, they chose to do evil in the mortal world. Could it be that the yang spirit gave rise to yin and generated impure thoughts?

[Does cultivating a Yang Spirit require constant maintenance?]

[That's really good!]

Although Qingwei Zhenren's giving away of the Yang Shen method from the Jade Emperor Palace was not merely for compensation, but rather for other reasons, Jiang Liu was still quite interested in this method of cultivating the Yang Shen based on thoughts.

Therefore, he didn't care about Qingwei Zhenren's secret "scheming" and only asked, "There's no need for guidance, I don't intend to cultivate. I just want to know, what brings you to my heart? Could it be that you only want to teach me this method because you see my extraordinary talent and outstanding abilities?"

"...That's not the case." Master Qingwei was silent for a moment before stating his purpose, "I wish to know what your true intentions are."

"Did you come for the Confucian Society?"

Jiang Liu understood and expressed his thoughts, "Returning to the origin and letting the extraordinary people return to the collective of 'humans,' don't you think the term 'extraordinary people' is a bit too unconventional?"

"Do you know what the consequences of this will be?" Master Qingwei asked with a serious expression.

"I know, but no matter what, it won't be worse than the current situation in China. After all, you major sects can't beat the Westerners' guns and cannons. It's not something that China can catch up with Western technology in a short time. I can only try to remove the mystery of Qi Refining and Extraordinary People in order to enhance everyone's individual strength as much as possible. It's a kind of planning ahead."

Jiang Liu wasn't going to preach to this stubborn old man; instead, he was going to talk about the crisis that might be coming right now.

"What do you mean?"

Master Qingwei frowned deeply.

"Times have changed, real man. Given the reality that China lags behind the West, most Westerners are always thinking about plundering wealth from our land, and war is the best means of plunder."

Jiang Liu said, "The land of China today is beset by internal and external troubles. Unifying the world? I don't have that ambition, but as a human being, I have the ability, so I should do something, right?"

What do you think?

"The True Man of Pure Subtlety."

Master Qingwei sighed and said, "You're overthinking it. Would there be no war without Westerners? Aren't we still fighting among warlords right now?"

"Indeed, but fighting among ourselves and being attacked by others are two different things. The former is for unification and for establishing a new order, while the latter—"

But they want to trample our heads under their feet.

Jiang Liu said leisurely, "Cultivation is about cultivating one's mind and character, but what use is it if you cultivate your mind and character into stone, standing on a mountaintop, watching the world change? How long has it been since you personally descended the mountain after you cultivated your Yang Spirit?"

# Chapter 423 Indestructible and Invulnerable to All Laws

Jade Emperor Palace.

When Qingwei Zhenren returned to his senses, he said to Zhende, Zhang Mingyuan and the others, "If you are willing to stop Jiang Liu, then go ahead and stop him. The Jade Emperor Palace will not interfere."

"Real person, you—"

Zhen De was shocked, but he could only take his leave along with the others.

Inside the room.

Yu Xiaozi hesitated, but then heard Qingwei Zhenren say, "Ask away, there's no need to be so reserved."

"Master, is it because the river is so stubborn that it has angered you?"

Am I the kind of person who's easily angered?

Master Qingwei scolded in annoyance, "You, you, are always so thoughtful and indecisive. You can only cultivate a Yin spirit, unable to achieve pure Yang, yet you turn to the methods of scholars. You are fickle and indecisive, and you will never achieve true enlightenment!"

Yu Xiaozi quickly shut his mouth, not daring to say anything more.

“ε=('ο｀*))) Sigh!”

Seeing his silence, Master Qingwei sighed and said, "Jiang Liu has also cultivated the inner elixir, but it is different from our Quanzhen lineage. His skill is beyond compare. My Yang Spirit entering his dream is like a turtle in a jar or meat on a chopping board, at his mercy!"

"How is that possible? That's a Yang God!" Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaozi was utterly shocked and couldn't believe it.

"I cannot fathom his level of understanding, but I am certain that he is not on the same path as us! At least not at this stage..."