Chen Shi always cultivated in the small Niu family courtyard, his heart entirely free from distraction. This round of cultivation was a new attempt for him, as his Dao field had invaded the Primordial Palace in the Immortal Capital, where he began attempting to temper his own Three Corpses Gods.
Since ancient times, the Three Corpses Realm centered primarily around slaying the Three Corpses, treating the Three Corpses Gods as things that needed to be severed and cast away.
Once a cultivator severed the Three Corpses Gods, they lost much of their desire for sex, food, and fine clothing, while their own Yin energy steadily decreased, gradually transforming them into a body of pure Yang.
After transforming into a pure Yang body, the benefits were numerous; first and foremost, without these desires, one could focus entirely on cultivation, naturally advancing with unstoppable momentum and improving much faster.
Secondly, with a pure Yang Primordial Spirit, heavenly lightning would not easily strike the body, sparing the cultivator the agony of thunder tribulations.
Yet even after slaying the Three Corpses, desires would still stage a comeback, which was why many high officials and noble lords still took wives and concubines, still favored lavish garments, and still indulged their palates.
Confucianism spoke of examining oneself thrice daily. Buddhism taught to constantly wipe the mirror clean, leaving no dust to settle. Such was the reasoning behind it.
Chen Shi's thought was that pure Yang was the Dao, and pure Yin was also the Dao. In heaven, earth, and nature, Yin and Yang were fundamentally one; why did one need pure Yang to become an immortal?
If one sought to harmonize with the Dao, harmonizing solely with the pure Yang Dao meant the cultivation was imperfect either.
Since the Three Corpses Gods were formed from Yin