Doings of the Saints: Willing to Serve

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"Having split the primordial mist and revealed the yellow earth, I governed the Five Elements in the mortal realm. I guided Xuanyuan into the daylight and cast spells at Hangu Pass so the Dao would shine forever. Riding an ox, I passed far beyond the village ahead; from across the ridges came the sound of Immortal Music from a short flute. I opened the heavens and earth as the Sect Master, refining a splendid universe within the furnace. Within the One-and-Only Sect, the arts were even more profound; when mercury and lead met, an immortal embryo was formed. Before leaving the mother's womb, his head was already white; upon reaching the Divine Empyrean, his qi was already complete. Within the chamber, I refined pills with wuxing earth and metal; within the furnace, medicine seized the innate essence. I became a guest of the Three Pure Ones Palace, forgetting how many tens of thousands of years had passed in the mortal world. Beyond the yellow and black, I bowed to an enlightened master; in Chaos, I did as I pleased. The Five Elements lay within my grasp, and I guided the confused masses into the Great Dao. Through purity and stillness, I cultivated a golden pagoda; in leisure, I once passed beyond Hangu Pass. My two hands encompassed everything beyond heaven and earth, while my belly held the Five Sacred Mountains and Mount Sumeru together. Old before the primordial, born after the primordial, I borrowed the name Li to take form. I once studied virtue and the Dao under Hongjun, and only then learned that one qi transformed into the Three Pure Ones."

"From the beginning, Chaos held wondrous virtue; all depended on profound principles to establish subtle mysteries. Taiji, the Two Modes, and the Four Images—when heaven opened in