Heart, Mind, Soul

Myriad Star Sword Sect

To be precise, it is the Crimson Flame Canyon Branch of the Creation Gate.

At this moment, in the Crimson Flame Canyon, an area filled with rift valley-style landscapes, five people were chatting and laughing in a courtyard built on a cliff hundreds of meters high.

Among the five, Gu Jinlai the leader. The other four were Tian Qingzi and Dan Chenzi from the Changsheng Pavilion, Luo Jiuxiao from the Xuanyuan Sword Sect, and Zhao Xi, the ruler of the Immortal Kingdom, who came from the Immortal Kingdom in his avatar form.

The topics they discussed revolved around the Eighteen Heavens, the Diagram of Nirvana, and the Gate of the Mysterious Female—all methods for Spirit Refining.

Although Gu Jinlai and Luo Jiuxiao had the highest cultivation levels among them, the Changsheng Pavilion, from which Tian Qingzi and Dan Chenzi came, was a force that specialized in the research of Cultivation Method and elixirs. Back in the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect era, they even hired the Changsheng Pavilion as the head of the Pill Hall, which shows their expertise in these areas.

The remaining Zhao Xi was a peerless genius, a rare find in the world of immortality.

Not only did he establish the Cave Heaven lineage of cultivation in the Realm of Immortality, but he also became the first Celestial Immortal in the history of the Realm of Immortality. Furthermore, the Eighteen Heavens Spirit Refining Method he created directly targets the peak of the Profound Immortal realm.

To achieve such accomplishments in the art of mind and spirit with so little information demonstrates just how amazing his talent is.

As the five continued to exchange ideas, and with the tens of thousands of books containing myths and legends of Blue Star that they had obtained from Xie Yusheng over the Gu Jinlai, their understanding of the path to spiritual cultivation became increasingly clear.

"According to the sayings circulating in the Xuanhuang Great World, one's mental cultivation must go through nine heavens, with each level bringing a transformation. Only after breaking through nine times can one truly enter the Dao and possess the power to bear the Great Dao. At this point, if one can unite the nine Daos, there is hope of breaking through to the Golden Immortal realm. However, if one's mental cultivation does not enter the Dao... even if one is lucky enough to forge the Great Dao, it is only by chance. Success is not only up to fortuitous opportunity, but it also involves risking one's life. It can only be done once."

It was Dan Chenzi who spoke at this moment.

This old immortal master of the Longevity Pavilion may not be well-known, but his mental cultivation is astonishingly high, having reached the level of the Lesser Completion of the Eighth Heaven.

She is no less than Luo Jiuxiao, a top-tier immortal.

Compared to them, Tian Qingzi and Zhao Xi of the Seventh Heaven were undoubtedly inferior.

"The mental burden of bearing different Great Daos is also different. For example, the Great Dao of Destruction contains intense and violent destructive power. Even if one enters the Dao, one may not be able to withstand it. Perhaps one must step into the second Dao to have any hope."

As Luo Jiuxiao spoke, his expression was filled with emotion and sighs.

"The Way of Humanity, the Way of Earth, the Heavenly Dao, the Way of Gods, Immortality, and Nirvana—the Six Paths..."

Tian Qingzi muttered the words of the Xuanhuang Great World: "The cultivation of these six realms is quite similar to the six realms of Zhao Xianzhu: the Human Realm, the Purgatory Realm, the Immortal Realm, the God Realm, the Underworld, and the Void Realm. However, compared to the gradual cultivation in the Xuanhuang Great World, the cultivation and experience in your six realms are not sequential and can even be carried out simultaneously."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xi waved his hands repeatedly. "My division of the Six Realms is merely a concept, and I don't even have a complete cultivation Cultivation Method. My claim that cultivation has no order of precedence is also nonsense and should not be taken seriously."

As he spoke, he quickly took out a book written Gu Jinlai: "The inspiration for the Six Realms comes from here. In the myths and legends of this world, the concept of transcending the Three Realms and being outside the Five Elements has been mentioned more than once. It is a state of great freedom and unrestrainedness. So I guessed in my heart that if there are truly great and supreme beings in the world, their mental level must have also reached this kind of great freedom."

"Transcending the Three Realms and existing outside the Five Elements..."

Gu Jinlai, from the Blue Star, are naturally familiar with this idea.

This is the realm of the Great Luo Golden Immortal in Daoist legend.

There is also the concept of Golden Immortals in the Xuanhuang Great World, but they are Great Dao Golden Immortals and Immortal Golden Immortals.

As for the names of those Dao Ancestors who reside at the source of the Great Dao, no one knows.

The legend of the Dao Ancestor was passed down from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of the Xuanhuang Great World long ago. After him, no one cultivated to become an Immortal Golden Immortal, whose achievements were comparable to those of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

"Whether these myths and legends are true or false is another matter. The main purpose of our meeting is to improve the Six Paths or Six Realms system as much as possible. If we can deduce it to the Three Saints Realm recorded in the classics, that would be even better."

This Gu Jinlai.

"We will do our best."

Tian Qingzi, Dan Chenzi, Luo Jiuxiao, and the others simultaneously cupped their hands in greeting.

And seeing the attitude of the two immortal masters and the profound immortal towards this kind of attitude Gu Jinlai...

In addition, upon receiving information about the glorious achievements of someone who had single-handedly destroyed the Mohist school, a dominant force Gu Jinlai, Zhao Xi was filled with emotion.

Several years ago Gu Jinlai had already demonstrated unparalleled power.

In addition, given the special nature of the Innate Sacred Path, he ultimately chose to trust Gu Jinlai and allowed Gu Jinlai to infiltrate the Xuanxian Realm.

He never imagined that such a feat could be achieved in the Gu Jinlai Xuanxian Realm!

Let him infiltrate the Myriad Stars Sword Sect to keep them occupied...

He not only destroyed the Myriad Stars Sword Sect, but also wiped out the Mo family, the superior overlord force of the Myriad Stars Sword Sect.

Now, they have even completely subdued the Xuanxian Realm.

This is simply...

Even though Zhao Xi had experienced countless ups and downs in his life, he still felt a sense of dreamlike wonder when he saw the great figures from Gu Jinlai bowing to him.

This is too unreal.

"The way the evil god exists is completely different from what we expected. The fact that thousands of Golden Immortals of the Great Dao joined forces to create the Three Thousand Great Daos and construct a world with the help of numerous Great Daos and Immortal Artifacts, and whose power was no less than that of an Immortal Golden Immortal, yet they were still crushed by that evil god, shows that perhaps material and energy-related methods are simply ineffective against this kind of monster. Therefore, we can only deal with non-material and non-energy-related forces, that is, the power of the mind."

Gu Jinlai, he paused slightly. "Or rather, the power of the mind, the power of the soul."

"Mind, spirit, soul..."

If Tian Qingzi and Dan Chenzi had any insights. "The standard for judging the strength of spirit world life is volume... However, the way volume is manifested is actually spirituality. They have no physical form and exist as spirituality. Just like if we feel a ball of fire without color or shape, we would judge its specific size by its temperature core. Spirit world life is like this. Spiritual energy constitutes their body, and the True Spirit belongs to the core of derived spirituality. But the source of forming the True Spirit is still the soul, the soul as the meaning of life's existence."

"Indeed, mind, spirit, soul, and True Spirit all ultimately point to the soul."

Luo Jiuxiao nodded as well.

"There's a saying on Blue Star: refining essence into qi, Qi Refining Spirit Transformation, and Spirit Refining into emptiness. This saying clearly points out four major realms: essence, qi, spirit, and emptiness. I summarize and understand them as matter, energy, spirit, and space."

At this point, Gu Jinlai paused, saying, "Space can also be the world, the foundation of all matter, energy, and spirit."

"I've heard this saying before. If we delve deeper into the study of the spirit, it's the mind, the soul... and the essence of what evil gods devour is also the mind, the soul..."

Zhao Xi frowned as he spoke, as if he felt something was missing.

"It is the foundation of the existence of the mind and soul."

As if sensing his thoughts, Gu Jinlai added cautiously, "It is illusion! It is emptiness! It is the world!"

Dan Chenzi suddenly understood something, his pupils shrinking sharply. "In your words, the Evil God... belongs to the Spirit Refining Returning to Void level? It not only devours the mind and soul, but also the very foundation of the mind and soul's existence... which is... the world!?"

A flash of inspiration struck Luo Jiuxiao, reminding him of the illusory image of the evil god he had "seen" not long ago...

World!

At that moment, he blurted out – He is the world!

It turns out...

"I see, I see... world, world."

Luo Jiuxiao kept repeating it.

The eyes of Gu Jinlai, Zhao Xi, Dan Chenzi and others immediately fell on him.

Seeing this, Luo Jiuxiao said directly, "Let me share with you the true form of the 'Evil God' that I saw."

At that moment, a wave of divine thought dissipated and was absorbed by the four of them.

For a moment, even though they could not personally experience the spiritual impact brought by the true form of the evil god, the magnificence and greatness of this life still continuously shook the minds of the four of them.

"This... this is the terrifying being hidden deep within our true spirit realm? The one who created the great life of the Creator!?"

"Such a thing actually exists in this world!?"

"The true form of the evil god!"

Everyone was deeply shocked and remained silent for a long time.

Even Gu Jinlai, there has been a long period of silence.

For the first time, doubt arose in his heart.

Faced with this concept, which is almost equivalent to "the world" itself, how should it be destroyed?

Just like an ordinary person, he can destroy flowers, trees, and skyscrapers, but what if you asked him to destroy the air?

How can I destroy this?!

"No! It can be destroyed!"

Gu Jinlai's gaze gradually sharpened. "Why can't it be destroyed!?"

Why can't we destroy the air?!

The reason why people feel powerless when faced with this problem is because their own strength is not enough.

If this person is powerful enough to destroy a star with a single blow...

When the stars no longer exist, won't the atmosphere also disappear into the starry sky?

The world cannot be destroyed, also because his level of understanding is insufficient.

As long as his cultivation level continues to rise, reaching the Dao Lord level, or even the Dao Ancestor level...

The final step in refining emptiness and uniting with the Dao is to trace back to the origin.

The Dao Ancestor also represents a certain source.

Is it possible that the Dao Ancestor was an originating being?

Or, to put it another way, it possesses the properties of some kind of originating organism.

If his guess is true, and he becomes a Dao Ancestor, he will surely be able to destroy this evil god.

"I gathered them to discuss the improvement of the Six Realms Cultivation Method, wasn't it to make myself stronger so that one day in the future I could solve the threat of the evil god?"

As for the fact that even immortal golden immortals couldn't defeat an evil god...

If the Immortal Golden Immortal isn't enough, then try the Dao Ancestor.

As for how to survive the Dao Ancestor's purge of the immortal golden immortals who depend on the Great Dao, and grow to that level...

Gu Jinlai, attention has focused on the three theoretical realms that Zhao Xi deduced from mythological classics.

The Great Crimson Pure Realm.

Yu Yu Shangqing Sacred Realm.

Pure and serene sacred realm.

The ancient texts of the Xuanhuang Great World have also speculated that some of the oldest immortal golden immortals, after reaching a supreme realm with their powerful mental cultivation, could not be easily erased even by the Dao Ancestor who controlled that Great Dao.

However, these ancient texts only mention it briefly, and it seems more like the unfulfilled fantasy of ancient beings like the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, completely unfounded...

However, the three realms mentioned in the Blue Star's ancient texts gave him a similar association.

Perhaps...

There really are immortal golden immortals who can withstand the purge by the Dao Ancestor.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why some immortal beings can live for billions or even tens of billions of years.

Even the most benevolent Dao Ancestor wouldn't fail to purify the Great Dao for such a long period of time, would he?

It's like a person who, no matter how lazy, wouldn't go for years without taking a bath.

If one can withstand the purge by the Dao Ancestor, how far is one from becoming the Dao Ancestor?

Thinking of this, Gu Jinlai calmed down. "Let's continue discussing how to cultivate the methods of the Six Realms and Six Paths."

Dan Chenzi, Tian Qingzi, Luo Jiuxiao, and the others exchanged glances and quickly regained their composure.

Just then, Zhao Xi's mind stirred, and he frowned.

Immediately afterwards, his avatar glanced at Gu Jinlai and said, "We've found the location of the newly opened Demon Abyss in the Demon Realm."