Qingxu Mountain Preaches the Dao (Please Keep Reading, Please Vote!)

In the blink of an eye, several hundred more years passed. On this day, the Innate Wood Element Vital Qi in Lu Yuan's Emerald Glazed Immortal Bottle was finally full.

Seeing that the Emerald Glazed Immortal Bottle was full, Lu Yuan immediately stopped collecting. Weighing the amount of Innate Wood Element Vital Qi within the bottle, a trace of delight appeared on his face as he murmured, "This bottle of Innate Wood Element Vital Qi is enough to fill my Liver Aperture Divine Treasury and condense the Innate Wood Element Qi within my chest!"

After secretly rejoicing for a while, Lu Yuan cast a spell to seal the immortal bottle and placed it within the Spirit Platform Secret Realm of his Purple Mansion Ancestral Aperture.

"Of the Five Qi within my chest, the Innate Earth Element Qi in the Spleen Aperture Divine Treasury has already been condensed. As for the Innate Metal Element Qi in the Lung Aperture Divine Treasury, with the slow grind of time, it can be condensed in thirty to fifty thousand years. As for the Kidney Aperture Divine Treasury and Liver Aperture Divine Treasury, with the Three Lights Divine Water and the Innate Wood Element Vital Qi I have just collected, condensing the Innate Water Element Qi and Innate Wood Element Qi within my chest will not be a problem! Of these Five Qi, only the Innate Fire Element Vital Qi required by the Heart Aperture Divine Treasury still has no lead. Must I once again slowly condense it bit by bit through endless grinding effort?"

At that thought, Lu Yuan's brows furrowed slightly, and a trace of gloom flashed across his face. After pondering for a moment, he shook his head. "Forget it. When the cart reaches the mountain, there will always be a road. It is still far too early to worry about condensing the Innate Fire Element Qi within my chest."

After exhaling a breath of turbid air, Lu Yuan looked beyond the Cave Heaven Blessed Land toward the living beings gathered at Qingxu Mountain's main peak. "Still, only thirty to fifty years remain until the thousand-year appointment for Qingxu Mountain's Dao lecture. It is time to make some preparations..."

Seated beside the Tree of Life, Lu Yuan recalled the contents of the Dao lectures given by the Three Pure Ones Daoists atop Kunlun Mountain. Within his mind, he removed the profound and abstruse portions. The foundations of Qingxu Mountain's living beings were generally poor; if what he taught was too profound and mysterious, it would instead be difficult for them to comprehend.

Then, based on his own understanding of cultivation realms and Great Dao Rules, he incorporated his own insights into cultivation...

In the blink of an eye, the day of the lecture arrived. As three morning bells rang out, Lu Yuan stepped upon auspicious clouds and arrived before Qingxu Mountain's main peak.

"Greetings, Immortal Lord Qingxuan!"

Seeing Lu Yuan arrive and sensing the terrifying aura emitting from his body, the living beings gathered around the main peak hurriedly bowed in worship, calling him Immortal Lord Qingxuan.

"Rise..."

His gaze swept over the several thousand living beings of Qingxu Mountain. Most had yet to attain the Immortal Dao and followed Side Door heterodox paths, cultivating only simple, crude Breathing Exercise techniques.

Of the twenty or thirty living beings who had attained the Dao Fruit of the Immortal Dao, none cultivated any profound inheritance either. They had likely relied on their own fortune, wisdom, and perseverance, enduring through bit by bit of painstaking grinding effort.

Shaking his head inwardly, Lu Yuan's voice reached directly into the hearts of Qingxu Mountain's living beings. "I am Immortal Lord Qingxuan, lord of Qingxu Mountain. Taking pity on the hardships you face in seeking the Dao, I shall expound the Dao today!"

He then reached toward the Void Sky Dome and lightly tapped with his finger. Before Qingxu Mountain's main peak, a Cloud Bed condensed from clouds appeared.

Under the astonished gazes of the living beings, Lu Yuan sat cross-legged upon the Cloud Bed and began to lecture on the Dao. "The Immortal Dao is Pure Yang, without any Yin substance! An Origin Immortal forges an immaculate immortal body and initially condenses the primordial spirit. A speck of True Yang transforms the Yin substance throughout the body, granting a lifespan of one Kalpa. A True Immortal removes the Yin substance, making the primordial spirit Pure Yang, glimpses the profundities of the Heaven and Earth Laws, and enjoys a lifespan of twelve Kalpas. A Heavenly Immortal unites Yin-Yang within the primordial spirit and nurtures a trace of Indestructible True Spirit. Only then does one attain true longevity and freedom, enjoying the lifespan of an epoch—fifty thousand Kalpas. After one's lifespan ends, protected by that trace of Indestructible True Spirit, one can enter Great Dao Reincarnation and cultivate anew! A Golden Immortal bears fruit within the primordial spirit, condenses the Power of the Great Dao, and gains an immortal primordial spirit and an indestructible body. So long as they do not suffer calamity, they share the lifespan of Heaven and Earth..."

Lu Yuan's calm voice reached directly into the hearts of Qingxu Mountain's listening living beings. Each sentence was a Great Dao maxim, unfolding the mysterious realms of the Immortal Dao before their eyes.

The Qingxu Mountain living beings listening to the lecture focused with all their might, carefully comprehending and absorbing every word Lu Yuan spoke, or else stiffly committing them to memory.

Yet many living beings had their brows locked tight, their faces bitter. Clearly, they had gained little enlightenment.

"Ah, the realms of the Immortal Dao are actually so obscure and difficult to understand?" As the Immortal Dao realms Lu Yuan explained gradually became more profound, aside from the twenty or thirty living beings who had attained the Dao Fruit of the Immortal Dao, many of the living beings before the main peak had their brows locked tight and bitter expressions on their faces. Clearly, they had gained little enlightenment.

At this point, those who had yet to attain the Immortal Dao could no longer understand. They could only memorize everything in a muddled daze, as though listening to a heavenly book...

Only the twenty or thirty cultivators who had attained the Immortal Dao listened as though intoxicated and entranced, enlightenment shining in their eyes.

When he reached the Heavenly Immortal realm, only the three Heavenly Immortals with the foundations of Innate Living Beings wore smiles, clearly having gained much. As for the few True Immortal cultivators, bitter expressions appeared on their faces at times, only to be replaced by a trace of delight at others.

The remaining Origin Immortal cultivators struggled desperately to comprehend, yet could not achieve enlightenment. In the end, they simply gave up.

When he spoke of the Golden Immortal realm, Lu Yuan's pace slowed to an extreme. At times, he had to deliberate carefully before he could teach with confidence.

At this point, among all the Qingxu Mountain living beings listening before the main peak, only the three Heavenly Immortals with the foundations of Innate Living Beings were still trying to understand the mysteries of the Golden Immortal realm Lu Yuan explained.

However, the three wore troubled expressions. The Golden Immortal realm was far more obscure and vast than they had imagined!

In the blink of an eye, a hundred years slowly passed, and Lu Yuan also brought this Dao lecture to an end.

Looking at the Qingxu Mountain living beings before him, Lu Yuan, seated cross-legged on the Cloud Bed, slightly stirred in expression and said, "I am an Innate God-Demon nurtured by Qingxu Mountain. This time, in lecturing on the Dao, I intend to select ten subordinates and servants from among you. If any wish to follow my True Self, take three steps forward. I shall test you with a formation; only the ten who endure the longest within the grand formation will pass! Make your choice now. As for cultivators unwilling to enter under my command, you may leave now..."

All the living beings before Qingxu Mountain took three steps forward in perfect unison. Not a single cultivator chose to leave.

Lu Yuan had still underestimated the worth of a Golden Immortal Lord. Perhaps across the entire Primordial World, a mere Golden Immortal was an inconspicuous nobody.

But in this remote region surrounding Qingxu Mountain, a Golden Immortal Lord was a legendary existence.

Given the chance to follow a Golden Immortal Lord, none of Qingxu Mountain's living beings before him—including the twenty or thirty who had attained the Immortal Dao—would readily give it up!

Seeing this, Lu Yuan nodded slightly and looked at the crowd. "Very good. Since no one has chosen to leave, then I shall begin the selection trial!"

Once his words fell, Lu Yuan formed hand seals, drawing forth a trace of the projection of the Innate Grand Formation, the Profound Yellow Pure Turgid Qi Grand Formation, and opened up an illusory world of the great void.

Then he reached out and grabbed, throwing the several thousand Qingxu Mountain living beings before him into that illusory world of the great void.