Li Qingxu sat cross-legged on the Cloud Bed, his eyes slightly closed. Only the point between his brows shone with brilliant spiritual light, like the Morning Star illuminating his inner universe.
The Sea of Consciousness Void was a place where Myriad Phenomena had yet to take form.
A spark of spiritual light suddenly burst forth. Chaos Qi surged, and a phantom Chaos Green Lotus emerged from nothing—a phantom Chaos Green Lotus appeared.
It took root in the void, giving birth to five leaves in shades of green, red, yellow, white, and black. Their radiance flowed ceaselessly as they breathed in and out Chaos Qi. This was the foundation of the Innate Five Elements Dao he had constructed.
With his Dao Foundation established, Li Qingxu immediately set about constructing the main body of the Dao Diagram atop the Chaos Green Lotus: his own Dharma Form.
The Dharma Form he had condensed did not resemble his usual appearance. Instead, it came closer to the essence of his Dao Heart.
Soon, a Dharma Form with clear features and a gaze both lucid and resolute appeared above the Chaos Green Lotus. Jade Pure Immortal Light faintly flowed between his brows, while a hazy Pure Qi surrounded him. His left hand held up dancing True Sun Fire, and his right lightly grasped the phantom of the Chixiao Sword.
With the main body complete, Li Qingxu began creating the grand background surrounding the Dharma Form.
Using the Innate Dao Patterns he had comprehended as his warp and weft, he wove a net that spread through the void around the Dharma Form, symbolizing the Laws of Heaven and Earth.
Farther away, miniature Sun, Moon, and Stars moved along set trajectories, forming a tiny Zhou Tian Star Dou Diagram.
The visualization diagram was mostly complete, but it was still just a lifeless object. It lacked the final, crucial touch: Divine Charm.
Li Qingxu transformed the Jade Pure Immortal Light into a gentle, pure radiance that fell from above, enveloping the entire image and imbuing it with the pure, sacred aura of the Xuanmen Orthodox.
At the same time, he infused it with the Power of Five Elements he had comprehended, as well as his Dao Heart—the belief that Houtian Power could alter Innate Destiny.
As the Divine Charm flowed in, the entire scroll seemed to awaken. All its auras began to merge and resonate, and even the Dharma Form sitting cross-legged atop the Chaos Green Lotus seemed to come alive.
In the visualization diagram, his Dharma Form sat at the center, majestic and solemn, radiating an awe-inspiring presence without needing to show anger. The Five Elements Dao Foundation revolved beneath his feet, while divine abilities and treasures circled him. Law Stars wheeled in the background, instantly revealing an ethereal yet magnificent aura.
By visualizing this diagram during cultivation, one could constantly behold one's true heart and discern one's Dao Path. It could also deepen one's understanding and mastery of all one's powers, making its benefits all but limitless.
The instant the visualization diagram was fully complete, an auspicious phenomenon appeared in Qingxu Hall.
Golden Lotuses sprang from the floor, while the Great Dao Resonant Sound echoed faintly in the air. Li Qingxu's aura merged and resonated with the Dao resonance in the diagram, and his cultivation showed signs of breaking through to Late Heavenly Immortal.
The process of condensing the Dao Diagram was also a way of examining one's Dao Fruit and verifying one's Dao Heart. Naturally, his cultivation rose along with it.
"I didn't expect constructing my own visualization diagram to bring such an unexpected bonus."
Li Qingxu murmured.
He focused inward. The "Dao Self True Form Diagram" in his Sea of Consciousness was now complete, its Dao resonance formed as if by nature.
With a thought, he used a Spiritual Sense Imprint to turn the visualization diagram, which contained the foundations of his Dao Path, into a profound scroll gleaming with golden light and flowing Dao Patterns, then uploaded it to the Myriad Worlds Chat Group.
[System Notice: Group Leader "Qingxu Daojun" uploaded the group file Dao Self True Form Diagram]
[Qingxu Daojun: I created this diagram recently while comprehending the Dao. It contains my Dao resonance. You may quietly contemplate it; perhaps you'll gain something from it.]
[Ye Hei: Senior's bestowed another goodie? Let me take a look. (⚆ᗝ⚆)]
As soon as Ye Hei opened the Dao Self True Form Diagram, his pupils contracted and his Sea of Consciousness shuddered, struck by an unprecedented shock.
He saw an indescribably majestic figure seated atop a Chaos Green Lotus. Countless intricate, profound Great Dao Runes, containing the highest principles, wove together and glittered like stars, expounding the Order and Foundation of the world.
The Dharma Form held up his left hand. A sun, burning with utmost intensity, rested quietly in his palm. Its light and heat were pure and overbearing, as if capable of incinerating all falsehood and evil across the myriad worlds.
In his right hand was a phantom of an ancient Dao Sword, red as the rosy clouds.
The sword had yet to leave its sheath, but its peerlessly sharp Sword Intent pierced through the diagram, severing Karma, splitting open Chaos, and annihilating the Myriad Laws. Ye Hei's body turned cold, and his Nascent Soul trembled.
What shook him most was the core "intent" and "spirit" the figure emanated.
It was an Invincible Belief: the conviction that one could change everything.
It resonated powerfully with Ye Hei's own belief—that he trusted neither the past nor the future, only his invincibility in the present!
"This... is this Senior's 'Dao'...?"
Ye Hei's consciousness grew hazy as he murmured to himself. The blood and qi throughout his body boiled in response, and golden waves surged into the sky from his Sea of Suffering as his Wheel Sea Phenomenon manifested on its own.
He felt as if his Dao Heart were being cast into Dao Refining True Fire at that moment, undergoing a baptism and drawing indescribable nourishment from the Dao Diagram.
Deep within the Inner Academy of Jia Nan Academy.
Xiao Yan had just finished cultivating when he saw the message in the Myriad Worlds Chat Group.
When he opened the Dao Self True Form Diagram, his consciousness was instantly pulled into a vast world.
He seemed to be standing at the Beginning of the Universe, with the phantom of a slowly rotating Chaos Green Lotus beneath his feet. Above him, the heavens were occupied by a "Great Sun" whose radiance and heat defied description.
It was none of the Heavenly Flames he knew, but something more ancient and more primordial: the manifestation of the Source of All Fires.
The many Heavenly Flames within him, usually docile, now seemed like subjects beholding an exalted sovereign. They all revealed fear and reverence.
Moreover, guided by the Dao resonance in the diagram, the circulation paths of the Flame Mantra began to optimize and transform on their own, even reaching a higher level that the technique's creator had never dared imagine.
The many Heavenly Flames within him, which had originally been clearly divided and required careful balancing, began to fuse more deeply than ever before under the harmonizing guidance of this source power. Their quality seemed to be transforming toward a higher level.
Great Ming World.
Zhu Di was reviewing memorials in the Imperial Study when he opened the scroll. He was instantly awed by its magnificent vision, with the Sun, Moon, and Stars surrounding it and the Laws of Heaven and Earth guarding it.
Though his cultivation was low and he could not yet sense the diagram's power of laws, he still felt a dignified yet supremely imposing aura bearing down on him, stirring an urge in this mortal emperor to prostrate himself in worship.
What Zhu Di found most unbelievable was that when he contemplated the Dao Diagram, his entire body seemed to be cleansed by an invisible force.
The enigmatic and elusive "Immortal Gate" that had once been beyond his reach seemed to be opening a crack at last!
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