Supreme True Yang

They built thatched huts and gazed at the stars at night.

They feast on the six elements and drink the dew, they rinse their mouths with the pure yang and embrace the morning glow.

Looking up at the grandeur of heaven and earth, I quiet my mind and contemplate deeply in order to seek the path to immortality.

His name is Lou Guan.

The young Daoist priest, enveloped in the morning dew and bathed in the glow of dawn, sat cross-legged atop the towering Star Gazing Platform, on the eaves of the True Yang Tower, gazing at the golden sun leaping out from the horizon.

The blazing wheel of light, stretching across the sky and unending through the ages, showered golden radiance upon the earth, its light sweeping across and tearing through the darkness. The first ray of the rising sun, like a boundless, yet weightless hand, touched the Daoist's head and touched his brow.

At that moment, the Daoist priest observed the rosy clouds and the rising sun, taking deep breaths to fill his lungs and dantian with spiritual energy. The Daoist Dao Breath surged in his divine court Qi Sea, flowing naturally as the bright sun shone over his body, transforming into his meridians. Finally, the True Breath reversed, transforming into a foot-long white qi, which was exhaled from his mouth and nose.

Then, it got light.

After finishing his daily morning prayers, the Daoist priest looked down at the tower below. Awakened by the morning sun and the sounds of bells and drums, Wang Jing, like a giant beast, moved about, resembling a colossal beast lying on the earth composed of billions upon billions of ant-like human bodies.

The bustling crowds were like the blood of a giant beast, while the main road that ran through the Wang Jing and reached the Ziwei Yuan was like an artery, activating the empire and ushering in a new day of life.

Then the Daoist yawned, rubbed his eyes, stretched, and rolled over to lie down on the golden glazed tiles at the top of the tower.

"Ugh—I'm exhausted... I have to stay up all night stargazing and then look at the sunrise in the morning, and I still can't cultivate any true qi... Is Master messing with me...? Did I do something wrong with my visualization...?"

He stared blankly at the gradually clearing sky and the faintly hanging stars that were being hidden away as the Night Curtain faded. After a while, he suddenly blurted out a sentence.

"... Why are you stargazing one minute and looking at the sun the next? What can you possibly discover from that? Can't you do it one thing at a time, in a specific order?"

Actually, there was no order, because essentially, Lou Guan was looking up at the same thing.

Star.

"... What is a star?"

The Daoist priest was taken aback, turned his head to look at Li Fan, whose eye sockets were empty, as if his eyeballs had been gouged out with a chisel.

And who are you?

Li Fan's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly opened his eyes.

He found himself sitting cross-legged in the living room of Wangshu Residence, with Lin Xiang's coffin in front of him and the snoring of Kun, Bao, and Li Tangyuan in his ears.

It was pitch black outside, and dawn had not yet broken. There wasn't a ripple in Wangshu Danchi. It had been a long time since a pair of long, white legs had been splashing in the pool.

Was it a dream...?

Last night I listened to the abbot's teachings, but the <Supreme Righteous Zhenyang Technique> can only be practiced in the morning, so I came to Wangshu Residence hoping to exchange ideas with a certain sword ancestor. However, Profound Heaven Sword Intent is probably still at the Sword Casting Pool refining rabbits and hasn't returned yet. Unexpectedly, after sitting for a while, I actually had a dream...

Li Fan stood up and walked slowly on the surface of the Dan Pool. He looked up at the sky, which was pitch black, like the deepest and darkest Void Abyss, without a single spark in sight.

True Yang... Star...

"Li Yi."

Suddenly hearing a familiar call, Li Fan lowered his head and looked at the surface of the elixir pool. Then he saw his own reflection looking back at him. Black blood was overflowing from his mouth, nose, and eyes, choking him so much that he could not breathe. He could only kneel on the surface of the lake, bent over.

The shadow crouched down, crawled out of the lake, and brought its unrecognizable black face close to Li Fan, whose face was covered in blood.

"Li Yi, I hate that guy."

Who?

"He--!"

The shadow shrieked.

Then the darkness was torn apart by the light.

Li Fan looked up and saw a blinding light that pierced through the endless Void Abyss. The bright light illuminated his face and drove the boundless darkness back into the abyss!

"Li Fan! Get up! The sun's already high in the sky!"

Li Fan's heart skipped a beat, and he opened his eyes abruptly.

He found himself sitting cross-legged in the living room of Wangshu Residence, with Lin Xiang's coffin in front of him, and the snoring of Kun, Bao, and Li Tangyuan in his ears. It was already dawn outside...

Oh, no, this is the Ink Bamboo Mountain Grotto-Heaven, whose sky was originally created by supernatural powers and magic, so it never gets dark.

Damn, a dream within a dream...

Li Fan touched his nose and looked at his hands covered in blood.

It seems 'Li Yi' really dislikes 'that guy'... Dislike is ineffective!

So Li Fan flew away, breaking out of the illusion of the Ink Bamboo Mountain Grotto-Heaven, and soared straight into the sky, landing on the cloud top, just as he had expected to wake up.

The sun is coming out.

Amidst the howling wind, Li Fan soared through the air, bathed in light, following what he had seen in his dream and what the master had instructed him to do.

Taking advantage of the sunrise and sunset, in the realm of the primordial creation of heaven and earth, using the first ray of morning sun as a guide, one connects with the true yang energy of heaven and earth, returns to the void, cultivates one's own true spirit, steals the opportunity of the void of heaven and earth, and replenishes the true yang energy of one's spirit.

Reversing his True Breath, Li Fan exhaled a burst of Qi, spewing out a ball of brilliant golden Dao fire from his mouth and nose. Then, he opened his mouth and inhaled, drawing the refined True Yang Dao Flame into his abdomen!

Successfully mastered! The Supreme Righteous Zhenyang Technique!

At this moment, through his blind inner vision, Li Fan could clearly see that the point of true yang qi fell into his divine court, instantly igniting his Daoist body and turning it into a burning human-shaped torch!

Beneath the Daoist robe formed from the True Essence of Returning to Emptiness, within the chest cavity reshaped by the True Essence of Returning to Emptiness, a beating heart composed of flames ignited!

The golden flames pulsed within the Nascent Soul Stage Soul's chest, each surge unleashing a burst of fire and generating new human meridians. Like tree roots, these meridians climbed and coiled around Gui Xu's spine, deeply embedding themselves in Gui Xu's flesh and blood, absorbing nourishment from the Void Abyss, and burning vigorously!

The true essence of returning to emptiness is like firewood, aided by the Qi of Heaven and Earth, and ignited by the true Yang Qi!

This is the True Yang Nascent Soul!

Although the primordial spirit has not yet been fully formed, the physical body has already begun to change spontaneously at the same moment.

Li Fan could feel a blazing flame appear in his chest. The Qi of Heaven and Earth and the True Essence of Returning to Emptiness were consumed by this flame. The raging flame burned through his eight extraordinary meridians, to the point that his Dao Breath underwent a transformation in form and substance, turning into a blazing golden flame like that of a newborn! There were even golden flames shooting out of his eye sockets! With each breath, rolling Dao fire overflowed from his mouth and nose!

This immense, earth-shattering energy, erupting from nothing, surged into his chest! It even stirred his emotions, making them burn like fire, as if he wanted to transform his entire body into pure light and heat! To fully bloom! To merge with heaven and earth! To utterly transform into something glorious! Brilliant—

Ouch—calm down, calm down... Thank goodness, I've calmed down...

Calming down a bit at the edge of his bloom, Li Fan withdrew the overflowing Dao Flame and returned to human form.

If things had gotten out of control just now, and this True Yang Qi had been allowed to run rampant, even sacrificing the Dao body and all of one's power, then saying it would destroy the world might be a bit of an exaggeration, but planting a small sun or growing a small mushroom on the surface shouldn't be a problem, right?

Fortunately, with the abbot's careful guidance throughout the night and his personal instruction, and because the amount of Qi from the universe that Li Fan's Inner Landscape was providing to fuel his inner growth was still too small, he was able to control it freely and his Dao heart did not go out of control.

Of course, Li Fan only superficially regained his human form. Once this level of superior cultivation Cultivation Method is mastered, it is naturally irreversible. Now, the Taiji Dao Breath in Li Fan's meridians has been completely transformed into True Yang Dao Qi. Moreover, in the future, the Gui Xu Nascent Soul and the Qi of Heaven and Earth will spontaneously nurture and strengthen this True Yang Dao Fire, making it Li Fan's true body.

Yes, actually, according to the standards of the Taiji Realm, Li Fan is already close to the Divine Transformation. Not quite there yet, he's already in the process of transforming, he's already in the process of transforming.

He has reached the state of oneness with God, and can manifest his Dharma form at any time. Once his primordial spirit is fully formed and he manifests Divine Transformation, he will naturally be at the standard level of the Transformation Stage. If he further masters a certain law of the Heavenly Dao, he will be able to comprehend the Dao, sign contracts with companies, or even glimpse other realms and ascend to immortality.

However, according to the standards of the ancient Daoist sect, Zhenyang Temple, and with Li Fan's profound knowledge of cultivation novels, he estimated that he had only completed the "Refining Spirit to Return to Emptiness" stage of cultivation, and with his recent union with the True Yang Fire, he had just crossed the threshold of "Refining Dao Integration," roughly at the "Early Stage of Body Integration." But the early stage of Body Integration in Refining Dao Integration is still far from true tribulation, Mahayana, and Dao Integration...

What? Still don't understand? Then consider Li Fan who's progressing from a mid-level boss to a trainee level of a major boss!

Regardless, Li Fan has now ignited the True Yang Dao Fire, and his Dao body has begun to burn. As long as he continues to add fuel and fan the flames, the fire will burn brighter and brighter, and sooner or later he will be able to Dao Integration.

However, the True Yang Technique can only be cultivated to the level of Dao Integration. The abbot did not teach what happens after Dao Integration, because he himself did not know! In fact, the abbot's True Yang Technique was at the same stage as Li Fan's!

Yes, to exaggerate a bit, the Abbot is actually about the same level as Li Fan, both at the Integration Stage, though slightly inferior!

According to Guanzhu Feng, due to the limitations of the past, Lou Guan's ancient method of refining the spirit and returning to emptiness could not be achieved at all.

As a result, even though Real Person Liang was a direct disciple of the former abbot of Lou Guan Temple, he was fortunate enough to be born during the opportune time of the False Moon, which allowed him to cultivate to a level that was neither too high nor too low. He had returned to the Void, but not completely, and was at a loss for further progress.

Therefore, apart from those ancient masters, Li Fan is probably the only one who has truly succeeded in refining the "Huashu".

Therefore, both Guanzhu Feng and Yao Xuanzhou took different paths in their respective fields of reform and improvement.

That is, based on the requirements of the True Yang Technique, the state of "extreme emptiness leading to the limitless", one first cultivates the limitless nascent Nascent Soul Stage, although the progress is extremely slow, one can still cultivate it. Once the limitless state is reached, one can turn back, collect evil energy, observe the Void Abyss, refine the spirit to return to emptiness, and ignite the true Yang Qi.

This new method of returning to true yang from the primordial state is actually not a very good approach.

First of all, it is quite dangerous, because the process of refining one's spiritual energy requires enduring the torment of a malevolent environment for a long time. If one is not careful, one might lose control and turn into a wild monster, and then the whole mountain would come to feast on one of them.

Secondly, while the Gui Xu Nascent Soul is difficult to cultivate, the Limitless Nascent Soul Stage is both slow and difficult to cultivate. Even within the Xuanmen (mysterious sects), very few people actually cultivate the Limitless Nascent Soul Stage.

However, in Ink Bamboo Mountain, one can basically only rely on drugs, while Emei Mountain has various secret techniques such as Guizang and Heavenly Silkworm Skill, which can assist in the cultivation of Qiankun Yiqi, improve one's cultivation level, and solve the problem of being 'slow'.

Finally, there's the question of the True Yang Technique.

Li Fan's ancient method is difficult to follow. He currently has enough True Essence and Tai Su Dao Body for refining the Void, but his Qi of Heaven and Earth is still somewhat lacking, and his True Yang Dao Fire is still a bit small, only enough to be considered the flame of an oil lamp. However, as long as the True Essence of Returning to the Void is not exhausted, this lamp can remain lit forever, and he no longer needs to worry about it.

Once Li Fan's Limitless Nascent Soul Stage is successfully refined, the True Yang Flame will experience explosive growth. When he accumulates enough True Essence by gathering evil spirits and refining emptiness in the Tai Su Realm, Li Fan will even have to pay close attention to his Dao Heart at all times, lest he ignite the sun in a moment of emotional excitement, causing the Dao Flame to backfire and burn down the heavens and earth.

However, the abbot's new method of cultivation was different from the order taught in the Cultivation Method. Moreover, he did not have Tai Su Dao Body "fuel" to fuel his true yang qi. Therefore, his true yang qi was too intense, and he did not have enough fuel to burn it spontaneously like Li Fan. Instead, he had to add fuel to the fire at any time and take out the true yang fire every few days in order to keep the true fire burning.

Adding too much or too little could be detrimental. Therefore, until the Abbot thoroughly improves the flaws in this Cultivation Method, Yao Xuanzhou remains at the threshold of the Limitless Nascent Soul Stage and has not yet taken the crucial step to break through.

But no matter what, the ancient Lou Guan of Louguan, which had been abandoned by the times for thousands of years, has finally found a way out.

With the successful examples of the Abbot Li Fan, it proves that both the "Huashu" and the "Wuji Guidao" are viable paths that lead directly to the "True Yang Technique".

As the weather continues to improve, and with the further deepening of the research on "Gathering Evil and Qi Refinement Stage from the Limitless" at Ink Bamboo Mountain, it is not an exaggeration for the disciples of Lou Guan to restore the True Yang Daoist Tradition to the world and re-establish a Dao court!

However, since it was an upgraded energy source, Li Fan had to experiment with it himself.

So, following the usual rules for the Ink Bamboo Mountain skill test, Thunder Monkeys!

Of course, it wouldn't actually be using the Dao Fire of the Integration Stage to burn the Thunder Monkeys of the Foundation Establishment Stage; that would be going too far...

Thunder Monkeys was just a target. Li Fan wasn't testing the power of the True Yang Dao Fire, but rather trying to ignite the True Yang Qi produced by the Dao Fire by burning together the Gui Xu True Yuan, the Tai Su Dao Body, and the Qian Kun Tai Ji Dao Breath.

Li Fan tried to control this True Yang Qi, transforming it in countless ways to grab, strike, and chase the Thunder Monkeys they scurried all over the mountain. He also used True Yang Qi to perform Daoist incantations, set up formations, control Qi to form swords, and conjure Dharma forms, among other Daoist techniques, trying to see which ones would succeed and which ones would not.

Based on the abbot's experimental experience during this period, and Li Fan's own hands-on experience after mastering the True Yang Technique, he made a preliminary judgment on the True Yang Dao Qi.

Skipping the experimental process and going straight to the conclusion is ridiculous.

Using malevolent energy as fuel and the vital energy of heaven and earth to fuel the combustion, the energy is virtually inexhaustible—how could it not be amazing?

Compared to ordinary Dao Breath, the most significant characteristic of this True Yang Dao Qi is that it contains powerful energy! So much so that simply gathering the Dao Qi in one's hand, the dense golden Qi ball looks as if it is burning with raging flames!

In fact, ordinary evil energy, when faced with this Dao Qi, truly exhibited the property of being ignited by the Dao fire. The various evil ice and evil armor that Li Fan had condensed were utterly powerless against this True Yang Dao Qi! They were all ignited and melted away! Moreover, Li Fan could feel that these flames imbued with Dao Qi could not only burn living Non-Thing to ashes, but also seemed to ignite the souls as well! When Li Fan swallowed back the True Yang Dao Qi, he could even feel that the Thunder Monkeys's soul was also burned, turning into nourishment for the flames!

Even more impressively, Li Fan discovered that by adjusting the output of True Yang Qi, he could provide a purer and more abundant energy than Dao Breath using only a weak amount of Dao Qi output. With just a slight adjustment and improvement to the frequency, he could power magical artifacts, talismans, and formations!

Of course, there are also problems. The effort required is much greater than that of mere Dao Breath. Moreover, the temperature of the Dao Qi is too high. Li Fan found that the material was too inferior. For example, talismans, Magic Treasure, and talisman arrays below the Golden Core realm had a high probability of being directly melted and burned during use.

From this perspective, it seems that refining this True Yang True Qi into protective True Qi is probably not as suitable as the Shangqing, Lotus, and Heavenly Robe True Qi of the Xuanmen.

After all, if the Qi wall is too weak, it won't be effective; if it's too strong, it will burn and destroy all of Li Fan's equipment. He doesn't care if he's naked, but it would be too painful if his Storage Jade and flying sword were burned as well!

But such a minor flaw is no big deal! This time, I'm invincible again!

Yes, gazing at the True Yang Dao Fire condensed at his fingertips, resembling a tiny flame, Li Fan clearly felt the inexhaustible Dao Power emanating from the fire, radiating outwards towards heaven and earth along with the leaping golden flames!

It's getting brighter, brighter, and stronger!

It was as if wherever the golden light touched, the entire world was at his fingertips, completely under his control!

It's as if these tiny flames at your fingertips, with each breath they exist in the world, each flicker they ignite, grow stronger and stronger!

It's as if if it were to bloom, it could burn down the heavens and the earth!