Mount Tai's Spiritual Temple, Past Life Wisdom Awakened

At the summit of Mount Tai, at the Jade Emperor Temple.

Wisps of incense smoke curled upwards, intertwining with the mountain mist, like a natural chasm separating the temple from the clamor of the mundane world.

Inside the temple, it was quiet and serene, with only the mountain breeze occasionally stirring the wind chimes hanging from the eaves. Their gentle sound echoed endlessly through the valley.

A young man, dressed in a green Daoist robe, sat cross-legged in a quiet corner of the temple, his sleeves fluttering gently in the wind.

The young man had clear features, his face carved like fine jade. His eyes were bright and deep, and a natural, otherworldly immortal aura emanated from him.

On the stone table in front of him lay an ancient copy of the Dao Te Ching. The pages were slightly yellowed, showing that it had been read countless times.

"Time is so unpredictable..."

Lin Yu couldn't help but sigh.

He had originally been an ordinary young man on Earth, but he was extremely fascinated by the occult and mythology. One day, while hiking and exploring a mountain, he accidentally fell into a mysterious cave.

Inside the cave, the light flickered erratically, and a strange beam of light instantly enveloped him. When the light dissipated, he found himself in a boundless Chaos Void.

Here, thick chaotic mist rolled and surged, sometimes condensing into huge vortices, sometimes rushing like surging waves.

Lin Yu looked around in terror, his heart filled with fear of the unknown, desperately trying to figure out where he was.

Just then, a Golden Figure emitting a soft golden light appeared out of thin air. The figure was no bigger than a palm, emitting a mysterious and powerful aura. Its eyes were like brilliant stars, silently gazing at him.

However, before Lin Yu could react, the Golden Figure suddenly flew out of the chaotic mist, transforming into a golden light that shot straight towards his glabella.

In an instant, Lin Yu felt a warmth in his glabella, and the Golden Figure instantly merged into the depths of his soul.

The moment his consciousness connected with the Golden Figure, a vast amount of information surged into Lin Yu's mind like a raging tide, causing his head to throb with pain.

It was a mysterious cultivation technique composed of countless words and strange diagrams - the Divine Elephant's Prison Technique!

The cultivation method described in the technique deeply shocked Lin Yu:

"Using Qi to guide the spirit, using the spirit to form an image, every move and action possesses the strength of a giant elephant. A person's body is composed of eight hundred and forty million particles. If their potential is awakened, every tiny particle possesses the strength of a giant elephant. If all are awakened, it can rival a Divine Elephant, capable of overturning rivers and seas, roaring down stars, plucking the moon and swallowing the sun, all in a single thought..."

Such a grand cultivation concept was like opening a door to a transcendent world for him.

However, this massive flood of information was too overwhelming for him at the time. Lin Yu felt a sharp pain in his mind and then fell unconscious.

When he woke up again, he was already in this strange world, an orphaned and helpless child. Fortunately, he was taken in by the old Daoist priest of the Jade Emperor Temple on Mount Tai and had since made his home in this temple.

Time flowed by. A month ago, as Lin Yu continued to grow and his soul gradually strengthened, his memories of his previous life surged back like a tide.

"I never thought that transmigrating would happen to me." Lin Yu couldn't believe that a plot that only appeared in novels was now truly happening to him.

While sorting through his memories, Lin Yu's heart suddenly trembled. This world was also called Earth, and its history was largely the same. The only difference was that there were traces of cultivators in this world. This added a touch of mythology to the world's progression.

He discovered that in the distant past, their lineage had also been filled with talented individuals and numerous cultivators.

Those ancestors, relying on profound Daoist techniques, eliminated demons and monsters and saved people in the world, their reputation spreading far and wide.

However, as the Era of Dharma Decline quietly arrived, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth became increasingly thin, making cultivation extremely difficult. Although the ancestors did their best, they could not stop the gradual decline of this lineage.

By now, the once glorious cultivation inheritance in the Jade Emperor Temple had almost completely disappeared. Only he, this seemingly ordinary Daoist priest, remained, guarding this ancient temple and a handful of scriptures.

Looking at the scene in the temple, Lin Yu's heart was filled with emotion, yet also deep helplessness. During the day, the area outside the Jade Emperor Temple was bustling with people coming and going. Tourists moved between the various halls, either praying devoutly or observing curiously.

They marveled at the temple's magnificent architecture and felt the mysterious atmosphere at the summit of Mount Tai. However, only cultivators like him knew the loneliness within.

As night fell, the hustle and bustle faded, leaving him alone with the old scriptures, with no one to share in the understanding of cultivation.

The grand scene of the ancestors discussing the Dao was long gone. Now, the inheritance was difficult to continue. He was like an isolated island, with no one to understand him, no one to walk with him. This loneliness was like a shadow.

In this past month, Lin Yu had used the internet to try and understand this world, but more profound information was shrouded in a layer of mist.

"If only I had learned some network hacking skills before my memories awakened." Lin Yu couldn't help but mutter to himself.

According to the information he had received from his master, this world was transforming towards the Era of Dharma Decline. The environment was deteriorating, and spiritual energy was becoming increasingly scarce.

During an upheaval a hundred years ago, their lineage lost its inheritance in that catastrophe. Even his master, who adopted him, could only barely guard the Jade Emperor Temple on Mount Tai with some worldly connections. As for the true cultivation inheritance, it had long since disappeared.

At this moment, Lin Yu was once again immersed in contemplating the Divine Elephant's Prison Technique.

This supreme divine technique was created by the Supreme Ruler in the Chaos Universe of Holy King in order to advance to the Boundless Realm, but for some unknown reason, it ended up in the Chaos Void and was obtained by him through chance.

From the beginning of cultivating this top-tier technique, it required a massive amount of energy to open up the Giant Elephant Particles. Even the protagonist of that world, Yang Qi, was able to start cultivating quickly because he was struck by lightning, and a Thunder Divine Elephant condensed within him.

Each time he circulated his Qi, a part of the Divine Elephant would melt into his body, allowing him to progress extremely quickly. A single day of his cultivation was equivalent to more than ten years of hard work for others, which was how he began his cultivation journey.

Lin Yu could only try to find a place where spiritual energy converged at the summit of Mount Tai, hoping to use that meager spiritual energy to start cultivating. As for the progress of his cultivation, it was truly "far off."

"Did the heavens send me to this Era of Dharma Decline just to toy with me?"

In the Era of Dharma Decline, spiritual energy was scarce. Let alone the Divine Elephant's Prison Technique, even normal cultivation was extremely difficult, which once plunged Lin Yu into despair.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but Lin Yu was still immersed in the world of cultivation. At this moment, a sudden burst of noise came from outside the temple. This sound broke the usual tranquility of the temple and pulled Lin Yu out of his cultivation state.

He frowned slightly, wondering to himself. Since his master had passed away and he had taken over the temple, although there were pilgrims coming and going on weekdays, the Jade Emperor Temple had never been this noisy.

Lin Yu slowly got up, straightened his Daoist robe, and decided to go out to see what was happening...

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