The Way of the Spiritual Farmer, Incense and Fire Yin Virtue

Golden Ao Island.

Xuan Qing sat cross-legged in his cave dwelling, silently drawing in primordial qi and infusing it into the Mountain River Cauldron. A small mass of Pure Yuan Soil instantly manifested within the cauldron's world.

Although he was still a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, his physical body, magic power, and Primordial Spirit had all reached the Grand Unity level. Refining the Mountain River Cauldron naturally wouldn't take much time.

This Spiritual Treasure, just as Yinglong had described, possessed the mystical ability to transform Innate Spiritual Qi into Pure Yuan Soil and Tianyi True Water.

However, it was limited to water and earth element Innate Spiritual Qi!

"This Pure Yuan Soil is solidified earth-element Innate Spiritual Qi, quite suitable for planting spiritual plants, only slightly inferior to Nine Heavens Breathing Soil!"

"And that Tianyi True Water also contains boundless power of creation. Whether used to nourish the physical body and Primordial Spirit, or to cultivate Innate Spiritual Roots, it offers unexpected benefits, only slightly inferior to Three Lights Divine Water!"

At this moment, Xuan Qing's "farming" soul ignited, and he unhesitatingly transferred the Immortal Herbs and Spiritual Medicines he had collected into the Mountain River Cauldron's small world.

As the Primordial World developed, Innate Spiritual Qi had gradually become scarce. When Buzhou Mountain eventually collapsed, Innate Spiritual Qi would degenerate into Postnatal Spiritual Qi.

At that time, numerous Innate Spiritual Roots and spiritual plants would inevitably be affected.

This was the Great Trend!

There was nothing he could do to change it.

However, with the Mountain River Cauldron, he could prepare for the future, collecting a large number of Innate Spiritual Medicines in advance and attempting to cultivate them himself.

He had learned the Elixir Refining methods from the Grand Pure One Laozi, and spiritual medicines were indispensable. If he were to exhaust the resources, Innate Spiritual Medicines might become extinct.

This time, he couldn't help but recall the scene when he had returned to Kunlun Mountain previously and saw it stripped bare by some newly admitted disciples of the Intercepting Sect.

"Spiritual Roots are scarce. If they could be cultivated, how could such a thing have happened?"

In the Great Desolation, many cultivators were accustomed to taking from heaven and earth, not understanding the principle of knowing when to stop. There was also no established "Way of the Spiritual Farmer" specifically for cultivating spiritual roots and immortal medicines. Xuan Qing felt this was his opportunity.

If he could create and perfect the "Way of the Spiritual Farmer," it would not only benefit heaven and earth but also ensure he wouldn't lack various Innate Spiritual Medicines for his own elixir refining in the future!

With this thought, Xuan Qing immediately used the Mountain River Cauldron as his foundation to shape an Other Self Incarnation, dedicated to studying the habits and cultivation conditions of various Innate Spiritual Medicines.

As for refining the Yellow River Water Vein and plotting to acquire the Huai River Water Vein, there was no rush.

The Witch and Demon Clans were powerful now. As a mere Grand Unity Golden Immortal, it was better for him to keep a low profile.

In any case, with Yinglong's promise, the Destiny of the Yellow River Water Vein would be his sooner or later.

He himself began to comprehend the various Innate Divine Thunders contained within the Innate Thunder Pool. He wanted to turn all these divine thunders into his own foundation.

Although he could use these thunders with the help of the Innate Thunder Pool, he would never be able to advance further on the Great Dao of Thunder without completely mastering them!

Time flew by unnoticed in cultivation. In the blink of an eye, one primordial epoch had passed. Xuan Qing had completely mastered all the Innate Divine Thunders in the Innate Thunder Pool except for the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder. His comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder had also advanced by leaps and bounds, and he could break through to Great Golden Immortal on the Great Dao of Thunder at any moment!

However, his foundation still lay in Refining Dao, and he had no intention of breaking through using the Great Dao of Thunder.

Besides this, his comprehension of the Great Dao of Plague and Pestilence and the Great Dao of Fire had also progressed rapidly. The former was due to his complete digestion of King Pan's inheritance, while the latter was due to breakthroughs in the Way of Incense and Fire.

Incense and Fire are also Fire!

This postnatal thought, combined with the Suiren Fire of Suiren Shi, had an unimaginable benefit in smelting various Innate Divine Fires and tracing the origin of the Great Dao of Fire.

Suiren Shi had even used this to create a illusory Great Luo Heaven of Incense and Fire on the Suiming Tree, to house the true spirits of fallen humans.

Currently, with reincarnation not yet established, cultivators who perished could not reincarnate. They would either return to nothingness or exist in the form of "ghosts" depending on the circumstances.

When humans die, they become ghosts; when ghosts die, they become phantoms; when phantoms die, they become specters; when specters die, they become ethereal beings; when ethereal beings die, they become formless.

Just like the Ancestor King Pan back then, even after his death, a wisp of his consciousness lingered between heaven and earth.

Only a small portion of these beings could maintain their sanity, while the majority would be corrupted by calamity qi or malevolent qi, turning into resentful spirits that only knew destruction and slaughter.

"Incense and Fire!"

"Merit of Yin!"

Xuan Qing seemed to have an epiphany. "The Way of the Heavenly Immortal was opened by my teacher and two senior uncles. The Way of the Earth Immortal was opened by Zhen Yuanzi. Why can't I open the Way of the Ghost Immortal?"

To become a founding ancestor of a Dao would bring great destiny. Becoming a Quasi-Saint would only be a matter of time.

If he could gain the recognition of the Heavenly Dao, he might even obtain Heavenly Merit.

He did not have the means of Houtu, who embodied reincarnation and illuminated the path for all beings. However, by comprehending the Way of Incense and Fire, he had also glimpsed a "Way of the Ghost Immortal." This path, rooted in "Incense and Fire" and "Merit of Yin," could give those fallen "ghosts" who had not yet been corrupted by malevolent qi a chance to live a second life.

"Becoming a revered ancestor rests on this one act!"

Xuan Qing knew that in the future, there would be five orthodox immortal paths: Heavenly, Earthly, Human, Divine, and Ghost.

But currently, apart from the Way of the Heavenly Immortal and the Way of the Earth Immortal, the other three immortal paths lacked even complete systems, let alone concrete ideologies.

And this was his opportunity!

He left Golden Ao Island once more and began to travel through the Great Desolation, searching for an opportunity to establish the Way of the Ghost Immortal.

One day, he saw a pile of white bones in the wilderness. Suddenly, inspiration struck him: "To establish the Way of the Ghost Immortal, I must first become a ghost myself!"

Xuan Qing did not actually wish to die. He simply understood the key to establishing the "Way of the Ghost Immortal."

With this thought, he immediately separated a strand of his "Other Self Spiritual Light" and attached it to the pile of white bones, attempting to absorb the Nether Qi from heaven and earth to improve his cultivation.

He walked into an ancient battlefield, a remnant of the Dragon-Han Calamity.

Slowly, using the white bones as a foundation, Nether Qi as blood, and malevolent qi as flesh, supplemented by the Dao of Creation, he constructed a new body for this Other Self Incarnation.

He built himself meridians, a dantian and sea of qi, and a Niwan Palace, allowing this sliver of "Other Self Spiritual Light" to rapidly grow.

He sensed his strength increasing bit by bit, but he couldn't help but shake his head.

"Incorrect!"

"The method of cultivation must have universality. How many practitioners are there like me, who have understood the Dao of Creation and can construct a suitable physical body on their own?"

RUMBLE!

The physical body he had painstakingly constructed exploded in an instant, leaving only the sliver of "Other Self Spiritual Light" to drift aimlessly in the world like a lingering soul.

After an unknown period, this "Other Self Spiritual Light" fell into a canyon filled with deathly energy. Within the canyon were countless remnant souls and "Nether Grass"!

This "Other Self Spiritual Light" attached itself to a stalk of "Nether Grass," beginning to feel the withering and flourishing of the plant, attempting to nurture a spark of life in its desperate situation.

"The Nether Grass is condensed from the ultimate deathly energy, yet from extreme yin comes yang. Amidst endless deathly energy, it transforms into the form of vegetation symbolizing life!"

"Interesting!"

"Truly interesting!"

Xuan Qing's "Other Self Spiritual Light" became immersed in the ineffable creation of heaven and earth, moving from death to life, comprehending the true meaning of life and death, and yin and yang.

What is death?

What, then, is life?

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