Entering the Dao Palace Secret Realm

The Golden Core was wondrous; upon entering his body, it dissolved.

An apparently endless torrent of life essence surged forth, washing over every inch of Jiang Yun's body.

Gradually, Jiang Yun felt his flesh, organs, bones, and divine sense withering away.

His body seemed to have become a dried corpse, devoid of the slightest fluctuation of life.

His yellowed hair hung loosely, as though it had been dried by the wind for centuries.

Then, amid that withering, both his body and divine sense underwent transformation, forming an unconventional rebirth. This cycle repeated nine times.

Only after nine consecutive transformations did he complete the metamorphosis of the Other Shore Realm.

Ordinary cultivators relied on Source or spiritual medicines to provide the resources needed for their bodily transformation.

With the aid of the One-Turn Golden Core, even Jiang Yun's divine sense underwent a transformation from the inside out.

The tiny figure between his brows was no longer vague and illusory, but as lifelike as a real person.

Its transformation was no less extraordinary than when he had previously become a Demigod Physique.

His cultivation in the Wheel and Sea Realm had reached preliminary perfection.

Yet the inexhaustible life essence supplied by the One-Turn Golden Core had only been consumed in small part.

His palm-sized Sea of Bitterness shimmered with rippling light, dazzling beyond compare, and had already transformed into a cyan hue.

Above the Sea of Bitterness lay a pure land wreathed in drifting clouds and mist. High in the sky, he vaguely saw an immense Dao Palace manifest.

The Sea of Reincarnation lay beneath the navel, while the Dao Palace was above it.

The Dao Palace corresponded to the five viscera and could give rise to five deities. It could generate Dao power, increase vitality, and was a place where life was nurtured.

The heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys were collectively called the five viscera, also known as the Five Gods.

They stored essence without leaking it, contained life without decaying, and formed an immensely powerful secret realm within the human body.

It was like the Daoist teaching of refining the five qis within one's chest to attain the realm of Five Qis Returning to Origin.

The Five Gods nurtured the five elements, and the five qis were pure and subtle, connected to Heaven and Earth in an unceasing flow.

With the panel's help, Jiang Yun had long since thoroughly comprehended the Sea of Bitterness Secret Realm within the Dao Scripture.

Standing within the Sea of Bitterness Secret Realm, the Heavenly Gate manifested above him. Jiang Yun rode the Divine Bridge into the sky.

Stepping through it, he arrived in another layer of Heaven and Earth.

At the same time, outside Jiang Yun's body, the qi of the Five Gods shot into the heavens like five dragon-like streams of divine smoke, as though they were about to pierce the firmament.

In the end, they were blocked by the Dao Runes laid within the pill chamber and did not manifest outside.

Having reached the Dao Palace Secret Realm, Jiang Yun's most pressing task was to choose an organ and cultivate one deity.

Regarding cultivation in the Dao Palace Secret Realm, the Dao Scripture could evolve the fire qi of the Vermilion Emperor of the South, the wood qi of the Azure Emperor of the East, the earth qi of the Central Yellow Emperor, the metal qi of the Western White Emperor, and the water qi of the Black Emperor of the North—five great deities.

The human body corresponded to Heaven and Earth. The divine treasury of the heart was like the sun hanging high in the sky, the foundation of all vitality. Its importance was beyond question.

Therefore, Jiang Yun planned to first cultivate the water qi of the Black Emperor of the North.

The kidneys stored essence. Cultivating this deity first would invigorate his blood and qi and nourish his spirit.

His wondrous Great Dao method lay within it.

Jiang Yun had just entered the Dao Palace Secret Realm. He took command of his kidneys and evolved the Black Emperor of the North.

With the One-Turn Golden Core's aid, he cultivated half of the Dao Palace First Heaven in the blink of an eye.

In the end, after consuming the One-Turn Golden Core's abundant life essence, the Dao Palace First Heaven was nearly complete.

Advancing into the Dao Palace brought Jiang Yun such gains that his body became incomparably formidable. With every gesture, he seemed capable of piercing Heaven and Earth.

Jiang Yun could shatter ordinary treasure artifacts with his bare body, and he likely could even withstand a direct clash with psychic artifacts.

The gains from Jiang Yun's cultivation this time did not end there.

Within his Sea of Reincarnation, a tall figure faintly emerged, though it was still somewhat illusory.

It was another Jiang Yun, seated high above the Ninth Heaven, surrounded by a river of stars and looking down upon Heaven and Earth, like an Immortal King about to descend from the Nine Heavens.

Behind the Immortal King, a Dao diagram was also on the verge of appearing.

The Sea of Reincarnation evolved yin and yang, while the divine treasury transformed into the five elements.

The cultivation of the complete Dao Scripture, the nurturing of the Divine Physique, and the aid of the One-Turn Golden Core—

All allowed the phenomenon within Jiang Yun's Sea of Reincarnation to take initial form.

The fist-sized Source Pearl within his Sea of Reincarnation floated and sank beneath the sky, before the Immortal King's phantom.

It seemed as heavy as mountains and rivers. From time to time, unfathomable mysterious symbols emerged from within the pearl.

The several hundred characters of ancient scripture Jiang Yun had obtained from the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin had already been initially imprinted within it, waiting for him to deepen them further.

As he cultivated yin and yang and the five elements, the space continued expanding.

One day, an entirely new world would be opened within the Source Pearl.

Jiang Yun rose to his feet and took a step. The Nine Secrets: Xing circulated, and the barriers of the pill chamber seemed not to exist as he appeared out of thin air in the valley.

Previously, he had merely been faster and stronger; even when inscribing Dao Texts, he knew only what they were, not why they worked.

Having entered the Dao Palace, he aligned with Heaven and merged with Earth. The Dao followed nature, and his realm had risen by a great margin.

All kinds of profound scriptures and secret arts had begun to reveal their wondrous powers.

Jiang Yun stood in the air like an exiled immortal descending into the mortal world. His robes fluttered, his bearing ethereal and graceful; the scene was as poetic as it was picturesque.

He freely experienced the vastness of the heavens, the boundless breadth of the earth, and the brilliant immensity of the starry river.

His cultivation was not yet complete. He still needed to work hard.

As Jiang Yun pondered, he felt it was time to proceed with the next step of his plan.

Having reached the Dao Palace Secret Realm, cultivation required vast resources. Deep waters could not raise dragons.

In the tiny region of Yan Kingdom, the Dao Palace was already the pinnacle. If he wanted to advance further and obtain abundant resources,

Returning to the Jiang Family Ancestral Lineage was the best choice.

Yet if he rashly went to the Jiang Family Ancestral Lineage without anyone to rely on, the mutual suppression among great families would be no easier than slaughter in the cultivation world.

Thus, Jiang Yun wanted to find someone he could rely on—a powerful backer.

And God King Jiang Taixu was undoubtedly the best choice.

The God King was a figure Jiang Yun remembered deeply: loyal in love and friendship, with talent so astounding it was unmatched.

He would be an excellent support throughout the early and middle stages in the Big Dipper.

Who in the world deserved white robes? Only God King Jiang Taixu.

The God King was still trapped within Purple Mountain. Having survived for four thousand years, his realm had long since reached at least that of an ancient Saint.

It was only that his origin had withered and his lifespan was nearly exhausted. Without rescue, he could only perish within Purple Mountain.

Although Jiang Yun did not yet possess the fruit of an Immortal Elixir and could not grant the God King another Lifetime,

If he could refine a Five-Turn Golden Core suited for a Saint, extend the God King's life by a thousand years, and teach him the Nine Secrets: Zhe,

Then, with the God King's astonishing talent, he could replenish his origin and return to his peak.

However, he still needed to prepare some things before going to save the God King. Without Source, one could not take a single step outside.

The Domain Gate and the materials for refining the Five-Turn Golden Core both required Source.

Moreover, Jiang Yun still had several batches of materials left for refining One-Turn Golden Cores.

Before leaving Yan Kingdom, he needed to refine several more One-Turn Golden Cores to raise his Dao companions' strength.

He also could not stop refining Hundred-Grass Liquid. In Yan Kingdom, Hundred-Grass Liquid was the most basic cultivation resource, with the greatest demand and no shortage of buyers.

In the time ahead, Jiang Yun would begin preparing to leave Yan Kingdom.