Time flowed on, and the upheaval of that day was finally quelled.
With the Patriarch's spirit tablet here, what demons or monsters would dare run wild?
Forbidden Zones, Dark Turmoil, ominous forces-they were all the lowest of the low.
Qin Tian immersed himself in cultivation. With the Patriarch's spirit tablet presiding over the place, nothing eerie or ominous could invade his body.
This great figure was born to subdue the eerie and ominous. The greatest calamity and ominous force across all heavens and myriad worlds had been ground to ashes and scattered by him.
Qin Tian began cultivating here in peace. Without the curse's influence, the cultivation environment was excellent, and he lost all sense of spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
Qin Tian did not rush to break through into the Dao Palace. Instead, he quietly studied the Western Emperor Scripture.
Word by word, sentence by sentence, he sought a thorough understanding of every passage. He studied day and night, drawing on the imprints the Western Emperor had left behind to gradually comprehend the insights she had gained while creating her method.
His understanding of the Western Emperor Scripture deepened, and he gradually developed his own insights into the Dao Palace Secret Realm.
"Heaven and earth divide into Yin-Yang; these are the most fundamental elements."
"All things give rise to the five qis. The five elements generate and restrain one another, evolving into the myriad manifestations of the world. They are truly its foundational elements," Qin Tian murmured.
These were words the Desolate Heaven Emperor had spoken when he first opened up the Dao Palace Secret Realm. They were also the central principle of the Dao Palace, the overarching outline of its secret realm-the one, the beginning of everything.
The heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys were collectively called the five viscera, also known as the five deities. They stored essence and qi without letting them leak away, nurtured life without decaying, and formed an immensely powerful secret realm within the human body.
Those who could nourish their deities would not die. With the five deities ever present, their springtime would endure forever. Connecting the five qis and linking heaven and earth in an endless flow, they could remain in the world eternally.
The Five Deities of the Dao Palace were deeply connected to these organs. They could produce Dao power and generate vitality, making this a true place for nurturing life.
The Dao Palace was a secret realm that could not be overlooked. It evolved the five elements and regulated the energy within the body, allowing one to make the fullest use of all their Dao power.
"It's time to step into the Dao Palace!" Qin Tian set down the Enlightenment Tea Tree book in his hands.
He took a fist-sized piece of divine source from his Bitter Sea. Qin Tian had dug it out of the Jade Pool Ruins.
Though only the size of a fist, it was more than enough to propel Qin Tian into the Dao Palace Secret Realm.
Holding up the divine source, Qin Tian began drawing out its divine substance. Heaven-piercing divine radiance enveloped him, and spiritual energy flowed through every inch of his skin. This was no ordinary essence, but the refined essence of divine source.
Divine substance could strengthen a person's origin, cleanse their Life Spring, and extend their lifespan. It was incomparably precious.
Every pore on his body opened, continuously drawing in divine substance. This was an instinctive yearning of his flesh; there was no need to urge it on, only to let it run its course.
Endless radiance streamed in and out, coating his organs and bones in dazzling light.
Qin Tian's consciousness entered the Sea of Bitterness Secret Realm.
He ascended the Other Shore and leaped upward toward the Dao Palace. Qin Tian clearly saw a Gate of the Heavenly Que above the Sea of Bitterness. Once he charged through it, he would enter another secret realm.
"The Dao Palace evolves the five elements; the five palaces mold deities."
"Today, I enter the Dao Palace!"
Resonant sounds of the Dao rang through the Sea of Bitterness. The Bitter Sea surged to the heavens, erupting with boundless divine power, and a Divine Bridge through the void carried him into the clouds.
The Divine Bridge spanned the void, carrying him toward the heavenly gate. The ends of the earth lay within a step, and in an instant, he reached a new world.
Rumbling filled Qin Tian's body. Five qi converged toward the heavens, and five dragonlike streams of divine smoke soared skyward.
Unfortunately, no one witnessed this scene.
Unnoticed by anyone, a being capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with any Juvenile Prodigy beneath the heavens was born.
The Dao Palace World was hazy, filled everywhere with mist, waiting for him to develop it. He could only follow his senses to search for and open a Divine Treasures.
"The human heart beats ceaselessly, sending blood through every channel and carrying divine power everywhere. I should choose the Heart Divine Treasury first." After a little thought, he made his decision.
"The heart rules the body. It is the foundation of all things, the great sovereign of the five viscera and six bowels."
It could be said that the foundation of everything arose from these Divine Treasures.
"As I enter the Dao Palace, I shall enter the Heart Palace first!" Qin Tian stepped forward, his conviction unassailable. He soon broke through the mist and arrived before it.
The Heart Deity resembled an unopened lotus and had yet to assume human form, indicating that the deity was still taking shape. To attain immortality and hope for everlasting existence, one had to begin here.
Essence and qi formed the foundation of the human body. Upon entering the Dao Palace Secret Realm, one had to transform essence into spirit and bring the deities into being.
The coming of life is called essence; the union of two essences is called spirit... Qin Tian silently recited the ancient scripture's cultivation formula.
Once he understood one principle, a hundred others fell into place. He had seen these words in his previous life, but although he understood the individual characters, he had not grasped their meaning. After studying the Western Emperor Scripture day and night during this period and comprehending the true meaning of the imperial Dao, he finally understood their essence.
"Innate essence brings forth life; acquired essence replenishes and nourishes it."
Innate essence accompanied the birth of the human body and marked the beginning of an individual's heaven and earth. When form became complete, spirit arose; when form withered, spirit perished.
Acquired essence, meanwhile, had to be obtained through refinement to replenish spirit and nourish life.
When he arrived before this Dao Palace Divine Treasures, Qin Tian felt towering waves of heat. Yang qi flourished to an extreme within the Heart Divine Treasury.
"For humanity accords with heaven and earth. Heaven has its sun, and humans likewise have their sun. The yang of sovereign and father is the sun..."
The human body corresponded to heaven and earth. The Heart Divine Treasury was the body's heavenly sun, the foundation of all vitality. It was the most crucial of all, foremost among the Dao Palace's five great stages.
These Divine Treasures were the Taiyang among the deities. They employed yang qi to drive the circulation of life energy, maintain the body's immortality, and keep its vitality flowing without end.
At this moment, Qin Tian discovered that the divine substance had become exceptionally active. Transforming into innate essence, it surged into his body and directly nourished the deity shaped like an unopened lotus.
"The heart is the fire organ, illuminating all things." Qin Tian understood and said, "The body's heavenly sun cannot lack yang. It nourishes all things and is the foundation of the flesh's enduring existence."
Boom!
The lotus-shaped Divine Treasures slowly opened, dispersing the mist. Comfort flooded Qin Tian's body, and his pores opened as a strange Dao power flowed out. In that instant, he saw that strange Dao power streaming from points of light, spilling into every inch of his flesh and blood.
As he first entered the Dao Palace Secret Realm, innate essence brought forth life, and the Heart Divine Treasury shone like the Taiyang in the sky. It was akin to the beginning of heaven and earth, when all things first came into being—the human body's Taiyang had appeared.
"The Sea of Bitterness evolves Yin-Yang; the five treasuries transform into the five elements..."
The divine source was refined and fed into the heavenly sun within his body-the Heart Divine Treasury. It grew increasingly fiery red and began evolving into a true human form.
He did not shatter the deity and turn the deity into divine energy to merge into the Dao Palace.
Since the Desolate Heaven Emperor had created the Dao Palace deities when devising his method, they surely possessed their own profound mysteries. Qin Tian had no need to merge the deity into his body merely to strengthen his physique.
Besides, he had another use for the Dao Palace deity: he could imitate what he had done in the Life Spring and Bitter Sea stages to glimpse traces of how Huang had created his method long ago.
During this process, he felt his own growing strength as the heavenly sun within his body slowly rose.
The deity presided within that heavenly sun, like the Flame Emperor ruling the Great Dao of fire.
Rumbling filled Qin Tian's body as gate after gate opened, releasing vast reserves of potential. It was as though streams of blazing flame were bursting out of him, formed from his innate potential. Each stream of flame connected with acquired essence, uniting the innate and the acquired.
In an instant, Qin Tian seemed to become a sun in human form, illuminating the ten directions without limit.
Subconsciously, Qin Tian wanted to break down the Dao Palace deity. The deity, who resembled the Flame Emperor, sensed his thoughts, opened his eyes, and chanted an unknown scripture, causing the ages themselves to tremble.
The next moment, the deity broke down his own form and reversed his origin, actually transforming into three strands of Dao qi that soared upward and settled above Qin Tian's head.
For a time, immortal qi suffused the air. That immortal qi formed three indistinct Dao flowers, then transformed into Dao Platforms upon which sat beings who could not be seen.
Qin Tian instinctively cried out, "My past self, my present self, my future self, please enter the Dao Palace!"
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