Expansion, Meeting the Lord of the Netherworld
Seeing Simu's urgency, Yixiu shook his head helplessly, then slowly walked to the riverbank, released his Zen staff to protect himself, and began to refine the imagery of this place.
Time passed little by little.
Although the two of them had to return to the mortal realm every month to absorb enough yang energy to prevent their souls from falling into the Netherworld.
However, after gradually getting the hang of it, they discovered that this process of refining Yellow Springs Water was also very helpful in perfecting and comprehending their own imagery, so they often came here.
At the same time, with the emergence of more and more Dao Foundation cultivators and Yin Generals, more and more people are taking on this mission.
In addition to the main stream of the Yellow Springs River flowing from the Nine Domains and Nine Springs, the entire Netherworld also sees hundreds and thousands of First Tier tributaries drawn from various important resource-producing areas due to the increasing amount of Yellow Springs Water being refined.
Ten years have passed, and the entire Netherworld has expanded to its limit.
It reached three times the surface area of Blue Star, and the increase in land area gradually slowed down. Subsequently, the construction of the Yellow Springs River tributary also gradually stopped.
Only then did the two manage to gather the 30,000 Yin Merit needed to request guidance from the Lord of the Netherworld.
It's not that the two of them only gained this much Yin Merit over the past 10 years. They astutely realized that although the project had a relatively long duration, it would eventually come to an end. Being able to earn so much so easily was undoubtedly a stroke of luck for them.
Therefore, the two stopped accumulating Yin Merit and instead exchanged for elixirs needed for image cultivation and materials to upgrade their Life-Bound Dharma Artifact, thus increasing their cultivation strength while continuing to take on this mission.
To this day, the Lord of the Netherworld manifested a million-foot-tall, sky-supporting Dharma Manifestation, using immense supernatural Divine Ability and magic to refine the entire Yellow Springs River flowing through the Netherworld. Since then, the Yellow Springs River, which was constantly turbulent due to the gathering of soul fragments, has completely calmed down.
They don't even need a specially made river-crossing boat to fly over the Yellow Springs River.
It can be said that the Lord of the Netherworld completely transformed the entire Yellow Springs River by his own power.
At this moment, the Yellow Springs River, in Simu's eyes, was like the Yangtze River Yellow River, which are formed by the condensation of water veins on the Blue Star. Although it was Second Tier water vein river, it no longer had the danger and strangeness of the past.
He even boldly used his mental power to carefully sense the Yellow Springs and its surroundings, and was able to discover that there were some barely perceptible, fragile lives, living like mayflies in the Yellow Springs River.
"The methods of the Lord of the Netherworld are indeed beyond our comprehension. With just this one move, life began to emerge in the Yellow Springs River, which was originally a forbidden zone for life. The wonders of creation are profound, and the Great Dao is boundless."
Upon hearing Simu's sentiments, Yixiu agreed.
"The extraordinary Divine Ability to turn decay into wonder and danger into life is probably beyond the reach of ordinary Second Tier cultivators."
For Yixiu, who frequently read the vast amount of knowledge Wang An brought from the Bronze Academy, he was able to perceive its extraordinary nature through some superficial judgment.
"Brother Dao, perhaps one of you has already attained the ability to define the laws of heaven and earth."
"Alright, old monk. There's no use thinking about this so much. Let's take advantage of the Lord of the Netherworld's presence and quickly seek our path forward. Such a Divine Ability being can go into seclusion for decades at a time. Who knows what we'll have become by then?"
After tidying up the array of their dwelling place, the two went straight to the Zhoujue Yin Heavenly Palace to pay their respects to the Lord of the Netherworld.
The process of requesting an audience is not complicated. You can simply use your Yin Merit to exchange for a guidance opportunity in the Yin Merit Office and wait for the summons Zhoujue Yin Heavenly Palace.
After the two completed a series of procedures, they returned to the outer perimeter of the Heavenly Palace and saw several extraordinary beings who also served in the Netherworld System waiting outside the hall.
It seems someone got there before them, applying for this opportunity much earlier.
The main hall of the Zhoujue Yin Heavenly Palace is the place where the divine Avatar of the Lord of the Netherworld resides year-round. No one dares to talk casually here, so Mu and Yixiu communicated secretly using their spiritual power.
"Old monk, I didn't expect there to be people who arrived before us. But who are they? Heavenly Talisman Dao Foundation Cultivator shouldn't need to go to such lengths to request Guidance."
"Brother Dao, judging from the Spirituality aura surrounding him, it somewhat resembles the inner vision techniques of the Earth Immortal path. This type of method excels at cultivating and capturing the Spirituality of all things, remaining stationed in one place year-round, and is extremely helpful in cultivating various mineral veins, spirit beasts, and spiritual plants. This humble monk never expected that a cultivator had already attained the Earth Immortal path."
"Since the Perfected Heavenly River is in seclusion year-round, he naturally cannot answer their questions about the future. That's why he, like us, accumulates Yin Merit and requests the help of this divine Avatar of the Lord of the Netherworld."
"Old monk, I know I've cultivated my original Supreme Yin imagery into a bright moon imagery that's closer to the Netherworld, and that's why I've gone astray. I truly don't know in what area you need Guidance from a master."
Normally, cultivators keep their cultivation Dao Foundation and the specifics of their mental imagery cultivation secret to prevent malicious individuals from targeting them.
However, the two had known each other for many years, and even without saying it, they could notice and guess the general situation through their interactions.
Yixiu silent for a while, and just when Simu thought he didn't want to talk, he conveyed a message to him.
"This humble monk has always cultivated the Pure Land conception without any deviation. However, due to my own insufficient aptitude, I need to make a choice between the Golden Body and the Zen Mind. Limited by the perspective of a low-level cultivator, I do not know how to choose, so I have come here to seek guidance from the Lord of the Netherworld."
Upon hearing what Yixiu said, Simu understood what problem he was facing.
After the Heavenly River Zhenneng created the Heavenly Talisman Daoist Cultivator System, which integrates the three treasures of Essence Qi, and spirit, countless geniuses also wanted to follow this path. However, after several attempts, they were all blocked by the enormous difficulties involved.
We had to create a new system with one as the main component and two as supplementary components.
Even Martial Dao System that prioritizes Essence Qi while using spirit as a secondary element still has many flaws after the creation of the Transcendent System.
Therefore, the deeper one delves into this field, the greater one's reverence for the Perfected Heavenly River, who created the Heavenly Talisman Dao Foundation Cultivator System, becomes.
Time passed quickly, and soon it was Yixiu and Simu's turn.
With his status as the Lord of the Netherworld, guiding the cultivation of First Tier being is naturally a piece of cake.
Usually, the key points are revealed with very few words, and a portion of the path forward is examined.
Yixiu and Simu also stopped several fellow Daoists who had finished giving them guidance to learn about these things, and were also somewhat prepared about what questions they needed to ask.
This time, Simu got it right again.
Stepping into the Zhoujue Yin Heavenly Palace, one immediately senses the dense Netherworld Dao essence permeating the entire main hall.
This palace is entirely made of dark black and dark gold materials, with floating cloud steps and shrouded in Netherworld mist. There are no sun, moon, or stars, but it is illuminated by a natural, eerie light, where auspicious and yin energies blend together. There are no architectural decorations or patterns found in the mortal world, except for those patterns that are Law Runes, and there are no other carvings or murals.