Untouched by the Five Elements

The Magic Stone Mountain and Spirit Jade Mountain, created by Tiger Feather using the origin of the world, are not very large, only a little over ten meters high.

This differs from the requirement to move a mountain, and it shows that Tiger Feather is extremely cautious, trying to minimize the risks associated with this 'sincerity'.

Even the giant spirit jade mine in the Sinkhole No. 2 couldn't meet Zhang Xuezhou's Spiritual Qi needs for entering his True Self self. The spirit jade mountain, which was over ten meters high, was also somewhat lacking. The Spiritual Qi contained within the jade could not emerge continuously in large quantities, but would only be released slowly in a gentle state.

But when you add Magic Stone Mountain, it becomes completely different.

As long as the Demon Stone Mountain is drawn to activate the Spirit Jade Mountain, the supply of Spiritual Qi will be amplified infinitely, resulting in an effect that is tens or even hundreds of times greater than that of the Sinkhole No. 2.

After finding a suitable location, Zhang Xuezhou reached out and touched the pure white magic stone. His clear Law Power continuously refined the magic stone, and he felt the Spiritual Qi behind him rushing in like a tide.

The larger the area of the magic stone that his Law Power covers, the stronger the effect of this manipulation.

If Zhang Xuezhou wanted to adjust his level of adaptation to Spiritual Qi, he would inevitably compare it with the Yin-Yang Secret Land, thereby adjusting his own needs to a similar level.

"If one could control the origin of the world, it would be practically possible to obtain whatever conditions are required!"

As expected, Spiritual Qi flowed into his body. Zhang Xuezhou was filled with emotion, and then, without the slightest hesitation, he activated the Yin-Yang Realm Technique to merge once more.

As he continuously pushed his body and Yang Soul towards the state of fusion and infancy, Zhang Xuezhou withdrew his divine soul and then fell into the darkness of the void.

The imitation was already very accurate, the only thing that left Zhang Xuezhou with some regret was that time in the virtual world was difficult to reconcile with time in reality.

He could only use his soul to whisper continuously, trying his best to use language as a measure of time.

"Another fellow Daoist has arrived here?"

Just as Zhang Xuezhou was preoccupied with the timing of his body's instinctive cycles, he felt a sense of perception coming from the void sealed within his soul.

This startled him.

He repeatedly tried by sacrificing tiger feathers and found a suitable place in the void to store his soul. He passively gained the indestructible property that his soul would not be destroyed by attacks. However, Zhang Xuezhou was obviously not the first cultivator to discover this void area.

He sensed the endless darkness of the space, and saw a faint light approaching.

It was as if a fire had been lit in the soul, and because there was no fear of annihilation here, the opponent's soul maintained this burning flame-like form.

It has to be said that this is a seasoned player who knows how to manipulate the void. Zhang Xuezhou didn't have the courage to ignite his soul, and he never even thought of igniting his soul to obtain light and thus reduce his fear of the endless darkness.

Of course, this might also be because Zhang Xuezhou had adapted to the void too many times, and he was already quite used to this darkness, and he had never been in it for too long.

Who are you?

Zhang Xuezhou stirred his spirit and emitted waves of mental energy.

If no one can kill another in this void region, he doesn't even need to show any defensive posture.

"I... yes, I remember I had a name too. I think I once had a name with the surname Zhou?"

"Zhou? What a coincidence! My name is also Zhou, the kind of boat that drifts on a river!"

Zhang Xuezhou already used recitation to determine the passage of time, and now that a cultivator was willing to cooperate, he had an additional reference point and could measure time more accurately.

He was quite pleased and chatted amiably with the other party.

Perhaps because he had been drifting in the void for too long, the cultivator he was communicating with had almost forgotten his name.

Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but marvel at the time the other person had spent in the void, and then asked if the other person was lost and unable to return to the real world.

"You guessed right. I was so engrossed in traveling through the heavens that I lost track of time, and my physical body has turned to dust!"

What happened to you that has kept you from returning for so long?

"Only by mastering time can one achieve prolonged clarity here; otherwise, one will drift endlessly in darkness, losing all sense of time. My abilities were insufficient; it was merely an oversight that allowed several years to pass, until I was awakened only by the death of my physical body!"

"This situation is very dangerous!"

"Yes, it was very dangerous, and Non-Self the only one who encountered something like this!"

Are there many?

"I have witnessed at least a hundred deaths. They were obsessed with the void, yet they never stepped into the void region that could stabilize their souls. Their souls were lost in the void and aged prematurely, resulting in the simultaneous decay of both their physical bodies and souls!"

"You've already witnessed hundreds, and there are many more you haven't. It seems the number of cultivators who died in the void is truly enormous!"

"That's right, that's why I'm here to remind you not to get addicted. Try to keep track of your time to avoid harming your health!"

This "Zhou," whose name I've almost forgotten, had an extremely good personality. He gave Zhang Xuezhou very friendly reminders and even analyzed the timing of events based on Zhang Xuezhou own experience.

Only after he finished recounting his experience with void time did he exchange information about the world with Zhang Xuezhou.

For Zhou, encountering fellow cultivators in the void, and given the time, he was quite looking forward to the impact that different worlds would bring.

"Han Dynasty, Emperor Liu Che, the Three Realms?"

Zhang Xuezhou would certainly not casually reveal his real-world coordinates and information, even if 'Zhou' meant well.

He discussed the situation in the Three Realms, and also touched upon his own cultivation techniques. 'Zhou' would also introduce what he knew and the Cultivation Method of cultivation.

The two exchanged words for only a short while before both keenly noticed that their sources seemed to overlap.

"A man from the State of Song, Ji Xi, King Lie of Zhou, and King Yan of Song, a vassal state?"

If we look for corresponding examples from their respective countries, the two have nothing in common. However, when it comes to their respective schools of thought, Zhang Xuezhou discovered that Zhou's cultivation philosophy once belonged to one of the Hundred Schools of Thought, and his free and unrestrained pursuit of longevity was very similar to the Huang-Lao Daoist School. Moreover, the Yin- Yin-Yang School, to which Zhang Xuezhou belonged, was also familiar to Zhou. This is an extreme opposition and a powerful force.

"The Yin-Yang School originated from the officials of Xihe, who revered and followed the Haotian, observed the movements of the sun, moon, and stars, and respectfully instructed the people on the seasons—this was their strength. However, when those who were rigid in their approach took charge, they became bound by taboos, obsessed with trivial matters, and abandoned human affairs in favor of ghosts and spirits!"

The Yin-Yang School mentioned by 'Zhou' is very ancient; he even mentioned that the Yin-Yang School worshipped the Haotian Emperor.

The cultivators who could be involved with the Haotian Emperor must be within the last thousand years, or even in the Southern Jambudvipa Continent.

Zhang Xuezhou's research on ancient history was mediocre, but whenever it involved people he knew, everything became corroborated.

Zhang Xuezhou had only intended to fool someone, but he hadn't expected to fool a fellow villager.

"The interplay of Yin and Yang is called the Dao. The Yin- Yin-Yang School uses the Five Elements to represent the Five Virtues. The Five Elements generate and overcome each other: Water overcomes Fire, Fire overcomes Metal, Metal overcomes Wood, Wood overcomes Earth, Earth overcomes Water..."

Zhou, with a touch of emotion, mentioned the familiar Yin-Yang and Five Elements. When he learned that Zhang Xuezhou had taken a path completely detached from the Five Elements and had nothing to do with Yin-Yang and Five Elements, he felt that he had seen an alternative kind of great achievement and also the end of the Yin-Yang School.

For Zhang Xuezhou to have reached this level of cultivation, the Yin-Yang School, which once dominated by the Five Elements, must be extinct.

"Your cultivation method is quite good; the five elements don't affect you at all, making it extremely powerful. However, your cultivation method also has a single flaw," Zhou reminded him.

"What defect?" Zhang Xuezhou, his heart tightening.

"The factors involved in achieving sainthood include wind, fire, water, and earth. Your body avoids these five elements, directly isolating yourself from them, thus preventing you from refining and achieving sainthood using the methods of a normal cultivator!"

"Like this?"

Zhang Xuezhou gasped.

Now he finally understands why Tiger Feather's refinement of the world's origin grants him a continuous source of regeneration, while his own refinement of the world's origin yields very little.

This is not a problem with the refinement of the Zodiac Three Palaces Technique and the Grain Avoidance Instruction, but rather that his body is isolated from the world's origin, preventing the world's origin from modifying him according to the form in which his body is currently constructed, ultimately resulting in minimal effect.