Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 365 Xuanmen Method

Chu Tai, who had calmed down a little, suddenly thought that if there were nearly 100,000 fourth-grade cultivators in the current Dongji Chenguang Datian, then how many third-grade cultivators there were.

Chu Tai's question made Taoist Youkan feel a little embarrassed. He thought for a while and said, "As far as I know, there are about 300 to 400 third-grade cultivators in the East Extreme Chenguang Great Heaven, but no one knows what is going on in secret."

Seeing Chu Tai's confusion, Taoist Youkan continued to explain: "Third-rank cultivators are different from fourth-rank celestial beings. In our Great Heaven, influenced by the order left by the ancient sacred beings and the ancient saint kings, fourth-rank celestial beings and cultivators below them have a lifespan limit. Even if they can extend their lifespan through various means, there will be an end. Therefore, the number of fourth-rank celestial beings is limited."

“But once you enter the upper third rank, there is no such thing as a lifespan. Or rather, they live as long as the heaven and earth. Since the creation of the heaven and earth, no one knows exactly how many third rank cultivators are left in the human world.”

"Let's not talk about anything else, just take Kunlun Mountain as an example. As the first sacred mountain that leads directly to Daluo Heaven, no one knows how many ancient immortals are hidden there except themselves. When the immortal way was first changed, everyone thought it was okay. As a result, a first-class great man walked out of Kunlun Mountain and fought a fierce battle with Qingshi Zhenjun, the representative of Kunlun, and collapsed a corner of Kunlun Mountain. He built the West Kunlun Dojo on the west side of Kunlun with many ancient immortals who disagreed with the reform."

Upon hearing this, Chu Tai asked in a low voice, "Master of the Heavenly Demon Sect?"

Taoist Youkan nodded and added, "As a corner of Kunlun Mountain, West Kunlun can also connect to Daluo Heaven. Therefore, many Heavenly Demon Dao cultivators, after reaching the fourth rank, fear that they have committed too many sins in the human world and that their calamities are too severe, will hide in West Kunlun."

“In addition, over the years, some of the third-grade cultivators of the Demonic Path are not sure whether they ascended to Daluo Heaven or headed to the West Kunlun Demon Realm. It is hard to say how many third-grade cultivators there are in West Kunlun now.”

At this point, Taoist Youkan thought of something and pointed out a problem in Chu Tai's previous calculation.

"There are not nearly 100,000 fourth-grade cultivators like us in the Great Heaven, but there are probably nearly 100,000 fourth-grade cultivators on the land of Jiuzhou. In the thousands of light layers of Jiuzhou, there are also floating islands built by fourth-grade cultivators. Most of them live in seclusion and don't care about worldly affairs. They avoid many disasters as much as possible, and they never pay attention to the temptations and fights like today."

"Then in the God Network Layer and the Cosmic River Layer, there are many secret demons of the heavens. They are mysterious creatures that are neither human nor beast, neither alive nor dead, neither tangible nor intangible, neither material nor intangible, and most of them are between the fourth and third grades, and very few can reach the second grade. There are about three thousand secret demons of the heavens who have left their names in our great heaven."

"Further up, there are 365 stars hanging high in the star layer, and 84,000 evil spirits are circulating among them..."

This time, before Taoist Youkan finished speaking, Chu Tai already knew what he wanted to express.

"It's impossible to determine how many third-rank seniors have opened up dojos among them, right?"

"To be precise, it is partially uncertain because the training grounds in the major stars were opened very early and it is confirmed that no one lives there."

The sudden interruption of the voice surprised Chu Tai a little. He turned around and saw that it was Xuan Chong Sanren who was planning to leave earlier.

As a casual cultivator who was confirmed to have received guidance from True Lord Hunyuan in the past thousand years, Xuan Chong knew a lot of secrets. Seeing Chu Tai looking at him, he began to explain.

"The Fusang Palace in Dongming Cave Heaven in the Sun Star, the Suyao Palace in Qingxu Cave Heaven in the Moon Star, the Taisu Palace in Taibai Cave Heaven in Taibai Venus Star... These seven cave heavens located in the stars can be clearly seen to exist, and their status is not low. It is said that they were the Taoist temples opened up by some star gods and immortals when Daluo Heaven and us were still able to communicate with each other. It is also confirmed that there are no corresponding cultivators in them."

Having said that, Xuan Chong Sanren added a few more words.

"The innate and true purple Yang Qi that is usually scattered from the sun into the human world is one of the products of the operation of the Fusang Palace in the Dongming Cave Heaven. In addition, the magic weapon Taixuan Five Star Wheel that I refined also draws the power of the five palaces including the Taisu Palace." "These caves and palaces can also be regarded as a great blessing left by the immortals who left our great heaven in the past. Theoretically speaking, being able to inherit these caves is a shortcut to promotion to the second rank."

Taoist Youkan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and murmured in a low voice: "The Guanghan Sect's Taiyin Flying Immortal Technique?"

"Daoyou reacted quickly. The Guanghan Sect's Taiyin Flying Immortal Method is a way of utilizing the Qingxu Cave Heaven and Suyao Palace in Taiyin Star. However, they don't want to move into Suyao Palace. Instead, they want to use Qingxu Cave Heaven as a springboard and use the power of Taiyin Star to ascend to Daluo Heaven."

"But this method also has its limitations. The Dao fruit it achieves is basically limited to the Taiyin system. The future achievements will be limited. If you want to achieve the highest Dao fruit, you will need to turn the calamity once or twice."

Xuan Chong Sanren briefly commented on the Taiyin Flying Immortal Method, and pointed out dozens of methods of cultivation that utilize the power of these stars and caves.

After his explanation, Chu Tai was surprised to find that many of the current cultivation methods in the Dongji Chenguang Heaven seemed to imitate nature, but their internal operating logic was actually based on the blessed places left by the top three cultivators in the past, and these methods could also lead to ascending to the Daluo Heavenly Palace.

Chu Tai pondered it carefully and found that the "Sun Pill Morning Glory Sutra" practiced by Taoist Zhengyang could perhaps also be classified into this system.

The fifth-grade sun pill Chenxihua Zhenqi condensed in "Xihua Sutra" belongs to the orthodox Xuanmen, and its magic power is very pure. When the practitioner enters the fifth grade, the Xihua Zhenqi can be comparable to some of the fourth-grade Zhenqi. However, such Zhenqi has no hope of ascending to the immortal way, and it is difficult to switch to other lineages.

There were some things that Chu Tai couldn't understand back then, but now he understands them all.

If this method itself is borrowing the power of Fusang Heavenly Palace, and is a shortcut to intercepting some of the principles of the Sun Star to achieve its own success, then it is very normal that it cannot go further after the fifth level. To put it bluntly, Xihua True Qi is a derivative of the innate and true Ziyang True Qi.

It just so happened that Xihua True Qi took a shortcut when it was condensed, and there was no other transitional True Qi on it. The only direction it could be promoted to was the second-grade innate and true Ziyang True Qi. So it was normal for a cultivator to choose to ascend at the fifth grade.

Moreover, the system of "Xihua Sutra" was originally separated from the Dongming Dongtian Fusang Palace, the most advanced and concrete product of the Sun's righteous Dharma.

Even though the Xihua Sutra can only be practiced to the fifth level, it still belongs to the orthodox Xuanmen school, because fundamentally this system is a practice method that directly points to the Daluo Heaven.

The reason why the "Xihua Sutra" cannot achieve the fourth level is only due to the limitations of the human world. After entering Daluo Heaven, one can naturally complete the transformation of true Qi under the cleansing of heavenly light, and then try to sublimate the innate and true purple yang true Qi.

'In comparison, side door methods may be able to enter the fourth grade, but most of their cultivation methods have no hope of reaching the third grade, let alone entering the Daluo Heaven. Those who can reach it are special cases or tricks. This is the real dead end.'

Chu Tai felt a little emotional, and asked Xuan Chong Sanren about some of his doubts about cultivation.

Xuan Chong Sanren did not hide too much and directly told Chu Tai everything he knew. Taoist Youkan beside him added a few words from time to time, allowing Chu Tai to have a clearer understanding of the current situation in Datian and the immortal way.

Just as the three of them were talking more and more deeply, Wang Jide suddenly let out a roar.

(End of this chapter)