Wet viviparity

Chapter 847 Crimson Palace, Promotion
Jiang Heixiao eventually became a thick, filthy shadow that could cover the entire stone chamber.

The last vestiges of wisdom within the second primordial spirit were able to see a facet of this world in the final moments of this physical body, and even seeing this narrow, enclosed stone chamber seemed to be enough to bring it joy.

The first thing to change in Ji Ming's body was his skull.

When Jiang Heixiao's Great Wheel Treasure Top Bone was transferred to his skull, Ji Ming quickly felt his essence, energy, and spirit highly condensed. As soon as he had a thought, there was a whooshing sound, as if the thought had materialized into a fist.

He understood that this came from his spirit, a unique characteristic of the Yuan Yang Tong Zi Gong (Primordial Yang Boy Skill).

To be honest, the initial improvement wasn't obvious. Perhaps Ji Ming's physical body had spontaneously improved to a sufficiently powerful level even without special training, making it commonplace for him to be difficult to harm by swords and blades.

Then, an even more unsettling pressure, a more vigorous vitality, and an even more unwavering will arose within him, but these were merely icing on the cake.

Before long, the purest and most potent essence of the sun tempered his body, cleansing away the last trace of yin and impurities from Ji Ming's body, making his body as clear and bright as a precious gem, with his qi and blood extremely pure. Only at this point did things begin to get interesting.

A tingling sensation came from the top of his brain. The Sudatta and the first fruit naturally resonated with each other in his skull. In an instant, Ji Ming felt dizzy, as if something was turning his spirit around.

In the midst of intense dizziness, it seemed as if his spirit and body were also being turned upside down.

This phenomenon had never occurred in Jiang Heixiao. Ji Ming had a sudden realization that it might be related to the Stream-entry Stage 1 (Sotapanna) that he had attained. After all, the four stages of Arhatship are the foundation of Buddhism, and naturally have a positive influence on the Great Wheel-Turning Jewel Skull.

Ji Ming adapted to this transcendent feeling of transformation in about a breath or two, and even grasped the key to understanding it.

This process of completely shifting the body, spirit, and mind is actually about tightly integrating the three, making them inseparable from external forces.

In ordinary people, the body, spirit, and mind are not as closely connected as one might imagine. Under tremendous impact, whether in terms of spirit or body, the phenomenon of the soul leaving the body can occur, which is not uncommon.

The perfect body achieved through the Yuan Yang Tong Zi Gong is a unity of body, spirit, and mind, which cannot be shaken by any external force and cannot be controlled by methods that break the body.

As the rotation continued, Ji Ming accurately grasped the Dharma meaning within it, which was the meaning of rotation within the Great Wheel Treasure Skull, containing the subtle meaning of breaking and destroying. It seemed that all ignorance and afflictions were being shattered in this rotation.

In this wondrous state, the perfectly round and auspicious body is further developed. All dharmas applied to the body are like a spring breeze passing by the ear, without being attached to form or harming spirit. This is the body of perfect harmony.

Once the spell was completed, the abundant yang energy from the second primordial spirit body caused the dantian below Ji Ming's navel to move upwards inch by inch. This process took the master more than ten years, and even excluding the time spent stabilizing his cultivation, it still took about ten years.

However, Ji Ming will complete it within these few hours today.

While the refinement of Jiang Heixiao's powerful physique certainly contributed to this, it was his Ruyi Treasure that truly supported Ji Ming.

Ruyi, Ruyi, as I wish. This name is not given lightly. As long as the Yuanbi Ruyi is used slightly, Ji Ming will seem to be blessed with good fortune. During the process of the Dantian transformation, he can avoid many demonic obstacles, or even be free from them.

Ji Ming believed he possessed two supreme treasures: the Eye of Emptiness from a Wet Egg, which was undoubtedly a "golden finger" level treasure, and the Pupil God. Without these two, no matter how strong Ji Ming's cultivation was, he would only be a second-rate character in the eyes of others.

Now, the Yuanbi Ruyi will become his third treasure. The significance of this treasure is that Ji Ming believes that even if he obtains other great treasures later, they will not be able to replace these few.

Ji Ming hung the Yuanbi Ruyi above his head, and strands of hazy, gray light from the Ruyi descended, enveloping his entire body and isolating him from the outside world, making Ji Ming a self-contained entity, as if he had set up a small Dharma realm here.

Close your eyes and look inward, focusing your mind on your lower abdomen (Dantian).

Three inches below the navel, in the lower dantian, the golden elixir, having undergone numerous trials and reached the perfection of the four realms, exudes an aura of completeness.

Within the Golden Elixir, a clearly visible embryo, curled up with its knees drawn up, with eyebrows and eyes identical to Ji Ming's, was clearly visible. Above it, in the Crimson Palace located in the Middle Dantian, five-colored light flowed endlessly. This was the image of the Five Elements' positions manifesting in the Crimson Palace after the Five Elements' true Qi of the Heart Fire, Kidney Water, Liver Wood, Lung Metal, and Spleen Earth had reached perfect balance, ensuring that the embryo's position after its ascension was extremely stable.

With a slight thought, he activated the secret method of divine general ascending to the dantian and sending the embryo into the lower dantian, which was passed down in the "True Method of Taiping Jiabu". The Xuanming Star General leaped into the lower dantian, like a stone thrown into a calm lake, creating ripples. The golden elixir slowly rotated, and the embryo within seemed to be awakened, stretching its limbs and opening its pair of lively eyes.

"rise."

Ji Ming silently recited in his heart.

The tiny embryo separated from the perfectly round golden elixir, like a chick hatching from its shell, transforming into a fist-sized point of primordial spiritual light that slowly rose from the lower dantian.

This process may seem simple, but it is actually fraught with danger. When the embryo first leaves its root, it is like an infant leaving the mother's body. It needs a bit of innate spiritual light within itself to maintain its form.

Furthermore, the elixir itself possesses the wonders of the five elements, and is truly a mysterious and profound Dharma body. Upon first encountering the Yin-Yang and five elements outside the elixir, as well as their various spiritual mechanisms and Dharma intentions, it is extremely easy to capture various unspoken wonders, thereby achieving complete enlightenment on the spot.

Such profound enlightenment, when placed at the moment of breakthrough in ascending to the Crimson Palace, can be considered a great tribulation.

Outside Ji Ming's elixir embryo, the Xuanming Star General will closely protect him. This is the true meaning of the "Spiritual Light Divine General Chapter" in the Taiping Jiabu True Method—refining generals as protectors to ensure that the elixir embryo is not disturbed during its ascension process.

The distance between the lower and middle dantian is only a little over a finger's width, but the dantian rises within it as if crossing a natural barrier. The key is that Ji Ming moves swiftly through this barrier.

Because of his rapid advancement, the inner demons, such as delusions and evil thoughts, which had not previously arisen, began to surge forth. For a time, even the first stage of enlightenment could not suppress them. What was even more critical was that these inner demons actually gained inspiration and resonated with the spiritual energy of the heavens, eager to break free from the primordial spirit and transform into the first nemesis of cultivators—the heavenly demons.

Why is the Heavenly Demon named after the character "Heaven"?

Firstly, it is an external manifestation of the inner demons within the cultivator, possessing intimate knowledge of every detail of the cultivator's past, making it akin to a natural enemy.

Secondly, the externalization process is manifested by sensing the spiritual energy in the heavens. It has no form or substance, changes at will, and is difficult to resolve by operating the five elements' mutual generation and restraint. Various wonderful methods are also difficult to be effective, as it is as high and unfathomable as the heavens.

Ji Ming paid no attention to this situation, as if he were unaware of it, and focused solely on rapidly advancing his dantian.

A faint scent wafted into Ji Ming's nostrils, instantly pulling him into a state of reminiscence.

The scent seemed to be the fragrance of plum blossoms from the master, or the delicate scent of his mother's fabrics from the depths of his memory. Because the scent was so ancient, it made him feel even more dazed.

At that very moment, the light of the unfinished Ruyi scepter hanging down from Yuanbi Ruyi rippled slightly, and its aura dissipated instantly. The celestial demon that was about to manifest was actually repelled by the light to the mysterious point of "almost complete but not yet finished".

The nemesis of Taoist practitioners is thus in a state of flux, poised for completion but not quite there yet.

The ascending momentum of the primordial spiritual light transformed from the elixir embryo is even stronger, and the abundant pure yang essence continuously replenishes the enormous consumption required for the palace relocation process, making that point of spiritual light always dazzling and unbiased.

The spiritual light passes through the navel chakra, penetrates the middle dantian, and ascends all the way up. It is as if there is a trickling sound in the body, or as if there is a faint sound of wind and thunder. This is a sign that the true qi in the body has reached its peak.

Ji Ming's mind and body were completely immersed in the spiritual light formed by the dantian. The crimson palace was right in front of him. Outside him, there were strange fragrances and sounds of celestial demons, or illusions, or sorrowful feelings. Celestial demons kept re-emerging under the spiritual light of Weiji Ruyi.

This celestial demon keeps transforming and disappearing, in an endless cycle. This is the weakness of the Unfulfilled Auspicious Light; the solidified state of being about to be formed cannot be maintained for long.

Within the Crimson Palace, the Five Elements have reached their perfect positions, and the Five Organs and Five Qi are in harmony, providing the most stable environment for the migration of the Dan Embryo. The spiritual light has already risen to the Middle Dantian and arrived outside the Yellow Court and Crimson Palace.

This place is the central hub for storing Qi in the human body. The primordial spiritual light transformed from Ji Ming's dantian hovers outside the Crimson Palace, its radiance flowing and reflecting, making the invisible "palace" faintly visible.

"This is the moment!"

(End of this chapter)