The myth begins with the Lotus Lantern

Chapter 335 The way forward
This emerald green law contains only the single characteristic of the wood element, and is relatively weak among the intermediate laws. Next to it, Ding Lin has also comprehended the laws of the other four elements. The next step is to combine them to form the so-called 'Five Elements' laws.

Pangu separated heaven and earth, and chaos was created.

Earth, water, wind, and fire give rise to all things, each with its own attributes, which can be further categorized using the Five Elements.

The Five Elements are metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. They are the essence of all things in creation, and in harmony with Yin and Yang, they are the very essence of all things. There is no law that matches Yin and Yang better than the Five Elements, which is why Ding Lin wanted to comprehend the laws of the Five Elements first. Moreover, among the Thirty-Six Heavenly Divine Transformations, there is a divine power called the Five Elements Great Escape that is comparable to it.

Wood produces fire, fire produces earth, earth produces metal, metal produces water, and water produces wood.

The five elements generate each other, forming a closed loop.

Ding Lin did not rush to agree; he pondered for a while longer.

The five elements also counteract each other.

Wood overcomes Earth, Earth overcomes Water, Water overcomes Fire, Fire overcomes Metal, and Metal overcomes Wood.

The endings are also connected.

Could we then formulate a higher-level law based on this?

No.

Life is ever-renewing; only after new life can destruction occur. Otherwise, there is no cause and effect, and it is ultimately just a fleeting dream, which is difficult to establish. At least, Ding Lin's current level of cultivation is not yet capable of doing so.

What if we integrate this mutual restraint into mutual generation?

Not at all.

The five fundamental principles are specific and only correspond to the generating cycle of the five elements. If we want to relate them to the restraining cycle, we need to introduce other characteristics of the five elements and introduce a new relationship of generating and restraining. However, the attributes are not one-to-one, which suddenly makes it hundreds of times more complicated.

Ten birds in the forest are worth less than one bird in the hand.

With this in mind, Ding Lin stopped thinking about it and combined the five newly generated laws to immediately complete the closed loop.

Within the inner grotto-heaven, a five-colored chain rose up, directly crossing the area where the middle-level law resided, and residing below the Golden Core. The long iron chain shortened as it ascended, interlocking with each other, until finally only nine sections remained, still quite a distance from the three and a half sections of the Yin-Yang law.

A new year begins.

The fewer the links in the chains manifested by the laws, the higher the position of the law. Laws with nine links or less can be called higher-level laws. Within this newly formed chain of laws, the rotation of the five elements achieves a subtle balance, which is why it can barely manage to rise to a higher position.

As this law was generated, the inner world became much richer. Large amounts of chaotic energy surged in, and many of the defects in the cave were repaired. A radiant light shone, and along with this newly generated Five Elements Law, all the intermediate and lower-level laws below it regained their vitality.

The inner world has been mostly restored, with only the space and the laws of yin and yang still dormant and unable to bear the burden.

Ding Lin's mind stirred, and the next moment, the familiar feeling returned. He tried to use this newly born Five Elements Law as the core, combined with many other intermediate laws, and actually formed a new Taiyi Dao Law. Although the aura was weak, it was only like Xiang Liu's in the past.

But in the end, he has returned to Taiyi.

With strength.

Ding Lin felt much more at ease. He projected his consciousness into his inner vision again. The moment the Five Elements Laws were born, he sensed that the Yin-Yang Laws seemed to have changed. Sure enough, the status of the Yin-Yang Laws had risen again without anyone noticing, reaching the same level as the Space Laws, on par with them. The original three-and-a-half-section form had also lost half a section, becoming the same three sections as the Space Laws.

The laws of space are the four supreme laws.

What makes Yin and Yang comparable to it?
unless……

This spatial law is incomplete; it is only in its embryonic form and needs continuous enrichment to reach perfection.

The Five Elements theory serves as its basis.

Ding Lin's ideas were even more broad; this wasn't just wishful thinking, it was highly likely.

No wonder Ding Lin had always felt that this spatial law was rather weak. Although it was easy to use, it always seemed to be missing something and had many limitations, which did not match its status as one of the four supreme laws.

Ding Lin recalled what he had seen and heard in the Heavenly Court. At the time, he was shocked. Now, his realm was vastly different from what it was back then. Looking back, he felt a lot of doubts. Although the four peak Great Luo cultivators had achieved great success, perhaps the four supreme laws that were the core of them had not been cultivated to perfection. As for Kunpeng, his speed was unparalleled in the world, but when the Queen Mother summoned him that day, she only said that when Kunpeng was in its prime, it could catch up with time and make time stand still.

But shouldn't time connect the past and the present?

From Ding Lin's perspective in his previous life, Kunpeng was still within the classical system of Newton's three forces. Ding Lin had attended high school and knew a little about these things. Perhaps when Kunpeng broke through the speed of light and could trace back to the past, his laws of time could be further advanced, which would involve the system of Einstein's theory of relativity.

Forgive me, but science always becomes more profound the higher you go. As for relativity, let alone knowing the reasons behind it, Ding Lin can't even know how it works. He's completely clueless. If Ding Lin can barely manage to understand Newton's classical mechanics, then what he knows about relativity is at most a fragment, not even a partial understanding.

With Ding Lin's current understanding, Kunpeng's time law is more like a push of the speed law under time to its extreme, existing between speed and time. Kunpeng has been a renowned power since the ancient primordial era, and his accumulation of laws is almost sufficient, yet he has been stuck at the peak of the Great Luo realm for many years, unable to attain the supreme position of the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal. Perhaps this is due to this fundamental deficiency.

Ding Lin seemed to be deep in thought. His eyes suddenly flashed again. This was good news for him. Even a great power like Kunpeng had not fully comprehended the four supreme laws. So how much could the unknown great power who coveted his body and wanted to use this flawed spatial law to seize his body and start over have comprehended the spatial law?
The four supreme laws were difficult to comprehend, and Ding Lin had absolutely no clue what to do.

Human beings have limited abilities.

Since the beginning of time, how many people have even begun to comprehend the Four Supreme Laws, let alone master them? Even with the support of an entire world behind him, Ding Lin dared not say that he would definitely succeed; there are limits to the height of one's thinking.

Aptitude and aptitude.

To paraphrase a quote from Qian Xuesen, Ding Lin's previous incarnation: "Even if someone is slow-witted, can they not learn calculus?"
Ding Lin had tried countless times, but the result was...

Time is empty, cause and effect are elusive, and fate is even more unpredictable. The only space that can be obtained by trickery is fraught with hidden dangers and could become a death warrant at any moment.

Ding Lin originally thought that only by mastering the other three supreme laws could he possibly break free, but now it seems that perhaps, as long as he comprehends and extends the Yin-Yang laws to their extreme, he might be able to have a fighting chance in the struggle for the Dao when he becomes a Taiyi Golden Immortal and attains the Dao Fruit in the future!
Since receiving the inside story from the Queen Mother that day, the gloom that had been hanging over my head has finally dissipated somewhat.

Yin and Yang, and the Five Elements, are the most easily associated concepts of balance and benefit. Indeed, with the abundance of the Five Elements, the Yin and Yang principles are further developed, enough to rival the incomplete spatial principles. Although this spatial principle is merely the vessel through which it descends, it cannot be used to determine the final outcome.

But at least there is hope.

Moreover, compared to the difficulty of the Four Supreme Laws, the Yin-Yang Law can theoretically encompass all things. In other words, the more laws one comprehends, the more it can promote its sublimation. If one can find compatible ones, like the Five Elements, it can greatly promote it.

Before reaching the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, one can comprehend a maximum of ninety-nine laws. Cultivation methods are also flexible; one can choose nine superior laws from these ninety-nine laws as the core to form a maximum of nine Dao principle prototypes. After obtaining the Dao Fruit and becoming a Taiyi Golden Immortal, one can then select the best one to form a true Taiyi Dao principle. Alternatively, one can use a top-tier superior law as the core. If it is impressive enough, one can build Dao principle prototypes around it using all superior laws. In this way, even at the same Taiyi realm, one law can easily overpower nine others.

Ding Lin already had a plan in mind. He had already comprehended more than a dozen laws. Apart from space, only Yin and Yang and the Five Elements were at the higher level, while the rest were at the middle and lower levels. With his accumulated knowledge, if he wanted to quickly accumulate ninety-nine laws, it would only take him a few hundred years at most. After all, his so-called comprehension of laws was just transferring knowledge and then experimenting on the basis of what he already knew, so it was really easy to obtain.

This cannot be allowed.

Ding Lin had already withdrawn his consciousness from the inner world. His eyes were deep and unfathomable. The knowledge he had gained in his previous life corresponded mostly to lower and middle-level laws. He had been confused before and had already gone astray many times. Ten middle-level laws were not as good as one high-level law. The Yin-Yang law encompassed all things. When it governed the Dao, every law he comprehended was to enhance its power. To comprehend these low-level laws was merely to occupy a position in vain, which was no different from suicide.

Fortunately, after comprehending the Yin-Yang Law and achieving Taiyi, Ding Lin had a vague feeling. Although he didn't understand it, he felt it was impressive. However, he hadn't comprehended any laws since then. Until this time, in order to heal his injuries, he comprehended this Five Elements Law. Not only did the five laws merge into one, occupying only one position, but the fog was also cleared, and his future cultivation direction became clear.

If one fails to comprehend the Four Supreme Laws, then every law one comprehends in the future must be as powerful as possible. If more than eighty of the ninety-nine laws are of superior rank, then the Taiyi Dao, encompassed by the Yin-Yang Law, must be incredibly powerful.

Ding Lin had already realized it.

"call!"

Ding Lin exhaled, the darkness in his eyes receding and returning to clarity. The inner realm cave was not yet fully repaired and could not support the flow of Yin and Yang laws for the time being. However, he had just tried to weaken it by taking a step back and temporarily using the Five Elements Laws to guide it. He could temporarily have the strength of a Taiyi. Ding Lin polished this prototype of the law several times so that he could react in time if there were any unexpected events. But this was only a temporary measure. After a brief familiarization, he stopped. Another divine power appeared in his mind: the Five Elements Great Escape of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Transformations.

It is a supernatural power that complements the principles of the Five Elements.

Since Ding Lin had already mastered the laws, it was equivalent to reverse deduction, so learning this supernatural power was naturally a piece of cake. He deduced it in his mind a few times and roughly grasped it. With a thought, an earthy yellow light flashed in the Five Elements Laws within his Inner Landscape Cave.

The next moment, Ding Lin's figure suddenly disappeared from the stone chamber.

Suddenly, everything became bright.

Ding Lin looked up at the bright sunshine. He frowned. The Five Elements Escape Technique was indeed convenient, but its speed was not as fast as he had imagined. It was not much different from flying through the clouds. As for the distance, he had already traveled thousands of miles with just a thought. It seemed that its only advantage was its concealment, which enriched his means of travel. In fact, it was quite useless.

Looking up, I saw a small country in front of me.

It was called a kingdom, but it was really just a city.

These kingdoms in the Western Regions often had hundreds of thousands of people, and some even dared to call themselves a kingdom when they lived together in groups of tens of thousands.

A plaque hangs high above the city gate, bearing the three large characters "Respect the French Way".

Ding Lin's eyes flickered. He had never heard of it before. He turned around and was about to return to the mountain when he suddenly sensed a hidden demonic aura spreading within the city. A breeze gently brushed past his nose, seemingly sweet, but Ding Lin could smell the mountains of corpses and seas of blood below.

He looked up and saw countless ghostly figures following him in the sky above the city; it was a tiger demon.

Ding Lin didn't want to meddle in other people's business. Xiniu Hezhou was the territory of the Buddhist sect, and as a third-rank official of the Heavenly Court, it was better for him to keep a low profile. However, the tiger demon in the city obviously didn't think so. No, it was because Ding Lin's method of concealing his aura was too clever, and he didn't notice it at all.

At the city gate, besides Ding Lin, there were only a dozen or so other people.

A demon flew in and exhaled a breath of demonic energy.

Ding Lin's eyes flashed with surprise. This demonic energy was merely a mind-altering illusion, and it was even guiding hatred towards the bald man. How bizarre! Suddenly, he remembered something.

But with Ding Lin's cultivation level, he didn't want to cause trouble. If a demon really came, its magic power was far inferior to his, so he naturally wouldn't pretend not to know and play the game of traveling incognito. He also exhaled and dissipated the demonic aura.

"what!"

A soft hum came from the city.

Although Ding Lin's actions were understated, they still revealed his extraordinary abilities.

On the city wall, a tiger demon stepped out. Unlike ordinary demons who still retained their original racial characteristics, he had completely transformed into human form. His body was tall and strong, but he was dressed in a Taoist robe, with a golden crown on his head, a whisk in his hand, and a long sword at his waist, looking like a Taoist immortal.

The tiger demon took a step and arrived in front of Ding Lin.

Ding Lin was dressed in a bright red robe, neither a monk nor a layman.

The tiger demon was quite polite. Of course, it was also possible that he couldn't see through Ding Lin's cultivation level. After all, he himself was only at the Immortal Realm. Although Ding Lin thought he was an extraordinary Immortal, a Celestial Immortal, and his cultivation was about to reach perfection in one cycle, what was even more remarkable was that, despite his insufficient cultivation, he vaguely revealed the aura of laws on his body. He had actually comprehended the laws first and was only waiting for his cultivation to catch up before he could become a Golden Immortal.

Elsewhere, a tiger demon would be considered an extremely formidable demon king.

It's far superior to the leopard spirit.

"Fellow Daoist, this humble Daoist, Hu Li, bows in respect." The tiger demon was quite polite, placing his whisk on his arm and bowing to Ding Lin.

Tiger Power?

Ding Lin's eyes flashed. Of course he had heard of such a name. He couldn't help but look up at the plaque on the city wall again. That's right, it did say Chongfa Kingdom, not Chechi Kingdom.

He looked into the city again and noticed two more demonic auras. However, their magic was so pure that they were almost invisible. They didn't make a move, and Ding Lin didn't pay special attention to them, so he couldn't figure out their origins. Now that he was paying attention, he could tell at a glance that one was a deer demon and the other was a sheep demon.

The location is wrong, but seeing demons should be the right thing to do.

(End of this chapter)