Shangyuque

Chapter 361 Cultivating the Great Sun Amidst Choices, the Four Spirits' Water Replenishment Remains Unknown

The Great Sun Furnace of Life and Death was the vessel upon which the Sword Saint Ziji once roamed freely throughout the world.

Although Ziji ultimately fell to the Rakshasa Demon Emperor, this method was somehow obtained by Bifang over a long period of time.

But that doesn't mean that Ziji's methods are garbage just because it lost.

It's a very simple logic—Ziji lost to the Rakshasa Demon Emperor.

Luo seems to have a good relationship with Jade Palace Immortal Venerable, much like a reliable elder.

But in reality, Rakshasa is a genuine top-tier Golden Core cultivator.

Its strength was so great that even after the destruction of the Immortal Extinction Domain, it could easily switch sides.

He continued to gather a large group of young Luo generals, creating the fourth faction of the Immortal Alliance, and continued to cultivate top-tier Golden Core cultivators who were carefree and detached in Shengxian Prefecture.

Therefore, even though the Great Sun Life and Death Furnace of the Sword and Wine Venerable Ziji cannot guarantee that the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable will reach the top-level Golden Core stage, it is still very easy for him to reach the Golden Immortal level.

After all, Ziji's two disciples, Niu Mo and Dong Lai, were already the backbone of the Immortal Alliance, which also shows his level.

Of course, being highly skilled doesn't prevent death; losing and dying is never a low-probability event.

"However, this Great Sun Furnace of Life and Death is so different from what I imagined a Golden Immortal to be."

After gaining initial insight into the Great Sun Furnace of Life and Death, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable was truly moved.

Previously, he thought that the special feature of Golden Immortals was that after breaking through the upper limit of the cultivation system, they mastered their own unique acquired Great Dao.

The self-created acquired path, whatever it may be, is always quite special and can serve as a foundation for building a unique system of one's own.

The core of the Great Sun Furnace of the Sword Master of Wine is not the acquired Great Dao, but a Great Sun Furnace system built with the power of creation.

The Golden Elixir's mastery of the Great Dao can be simply understood as 'tactics'. Using tactics to construct and implement strategies is the cultivation process of Golden Elixir practitioners.

The Great Sun Furnace System is a complete strategic guidance path leading to the Golden Immortal realm.

The core is the Great Sun. The furnace does not refer to a furnace or a furnace used for refining the Dao, but rather a transformation system that transforms the radiance of the Great Sun. The life and death in the Great Sun Furnace of Life and Death refers to the Yin and Yang energy inherent in the radiance of the Great Sun.

If the theoretical pinnacle of a power system is the higher-level application of energy, more creation, more changes, and so on, then it corresponds to the practitioner constantly refining their total energy, their efficiency in mobilizing energy, and their efficiency in accumulating and transforming energy.

The radiance of the great sun, as a special energy within the Great Sun Furnace of Life and Death system, is an existence whose energy complexity has developed to an extremely high dimension.

The Great Sun mentioned here is not the sun as understood by ordinary beings, but the ultimate energy core under this path, constructed from the sum of all the accumulations of the cultivator himself.

'The body is like the great sun, the Dharma is like a furnace, radiance creates creation, life and death return to oneness'—this is the Great Sun Furnace of Life and Death.

The Dharma of Appearance, the Dharma of Divine Illumination, the Dharma of Nascent Soul, and the Dharma of Limitless are the foundation, while the Great Sun Furnace of Life and Death is the decoration. Its most powerful point lies in the 'unity of life and death' under the radiance of the Great Sun.

The dimensions and concepts of spiritual practice are very complex, but the underlying logic is to cultivate change. As a very high level of energy, the Great Sun Radiance can achieve the level of 'returning to oneness with life and death' in its effect of creating change.

However, this level is defined by Ziji Ziji, and this effect and sophistication are also defined by Ziji itself.

Therefore, in reality, the concept of life and death returning to oneness is neither so much about life and death, nor so much about oneness.

Its specific effect can be roughly understood as follows: when cultivators practice and fight, they use the great radiance of the sun they have accumulated as a price to activate the creative power of the great radiance of the sun through the energy core of the great sun, thus achieving 'omniscience' within the coverage area—again, this is relative omniscience.

Through this relative omniscience, the variables that affect life and death are transformed into relative quantifications. Changes will not be altered, but the influence of changes in the struggle is suppressed. In a sense, this is indeed similar to the physical concept of heat death—isn't that a return to oneness?

This effect might sound a bit abstract and not quite related to the legendary Golden Immortal Techniques.

However, if one applies this concept to the realm of cultivation in the 'wilderness of ignorance,' one can probably understand its extraordinary nature.

In a battle between Golden Immortals, having omniscience, even if it's only relative omniscience, is a significant advantage.

The realm of the Wilderness of Ignorance absolutely exists. Jade Palace Immortal Venerable defines this realm as the 'Wilderness of Ignorance.' Purple Extreme does not have such a definition, but the strongest effect of Purple Extreme's Golden Elixir Method, the Great Sun Furnace of Life and Death, is to counteract the influence of the Wilderness of Ignorance itself on those who pursue the Dao.

After much contemplation, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable concluded that 'by strengthening one's foundation through current Golden Core cultivation methods such as the Dharma Form Method, Divine Illumination Method, and Boundless Method, and by cultivating the Great Sun Radiance through the Furnace Transformation System, one can leverage the power of the Great Sun Radiance to maintain a relative advantage in confrontations with Golden Immortals, thereby firmly establishing oneself at the Golden Immortal level.'

Similarly, by using a specific compilation environment—the Golden Core realm—to achieve the diversification and improvement of compilation functions—the Golden Core cultivation method lays the foundation, and through more efficient code—the Great Sun Life and Death Furnace Golden Immortal Method—to achieve the stability of the program in terms of robustness—gaining a relative advantage in relatively higher-intensity Golden Immortal confrontations.

To put it simply, it's about planting crops with the best seeds—the Golden Core realm, harvesting and processing them using appropriate methods and processes—the Golden Core cultivation method, and cooking them in the way that best brings out their deliciousness—the Great Sun Furnace of Life and Death Golden Immortal Method (but this is the optimal solution for Ziji, not the optimal solution for Yuque Immortal Venerable), to achieve the effect of making more diners give a thumbs up and say "good, good, good"—gaining a relative advantage in the relatively higher intensity of Golden Immortal confrontation.

In other words, the path provided by Bifang can only guarantee that Jade Palace Immortal Venerable will gain a relative advantage in certain aspects of the confrontation with Golden Immortals.

It may seem a bit stingy, but it's actually not stingy at all—gaining a relative advantage in a localized conflict with a Golden Immortal is already a top-tier reward.

Considering how smoothly Jade Palace Immortal Venerable exploded Bi Fang's gold coins, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable did indeed win big this time.

However, after several attempts to comprehend the Great Sun Furnace Golden Immortal Technique of the Wine Sword Venerable Ziji, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable realized a new problem.

In other words, if one transforms one's past accumulations into the radiant light of the Great Sun Dharma according to the furnace transformation system, and changes the core of one's practice from water Dharma construction to the Great Sun Dharma construction, then one's past accumulations of water Dharma in practice will be difficult to exert an advantage in future confrontations.

Sucking on a pacifier is fun, but if Jade Palace Immortal Venerable wants to go further, he must find his own path. The Great Sun Method seems fast but is actually fast, yet it will never lead to the final destination.

The Cave Heaven Technique should never be practiced lightly, but without it, one will be relatively much weaker.

Today, we have the Great Sun Furnace of Life and Death to rely on, but how many years can we rely on it? And how many years can it help Jade Palace Immortal Venerable stabilize his relative position in the confrontation?

What should we do in the future?
A simple understanding is that taking out a loan to eat shit is equivalent to eating future misery in the present. However, this logic is similar to "only screening and not cultivating," which is a practical logic applicable to the vast majority of mediocre people.

The Jade Palace Immortal Venerable is a true Golden Elixir cultivator, and his practical logic must inevitably be subject to the unresolved contradictions that are far from happening but are bound to occur.

"This is difficult," Jade Palace Immortal Venerable sighed softly.

Considering the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's realm and cultivation level, the difficulty he described is most likely genuinely difficult.

From Bifang deliberately withholding the boundless cycle of heavenly laws that Jade Palace Immortal Venerable desired, to the Great Sun Furnace of Life and Death only being able to help Jade Palace Immortal Venerable smoothly complete a short journey.

In the end, it was up to the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable himself to overcome the most difficult stage of the Sea of ​​Suffering.

The difficulty for the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable refers to the fact that the final stage of this struggle for supremacy will be extremely challenging.

Specifically, it refers to the path from Golden Immortal to top-tier Golden Core cultivator. Of course, the Immortal Venerable didn't expect anyone else to help him.

However, the Immortal Venerable did not hesitate for long before he began to transform his own accumulated power through the Furnace Method and cultivate the Great Sun Radiance.

Because at least one thing is certain: victory within the Four Spirit Realms is something the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable is determined to achieve.

The road that cannot be traveled to the end does not mean it has no value.

It needs to be repaired!
After all, the Sword Saint Ziji was someone who had a good chance of making it to the Boluo Gathering if he wasn't dead. His Golden Immortal Technique was enough for the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable to dominate the Four Spirit Realms!
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While the Jade Palace Immortal was in seclusion, the storms and turmoil within the Four Spirit Realms gradually began to stir as water was replenished.

The scorching sand is not an animal; its "secondary importance" is a precise judgment that can only be made under the cold and detached perspective of the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable.

But a basic fact is that calling your opponent a pig or a dog won't directly help you win.

Zhi Sha's defection precisely grasped the essence of 'nonviolent non-cooperation'.

It has a vision, a philosophy, and an ideological guiding principle, and it also has many Taoist masters following it.

Therefore, for many Golden Core cultivators who were not particularly enthusiastic about hydration and were forced to participate under the influence of the artificial era created by the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable, Zhi Sha's approach of 'non-violent non-cooperation' was quite attractive.

Above the vast red sands, Zhi Sha was traveling alongside Li Zhen, a disciple of the Heavenly Emperor of Benevolence.

“Fellow Daoist Lizhen, you probably can’t imagine the faces of those people.”

For some benefit, they are willing to fawn over those beasts from outside.

Especially that Murong, his face is truly repulsive.

The veracity of the same event can vary completely depending on the narrative framework.

The difficulty of seeking truth is evident from this.

The order that the cultivators who supported the water replenishment firmly believed in was, in Zhi Sha's eyes, nothing more than a naked self-inflicted trap, helping those who had sold themselves out to make money.

In reality, things haven't progressed to the point of a 'real sale' yet. Zhi Sha is actually using the pressure of the future to force the current Dao Ancestor to accept his ideas.

The debate over the correct approach is as follows.

"Those people like Murong, they have good ideas, but they are always too naive."

Tigers and wolves never change their nature just because they temporarily lie low. Once they bare their fangs, whoever gets close to them will die quickly. Lizhen echoed, expressing her similar stance to Zhisha.

In reality, it's fake too.

Jade Palace Immortal Venerable will definitely drag the Four Spirit Traitors down first, and deal with those who are unwilling to be the Four Spirit Traitors—those who believe in replenishing water will be the last to die.

"Yes, yes, but our Four Spirit Realms are not lacking in cultivators with spirit."

This land nurtured us; it is our foundation and our homeland.

The Four Spirit Realm, the Four Spirit Realm, those outsiders tell us this is the Four Spirit Realm, ha, what's wrong with the Four Spirits?
In my opinion, the Four Spirits are excellent; the absence of the Water Spirit is actually a good thing for Fellow Daoist Shande.

Jade Palace Immortal Venerable obtained the position of Venerable in the Four Spirit Realms, but in Zhi Sha's eyes, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's order did not take care of him, so naturally he had no reason to exist.

As for why 'there is no benefit to Gong Shande from the Four Spirits of Shuiling', well, that's also fake, just a narrative, not a fact.

If you dwell on whether something is true or not, you will never find the truth.

Zhi Sha Ti's stance is different from Gong Shande's, who supports hydration but not Jade Palace Immortal Venerable; it seems more extreme.

But being more extreme doesn't mean there's no room for it. Gong Shande's opponent was Mu Fan, who practiced the Wood Magic.

In the process of the Four Spirits transforming into the Five Spirits and the restoration of the cosmic order, the Heavenly Emperor of Benevolence did not gain as much as Mu Fan.

Therefore, Zhi Sha gradually achieved his goal by stirring up Gong Shande's dissatisfaction—he hoped that Gong Shande would be influenced by his narrative of lies, thus choosing to give him more support, while also keeping an eye on Wang Yuque and Mu Fan.

The path of cultivation of the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable has never been exclusive. When he brought changes to the Four Spirit Realms, seized those changes, and achieved his own position as a half-step supreme being in the Four Spirit Realms, the changes he brought also nurtured those who came after him to challenge him.

This is the realm of the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable—he saw the problem even before anything happened; otherwise, he wouldn't have discussed the path of supreme supremacy when preaching to disciples like Red-spotted Deer and Han Zhan.

It can be said that the struggle over the Great Dao is everywhere, from the most abstract and intangible confrontation to the real battle for interests.

As a seeker of truth and a pursuer of the Dao who strives to reach the pinnacle of the endless world, mastering and capturing change has become an instinct for the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable.

"Without Shui Ling, Fellow Daoist Zhi Sha, your realm is high, very high."

Unfortunately, none of the beings in the Four Spirit Realms possess your vision and perspective.

They can only see the tiny bit of immediate benefit; it's so difficult.

"Mu Fan is difficult to handle; it needs water."

Lizhen Daozu viewed the creatures' yearning for water in the Red Sand Desert as a blind and foolish greed.

But this is by no means a question of greed or not; rather, it is a bottom-up confrontation that affects everyone, a confrontation among those who pursue the Way.

A system will inevitably decline after it reaches its peak.

After achieving high efficiency at a certain stage of development, there will also be a relative decline.

This is an inevitable step in the transformation of the main participants and the driving force of contradictions within the system.

In the beginning, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable established the water replenishment order of the Four Spirit Realms and expanded step by step. In the end, he only achieved the result of reorganizing the Ten Provinces Dao Court when the Jade Pendant was exposed.

The Four Spirit Realms and Ten Provinces Dao Court system, built around the water replenishment system, is a new order. However, from its inception, it has been affected by many factors, and disputes naturally arise among the main participants.

The coin is a key variable in setting aside the dispute; since the coin remains unchanged, this key variable remains unchanged.

However, another key variable, the 'water replenishment agenda,' is already undergoing some changes that are unfavorable to the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable.

(End of this chapter)