Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 328 The Demon-Slaying Celestial Venerable Rectifies the Cultivation World!

Fan Huzi fled at lightning speed, as if he were riding the clouds.

After Miss Sun sealed Toad Taoist's meridians with the Twelve Meridians Extraordinary Needle Technique, the group interrogated him about Fan Hu Zi.

Having escaped death, Toad Taoist was very open and immediately said, "I don't know what Fan Hu Zi's background is either."

"It's like she just popped out of nowhere."

"but."

At this point, Toad Daoist pondered for a moment and said, "I have heard some rumors by chance."

"Fan Hu Zi is no ordinary man."

"She is very likely one of the three corpses severed by a Taoist master."

Three Corpses?

Upon hearing this word, Duncan's expression changed slightly. He looked down at the Toad Taoist before him and said in a deep voice, "Tell me in detail. If it's helpful, I'll give you credit."

The Toad Taoist humbly lowered his head, not daring to look Duncan in the eye, and said cautiously, "After that Fan Hu Zi appeared..."

"Propagate the belief in the Jade Emperor Daojun in the Southern Han Dynasty."

"They also said that Liu Chang was the son of the Jade Emperor and was an emperor ordained by Heaven, which completely fooled Liu Chang, making him almost obedient to their every word."

"But she didn't have the slightest bit of the demeanor of a Taoist master."

"This person was extremely fond of luxury and pleasure, filling his room with gold, silver and jewels, and collecting rare treasures from all over the world."

"Although she has high cultivation, she doesn't have much courage."

"She rarely left the territory of Southern Han, and mostly stayed by Liu Chang's side. Once, a Taoist master wanted to get rid of her, but for some reason, he withdrew after meeting her once."

There are still Taoist immortals in this world.

Leaving aside the distant past, in the last one or two hundred years, there were Lü Dongbin and Chen Tuan, both of whom started at the level of terrestrial immortals, yet neither of them took the initiative to deal with Fan Huzi, who was using the name of the Jade Emperor.

The Toad Taoist had some contact with her and found her behavior, identity, and even personality to be strange.

Three Corpses?

Could it be that Fan Huzi really is someone who cut off the three corpses?
Upon hearing this, Duncan couldn't help but think of his three corpses. His three corpses were filled with jealousy and hatred towards his original self, and at the same time, they also had the desires and cowardice of his ego. They were Duncan without the external dimension of his original self. How to deal with them was still a mystery to Duncan.

"If she really is the three corpses severed by a Taoist master, it can explain why she appeared out of nowhere and has such a high level of cultivation."

The power of the Three Corpses comes partly from the main body; the stronger the main body, the stronger the Three Corpses.

What Ruochan Daoren said is true.

Duncan doesn't even need to guess whose three corpses she is.

The Toad Taoist continued, "The gate to this blessed land can't stop her. If she wanted to leave, she probably would have already opened the gate."

Without the slightest hesitation, Duncan said, "Take me to the central location of Baoxuan Cave Heaven immediately."

Toad Daoist stood up, pointed to the distant Cloud and Mist Mountains, and said respectfully, "The central hub is located in the mountains. There is a stone chamber there, which is set up with an ancient formation. As long as one is proficient in the arts of ghosts and gods, one can open the gate to the blessed land."

The group was overjoyed.

Yu Yaonu helped up the critically injured and dying Holy Maiden of the Five Immortals Sect and said to Duncan, "Little brother."

"Then let's leave first."

"The Holy Maiden is seriously injured and must return to the Five Immortals Sect immediately to heal with the help of the Heavenly Silkworm Gu."

She actually lied.

The only way to heal the Holy Maiden of the Five Immortals Sect is to seek the help of the Gu Immortal, who is the spirit of all Gu and a half-step immortal. However, outsiders are unaware of the existence of the Gu Immortal, which is the supreme secret of the Five Immortals Sect.

Duncan glanced at the pale-faced, voluptuous Saintess in front of him. She was elegant and beautiful, but her expression was extremely sharp, like Empress Lü Zhi of Liu Bang, exuding ruthlessness. In addition, she usually liked to wear long black dresses, making her look like a vicious phoenix. She glanced at Yu Yaonu, then at Duncan, her thin lips pressed tightly together, and she did not say a word.

This woman is beautiful, but her lips are too thin, making her appear somewhat mean and cruel.

This is a ruthless person who has entered the Dao realm.

Women in this world who can break through to the Dao realm possess a mind and will that are beyond the reach of ordinary people.

"it is good."

Duncan nodded slightly, letting Toad Daoist lead the way. As long as the formation was under control, the key to the Treasure Mystery Cave Heaven would be in his hands.

really.

After passing through numerous mountains, the group entered the cave. The underground of this Baoxuan Cave was vast, with thousands of caves of varying sizes. The formations were left behind at some unknown time, and the words "Ghost Valley" were inscribed on the stone tablet.

The Toad Taoist bowed his head and said, "It can be activated as long as true essence is injected."

"The entrance to the grotto-heaven will occasionally be revealed due to the timing of the heavens. If you are able to refine the grotto-heaven in the future, no one will be able to invade it."

A crack appeared in the void.

The surrounding mountains are faintly visible, but they are no longer within the boundaries of Hepu County.

Without the slightest hesitation, Yu Yaonu bowed to Duncan's figure, then helped the figure of the Five Immortals Sect's Holy Maiden and flew away.

“This woman is being petty and judging others by her own standards,” Lu Shanjun suddenly said.

They left in such a hurry because they were afraid Duncan would harm the Saintess.

After all, the Holy Maiden knew the supreme secret techniques of the Five Immortals Sect.

Upon hearing this, Miss Sun shook her head and said, "Jade Waist Slave would not do that. It was the Holy Maiden who secretly sent her a message telling her to leave quickly."

Although Duncan saved Saintess's life, she still didn't trust everyone.

The cranes cried loudly.

Just then, a bewitching figure in blood-red robes appeared. She nodded slightly to Duncan from afar, and seeing that no one intended to stop her, she flew away from Baoxuan Cave.

However, upon seeing the woman, Toad Daoist was filled with fear and immediately hid behind the crowd.

"Who is that person?"

Lu Shanjun frowned and slowly said, "Neither human nor ghost."

Duncan turned to the Jade-Faced Lady beside him, whose expression was as cold and aloof as a white lotus, and said, "First, move the people from White Fox Manor in."

"After this incident, it may not be safe outside."

The Jade-Faced Lady nodded slightly and flew away from Baoxuan Cave.

Duncan then said to Miss Sun and Fu Jianhan, who were standing nearby, "You two go and help too."

The group quickly split up and took action.

Lu Shanjun, on the other hand, was stationed in Baoxuan Cave Heaven. He was the strongest among them, and with him there, there were no problems in Baoxuan Cave Heaven.

Cloudy and misty.

When Duncan reappeared, he was already at the location of Duqiao Mountain.

His figure appeared in the clouds and landed lightly. Looking into the distance, he could see a dilapidated little mountain village with only about ten households.

"This demiplane is not bad."

Duncan headed south, intending to return to Puxian to assess the situation.

This massacre not only shook Meichuan, but also the entire Southern Han. Rumors spread like wildfire, attracting many experts from the Southern Frontier.

In a short time, he had walked dozens of miles.

Suddenly, Duncan stopped and looked at a hill outside Hepu County, where there was a special mark indicating a very powerful force.

On a distant hilltop, the boy dressed as a child also sensed something. He glanced at the slightly trembling scabbard, then flew over, holding a long sword in both hands. He looked at Duncan with a puzzled expression, tinged with fear.

As they drew closer, the boy swallowed hard and asked tentatively, "Your Majesty?"

Ok?
As if they had exchanged a secret code, Duncan looked surprised, sizing up the boy and frowning as he asked, "What did you just call me?"

The boy was so nervous that his breathing quickened, and he lowered his head tentatively, asking, "Are you His Majesty?"

"My master ordered me to retrieve my sword and descend the mountain."

"We are searching for His Majesty."

Duncan seemed to have sensed something. He glanced at the sword the boy was holding—an ordinary longsword, but with a restrained sharpness. He frowned and asked, "Who is your grandmaster?"

The boy seemed to have confirmed it, and bowed his head respectfully, saying, "My master's surname is Lü, his given name is Yan, his courtesy name is Dongbin, and his sobriquet is Chunyangzi."

The founder of the Taoist alchemy school.

Lü Dongbin.

Later generations revered him as Lü Zu.

Duncan's expression grew increasingly surprised. He reached out and took the longsword from the other man, slowly saying, "Where is your grandmaster? Did he send you to deliver this sword to me?"

The boy looked bewildered and shook his head, saying, "I don't know."

"Grandmaster has encountered a formidable enemy."

"Perhaps they ascend to heaven, or perhaps they remain in the mortal world."

“He only ordered me to go down the mountain to find His Majesty. I traveled to various places and heard about the changes in the Southern Han Dynasty. I thought His Majesty might appear here.”

The Grandmaster repeatedly instructed that when encountering the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon Lord, one must first address him as "Your Majesty," and then one will be free from worry.

His sword has a sense of self; as long as one greets the emperor with "Your Majesty," there is no danger.

Duncan drew his sword and sensed a surge of pure Yang energy. He stared at the boy before him and said in a deep voice, "Tell me what happened."

How could someone have predicted his birth?

It seems that his arrival in this world has indeed caused quite a stir.

The boy stammered as he recounted what his master had instructed him to do, then cautiously looked at Duncan before him and said, "Before my master ordered me to go down the mountain, he said one more thing."

Duncan slowly asked, "What did you say?" The boy cautiously replied, "Since Your Majesty's birth, you have been supreme and noble. There are few in the world whose status and position are higher than yours."

"If one day you have doubts in your heart."

"Why not relinquish this supreme and noble status and take a trip to the mortal world?"

"Perhaps the doubts in your heart will be resolved."

Ok?
Is Lü Zu advising me to refine my heart amidst the mortal world?

Or did he foresee that I would be trapped by the Three Corpses?
hiss.

Is Lü Dongbin really that terrifying?
As if guessing Duncan's doubts, the boy continued, "Grandmaster is proficient in the Great Derivation Number and has already attained the Dao."

"He said that if His Majesty does not believe him, he may do as he pleases, but he needs to be careful of enemies from beyond the borders."

An enemy from beyond our borders?

Duncan looked up at the sky, his brow furrowed, as if he had guessed something.

Are Taoist masters really that miraculous?
Or did his birth cause some unusual phenomenon that allowed them to deduce certain things?
Eastern metaphysics is much more complicated than Western metaphysics.

Duncan then asked, "Did he say anything else?"

The boy shook his head and said, "No more."

"My master instructed me to hand over the sword to His Majesty and then find a place to live in seclusion until the world is at peace, after which I will come out to spread the Daoist teachings of the Golden Elixir School."

"I have completed the task that my master entrusted to me today."

"If Your Majesty is alright..."

"I'll take my leave now."

Seeing that the boy was determined to leave, Duncan took the sword and slowly nodded, saying, "Since Lu Zu has given instructions, then you may go."

This boy possesses extraordinary strength; he must be a true disciple of the Golden Core Sect.

Or rather, he was a pre-arranged reclusive successor.

Whenever the world is in chaos, the Taoist sect will arrange for its true disciples to go into seclusion so that the Taoist tradition can be passed down.

The boy made a Taoist bow, turned around and left, quickly disappearing into the distance.

Only after they had traveled several miles did the boy finally breathe a sigh of relief, muttering to himself, "This Great Freedom Heaven Demon Lord is even more terrifying than my master described!"

"I didn't even dare to look up at him."

The Grandmaster's Great Derivation Number was indeed divine; he actually calculated that as long as one called him "Your Majesty," one would be safe and sound.

After he respectfully addressed the emperor as "Your Majesty," his terrifying killing intent and imposing manner subsided considerably.

After the boy left, Duncan drew his sword. It was indeed a divine weapon, but he didn't know what it was for. It was imbued with pure Yang sword intent, which would be good for Fu Jianhan, but it wouldn't be as easy for him to use.

Let's keep it for now.

"Is the Great Evolution Divine Calculation of the Eastern Plane really that powerful? My trump cards have almost been exposed!"

Duncan looked up at the sky and murmured, "It's not that they can calculate the law of cause and effect."

"It's as if this very world has directly marked me."

When he was born, there may have been some unusual phenomena, such as the Ziwei star moving or changes in the celestial phenomena, which prompted these Taoist masters to make calculations.

If the Corpse-Dissolving Immortal has a seven-star mark, their Immortal Realm will only be higher; an eight-star mark would make them a true god.

Many weak gods in the Western world only have six or seven stars as their mark.

"At least at least weak divine power, perhaps even reaching intermediate divine power."

"A living god."

"It should be no weaker than the true form of a saint."

If it's a divination technique beyond the legendary level, it's indeed possible to foresee some divine information.

In the Western world, the prophecy of a true god can offset some of the effects of 'divine vision being beyond one's reach,' at least allowing one to foresee the other's vague concepts, such as the divine domain in charge of a certain area, or whether the god's divine level is intermediate or powerful.

This is the esteemed position the young Taoist boy spoke of.

Lü Dongbin's friendliness towards him might be because he had foreseen some of his divine duties.

It's unclear whether it's royal power or social order.

But since they are helpers sent by God, even if they are extraterrestrial demons, the demons among demons, some people will recognize them.

Many of the mysteries gradually dissipated.

Duncan's eyes seemed to see through everything, and he gradually understood the ins and outs of some things. By using the law of cause and effect, he analyzed some major historical trends.

"The Daoist sect must have split up!"

"With the rise of the Dan Ding School, the Golden Elixir Taoism was fully formed. They pursued immortality and the cultivation of immortality."

"The Taoist practitioners of this lineage place great emphasis on internal cultivation."

"The talisman school is an old Taoist sect. They mainly use talismans and rituals, and are good at exorcising evil spirits, warding off disasters, curing diseases and performing rituals. They originated from ancient witchcraft and ghost beliefs, and focus on communicating with gods through talismans."

Later generations have a misconception.

People often categorize cultivators as the entirety of Taoism, but in reality, Taoist priests of the talisman school are most skilled in invoking gods, worshipping gods, and performing rituals using talismans in the present era.

In other words, they are considered cultivators, but they perform the functions of priests.

The true, legitimate cultivators are actually the newly emerging Golden Core sect; they are the lineage that focuses on cultivating inner cores to achieve immortality.

So who should be chosen as the supreme ruler of the Heavenly Court?
It's definitely not the Golden Elixir School.

To paraphrase a modern saying, don't bother this Taoist priest with his cultivation; let whoever wants to be the Heavenly Emperor be it.

So who is the deity who needs a platform the most?
The Talisman Sect.

Duncan had always misunderstood Taoism, but after coming into contact with the people of the Golden Elixir School, he suddenly felt enlightened.

"Once I swallow a golden pill, my fate is in my own hands, not in the hands of heaven."

This actually refers to the Golden Elixir School.

But in fact, at this juncture of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the most powerful force in Taoism was the talismanic sect.

The Jade Emperor Daojun was promoted to the Jade Emperor by them almost single-handedly.

"I remember that Lu Zu was the founder of the Golden Elixir School, right?"

"so."

"Has the Daoist sect actually split apart?"

The real situation was actually more complicated than Duncan imagined. Because of the rise of Buddhism, Taoism wanted to introduce a supreme god below the Three Pure Ones. As a result, the status of the Jade Emperor became higher and higher, and he gradually acquired the honorific title of the Jade Emperor.

Besides the talismanic and alchemical schools, there is also the Miaozhen Dao lineage in Taoism. It originated from the Zhuangzi school and follows Zhuangzi's teachings of namelessness, selflessness, and non-action. They do not care about worldly affairs, advocate seclusion, practice cultivation in seclusion, and their whereabouts are elusive, so they are little known to the world.

The Jade-Faced Lady and Miss Sun cultivated the secret methods of Taoism, which originated from the Miaozhen Tao, which is why they were able to study Zhuangzi's teachings.

There is also a divination school, represented by figures such as Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng. It focuses on Qimen Dunjia, Liuren divination, and Taiyi Shenshu. The transmission of this lineage depends too much on talent and comprehension, and basically very few people are born into this world.

However, on a secular level, the most influential sect is still the one that practices talismans.

Early Taoism (shamanism) evolved into the Celestial Masters School, which later gave rise to the Alchemy School.

The origin of the Dan Ding School lies in one of the most mysterious branches among the Hundred Schools of Thought—the 'Immortal School' (pre-Qin alchemists and ancient Qi cultivators).

Later, the Daoist school as understood by modern people truly took shape, with the Dan Ding School and the Fu Lu School merging together. The Dan Ding School also emphasized fasting and prayer, while the Fu Lu School also emphasized internal alchemy.

This is the complete form of cultivators in later novels.

"so?"

"Want to deal with the person who plotted against me in the dark? Do I have to take care of the entire Daoist sect as well?"

Duncan, chin in hand, was ready to chop someone up.

If the Taoist sect is truly in chaos, he might as well cut the Gordian knot and directly create the 'immortal cultivators' of later generations, shattering everything of the old-era Taoist sect and creating the immortal cultivators as understood by modern people.

If you're going to cultivate immortality, then focus on cultivating immortality properly, and stop doing all this nonsense.

"This world is truly chaotic!"

"A truly chaotic world."

Duncan already had an idea in mind: since the world was in such chaos, he would get up and tidy things up.

Everything that should be swept into the dustbin of history should be dealt with.

Buddhism and Taoism treat each other equally.

After finishing dealing with the Taoist sect, he turned around and prepared to deal with the Buddhist sect.

"First, we'll give the Taoist sect a good beating, then we'll deal with the Buddhist sect, and we should also clean up the demonic sect. Finally, we'll sweep the world clean and restore order to the original state."

The boy sent by Lü Zu addressed him as "Your Majesty" upon meeting him, perhaps as a reminder that it was time to get down to business.

It's just the Investiture of the Gods.

If Duncan wanted, he could easily summon several great figures at any time. Next up, please welcome—the True Martial Emperor, the Mysterious Heavenly Emperor, the Protector Saint True Lord, and the Nine Heavens Demon-Subduing Heavenly Venerable.

The South Dipper is for life, the Beidou is for death.

There's no need to wait for Zhang Sanfeng to be born. Since the Talisman Sect can elevate the Jade Emperor Daojun to the Jade Emperor, then they can elevate Xuanwu to the Nine Heavens Demon-Subduing Heavenly Venerable True Martial Emperor.

It's just that this world is in chaos, and it's time for a cleansing and exorcism after sixty years.

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(End of this chapter)