Supreme Golden Palace

Chapter 243 Heavenly Dragon (Part 2)

"Spanning thirty thousand miles, golden light soars to the heavens, employing the thirty-six Heavenly Dipper techniques,"

Zhang Ziyang's heart shone brightly. He pinched the middle joint of his ring finger with his thumb, and with a flick of his sleeve, a golden talisman instantly appeared and disappeared into Lü Shang's Niwan (a point on his head).

"Golden light spreads across the earth!"

Lu Shang felt a jolt in his brain, and immediately a series of incantations, key points, and even tips for responding to situations flashed through his mind.

The Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Techniques, also known as the Golden Light Leaping Across the Earth Technique, is the number one divine movement technique in the world. The practitioner's body transforms into golden light and leaps across the ground. Although it is not flying through the clouds, it is still better than flying through the clouds.

Seeing a slight glint of light between Lü Shang's brows, Zhang Ziyang knew that the art of escape had been absorbed into his mind. He said, "The golden light that leaps across the earth can cover ten thousand miles in an instant. This is the Heavenly Gang Orthodox Method. You must carefully study it and you will surely benefit from it."

With that, the Taoist flicked his whisk and said, "I have taught you everything I needed to. How you walk your path from now on is up to you."

"The master leads you through the door, but the cultivation depends on the individual. Go rest, go rest."

"Master,"

Just as Lü Shang was about to bow in gratitude, he saw Zhang Ziyang roll up his sleeve, transforming into a seven-colored auspicious cloud that soared upwards and instantly disappeared into the sky.

After Zhang Ziyang left, Lü Shang gazed at the sky, bowed deeply, and whispered, "Disciple Lü Shang will certainly not fail my master's teachings!"

Having said that, Lü Shang stood up, the golden light between his brows still shimmering faintly.

He raised his hand and put the Heavenly Dragon City-Breaking Halberd into the Eight Steeds Painting. Then he sat cross-legged and focused his mind on comprehending the profound mystery of the golden light that pierced the earth. In his Niwan Palace, the golden talisman transformed into countless true seal characters, like a galaxy in motion.

"A golden light flashes across the ground, let's go!"

After a moment, a golden light flashed in Lü Shang's eyes. He slowly stood up, confirmed the direction of Diezhou, and took a step forward.

hum!
His figure instantly transformed into a golden streak of light and vanished from the spot.

The next moment, Lü Shang appeared a hundred miles away. Then he took another step, golden light flashing, leaving behind a series of golden afterimages.

As night fell, in the central command tent of the Diezhou military camp, a beam of golden light entered the tent.

"Hahaha!"

As the golden light faded, Lü Shang stood in the tent, finally abandoning his composure and bursting into laughter.

Lü Shang gained so much from this experience that, despite his constant self-reflection and his tendency to keep his emotions in check, he still couldn't help but overstep his bounds at this moment.

After all, with the Heavenly Dragon City-Breaking Halberd in hand, and having also obtained the Azure Dragon Sun-Swallowing Halberd Technique and the Golden Light of the Earth-Piercing Technique, Lü Shang's combat strength had more than doubled.

And this is only Lu Shang's immediate combat strength. His greatest opportunity was not the divine weapon Heavenly Dragon City-Breaking Halberd, nor the Azure Dragon Sun-Swallowing Halberd Technique, nor the Golden Light Technique of Leaping the Earth, but his thirteen-year dream.

Thirteen years of dreaming, a mix of truth and falsehood, reality and illusion, everything in the dream is both real and illusory.

Lü Shang practiced meditation in his dream without falling into depravity, measuring all the orifices and contemplating the gods.

This is also why Zhang Ziyang praised Lü Shang without reservation when he visited in the dream.

This is the culmination of thirteen years of cultivation. Once Lü Shang has digested these insights, his cultivation will undoubtedly make great progress.

To achieve immortality, one must perfect 13,500 acupoints. Although Lü Shang did not attain immortality in his dream, he came close to this goal.

"Perhaps I can try to achieve immortality within ten years,"

After laughing, Lü Shang slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, suppressing the surging emotions in his heart.

To attain immortality within ten years is an opportunity that only Lü Shang could have, having received the teachings of Zhang Ziyang and truly understanding the meaning of the twelve chapters of the "Secret Formula of the Golden Flower of the Ancestor of Fuli".

Although the Path of Human Immortality only has four realms, each realm is a separate world.
The first level of physical immortality is comparable to that of a Taoist Earth Immortal, while the second level of physical immortality is comparable to that of a Taoist Divine Immortal. Although there is only one level of cultivation between Earth Immortals and Divine Immortals, only one in ten thousand can completely escape the three calamities and attain the Pure Yang Divine Immortal status from Earth Immortal.

If the three calamities were not so perilous and evil, methods for escaping tribulations, similar to the thirty-six transformations of the Heavenly Gang and the seventy-two transformations of the Earthly Fiends, would not have become secret teachings of great supernatural beings from all sides.

"If I could cultivate an immortal body, I would have a chance to take control when fate changes in twenty years."

Lu Shang sat silently at his desk, his thoughts growing increasingly dangerous.

In fact, Lü Shang was never a law-abiding person, and a law-abiding person would not dig up the graves of their predecessors in pursuit of the Way.

Zhang Ziyang was indeed incredibly powerful, giving Lü Shang a grand dream.

The dream was filled with a mix of truth and illusion, making it difficult for Lü Shang to distinguish between reality and fantasy for a time after entering the dream.

Zhang Ziyang probably didn't expect that Lü Shang would realize the truth much faster than he imagined.

The two Lü Shangs, one in the Great Wilderness and the other in the Yama Realm, are like two people in one, and two people in one.

Through this connection, Lü Shang finally saw through the dream.

"Unfortunately, the dream my master gave me ended in the first year of Renshou."

"Otherwise, I would really like to see for myself what kind of brilliance these generals from the late Sui Dynasty possessed,"

The first year of Renshou. Renshou was the second and last reign title of Emperor Yang Jian.

Renshou lasted only four years. After Yang Jian's Renshou reign, the great cause of Zhupolong Yang Guang began, which also marked the beginning of a chaotic era.

However, perhaps fate had changed, and the cause and effect were too great, so great that Zhang Ziyang had to intervene to awaken Lü Shang, thus ending Lü Shang's dream in the first year of Renshou.

It must be said that this was a regret for Lü Shang. After seeing through the illusion, Lü Shang was prepared to help the Sui Dynasty in his dream.

While thinking about these things, Lü Shang slowly closed his eyes, focusing his mind on the Niwan point, where the true seal star river formed by the golden talisman, the brightness and darkness of each true seal was in harmony with his breathing.

This golden talisman is the vessel for the "Golden Light of the Earth" technique that Zhang Ziyang passed on to Lü Shang.

It was formed by Zhang Ziyang stripping away a wisp of his inner light and condensing it with great supernatural powers and magic.

Compared to this golden talisman that carries the Heavenly Gang Orthodox Law, the Heavenly Dragon City-Breaking Halberd and the Azure Dragon Sun-Swallowing Halberd Technique are ultimately just weapons and techniques.

The golden light that shines through the ground can be considered a supernatural power of 'Dharma'.

The Thirty-Six Heavenly Divine Techniques, which allow one to wield golden light across the earth, are hailed as the most divine movement techniques in the universe, and there is a reason for that.

It's important to clarify here that the Thirty-Six Methods of the Heavenly Gang and the Thirty-Six Transformations of the Heavenly Gang are different concepts.

The Thirty-Six Transformations of the Heavenly Gang and the Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends are both techniques of transformation. They are methods created by great supernatural beings who have experienced countless eons in Jambudvipa to help their disciples escape the three calamities.

The Thirty-Six Methods of the Heavenly Gang include the righteous methods of the Heavenly Gang, such as manipulating creation, reversing yin and yang, shifting stars and changing constellations, and returning the sun to heaven.

It is the supreme divine power created by the supreme saints and immortals who have gone through countless eons in the mortal world, and even by the great immortals of the Primordial Chaos.

Since it possesses supreme supernatural powers and is called supreme, one can know the vastness of its power.

It can be said that every Heavenly Gang Orthodox Law contains the Dao and Law of the Supreme Saints and High Immortals.

After the Primordial Heavenly Venerable created the world with the giant body of Pangu, there are only these thirty-six great supernatural powers that can be called the Heavenly Gang Orthodox Law, also known as the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Laws.

(End of this chapter)