Starting from the Tiger Demon Yaksha, the demon immortality

Chapter 328-337 Haotian Minor Success, Unity of Heaven and Man
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Half a year later, the vajra shone brightly once again, and the Capricorn claws were filled at a visible speed.

Being confined to the capital may seem glamorous, but the complex administrative work is actually a burden.

If Li Cunxiao hadn't possessed an external avatar, his normal cultivation would likely have been hindered.

Moreover, he is now in a high position, and ordinary people would not dare to mess with him.

Xijing was also the main base of Hedong, completely out of touch with the front lines, so even assassins couldn't get in.

As a result, the growth of malevolent energy almost came to a standstill.

Feeling the long-lost aura of malevolence fill Li Cunxiao's heart, he couldn't help but feel a sense of peace.

Right now, he holds the Book of Life and Death in his left hand and the Judge's Pen in his right, flipping them up and down almost non-stop.

Qi Ci was initially worried, but later, seeing that his disciple not only showed no signs of being corrupted, but was becoming more and more energetic, he relaxed.

While marveling at how Taiyi Zhenren could become a grandmaster, he also increased his output to cover for his disciple.

"Hmm? How come the process of sending off vengeful spirits is so efficient today?"

Zhiheng was, after all, a master. He didn't notice it at first, but later he gradually realized that the evil aura was dissipating much faster than before.

However, when he saw the image of the Great Vajrabhairava King of Qici, who spared no effort in pouring his true essence into the image, he felt relieved.

I had long heard that the Laughing Buddha was compassionate, hated evil, and did good deeds without seeking anything in return.

If he were to go all out, his efficiency could actually be even higher.

But the resentment and malevolent energy he was dealing with involved hundreds of thousands of people, and given his many years of cultivation, he naturally had to be as cautious as possible.

We'd rather be slower than risk even the slightest contamination.

Seeing Qi Ci go all out, Zhi Heng felt both admiration and guilt, and quickly advised him:

"Brother Dao is very compassionate, but performing a ritual is not something that can be done in a day or two. It would be better to be prudent."

Qi Ci thought to himself, "Do you think I want to do this? Isn't it just to clean up my apprentice's mess?"
Fortunately, Li Cunxiao also realized that he was inhaling too intensely. Upon hearing this, he immediately slowed down and carefully observed the other monks of Yuhua Temple.

After that, whenever the other person showed signs of fatigue, he would also rest, trying his best to maintain a synchronized pace so as not to arouse suspicion.

Even so, the speed at which the vajra was charged was only slightly slower, but it still moved forward steadily and firmly.

The other monks did not suspect anything, but simply thought that the progress of the ritual was far beyond what was expected because two masters were presiding over the transformation diagram.

After all, the two masters of Yuhua Temple, Zhigang, had been stationed in the old stronghold of Hedong for many years, while Zhiheng had gone on expeditions with the army.

Firstly, the two brothers rarely had the opportunity to jointly oversee the formation. Secondly, when Zhiheng accompanied the army, he would do his best to discipline the soldiers, and there were very few instances of massacring cities.

Without special methods like those of the Ming Cult, creating a cursed place like Huayin would not be easy. Without a carrier, the malevolent energy and resentment would simply dissipate naturally.

Therefore, this kind of spectacle is actually a first.

In the altered image, the two masters are at the forefront, purifying the evil energy almost day and night.

Li Cunxiao and the other nine Xuan Guan martial artists, along with the twenty attendant martial monks, would enter the Transformation Diagram at noon each day, exit at dusk, and then enter again at noon the following day.

Li Cunxiao could tell that without the Vajra Pestle, the old monks of Yuhua Temple were exhausted every day.

The clash between primordial spirits is far more dangerous than the clash between physical essences.

The existence of the disguised diagram is equivalent to putting a protective suit on them and equipping them with a disinfectant spray.

But to kill the virus, you still have to go deep into the contaminated area.

Fortunately, the malevolent energy within the Buddha statue was extremely abundant. Even though it was only for three hours each day, Li Cunxiao was still able to replenish the Vajra Pestle after two days.

On the second night, under the pretext of returning to the Louguan Taoist ruins to pay homage to Taiyi, he quietly slipped out of Zhiheng's sight.

"Dragon Palace"

With a silent call, a crimson dragon pattern flashed on his forehead, and Li Cunxiao appeared in the Qianyang Palace of the secret realm.

In the caisson ceiling above, the red dragon materialized from the void, emanating intimate spiritual fluctuations.

Feeling the much richer spiritual energy than before, Li Cunxiao couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment.

He devoted all the rare and precious materials given to him by Changsun Fu and others to nurturing them in the secret realm.

Besides, since he was in a key position in charge of logistics, he was essentially working for someone else, and he didn't insist on pursuing a life of integrity.

Everyone in the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War praised the Thirteenth Prince for his generosity.

If you're generous with treating others, you should be even more generous with yourself.

Within the scope of Li Yisheng's tacit approval, Li Cunxiao had his hands over all kinds of rare and precious materials, big and small.

Little by little, it adds up to a considerable sum over half a year.

At this moment, Li Cunxiao couldn't help but sigh, "What does it mean to have a big tree to lean on for shade?"
It is estimated that emperors throughout history all had the idea of ​​collecting the world's treasures and gathering people to practice cultivation, which is why they established dynasties one after another.

"I'm just a low-ranking official, yet I can make so much money off of myself."

"What must the Taiqing Palace, which the Qin Dynasty has supported with the full resources of the nation for hundreds of years, have been like?"

"If that's the case, it's no wonder that Li Yisheng can't break away from the Li royal family and take sole control of the spiritual treasure. He's comparing himself to someone with dozens of generations of accumulated wealth."

Li Cunxiao sighed briefly, then put it out of his mind.

What Li Tianwang cannot do, he, with his Vajra Pestle, may not be unable to do.

In particular, he also possessed the secret teachings of Emperor Taizong of Qin, the "Ancient Scriptures of the Supreme God of Heaven".

Today is the day to bring it to a certain level of mastery!
"break!"

With a single thought, the malevolent energy overflowing from the Vajra Pestle found an outlet, transforming into a long river of golden light that surged into the Haotian Altar in the Niwan Palace.

The circular altar is surrounded by twelve steps evenly distributed, just like a sundial dividing the twelve earthly branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai.
On the gray-white altar between the steps, the twenty-eight constellations and their 135 subordinate constellations are engraved.

The hollow at the center of the altar was designed to receive the backflow of the golden river.

In an instant, the second altar "grew" out of thin air on the original foundation.

The five stars of Beichen, Beidou, Tianyi, Taiyi, and Ziwei, along with the fifty-five constellations of Xiaguan, naturally appeared on the stone.

The originally circular altar suddenly had an additional concentric circle.

Interestingly, of the twelve steps that were originally of equal width, one has now been gradually widened.

The four directions of Zi, Wu, Mao, and You, also known as the North, South, East, and West directions, are also the four two-hour periods of the day.

That widened staircase is the south staircase of the Wubi (午陛).

If compared to the Temple of Heaven in the Daxing Imperial City that Li Cunxiao had seen, this Wubi (午陛) was the very path by which the emperor ascended the altar.

From south to north, they submit to Heaven;
Sitting facing south, one rules the world!
The moment the second altar took shape, Li Cunxiao's mind seemed to explode.

Whether it was his primordial spirit or his spiritual form, it seemed to have been completely shattered and scattered, breaking free from the constraints of physical form, and instantly spreading throughout the entire secret realm. The "Ancient Scripture of the Supreme Deity of the Vast Heaven" has four levels, with the entry level being the "Heaven-Human Interaction," which allows him to transcend the limitations of cultivation techniques, perceive all kinds of spiritual energy, and achieve more refined control and utilization.

However, the unity of heaven and man at the Lesser Completion stage allowed him to almost merge with the secret realm.

It's unclear whether it's because Li Cunxiao was originally the master of Lingbao, or because this secret technique was too powerful.

The communicative world that had troubled them for months was now easily accomplished, as if a window had been pierced.

Within the secret realm, the weather suddenly changed, and a massive amount of spiritual energy surged in as if by a tidal wave.

The spirit of the artifact, the Crimson Dragon, soared out from the caisson ceiling and transformed into a hundred-zhang-tall creature.

The winding dragon body was bathed in the spiritual energy tide, and every dragon scale was glowing and radiating heat.

From its agate-like reddish-brown hue, it eventually transforms into a rich, deep gold.

The essence that had been refined and condensed by the spirit of the artifact poured into Li Cunxiao's body as the dragon's mouth opened.

In that instant, the refreshing feeling of spiritual energy permeating every cell made Li Cunxiao hum softly in comfort.

But he didn't forget to guide the spiritual energy into Niwan. Guangmu Tianwang's spirit form held the Xuanchi spear and the Hun Tian Ling, and together they received the baptism of spiritual energy.

The realm of sympathy is where the microcosm of the human body resonates with the macrocosm of the external world.

Currently, the inner vision of the Ten Directions Salvation Heavenly Venerable is only in its embryonic form, so it is natural to first advance to the "Sumeru Silver Peak" of the Western Heavenly King.

The fire-elemental spiritual energy surged wildly into the Longhua Bodhi Palace, but instead of turning it into scorched earth, it made the branches of the Bodhi tree feel as if they had received sweet rain.

The gnarled branches transformed into countless wooden dragons, intertwining and growing, their branches resembling precious dragons, spewing forth flowers of a hundred treasures.

Flowers of gold and silver, flowers of jade, flowers of agate, flowers of precious stones.
Numerous yet not chaotic, like the painted decorations and reliefs in a palace, the entire vast palace is laid out like a celestial palace.

The wooden dragon extends downwards, outlining a majestic peak surrounded by countless dragons.

Meanwhile, the spiritual image of Virupaksha continued to expand during this process. When its image and the illusory image of the inner landscape were projected onto the outside world, it was already a hundred meters in size, a colossal object that inspired awe.

Only then did the blessing of the Vajra gradually weaken, while the giant dragon above the Qianyang Palace continued to emanate spiritual energy.

Li Cunxiao only stopped when he realized he had reached his limit.

With a thought, he passed directly through the caisson ceiling and the eaves of the palace, instantly teleporting to the top of the red dragon's head in the sky.

He finally couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"To connect with heaven and earth, and to use the microcosm to influence the macrocosm."

"If we were outside, we could at most use spiritual energy to double the power of our attack."

"But in the secret realm, I was finally able to manipulate space and come and go as I pleased!"

"It can be used on oneself, as well as on any item or life within the secret realm."

"In this way, even if I face Li Siben and Li Si'en, along with their two thousand elite troops, I can forcefully cut off the battlefield and defeat them!"

Unable to contain his joy, Li Cunxiao carefully sensed the concentration of spiritual energy in the secret realm and found that it had only decreased compared to before, which made him even happier.

It was worth all the resources he invested in the spiritual treasure; to this day, the spiritual energy in the secret realm has basically formed its own cycle.

If it's just to support his cultivation, that's more than enough.

Even if he were to break through to the Grandmaster level in the future, he could hide in the Dragon Palace and break through quietly without making a sound, without fear of any unexpected complications caused by strange phenomena.

Of course, the Lingbao Secret Realm relies on the present world but is also hidden in the void, so it is not complete in itself.

If there's an opportunity, it's better to break through from the outside.

Taiyi once told him that the baptism of heaven and earth that one faces when achieving the primordial embryo is completely different from the realm of communion.

Everything that just happened was merely a rehearsal before becoming a grandmaster.

Having broken through the barrier of communion and exhausted his malevolent energy, Li Cunxiao did not linger any longer.

After leaving the secret realm, adhering to the principle of going all out, we offered incense to the old Taoist priest at the ruins of Qinglong Peak before heading back home.

This achievement not only brings the completion of the Buddhist spiritual image, but more importantly, it brings the Haotian spiritual image one step closer to completion, bringing about a permanent state of "harmony between heaven and man".

The ordinary entrance hall is also a place to pursue this experience of harmony between man and nature, a purification of the body.

Then, depending on individual comprehension, the amount of power of heaven and earth that can be mobilized will vary.

However, Li Cunxiao could enter a state of "harmony between man and nature" at any time.

It's no exaggeration to say that, apart from his primordial spirit not being strong enough, his current level of control over true essence and the power of heaven and earth is completely at the level of a grandmaster!

"Huh? This kid went to Azure Dragon Peak just to pay homage to the Taoist priest?"

Qici sat on the diagram, glanced at the moving dots on the ground, and felt a little puzzled.

He believed he understood his apprentice fairly well, knowing that the boy was loyal and righteous, but very rational when it came to serious matters and would not act on emotion.

If you really want to hold a memorial service, you should do so on your very first day in Huayin.

The other party is currently focused on refining the evil energy, but this afternoon, Li Cunxiao left even earlier than yesterday.

The senior monk naturally didn't know that the vajra was full; he just intuitively felt puzzled.

However, the perception of the other's realm is still at the inner level, lacking the special harmony of merging with heaven and earth found in the realm of communion.

The next day at noon, when the ritual was being performed, Zhiheng also secretly sensed it.

The speed at which he refined the malevolent energy these past few days was so fast that it felt somewhat unfamiliar to him.

At this rate, in less than a month, or even less than half a month, the evil energy sealed within this Buddha statue will be reduced to a safe level.

There will be no need for a grandmaster to guard it. Just leave it there, and it will be completely destroyed in half a year. Anyway, no one but a grandmaster can break this stone statue.

The biggest variable in this trip is the relationship between Master Qi and his disciple.

The senior monk is a master, and everyone's level of attainment is comparable, so it's not easy to discern his true nature.

But if it's Li Cunxiao, he looked at it carefully several times and there was no problem.
The scenery within the seventh realm was exactly as it had been, and Li Cunxiao even looked somewhat weak due to his continuous refinement of the evil energy.

"Nephew, you have good intentions, but don't force yourself."

Hearing Zhiheng's concerned words, Li Cunxiao agreed on the surface, but almost burst out laughing inside.

With the Haotian Spiritual Image at the Lesser Completion stage, even Grandmasters cannot see through his cultivation level!
With this guarantee, it will undoubtedly be much easier to lower Li Yisheng's guard and seek a transfer to another post in the future.

As for now, Li Cunxiao looked at the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Pen that had reappeared in his palm, forcibly suppressing his desires and absorbing the evil energy at a relatively even pace.

Before the Buddha statue is completely drained, he must at least deduce the "True Scripture of the Three Altars and the Sea Assembly," which is sufficient for cultivating to the level of a Grandmaster.

Once you become a grandmaster and master the techniques of the Daoist temple, you will be like a bird soaring into the blue sky or a fish swimming in the sea, free from all constraints!
(End of this chapter)