Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 236 Ascending to the Immortal Realm
When you finish your earthly ties, it is time to ascend to heaven.

The last time he was led by heavenly light, Zhao Yifu felt that the heavenly realm was infinitely beautiful, as if there were phoenixes singing in harmony all around him, and he just wanted to float away in the fairy mist.

But this time there was no light from heaven to guide him. Zhao Yifu simply pushed his cultivation to the extreme, and his body gradually became lighter.

His Yang Spirit became extremely bright, filling his entire body, integrating his own true Qi to make the final adjustments to his original physical body.

In fact, he has been making this adjustment.

After all, he had stayed in the mortal world for such a long time and had nothing to do. Apart from writing something every day and posting it on the back of the "Taixu Forbidden Book" and then quarreling with the evil spirits in the book, he just continued to practice.

As for how to practice?

He has already reached the top, and his soul has reached the highest level of Yangshen in the mortal world. How else can he practice?

All he thought about was strengthening his body.

As for how to temper it?

He actually has his own calculations.

Although the Martial Arts Saint Body gave his body great potential, he could still feel a limit, which was the limit of the mortal world.

His physical body cannot be improved any further under normal circumstances.

So over the years he has discussed this matter with many powerful cultivators.

The first one is the monk Pu Ji, who has the best relationship with him. His method is to bless the body with incense, so that the body can be tempered with the power of incense and vows while breaking the boundaries of the mortal body, thus achieving a "golden body".

This is the Buddhist practice method.

Zhao Yifu was able to understand it immediately, and because he had accumulated a lot of incense and vows, this kind of practice could be accomplished in one step.

But then he discussed with Taoist Hongmei of Chonghe Yiqi Sect and the stringless musician of Wuqi Xuanmen, and roughly learned about the practices of these two schools: refining the yin and yang energies and the five elements' mysterious energy into the body respectively!

However, these two knew the method but did not practice it themselves. This was because the yin and yang and five elements in the mortal world were not so clearly manifested.

If they want to cultivate the 'Yin Yang Immortal Body' or the 'Five Elements Immortal Body' in the mortal world, they must have a very harsh spiritual environment... It's not worth it.

Therefore, they all planned to polish their immortal bodies after ascending to heaven. This was also the reminder given by the ancestors of the two sects when they passed on their inheritance.

Zhao Yi Fu then thought, his ancestor was the orthodox Xuanmen, how could he not leave behind any inheritance?
So he went to ask.

Finally, it was learned that all disciples of the Chunyang Sect had to go to the Chunyang Palace in heaven to meditate in seclusion for a period of time after ascending to heaven.

The purpose was not for anything else but to bathe in the true yang energy of the East in the Chunyang Palace and to temper the pure yang immortal body.

After understanding this, Zhao Yifu naturally understood what his own "Pure Yang Immortal Body" was.

It is to use pure Yang fire to continuously refine the impurities in the body, expel turbidity, and refine the spirit, so as to achieve the purest and spotless state.

He also didn't need to go to the Pure Yang Palace in Heaven to receive the cleansing of the True Yang of the East, because he could create the True Yang himself.

This ability to create true yang by himself was actually taught to him by Zhou Su, who had already ascended to heaven.

He was now gradually able to fully concentrate on writing and painting, and even found pleasure in arguing with 'Taixu Forbidden Book'.

The pleasure brought by this kind of concentration is true yang.

The Pure Yang True Fire can be used as fuel to calcine the body, which can refine the turbid air and purify the clear air, allowing his body to be continuously purified to the realm of immortal body.

Now he is only one step away from becoming an immortal, but he has been deliberately keeping this step and not breaking through.

Until this moment, when he cut off his worldly ties, everything fell into place naturally.

His body became light, as if he was about to fly away at any moment.

Suddenly, he felt his clothes were a little heavy. Looking down, he realized that the mundane things in his sleeves were no longer suitable for him at this moment.

He opened his sleeves and looked inside... and saw many pots and pans that Wu Zhong had left behind, as well as a lot of pickled meat and pickles...

He hesitated for a moment, feeling that it was inappropriate to throw anything away.

He has already cultivated an immortal body and can bring some worldly things to heaven.

The saying "When one person succeeds, the whole family benefits" refers to his situation.

But he couldn't bear to part with anything...

Finally, I looked at the cats around me...

Suddenly he sighed and said, "Forget it, come all of you, I will take you to play in the sky."

'Zhao Mao Tribe', not a single one can be left behind.

"Wangwang!"

Dahei suddenly sat up and shouted twice, then suddenly hit his head against the pillar in the hall and his head was bleeding.

It died not long after.

Zhao Yifu sighed upon seeing this, knowing that the dog was going to find Wu Zhong.

It was originally Wu Zhong's dog and was indeed loyal.

He lightly tapped, and Dahei's soul went to the underworld. Then he put on the clothes of a ghost catcher and went to work as a ghost catcher with his owner Wu Zhong to accumulate merit.

As for Xiong San...

This big bear had left this home ten years ago. Because it was a bit wild and difficult to tame, Zhao Yifu gave it some elixirs and released it back into the mountains.

Perhaps for this bear demon, staying in the Zhao Mansion is good, but it yearns for freedom more.

Zhao Yifu quietly buried Dahei's body in the yard again, and then prepared to ascend with his cats.

Normally, when he carried these cats, perhaps because of the "Boundless Universe Technique", he didn't feel how heavy they were at all.

But now he felt very, very heavy.

Fortunately, his accumulation over the years was not in vain.

The pure Qi in his body began to circulate, and his body expanded like an inflated balloon, becoming an incomparably majestic figure... like a demon god.

This is actually somewhat like "following the laws of heaven and earth". Perhaps he can understand the mystery if he thinks about it.

And now, he used this magical power similar to "Controlling Heaven and Earth" to carry his cat to heaven.

His body quickly flew into the sky.

But then he realized that his action of flying into the sky was actually a waste of his cultivation, because the heaven was not above the three-dimensional space, but an upgrade of the spatial level.

He seemed to be extremely gifted in sensing the levels of space, and thanks to his practice of the 'Boundless Universe Technique', he quickly found the trick and broke through the boundaries of the original space.

The moment he broke through the boundaries of space, he knew how to fly.

His body was already an immortal body, so he naturally felt like going to the right place.

Although the things he was carrying seemed extremely heavy at this time, he could still hold on if he gritted his teeth.

He only felt that a bright night sky appeared in front of him, and the stars became extremely bright, as if each ray of starlight contained unique power.

This was supposed to be a fascinating sight, but unfortunately he felt like he was carrying a mountain on his back, so tired that he had no time to enjoy it.

He finally understood that 'one person's success brings prosperity to the whole family' was not something that ordinary people could do. He didn't know how the ancient immortals had done it... In those legends, it seemed that everyone did it quite easily.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and held on, and before his energy ran out, he managed to carry all the cats to a completely new world, panting.

Suddenly, he found himself in a much brighter forest.

Everything in the mountain seemed so vivid and clear to him, as if he had suddenly moved from a "low-pixel world" to a "high-pixel world".

It was as if he was used to watching movies in ordinary small-screen movie theaters in his previous life, but suddenly came to an IMAX giant-screen theater and sat in the center position.

This filled him with shock and novelty.

Everything around seemed to be filled with rich spiritual energy.

He let the kittens out of his sleeves, and they were very happy about it. Everything was so new to them.

The kittens were running and playing happily around, celebrating their arrival in a brand new world.

Zhao Yifu was also very happy. He walked in the forest and saw a kitten swallowing a cicada from a tree trunk in one gulp.

"and many more!"

He hurriedly tried to stop it.

As a result, the greedy kitten chewed it twice and it burst into a ball of flesh and blood on the spot.

Good guy!
Zhao Yifu widened his eyes and watched the kitten's soul float up and go to the underworld.

He was not worried about going to the underworld because the people below him would know that this was his cat. It would be a piece of cake for him to just put on the ghost messenger's clothes and become a cat ghost messenger.

What really surprised him was the cause of the kitten's death...

It was blown up by the spiritual energy that suddenly exploded from the cicada!
I can only say, isn’t it worthy of being the heaven?

The spiritual energy was so rich that the kittens could not bear it at all.

At this time, Zhao Yifu's cats began to show various symptoms of acclimatization.

They just breathed in the air of heaven, and the spiritual energy in their bodies began to run wildly out of control.

In just a moment, three more kittens died because their spiritual energy went out of control and they went crazy.

My goodness, his cats have been with him for so many years and have never suffered such heavy casualties!

Although he now has a close relationship with the underworld, if he dies, it will just be a different place to be cute...but he really has a dead cat! "Hurry up, hurry up, get back into your sleeves, you are not used to the environment of this upper world yet."

The cats quickly ran back into his sleeves, and even Yiyi didn't dare show her head outside.

Zhao Yifu had no choice but to bury the four dead cats himself and then think about the situation in heaven.

He should be in some corner of heaven at this time, but heaven is not the heavenly court.

At this moment, he was extremely grateful that his body had completed the forging of a pure yang immortal body, otherwise his performance in this heavenly realm might not be much better than that of the cats.

The cats' unexpected deaths also gave him a sense of crisis, and he quickly began to meditate and regulate his breathing to recover. The excitement he had felt when he first arrived in heaven was completely gone.

He breathed in and out as usual, but unexpectedly the spiritual energy he inhaled was so dense and uncontrollable that it was extremely difficult for him to refine it.

This was incredible to him.

If he were in the mortal world, he would definitely be overjoyed to have such a concentration of spiritual power. It would not be an exaggeration to call it a paradise.

But it was difficult for him to refine this spiritual energy...

He finally understood why those cats exploded.

Their bodies simply cannot withstand this level of spiritual energy.

As for Zhao Yifu, his body was fine but it was difficult for him to control and refine the spiritual energy.

It seems that this is the Narcissus, Liu Ying's previous life. That's why she felt so many difficulties after coming to the upper world.

It's really not a good feeling to not be able to practice normally and to have your realm stagnant for a long time.

Zhao Yifu knew that he couldn't go on like this. If he continued like this, he would surely sink.

So he habitually mobilized his Pure Yang True Fire... He didn't know when he developed this habit, but whenever there was something he didn't understand, he would throw it into the Pure Yang True Fire to burn it... It usually worked wonders.

Sure enough, it works!
It was like oil boiling over a raging fire; his pure Yang fire suddenly burned fiercely.

If it was like a fire pit before, then now his Pure Yang Fire was like a huge bonfire at a bonfire party, and the fire suddenly burned many times more vigorously.

But just like that, rich spiritual energy began to emanate from his body.

These were all spiritual energies roughly refined by the Pure Yang True Fire. They were rich and could finally be further refined by him.

As for cats, it needs to be diluted again before it can be used on them.

This made him feel helpless. He never thought that diluting spiritual energy would be such a difficult task.

Because the spiritual energy of this environment is super rich.

If he wanted to dilute the spiritual energy to a level that the cats could use, he would first have to extract and refine all the spiritual energy within a range, and then release one-tenth or even one-hundredth of it.

This is really a delicate job.

The cats finally recovered under his careful care... It can be predicted that they will grow rapidly under such a concentration of spiritual energy.

Zhao Yifu was also recovering his cultivation quickly.

For the first time, he felt that his body was like a small pool, which was filled up in a short time.

At the same time, he also understood the next practice.

That is to continuously expand this "pool" and let it hold more "water".

After just one session of practice, Zhao Yifu felt that his soul had been greatly trained, which was greater than the improvement he had received in the mortal world for a month.

Wow, this is probably the correct answer to "One day in heaven is three years on earth"!
It does not refer to the time difference between heaven and earth, but the effect of one day of practice in heaven is equivalent to three years of practice on earth.

But at the same time, after changing to a completely new environment, Zhao Yifu felt as if he had become a "mortal" again.

His Yang Spirit had already been fused with his body when his 'Pure Yang Immortal Body' was perfected. Under this environment, his Yuan Spirit was also suppressed, and it was not much different from being in the mortal world.

With his Yuan Shen suppressed, his many Daoist and magical powers were also restricted. He was now at most an ordinary person with some special abilities...

This gap is really huge.

However, this world did not give him much chance to adapt.

He existed in these desolate mountains and wildernesses, and it seemed that no matter which world he was in, there were always wild beasts roaming in the desolate mountains and wildernesses...

"Sasha..."

Zhao Yifu suddenly felt a chill down his spine as he heard a rustling sound of something crawling around him.

Sound like a snake?

Zhao Yifu was a little nervous, holding the killing knife in his hand... He didn't know how much power his knife could still produce?
But at this moment, the grass around him parted, and an enchanting woman in green clothes walked out with a waist swaying like a willow.

She had a dark green makeup with a hint of gold on her face, deep eye shadow and thick lip color, which made her look a bit punk.

But it is undeniable that this is an extremely charming woman.

She looked at Zhao Yifu and asked in a deliberately affected tone, "Brother, do you want to be happy together?"

The sword flashed!
Zhao Yifu just drew his sword!
Although he could no longer mobilize spiritual energy with his primordial spirit, and although he had not yet adapted to the spiritual environment of the heavenly realm, Zhao Yifu found that the force-generating techniques and sword moves he learned from Master Wenheng were still as reliable.

So as soon as the witch finished speaking, she welcomed the last moment of her life.

The blade cut through his skin with unstoppable force, severing his throat and breaking his cervical vertebrae.

"Crack!"

Zhao Yifu felt the blade tremble.

When the head fell to the ground, he didn't even look at the death of the witch but turned to look at the knife... and saw that there was indeed a gap on the blade caused by her cervical vertebra.

Alas, this goblin from the upper realm has a tough neck. The killing knife is already a divine weapon in the mortal world, but I didn’t expect that just chopping off the head would cause damage.

As for that dead witch...

When I looked at it again, I saw that it had returned to the form of a giant python. It was indeed a snake.

Zhao Yifu had no psychological burden about this. When he first arrived in a new place and was at his weakest, it would be simpler to just kill this monster that appeared out of nowhere and was obviously not a good person.

This cautious character also helped him this time, because he found that after the snake demon died, many true spirits floated up from its abdomen.

With just one glance, Zhao Yifu understood the cause and effect.

This is a man-eating snake demon, and its viciousness lies in that it will imprison the souls of those it eats in its stomach.

At this time, Zhao Yifu was just glad that his knife was fast enough, otherwise he might really suffer a loss.

But at this moment he discovered that there seemed to be some changes on his killing knife... There was a "gurgling" sound coming from the blade, as if it was licking the demon's blood?

Zhao Yi Fu suddenly remembered that this sword was forged using the method of blood sacrifice, so he suddenly had an idea: As the earliest and most primitive method of cultivation for the human race, can this method of blood sacrifice still be used in heaven?

He had read the inheritance of the Xieyue Sect and naturally knew how the blood sacrifice was carried out.

So he simply plunged the killing knife into the snake demon's blood, and then used the pure yang true fire to activate the secret blood refining method.

As a result, a magical scene appeared. His killing knife began to quickly devour the demon blood full of spiritual power, and the place that was originally broken began to heal.

Wow, blood sacrifice is indeed the original power possessed by the human race... As expected, sometimes the simpler the routine, the more useful it is.

After the Killing Sword absorbed the blood of the snake demon, a light red halo soon appeared on the blade, giving this magic sword a unique charm.

Zhao Yi Fu was admiring the changes of the killing knife when he noticed a rustling in his sleeves and heard Yi Yi's cry.

Zhao Yifu quickly lifted his sleeves and looked over, only to see Yiyi looking over with the summoning picture...

Zhao Yi Fu quickly reached out to take the summoning picture, and saw that the two ancestors on the picture were glaring at him fiercely.

He quickly asked, "Two ancestors, what's going on?"

Patriarch Wenheng asked, "Since you have ascended to the higher realm, why didn't you inform me?"

Master Fuyou said, "This is my disciple. Why would he inform you? Why not inform me?"

Zhao Yifu's scalp tingled, and he quickly said, "I just came to the upper realm and encountered a snake demon. I haven't had time to inform the two ancestors yet."

Patriarch Wenheng glanced at it, paying no attention to the signs of blood sacrifice. He simply praised, "Killing with one blow, embodying the style of someone in his past!"

This made Master Fuyou so angry that his teeth itched.

He said, "Didn't I teach you the Pure Yang Demon Subduing Sword? Why have you never used it?"

Zhao Yifu quickly said, "Disciple, I'm afraid that misusing this sword will only strengthen the evil within it..."

Grandmaster Fuyou was slightly taken aback, then said in a much softer tone, "Don't worry, I gave you this sword to use. Don't worry about the evil thoughts within... As long as you are not affected by it, feel free to use it."

Zhao Yi Fu smiled without saying anything. He knew that he couldn't really use the Pure Yang Demon Subduing Sword to kill, just like he knew that he could never mobilize more than 20% of the power of the Taixu Forbidden Book.

Master Wenheng said, "Alright, stop talking. Just stay here and I'll send someone to pick you up."

This time, Patriarch Fuyou didn't argue. He simply said, "Be careful when you go to Wenheng's place. After all, the Heavenly Prison is where serious criminals from the Heavenly Court are imprisoned. If there's anything wrong, tell Wenheng immediately and let him handle it for you."

Zhao Yifu nodded repeatedly to show that he understood.

It was not that Patriarch Fuyou wanted him to go to Patriarch Wenheng, but according to the way he was treated before, he should report to the Heavenly Prison after he went to heaven.

However, with Master Wenheng taking care of her, there was obviously no problem.

Maybe……

　It's not finished, it's just a war in the mortal world. Why write so much details? I'm cultivating immortality, and writing it like the Investiture of the Gods is not good. And after the Northern Expedition is over, don't I have to go to the immortal world? That's it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)