People in the Qin Dynasty sought good fortune and avoided misfortune.

Chapter 402, The Way of Tai Chi: Mind and Matter
The summit of Mount Taiyi.

A fierce gale raged, making Bei Mingzi's Taoist robe flutter wildly. The powerful pressure forced Bei Mingzi to exert all his strength to resist in order to barely stand.

"Boy, what exactly have you figured out? It has caused such a strange phenomenon in the heavens and earth."

Bei Mingzi looked at Xu Qing, who stood motionless in the eye of the raging wind, and then at the strange phenomena in the sky. His face became more solemn than ever before.

Xu Qing had only broken through to the Celestial Master realm through enlightenment, but the resulting celestial phenomena were far more spectacular than when he broke through to the Celestial Extreme realm. Bei Mingzi had only ever seen such celestial phenomena in the records of the Daoist Heavenly Sect.

But that was Tianzong's record of ancient sages like Liezi and Zhuangzi, while Xu Qing's summoning of three thousand clouds from the east gave him the feeling of Laozi leaving Hangu Pass in the west.

Bei Mingzi originally thought that Xu Qing's successful enlightenment would open up a new path for the Heavenly Sect, thus making the Heavenly Sect's foundation more profound. However, the strange phenomena that Xu Qing has attracted make him doubt whether the Heavenly Sect is capable of bearing the Dao that Xu Qing has comprehended.

Xu Qing was unaware of Bei Mingzi's complex thoughts; at that moment, he only felt an unprecedented sense of comfort and pleasure.

Apart from Xu Qing himself, no one knew how he had spent the past few days. Since entering a state of enlightenment, various kinds of knowledge he had learned appeared before Xu Qing's eyes, with little figures reciting these knowledge in an orderly manner, which gradually improved his understanding of Yin and Yang Tai Chi.

It wasn't until this knowledge was continuously filtered and formed into a systematic body of knowledge that countless words and sentences began to bombard Xu Qing.

The overwhelming influx of knowledge caused Xu Qing immense suffering, yet amidst this pain, he still had to exert all his efforts to comprehend the underlying principles.

After six days of trials, Xu Qing finally comprehended his own Tai Chi philosophy.

"Tai Chi represents the ultimate principle. All things are Tai Chi, and life holds profound mysteries."

"The Yi (Book of Changes) has the Taiji (Supreme Ultimate), which gives rise to the Two Forms (Yin and Yang). The Two Forms give rise to the Four Symbols (Si Xiang), the Four Symbols give rise to the Eight Trigrams (Ba Gua), the Eight Trigrams determine good and bad fortune, and good and bad fortune give rise to great undertakings. The Taiji arises from the Wuji (Limitless), and the Taiji moves to give rise to Yang. When the movement reaches its extreme, it becomes still, and when stillness gives rise to Yin. When stillness reaches its extreme, it moves again. Movement and stillness are mutually rooted, dividing into Yin and Yang. Thus, the Two Forms are established."

The truths he had come to understand echoed in Xu Qing's ears. He gradually stood up, spread his legs apart, and put his hands into the starting posture of Tai Chi he had learned in his previous life.

As he glided forward, an invisible vortex appeared beneath his feet. The black and white true energy gradually formed a Tai Chi diagram and spread outwards, opposing the black and white clouds above.

"First is nothingness; second is the separation and harmony of Yin and Yang; third is the source of all life; fourth is orderly movement; fifth is omnipresent in time and space; sixth is metaphysical yet manifested in the physical world."

Xu Qing threw a punch forward, and the black and white energy around him moved accordingly.

As if sensing something, the Kun in mid-air opened its mouth and let out a cry, then began to tumble in the clouds. The speed of the rotating Taiji diagram increased again, gradually transforming into the Four Symbols and the Eight Trigrams.
"If you don't know life, how can you know death? Taiji has no form or substance. 'Nothingness' is not absolute emptiness; the nothingness of Taiji contains infinite vitality: something arises from nothingness. This is what is meant by Yin and Yang."

"What is real and what is illusory, what is true and what is false, yet all things in heaven and earth are substantial entities, and the principles of the mind arise from these things, and are thus expressed by the mind."

As his understanding of the Dao became clearer, Xu Qing's punching speed increased, and the Daoist aura gradually emanated from his body, giving people a mysterious and profound feeling.

Xu Qing threw a punch, and a burst of true energy shot out, creating a loud blast of air.

Bei Mingzi's eyelids twitched as he watched Xu Qing's boxing movements. He had never seen the boxing style Xu Qing was using before. But what surprised him was that Xu Qing was clearly right in front of him, but his figure gradually blurred, as if he would turn into a gust of wind and disappear at any moment. In his perception, Xu Qing was as if he did not exist.

It's not that it doesn't exist, but rather that it seems to be separated from everything around it, existing in a separate space.

However, as Xu Qing's boxing style changed, Xu Qing could be sensed again, and his figure gradually became more solid.

"Tai Chi is Yin and Yang, emptiness and fullness, the Dao, mind and matter!"

Xu Qing's eyes snapped open, unleashing two beams of light, one black and one white, that shot directly at the black and white Kunpeng soaring in the sky. The light pierced through the black and white clouds, and the black and white Kunyu leaped out of the clouds, twisting its body in mid-air as it charged toward Xu Qing's eyes.

The two giant Kun gradually shrank, eventually becoming the size of tadpoles, and disappeared directly into Xu Qing's eyes. Meanwhile, the black and white clouds in the sky dissipated instantly as they spun rapidly, turning into countless raindrops that rained down on Xu Qing's acupoints.

With each raindrop that entered Xu Qing's meridians, the internal energy within Xu Qing's body transformed into true qi.

The purple energy within his dantian grew to the size and thickness of a wrist, and carrying true energy, he began to cultivate according to the circulation route of the Evergreen Technique. Xu Qing's aura became even more profound, and the Tai Chi diagram beneath his feet gradually shrank.

"What kind of monster is this kid? Could he really be the reincarnation of some immortal?"

Bei Mingzi was so shocked that he couldn't speak when he saw that the person who had just broken through to the Celestial Master realm had begun to convert his internal energy into true qi. Such a thing was almost unheard of in the thousands of years of Taoist history.

The people inside Taiyi Palace were already speechless with astonishment at the extraordinary celestial phenomena brought about by Xu Qing, and some who deeply believed in ghosts and gods even knelt down to worship on the spot.

However, as the black and white tai chi symbol in the sky dissipated, the clouds covering the mountaintop became clear. Even from a distance, they could see a figure standing on the mountaintop, performing a series of martial arts moves, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, his figure appearing and disappearing.

As the figure moved, the surrounding atmosphere also shifted.

Amidst the swirling mist, the figure appeared like an immortal, every movement imbued with Taoist charm, captivating all who beheld it.

"That figure looks so much like Junior Uncle!" a Tianzong disciple murmured to himself.

Upon hearing this, everyone around turned to look in surprise. Wu Kuang, in particular, looked astonished, his eyes filled with disbelief and disbelief.

"Impossible! How could it be Xu Qing? He should have fled in fear of battle. How could he have caused such a strange phenomenon? Impossible, impossible!"

Wu Kuang was filled with disbelief, his expression shifting between light and dark.

He couldn't accept that the figure was Xu Qing. If it really was Xu Qing, based on what he had just said, even with his sworn brother Chen Sheng protecting him, Tian Guang would still hand him over to appease the anger of the Heavenly Sect.

But that's not the worst part. The worst part is that once this incident gets out, he will become a laughingstock in the eyes of the world. From then on, he won't be able to survive in the martial arts world anymore; he'll probably be hated by everyone, and he'll have nowhere to stand.

It's not impossible for them to be expelled from the human race.

At that time, his sweetheart sister Tian Mi might even abandon him.

In an instant, Wu Kuang felt as if the sky had collapsed. His legs went weak and he knelt on the ground, his hands trembling as he reached up to hug his head.

"Don't look at me like that. I just said it looks somewhat similar. I can't be sure from this distance."

Under the scrutiny of everyone, the Tianzong disciple quickly spoke up to explain.

After glancing at the Heavenly Sect disciple, everyone turned their attention back to the figure in the clouds.

Han Shen glanced at Wu Kuang kneeling on the ground beside him, his eyes showing disdain and contempt. Although the Tianzong disciples said they couldn't be sure, he was 100% certain that it was Xu Qing.

(End of this chapter)