Under One Person: My Inner Realm Connects to All Worlds!

Chapter 138 Dao Dragon Appearance

The dragon was entirely purple-gold, its horns twisted like ancient trees, and its whiskers fluttered, carrying with them the energy of wind and thunder. Its eyes were half-closed, as if it were asleep, yet it exuded a terrifying majesty.

Hovering among the clouds, stirring up the winds and clouds in the sky.

Then, to the astonishment of Lu Jin and Qingxuan Zhenren, the image of the hibernating dragon gradually changed.

Its entire body became crystal clear, like glass, with what appeared to be inlaid golden veins in the middle, and the purple aura all around transformed into auspicious clouds, which were trampled under the dragon's claws.

Golden cinnabar energy solidified into a tangible golden wheel-like shawl that fell upon the front paws and shoulders. Golden vertical pupils opened between the brows, and a great sun-like image hung behind the dragon's head, surrounded by intangible and intangible true fire.

This appearance was unprecedented. Han Yun did not know its name, so he named it: Daolong Appearance!
Lu Jin looked up at the Dao Dragon Dharma Image in the clouds, his whole body trembling.

His eyes were wide open, his white beard moved without wind, and the white qi of the reverse three layers uncontrollably overflowed from his body, forming a hazy halo around him.

"This...this is..."

The centenarian was momentarily speechless; his throat bobbed a few times, and he began to sob.

He suddenly remembered what his master, Zuo Ruotong, had said to him a few days before his death: "Jin'er, even after reaching the end of the Reverse Life Triple, you are still half a step short. I have spent my whole life trying to find the 'near path'."

The dragon swirling in the clouds at this moment, isn't it the perfect "Primordial Qi" that Master has been pursuing all his life?

The whisk in Qingxuan Zhenren's hand fell to the ground with a thud.

The old Taoist priest was completely unaware, only muttering, "Such profound cultivation of life force, the Yellow Court Classic says, 'Immortals and Taoist priests are not gods, but accumulate essence and qi to become true immortals.' So that's how it is!"

A strong wind suddenly arose in the valley.

Daolong lowered its head, its eyes seemingly containing the myriad worlds within. Han Yun's voice came from the heavens above, yet it sounded like a whisper in its ear: "Elder Lu, have you understood?"

Lu Jin suddenly performed the most solemn salute of the Sanyi Sect. The impeccably dressed old man, his voice trembling, said, "I humbly request that you, young friend, impart your knowledge and resolve my doubts!"

The mountain wind suddenly stopped.

Dao Long transformed into a sky full of golden clouds, and Han Yun landed gracefully, quickly helping the old man up: "Elder Lu, you are too kind to me."

Lu Jin gripped his wrist tightly, tears welling in her eyes: "Seventy-three years! Since Master's passing, I have been searching for the true path to the Threefold Reversal of Life for seventy-three years!"

Han Yun could understand Lu Jin's excitement, after all, this was his lifelong obsession.

Why do you think Lu Jin chose to send Lu Linglong to the Quanzhen Dragon Sect to learn alchemy instead of choosing from so many other options? Was it really just to restrain Lu Linglong's self-destructive nature?

Why did they choose the Quanzhen Dan Gong school over so many other lineages?
Putting everything else aside, Lu Jin and Zhang Zhiwei are on good terms, and the Zhengyi sect doesn't prohibit weddings and funerals. Given their friendship, why not send Lu Linglong to Longhu Mountain to cultivate?
Perhaps, Lu Jin already had the answer in his heart. The legend of Zhang Boduan, the Purple Yang Immortal, who could form shapes when gathered and disperse qi when dispersed, was known to many.

Lu Jin sent Lu Linglong to the Quanzhen Sect, perhaps with the intention of ensuring his descendant's perfect breakthrough to the third level of Reverse Life.

A life without flaws does not mean one is without cunning.

In fact, those without cunning and scheming won't go far in the world of supernatural beings, especially since Lu Jin survived the turbulent era of the crumbling land. Everyone says *Under One Person* is a shonen manga for older people, but that's because these older characters were cunning in their youth. When their cultivation was low, they were cunning because they couldn't defeat their opponents. But why be so cunning when their cultivation is high? They just fight!
At this moment, Han Yun pondered for a moment and said softly, "Refining one's innate nature is ultimately going against the will of Heaven. Elder Lu, have you ever heard the saying, 'Following the natural order leads to mortal, defying it leads to immortality'? It's just a matter of reversing the order."

Lu Jin was startled and asked, "Zhang Sanfeng's 'Rootless Tree' from the Ming Dynasty?"

A rootless tree, its flowers blooming askew, incomplete without the principles of Yin and Yang. Gold separates from wood, mercury from lead, each on its own, solitary Yin and solitary Yang. In this world, Yin and Yang, male and female, are paired, giving birth to children and grandchildren, generation after generation. Following the natural order is mortal, going against it is immortal, only in the middle, a reversal of roles.

Han Yun nodded, then shook his head.

"What outsiders don't know is that this saying was originally proposed by Ge Hong, the patriarch of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in his book 'Baopuzi,' and was later developed into a complete expression by Zhang Sanfeng in his book 'The Rootless Tree.'"

"Borrowing the principle from the Book of Changes that 'going with the flow' and 'knowing the future by going against the flow,' we explain that cultivating the Tao requires tracing back to the origin of life and achieving a leap in life level through the three stages of refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, and refining spirit into emptiness."

"Go against desires, restrain greed, anger, and ignorance to maintain purity; go against life and death, understand the essence of life and transcend reincarnation; go against cognition, break through worldly views and understand the Tao."

"It corresponds exactly to the three states of the Reverse Rebirth Triple. However, the senior of the Sanyi Sect, despite his extraordinary talent, forgot one thing."

Han Yun gathered a golden light at his fingertip and gently touched Lu Jin's brow: "The Great Alchemy Furnace of Heaven and Earth, you and I are originally... the pill!"

To follow the natural order is to be mortal; to go against it is to be immortal. The struggle lies in reversing the order in between. This concept of "middle" is the most profound and the most intricate. It is not the middle between inside and outside, nor the middle between the upper and lower parts of the body, but the middle of the interaction between Yin and Yang.

Formless and without image, it is called the root of heaven and earth, the aperture of yin and yang, the dwelling place of life and death, and the gate of the primordial female. People are born here, people die here, sages and virtuous men are born here, and humans and beasts are born here.

Those who cultivate the Tao can establish a firm foothold here, reverse the flow, and in the midst of inversion, disasters turn into blessings, and punishments into virtues. This is what is meant by "the elixir is completed within an hour."

As Han Yun pointed his finger at Lu Jin's brow, Lu Jin felt the rebellious life-giving energy he had cultivated for a hundred years flowing joyfully in the golden light, forming a vortex of energy in his brow, transforming into a nascent elixir, and spontaneously transforming into a purer state.

Those obstacles that had troubled him for decades now melted away like ice in spring.

He suddenly burst into laughter, the sound shaking down the pine needles in the mountains. The white aura around him completely transformed into a pale gold, and his appearance visibly rejuvenated!

"Master, I understand!" Lu Jin smiled, then suddenly burst into tears. "So, our Three Ones Sect's cultivation method was, from the very beginning..."

"wrong?"

Han Yun shook his head, "No, it's just that the founder of the sect missed a step."

He reached out and caught a falling pine needle: "Upward and downward are one, just like this leaf. Do you think it grows upward or returns to its roots?"

"If you only seek to go against the grain, you will never be able to return to the original state; if you only seek to follow the grain, you will never be able to return to the original state. Even if you truly reach the third level of rebirth, you will not be able to return to the human form."

"Humans themselves are the elixir of heaven and earth. To obtain it, one must reverse one's own state, abandon the center and take the opposite, transforming oneself into primordial qi. This is a fallacy!"

"The elixir in Dan Gong is the anchor of the fundamental nature and life. It is also the center, the center of Yin and Yang, the center of nature and life, so it can freely transform between emptiness and reality."

"That's why I say the founder of the Three Ones Sect overlooked one crucial step, which was precisely the most important one. He only sought the 'three' of reversing life, but lacked the 'one' of the elixir essence!"

(End of this chapter)