Water elemental became a god, ultimately becoming the master of heaven, earth, mountains, and rivers

Chapter 226 The Seventy-Two Heavenly Ordinances (Establishing the Worldview, Important)
Inside the water cave, which was already dark and gloomy, only a few luminous water plants faintly illuminated an eerie green light.

At this moment, Chen Shunan sat cross-legged on a white snake, his fierce eyes flashing and his temperament gloomy. He was playing with a beautiful woman with almond-shaped eyes and a pitiful appearance, truly befitting a villain.

Chen Shunan had long ago explored and understood the effects of the divine power of "blessing the world's guardian deities".

The term "blessing" inherently refers to the imposition of a certain power on other living beings.

If Chen Shunan chooses Qing Ji as the guardian deity blessed by his compassionate vow, the deity will gain the additional abilities of the Human-Walking Armored Horse and the Cloud-Walking Armored Horse.

Furthermore, it will not affect the guardian deity's own strength, or most of its thoughts and intelligence.

The reason it is the majority is because of the support provided.

This guardian deity will then be completely imprinted with Chen Shunan's mark, maintaining its own thoughts and character when facing others.

But in front of Chen Shunan, they would be slaves and servants, with no possibility of betrayal or even the slightest intention to harm him.

If Chen Shunan could truly empower Tianxuan Saintess to become his guardian deity, he would not only have another devoted protector, but also receive many secrets of the immortal path. He could even infiltrate the enemy's ranks and have Tianxuan Saintess work with him from within.

This would allow Yue Shan Taoist Temple to reduce or even ignore its own suspicions and continue to make a fortune in silence!

Get it in one fell swoop!
"Hmm~"

Within the divine light, the Holy Maiden Tianxuan seemed to have no bones, limp and powerless, her eyes lifeless, foaming at the mouth. She only managed to utter a cry before a wisp of true spirit rose from between her brows to above her head, radiating a gentle auspicious glow.

Chen Shunan could clearly perceive that thick or thin threads of cause and effect were wrapped around the true spirit of Tianxuan Saintess.

The thickest one naturally belongs to Yueshan Daoyuan, which is the "Five Capital Immortals" sect mentioned by Tianxuan Saintess.

The rest, whether large or small, are the various grudges and entanglements that Tianxuan Saintess has accumulated over her cultivation.

Some causal relationships are naturally not worth mentioning.

But the one representing the Five Immortals sect was as deep as the sea, with no end in sight. The occasional ripples sent a chill down Chen Shunan's spine.

Fortunately, the divine light that came with the blessing ignored these causal lines and directly enveloped the true spirit of the Heavenly Maiden.

With just one turn, the refining is complete.

Let these causes and effects continue to entangle the true spirit of Tianxuan Saintess.

From this day forward, however, Tianxuan Saintess will take Chen Shun'an's orders as her highest priority.

Unless Tianxuan Saintess's actions are exposed, other cultivators would need to have a higher rank than the Water Element Emperor to discover that Tianxuan Saintess has been refined into a guardian deity from the perspective of cause and effect.

"Wake up."

Chen Shunan sat atop the white snake, his gaze deep and mysterious, as if uttering divine decrees, and gently touched it.

The true spirit returned to its place and flew back into the space between the eyebrows of the Holy Maiden Tianxuan.

The next instant, Tianxuan Saintess regained her beautiful appearance, with fair skin, bright teeth, and ethereal grace.

Upon seeing Chen Shunan, she immediately bent over, knelt on the ground, pressed her head to the ground, and spoke through her full lips.

"This humble god Tianxuan pays respects to the Supreme God!"

"Get up."

Chen Shunan looked at Tianxuan Saintess with great interest, and felt that the divine way was indeed domineering.

By guiding others to godhood, one can undermine the foundation of the immortal path and do so from the perspective of cause and effect, without the other party discovering it.

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful beyond words!

Just ...

Chen Shunan frowned and looked at his remaining wishes.

【Wish - 1800】

[Wish: 106]

The mere blessing of Tianxuan Saintess caused Chen Shunan's hard-earned wishes to almost vanish overnight.

"The price was high, but it's time for Chen to reap the rewards..."

Therefore, Chen Shunan's gaze toward Tianxuan Saintess became even more ardent.

He asked the question that had been bothering him for days and was what he was most curious about.
"What exactly are you immortals? And what is that barrier of perception that affects the Holy Dynasty and even the entire world?"

Tianxuan Saintess dared not conceal anything. After careful consideration, she slowly spoke.
"When we cultivators open our meridians and enter the Dao, we are guided by a superior cultivator to recite the following Dao verse—"

The sky is vast and boundless, where the six elements circulate to form the four seasons; the earth is thick and deep, where the five elements transform to create all things.

The four seasons and all things bring forth the principles of Heaven. However, the principles of Heaven are like the tide, rising and falling. When they rise, all kinds of Dharma lineages are like fire and meteors in the night, shining brightly. When they fall, the Dharma lineages are like yellow leaves in autumn, withering and disappearing from the world.

The lineage has a total of seventy-two branches, which correspond to the seventy-two heavenly branches, divided into the [Misty Heavenly Branch], the [Shaman Heavenly Branch], etc...." As the Holy Maiden Tianxuan slowly recounted the story, Chen Shunan finally gained an unprecedented understanding of this world.

This world is indeed as described in the annotations left by what appears to be Grandmaster Tieyu.

The heavens are round and the earth is square, and the six qi (yin, yang, wind, rain, darkness, and light) interact and transform with the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, and earth).

It's like the intersection of the vertical and horizontal lines on a chessboard; one of the intersections represents a "lineage of Dharma".

When the six energies interact with the five elements, one can obtain the 30 manifest [Dharma lineage], which is the intersection point in the center of the chessboard. There is one energy and one line as the pillar, shining brightly. It is the path to immortality in this world, and the profound strategy for transcendence.

Beyond the center, there are 22 external manifestations of the Dharma lineage, each possessing only one breath or one line. These are subtle and subtle, hence dim and lonely. Although they can fly and escape into the earth, and are the best at killing, they are not favored by the principles of Heaven at this time. Ultimately, they are just clay bricks from a kiln, and when a heavy rain comes, they will surely be ruined.

Beneath this chessboard lie 20 hidden and manifest [Dharma Lineages], not formed by the Six Qi and Five Elements. They may be visitors from outer space, reflections of the moon in the sky and water, or remnants left behind after some manifest [Dharma Lineages] have annihilated the manifest [Dharma Lineages].

These seventy-two [Dharma Lineages] represent the path to enlightenment in the current cultivation world.

The so-called "three thousand unorthodox paths, eight hundred side paths, and one hundred and eight main paths" refers to the practice of following the left path.

All kinds of animal creation, witchcraft, blood magic, and aphrodisiac techniques, as well as external alchemy, internal alchemy, talismans, spirit cultivation, and sexual techniques, cannot escape these seventy-two [Dharma Lineages].

The realms of immortals, progressing from shallow to deep, include processes such as "opening the meridians" and "gathering qi"...

The meridians open, spiritual roots grow in the body, and the three gates and nine orifices are broken through one after another, gradually gaining supernatural abilities and mastering magical power.

By gathering Qi, one can collect various spiritual Qi, primordial Qi, and physical Qi from heaven and earth, thus achieving the divine beauty of the Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown and the Five Qi Returning to the Origin...

For Chen Shunan, the most direct impact of the [Misty Heavenly Net] and [Shamanic Heavenly Net] is the influence of these [Dharma Lineages] on the present world.

It also happens to be the number seventy-two.

Mist and Gauze: The sky is shrouded in mist, and a true dragon hides its scales. It is clear that Taiyi has descended to the mortal world, but they meet in the mist and gauze.

Shamanic Heavenly Code: Since the Eastern Continent entered the pass, the White Mountain people ruled the Central Plains, changed course and established the Changbai Holy Dynasty. The martial arts and immortal cultivation techniques of the Holy Dynasty all originated from the immortals!

The immortals of Changbai are demons!
Therefore, all citizens of the Holy Dynasty, whether they are martial arts practitioners who have entered the Dao, or those who are born with spiritual roots and can directly enter the Dao, or those who are birds, beasts, fish, or born from wet eggs or wombs, are all bound within the Shamanic Heavenly Net, gradually shedding their mortal bodies to become demonic bodies!

There are various kinds of Heavenly Principles, such as the Heavenly Principles of the Dragon Gate, the Heavenly Principles of the Register, the Heavenly Principles of Taboo, and the Heavenly Principles of the Derivation of Laws.

When Chen Shunan heard this, he was shocked and even cursed inwardly.

What Changbai Holy Dynasty?

Changbai Demon Dynasty!

How can you force an innocent person to become a beast?

They're all beasts!!
If Chen Shunan's guess is correct, then people like Ma Xiucai and Qingchen, who can read and study Taoist scriptures and martial arts strategies with ordinary human bodies, are the so-called 'spiritual root people'.

No need to learn martial arts to enter the Dao and directly open your meridians to cultivate immortality!
if only……

They are willing.

Thinking of this, all the doubts and questions from the past were easily resolved.

However, Chen Shunan found himself in an even greater predicament.

If the hurdle of 'the yin essence is exhausted and the corpse energy is extinguished' is derived from the [Shamanic Heavenly Principle], it is a constraint that hinders and propels martial arts practitioners step by step into demonic transformation.

That martial arts master completely suppressed this barrier, ignoring the shroud of the [Shamanic Heavenly Net], and protected the pure human body with his indestructible primordial spirit.

How can an ordinary martial artist fight against the "Shamanic Heavenly Net"?
That's giving too much importance to the path of martial arts!
Chen Shunan couldn't even imagine how Tie Yu, Zhou Haichuan, and the others had managed to reach the level of martial arts grandmaster.

Therefore, there are still great secrets hidden in the realm of martial arts grandmaster!

It may even harbor some kind of rule or power that can counter the [Shamanic Heavenly Net]!
Then why does the Changbai Holy Dynasty still so highly value martial arts masters, with various academies vying for them?
Those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts. How could those immortals who have already transformed into demons allow such a being to appear, who not only retains a human form but also possesses the power to kill immortals!

We will nip it in the bud and eliminate it if necessary!
Moreover, since the Changbai Holy Dynasty established its rule based on the "Shamanic Heavenly Law," what Heavenly Law did the previous dynasties rely on?
Where did they go?

Where did the lineage that was strongly opposed to and antagonistic to the Shamanic Heavenly Gang go, and who refused to become demons?
However, Tianxuan Saintess knew very little about this information.

After all, she was only a mid-stage cultivator at the Qi Refining stage, with relatively shallow cultivation. She was even captured alive by a True Qi Perfection martial artist like Chen Shun'an.

Therefore, I only have a superficial understanding of these celestial nets, and I only know about the [Misty Celestial Net] and the [Shaman Celestial Net]. As for the other celestial nets, I have only heard of their names.

As for the essence of the Seventy-Two Heavenly Lineages, the various corresponding Seventy-Two [Dharma Lineages], what their names are, what their characteristics are, and how to cultivate them, those are completely unheard of and far beyond her level of understanding.

Moreover, Tianxuan Saintess did not have innate spiritual roots, but rather learned martial arts later in life, using her martial arts skills to slay a thief and then embarking on the path of immortal cultivation.

After that, he spent many years cultivating diligently at Yueshan Taoist Academy until he reached the middle stage of meridian opening. After nurturing enough magical power to refine magical artifacts, he left the academy on his master's orders and traveled to the mortal world.

After all, in the early stages of opening the meridians, one is just beginning to explore the path of immortality. Their spiritual roots are unstable, and their magical power is weak. Generally, their sects would never allow them to leave the mountain, lest their initial investment be wasted...

He was easily killed by a martial arts prodigy across the border.

This is an utter disgrace to the name of the immortals!
(End of this chapter)