Immortal Dao is dead, I am the mastermind behind it all.

Shen Moyan has been in the Transcendent Realm for a long time, especially after "seeing Xi Yi", his understanding of heaven and earth has reached a profound level.

Furthermore, by refining the spirit stones obtained from the previous smuggling operation, his magical power has accumulated to an extremely high level.

Building the Purple Palace was a natural progression.

Within the secluded cave, the years pass unnoticed.

Ten years later, Shen Moyan sat cross-legged, his mind sinking into his spiritual meridians and sea of ​​qi.

The magical power, which was originally as vast and pure as a lake, was now like a boiling ocean.

At the center, a point of spiritual light shone as brightly as the rising sun; that was his divine power and spiritual essence, the culmination of his cultivation.

Building a Purple Mansion is to use one's own understanding of "Daoist Rhyme" as a blueprint and vast magical power as bricks to create an inner world that belongs only to oneself within the spiritual veins and dantian.

With a thought, Shen Moyan's spiritual light suddenly burst forth in his spiritual meridian dantian.

Following the eternal Daoist principles gleaned from "seeing the unknown."

Attain utmost emptiness, and hold fast to stillness.

The light transforms into formless and shapeless points of light that encompass everything.

Silence, emptiness, yet containing infinite possibilities.

"Beyond all appearances, all phenomena are empty of inherent existence..."

Shen Moyan silently recited the mantra, his divine sense like a knife, drawing upon immense magical power to begin constructing the framework of his Purple Mansion.

Ordinary cultivators construct their Purple Palaces, or contemplate immortal mountains and pavilions, or conjure rivers, lakes and seas, following the laws of nature, or condense the myriad phenomena of stars, encompassing heaven and earth.

"The sacred mountains and blessed lands are merely nurseries for cultivation; the myriad phenomena of the stars are also within the calculations of the Preaching Stele."

"Since we must resist the Preaching Monument and transcend our constraints, why not learn from the barbarians' superior techniques to subdue them?"

Shen Moyan did not choose common concrete forms such as pavilions, towers, and blessed lands.

These things are too vulgar.

A crazy and audacious idea popped into his mind.

What he chose to build was...

Holy Court.

That's right, the Purple Palace was built based on the Holy Court!

He wants to build a miniature "Holy Court" that belongs only to him within this small space!

As soon as this thought arose, the spiritual energy in his dantian surged and boiled.

With the eternal Daoist essence as its core foundation, a hazy and illusory pillar of light slowly rose from the spiritual meridian dantian.

Like a pillar stabilizing the sea, it became the absolute center of the Purple Mansion!

It is equivalent to a preaching stele, responsible for deducing and unifying all the Daoist principles within the Purple Palace.

"The Holy Court has four rulers; I shall have four poles!"

Shen Moyan bestowed authority upon it with the most core Daoist principles he had cultivated, enabling it to guard the four directions, protect the core, and jointly maintain the operation of the Purple Palace.

In the West, the Daoist essence contained within the "Book of the Primordial Demons" is used to guard against evil.

This method was modified by Master Xu Cheng and is not the orthodox method of nurturing demons, so there is no danger of demonic seeds.

But it is also strange, as this Daoist essence has transformed into a dark and deep underworld, located at the western end of the Purple Palace.

In the East, the pure and supremely Yang Daoist principles of the "Azure Sun Rising Technique" are used to guard the region.

The Azure Sun Sword Qi is upright and peaceful, capable of dispelling evil, stabilizing the mind, and resisting external evil influences.

The sun rises in the east, and this is the mortal enemy of the demonic path.

If the demonic energy disturbs the Dao, it can be suppressed at any time.

In the south, the newly acquired "Mysterious Azure Flame" is used to guard the area.

This fire possesses both the domineering power of an emperor and the purifying power of the heavens, and can temper all things.

The cyan-gold flames transformed into an illusory cauldron in the south, slowly rotating, responsible for tempering magical power, nurturing magical treasures, and balancing the energy within the Purple Palace.

In the north, he guarded the area with the magical concept of "Black Sun Covering the Face," which he created himself.

This Daoist rhyme contains the wonders of "concealment," "concealing appearances," and "confusing the secrets of heaven."

A blurry black figure stood in the north, concealing the true nature of Shen Moyan's Purple Mansion from the outside world.

A massive amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth was frantically drawn in, gathered through the array, and poured into Shen Moyan's body.

After being refined by the "Sutra of Detachment from All Forms," ​​it transformed into the purest magical power, flowing like a hundred rivers into the sea, and into the illusory framework of the Purple Palace.

The Daoist network became increasingly clear and stable, and the entire Purple Mansion began to materialize from the void, radiating immense pressure and profound Daoist charm.

He fully activated the "Sutra of Detachment from All Forms," ​​and his mind entered the ultimate state of "no self, no person, no sentient being."

Boom!

A deafening roar, as if the heavens and earth were created, emanated from the depths of Shen Moyan's spiritual meridians and dantian.

Purple Mansion, complete!

Although it was only the most rudimentary prototype, the power of the Four Emperors was far from comparable to that of a true immortal lord.

The foundation of the Purple Palace, which imitates the "Monument to the Preaching," is merely a condensation of one's own insights.

However, the overall concept and framework of this structure already surpasses that of 99% of the cultivators in the Purple Mansion realm.

"Looking across the entire mountain and sea region, I doubt anyone other than the Xuanhuang Emperor would dare to build a Purple Mansion like this."

Shen Moyan's aura surged dramatically.

His magical power underwent a qualitative leap, and the range of his divine sense expanded more than a thousandfold!

More importantly, he felt that his control over energy and his understanding of the Dao had entered a completely new level.

He slowly opened his eyes, his pupils seemingly reflecting a flowing river of stars, a Daoist aura arising and ceasing.

Feeling the vast, stable, and infinitely potential Purple Mansion within his body, a satisfied expression appeared on his face.

Just like the laws of the Holy Court, the various forces within the Purple Mansion—magical power, divine consciousness, and even other Daoist essences that will be absorbed later—are no longer scattered forces, but rather like a highly efficient machine, each performing its own function and operating in coordination under the command of Shen Moyan's will.

[Real name: Shen Moyan]

[Race: Formless True Spirit]

[Realm: Early Stage of Purple Mansion (Taoist Cultivation)]

Current lifespan: 2750 years

[Current Skills: Instant Eternity (Innate Divine Power), Black Sun Concealing Face, Profound Dark Azure Flame, "Sword Art of the Startling Swan" (Self-created), "Scripture of Departure from All Forms" (Purple Mansion Realm), "Azure Sun Rising Technique", Paper Cutting to Create Humans (Advanced Level), "Primordial Demon Heavenly Book" (Fragment)...]

"Decades of hard work have finally paid off."

This Purple Mansion integrates all his cultivation achievements to date, possessing profound foundations and immense potential.

"The Holy Court binds the masses with the Monument to Propagation and governs the world with the Four Emperors."

"Today, within my Purple Mansion, I erect my Dao Stele and establish my Four Extremes!"

"If the opportunity arises in the future, it is not impossible... to replace their order with my order..."

A glint of light flashed in Shen Moyan's eyes.

He stood up, his aura restrained, exuding the imposing presence of a master.

Outside the cave, the sky was just beginning to lighten.

Shen Moyan had just stabilized the astonishing "Purple Mansion Sacred Court".

While his aura was still slowly calming down, the fluctuations caused by the interaction between the Daoist rhythm and heaven and earth had already spread rapidly, like a pebble thrown into a still lake.

"Are you here?"

In a short while, several streaks of light, each a different color and exuding a powerful aura, sped down from the horizon.

Upon landing in front of the cave, seven or eight cultivators of varying cultivation levels, all above the Purple Mansion Realm, were revealed.

They were dressed in various styles, their robes embroidered with emblems representing different departments of the Holy Court, and their faces wore smiles that were either sincere, scrutinizing, or formulaic.

"Congratulations, fellow Daoist, on successfully establishing your Purple Mansion! The Great Dao is within your grasp!"

"I am Zhou Mingyuan, a steward of the Examination and Assessment Department. Fellow Daoist, you have just entered the Purple Mansion realm and need to stabilize your cultivation and clarify your path. Our Examination and Assessment Department is in charge of evaluating cultivators and exchanging cultivation techniques. We have abundant resources and are the perfect choice for you!"

"Steward Zhou, you are mistaken. Fellow Daoist's aura is refined and contains a hidden sharpness, clearly indicating that your combat ability is extraordinary!"

"Our Guardian of the Way specializes in conquest and extermination of evil spirits, and we value practical combat skills above all else. We desperately need talents like you, fellow Daoist!"

"Please don't be impatient, you two. When this fellow Daoist opened his Purple Mansion, he activated the earth's spiritual energy in a peaceful and long way. He must have an extraordinary talent for array formations."

"Our Qixing Prefecture Construction Division is responsible for creating blessed lands and regulating spiritual veins, which is most beneficial to the foundation of cultivation..."

Following that, people from the Dan Ding Si, which was in charge of cultivating elixirs, and even the Feng Chang Si, which was in charge of etiquette, offered to recruit him, with each offer being more tempting than the last.