Xuanjian: I am the Sun Sword Immortal

The faint golden light deep within his soul had barely begun to ignite when a pull from the depths of the void silently enveloped his soul. Lou Linxian, still in his swaddling clothes, suddenly opened his eyes.

He felt it—not with his eyes, but from the depths of his soul, a strange resonance welled up within him. It was as if something had locked onto his soul the moment he was born, waiting only for this moment to unfold. Before he could even figure out what it was, a vast amount of information, like a floodgate bursting open, suddenly surged into his young consciousness.

The infant's soul was still weak and could not withstand such an impact. He only felt a dizzying sensation before his eyes, and his consciousness sank into an endless sea of ​​light.

The next moment, a profound and infinite inheritance silently imprinted itself into the depths of his soul across the endless void, while a wisp of Taiyin Xuan light enveloped him from the outside, completely concealing all the abnormal movements.

There were no stone houses, no parents, no swaddling clothes—only a blazing, sky-like radiance of the sun, and two things that floated silently in the depths of that light.

A scripture is like a blazing sun, shining brightly in all directions, its light boundless; every ray of its radiance contains the power to burn mountains and rivers.

An object that constantly shifted its form between the scriptures and the sword, with nine points of light rotating around it, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, sometimes visible and sometimes hidden. The bright ones were dazzling, while the dim ones were unfathomable, as if they were hiding some mystery that should not be easily seen.

Lou Linxian's mind was involuntarily drawn to the true manual.

An aged yet majestic voice resounded throughout his sea of ​​consciousness from the radiance of the true technique.

"The Nine Luminaries are the intercalary phases of the Sun. They receive the radiance of the Sun, receive the birth of Yang, and harmonize the three Yang phases."

The voice boomed, each word like a brand etched into his soul. Immediately afterward, the name of the secret formula naturally appeared in his mind—"Wu Daozi's Secret Formula for Observing the Sun and Manifesting the Mysterious Truth".

He "saw" the outline of this true secret.

This formula transcends the Three Mysteries, directly pointing to the origin of the sun. It is based on observing the sun to comprehend the profound, and on the dual cultivation of exoteric and esoteric practices. It connects to the sun's proper position above and inherits the generation of lesser yang below. Because the demonic nature of the bright yang is too strong, Wu Daozi wished to create a fourth yang to replace the bright yang and bring peace to all living beings. The opening lines are: "The heavenly yang does not shine, but my heart shines itself; the multitude of yin has not receded, but my way precedes." Each word of the formula is like the blazing sun suspended in the sky, its meaning vast and profound. The core of the *True Formula for the Wonderful Union of Exoteric and Esoteric Practices in Observing the Sun* lies in the two words "observing the sun."

Wu Daozi observed the sun, the five fires, and the flow of Yang energy in heaven and earth, and from this chaos, he comprehended a method for attaining the pure Yang Dao through emptiness. However, the position of pure Yang cannot be obtained through emptiness alone; it must be sought through the Nine Luminaries. The Nine Luminaries are the intercalary phases of the sun, above the sun and below the lesser Yang, harmonizing the three Yang energies in the middle. Most of this true manual describes how to obtain the position of the Nine Luminaries, only revealing the method for seeking pure Yang through emptiness at the very end.

Lou Linxian guessed that perhaps this senior hadn't managed to get this position either.

The Nine Luminaries Sword Scripture is even more specific. The True Technique governs the cultivation realm, while the Sword Scripture governs combat techniques. The Nine Luminaries Sword Scripture is based on the nine luminaries, drawing upon the sun's mysterious light as its blade. The sword is divided into nine forms, each corresponding to a form of the sun. When the sword is drawn, the true intent of the sun follows; when the light falls, all evil is repelled. It does not rely on external objects or alchemical artifacts, but purely on the spirit and yang energy to control the sword, achieving ultimate strength, refinement, sharpness, and clarity.

After seeing these two inheritances, Lou Linxian was both surprised and delighted, his soul surging with turmoil.

He was someone who had thoroughly read the original novel "Xuanjian Immortal Clan," so he naturally knew how precious such a cultivation method, which transcended the Three Mysteries and opened up a new lineage, was.

This lineage is the fourth Yang lineage—the Pure Yang lineage—created with painstaking effort by the senior named Wu Daozi. Although the original work does not mention this senior, he was probably on the same level as the First Subduing Immortal Lord in terms of creating such a supreme Dao!

He recalled the glory of the Sun Dao lineage in the original work—Dongjun, the second disciple of Qingxuan Master, was the master of the Sun, uniting the four lords into one. In Xuan, he was "Da Ri Qing Tong Ming Yu Tai Yang Xuan Jun"; in Dao, he was "Ri Gong Tai Yang Zhen Jun"; and in Shen, he was "Xuan Shen Yuan Zhen Zi Yao Xian Jun" who was "Xuan Yu Zhu Yu Shen Jun". When Tianlang was killed, two generations of great saints were so frightened that they paid homage to the Sun.

Even if the inheritance in my hands cannot achieve pure Yang, it points directly to the intercalary position of the sun, [Nine Luminaries], which is extremely powerful judging from the name!

As a transmigrator, he had read the original novel, *Xuanjian Immortal Clan*. The mainstream cultivation system in the Xuanjian world is the Purple Mansion Golden Core Path—embryonic breathing, Qi cultivation, foundation building, Purple Mansion, and Golden Core, proceeding step by step. The core of the Purple Mansion Golden Core Path is "cultivating one's nature, seeking destiny through one's nature." Upon reaching the perfection of the Purple Mansion, one burns all supernatural powers together, gambling everything to sense the Golden Core fruit. Success makes one a Golden Core True Person; failure results in death and the annihilation of one's Dao.

However, the two cultivation methods before him were completely different from the Purple Mansion Golden Elixir Path he knew.

He forced himself to calm down and carefully sensed the Daoist principles contained within the true techniques and sword manual. The more he sensed, the deeper the shock in his heart became.

These two cultivation methods do not follow the path of the Purple Mansion Golden Elixir, but rather the path of cultivating both body and mind through "breath control and self-cultivation".

The Purple Mansion Golden Elixir Path pursues "Golden Nature"—at the moment of Purple Mansion perfection, one burns supernatural powers, condenses Golden Nature, senses the fruition position, and either ascends to heaven in one step or falls off a cliff in one step. However, the Breath Cultivation and Nature Nourishing Path is different. It follows the path of cultivating both nature and life, not rushing to seek Golden Nature, but first cultivating one's own nature and life, allowing the Immortal Foundation to gather destiny and spiritual energy. Once supernatural powers are achieved, one raises the Ascending Yang Mansion into the Great Void to become a Refined Spirit. It does not seek to ascend to heaven in one step, but seeks to advance step by step.

The foundation of immortality in the Purple Mansion Golden Elixir Path corresponds to supernatural powers, each with clear attributes and uses; however, the foundation of immortality in the Breath Cultivation Path is attributeless, like a blank sheet of paper, requiring the practitioner to comprehend and draw upon it themselves, without a fixed template to follow. More importantly, the Breath Cultivation Path allows one to condense their own golden nature before ascending to a higher position—"when the golden nature is activated, destiny is formed naturally." Although one does not ascend to a higher position, it is still stronger than a typical Purple Mansion cultivator.

This means that the Dao of Nourishing Qi and Cultivating Nature is far more difficult to cultivate than the Dao of the Purple Mansion Golden Elixir—the threshold is higher, progress is slower, there are no ready-made templates of supernatural powers to copy, and every step requires one to comprehend the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth on one's own. But once mastered, the upper limit is also far higher than that of the Dao of the Purple Mansion Golden Elixir.

It's like... the Purple Mansion Golden Elixir Path is a paved road, although the last step is a gamble with your life, the path ahead is clear; while the Breath Cultivation Path is a desolate path that you have to forge yourself, every step is extremely difficult, but it may lead to a higher peak.

Lou Linxian's heart sank.

He recalled the records of the Dao of Breath Cultivation in the original work. Qi Lanyan wanted to cultivate the Dao of Breath Cultivation. What was the result? "Ten years without obtaining Qi" - for a full ten years, he couldn't even obtain the first breath of the path. He wasted his years, watching helplessly as his peers who were Golden Core cultivators of the Purple Mansion realm broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage and even attempted to break through to the Purple Mansion realm, while he was still stuck in the same place.

The problem is that this book, "Wu Daozi's Secret and Wonderful Methods of Observing the Sun," is a method for cultivating one's inner nature and nourishing one's spirit. It completely lacks any explanation of how to condense the six chakras of fetal breathing, how to gather qi, or how to build a foundation for immortality. The entire book is about how to sense and interact with heaven and earth.

He sighed, suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his mind, shifted his attention away from the cultivation technique, and followed the connection in his soul to "look" deeper.

The cultivation technique is only one part of the inheritance. There are other things in the Hongwai Lost Mansion.

His "gaze" pierced through the void, passed through layers of arrays and restrictions, and landed deep within a frozen cave. The cave was not large, but it was extremely elaborately arranged—the four walls were engraved with intricate star patterns, and in the center was a cold jade platform, on which three things were placed.

On the far left is a jade box about a foot square. The lid is half open, and a ray of golden light shines through it. That light is extremely pure; it is not ordinary fire elemental energy, nor is it mixed sunlight refraction, but the true essence of the sun—the essence of the sun.

Lou Linxian remembered very clearly how precious the essence of the sun and the radiance of the moon were. By the time the Xuanjian opened, the radiance of the moon outside the Xuanjian was almost extinct. Even the Pure One Dao lineage hadn't found much of it in hundreds of years, forcing Yuan Shang to cultivate several lower-level divine abilities that didn't require the radiance of the moon. The rarity of the essence of the sun was no less than that of the radiance of the moon; apart from the small amount produced by the Jieyu Land, only some remnants remained in certain grotto-heavens.

This box of Sun Essence alone, if taken out, would likely shake the entire Jieyu Land. Even Purple Mansion cultivators would be envious of spiritual resources of this caliber, let alone such a large quantity. It should be known that besides those who cultivate the sun, Sun Essence can also be used to transform into the spiritual resources of the Five Fires; often, a single Sun Essence can be transformed into several portions of Fire Virtue spiritual resources.

Beside the jade box were two celadon jade bottles. The bottles were inscribed with the words "Golden Sun Radiance" and "Long-Legged Pheasant Fire" respectively. Lou Linxian knew that these were extremely high-grade fire-elemental spiritual energies from the Xuanjian World—Golden Sun Radiance was spiritual energy condensed from the golden radiance of the sun, far superior in grade to ordinary fire-elemental spiritual energy; Long-Legged Pheasant Fire was a unique spiritual fire of the Feather Clan, said to be the natal true fire of the Luan Bird Clan, something ordinary cultivators could never have seen.

And in the very center, a sword was stuck in the ground.

The sword was a pale gold color, and although the blade was only a little over three feet long, it exuded an indescribable sharpness.

The sword's blade is long and narrow, like flowing sunlight, and its color is a pale gold. Nine star patterns are engraved along the spine, corresponding to the nine luminaries. Two ancient seal characters are engraved on the hilt:

"Patrolling the Heavens".

On the blade, there is a line of finely written characters: "The Nine Luminaries patrol the heavens, the sun is supreme. The sun and moon traverse the sky, rivers flow across the land. Those who inherit my way shall wield this sword to prove their pure Yang."

The scabbard is crafted from a blend of phoenix tree wood and the essence of the sun, its sharpness concealed yet possessing a heaven-splitting edge. This sword is inherently one with the *Nine Luminaries Sword Scripture*, and only a sun-based sword cultivator can wield it. This "Sky-Patrolling Sword" is clearly a magical artifact used in conjunction with the *Nine Luminaries Sword Scripture*. Judging from the nine luminaries markings on the sword, its grade is likely far superior to ordinary magical artifacts, at least at the level of a magic treasure. More importantly, the sword contains a sword intent—that sharp intent—that originates from the same source as the *Nine Luminaries Sword Scripture*.