Covering the Sky: I Prove the Great Dao Through the Gate of Immortality

"There are endless doors between the dust particles, and so are our bodies. Our seemingly insignificant bodies contain countless doors to the Tao. By constantly examining these doors, we can discover our true selves. This is cultivation."

"You are all wise, so there is no need to say more. Now I will tell you what the sea of ​​suffering is."

"There are countless methods in the world, but they all lead to the same goal. All methods begin the path of cultivation from this point on."

Elder Wu Qingfeng skipped the usual rhetoric used to guide his disciples and went straight to the point, beginning to recount the initial stages of cultivation.

As time goes by and years pass, some things can live forever, while others, like cicadas, sing for a lifetime but never live beyond autumn, or float in the air and die in the blink of an eye, their lives passing by in a flash.

Everything has a place of origin and beginning, and the place of origin and beginning for the human body is below the navel, which is called the wheel of life and is the fundamental place where the life essence of the human body is stored.

The Wheel of Life: Ordinary people give birth to children, Taoists give birth to themselves, and cultivators who wish to embark on the path to immortality begin with the Wheel of Life.

In the course of a mortal's life, the wheel of life gradually dries up, and time, like a carving knife, leaves a mark on it every year, like the rings of a tree.

When a mortal reaches the end of his or her life, the wheel of life will be etched with the scars of time, and that is the moment when the wheel of life will shatter and the mortal's life will come to an end.

The sea of ​​suffering submerges the wheel of life, and time simultaneously erodes it; hence the saying of crossing the sea of ​​suffering.

The journey of spiritual practice begins with creation in the sea of ​​suffering, which is then sacrificed to form a divine bridge leading to the other shore, allowing one to cross the end of the sea of ​​suffering.

Time flowed slowly by, and Elder Wu Qingfeng spoke at length, from the essence of cultivation to common knowledge in the cultivation world. The two absorbed the information like sponges.

Finally, Elder Wu Qingfeng took out a book that was said to be the most powerful basic method in the world—the Daoist Scripture.

The Daoist scriptures, named after the Dao, speak volumes about their significance. They are texts of the Great Dao, the supreme law.

Now, Li Chenzhou has also obtained the beginning chapter of the Daoist scripture.

Next, the old man explained the scriptures to Ye Fan and Pang Bo.

The Daoist scripture, in its chapter on the Wheel of Life, is not long, containing only a few thousand words, but the principles contained within are extremely profound.

At the beginning of cultivation, if one is not guided and relies solely on self-comprehension, even a peerless genius may not gain anything.

Li Chenzhou was listening to Elder Wu Qingfeng's explanation of the Taoist scriptures. He discovered that many of the principles in the Taoist scriptures were similar to his martial arts, and he could even find many overlapping principles in some classic chapters on Earth.

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A hidden valley outside Lingxu Cave.

Li Chenzhou sat cross-legged, and under the reflection of his mind, the position of the Wheel of Life was clear in his mind.

"The Wheel of Life is located below the navel, which is also the location of the Dantian. Martial arts cultivation also involves the cultivation of the Dantian. As the saying goes, with one inhalation, all the meridians converge; with one exhalation, all the acupoints open. Breathing in and out, true energy flows like a tide. This is precisely the method of stimulating the vitality of the Dantian with divine intention."

"Scientific explanations also exist regarding the cultivation of the dantian. The dantian is actually the central hub of the human body. It regulates and integrates the power of the waist, hips, and legs through abdominal pressure, forming a holistic power structure that is contested from six directions and supported from eight directions."

Through the method of impact described in the Taoist scriptures, Li Chenzhou quickly opened up the sea of ​​suffering, and a hazy ray of light appeared under the "perspective" of his mind.

"This is my sea of ​​suffering, indeed, nothing special."

Li Chenzhou's expression remained calm, showing no disappointment. He was of ordinary constitution, and everything was within his expectations.

"In the Dharma-ending Age, after the physical body sees the divine, the physical quality reaches the limit of the human body. No external training method can continue to improve the physical strength. The essence is that these methods cannot absorb and refine the nutrients that the human body eats. It is a state where there is no way to improve."

"The power of the mind is all-pervasive, capable of refining areas that martial arts techniques cannot reach. More importantly, wherever the will of the mind goes, the force seeps into the bone marrow and pores like liquid mercury, washing away impurities and reforging the bones. Over time, even ordinary bones can develop the quality of metal and stone."

"However, if the power of the mind is limited to this, how can martial arts be considered to have limitless potential?"

Thinking of this, Li Chenzhou lowered his eyes and focused his mind three inches below his navel, like a perfectly round pearl sinking into a deep abyss. At this moment, all sounds were still, and only the pores of his body opened up to the sky, connecting heaven and earth.

Humans are like a bridge between heaven and earth, connecting the pure and the impure.

Countless streams of heaven and earth essence surged forth, like rivers flowing into the sea, all entering the wheel of life. Li Chenzhou sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, his clothes billowing without wind, as if the roars of dragons and tigers were penetrating his bones.

Li Chenzhou was one with the universe, sitting in meditation, yet his body was like a starburst and a dragon swallowing its prey. His brows suddenly brightened as if a third eye had been opened. When gathering qi, he was like a tyrant conquering the eight wastelands; when returning to the origin, he was like a sage king ruling with ease.

After a long while, Li Chenzhou opened his eyes, his expression calm.

"Where I breathe, heaven and earth breathe; when my heart stirs, the universe breathes."

The essence of heaven and earth was calm and still, without any ripples, and Li Chenzhou opened up the sea of ​​suffering.

"The divine hibernation is in the sea of ​​suffering, the breath is as thin as a thread, the pores of every bone open and close, and one can see the slightest ripples in the sea of ​​spiritual energy. This is why I quickly cultivated the sea of ​​suffering, without even needing various elixirs containing the essence of heaven and earth."

With the power of his mind, the essence of heaven and earth flowed into his sea of ​​suffering in an endless stream. He didn't need any elixirs or panaceas at all. At least at his current level, so-called elixirs and panaceas were like roadside weeds to him, except for the elixir of immortality.

Li Chenzhou's mind was immersed in a sea of ​​bitterness, yet his brows shone with light.

"Ancestors are not to be followed blindly, nor are the ways of Heaven to be feared!"

"Spiritual cultivation, with the body as the seed, the demonic embryo, fusion!"

With a thought, Li Chenzhou closed all the pores on his body, seemingly seeing but not seeing, seemingly hearing but not hearing. Having cultivated the ability to see one's own body, closing the acupoints of the body was not difficult for him. With a thought, he could close all the countless pores on his body, without a trace of divine power leaking out.

In the end, he even shut down his mental consciousness at the level of breath, entering a state of mind that was neither thinking nor not thinking, like never before.

With the Demonic Prison Mystic Embryo Scripture in operation, Li Chenzhou's body was like a sealed hell, and his divine power and blood energy were like the demonic power of hell, extremely domineering.

Within his sea of ​​suffering, divine power, divine runes, and vital energy condensed, and even the power of his mind converged towards the center of the sea of ​​suffering, transforming into a black bell—this was the demonic seed.

The Demon Seed is the Demon Bell!

Black Bell, like a seed, floated in the center of the Bitter Sea. It was only the size of a meson and constantly absorbed strands of divine power, emitting a crisp sound that only Li Chenzhou could hear.

The black bell, shaped like an inverted invert, was ancient and exquisite. As it vibrated, Li Chenzhou's divine power and spiritual power surged into the demonic bell, intertwining and merging within it, transforming into wisps of black mist before disappearing.

Li Chenzhou was surrounded by black light, which distorted the light inside the thatched hut. He seemed to have become a black hole. When sunlight shone on him, the light mixed with the essence of heaven and earth was absorbed by his body.

"The physical body is a prison, divine power is a demonic seed, and the eyes, ears, mouth, nose, tongue, body, and mind are the prison gates. Seal the prison gates, hone the demonic seed, advance fiercely and bravely, and temper the physical body."

Li Chenzhou looked delighted. To this day, he has initially integrated the two systems using the Demon Prison Mystic Embryo Scripture, and has embarked on his own path to heaven.

At the level of fetal breathing, the spiritual power of heaven and earth flowed into the sea of ​​suffering almost continuously, and the demonic prison embryo used its body as a prison, only allowing the energy to enter but not exit, which made Li Chenzhou's divine power grow rapidly and his strength become more and more vigorous.

Another quarter of an hour passed, and the spring water in Li Chenzhou's Bitter Sea began to flow.

Another hour passed, the divine spring gushed forth, the wheel of destiny roared, and a rainbow bridge pierced the heavens, leading directly to the other shore.

Half a day later, the five gods of the Taoist palace chanted scriptures, their voices resounding throughout the body. The heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys all transformed into the five elemental deities, sitting in the five directions of the heavens.

Until the moment the Four Extremes Secret Realm opened.