The primordial era began with the mythological age.

Chapter 54 Immortality, Transformation of Heaven and Man (Seeking recommendation votes and monthly tickets for further reading)

Houtu was, after all, a primordial deity, and had been exchanging ideas with Taiyi over the past year. He had also studied the acquired deity cultivation system, so it was not difficult for him to understand what Taiyi said.

However, it is ultimately too theoretical.

In order to better complete his research, Taiyi immediately said to Houtu, "Fellow Daoist Houtu, please come out of the cave and take a look at my physical body."

Hou Tu was startled upon hearing this and quickly turned around and left the cave.

Taiyi's primordial spirit has already left his body, and the spirits of his five internal organs have merged with the five internal organs and six bowels.

Houtu looked at his physical body with her three eyes and immediately confirmed her earlier guess, but she was still shocked: "So that's how it is... Fellow Daoist Taiyi, how did you do that?"

Taiyi's primordial spirit returned to his body and he laughed, "By cultivating the innate ancestral qi into an innate talisman, one can unite it with the physical body."

"If one does not possess innate ancestral energy, one must first cultivate acquired Dao talismans. When one enlightens the spirits of the five internal organs, the spirits and the Dao become one, and the spirits of the five internal organs return to the five internal organs."

Hou Tu understood upon hearing this.

Although the Five Organs Gods are innate gods, they are derived from the Five Organs.

According to Taiyi, it is the subconscious mind of the human body, the part of the body that is originally combined with the primordial spirit.

Just as the primordial spirit leaves the body, there is no worry for a time, and the physical body will continue to function. This is because the innate spirit within the physical body is still there, maintaining the basic functioning of the body together with the essence and qi of the body.

However, if the primordial spirit leaves the body for a long time and does not return, the innate spirit within the physical body will lose its origin and will be unable to generate an acquired spirit to maintain the cycle of the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit.

If the essence and qi are insufficient to nourish the innate spirit, and the innate spirit dissipates, the essence and qi of the human body will also lose their source of power, and then the qi will dissipate and the essence will wither.

This physical transformation into a god is actually the process of establishing an internal cycle of the innate spirit that is combined with the physical body, along with the essence and energy of the human body, outside of the primordial spirit.

Even if the primordial spirit is scattered or destroyed, the innate spirit that merges with the physical body will take over the function of the original primordial spirit.

This is also why Taiyi's physical body, primordial spirit, and five internal organs can now each function independently.

After realizing this, Hou Tu Shi became excited and immediately took the initiative to cooperate with Tai Yi Shi in conducting experiments.

However, since it was their first collaboration, the ferocious beast on the experimental table was quickly brought to the brink of death by the two of them, but their objective was not achieved.

The two exchanged a glance, feeling somewhat awkward.

Houtu thought for a moment and said, "I will pass on this Netherworld Divine Eye to you, fellow Daoist!"

Taiyi was overjoyed and said without any hesitation, "Then thank you very much, fellow Daoist!"

Houtu smiled and immediately imparted supernatural powers to him in Taoist language.

This supernatural ability is actually her innate ability, which is extremely mysterious.

It can see into the netherworld with perfect clarity.

The primordial spirit and the like have nowhere to hide under this eye.

However, based on what she saw and gained today, she felt that it would be entirely worthwhile to pass on the Netherworld Divine Eye.

With her current level of cultivation, the sensation was extremely strong.

What you gain today will surely benefit you greatly in the future when you attain enlightenment and realize the truth!

While the monks inside the cave were transmitting the Dharma and conducting experiments, the Taiyi clan outside was not idle either.

The Tai tribe was handed over to Yanzi and his people, who managed it very well, so he didn't need to worry about it at all.

Li Lingshi and Zhu You led the newly arrived Ao Qing and others in cultivation, and Li Lingshi's True God Realm cultivation was more than enough to suppress them.

So after greeting Juling, Taiyi used his escape technique to enter the wilderness to continue his previous cultivation, and also to conduct experiments to better capture ferocious beasts.

Moreover, inspired by the Dragon Transformation Talismans of Ao Qing and Ao Xi, he created a transformation technique that allowed him to transform his physical body into a ferocious beast without any flaws.

In this way, he began to roam freely in the wilderness, no longer needing to worry about being targeted by powerful beings deep within the wild mountains.

……

Time flies. Under Houtu's guidance, it took Taiyi a month to master the Netherworld Divine Eye, a supernatural power. With his increasingly harmonious cooperation with Houtu, the research progressed rapidly.

One year!

ten years!

century!

With increasing ease in using the Netherworld Eye, the experiments progressed smoothly.

Taiyi's physical body remained in the cave beneath the wasteland for a hundred years. Within the cave, he also conducted research and experiments with Houtu for a hundred years.

For the past hundred years, only the Five Organs God has occasionally returned to the Longmen Mountains to handle affairs.

For example, he personally presided over the sacrifices for the Human Emperor, the birthday of the Five Dragons, the birthday of the Earth Mother Goddess, and so on.

In addition, he would return to Xiaocang Mountain every now and then to answer questions for Ju Jiang and others and impart Taoist teachings.

Over the past century, Jujiang, Dawei, and Yanzi have all attained godhood through supernatural powers, embarking on a path similar to that of Taiyi.

This day.

A cave dwelling in the wilderness.

Over the past century, this place has expanded considerably.

Inside the simple cave dwelling, Taiyi and Houtu sat facing each other.

Between them, a drop of blood the size of a bean is growing rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, it grows into another "Taiyi".

It's finally done!

Both Taiyi and Houtu smiled.

This is a physical supernatural power they developed after studying ferocious beasts and the path to becoming a god through physical means.

Immortality!

For a primordial deity like Houtu, abilities such as flesh and blood regeneration are extremely easy.

Even if the physical body is destroyed, it can be rebuilt.

This immortality technique is a physical supernatural power, not a simple ability to regenerate severed arms or reshape the body. The technique that Taiyi just evolved means that even if the body is shattered, as long as there is a drop of blood or a single hair, it can be quickly restored.

Having retrieved the clone formed from a drop of blood, Taiyi plucked out another strand of hair and dropped it.

Before it even hit the ground, its hair had already grown into another version of itself.

Then, under the gaze of Houtu, Taiyi's body suddenly disintegrated and differentiated, instantly breaking down into thousands of smaller "Taiyi".

Houtu couldn't help but laugh, "It would be very convenient for conducting experiments!"

"That's not all!"

One by one, the Taiyi clan members laughed, then simultaneously opened their mouths and inhaled, a torrent of malevolent energy surging into their mouths.

In a short time, the "Taiyi Clan" grew rapidly, reaching a height of sixteen feet in the blink of an eye, filling the cave to the brim and surrounding Houtu Clan in the middle.

"It's also quite good for combat!"

Tai Yi laughed.

He had previously attained godhood through supernatural powers, his primordial spirit, the Great Dao, supernatural powers, and magical power were all integrated. Each strand of magical power could be a clone, making it very convenient for conducting experiments.

But he couldn't achieve godhood in his physical body before.

Even now, a single hair or a drop of blood from him can transform into a clone.

The entire physical body can also be divided into countless forms.

All the bodies merged together, and Taiyi suddenly transformed into a coiled azure dragon.

Houtu, upon seeing this, couldn't help but laugh and said, "You deceived the White Dragon Emperor back then!"

She said this because she clearly saw that at this moment, not only had Taiyi's body transformed into a blue dragon, but his primordial spirit had also transformed into a blue dragon.

"nonsense!"

Taiyi quickly reverted to his true form and said, "Although I had this idea at the time, my cultivation level was indeed insufficient to even change my primordial spirit."

This is the truth. Over the past hundred years, with the help of Houtu, he has made great progress, especially in his primordial spirit.

He called this method of change the transformation between Heaven and Man.

Taiyi chuckled and sighed, "However, even so, it's nothing to those with great supernatural powers."

"A single glance reveals all; it cannot be hidden."

Houtu laughed upon hearing this, saying, "There is no magic or supernatural power that cannot be broken. We can find another way to conceal the secrets of heaven, or we can cultivate this transformation supernatural power to the Great Luo Dao Realm. At that time, we will naturally have a permanent proof, and even if we look at the past and the future, we will not be able to see through it, and we can only deduce it."

The Great Luo Dao Realm?

That's way too far off!

Tai Yi shook his head secretly.

His cultivation has progressed greatly over the past century, but he has not yet reached the God Lord realm, let alone the Great Luo Dao realm, which is still 1.08 billion light-years away.

However, one should still have dreams, what if they come true?

Taiyi was in high spirits and said with a smile, "What you say is absolutely right, fellow Daoist."

The two then continued to sort through the harvests of the past century, finishing two days later.

After compiling a large amount of experimental data, Houtu suddenly said, "Fellow Daoist Taiyi, I plan to take my leave tomorrow!"

Taiyi was taken aback, then felt a pang of loss, but having no reason to stop him, he smiled nonchalantly: "Thank you for your help over the past hundred years, fellow Daoist. I hope I haven't wasted your time."

Houtu, for some reason, also felt a little reluctant and quickly said, "How can you say it's a waste? This hundred years of cultivation is better than my past thousand or ten thousand years of cultivation."

Upon hearing this, Taiyi burst into laughter: "Fellow Daoist, what you said is too unbelievable. You just said that you have only been in the world for ten thousand years."

"Shut up!"

Hou Tu couldn't help but scold and shout angrily, but then she and Tai Yi looked at each other and smiled.

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