novelapdf Chapter 102 Reflections
Chapter 102 Reflections
Chapter 103 Understanding the Five Elements
Although invitations have been widely sent out for the celestial wedding ceremony of Emperor Jun and Xihe, such a momentous event that shakes the entire primordial world cannot be prepared overnight.
Guests from all directions, celestial court etiquette, sacrifices to Heaven and Earth—everything requires careful planning.
There was still some time before the wedding day, so Xuan Yao had his own plans and didn't need to rush back out of the mountains.
Inside the secret chamber, the clear light of the cold pool rippled slightly, and the ancient Enlightenment Tea Tree stretched its branches and leaves, with a faint Taoist charm flowing among the leaves.
Xuan Yao sat cross-legged under the tree, calmed his mind, and slowly sank into his spiritual platform.
He has now attained the Dao fruit of Taiyi Golden Immortal, and the five elements in his chest converge, making his magical power far more profound than before.
Although he had achieved the required level of cultivation, he still needed to use the power of the Taiyi Sect to reorganize his personal supernatural abilities and protective spiritual treasures to avoid leaving any hidden dangers when facing enemies in the future.
The most important thing right now is to improve that evil-looking protective divine power.
Previously, outside the ancient cave in the Southern Wilderness, he had used the origin of a Great Luo ferocious beast for the first time to severely injure that Taiyi early stage divine ox. While the power was indeed remarkable, the danger of backlash from the baleful aura was also right in front of him.
If that ancient malevolent force cannot be truly suppressed, it will inevitably become a major threat if it is activated too many times in the future.
Xuan Yao reached into his sleeve and took out the five-colored divine stone that Kong Xuan had given him.
With this stone suspended in front of you, the five colors of light—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—flow and circulate within it, their interplay of light and shadow revealing a wondrous cycle of mutual generation and restraint.
Xuan Yao activated his Purple Mansion Dharma Eye, contemplating day and night the principles of the Five Elements' operation within the divine stone.
He knew in his heart that Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light was a unique and powerful divine ability, known as the ability to cleanse anything, and its origins could not be fully understood by a single Enlightenment Stone.
But the paths of life are many, yet they all ultimately have commonalities.
By applying the principles of the five elements' mutual generation and restraint, Xuan Yao actually figured out a way to suppress evil spirits.
No matter how ferocious the true spirit of that Great Luo Beast may be, its origin is ultimately still within the Five Elements of Heaven and Earth.
Since it is within the Five Elements, the power of the Five Elements can be used to divide and suppress it, so that its foundation, sharpness, qi and blood, vitality, and malevolence are all controlled.
Once the thought was made up, the Yin-Yang Water and Fire Guardian General in Xuan Yao's sea of consciousness suddenly opened his eyes.
The Dao wheel behind the deity's head, which originally only circulated water and fire, gradually began to generate three colors: metal, wood, and earth. The five colors combined and circulated without obstruction.
As the power of Taiyi was poured in, five chains of the Five Elements hung down from the Dao Wheel.
The earthen chain was dark yellow, thick and heavy as a mountain, falling directly to the root of the ferocious beast's true spirit, firmly nailing it deep into its spiritual platform.
The golden chains were cold and sharp, binding its limbs and claws, preventing its ferocious blades, which could tear through the void, from fully unleashing their power.
The water chain, a deep blue, stretches endlessly, seeping into the illusory blood and qi, binding its rampaging and violent power.
The verdant wooden chains, teeming with life, have transformed into layers of cages, confining their natural growth.
The fiery chain, pure and yang, transformed into a ball of Southern Bright Fire, burning away the bloodthirsty and malevolent energy emanating from the true spirit day and night.
The five chains fell together, making them much more secure than the previous crude water and fire locks.
The true spirit of that ancient ferocious beast was divided and suppressed by the five elements. Even with the remaining power of the Great Luo Origin, it could no longer cause as much trouble as before.
Xuan Yao used his divine sense to repeatedly deduce and carefully examine the key points.
With these five elements chains suppressing it, the danger of the evil energy backlash is reduced by at least 50%.
Moreover, when he unleashes his malevolent energy to fight his enemies, the power of his malevolent energy, after undergoing the cycle of the five elements, becomes even more lethal than before.
Only after this method was completed did Xuan Yao feel at ease.
This malevolent protective power has now truly become a trump card that can be controlled at will.
After sorting out his supernatural abilities, Xuan Yao turned his attention to his personal magical artifact.
He first unleashed the Flying Golden Sword.
This sword was originally a top-grade acquired spiritual treasure, with extremely sharp edge.
Xuan Yao poured Taiyi's magical power into the sword, and the sword immediately emitted a clear and long sound. The platinum sword light flashed through the secret room.
Under the cleansing power of Taiyi magic, the acquired restrictions within the sword body unfolded layer by layer, eventually expanding to thirty-three.
Xuan Yao then activated the Nine-Colored Wood Qi of the Liver Palace and the Southern Bright Fire of the Heart Palace to further temper the sword.
Wood can ignite fire, and the nine-colored wood energy acts as fuel, aiding the Southern Bright Fire to penetrate the sword's core. Where the firelight passes, interwoven blue and red Dao patterns gradually emerge on the sword's surface, seemingly imbued with spirituality.
Xuan Yao pointed his fingers and sent the flying golden sword flying through the air.
A platinum sword beam could be seen moving through the secret chamber, and wherever the sword light passed, fine scorch marks were left in the void.
This sword is now not only sharper than before, but it can also first burn through defenses with the power of wood and fire generating each other, and then use the sharpness of metal to cut into vital points.
An ordinary Taiyi Golden Immortal would likely find it difficult to withstand this sword strike without the protection of powerful treasures.
After sheathing the Flying Golden Sword, Xuan Yao summoned the Xuan Sha Golden Whip.
This treasure is a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, and it is also the heaviest weapon of destruction in his hands.
In the past, his cultivation was still shallow, and he spent countless years of hard work to only break through a few innate restrictions.
Now that he has attained the Taiyi level, his Taoist cultivation and magical power are incomparable to what they were before.
Xuan Yao infused his natal Xuan Sha and Taiyi magic power into the golden whip.
The whip shone with a brilliant black-gold light, and the innate restrictions within it were broken down layer by layer. The tenth, eleventh, and so on, until the eighteenth innate restriction was completely broken through, only then did the precious light on the golden whip gradually subside.
Xuan Yao gripped the whip handle, feeling the whip's weight as solid as a mountain, its power to sever evil and shatter spirits deeply hidden.
With his current magical power, he only needs to lash out with his whip to make the dark golden light a direct threat to a late-stage Taiyi cultivator.
As for the top-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Treasure-Falling Coin, Xuan Yao remained extremely restrained.
This treasure can summon all the magical artifacts in the world; its mysteries are beyond words. However, each time it is used, it diminishes one's own fortune.
The matter of destiny may seem ethereal, but it is the foundation upon which cultivators stand in the primordial world.
Xuan Yao cultivates the Great Dao of Blessing and Virtue, and is most concerned about cause and effect and destiny. He has long made up his mind that he will not use this treasure lightly unless he is facing a life-or-death situation.
With all his supernatural powers and magical treasures sorted out, Xuan Yao's cultivation level was also completely stabilized.
Several days later, he ended his seclusion and walked out of Qingxuan Cave.
From then on, Xuan Yao would preach the Great Dao in the inner mountain every morning.
The disciples of the Qingheishan lineage were all delighted to hear the Master preach.
The eldest disciple Yan Yuanzi, the guardian spirit bird Lingxiao, the green-robed boy Qingya, the red-haired boy Yuanguo, as well as the white fox clan chief and the Yanyuan clan's ancestor Yan Heng, all arrived early at the foot of the platform to listen respectfully.
Xuan Yao sat upright on the Dao platform, his body surrounded by faintly visible five-colored rays of light.
He did not simply preach obscure and difficult-to-understand principles of the Way of Heaven, but instead used his own experience of the Five Elements returning to their origin to explain the foundation of the Way of Taiyi.
His words are not profound or unfathomable, but they are grounded in the practicalities of cultivation.
He explained how the five elements generate and restrain each other, how blessings and virtues harmonize yin and yang, and how mysterious evil spirits transform into protective sharpness.
As the Daoist chants circulated, the spiritual energy around the Daoist platform slowly gathered, transforming into illusory golden lotuses that bloomed and dispersed in mid-air.
The golden lotus scattered points of clear light, which fell into the bodies of the disciples, making them feel refreshed and their magical power spontaneously generated.
The people in the audience were at different levels, and their understanding varied in depth.
Qingya and Yuanguo listened intently, gaining a deeper understanding of the flow of energy within the mountain's formation.
Lingxiao closed his eyes and concentrated, his Wind and Thunder Wings trembling slightly, as if he were using the principles of the Five Elements to deduce the Wind and Thunder Escape Technique.
The White Fox Clan Chief and Ancestor Yan Heng, both Golden Immortal cultivators, were deeply moved upon hearing this, feeling as if the bottleneck that had plagued them for many years was beginning to loosen.
The one who benefited the most was still the eldest disciple, Yan Yuanzi.
Yan Yuanzi was born from a primordial water and fire spirit embryo, possessing an extraordinary origin. After listening to Xuan Yao explain the wonders of the five elements' circulation, he suddenly understood.
Water and fire may seem to be mutually destructive, but under the rule of the Five Elements, they may not be unable to complement and generate each other.
He integrated this insight into himself and, by revisiting the Water and Fire Refining Realm Array he had comprehended in his early years, suddenly saw many key points that he had never understood before.
As the formation operated, water and fire interacted without causing chaos, intertwined without clashing, and their power increased several times over.
In addition to his daily sermons, Xuan Yao would also stroll in the mountains to observe the spiritual energy of various places.
His most frequent destination was that branch of the peach tree.
This branch has been growing very well since it produced the fairy fruit.
Those seven or eight unripe peaches, nourished by the harmonious balance of water and fire in the Qinghei Mountain, and further nurtured by the pure and virtuous energy emanating from Xuan Yao day and night, are now gradually becoming plump.
The fine fuzz on the fruit peel slowly fades away, revealing clear water-like patterns on it.
The fragrance of the innate Ren water medicine lingers among the branches and leaves. Just one whiff of it makes one feel clear-headed and the flow of magical power smoother.
Xuan Yao estimated that, given this growth rate, the first batch of peaches would be ready to ripen in another ten thousand years.
Aside from the peach branch, the Yin-Yang divine egg placed on the white jade platform was also something Xuan Yao kept a close eye on.
Nourished by this blessed energy, the Tai Chi pattern on the surface of the divine egg becomes increasingly harmonious.
The black and white energies flowed freely over the eggshell without any stagnation.
What delighted Xuan Yao even more was that when he occasionally probed with his divine sense, he could detect a faint spiritual consciousness deep within the eggshell.
Although its consciousness was still immature, it was full of vitality, as if a sleeping young spirit was gradually awakening.
This indicates that the primordial phoenix within the egg has completely stabilized its origin and is now nurturing true innate intelligence.
When the time is right, the mighty Golden-Winged Roc will hatch from its shell.
Time stands still in the mountains; one is unaware of the changing seasons.
Under Xuan Yao's management, the atmosphere of Qingheishan Mountain became increasingly pure and upright.
The disciples each performed their duties and devoted themselves to cultivation.
The mountains are filled with spiritual herbs, and celestial birds and beasts roam freely. Clouds and mist swirl around the peaks, and the sound of springs flows into the ravines. It is already a scene of a blessed land of the Xuanmen sect. Xuan Yao spends his days honing his Taiyi Daoist skills while managing the affairs of the Daoist temple.
He was calm and composed, neither arrogant nor impatient.
In his spare time, he would sit under the Enlightenment Tea Tree, sip a cup of spiritual tea, watch the clouds rise and fall in the mountains, and wait for the imperial decree to attend the banquet at Yaochi in Xikunlun.