Leaving the North Pole Pavilion.
Chen Yun thought the matter was settled, and the Eastern King's Hall would take him away from the fairy city and return to the mortal world.
Unexpectedly, after departing from the North Pole Pavilion on a three-legged golden bird with the accompaniment of the Eight Scenery Coach, he headed straight towards another location.
Not long after, the Eight Scenery Coach came to a halt in front of a palace.
Chen Yun originally wanted to ask the Eastern King about where this place was.
However, before he could ask, he saw a sacred figure standing respectfully at the palace gate.
The figure was identical to Zhongli Quan, yet it was draped in armor, and its demeanor was almost completely different from that of Chen Yun's familiar mentor.
Upon seeing Wang Xuanfeng, the sacred figure immediately bowed respectfully and loudly said, "Greetings, Your Divine Majesty, the True Lord of Zhengyang enlightenment and transmission."
Wang Xuanfeng glanced at him briefly, "Disregard the formalities."
Chen Yun was somewhat confused, never quite understanding what was going on.
At that moment, Wang Xuanfeng took the initiative to explain, "He is the embodiment of Jing Dao in the celestial realm, known as the True Lord of Zhengyang enlightenment and transmission. You can address him as True Lord, without following the ritual of master-disciple relationship. I also have an embodiment in the heavenly court, which is commonly referred to as the Eastern King."
Chen Yun suddenly understood, and it then occurred to him that when he was first bought by Wang Laozhi, the other party had mentioned that his mentor had a sacred embodiment in the celestial realm.
The embodiment and the original form are different.
In simpler terms, the original form can represent the embodiment, but the embodiment cannot represent the original form.
While an embodiment is subject to the original form, it is an independent existence and has a sense of "self".
Therefore, Zhongli Quan can be referred to as "True Lord of Zhengyang enlightenment and transmission," but the True Lord of Zhengyang enlightenment and transmission cannot be called Zhongli Quan.
Chen Yun approached and bowed, "Chen Pu greets the True Lord."
The True Lord of Zhengyang enlightenment and transmission nodded slightly, "Forget the formalities."
Then, he looked at Wang Xuanfeng and said, "Eastern King, what is the matter that brings you to find me?"
Wang Xuanfeng said with deep eyes, "I wish to speak a couple of words with your original form. Could you have his consciousness take over for you?"
The True Lord of Zhengyang enlightenment and transmission said, "Very well."
Just as the words were spoken, Chen Yun saw that the expression on the face of the True Lord of Zhengyang enlightenment and transmission suddenly changed. It began from a general's aura, and suddenly became like a warm spring breeze, which was exactly the style of his mentor.
"Zhongli Quan pays homage to my teacher," the True Lord of Zhengyang enlightenment and transmission kowtowed to the ground in a bow.
Wang Xuanfang ordered him to get up, and then sighed, "Jing Dao, where is Wang Zaixi?"
The True Lord of Zhengyang enlightenment and transmission said with a firm tone, "My teacher, please forgive me for not being able to tell you. If I cannot even protect the gatekeeper, how can I face life?"
Wang Xuanfeng furrowed his brow and said, "Do you know that you are going to be divided into different forms? Fortunately, your student is filial and came to the Penglai Islands in time to seek me out. I also came to the Purple Emperor to intercede. Otherwise, in these past few days, you would have been divided into different forms and your soul would have scattered."
"Student, I understand," the True Lord of Zhengyang enlightenment and transmission smiled and shook his head. "I had originally wanted to keep this from Chong Qing, so I always told him for nine years, but I never thought that Qing Jia would betray me."
Chen Yun's feelings were mixed, "Master, if you can't save this time, won't it break the inheritance of Daoist school?"
The True Lord of Zhengyang enlightenment and transmission laughed heartily, "I have already taught you the 'Song of Breaking Through Illusion and Correcting the Path,' which is the essence of my life's work. How could the inheritance of the school of Taoism be broken?"
As he said this, his gaze became serious, "Chong You, when you leave the fairyland and return to the mortal world, please carefully contemplate the 'Song of Breaking Through Illusion and Correcting the Path' that I have taught you. You have only understood the part of refining spirit energy into gas, which is just a small spell. You have not yet grasped the true essence."
Chen Yun hurriedly replied, "I will follow the teachings of my master."
He couldn't have imagined that even as his teacher was deep in trouble, imprisoned, he still cared about his cultivation.
This persistent teaching filled Chen Yun with a myriad of emotions.
At this moment, in his heart, Zhongli Quan was no longer just a teacher who imparted knowledge, but more like a father.
After the teacher and the disciple had given their final instructions, Wang Xuanfeng finally spoke up, "Jing Dao, do not worry. Now that the battle of sealing deities has begun, your teacher and Chong You will definitely earn enough merit to absolve you of this sin."
The True Lord of Zhengyang enlightenment and transmission seemed to overlook life and death, "What joy is there in life, and what harm is there in death? As long as the internal energy cultivation of Zhongli Quan's Daoist Art can spread like wildfire, my heart will be at peace."
Wang Xuanfeng angrily scolded, "I and Chong You are worried about your safety and are in a state of great anxiety. This scoundrel is indifferent to life and death! Very well, return your consciousness to the prison of heaven. I don't want to deal with you anymore!"
The True Lord of Zhengyang enlightenment and transmission chuckled bitterly, then knelt down and bowed again, "My teacher, the student is taking leave."
After saying that, Chen Yun saw that the atmosphere of the True Lord of Zhengyang enlightenment and transmission changed back to what it was before.
Unexpectedly, the consciousness of his teacher had been "rolled" back into the prison in heaven.
"Come on, Chong You."
Wang Xuanfang did not pay any more attention to the True Lord of Zhengyang enlightenment and transmission and turned to leave.
Chen Yun hurriedly followed, "Ancestor, you brought the disciple to see the teacher, just to see him?"
Wang Xuanfeng placed his hands behind his back and said indifferently, "There are some things you don't understand. I came to see Jing Dao to ensure his safety. The celestial court may have many sacred beings, but there are always different factions. I feared that enemies might harm Jing Dao, but it seems that I was overthinking."
Chen Yun only now understood the ancestor's intention and asked out of curiosity, "Master's embodiment of Zhengyang enlightenment and transmission looks no different from the original form. How is such a spirit body cultivation achieved?"
"There are differences," Wang Xuanfeng corrected. "Jing Dao has already cultivated to the level of a celestial immortal, but his embodiment, the True Lord of Zhengyang enlightenment and transmission, is merely a regional deity, far inferior to the original form."
Chen Yun listened thoughtfully.
Wang Xuanfeng continued to speak, saying, "The deities who have been bound as gods in heaven, do not need the big law to refine out their embodiments. There is a god position and destiny chart in the Great Realm's Jade Emperor Mountain. This is a manifestation of the will of the world, hmm, put simply, it is a manifestation of the Dao with its original force. It is specifically used for those who have cultivated to high levels 'to be deified'. Generally speaking, those who ascend to immortality are directly given god power. However, some immortal beings still have their mortal bodies and do not want to live in the fairy realm for a long time. Therefore, according to the God Position and Destiny Chart, embodiments corresponding to different official positions will be evolved for those deities chosen by God's authority. They will stay in the fairy realm and guard it. This embodiment has independent consciousness and only obeys its original form."
Chen Yun blinked and said, "The embodiments evolved by the God Position and Destiny Chart seem to have a lower cultivation level than the original form. Is it just for guarding the fairy realm?"
"Not all embodiments have lower realms than the original form." Wang Xuanfeng seemed to deliberately explain in detail, "Some ordinary people are also deified. When their lives have not ended yet, they still stay in the mortal world. At this time, those embodiments in the fairy realm far exceed the original form."
Chen Yun seems to have understood. According to the ancestor's meaning, even if you are an ordinary person, as long as you are deified and come to the fairy realm, you can immediately possess the powerful strength of at least a deity. However, if your lifespan has not yet ended and you do not want to come to the fairy realm, then the God Position and Destiny Chart will give you an embodiment with the power of a deity. It will wait until your lifespan comes to an end and you have no choice but to come to the fairy realm, at which point you will merge with your embodiment.
"As for the method of transformation, it is a great law." Wang Xuanfeng had already walked over to the side of the Eighth Jing vehicle.
He turned and smiled, "If you want to learn, I can teach you."
Chen Yun, who had been listening intently, was taken aback and exclaimed, "Ancestor, are you willing to teach the great art of embodiment to your disciple?"
Wang Xuanfeng looked at him with a strange meaning in his eyes and smiled, "How about it, do you want to learn?"
Although Chen Yun has a spiritual body outside his body, it is not a true embodiment.
Now that the ancestor is willing to teach him this great art, of course, he would be eager to learn it.
He quickly replied, "I want to learn the great art of embodiment, Master."
"Alright, then I will teach you."
Wang Xuanfupu reached out and gently stroked his grandstudent's forehead.
Suddenly, Chen Yun felt that his "soul" received a large amount of information.
The information was so vast that his "soul" felt like it was on the verge of bursting.
After imparting the embodiment law, Wang Xuanfeng withdrew his palm and sat back in the Ba Jing Yue, with great interest, "One of the characteristics of the embodiment law is that it needs to be combined with a certain Dao Qi to cultivate. The stronger the Dao Qi you combine with, the stronger your embodiment power will be. For example, Emperor Wanshi Tianzun once combined Primordial Chaos Dao Qi into an embodiment of Pan Gu and opened up this world. He also once combined nine yang essence into an embodiment of Taixu Jiu Kua Tianzun."
These pieces of information, Chen Yun had already gained insight into from the great law imparted by his ancestor.
The "quality" of the embodiment is often related to the level of the Dao Qi. As the ancestor said, the higher the level of Dao Qi, the more powerful the resulting embodiment will be.
From this point of view, it seems that the embodiment can be infinitely powerful and ignore the strength of the original form.
In fact, it is not so.
Chen Yun also learned from the embodiment law that the number of embodiments and control of embodiments are closely related to one's own cultivation.
Firstly, the number of embodiments; based on his current level of cultivation, he can at most embody one.
Even if one cultivates to the level of celestial immortality, it is impossible to have endless embodiments. The most one can have is eight or nine embodiments.
Only deities above the Great Dharma Realm can possess an unlimited number of embodiments.
Like Laojun's eighty-one embodiments.
Or like the Supreme Lord of the Pure and Clear Jade Treasure's seventy-two embodiments.
These are not their limits.
It's about what they want to have as many embodiments as possible.
Secondly, the "quality" of controlling the embodiment is a very crucial issue.
Because the embodiment has independent consciousness and is an independent individual.
If the power of the embodiment far exceeds that of the original form, it is very likely to break free from the control of the original form and become an "independent" person in a real sense.
Therefore, for safety reasons, generally speaking, the power of the embodiment will be suppressed by the original form so that it does not exceed its own power.
Of course, if one wants the power of the embodiment to be stronger than that of the original form, it is not impossible either.
For instance, if Chen Yun has a powerful Dao Qi, he can embody an incarnation that is comparable to a Jin Dan True Man.
However, doing so would greatly increase the possibility of the other person breaking free from your control, which would be a costly endeavor.
So why do we need to embody in the first place?
Chen Yun has understood the reason for this from the embodiment law imparted by his ancestor.
The embodiment can take care of everything on behalf of the original form.
Furthermore, it can bear the burden of the things it does.
For example, Emperor Wanshi Tianzun, without the embodiment of Pan Gu, might be very "tired" and consume a lot of energy if he opened the heavens and earth himself. However, by embodying Pan Gu, this incarnation can open the heavens and earth on behalf of him. He doesn't have to do anything else and can still have the merit of opening the heavens. Moreover, he can even gain deeper insight into how "Dao" operates at a higher level.
In short, in a sense, an embodiment is equivalent to a life.
After understanding the profoundness of the embodiment law, Chen Yun couldn't help but be overjoyed.
He never expected that his ancestor would impart such a great law to him.
As long as he can find a Dao Qi that can be used to embody, it's like gaining an extra life!
(This chapter is completed.)
