It has been more than ten days since I parted ways with Master Jing Chen.
Chen Yun and Niu Dali embarked on another quest for treasure.
During this period, he was immersed in the process of profound enlightenment he almost attained "True Body Buddha".
Chen Yun finally achieved a tremendous breakthrough in his realm, although he did not ultimately achieve the success of achieving the way, but the enlightenment produced by such a breakthrough is something that ordinary people will never dare to dream for a lifetime.
He naturally wanted to gain more insights while the opportunity was there, so as to avoid, with the passage of time, his own feelings becoming weaker and not being able to gain any more insights.
Perhaps it is because of the tremendous breakthrough in realm, Chen Yun's damaged Dao heart has been mended.
During this period, he focused solely on enlightenment and did not practice at all.
However, the growth speed of his Yuan Shen (Primordial Spirit) still exceeded his imagination.
Particularly today, Lu Li and Niu Dali arrived near the "Storm Mountain Range".
He had a strong intuition to the utmost degree.
It seemed as if, once he could understand it, the realm of the Earthly Immortal would be within reach.
The "Storm Mountain Range" was named accordingly, as it was filled with an endless, swirling like a tornado-like spiritual energy storm.
Some of the spiritual energy storms were relatively smaller, with a diameter of about 10 meters or so.
However, there were more spiritual energy storms that were incredibly vast, with diameters of several hundred meters, not to mention that they were like celestial serpents descending to the earth, instilling a profound sense of fear.
At this moment, Chen Yun and Niu Dali were taking shelter in a cave that was beyond the reach of a spiritual energy storm.
Looking outside at the spiritual energy storm that obscured the sky and the sun, Niu Dali said softly, "Based on my experience last time, these spiritual energy storms are expected to last for seven days. After seven days, there will be a period of nine days of calm. By then, there will only be some chaotic spiritual energy currents but no more spiritual energy storms. Master Chen, should we stay here for seven days and continue our search for other treasures after the outside has calmed down?"
Sitting cross-legged on the stone, Chen Yun hummed a tune, "No rush, there's plenty of time. Just in time for me to gain some insights recently. I'll take this opportunity to practice well during the next seven days."
Talking about this, Niu Dali turned his head and said, "Oh, right, Master Chen, what exactly happened between you and Master Jing Chen over ten days ago? I could even feel from outside the Labyrinth that a supreme and inviolable power was rising within. That power is awe-inspiring and makes me so desire to turn to it."
About the near achievement of his true body as Buddha, Chen Yun had never spoken to Niu Dali about it.
The main reason is that he is a true Taoist from the Xuanmen school.
If it were to be spread that he had almost achieved the True Body of Buddha.
He might be considered a "spy" for Buddhism inserted in the Taoist gate.
Chen Yun deliberately avoided this question, "Some things happened, it's not convenient to tell you at the moment. Brother Niu, can you help me protect my cultivation for a while? I want to ponder on Dao law."
Niu Dali was truly sincere and loyal to Chen Yun, acting as a bosom friend.
Niu Dali didn't hesitate and said, "Okay, go ahead and cultivate Dao law. I will definitely protect you."
Chen Yun said a "thank you" and plunged into deep contemplation.
He could be quite certain of one thing; his Dao heart had indeed been mended, and he need not worry about going mad from practicing his cultivation incorrectly.
Therefore, in his current state, he had already reached the condition to breakthrough into the realm of Earthly Immortals.
To successfully break through to the realm of Earthly Immortals, a necessary condition is to let one's Yuan Shen (Primordial Spirit) grow to the point of detachment.
Chen Yun knew how to make his Yuan Shen grow stronger, which was essentially just practicing the third turn of the "Mr. Chen's Inner Core Technique".
After all, this turn of the technique was specifically created to condense and strengthen the Yuan Shen.
However, he hasn't had a great idea on how to make his Yuan Shen detached yet.
"I have actually detached my Yin Shen (Phantom) before. According to reason, the Yin Shen is a type of Yuan Shen. The method of detachment should be similar."
Chen Yun thought carefully, "If I improve and refine the method of the Yin Shen's detachment, could it really lead to the detachment of my Yuan Shen?"
According to the original intention of creating the third turn, it should be: with the three turns completed, the Yang numbers are sufficient, so the Yin turtle gradually shrinks, the intestines and stomach gradually thin out. In a month's time, there are a total of ten times of urination and defecation. One is gradually entering the realm of Earthly Immortals and will become a body without any leaks. The Qian trigram is all Yang, symbolizing pure Yang.
Simply put, this turn of cultivation should be able to reach the realm of Earthly Immortals.
Indeed, Chen Yun had already approached the realm of Earthly Immortals through practicing this turn of the technique.
He was just one step away from the final breakthrough, which was to grow his Yuan Shen to the point of detachment.
"I may need to create a fourth turn of the technique to truly enter the realm of Earthly Immortals."
Chen Yun thought for a while and said, "However, since I haven't reached the perfection of the third turn yet, it's not necessarily that I have to create the fourth turn. I can definitely try to practice to the perfection of the third turn first and see if I can detach my Yuan Shen. Then I'll make a decision."
Upon thinking of this, he roughly knew what to do.
That's right, "the Ninth Pass: Listening to the Divine Music of Tomorrow" to achieve perfection in the third turn.
Once achieving this level, whether I can breakthrough into the realm of Earthly Immortals is uncertain, but at least my "Pan Gu True Body Technique" will become perfected at the third major level, and my flesh will be so strong that it's almost unbelievable.
Chen Yun gathered all his scattered thoughts and began to practice the third turn of the technique.
When practicing this turn for the first time, a month could only practice three times.
But once the inner core entered the left ribcage, he wouldn't need to adhere to the "heavenly number" rule anymore.
Chen Yun had almost achieved perfection in this turn, so he naturally didn't need to adhere to the "heavenly number" rule anymore.
He sat cross-legged, kneeling, biting his teeth six times, and focusing his mind and breathing.
Chen Yun inhaled deeply but did not exhale, inhaling six times for each inhalation, and performed the technique six times.
Afterward, he massaged the top of his head with his left hand and the lower part of his tailbone with his right hand, mobilizing the spiritual energy within his body, each for forty-nine turns.
While massaging, Chen Yun closed his breath and continued until the count was completed. After a slight rest, he closed his breath again and continued to massage, repeating this process three times.
At this moment, he felt the heat inside his five organs like fire, which was the sign of fire element.
As he continued with the practice, a stream of heat crossed his dantian, directly into below his left rib, burning hot and shaking for a long time before dissipating.
Chen Yun sat cross-legged and looked inward, and he could clearly see a "jade pearl" like a fiery wheel beneath his left rib.
In this state, he could hear the harmonious sound of the heavens and the earth, as well as all the movements within the entire Tianyu Tang Grotto.
It seemed as if all the sounds of the world had fallen into his ears.
These abilities Chen Yun had long since acquired. However, when the cultivation state ended, these miraculous senses would disappear.
He took his time, continuing to practice the technique repeatedly.
The Yuan Shen, physical body, and Jindan (Elixir of Life) continued to grow during the practice.
Chen Yun, fully immersed in cultivation, suddenly felt a burst of brightness before his eyes.
It was as if his consciousness had broken through layer upon layer of restrictions, lifting him to a transcendent realm.
He "saw" that all living beings were suffering, and he saw the slight ripples in the trajectory of the Dao.
At this moment, it seemed as though he had returned to the time when he was about to achieve the True Body of Buddha.
What has changed is not the level of cultivation, but only the sense organs.
This miraculous sense organs brought him great benefits, and the whole person became peaceful, as if he was going to blend with the heavens and earth.
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Time passed day after day.
In the blink of an eye, seven days had passed.
The spiritual energy storm outside had subsided.
Only spiritual energy turbulence remained, still dominating in the area.
By now, Niu Dali should have continued to explore Maorui Mountain with Chen Yun.
However, Niu Dali looked at Chen Yun with a face full of divine light and did not say a word.
"Mr. Chen's full face of divine light indicates that he has reached a critical point in his cultivation."
Niu Dali stared at Chen Yun, musing to himself: "This kind of divine light, I have only seen on the elder's body before. And the elder has long since ascended to the realm of Earthly Immortals. Could it be... Mr. Chen is about to cultivate into the realm of Earthly Immortals?"
This shocked Niu Dali extremely.
The elder he was thinking of was Feng JunDa, the owner of his ancestors.
It's not known how much hardship it takes for someone to cultivate into the realm of Earthly Immortals, nor how many centuries it consumes.
Even so, he is still called a genius.
And Chen Yun is only a few years old?
At most, he is around seventy years old!
Amazingly, he is already on the verge of the realm of Earthly Immortals?
Niu Dali couldn't help but quietly exclaim.
He finally realized what a true genius looks like.
Meanwhile, Niu Dali was in the midst of his random thoughts.
Suddenly, Chen Yun's divine light on his face was quickly retracted into his body.
Niu Dali knew that Chen Yun's practice was about to end, so he stood by and waited.
However, he was wrong.
Suddenly, a deep thunderous sound like "boom" echoed within Chen Yun's body.
Following that, the divine light on Chen Yun's face, which had originally faded, surged and rippled throughout his entire body.
A bright scarlet divine light illuminated the entire cave, making the surroundings radiant.
The divine aura made Niu Dali feel as if he was enveloped in a warm spring breeze.
It was as if this was not the extremely harsh Maorui Mountain.
It was as if he was in a spring grassland.
Making him feel extremely relaxed both mentally and physically.
"Hmm?" Niu Dali was puzzled, "What's happening?"
Before Niu Dali could even fully contemplate the situation, Chen Yun, who was seated before him, had slowly opened his eyes.
In the moment Chen Yun opened his eyes, it was as if a lightning bolt had suddenly streaked across the darkness.
At the same time, the divine light on his entire body also disappeared in an instant.
Even though there was no sign of any movement, Niu Dali could sense the "bright and fervent" state in his consciousness.
Niu Dali was puzzled and cautiously asked, "Mr. Chen, have you broken through to the realm of Earthly Immortals?"
Just as Chen Yun opened his eyes, he chuckled and said, "There's no such thing as an easy breakthrough to the realm of Earthly Immortals."
Niu Dali, puzzled, said, "Just now I saw your entire body radiating divine light. This is clearly what the realm of Earthly Immortals should look like."
Chen Yun smiled warmly, "I have indeed approached the realm of Earthly Immortals very closely. My Yuan Shen has even grown to the brink of 'detachment' due to some extraordinary experiences. However, there's still something missing, and the temporary Yuan Shen cannot yet detach."
Yes, although he had only practiced for seven days this time, he had almost attained the status of the True Body Buddha, which greatly elevated his cultivation. It seems like he has made great progress in a short time.
At this moment, Chen Yun finally understood why Master Jing Chen said that the realm of Earthly Immortals would only be the beginning for him, rather than the end.
It turned out that once one's insight reached a certain level, cultivation could be so easy.
He believed that as long as he could create the fourth turn of the "Chen Mr. Internal Energy Dao Discipline," he would be able to break through to the realm of Earthly Immortals immediately.
This is just one of the many gains from his current cultivation session.
In fact, the gains Chen Yun made from this cultivation session were far beyond this.
Chen Yun had successfully cultivated the third turn of "Chen Mr. Internal Energy Dao Discipline" to its completion, and had reached the level where he could "hear tomorrow's celestial music through all nine gates."
For instance, the divine light on his face just now vanished because he had been "eavesdropping" on the heavens and the underworld, which brought divine investigations and reprimands from the sacred authorities.
There are many divine beings in the heavens and the underworld, among whom some specialize in "counter-espionage," to prevent immortals, demons, monsters, and other beings from other realms from "eavesdropping."
For example, the Two Ears and the All-Seeing Eye, two guardian gods of Taoism, though not of high status, are responsible for investigating all realms and heavens.
Just as he had been about to eavesdrop, they were discovered and stopped immediately by the two divine beings.
The situation is similar in the underworld.
"Although I cannot 'eavesdrop' on the heavens and the underworld, now I can use the 'Nine Orifices to Hear the Celestial Music' to listen to all movements within the Tianyu Tang Grotto."
Chen Yun looked in the direction of the Ice and Fire Path, where a team led by Long Nü, number 39, were present.
He then glanced over at the Sun and Moon Gushing Spring location, knowing that Yuan Chu and his fellow swordsmen were battling with spirit beasts.
And there was more...
Chen Yun looked into the depths of Maorui Mountain, "Long Zhan Tian is currently harvesting spiritual roots."
Nine Orifices to Hear the Celestial Music is too moving and incredible.
As long as no one deliberately releases immortal energy to conceal their movements, everything can be heard.
It is clear that Long Zhan Tian and the other immortals have sensed that someone is "eavesdropping," and they have all released immortal energy to conceal themselves, preventing Chen Yun from continuing to eavesdrop.
Chen Yun didn't mind this at all.
The ability to hear the celestial music through the nine orifices was merely an enhancement of his senses.
He wasn't necessarily interested in knowing what everyone was doing.
"In addition, the third turn of my cultivation has reached completion, and so has the third level of 'Pangu True Body Discipline.'"
Chen Yun could feel a power in his physical body that was unparalleled and an impenetrable defense strength.
He believed that with his abnormal defense, even if some spells were weaker, they would not be able to harm him at all.
Such an event is unimaginable to many divine beings.
Chen Yun pondered to himself, "At this moment, though I dare not say I can defeat Gouteng Dao Ren, my chances of winning are higher than before. If I could break through to the realm of Earthly Immortals, even at the initial stage, I should be able to stand toe-to-toe with Gouteng Dao Ren who is in the middle stage of the realm of Earthly Immortals!"
Upon realizing this, he knew that it was necessary for him to break through to the realm of Earthly Immortals.
However, to break through to the realm of Earthly Immortals, there was always one issue that needed to be resolved: how to detach.
This problem might have been difficult for the previous Chen Yun, but having nearly achieved the status of a True Body Buddha, and after several days of insight and seven days of cultivation, he had already clarified and could resolve this issue.
In short, as long as he uses "The Song of Breaking the Confusion and Correcting the Path" as the core, integrates all he has learned in his lifetime, and creates the fourth turn of the "Chen Mr. Internal Energy Dao Discipline," he will be able to detach his Yuan Shen and truly enter the realm of Earthly Immortals!
Since he had reached this point, Chen Yun would definitely not slack off.
He was ready to make a decisive effort to create the fourth turn of the "Chen Mr. Internal Energy Dao Discipline" and strive to break through to the realm of Earthly Immortals!
