The Taoist cultivation has four major stages: refining and purifying the essence, refining the essence into energy, refining energy into spirit, and returning spirit to emptiness, then combining emptiness with the path.
The basic practice of refining essence into qi is roughly equivalent to a mortal general training their qi and blood. Many high-ranking experts and masters in their original form are in this stage, and the most supreme martial artists among them are often called land deities. This refers to their combat prowess rather than their life state. In terms of lifespan, they are still inferior to immortal spirits.
In the Primordial World, the distinctions in this aspect are not clear. There are powerful generals with exceptional martial skills, such as Dang Jiugong and Huang Tianxiang, who have a record of defeating or wounding immortals in fair combat, relying on their superior martial arts, strength, and reaction speed as human warrior officials.
Naza has already reached the level of immortal spirits, which means he has passed the stage of refining essence into qi and is now focusing on conquering the final hurdle of refining energy into spirit.
Using the Lishan Lao Mu's Mystical Essence Sutra as a foundation is, of course, very solid.
However, because it is too stable and predictable, this cultivation method does not fit with Nezha's nature. Deng Chan Yu has the thinking of an adult and enough patience to keep building a foundation over and over again. Nezha, on the other hand, cannot do this; if he forces himself to practice it, either he will skew the cultivation method or he will drive himself mad. There are only two possible outcomes.
Nezha is young, and his body has not fully developed. Practicing refining essence into qi has already been a bit of a loss for him. Deng Chan Yu was an adult when she cultivated, so she naturally could practice refining essence into qi. After completing this practice, she would not lose anything.
Nezha, at the age of four, far from reaching the stage of vigorous development in essence and energy, his body has not fully matured. Early refining of essence and vitality means sacrificing his puberty, which is actually an unhealthy form of cultivation.
However, in the Taoist sect, there are plenty of bachelors who are thousands or tens of thousands of years old scattered everywhere. Once one reaches the level where they can move mountains and seas with a wave of their hand, that bit of essence and vitality naturally bred by the body is not much to worry about.
Nu Wa's law of creating life and cultivation is the path of the sages. As a disciple, one can only learn from it but cannot use it as their own path.
Deng Chan Yu now possesses three seeds of Dao from the Phoenix's own Fire Dao, the Shengxi sound Dao gifted by Fuxi, and the force Dao nurtured from observing Pan Gu's single strike.
The fire and music do not match with Nezha, but the Path of Force is somewhat compatible.
She addressed Nezha: "My disciple, you will be entertained by Qingluan's senior today. Go home now, and come to Emei Mountain in seven days. I will teach you a brand new set of cultivation techniques."
"Not a lie?"
"Not a lie."
"Liars are small dogs!"
"Naive!"
"Good! Farewell, teacher, and farewell to this beautiful sister as well!"
Naza walked away like a gust of wind, happily. As soon as he left, Deng Chan Yu called out to Qingluan.
"Little Qing sister, come help me quickly! I need to create a set of cultivation techniques on the spot for Nezha!"
Qingluan opened her mouth wide, her eyes glazed over, and she couldn't help but glance in the direction of the Palace of Nuwa with the leftover of her vision. Then she looked at her again, momentarily unsure whether to praise her or scold her.
You really are your teacher's good disciple.
Deng Chan Yu has also cultivated to a level where she is only one step away from achieving true immortality and transcending it, so her vision is not limited.
The teachings of Nuwa, the celestial book of the Nine Heavens Immortal female, the five-color divine light, the technique of transforming into a rainbow, and the eight-nine mystical exercises—all these are methods she has mastered.
She has knowledge in various arrays, alchemy, and artifact smelting.
Among the six saints, except for the sutra-seeking saint who has been practicing alone, she has met the other five saints.
Among the legendary beings of the Hundred Demons World, all those who have names and titles such as Hou Tian, Yao Chi Wangmu, Kong Xuan, Zhen Yuanzi, Menghe, Kunpeng, and Bai Ze, she has almost interacted with all of them. She even had the opportunity to listen to Kong Xuan and Zhen Yuanzi engage in an on-the-spot discussion.
She has had various exchanges with Daji and Longji, and she has taken a lot of notes from those conversations.
Most importantly, she has seen Pa Gu cross the Time River from a past era, and deliver a single strike towards the present, in mid-air.
That strike was beyond words and beyond description. She couldn't figure out how to express it in writing, but her vision had been completely opened.
The original Deng Chan Yu's ability to rank among the Six Heavens Star Kings after her death indicates that she possessed high-quality resources.
When a time-traveling person came, the two merged together, just like the merge of Sun Wukong and Bei Ji DaTi in Dragon Ball. Their abilities, roots, and blessings were multiplied by a factor on their original basis. After that, they merged with the Phoenix's avatar and underwent another multiplication.
In the end, her potential reached an extremely high level. Otherwise, with Nuwa on the other side avoiding trouble and getting convinced by Fuxi, she wouldn't have taken Deng Chan Yu as her disciple.
With her high potential and broad vision, writing a manual covering the realms of immortal, earthly immortal, and heavenly immortal cultivation is actually not difficult.
At this moment, she flipped out several notes, indicating Qingluan to join her in examining them, and finding suitable sections for Nezha. Then she copied them down and compiled them into a new set of cultivation techniques.
Qingluan scratched her face and glanced away, saying, "Jade, the cultivation techniques I practice are different from yours. How about this? I'll hold the book and help you turn the pages. When you find a suitable sentence, write it down yourself and come up with two more sentences."
Deng Chan Yu's eyes brightened: "Little Qing sister, that's a great idea! But is it a bit troublesome for you?"
Qingluan laughed dryly and waved her hand: "No trouble, no trouble. I don't have anything to do either, hehehe."
The appearance of Nu Wa in the Palace of Nuwa was embarrassed. She waved her wide sleeves, and all the views around Emei Mountain were blocked.
She couldn't let other Taoist sages see the secret of her own lineage! Next time, she had to scold Deng Chan Yu for creating new cultivation techniques on the spot. This was not appropriate!
Deng Chan Yu, sitting on Emei Mountain, biting on a pen, while Qingluan smoothly turned the pages for her. They occasionally paused for a moment, and when someone stopped, they wrote down two sentences and then gradually deduced some new content.
"Huh? Little Qing sister, you're really skillful with the pages!"
"Hehehe"
"I know why teacher values you, little Qing sister. Really, your page-flipping speed is so accurate!"
"Haha."
Deng Chan Yu sighed in admiration, "A minute on stage, ten years of hard work. Watching Qingluan's efficiency, I can see why my lazy teacher values her so much. There's so much to learn from this! She's truly remarkable!"
In seven days, writing and pausing, with two major revisions in between, the final result was a brand new set of cultivation techniques tailored to Nezha's personality traits.
Qingluan reminded her to do the old things, and Deng Chan Yu exclaimed "I've learned it" and "I've learned it" repeatedly.
Naza came to Emei Mountain again, and at this time, Qingluan had already returned to the Palace of Nuwa.
Deng Chan Yu handed her a seemingly somewhat worn-out thread-bound book.
"Hun Tian Mirror?!"
Naza saw the name of the new cultivation technique and inhaled sharply.
Even without considering other aspects, just the name of this new cultivation technique is very imposing!
The new cultivation technique's name suits his taste more than the previous 'whatnot' from the Mystical Essence Sutra. What mystique? In all honesty, after practicing for over a year, he still doesn't know what 'mystique' refers to; something invisible and intangible. Deng Chan Yu said it was self-realization, but he truly hasn't realized it.
