Deng Chanyu was unaware that changing her robe was such a trivial matter, but it brought a new interpretation from Zhao Gongming and the three Shao sisters.
She was still in seclusion, completely unaware that fifty years had passed, focused solely on grappling with the demon shadow within the Broken Immortal Sword.
To cultivate her spirit, she would only use the Wu Huang Dao body when she was really unable to withstand it.
The demon shadow within the sword employed all means to seduce her into becoming a demon, but she met every challenge head-on, regardless of what the other side said. All she held fast to was one bottom line: "You're a repeat student, and you come to teach me how to take the college entrance exam? Are you kidding me?"
She fell into a dreamlike state, after penetrating the illusory nature of the demon shadow, she attained great enlightenment. She then re-entered the dreamlike state and attained another great enlightenment, and then cycled through one round after another.
Every day, she was either on the path of great enlightenment or had already attained it.
Her own Dao heart grows ever more firm, and her cultivation of character is surging upward at an exaggerated pace.
With both the original body and two duplicate bodies working together in cultivation, her magical power has become extremely profound. At present, her shortcomings in character are also being remedied through great enlightenment.
She borrowed some merits from the heaven-measuring ruler and also took out some from her Merit Golden Wheel. She directly broke through using the merits and achieved the attainment of Taixie Dao Fruit!
If the cultivation of the Golden Immortal realm seeks to perfect the three flowers of essence, spirit, and will to their peak, and then converge into one mystical core, then the Taiyi Golden Immortal takes this core as a point of further expansion outward. What was once a point is now an expanse; it forms one of Zhao Gongming's said characteristics of the Taiyi Golden Immortal, known as "Taiyi Jinhua" or "Taiyi Golden Flower."
"The One Yin gives birth to water, and water in turn supports the One Yin. Thus was the heaven formed; the heaven in turn supports the One Yin. Thus was the earth formed."
Here, the "Taiyi" does not refer to the Donghuang Taiyi but rather to a concept. In a sense, Taiyi is equivalent to the "Taiyi Golden Immortal."
Deng Chanyu's weakness in water cultivation has been addressed, and she directly utilizes the Wu Huang Dao body that has reached its small completion stage to "give birth to water," "form heaven," and "form earth."
This is one of the methods in Nuwa's "Thousand Types" attainment of the Taiyi Dao Fruit, and after careful consideration, she believes it is the most suitable for her.
"The birth of water" is a step that is originally extremely difficult, even for immortals with an innate attribute of overflowing water, the cultivation is fraught with difficulties. Because "human efforts are finite, and the Tao of heaven is fixed," the path to immortality is inherently against the heavens. Even with extraordinary talent, there is a limit to one's strength; if it's not enough, then it simply isn't enough.
Deng Chanyu possesses the quintessence of five colors and spiritual powers, and the five elements complement each other. If it were another immortal, they would only struggle on the path of water element cultivation, preparing at most some elixirs and herbs as auxiliary aids. However, she can leverage the advantages of the five elements complementing each other and opposing each other to break through with brute force. The most difficult step for "generating water" almost didn't pose much resistance to her.
Whether it's the Three Teachings or the Western Teaching, students of the Taoist Sect want to breakthrough to the Taiyi Golden Immortal, usually they take some chaotic qi, or absorb it, or simulate it, or do something like that, then refine it into a world similar to an internal universe within a very small range.
At this moment, after reaching a perfect state in both heart nature and magical power, Deng Chanyu manifested the Wu Huang Dao body. She instinctively extracted energy from the chaos, not bothering with refinement. What should she refine? Directly go ahead! The birth of water from the One Yin, the "water" here represents the world. The process of forming heaven and earth went very smoothly. It was led by Dao body, with heaven and earth complementing each other. It divided yin and yang, determined the four seasons.
The golden immortal fruit rotated slowly, the internal universe transforming as it spun, eventually evolving into a primordial Taiyi true essence at the deepest part of the fruit. This is the purest and most original primordial spiritual essence.
This indicates that she has attained the Taiyi Dao Fruit, and even achieved it in the chaos. Implicitly, this is higher than achieving it in the Primordial Chaos.
Pond-Spring immortals are too constrained by the rules of heavenly Dao, this is not allowed, that is not allowed. When immortals engage in combat, even if they have full strength, they can only use a tenth of it due to the limitations imposed by the heavenly Dao.
Many Taiyi Golden Immortals do not have a clear understanding of their own abilities.
Now, Deng Chanyu can call forth the unrestricted Taiyi Dao Fruit with every movement of her hands and feet. Even if she returns to the Primordial Chaos world and is restricted by numerous heavenly Dao rules, she knows exactly what level she can reach.
I've seen the blue sky and know how high the sky is, and how thick the earth is.
While those Taiyi Golden Immortals who broke through in the Primordial Chaos lack this awareness.
You mentioned the level of Zun Sheng and going into the chaos to see the situation for yourself. This is indeed feasible. However, the problem is that you're still unclear about your Taiyi attainment, so how can you prove the Lu Dao Fruit of the Zun Sheng level?
The word "knowledge" is what distinguishes Deng Chanyu from traditional Taiyi Golden Immortals.
"Exercising, my figure resembles a crane's, with two scrolls of scriptures beneath a thousand pines. I come to ask the way but find no further explanation; clouds float in the blue sky and water in the bottle."
Deng Chanyu pushes open the door and emerges from the mountain pass.
Previously, her cultivation was for self-preservation, but today, she finally has some sense of inquiry and pursuit. She doesn't know where the end lies, but she knows that she will keep going.
"Congratulations, younger sister, on attaining immortality and longevity, and on the prospect of achieving the Great Dao." Just as Deng Chanyu emerged from her seclusion, she saw Yun Xiao congratulating her. Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao beside her also wore expressions of joy.
Although Zhao Gongming and Deng Chanyu had a general relationship, they had been living together in the Dao Palace for the past fifty years. "Eating someone's food makes one short," he said a few words of congratulations as well.
Hearing that over fifty years had passed within the Dao Palace, Deng Chanyu was shocked: "It's been so long? None of the Dao Sect disciples have found Huatian yet?"
Zhao Gongming said indifferently, "I doubt it. If anyone had found Huatian, the Sages would have summoned us back."
Zhao Gongming was very trusting in Tongo Tianzhong. Even if only one of them was lost in the chaos, Tongo Tianzhong would definitely come to find them. Moreover, they had Three Sword Mistresses and Deng Chanyu on their side. With Tongo Tianzhong and Nuwa working together as co-founders, they were nearly invincible within the chaos.
Deng Chanyu attained the Taiyi Dao Fruit. Even after hundreds of times of great enlightenment, the demon shadow inside the Broken Immortal Sword had not been purged completely. This thing was like dog skin ointment; without the scorching fire of the Sun Star, it could not be completely expelled.
It's true that the demon shadow cannot be completely removed, and it's also true that the demon shadow has a bit of an aversion to her. Her ritualization progress is 80% complete, and now she can forcibly ride the Broken Immortal Sword while maintaining a clear and serene spiritual consciousness.
Fighting continuously can't be done, as it's easy to be invaded by the demon shadow. In normal situations, cutting seventeen or eighteen moves should not be a problem.
Time in the chaos is nearly infinite. She closed her eyes again, this time to stabilize her realm and try to refine more primordial Taiyi true essence.
"Nine-circle" Deng Chanyu draws a card.
After three days of seclusion, Deng Chanyu was in great discomfort and decided to exit early. She saw Yun Xiao in seclusion while Zhao Gongming, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao were drinking and singing with an overly monotonous entertainment activity. Frustrated with the lack of entertainment, she decided to resort to the traditional pastime from Emei Mountain. Let's go! We're going to play Mahjong!
This game was something Zhao Gongming and Yun Xiao had played during their time in the North Sea. Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao were experiencing it for the first time, and their talent for play was clearly greater than their talent for cultivation. They learned quickly and soon became skilled at it.
Cloud Pixiu went to practice, and Deng Chanyu, Zhao Gongming, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao played mahjong every day to pass the time.
