Chapter 2: Rebirth of the Soul

  The north wind blew over the chaotic hill, and the formation was withdrawn. The truth of the past was restored, but the method of the immortal family was so subtle that it couldn't be seen that this grave had been disturbed. The moonlight, which was about to fall, shone directly on the grave, with a hint of coldness in its tranquility.

  The three villains' sword lights had already disappeared into the horizon, having gotten what they wanted, they left without any regard, driving their swords away. The three condensed infant high hands gathered together, how many more people dared to confront their sharp edges.

  Half a short time later, on the bare grave, a golden light flashed and disappeared, the spell lost its effect, and Zhou Liang, who was three feet underground, regained his breath. He didn't dare to be careless, listened to the movement around him, and the entire chaotic grave hill only had a faint wind sound, then came out of the pit again.

  To be honest, Zhou Liang's legs were still trembling at this time. He dared to play tricks in front of the three condensed infants' great masters. Even if he succeeded, he would be afraid afterwards. It wasn't that he was being cautious, but rather that he had a guilty conscience. His bones wouldn't be left intact. He took a deep breath and calmed down, standing up straight with his fists tightly clenched, feeling refreshed in his heart to the point of wanting to shout.

  No matter what, the adventure was a success, and for the things in his hands, no matter how great the danger, it was worth it. In Zhou Liang's arms, there were the best things from the tomb of Dong Hua Emperor, once leaked, enough to make the entire cultivation world, let alone the nine states go crazy, what Ta Yang San Yuan Sword, what Zi Xuan Tian Yun San, even Huagai Wu Yun Luo, these things that can make Bei Hai San Kuang ecstatic, compared to him, are like clouds and mud.

  The treasure is now in his hands. Zhou Liang was very clear that what he got from below was a silk book of Taoist muscle and bone strengthening, and a jade bottle containing a nine-turn golden elixir.

  The Taoist Canon, with a mysterious origin, has never been known to be written by anyone, nor does anyone know how many parts it has. However, its reputation is so great that it can overshadow any other secret book. The Taoist Canon is the most mysterious and elusive of the three great strange books. Every time a part of the Taoist Canon appears, even if it's incomplete, it will create an unparalleled master, stirring up the entire cultivation world. Most importantly, in the cultivation world, several famous sects have risen and fallen over countless years, all related to the Taoist Canon.

  The "Yi Jin Jing" chapter of the Taoist Canon, does not record any unattainable skills, but only a small exercise method. This small exercise method is enough to cause turmoil in the entire cultivation world. The foundation of the nine states' cultivation world lies in the Dao base. The Dao base is the foundation of cultivating the Dao. One part cultivates immortality, three parts open up the orifices, six parts transform the body, and nine parts condense the infant.

  To put it simply, only with a foundation of one part can one cultivate immortality; otherwise, they will be an ordinary person forever, without any possibility of ascending to immortality. Those below three parts will always remain in the initial stage and cannot break through the bottleneck. Three parts open the aperture, six parts shape the body, but because the aperture, shaping the body, and even forming the embryo are different tests for the foundation, forcibly passing through them will ultimately result in only one outcome: exploding the body and dying. This is an iron law of the cultivation world.

  And so, countless cultivators sighed, saying that the path is predetermined by heaven, and fate is decided by destiny. What is predestined will come to pass, and what is not will not be obtained no matter how hard one tries. The foundation of the path is determined at birth, and its height is also fixed. No matter how high one's innate talent may be, the day they are born determines the foundation of their path, and that is all there is to it. This birth decides the height of a cultivator's true achievement, and it cannot be said that this is not a sorrow. Countless intelligent and talented individuals thought of breaking this curse, but in the end, they could only succumb to this iron law and die in frustration.

  The Daoist Canon's "Easy Tendon and Strong Bone" chapter, this small practice has stirred up the entire spiritual cultivation world. The reason is that this small practice doesn't target any specific state of cultivation, but rather targets the foundation of the Dao. Through practicing "Easy Tendon and Strong Bone", one can elevate their foundation in the Dao. If a person has only 5% of the foundation, they might spend their whole life just trying to open up their spiritual channels. But if they rely on this practice and reach 6%, that means they have achieved physical transformation. And if they reach 8%, not only will they achieve embryonic breathing, but also have a chance at achieving a golden body.

  Jinshen boundary, what does it represent? The top existence of the Jiuzhou Xiu Zhen realm, one person can support the existence of a sect. With him, many mid-level cultivators will become famous overnight, and their comprehension, innate talent, and even opportunities will not be inferior to some geniuses, but because of their poor foundation, they cannot get attention. This article comes out, countless conventions will undergo earth-shaking changes.

  The Muscle/Tendon Changing and Marrow/Brain Washing Classic of the Taoist Canon is enough to drive people mad, and another Jade Vase's Nine-Turn Golden Elixir is even more a precious treasure for cultivating reality. The realm of cultivating reality is divided into five major realms: entering the breath, opening the orifices, transforming the body, coagulating the infant, and forming the golden body. It is said that in ancient times there were even higher realms, but over several thousand years, within the nine continents, the Golden Body has been the ultimate achievement. A master of the Golden Body can be called a king or an ancestor, establishing a sect and creating a school, representing the ultimate power of a religious sect.

  Jiuzhuan Jindan, legend has it that it was refined by the ancient Taishang Laojun, is a top-grade elixir for breaking through boundaries. Taking one pill can break through the Golden Body boundary, which is extremely tempting for various sects and schools. The difference in strength between cultivators is huge, but ultimately, it still comes down to the boundary. Once an ancestor of a sect breaks through the Golden Body, they will inevitably disrupt the balance of the Nine Provinces, producing an influence that is no less than the Yi Jin Jing.

  Donghua Emperor, well-versed in human nature, put the best things in a place without any formation protection, just a mechanical switch at the entrance. The three evils of Beihai came and went many times without discovering it. This mausoleum is grand and has all kinds of facilities. After refining the treasure, the three evils of Beihai still controlled it as a foothold and set up a perfect formation. It wasn't until nearly 300 years later, when the three evils of Beihai were recruiting disciples, that one of his greedy disciples discovered this secret.

  Such a treasure, of course, is treasured by oneself. The three evils of Beihai are not high-ranking sects, and their disciples are uneven in quality. At the beginning, they didn't take the Easy Tendon Refining Bone Chapter seriously. As soon as the news leaked out, it immediately triggered a great chaos in the Xiuzhen realm. An innocent man is guilty because he possesses a precious jade; at that time, the leader of the three evils of Beihai relied on the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir to surpass the Embryonic Breath stage and reach the Golden Body level, but still couldn't resist others' greed. A great war involving the entire Xiuzhen realm began.

  This lasted for dozens of years, and the three evil masters from Beihai were killed early on. More than 20 fallen Jinshen monks also disappeared. In the end, this Taoist canon vanished without a trace, and no one knew where it went. The crazy Xiuzhen world searched for 500 years but couldn't find it, and eventually had to give up. However, the legend of Yi Jin Jing spread far and wide, from how it was obtained to its final outcome, and was publicized by storytellers so that everyone knew about it.

  Zhou Liang's hands trembled slightly, he knew such a secret thing so clearly, taking this opportunity to boldly come forward, in the hands of the three evils to seize the treasure, the reason lies in that now he is not him, precisely speaking, now Zhou Liang, on the surface looks young and handsome, but actually, he is 1500 years old, his soul after 1500 years has been transmigrated into his current body.

  In his past life, Zhou Liang had a rough and tumble existence. At birth, he was abandoned by his parents and taken in by a group of beggars. He drifted aimlessly until the age of eight or nine, when he was finally adopted by a kind-hearted family. For a beggar, being adopted was an extraordinary stroke of good fortune. Zhou Liang became the young master of a wealthy household, with no worries about food or drink. Little did he know that this lucky break would mark the beginning of his nightmares. The man who appeared to be a rich and powerful patriarch was actually a cultivator, but not one who practiced the Taoist arts. Instead, he cultivated the demonic heart mantra of the demon gate sect. He had chosen Zhou Liang because of the boy's innate spiritual foundation.

  Born with a poor physique, he was a beggar. Zhou Liang's Dao foundation was surprisingly one of the rare eight-part Dao foundations among cultivators. Such a Dao foundation, according to the Dao foundation song, cannot be cultivated to condense the fetus, and even if it can form a body, it is still considered a capable cultivator. Even in a top-notch sect of the Dao school, a master at the forming stage would be considered a mid-level power.

  The first few years after being adopted, Zhou Liang spent a happy life, with clothes to wear and food to eat, and even the rare Ling Stone was provided. However, this good fortune did not last long. In his thirteenth year, the nightmare began. The demonic cultivator finally revealed his true face, harvesting the fruits of his labor. Zhou Liang's soul was extracted, his bones were rearranged, his body was refined, and even his spirit was captured by the Soul-Sealing Banner. He spent hundreds of years in a daze, and if it weren't for the coincidence that the demonic cultivator was eliminated by the righteous sect and the Soul-Sealing Banner was shattered, he would have been forever lost.

  From the Soul Banner, lucky Zhou Liang, with the help of a terrestrial vein, preserved his soul and entered an ancient cave mansion. He obtained a ghost repair method called Youquan Ghost Way, which was the Ten Temple Yanluo Gongfa. After practicing for 500 years, he rebuilt his body and barely reached the stage of Shaping Body. He transcended and reshaped himself, wanting to make a name for himself as a ghost repairman. Although weaker than ordinary cultivators, it was still a great way. The ghost repair method he obtained had extraordinary power, but fate still played tricks on him. Coincidentally, it was the time of the Great Calamity of Ten Thousand Years, and the entire cultivation world was in chaos. The previous order was gone, and even the safety of Zhou Liang, a small ghost repairman without a sect as his backing, or even the great cultivators who had condensed their babies, was not guaranteed.

  Zhou Liang was in the dangerous Xiu Zhen realm for 500 years, and finally, he was ambushed by someone and turned into a lonely soul.

  Here is the translation:

  He arrived here, Zhou Liang's tragic life had come to an end. He was that kind of minor character in any story, a supporting role with no voice or sound, and without causing any ripples. A miracle happened, at the moment he reopened his eyes, he was reborn, reborn 1500 years ago, when he was still being adopted.

  Lucky, happy, Zhou Liang couldn't describe it in words. He spent a full three days before finally confirming the fact. A grand plan had been set in motion in his heart.

  In his past life, he was extremely miserable, carrying the weight of an incorrect Dao foundation, and ended up with a tragic death. However, Heaven gave him another chance to relive. In this life, he must reach the pinnacle of cultivating the truth, to experience the grandeur of overlooking all mountains. And if given the opportunity, he also wants to ascend to the heavenly ladder, climb onto the immortal platform, and try to walk the path of the ancient great powers.

  At this time, Zhou Liang was only twelve years old, and there was still about a year before the final moment. The closer to the end, the more preparations the demonic cultivator needed to make, often not at home, and his supervision became extremely lax. Over the years, Zhou Liang had no suspicion or intention of escaping, but instead really treated the demonic cultivator as family, which also lowered the other party's vigilance, allowing his plan to be implemented.

  In Zhou Liang's hands, there were not many usable spirit stones, only a few. He also didn't prepare to get any powerful killing tools. The first plan was to face the Northern Sea Three Evils, such absolute strongmen. Not to mention fighting against them, even if he faced them head-on, the opponent's divine sense alone could take Zhou Liang's life.

  Zhou Liang put more thought into hiding, after being adopted by the demonic cultivator, the demonic cultivator had ulterior motives, only teaching him a set of spiritual refinement techniques that could expand his divine sense, nourish his heart and spirit, with good results, but unable to cultivate even a hint of true yuan. Without true yuan, having only divine sense made it easier for him to be possessed by the demonic seed in his dao heart, ultimately being successfully absorbed and becoming the opponent's great dao.

  This is a disadvantage, but it became his greatest advantage. When the cultivator probed with his divine sense, he usually checked for internal energy, and rarely checked for divine sense. Probing for divine sense was extremely costly, unless there were suspicious circumstances. Therefore, even if someone's divine sense swept over his body, they wouldn't be able to detect him. This was the greatest capital he had designed.

  The basic idea is there, and the next step is easy. The concealment symbol can cover up his divine sense fluctuations, and the closed air symbol can convert his external breathing to internal breathing, almost without revealing a single thread. Moreover, it was covered by yellow earth. The three evils did an extremely meticulous job, and Da Xiong spent 20 years preparing for this matter. He has a high chance of success.

  It turned out that Zhou Liang's idea was correct, but who dares to guarantee that there will be no accidents? When things are successful, the fear of being caught comes afterwards. If he had made a slight mistake or if the other party had been slightly more careful and used their spiritual sense to investigate, perhaps he would have become a lonely ghost.

  But now everything is in the past, he succeeded and finally made a small change in his fate, grasping the thread of an opportunity that was not an opportunity.

  The moonlight shines on the chaotic tomb mound, a young man clenches his fists with both hands, and a hint of a smile appears at the corner of his mouth, saying: "This is just the beginning!"