Chapter Sixteen: Calculations

  The human body has three Dan Tian: upper, middle and lower. Each of them has a god residing inside, collectively known as the "Three Corpses". They respectively represent the good, evil and stubborn thoughts of the living spirit.

  The upper corpse is named Peng Xian, in the human head, cutting off the top of the person's head, making people's eyes dim, hair fall out, mouth stinky, face wrinkled, and teeth fall out. The middle corpse is named Peng Zhi, in the human abdomen, cutting off the five internal organs, lessening one's will, increasing one's energy, making people like to do evil things, having nightmares or being disordered in sleep. The lower corpse is named Peng Xiang, in the human feet, causing the lower joints to ache and move, the five clear spirits to be disturbed, and licentiousness that cannot be restrained.

  Those who seek the Tao must first eliminate the Three Corpses, be calm and desireless, with a quiet spirit and a clear nature.

  The human body has essence, energy and spirit to maintain life activities. Cultivators condense the essence of the three, can condense the three flowers, which can also warm up the three corpse spirits, and is also the key to the cultivation of the three corpse spirits.

  Jinwu and the four spirits of heaven and earth are quietly contemplating the wonders of these three flowers and three corpse gods, with a hint of their essence transforming and sublimating within their bodies.

  A surge of vital energy is gathering in the body, although it is a sacred state, for this new cultivation method, it is like starting all over again, refining the essence and transforming it into energy is the first step.

  There is a saying that "when people are born, they first form essence", these living things in the chaos can be called innate and heavenly essence, also known as "yuan jing".

  The original essence does not need to be tempered and can be directly refined into Qi, which is the endless driving force of life.

  Many practitioners refine and transform the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to nourish themselves, cultivate their five organs and six viscera, and temper their physical body's sinews and bones.

  Through continuous refinement into one's own primordial energy, the primordial energy becomes the driving force of life. This primordial energy can wash and refine the bones and marrow, strengthen the flesh and skeleton, and condense the five organs and six viscera.

  Generally, continuously refining and purifying the body can change one's physical constitution to better absorb and store the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. However, for these primordial demons, their innate physical constitution is already in harmony with the Great Way, and they only absorb chaotic spiritual energy.

  Jinwu and others refined their own essence, the essence in the body of the primordial spirit is the pre-heavenly essence. These essences have great power, every thread can make all things grow, otherwise there would not be a legend that Pangu's body transformed into all things.

  They attract the chaotic air to come, and it can be said that they swallow the sky. The boundless chaotic air is like a whirlpool. From a distance, the four spirits of heaven and earth seem to be swallowed by this spiritual vortex, and this spirit has almost formed substance.

  The Golden Crow's body sucked in, and a large piece of the chaotic air around it dissipated. The rotation stopped abruptly, revealing a thick layer of spiritual energy mist clinging to a blurry figure. However, the surrounding spiritual energy formed clouds that resembled the three-legged Golden Crow's true form, also inhaling and exhaling spiritual energy, but its scorching aura remained unchanged.

  The other three spirits were also in this state. The spiritual energy that Long Hui spat out had an additional warmth and coolness, a vital feeling that made people feel close to life, and the dragon in the auspicious cloud seemed to be flying and raining, nourishing all things on earth.

  The evil spirit beside him had a fierce gust of wind, as if a tornado was about to blow everything in its path to destruction. In the auspicious cloud, tiger roars echoed one after another, and the rolling crazy winds blew the auspicious cloud left and right.

  Xuanwu is still calm as ever, with a yellowish-brown spiritual energy that is restrained and not leaked out, forming a layer of mist like the earth's crust.

  Absorbing and spitting out these spiritual energies is to condense the flower of one's own life, forming three lotus flowers with colors close to one's own elemental color, and then refining the three corpse gods to form three corpse avatars.

  Lu Yao Daojun looked at the four people who were cultivating and nodded repeatedly. These four spiritual beings of heaven and earth are extraordinary, and they have already grasped the way of cultivation just after entering meditation. If they continue to cultivate like this, it is still possible to cut out a clone before Yang Mei Daxian refines the array formation device.

  Lu Yao nodded silently and sent out his last divine consciousness, transmitting all the secrets of cultivation to them before turning around and leaving.

  Jinwu was actually quietly watching all of this, he had been suppressing the vital energy inside his body, afraid that if it leaked out, it would arouse Lu Yadao's suspicion and make him hold back.

  He knew that he had a unique part of his own, different from others, with a part of spiritual power in his body that was accompanied by yin and yang. This part was different from other extreme yang powers, he was the yang in the yin, this spiritual power had more great dao atmosphere, and also had more vitality.

  Also thanks to Long Hui by my side, another good demon. He has the clarity of water but not its variability.

  That day, the Golden Crow cheated on the extremely yin power of Taiyin, but was destroyed by Pangu, and even left some of its original source. Afraid that Pangu would counterattack, it kept escaping into the depths of chaos. In a sorry state, it crashed into a forbidden area, which was a vast ocean with turbulent waves and humid air rushing forward, but a warm and cool life force continuously nourished its injured original source.

  Jin Wu Pan sat above the sea water, absorbing this vitality, gritting his teeth and muttering: "Pangu... Pangu"

  Both eyes bulged out, and even with each shout, his whole body would tremble, and in the end, he almost used all his strength to shout.

  While fleeing, he was constantly operating the power of the sun to suppress the injuries in his body. Now that he has calmed down, he quickly began to heal and slowly absorbed the vitality from the vast ocean to heal his wounds.

  The injury is slowly recovering, and although I haven't obtained the ultimate source of Taiyin, I have gained a deeper understanding of my own extreme Yang path and the balance of Yin and Yang. In quiet contemplation, as I continuously refine and transform this boundless life force, I sense a different kind of yin energy that is distinct from the ultimate source of Taiyin.

  Jin Wu was overjoyed, he frantically wanted to find the source of this aura. In his heart, he exclaimed: The Great Way is fair, Pangu, you wait, with this original energy, when I achieve great success in yin and yang, it will be your time to turn to dust.

  The golden crow dives into the boundless ocean, navigating through the azure waters. Occasionally, it collides with a stubborn rock, and the yin energy of the origin suddenly intensifies, instantly refining itself. Unfortunately, only a faint thread is obtained, but upon careful judgment, the difference between this and what was felt before is vast. Sometimes, it's just a patch of sea sand, but none of them are the same as what was sensed before.

  The golden crow floated in the sea water, quietly thinking that these sand grains must have something to do with that origin, but at most it was just that origin that had stayed here.

  There should be a powerful being here, he is related to the heavenly sea water, could it be... The golden crow rises into the sky, quickly rushing out of the water surface, and after standing up, a huge hand composed of countless seawater follows closely behind him.

  That palm brought infinite pressure, the sea surface was no longer calm, roaring, rolling, as if cheering for that palm.

  The Golden Crow knew that if it was slapped by this palm, its injuries would definitely worsen again, which wasn't good news for itself. So, it transformed into its true form - a three-legged Golden Crow with flames all over its body. It let out a loud cry towards the sky and spat out a sea of fire, burning the void.

  The two met and actually held each other, with wisps of cloud and mist rising from the edges of their contact.

  Jin Wu was shocked in his heart. This water is not simple, and only the water of the four spirits of heaven and earth can hold my origin. He shouted: "Water Spirit brother, you treat friends like this."

  A dragon-like deity emerged from the sea, and in his heart, he secretly thought: "I don't have many friends. Since I was born, I've been cultivating here, and I've never seen a single person. How can he be my friend? Maybe when I hadn't yet developed my spiritual consciousness, he saw me, otherwise how would he know that I'm the Water Spirit who has attained the Dao? In this case, I'm also too impolite."

  "It's been a long time since I've lived in seclusion here, and for a moment, I didn't realize it was an old friend, and I have many apologies to make."

  Jin Wu sneered in his heart, thinking that this person was an ignorant fool who didn't know the rules of courtesy. He decided to probe further and said, "We are heavenly gods, and we can see that you have divine powers, which means you've been cultivating for a long time. Why do you still retain your original body?"

  "In this boundless ocean, my physical form is the most suitable," said the dragon, swinging its tail and stirring up a massive wave that covered the sky.

  Jinwu said: "Fellow Taoist is happy here, but doesn't know that the catastrophe of heaven and earth has arrived, our divine abodes will all be destroyed."

  Long Dao said: "Let's take it slowly, fellow Taoist."

  The golden crow stopped talking, and the dragon roared: "So deceiving us four spirits of heaven and earth, Pan Gu is indeed hateful. He wants to destroy the chaotic creatures, I want him to be scattered. Brother Jin Wu, don't worry, I will use my origin to help you heal your wounds. We will work together to eliminate the harm for the great way."

  Jin Wu anxiously said: "This old fellow is really hateful, thank you so much, Daoist friend."

  Jin Wudao thought back to that scene and couldn't help but secretly laugh, for Long Heng not only helped him heal his injuries, but also gave him a portion of his own origin, allowing him to comprehend the yang within yin and take another step forward on the Great Dao.

  Jin Wudao Ren stirred up this bit of yang energy, rapidly condensing the heavenly and earthly essences. A dazzling small sun floated above the boundless auspicious clouds, gilding all the colorful auspicious clouds with a layer of gold. He then used the San Shi Shen Fa to refine and transform this small sun.

  In that sun's center a vital energy quickly took shape, continuing to refine and form an original spirit. Its body resembled a black crow, with three legs, golden in color. However, it was stiff and lacked even the slightest bit of spiritual energy.

  Jinwu Daoist spat out another mouthful of his primordial essence, along with a thread of divine consciousness and some refined blood. He continued to refine that small sun. A miniature golden crow flapped its wings, circling around Jinwu and rubbing against him affectionately from time to time.

  Jin Wudao pointed at Little Jinwu and said, "Go, scout ahead for me and see if it's possible to take over this land for my use."

  Jin Wudao thought this was a covert action, but in fact, it had already been seen by someone.

  This heaven and earth is the Chaos Pearl transformed by Yang Meidai Xian, which has also merged into his primordial spirit. Every move here cannot escape his divine consciousness, let alone Jin Wudao Ren who was a bit too careless.

  Yang Mei Da Xian transmitted a divine thought, and Lu Ya Dao Jun couldn't help but feel a surge of joy. This was a rare opportunity, and his three corpses finally seemed to have a day to show off together.

  Lu Yao bowed towards the sky and said: "Thank you, brother, for your help."

  He chased after the little golden crow that had just been born, in Yang Mei's heavenly realm, he was all-powerful, anything only needed a thought, it was easy for Lu Ya Dao Jun to find the little golden crow.

  Lu Yao Dao Jun took out his own congenital spiritual treasure, four ancient and unmatched treasured swords, and set up a Four Symbol Formation to trap the Little Golden Crow.

  Xiao Jin Wujian shouted loudly: "You're not afraid that we four spirits will withdraw, and the formation of the Big Dipper won't be able to hold."

  Lu Yao laughed loudly and said: "In this world, your true self is still confused, but my brother Dao has the ability to do so."

  Xiao Jinwu flew into a rage: "You are too shameless, I will self-destruct and let you get nothing."

  Lu Yao said calmly: "In this world, sometimes you can't control your own fate. Don't believe me? Try it yourself."

  After dealing with the small golden crow, Lu Ya created a small sun with his hands and put the golden crow into his own body after changing its memory in the divine sense.

  Muttering to himself: I am also one of the pre-heavenly fires between heaven and earth, but I still can't compare to this fire spirit. Now I too have an opportunity to become a fire spirit, haha, the great way is fair indeed.