Chapter 133 - 94: The Long-Standing Human Immortal Martial Dao; The Flying Immortal Temple Master to Welcome "Ancestral Master Ji

Chapter 133: Chapter 94: The Long-Standing Human Immortal Martial Dao; The Flying Immortal Temple Master to Welcome "Ancestral Master Ji

When Jiang Li broke the `Knowledge Barrier` `Restriction` on Ji Wei’s `White Paper`, she let Ji Xiu see and comprehend the `Ten Thousand Laws Dao Seal Map`.

In an instant, through the `Primordial Daoist Talisman`, he directly comprehended its `Truth`, mastering the basics in a single step!

A person’s thoughts are often complex and numerous, which is why they are sometimes called the "three thousand threads of worldly cares."

This interference from the mortal world’s impure thoughts makes it extremely difficult to quiet one’s mind, discard distractions, and focus solely on `Cultivation`.

But when Ji Xiu recognized the `Dao Seal`s, crossed the threshold of `Dao Skill`s, and reached the `First Realm of Daoist Skill` for cultivating the `Divine Soul`—`Script Recognition and Locket Granting`, a stage equivalent to a `Martial Artist`’s `Entering the Force and Refining the Tendons`.

He discovered that even without holding the `Primordial Daoist Talisman` and sinking into a state of comprehension.

While cultivating, studying, and constantly getting to know these tedious and complex `Dao Seal`s, he was also able to quiet his mind and become `Single-minded`.

It was as if they possessed a kind of magical power. By simply immersing himself in them, it was like seeing the essential `Truth` behind all the principles of `the Human World`, causing him to unconsciously forget his mortal flesh, spontaneously absorb the `Spiritual Mechanism` within, and then...

...cause his `Divine Thought`s, which were originally a formless mass of `Ignorance`, to begin growing continuously stronger.

And so, when Ji Xiu opened his eyes.

Outside the house, the cold wind made the withered branches and fallen leaves RUSTLE.

The water flowing in the channel GURGLED.

And then there was the SCUFFLE of chaotic footsteps moving back and forth, both inside and outside the `Fire Kiln`...

He had but to think, and it was as if he could hear it all clearly.

"Perceiving the truth behind appearances, discerning principles from mere sounds... you really do have a `Wisdom Root`."

Seeing Ji Xiu’s enlightened expression, Jiang Li praised him from the heart.

Instantly, Ji Xiu looked toward her.

And this gaze was utterly different from before, when seeing a mountain was just seeing a mountain, and he could only perceive Lin Ruxue’s physical form.

Once his thoughts focused and his `Divine Soul` formed a nascent shape.

When he looked at ’Jiang Li’ once more... he could already see past her superficial appearance to a blurry, indistinct shadow condensed from pure presence and hidden within.

He then turned his head to look at Ji Wei.

His little sister had always seemed so well-behaved and unremarkable, but as he, now initiated into `Dao Skill`s, raised his eyes to look at her again.

Her previously harmless and plain appearance was instantly gone, never to return.

In its place, `Dao Seal`s were interwoven all over her body, forming an illusory `Rainbow Treasure Robe`.

The essence of the `Dao` permeated it, crisscrossing in every direction, leaving Ji Xiu speechless the moment he saw it.

Then, he focused his thoughts and turned his inspection to his own body, where he could see a `Spinal Dragon`. A faint shadow of a `Flood Dragon` crouched upon it, already more than halfway solidified.

From the twenty-four vertebrae of the `Flood Dragon`’s spine extended the `Mercury Blood Tendons`. Having been extremely `Quench`ed and polished by the `Turtle and Snake Grand Foundation Stake` in the past, they now gleamed like jade, with the faint roars of a turtle and a snake resonating from within.

In the past, he couldn’t see any of this at all.

But now, as he used `Introspection` on himself—his limbs, his skeleton, his tendons, bones, and organs...

Looking at the bodily `Shackles` he had shattered and the treasures he had unlocked through his `Fierce and Vigorous Progress`.

Only then did Ji Xiu realize just how incredibly solid he had cultivated the `Flesh Secret Treasure`s borne by his skeletal frame!

[Ten Thousand Laws Dao Seal Map: (37/800)]

[Current: Strengthens the `Divine Soul`, stabilizes `Divine Thought`, provides immunity to external magical corruption, enables `Introspection`, and sharpens hearing and sight!]

’`Introspection`, sharp hearing and sight... so this is what it all means!’

Nurturing a nascent `Divine Soul` with `Dao Skill`s allows one to see ’things’ invisible to the mortal eye and hear ’sounds’ inaudible to ordinary people.

You can even see your own tendons, bones, and channels. In the future, if you’re ever struck by some insidious technique, you’ll be able to detect it in an instant!

’`Dao Skill` `Cultivation` is so useful!’

Ji Xiu’s spirit surged. He was faintly excited, as if he had just pushed open a brand-new door.

’The `Three Power Barrier Realms` and the `Three Daoist Art Realms`!’

’`Script Recognition and Locket Granting`, the `First Realm of Cultivating Divine Soul`, is just the entry point, and it already grants such abilities... What kind of strange powers will the later realms bestow?’

"A person has `Six Roots`," Jiang Li explained. "And `Practitioner`s call them: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind."

"As the saying goes, only when the `Six Roots` are pure can the `Divine Soul` be awakened."

"This `Dao Seal Visualization Map` you’re studying has a full `Eight Hundred Dao Seals` and can be used to nurture an extremely profound foundation for your `Divine Soul`."

"Once you’ve studied all the `Dao Seal`s and continuously strengthened the perception of your `Six Roots` to the point where your eyes can see through illusions, your ears can hear the hearts of men, your nose can smell good and evil, your tongue can taste the essence of things, and your body can bear a guiding light..."

"...then you will have purified the `Six Roots`, allowing you to use the root of mind to manifest a `Divine Soul` that will reside in your Sea of Consciousness. This will mark your entry into the `Second Realm` of `Dao Skill`: `Nourishing the Spirit and Avoiding Grain`."

"Of course, don’t get a taste of this and start thinking the path of a `Martial Artist` is inferior to `Cultivation`."

"Let me put it this way: `Script Recognition and Locket Granting`, `Qi Nourishing and Grain Avoidance`... they all sound very profound."

"But in reality, it just means you might have a premonition, predict a bit of good or bad luck in advance, and see a few things ordinary people can’t."

"But these supernatural abilities are bought with endless days of meditation, a bitter struggle that can last for years, or even decades."

"Besides, even if you awaken your `Wisdom Root` and can seek fortune, avoid disaster, and perform `Divination` and calculations—if you don’t cultivate `Magic Skill`s and have no lineage to draw from, and then you run into a `Martial Artist` who has only been `Refining Force` for three months..."

"...they could walk up and slap that old Daoist in your `Daoist Temple` who has struggled for decades, and he’d be dead."

"The two must support each other. That is the root of ascending the `Human Immortal Martial Dao`. The `Human Immortal Martial Dao` itself—which unblocks the nine great `Secret Treasure`s of the human body, gives rise to `Divine Techniques`, grants long life, and bestows all sorts of other `Innate Talent`s—is fundamentally martial first, with the `Dao` as a supplement."

"Do not mistake the means for the end and walk the path of the `Dao Skill`’s corpse-liberation immortals or `Feathered Transformation` immortals, who seek to abandon the physical body for the ascension of the `Divine Soul`."

’So that’s how it is!’

After Jiang Li’s explanation.

Ji Xiu was secretly awestruck. As if the clouds had parted, he finally understood that the `First Realm of Daoist Skill`, `Script Recognition and Locket Granting`, was all about studying `Dao Seal`s to strengthen the `Six Roots` and thereby condense a true `Divine Soul`.