Immortal Travel of Longevity

Chen Changsheng's thoughts turned, and in a sudden moment of clarity, he understood.

The lake was the dantian sea of qi.

The Spiritual Veins were the meridians throughout the body.

When divine sense stripped away from the physical body and dissolved into the world...

The limbs and bones transformed into the mountains, forests, and vegetation of this realm. Just as Kuafu fell, or a whale sank to the ocean floor, this single death gave life to all things.

The Dantian and meridians morphed into other things as well, taking root within this realm. As the ages passed, they formed the landscape seen today.

divine sense gave this world its rules.

The physical body brought this realm back to life.

Whether flesh or spirit, at the very end, all of it was returned to nature.

At that moment, Chen Changsheng's thoughts settled again.

He grew exceedingly quiet and sat down cross-legged.

As he closed his eyes, absolute clarity washed over his mind.

...

Outside the Spirit Spring, Zhang Zhengdao suddenly sensed a disturbance.

He looked over and saw a sudden stirring within the spring.

Spiritual liquid bubbled up relentlessly, steadily losing its former calm.

Zhang Zhengdao's heart gave a jolt. He immediately invoked a Daoist technique and retreated from the area.

At that exact moment, Hidden Immortal Mountain began to quake. The plants and beasts of the mountain were startled awake, casting their gazes outward.

"What is going on?"

Shock gripped Zhang Zhengdao. He hurriedly cast a Daoist technique to stabilize Hidden Immortal Mountain.

It took a long while for the tremors to finally subside.

...

Taking the body as the world, and the Spirit as its rules.

Within Chen Changsheng's mind, a Dream Method was continuously constructed, yet this time, a complete realm manifested in a mere instant.

Not long after, living creatures emerged within this realm.

Within the Dream Method, he simulated the evolution of this world.

When the world was first formed, chaos divided into yin and yang, which then birthed the five elements. Yet in that era, the land was a savage wilderness. The Spiritual Energy was violent and riddled with impurities.

The first humans practiced shamanic paths, using body tempering to step into inhuman realms, while cultivators discovered the profound utility of Spiritual Energy. They began using techniques to extract pure Spiritual Energy, continuously refining their physical bodies to adapt to this realm.

Everything began with body tempering; Qi Refining only followed later.

This realm lacked rules. It was a place of chaos where, without order, countless tribes stood fractured and locked in endless warfare.

That was until a single figure appeared in this world. He comprehended the Dao of nature. Stepping over the myriad living beings of the world, he steadily climbed higher. Grasping the Dao of nature, he made every living creature submit to him.

In the end, this figure felt that the world was far too chaotic. Governing the realm in such a state was impossible; the problem had to be solved at its root.

His physical body transformed into mountains, forests, and vegetation. His Dantian became a lake, merging into the realm, and his meridians turned into subterranean rivers, buried deep beneath the earth. Every part of his body began to refine the world's Spiritual Energy, and his divine sense transformed into the Heavenly Dao, governing every corner of the realm.

For the first time, this realm had the concept of "Heaven."

The Heavenly Dao is without emotion, so he stripped away his seven emotions and six desires.

Yet, having experienced so much, he understood even more clearly that an emotionless Heavenly Dao did not always yield a good outcome. As the saying went, it was lonely at the peak—one needed to see things more clearly.

Since his seven emotions and six desires were not completely severed, he could only cast them off, using the method of slaying the three corpses to throw them into the Mortal World, borrowing their eyes to endlessly observe the roots of this world.

Because of the existence of "Heaven," this realm gradually began to change. The Spiritual Energy grew calm, and more and more people stepped onto the path of Cultivation. The various paths founded on body tempering steadily declined with the rise of spiritual cultivators, eventually vanishing into the long river of time.

Just like the shamanic paths and the physically tyrannical Dragon Clan, they too were driven to ruin under this Tribulation.

Countless ages slipped past his eyes.

The Mortal World was in constant flux, and the Heavenly Dao seemed to harbor its own considerations.

From the very beginning, he had a plan.

He intended to disperse all the Spiritual Energy in the world, forcing all paths to return to one. Boiling a frog in warm water was always effective across the long stretches of time.

Under the weight of time, countless Divine Abilities and Arts and Techniques gradually vanished. Caught in this overwhelming tide, no one could resist this hidden karma.

In the unseen workings of fate, there was heaven's will.

...

An unknown amount of time passed.

Sitting beside the lake, Chen Changsheng opened his eyes.

He took a deep breath and cast his gaze around.

As he raised his hand, nature itself was visible within his palm.

He scooped up a handful of lake water. The Spiritual Energy within it was boundless and riddled with countless impurities, yet as he lifted his hand, those impurities continuously stripped themselves away.

In the end, only a mass of pure lake water remained in his palm.

"This is the Dao of nature."

Chen Changsheng let out a long breath. At this moment, his thoughts became much clearer.

He scattered the handful of lake water. At this moment, he no longer needed this Spiritual Energy.

As long as he willed it, all the Spiritual Energy in the world was his to use.

This was because he had once been a part of the Heavenly Dao, allowing it to happen so smoothly.

...

Hidden Immortal Mountain shook for several days, and Zhang Zhengdao spent those days supporting it.

It wasn't until this day that the tremors completely dispersed.

Only then did Zhang Zhengdao dare to return to the site of the Spiritual Vein.

Looking over, he saw that the Spirit Spring had dried up; not a single drop of spiritual liquid remained.

"This..."

Recovering his wits, he saw a figure step out from the empty Spirit Spring.

"Fellow Daoist Chen!"

Zhang Zhengdao exclaimed and stepped forward.

He had thought Chen Changsheng would not return; he never expected to see him again.

Chen Changsheng offered a slight nod and said, "This Chen is unharmed."

Zhang Zhengdao looked at the Spiritual Energy and said, "Fellow Daoist, what exactly happened? Why has the Spirit Spring run dry?"

Chen Changsheng glanced back. As he raised a hand, the Spirit Spring suddenly surged with spiritual liquid. In the blink of an eye, it was restored to its former state.

Zhang Zhengdao's eyes widened, his gaze filled with absolute disbelief.

"Fellow Daoist! This, this..."

Chen Changsheng smiled warmly and said, "I simply gained some insight."

Zhang Zhengdao took a deep breath and cupped his hands. "Congratulations, Fellow Daoist! You have comprehended the great dao!"

The two of them returned to Hidden Immortal Mountain.

Zhang Zhengdao treated him to fine tea.

Chen Changsheng also spoke of what he had seen beneath the Spiritual Vein.

Zhang Zhengdao listened and felt his horizons broaden. He was undeniably curious, but if asked to go down and see for himself, he would never dare.

Perhaps this was the fundamental reason he could never measure up to such mighty figures.

Zhang Zhengdao lacked that kind of daring. He had been comfortable for too long, having long since lost his former impulse.

As Chen Changsheng's thoughts turned, within his Sea of Consciousness there was already a Dream-Law Realm. This Dream Method seemed no different from the Mortal World; even the layout of its Spiritual Veins was incredibly similar.

It was a small realm, a small realm within a dream.

He had hidden the entire evolution of this realm into his dream.

At the time of parting, Zhang Zhengdao watched that figure, his heart filled with endless emotion.

"Among the cultivators of this world, there is nothing greater than this..."

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