The Secret Way of Immortality

Ren Qing stared intently at the Celestial Immortal position. The jewel shimmered with seven-colored light, with the sun and moon cycling in alternation, as if containing a small world.

After reaching the Earth Immortal realm through the Heaven and Earth Creation, the world within the stomach would, every hundred years,孕育 one hundred Earth Immortal positions and ten Divine Immortal positions.

As for the Celestial Immortal position, there was only one.

Fortunately, after Ren Qing advanced to the Earth Immortal realm, the Heavenly Dao Tree directly condensed ten Celestial Immortal positions, which should be enough for him for the time being.

Information flowed.

【Celestial Immortal Position】

【Condensed from Heaven and Earth Creation, it is Ren Qing's unique Heavenly Dao seed, which can be transformed into a branch of the Heavenly Dao Tree by absorbing nutrients.】

Ren Qing compared the differences between the Earth Immortal, Divine Immortal, and Celestial Immortal positions.

He discovered that the three types of Immortal positions were all seeds of the Heavenly Dao Tree, but the Earth Immortal position was like a lifeless, dead seed. Refining it only granted the favor of the Heavenly Dao of the world within the stomach.

The Heavenly Dao Tree in the world within the stomach would protect the cultivator's soul, so cultivators with Earth Immortal positions could be reincarnated after death, but that was all.

The Divine Immortal position was a slightly vital, inferior seed. Although it could not sprout, it could contain some of the rules of the world within the stomach.

After cultivators refined the Divine Immortal position, they would have a deep understanding of the Heavenly Dao rules, and their cultivation of corresponding术法 would receive a certain boost.

As time passed, the physique of Divine Immortal position cultivators would transform to be more in line with the Heavenly Dao rules, allowing them to use术法 with ease.

The profoundly mysterious Divine Immortal position was not worth mentioning in front of the Celestial Immortal position.

As a complete seed of the Heavenly Dao Tree, the Celestial Immortal position could孕育 a sapling of the Heavenly Dao Tree branch, making it the most precious product of Heaven and Earth Creation.

Ren Qing nodded secretly. Once the Celestial Immortal position took root and sprouted in the cultivator's body, it could control part of the Heavenly Dao.

In a sense, the Celestial Immortal position in the world within the stomach was already equivalent to an immortal. With a wave of the hand, it could cause翻江倒海,山崩地裂,暴雨倾盆…

Even if the Celestial Immortal position was outside, it could still display some of its power.

The Celestial Immortal position in the world within the stomach was a true Earth Immortal. It was slightly inferior outside, existing between the 天诡境 Completion and the Earth Immortal realm.

The "Stomach Immortal" who only refined the Celestial Immortal position was not strong outside, but Ren Qing could use法天象地 to降临 the world within the stomach to the outside world, forcibly raising the strength of the Stomach Immortal.

The Divine Dao Dharma Seal and the Celestial Immortal position were not on the same level. The former was the spokesperson of the Heavenly Dao, and the latter was the offspring of the Heavenly Dao.

The reason why the Celestial Immortal position could adapt to the Heavenly Dao outside was actually related to the harsh growth conditions, which required a great deal of nutrients.

The Celestial Immortal position had to parasitize within the Immortal position, absorb the Heavenly Dao rules of the Immortal position, and at the same time融合 the Heavenly Dao rules of the world within the stomach, in order to sprout and grow.

Ren Qing used the Celestial Immortal position on Fengshen Boqiang, and the final product was the "Wind God Celestial Immortal position" unique to the world within the stomach.

His Heavenly Dao Tree could also benefit greatly from Fengshen Boqiang, obtaining nutrients from the Heavenly Dao rules of the outside world to strengthen the world within the stomach.

Ren Qing looked at the Immortal positions in the restricted area with burning eyes. There were twelve in total.

They were【Taiyin Xingjun】,【Fude Dixian】,【搗藥兔仙】,【Huode Xingjun】,【Yuexia Laoren】,【Fengshen Boqiang】,【蠶母蟲仙】,【Xinhuo Xingxiu】,【Juli Guiwang】,【Jinghai Shuishin】,【Shuntin Wanwu】,【Shangsheng Xingjun】.

In addition to Heaven and Earth Creation, Ren Qing's four Immortal positions could also孕育 Celestial Immortal positions.

Of course, Ren Qing would definitely not give away the Celestial Immortal position of his Immortal position to others. The Celestial Immortal position could help him get rid of the Three Dao Ancestors.

If a cultivator relied on the Immortal position to achieve the Earth Immortal realm and refined the Celestial Immortal position at the same time, his strength would be enough to rival the Heavenly Dao-化浊仙.

Even if the Immortal position was lost after their death, the Celestial Immortal position could be recovered at any time.

Ren Qing was about to寄生 the ten Celestial Immortal positions into the Immortal position when he suddenly realized something.

He then looked at the world within the stomach. The 肉身如来 was accepting the worship of believers, and the karma fire all over his body enveloped the small world in heat.

The size of the 肉身如来 had increased by another circle, and there were hundreds of Buddha statues on the surface.

The scale of the temples in the Western Buddhist world had reached thousands. Although the population had not increased, the believers generally had the cultivation of the Ghost Envoy realm.

Ren Qing suspected that the 肉身如来 should contain the Heavenly Dao, but it was the Buddhist Heavenly Dao.

After all, the birth of the 肉身如来 had an unclear connection with the 如来古佛.

The Buddhist Heavenly Dao was related to time. The 如来古佛 should represent the "present", but its specific function was still unknown.

Ren Qing took a Celestial Immortal position and landed on the top of Mount 灵山. As he expected, the Celestial Immortal position easily融入 into Mount 灵山.

The 肉身如来 was slightly uncomfortable, but it did not驱逐 the Celestial Immortal position.

The Celestial Immortal position寄生 in the depths of Mount 灵山, absorbing the nutrients needed for rooting and sprouting, gradually approaching the branch of the Heavenly Dao Tree.

Ren Qing observed the 肉身如来 for a long time and noticed that the Celestial Immortal position was relatively fragile before sprouting.

If the 肉身如来 suffered heavy damage, it was likely to cause the Celestial Immortal position to dissipate, but after sprouting and growing into a sapling, it would become an existence similar to the Heavenly Dao of the world within the stomach.

It was colorless and shapeless, could not be detected by conventional means, and could not be fundamentally damaged.

Ren Qing hesitated for a moment and took out four more Celestial Immortal positions to 融入 into himself, so as not to let the Immortal position be affected by the Three Dao Ancestors.

He did not rush to寄生 the remaining five Celestial Immortal positions into the Immortal positions in the restricted area.

Ren Qing tried the Divine Dao Dharma Seal of the world within the stomach, but the two were not契合 at all, indicating that the upper limit of the Divine Dao Dharma Seal was not high.

He glanced at the number of Immortal positions on the branches of the Heavenly Dao Tree, and there were a hundred more Divine Immortal positions.

With a slight movement of Ren Qing's mind, the Divine Immortal positions absorbed the corresponding rules and gradually融合 with the Divine Dao Dharma Seal, making the Dharma Seal completely complete.

With the Divine Immortal position, the Divine Dao Dharma Seal could borrow the rules of the Heavenly Dao.

Only when the mountain gods and stream gods of the mortal world ascended to the Heavenly Court would the Heavenly Dao screen out suitable candidates to inherit the Divine Dao Dharma Seal.

Compared with the Celestial Immortal position, the Divine Dao Dharma Seal could indeed施云布雨, but once the actions of the incense immortals damaged the interests of mortals, their cultivation would immediately plummet.

They might even be forcibly demoted to the 地府, becoming mindless幽魂 in the Yellow Springs.

When the incense immortals came to the outside world, their cultivation might not even be as good as the 阴差境, and they would not be able to use the power of the Divine Dao Dharma Seal at all.

They were essentially working for Ren Qing for free and had to be conscientious.

Ren Qing put the remaining Celestial Immortal positions into the洞府.

The Celestial Immortal position must be given priority to his own people, so he chose Feng Ye's Fengshen Boqiang, Song Zongwu's Huode洞府, Da Meng Zhenren's Yuexia洞府, Li Yaoyang's 蠶母洞府, and Mu Yi's 搗藥洞府.

Only Mu Yi had not yet reached the 天诡境. After潜修, he was still at the completion of the 阳神境, so the 搗藥洞府 was in an unowned state.

However, according to the number of 禁卒堂 cultivators in the 搗藥洞府, no cultivator should be able to shake Mu Yi's position in a short time.

Once Song Zongwu and Da Meng Zhenren refined the Immortal position, it would be even more impossible for Mu Yi to lose.

Ren Qing knew Mu Yi very well. The latter had a deep city府 and had led the 禁卒堂 in the 长生禁区 for hundreds of years, with a reputation far exceeding ordinary people.

She could鎮壓 the group of jackals in the 禁卒堂 and keep the water balanced.

Without sacrificing her own interests, Mu Yi could satisfy all the participating branches. Li Tiangang did not have such means.

Ren Qing used Heaven and Earth Creation to release the Celestial Immortal position silently.

The process of the Celestial Immortal position融入 into the Immortal position was uneventful. The Immortal God's corpse would not prevent the Celestial Immortal position at all, instinctively choosing to accept it.

Seeing that the situation was relatively smooth, Ren Qing wanted to stabilize the newly broken Heaven and Earth Creation.

At this time, the Celestial Immortal position had already钻进 into the depths of the洞府. Through Heaven and Earth Creation, Ren Qing noticed the secret of the Immortal position and frowned.

Regardless of which Immortal position it was, the core actually appeared in the form of a human brain.

Ren Qing remembered the process of advancing to the 天诡境 Completion, which required the body to吞噬 the Immortal God manifested by the Immortal position. After Completion, only the brain remained.

"Could it be that the Immortal position is not a manifestation of Heavenly Dao rules, but an organ of some existence?"

Ren Qing became even more afraid of the Three Dao Ancestors. Fortunately, he was in the Immortal position restricted area and had enough time to孕育 the Celestial Immortal position.

After he finished忙活 with the Celestial Immortal position, he immediately began to stabilize Heaven and Earth Creation, and by the way,完善 the rules of the Divine Immortal and Immortal paths in the world within the stomach.

Ren Qing did not need to deliberately pay attention to himself, and he gradually learned about the information of the Earth Immortal.

The Earth Immortal mainly focused on the application of the Immortal position and deepening the control of the Heavenly Dao. The difficulty of cultivation far exceeded other realms.

If Ren Qing's understanding was correct, he should use the Immortal position to replace part of the Heavenly Dao in order to break through the Immortal position of the Earth Immortal and reach the "Corpse 解仙".

【Do you want to advance to Corpse 解仙, which will consume one million years of lifespan】

"Corpse 解仙… Corpse 解仙…"

Ren Qing couldn't help but mutter a few words to himself, feeling that Corpse 解仙 was inexplicably terrifying and very likely to involve a great terror of nine deaths and one life.

After consulting the classics, he found that Taoism did have the saying of "Corpse 解仙".

After attaining the Tao, the cultivator abandons his body and ascends, leaving no remains. The soul borrows an object to become an immortal. This process is called Corpse 解.

In theory, the immortal after Corpse 解 should be an existence inferior to the Ghost Immortal.

The key to Corpse 解仙 in this world lies in the soul borrowing an object. "An object" user refers to the Immortal position, and then the Immortal position is connected to the Heavenly Dao, and finally Corpse 解 is achieved.

Since the information flow requires a million years of lifespan, it means that the drawbacks are very terrifying.

Think about it, the Heavenly Dao in this world is the indescribable Three Dao Ancestors. No matter how the Immortal position is borrowed, it is a dead end?

Fortunately, the information flow provides a shortcut to consume lifespan to advance.

As long as the Immortal path has not been断绝, he will eventually achieve Corpse 解仙.

However, Ren Qing was a little shocked. What is the origin of the information flow? He is already an Earth Immortal, and he can still be exempted from the price.

In a world full of crises, the role of information flow is too critical.

Ren Qing recalled the process from the martial artist realm to the Earth Immortal. Almost all of them were killed in a dead end. A little carelessness would lead to death and消道.

He silently waited for the Celestial Immortal position to take root and sprout. Two more洞府 in the Immortal position restricted area were closed.

Currently, only Fude Dixian, 搗藥洞府, and Taiyin Xingjun have not been炼化.

Fude Dixian's advantage lies in Han Li. The Heavenly Dao insect man is stuck at the completion of the 阳神境, which makes their disadvantage too great.

As long as Han Li steadily advances his cultivation, he can start炼化 after advancing to the 天诡境.

However, Fude Dixian is too deeply 天道化, and炼化 is prone to走火入魔. The difficulty is several times that of ordinary Immortal positions.

Ren Qing did not interfere with the gains and losses of the Immortal position.

He was distracted and paying attention to the world within the stomach, watching the new batch of incense immortals gradually grow and maintain the fragile balance of the mortal world.

Although the incense immortals were restricted and could not do evil to mortals, they could fight each other.

Some incense immortals whose territories were close to each other had already launched offensives in secret. After all, the size of the territory was related to the collection of incense.

However, the game of incense immortals was completely different. It was more about erasing the existence of opponents.

They did not dare to use their means in the mortal world, for fear of affecting mortals, which would lead to them not even being able to be the most basic mountain god.

Ren Qing estimated that in a few hundred years, after some incense immortals gained an advantage, they should develop factions to divide the territory.

The rules for the promotion of Immortal positions have also been completed during this period.

When a cultivator reaches the 阴差境, he can communicate with the Heavenly Dao to attract the降临 of thunder. If he survives the three thunder tribulations, he will obtain the Ghost Immortal position into his body.

After breaking through to the 阳神境, he needs five thunder tribulations to upgrade the Ghost Immortal position to the Human Immortal position.

The Earth Immortal position is the completion of the 阳神境, which is seven thunder tribulations. When he reaches the 天诡境, he can drive the Celestial Immortal position without having to face nine thunder tribulations.

The power of thunder tribulation is blessed by the Heavenly Dao, and its power is beyond imagination.

It would be better if there was still a body. At worst, he could switch to cultivating zombies. He was afraid that only the soul would be left, and then he could only return to the 地府 and try the Divine Dao.

Ren Qing was mainly afraid that the Immortal position would泛滥 and increase the burden on the Heavenly Dao Tree.

The reincarnation of the Earth Immortal position is not without cost. The Heavenly Dao Tree has to pay nutrients. Once there are too many, it is easy to lose control.

The growth of the Heavenly Dao Tree requires tree seeds to absorb the rules of the Immortal position. At present, the world within the stomach is still too young, and the road to be taken is very long.

A little carelessness, the end of the Heavenly Dao Tree is the Three Dao Ancestors.

When the Immortal position rules were formulated, all the cultivators in the world within the stomach had a lot of related memories out of thin air in their minds.

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For cultivators without roots, thunder tribulation is not bad news.

The number of Immortal position places issued by the Heavenly Dao Tree is very small, and most of them are divided by the six major branches. The rest is not the turn of loose cultivators.

Now it is all based on their abilities. Anyway, the Taoist tradition is inherited in the Da Meng术楼.

Whether they can stand out depends on their aptitude, luck,悟性, hard work…

Ren Qing's actions were also to further weaken the strength of the six major branches, so that the world within the stomach would not become a pool of stagnant water.

Thunder tribulation is temporarily released by the Heavenly Dao itself. When an incense immortal can ascend to the Heavenly Court, he can specifically control the thunder in the world.

Ren Qing found that after the thunder tribulation rules were determined, no cultivator tried it at all, but the thunder resistance magic weapons sold in the Mengcheng market were sold out.

He did not prevent the use of magic weapons to overcome the tribulation. After all, the strength of his soul must be sufficient, otherwise, if the 诡胎器 is damaged, it will rebel during the thunder tribulation in minutes, and it will only be counterproductive.

Heaven and Earth Creation reached the Earth Immortal, and two Immortal paths have been opened up in the world within the stomach.

Even if there are drawbacks in the Divine Dao, it also shows the potential of the world within the stomach, which has been stimulated in the process of Ren Qing becoming an immortal.

In a blink of an eye, two hundred years have passed in the world within the stomach.

There are more than a dozen cultivators with deep accumulation who have survived the three thunder tribulations. There are very few who have survived the five thunder tribulations, but it has created a lot of unlucky people who have switched to cultivating the Divine Dao.

The deaths and injuries of the thunder tribulation did not scare away the 禁卒堂 cultivators, but instead stimulated their enthusiasm. Some were willing to take the lead when their lifespan was exhausted.

The six major branches are still stable in name, but in fact they are divided into many small forces.

The world within the stomach has entered an era of pursuing immortality and attaining the Tao. The束缚 of the sect forces is certainly not as stable as it was originally.

Ren Qing thought that his four Immortal positions would be the first to融合 the Celestial Immortal position, but he did not expect the 肉身如来 to take the lead.

The Flesh Body Buddha's cultivation, already at the brink, unexpectedly made a breakthrough towards the Earth Immortal realm.

The Western Buddhist Realm quaked.

The monks in the temples did not panic. They knelt on the open ground, devoutly worshiping in the direction of Mount Meru.

The Pig Taoist, in seclusion, narrowed his eyes and glanced at Mount Meru.

Every time the Flesh Body Buddha made a move, he would feel apprehensive. Now, he even had a bad premonition, as if something major was about to happen.

Without much hesitation, the Pig Taoist ran in the opposite direction of the Flesh Body Buddha.

The monks were immersed in chanting Buddhist scriptures, not noticing the Pig Taoist's actions. He ran hundreds of miles in one breath.

While running, the Pig Taoist communicated with the Heavenly Dao Tree, and immediately, tribulation clouds gathered in the sky.

He naturally knew about tribulation, but he felt that the Western Buddhist Realm was not bad, so he had not thought about obtaining an immortal position and leaving.

But now…

"I can't take it anymore, I can't take it anymore."

The Pig Taoist looked back. The Flesh Body Buddha's terrifying aura seemed more and more like it was about to break through to the Heavenly Aberrant Realm.

"Are you kidding me? This pile of rotten meat is about to become an immortal?"

He gasped in disbelief.

The Pig Taoist had a deep understanding of the Flesh Body Buddha, knowing that the latter had no intelligence, but if it became an immortal, things might change.

Boom boom boom!!!

While he was stunned, lightning condensed in the tribulation clouds and struck down like a sharp sword.

The Pig Taoist screamed, his body and soul bathed in lightning, emitting a foul, burnt smell, and his flesh splitting open.

The Flesh Body Buddha did not increase in size because of the Heavenly Immortal position, but instead shrank a circle, and the Buddha statues on its surface seemed to come alive.

The Pig Taoist's scalp tingled. He felt that the Flesh Body Buddha seemed to notice him.

He suddenly hoped that the lightning tribulation would be more violent, even if his body and soul were severely injured, as long as he could escape this hellish place in the Western Buddhist Realm.

"Amitabha!"

The Pig Taoist covered his ears. The Flesh Body Buddha's murmurs became deafening, invisibly carrying a hidden Buddhist aura.

A thought arose in his mind, wanting to stay in the Western Buddhist Realm and worship the Flesh Body Buddha for a long time, and it quickly became uncontrollable.

Boom!

Lightning struck the Pig Taoist's head, and the pain woke him up.

The Pig Taoist broke out in a cold sweat, and then a jade-like seal merged into his flesh, representing the path to becoming an immortal in his stomach world.

He used his Ghost Immortal position to create a two-meter wide crack in front of him.

The Pig Taoist jumped into the crack, completely disregarding what the other side was connected to, as long as it was better than this hellish place in the Western Buddhist Realm.

He took a deep look at the Flesh Body Buddha, and then his body and soul were dragged away by the Heavenly Dao.

Ren Qing was happy to see the Pig Taoist leave. It was useless to keep him locked up in the Western Buddhist Realm, so he might as well let him roam the Three Realms.

His stomach world was already at the Earth Immortal level, so he didn't need to fear Heavenly Aberrant Realm cultivators causing trouble.

He stared at the Flesh Body Buddha, noticing that the latter had condensed a lotus stamen, with pure Mount Meru Buddhist Qi gathering within.

[Tathagata Heavenly Immortal Position]

[Formed by the condensation of Heaven and Earth, after refining, it can control Mount Meru Buddhist Qi and gain the recognition of the Heavenly Dao transformed by Heaven and Earth.]

Ren Qing glanced at the Heavenly Dao Tree. Sure enough, a lotus flower grew on the top branch, indicating that the Flesh Body Buddha's rules had been recognized.

He couldn't see the clues of the Tathagata Heavenly Immortal Position yet, so he sent it back into the Flesh Body Buddha's body.

The Flesh Body Buddha's surging aura suddenly subsided, and the Tathagata Heavenly Immortal Position took the initiative to help it sort things out, and the Earth Immortal cultivation no longer seemed so weak.

At Ren Qing's instruction, the area of the Western Buddhist Realm expanded tenfold.

After the Flesh Body Buddha achieved the Earth Immortal level, its essence was still trash. Apart from digesting karma fire, it was useless.

Ren Qing felt that the bottleneck for the Flesh Body Buddha's promotion to the Earth Immortal level had already disappeared after it swallowed the Dipamkara Buddha Qi.

It was only limited by his realm, trapped at the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Aberrant Realm.

Ren Qing looked at it for a while, and carefully checked it with the information stream, and found that the Flesh Body Buddha had no Buddhist tricks, so he transferred the Heavenly Dao Transformation to the Flesh Body Buddha.

The Flesh Body Buddha's ability to withstand the Heavenly Dao Transformation increased by two times, and the digestion speed was faster.

Ren Qing seemed to see the scene of himself achieving Corpse Dissection Immortal. With the Flesh Body Buddha, the speed of cultivation promotion was greatly shortened.

But for the time being, he couldn't consider the promotion of Heaven and Earth.

He had to consider his self-preservation ability. He had to first make the Heavenly Demon Tribulation or Corpse Fengdu become immortals, otherwise, going to the outside world was likely to be a dead end.

Ren Qing's consciousness returned to his main body.

The flow of time in the Immortal Position Forbidden Zone was slightly slower than in the stomach world, and the Heavenly Immortal Position had not yet been completely conceived.

Song Zongwu and Great Dream True Man already had the intention of refining the Immortal Position. Their cultivation, which had just broken through the Dharma Birth Dao not long ago, was moving closer to Dao Birth.

The competition for the twelve Immortal God Cave Mansions was almost over.

The Fortune Earth Immortal still fell into the hands of Han Li, but he was still a long way from the Heavenly Aberrant Realm, and the Insect Vein would definitely not give up.

Ren Qing thought that he hadn't been to the outside world for a long time, so he controlled the Mycelium Soul to drill into the Old Man Under the Moon's Divine Dao Dharma Seal.

The Mycelium Soul descended to the familiar ancestral hall, but the Matchmaker Immortal statue was replaced with a new one, its appearance gradually deviating from humanity, and the spirit tablets were even more densely packed.

Hundreds of years have passed in the outside world, normally only a dozen generations, but due to the influence of the Moral Heavenly Lord's head, it seems that hundreds of generations have been bred.

Ren Qing's consciousness attached to the smoke and fire, and he looked around the village.

Many villagers had obvious differences in appearance, with deformed hands and feet, and their minds became twisted and extreme.

This was mainly due to rapid reproduction. The closed village could only rely on consanguinity.

However, the purple light emitted by the Moral Heavenly Lord's head made the villagers' vital signs particularly stable, without any diseases.

The incense flew into the high sky with the Mycelium Soul, passing through the thick clouds again.

The Moral Heavenly Lord's shocking head was still hanging there, but Ren Qing didn't know if it was his illusion, the flesh on the head seemed to have shrunk a lot, and the expression became more and more ferocious.

Ren Qing endured the thought of the Mycelium Soul disintegrating, observing the Moral Heavenly Lord.

He deliberately sent the Mycelium Soul here this time, also intending to call out the information stream, wanting to take the opportunity to check the reality of the Moral Heavenly Lord.

The information stream surged.

[Mother of All Things]

[Age: ???]

[Lifespan: ???]

[Technique: ???]

[Immortal Position: ???]

……

Ren Qing fell into a moment of trance, and the Mycelium Soul couldn't withstand the high pressure and collapsed, and his consciousness returned to the main body in the Immortal Position Forbidden Zone.

"Mother of All Things."

"What…the hell, even if it's not called Moral Heavenly Lord, it should be called Taiqing Moral Heavenly Lord, or Taishang Laojun."

Ren Qing's heart was beating wildly. Could it be that the Three Dao Ancestors were not transformed by Turbid Immortals, but were actually seized by a demon called Mother of All Things?

The Mother of All Things can deal with the Moral Heavenly Lord, so how did she become separated from her body?

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