Chapter 278 Dragon Moon City

"Just as Huiji said, there really is a world still heading towards the new Guangyin (era)."

"To turn a world into a Boat of Salvation, that is the Divine Mystery World."

The alchemists, as a unique existence within the Three Teachings of the old Guangyin, did not have deep entanglements with the Three Teachings. Although there were some shallow connections in their origins, even when Confucianism was exterminated, Taoism was divided into three, and Buddhism had all fled, the alchemists were not greatly affected. Moreover, there were even figures among them who could rival the Buddha.

That was the alchemists' own world; it could integrate into the old Guangyin, or detach itself from it.

Huiji Vajra said that once one entered the Divine Mystery World, no matter what path one had cultivated in one's previous life, no matter which religion one belonged to, one would become a new alchemist, living forever in the Divine Mystery World, in harmony with the Dao.

That world was filled with divine mountains and strange waters. The alchemists came to save the world, and even though the alchemist groups within it constantly changed, and they had forgotten how many old Guangyin they had passed, the Divine Mystery World had never been abandoned.

They were almost indifferent to worldly affairs, and towards the various sects that constantly appeared and briefly existed in each old Guangyin, they only held temporary attitudes and did not participate in deep struggles.

Ji Xiang saw the affinity of the Divine Mystery World, and a thought broke through that world, entering it. His vow manifested as a divine form, and the masters of the Divine Mystery World naturally appeared to welcome him.

"I am Dongfang Shuo."

Unsurprisingly, Dongfang Shuo appeared. There were rumors that he had died, but rumors were rumors because they had not been confirmed.

Once, Xu Fu fled to Japan. During the Han Dynasty, he met Dongfang Shuo and heard about the existence of those born as gods, believing it to be a supreme realm close to the Heavenly Dao. He also imitated Emperor Wu of Han's Divine Platform to create a divine kingdom, incorporating the entire territory into it, hoping to embark on a path different from the Heavenly Heart Realm.

Similarly, the Han Dynasty immortals transforming into immortal souls to guard the country was also Dongfang Shuo's suggestion, a figure who deeply influenced the Han Dynasty, but did not exist in that historical period, detached himself, and returned to the Divine Mystery World.

"This place is the Divine Mystery World, Dragon Moon City. When manifested in the human world, it is located on Kunlun Mountain."

Dongfang Shuo began to introduce: "We constantly journey from the old Guangyin to the next era, even from one Kalpa to another, in order to refine an immortal elixir."

"Of course, this immortal elixir is not a medicine prepared for immortality."

"The so-called immortal elixir of mortals, or even immortals, can be taken to immediately become an immortal. Of course, such medicine does exist in the world, and it is precisely what we have refined. Danxiang Xian (Pill Manifestation Immortal), that is how he achieved it."

"You should have seen the various murals of the Han Dynasty, which always depict the immortal elixir. Among us alchemists, the alchemists of even more distant Guangyin, learned from Taishang (Supreme Old Lord) about a type of flower that, once eaten, could become an unspeakable, unnamable existence. That flower is something that complements the Kalpa."

"The power of the Kalpa, the power of the immortal elixir, as long as a Kalpa and an immortal flower are refined into a pill, using Guangyin as the great furnace, and the wishes of all living beings as the great fire, constantly tempering it, one can finally refine the true supreme elixir. This is the immortal elixir."

"And we are the Kalpa used to sacrifice to the furnace."

Dongfang Shuo revealed his thoughts to Ji Xiang, or rather, the thoughts of all alchemists. What they wanted to refine was an ultimate pill, from the immortality of the human world to the higher realms beyond, where immortality was no longer embodied in the longevity of the body and spirit.

Like Ji Xiang, Mr. Gu, Taishang who is undefeated, and even Emperor Jiajing, they had all reached a realm of transcending Guangyin and becoming immortal. The Heavenly Dao True Realm, the path of Taishang, the future limit, the Second Jade Purity, the new paths of the world constantly manifested, and Dongfang Shuo believed that the alchemists would eventually be able to surpass this level.

Even this Divine Mystery World was to be one of the Kalpas used for refining the pill, but the time had not yet come to use it as a material for refinement.

Because the heat was not yet right.

"You obtained that kind of flower?"

"Indeed!"

Dongfang Shuo's face glowed with radiance: "This immortal flower has a name. Their names represent the power they possess, a great power far above the Great Guangyin, even more powerful than the immortality that transcends the limits of Guangyin."

"Even if you are now, having reached an unknowable realm, seemingly surpassing the Heavenly Dao True Realm, the great power contained within is far inferior to this immortal flower."

"What do you think an immortal is? Is it a Celestial Immortal, or the Heavenly Heart, or the Heavenly Dao True Realm, or even your realm of transcending the limits of Guangyin?"

Dongfang Shuo asked a question at this time, but without waiting for Ji Xiang to respond, he immediately gave his own answer:

"An immortal, is a high-raiser."

"We all know that until now, new paths have appeared in Guangyin, but for the Heavenly Heart Realm, it is a dead end. They can no longer continue to rise, can no longer continue to raise high, and they are no longer considered immortals."

"Constantly rising, constantly moving forward, such a person is an immortal. This is not a realm, but an act."

In the Divine Mystery World, eight hundred divine mountains formed a great array. Portions of every Guangyin they had ever experienced were severed and locked within, and the wishes of all living beings in those Guangyin they had ever experienced were gathered into fire.

Those who enter the Divine Mystery World will lose their original Dao and become alchemists, because here there is only the Dao of the alchemists. All other Daos will become Kalpas and enter that furnace fire, making that flame burn even more vigorously, also to refine the immortal flower in the great furnace.

Dongfang Shuo's eyes also began to show longing:

"I don't know how many Guangyin it will take to refine it, I don't know how many Daos must be invested to refine a portion of it."

"But as long as this immortal elixir can be refined, all the alchemists will break through all the shackles, constantly rising and raising high, to within the formed, to within the formless, to the heaven of heavens, this is not breaking the transcendence of one person, but breaking the transcendence of a group of people." "To that before the event that is unspeakable and unknowable!"

Before the word of severance?

Ji Xiang shook his head and said, "It seems that you know that only one person leaves each old Guangyin."

"Of course, we have passed through countless old Guangyin. Although we don't know what that realm is, all phenomena have a source, just like Buddhism says that all beings have a beginning everywhere, but there is always a place of beginning."

Dongfang Shuo sighed: "The Kalpa protects us, evolves countless cultivators, but also traps our path! The beings born from the Kalpa will eventually be like those Heavenly Hearts, stuck at a certain level, unable to move upwards, because within the Kalpa, the ultimate that can be reached is here. Outside the Kalpa, one cannot go without surpassing the Kalpa."

"We are all derivatives of the starter, things of the small world, or things that are reflected out, with limited potential, ultimately not beings within the Great Guangyin or the Heaven of Heavens."

"And borrowing this flower is the only way to get rid of this identity, and it is also the path we have to take."

This touched Ji Xiang.

The beings within the Kalpa can never get rid of the shackles. They have tried various methods, but after all, they are things derived from the Lord of the Kalpa, like things reflected, with congenital defects, as if they are crude imitations of the truly unrestrained beings in the Great Guangyin.

But the Four Symbols are complete, the Hundred Daos are also in operation, techniques and laws are fully descended, the sun, moon, and stars have never been absent, the past and future are fully presented, and even a mysterious place for proving the Dao has appeared, where one can see the causal torrent, the origin of affinity, and other mysterious places.

There are also people like Emperor Jiajing who have truly reached the Heavenly Dao True Realm with the help of the Taishang Dao, transcending the shackles. His innate foundation was even very poor.

Is it really a congenital defect?

Or is the path of Yuanshi (Primordial Beginning) inherently with huge shackles?

Does the path of Taishang not have such shackles?

Taishang, unsurpassed, the high-raiser, is it the true method of the Immortal's journey?

All people, all phenomena can become the carrier of Taishang, but the true path of Yuanshi requires seeing the Xuanxiang (Mysterious Kalpa), which is not something all beings can do.

Ji Xiang told Dongfang Shuo that if one enters the new Guangyin, it will be without beginning or end. That is to say, although one can obtain endless Guangyin and wishes, the matter of refining the elixir of immortality will also have no result.

Because there is no beginning and no end.

"Is that so..."

Dongfang Shuo fell into hesitation, and those great alchemists who were of one mind with him also fell into a long silence.

Even if the old Guangyin is cut off, the alchemists will continue to exist, but if the new Guangyin is without beginning and end, this flower will never be refined into an elixir.

"Why not try to give up? This path may be extremely difficult to walk, and you don't necessarily have to walk it."

Ji Xiang's words were relatively euphemistic, in fact, telling Dongfang Shuo that you haven't even reached the Heavenly Dao True Realm, yet you are thinking of refining a flower that can turn your entire teaching into a "No Kalpa Realm". This is not just overestimating your capabilities, but also wishful thinking.

Even the path of Taishang, which has no shackles at all, would never dare to have such thoughts. Emperor Jiajing went through hardships, and what he finally obtained was only a Heavenly Dao True Realm, and he was almost replaced by his own Taishang thought, not even reaching the point of being comparable to the Great Kalpa Realm, let alone the No Kalpa Realm that one must pass through "Ascension of Mystery" to reach.

"Give up... it's too late to give up."

Dongfang Shuo's gaze fell on the wish fire and Guangyin mist in that divine mountain: "Because the paths are different, everything in the Divine Mystery World is actually brought about by this flower. The appearance of us alchemists is also created by this flower."

"This is destined that we can only walk this path. Everyone who enters the Divine Mystery World must walk the path of the alchemist."

Ji Xiang instantly understood the cause and current situation of all this.

So, the transcendence that the alchemists hoped for, to transform the entire teaching into the state before severance, was truly wishful thinking, which even they themselves knew.

This was a kind of sustenance.

It was a goal set for oneself in a hopeless situation where one had to walk this path. They deceived themselves that as long as they refined this flower, they could become the state before severance and master the great power in this flower.

And this flower, after being refined by them for countless Guangyin, was indeed gradually being seen through some characteristics, that is, this flower really surpassed all known realms and all paths.

Buzzing—

The sound of disintegration appeared in the void. Ji Xiang found that his own Kalpa was collapsing, and the power of that flower was also seeping over, wanting to transform him into an alchemist. That countless, ever-present alchemist's Dao originated from this flower.

Just some of the power spewing out of the flower could even affect the Lord of the Great Kalpa.

Ji Xiang could no longer stay in the Divine Mystery World. His figure disappeared here, while Dongfang Shuo stared straight at that flower.

(End of this chapter)