Dusk Returns to the Ruined Building

Chapter 1109 The Ultimate Dao is Immortality

My heart is not made of grass or trees, how could it be without feelings? I drink wine to ease my mind, but sitting still makes me restless.

At Hongshi Temple, Shen Yichen had no choice but to enter a state of meditation.

Jian Chenqing and Mu Qingxue, two women ranked second on the Hundred Flowers List, simultaneously threw themselves into his arms, asking for wine. Shen Yichen was neither a monk nor a saint, nor even a gentleman, so how could he be without desires?

But you still have to feed them the wine!

Shen Yichen recalled the scene when he first met Ji Xuanyan in white, and how she fed him wine.

Shen Yichen closed his eyes slightly, focused his mind, and acted on his will, directly pouring the wine towards Mu Qingxue.

Shen Yichen actually succeeded. Although his movements were not as smooth and natural as those of the white-clad Ji Xuanyan, he did not spill any wine!

Even Shen Yichen, who was in deep meditation, was somewhat confused. He knew that his cultivation had improved, which must be related to his harmony with heaven and earth and the microscopic Dao.

At Hongshi Temple, by the campfire, Shen Yichen fed the two beauties in his arms a sip of wine from each side.

At first, no one paid any attention, but as the wine pot in Shen Yichen's hand moved further and further away from Jian Chenqing and the other person's mouths, everyone turned to look at Shen Yichen.

Mu Qingxue and Jian Chenqing, who were drinking with their heads tilted back, also had different expressions!

Shen Yichen was completely unaware; he seemed to be completely absorbed in the moment.

Soon, the wine in Shen Yichen's wine pot was gone.

Shen Yichen, still wanting more, slowly opened his eyes, slightly regretful that he couldn't ask for more wine.

"A thousand years ago, the Xuantian Pavilion divided all the laws of the world and the cultivation of people into seven realms: Xuanxiang Guanjiao Realm, Yingshan Zhanpo Realm, Yixi Weidao Realm, Tongshi Qingxu Realm, Shengren Ququan Realm, Chongyuan Dixiang Realm, and Daoheng Changsheng Realm!"

Each realm is actually divided into two types.

The cultivation path of a normal cultivator in one's lifetime consists of the following stages: Profound Aspect Realm, Perfect Goodness Realm, Obscure Realm, Common Knowledge Realm, Sage Realm, Abyss Realm, and Eternal Dao Realm.

Each realm has a corresponding ultimate realm: the Realm of Contemplation, the Realm of Pure Soul, the Realm of Subtle Dao, the Realm of Pure Emptiness, the Realm of Complete Curve, the Realm of Imperial Image, and the Realm of Longevity.

These seven realms are the ultimate realms, the pinnacle of all realms!

I always thought this was just something written in books, nonsense, but I never expected to see it in the martial arts world!

Yun Tianming stared at Shen Yichen in silence, his eyes filled with shock.

The interesting thing is that the crowd didn't understand what Yun Tianming was saying.

What shocked everyone was Shen Yichen's detached feeling. Just now, Shen Yichen was clearly in front of them, but they felt that Shen Yichen was thousands of miles away. It was really like a dream.

"A young miracle doctor named Yun Tianming has emerged from Yanquan, who travels the world in a wheelchair. Young man, are you the one they're talking about?"

The speaker was a person wearing a gray ghost mask.

"I am merely a physician; I am unworthy to accept the title of 'miracle doctor'!"

Yun Tianming had essentially admitted it.

"Were your words just made up, or is there really something recorded in the book? I'm probably not the only one here who has doubts, am I? There doesn't seem to be such a saying in the Yanquan Jianghu!"

Yun Tianming lowered his head, flipping through his book, and responded indifferently:

"I had the honor of entering the Tianyi Pavilion of Wulang Academy once, and I thought it was just a joke, but I didn't expect that there would really be a difference!"

Shen Yichen found it all very confusing, and the others didn't really understand much either.

"Handsome young man, explain yourself clearly!"

This was the first time Jian Chenqing had ever heard that there were differences between each of the seven realms of cultivation!

“Senior, I’ve made myself very clear. The Xuan Tian Pavilion’s seven realms of communication in the martial world are divided into a common realm and an extreme realm. You and I are both in the common realm, but Brother Shen is in the extreme realm!”

Ji Jingtao looked at Shen Yichen, and of course he understood even less.

The Ji family has never cared about the seven levels of cultivation, but their cultivation overlaps with the seven levels of cultivation, namely the Saint Qu Quan realm.

It's not so much an overlap, but rather that entering the entire realm of the Sage's Song is a mark of strength even within the Ji family.

"Young man, what's the difference between the Common Realm and the Extreme Realm?"

Ji Jingtao had actually guessed Yun Tianming's identity. This wheelchair-bound miracle doctor was incredibly famous in Yanquan, and no one knew where he came from.

The Ji family couldn't find out either, but there was a guess in the Yanquan Jianghu that Yun Tianming was related to the divine doctor Ji Qingxian. However, good and evil are different, one is extremely good and the other is extremely evil, which is very strange and difficult to judge!

“Senior, you should ask him, not me. The reason I say this is because I am at the same level as him, but I still can’t understand what the realm of subtle Dao is. I can’t control things with my will!”

Everyone looked at Shen Yichen.

"Why are you all watching me? Bring the wine, and I'll demonstrate it for you again. I'm curious too!"

Shen Yichen didn't understand anything; he had just acted on impulse, but he was actually thinking about something else.

If what Yun Tianming said is true, then what his master comprehended while sitting alone on the cliff must be immortality, which means that the ultimate Dao is immortality!

Ji Jingtao cooperated readily and took out three jugs of wine.

Shen Yichen did not hesitate and immediately entered the meditative state.

This time, Shen Yichen failed, because he arrived at the Emperor Tree.

Shen Yichen was a little confused!

"Can you tell me what exactly happened?"

Beneath the Emperor Tree, Shen Yichen, bathed in a dark yellow light, slowly opened his eyes.

"It's very simple. Others cultivate a single technique, seeking only the eternal Dao throughout their lives. But you? You cultivate many Dao techniques, yet you don't seek the eternal Dao, but rather human immortality, or you will surely die!"

Shen Yichen slowly walked to the foot of the Emperor Tree.

"I'm asking you, why did I suddenly appear here?"

"The Minor Dao Realm allows you to merge with the breath of the Dao and the heavens and earth. This is the world of your own Saint Emperor Technique!"

Shen Yichen was slightly taken aback.

"That's not right. Doesn't the Ji family's method not have seven levels of cultivation?"

"That is the Ji family's method, not the Ji family's way. Everyone who can comprehend the Ji family's Holy Emperor's Technique will go through seven realms!"

Shen Yichen frowned deeply; he quickly figured it out.

"You mean that by using the art of meditation to merge with heaven and earth, I can enter the celestial and terrestrial spaces of different cultivation methods, right?"

"I guess that's how it is. As for the truth, I really don't know. If it weren't for the Emperor Tree, you would probably just be in harmony with the surrounding world!"

"So if I want to come here on my own in the future, it means I'll be circulating the Holy Emperor Technique in meditation, right?"

"Smart, but it's best if we don't see each other too often, I always feel there's danger!"

"What do you mean?"

“You have the aura of other cultivation techniques on you, which means you also have the aura of other cultivation paths. I’m worried that this will affect the Emperor Tree!”

Shen Yichen leaned against the Emperor Tree, gazing at the verdant branches and leaves. After a long period of contemplation, he said with certainty:

"No, since the Emperor Tree has chosen to regenerate within my dantian, this might be a new option. Do you think the Emperor Tree could absorb other true essence within my body? The true essence of the Saint Emperor Technique within my body simply cannot support its growth!"

Shen Yichen, who was sitting cross-legged, fell silent. After a long while, he gently waved his hand, and the thousands of mountains and rivers under the Emperor Tree disappeared, revealing many veins.

"Thousands of mountains, thousands of rivers, thousands of earth veins—this is the true manifestation of your Holy Emperor's Path. But I don't know what these earth veins mean. The Emperor Tree is rooted in these earth veins. Do you think this could be your dantian?"

Shen Yichen stared in shock at the earth's veins beneath the thousands of mountains and rivers; of course, he had no idea what this meant.

"Think it over yourself. You should get out of here!"

Another punch landed. Inside the Red Stone Temple, Shen Yichen suddenly snapped back to reality, his expression one of shock.

People are coming to Hongshi Temple!

"Oh, so you're here to kill me!"

Bald Ji Jingtao calmly drank his wine, his gaze not on Shen Yichen. Shen Yichen hadn't been feeding him wine; instead, he had been concentrating with his eyes closed.

Jian Chenqing and Mu Qingxue remained nestled in Shen Yichen's arms, one on each side, but their expressions became very serious. They thought the people outside Hongshi Temple had come to kill Shen Yichen!

"To capture the thief, capture the king; to kill the enemy, kill the head. Ji family's Xingfa Ling has quietly entered Yanquan and is approaching Boling County. The Lu family of Boling has no choice but to make preparations early!"

The man wearing the gray ghost mask was also drinking, and the atmosphere between him and Ji Jingtao was already very tense.

"Aren't you afraid that Xing Faling will use my death as an excuse to raze the Lu family of Boling to the ground?"

"Fear? Haha, the Ji family has never lacked excuses for their actions. Xing Faling destroyed the Ouyang family of Jianying City just to test Xing Faling's military might, didn't they?"

"Haha... Since we've come this far, let me tell you the truth: Xing Faling's next target is the Lu family of Boling!"