This can be seen from the long, thick, crystal-clear icicles, as sharp as swords, hanging under the eaves of every household in Yujing City, which are enough to give a sense of the harshness of this winter.
The four great sage families of Fan, Wang, Sun, and Wu stepped forward and invited the Mo family of celestial craftsmen to build the Jade Void Palace. The harsh climate only added some trouble.
Mozi was skilled in mechanical engineering and crafting, and is considered the patriarch of all handcrafted inventions. He is one of the Hundred Sages of the medieval period. However, he is not as famous as other great sages who studied scholarship, such as Fanzi, or the founders of Confucianism.
The imperial court did not bestow the title of "Holy Duke" upon the Mo family members for generations, but the family's potential was enormous.
As night falls, the noisy construction site of Xishan Mountain has quieted down. This mountain covers an area of hundreds of miles. Although it is not considered majestic, it is densely forested, with complex terrain, numerous peaks, flowing springs and waterfalls, as well as chaotic rocky forests.
Although the Jade Void Palace covers a large area, it does not occupy the entire area.
Under the dim moonlight, a person dressed in a scholar's robe, with a long sword at his waist and a black cloak draped over his shoulders, slowly walked up the path leading to the western mountain.
A cold wind howled, withered grass swayed, and the faint calls of foxes and wolves could be heard in the distance. The newcomer looked up at the dark, rolling western mountains and the dilapidated Qiuyue Temple, standing amidst a grove of bare trees in the distance.
On this snowy night, with the cold wind blowing, the withered grass swaying, and foxes and wolves laughing, it was originally a very desolate scene, but it made him feel somewhat warm inside.
Last year, under the same weather, at night, something happened that changed his fate.
“Consort Yuan, Elder Tu, Xiao Sang and the other two, as well as Mr. Lin and Mr. Bai. Consort Yuan is in the palace. If you have the chance, you can go and see her.”
The visitor was none other than Hong Yi, who had returned to the capital to prepare for the imperial examinations the following year. In the blink of an eye, a year had passed, and he was no longer the weak scholar who could not even kill a chicken.
Not far away, halfway up the mountain, there is a tomb.
From a distance, one could see that the wild grass on the grave was growing very tall, and although it was covered by snow, some withered yellow leaves were still showing.
"Um?"
Just as Hong Yi was about to step forward quickly, he suddenly stopped!
Because he saw a shadow standing in front of his mother's grave!
No, to be precise, it should be one person!
However, under the moonlight, the person's body appeared somewhat blurred.
This person stood there, seemingly ethereal, as if he had merged into the vast void without leaving a trace, becoming one with the entire world, making it impossible for anyone to sense his presence!
This person stood in front of the grave, with his back to Hong Yi, dressed in brocade robes and wearing a purple-gold crown.
When Hong Yi noticed his back, the man spoke up: "Hong Yi! You've come to pay respects at your mother's grave."
Each word struck Hong Yi like thunder. Even though he had mastered the Amitabha Sutra and comprehended the true nature of his being, the eternal and unchanging truth, his heart and the blood in his body still boiled uncontrollably.
Hong Yi gritted his teeth and spat out three cold words from between them: "Hong! Xuan! Ji!"
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The clash between the Chosen Ones of the Era and the Chosen Ones of the Great Thousand Worlds was like a collision between Mars and Earth, incredibly intense.
In a manor in Izumo Province, Lin Yi was pondering what doctrine he should preach and what teachings he should impart.
Now that we have decided to step into the surging tide of the times, to fight against heaven, against earth, and against people, then we must take this first step steadily and surely.
Whether you succeed or fail in the end, it will be an invaluable asset.
In this vast world, the traditions of the ancient sage emperors and the doctrines of the medieval philosophers have been passed down to this day, learning from, absorbing, and integrating with each other. Only Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism can be called prominent schools of thought.
Buddhism never recovered after the Great Zen Temple was suppressed by the imperial court.
The Taoist tradition has a long history, but only the Taishang Tao, Fangxian Tao, and Zhengyi Tao received official recognition from the Great Qian Dynasty and thus have legitimate status.
Among them, the Fangxian Dao sect, which was favored by princes and nobles for its alchemy and elixir-making, and the Zhengyi Dao sect, which was supported by the court for its emphasis on precepts and its role in stabilizing people's hearts, were also supported by the court.
The Supreme Dao, which preaches supreme detachment from emotions and self, has the fewest members but is also the most mysterious and powerful. Meng Shenji, hailed as the "Number One Master Under Heaven," is the current leader of the Supreme Dao.
The Confucian school held orthodoxy and dominated the court. The most influential schools were the Lizong school, which emphasized the Three Cardinal Guides and Five Constant Virtues, and the Li school founded by the prime minister of the previous dynasty.
Lin Yi chose Taoism as his entry point, and the first thing he needed to do was to manage his relationships with the Supreme Tao, the Immortal Tao, and the Righteous One Tao.
How can the Qi cultivation method, as a new phenomenon, carve out a niche for itself between the martial arts of human immortals and the Taoist arts of ghost immortals?
Within the universe, there are five immortals: Heaven, Earth, Man, God, and Ghost.
These are five different paths. The Celestial Immortal Path, which focuses on Qi cultivation, is able to suppress the other four immortal paths primarily because of its lifespan.
The lifespan of a human immortal is no more than two hundred years. Although a ghost immortal can be reincarnated, he or she is subject to the mysteries of the womb and the danger of tribulation.
Although it is said that once one breaks through to the peak of the Human Immortal realm in martial arts and enters the state of "understanding one aperture and all apertures," the lifespan of a Human Immortal will easily exceed five thousand years, and immortality will no longer be a dream.
At the same time, every acupoint of a peak human immortal is incredibly powerful, capable of absorbing the power of stars from beyond the heavens and various kinds of primordial energy between heaven and earth, flying through the air, and their fist intent can cross space to attack, comparable to a seventh-generation ghost immortal creator.
If one can reach even greater heights and comprehend the second realm of the peak human immortal, the fist intent will materialize, comparable to an eighth-tribulation ghost immortal who has refined their soul into a god.
After that, the peak human immortals have a third realm, and a fourth realm where flesh and blood are derived, which is ever-changing.
The flesh and blood are derived from it, which is equivalent to a ghost immortal who has survived nine tribulations of lightning.
Its transformations are ever-changing, comparable to a master who has comprehended their own Dao and is at the half-step Yang God level.
However, there are very few martial artists who can cultivate to the peak of the Human Immortal realm.
In mythology and epics, only two beings have been able to cultivate their physical bodies to the point of shattering the vacuum: Pan, the first Holy Emperor of the human race, and Hong, the ancient Holy Emperor, who was born from a divine stone.
In the Middle Ages, only the God of War "Shang" cultivated to the peak of the Human Immortal realm, but he was killed by the Eight Tribulation Ghost Immortal Dark Emperor Daoist. It can be seen that "Shang" at most cultivated to the second level of the peak Human Immortal realm, where the fist intent materialized.
“Ghost immortals are worried about tribulations, and human immortals are worried about their lifespan. This is my opportunity.”