Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 113 - 110 Heavenly Spirit Earth Spirit, One Step to Foundation Establishment

Chapter 113: Chapter 110 Heavenly Spirit Earth Spirit, One Step to Foundation Establishment

In fact, the so-called "Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi" are not the same and must be viewed separately.

Because this Divine Deceit World is exactly in the midst of a fierce conflict and opposition between heaven and earth.

Although it also manifests the duality of yin and yang, it’s not the normal order of heaven as yang and earth as yin, but rather a chaotic inversion of yin and yang, a tangled mess.

Therefore, "Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi" cannot be simply lumped together in discussion.

The "Heavenly Spirit Qi" originates from above the Heavenly Gate: the thirty-three heavens, the sun and moon palaces, and the Cycle Star Mansion, also the stronghold where the Killing Tree firmly takes root.

Hence, the need to open the Heavenly Gate and invite the Deceit God during the initial Killing Banquet.

As "knowledge" became activated, the Heavenly Spirit, as a kind of miraculous energy, also carried various kinds of knowledge and information.

It is both Spiritual Qi and a Spiritual Message.

The "Earth Spirit Qi" then derives from the Mortal World or below the Earth Gate, also known as Red Dust Qi, mostly arising naturally from sentient beings.

Such as the breath of Hum and Ha, Earth Qi, Yin Fiend, incense, Yang Energy, miasma, Civil Qi, Official Energy, Tiger Evil, Emotional Evil...

In Wang Yuan’s view, this somewhat resembled a concept he had seen before—"Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends."

Only through the tempering of gang and fiends, mutually controlling each other, could it transform into a complete embodiment of Daoist Skill Technique.

Differently, both Heavenly and Earth Spiritual Qi are renewable resources; as long as the Killing Tree and sentient beings exist, they can continually be produced endlessly without worrying about facing... the End of Dharma.

It’s also for this reason that many Borrowing Technique spells begin with: Heavenly Spirit, Earth Spirit, vaguely referring to all the changes and spirit mechanisms between heaven and earth.

When a Magician is cultivating.

The Heavenly Gate and Earth Gate controlling the amount of Spiritual Qi become like the gentle and fierce flames used in alchemy, needing attentive adjustment at all times.

One must avoid excess Heavenly Spirit, for fear that the activated knowledge might take over, and also avoid excessive Earth Spirit, lest one becomes lost in the mundane world and utterly sinks into it.

Excess of either is a great poison!

At this moment,

Wang Yuan clasped the Five Senses Mandala Seal in his hand and chanted quickly:

"First command the Qi to stand! Second, let Qi spawn life! Third, create all laws! Fourth, birth the light! Qingyun opens the Life Gate, auspicious smoke seals the death door, pure and natural cleansed!"

In an instant,

he felt his spirit infinitely elevated, almost blending completely with the familiar yet strange vast starry sky.

Chaos, bloodlust, ruthlessness, terror... an array of terrifying emotions poured into Wang Yuan’s heart as though everything above the sky was alive.

And full of malice towards humans.

Outside the Heavenly Gate, there’s great terror!

But Wang Yuan, who had prepared earlier, quickly calmed his heart and firmly shouted:

"Open the Heavenly Gate! Invoke the descending of Jishi Energy!"

Among the numerous Star Officials of the Cycle Star Mansion, there are two called "Jishi."

It must also be said to be a kind of fate, one located in the Ghost Star within the seven lodges of the Vermilion Bird in the South, and the other in the Gastros within the seven lodges of the White Tiger in the West.

The White Tiger Holding Position clearly has a greater attraction to the Heavenly Spirit Qi of this star lodge.

No sooner had Wang Yuan spoken than the Jishi Star located in Gastros shone brightly. The frost-white breath that existed only in Wang Yuan’s spiritual perception descended in an instant.

This strand of Jishi Energy entered through the top of Wang Yuan’s head, merging with his own abundant Primordial Qi, and transformed into a mouthful of Jade Wine Golden Liquid infused with Golden Jade Qi.

Overflowing as Li Spring Gathering, flowing into Huachi Mansion, dispersing as bodily fluids, descending as sweet dew, rinsed and swallowed, irrigating and moisturizing the body, spreading throughout all meridians, nurturing all divinities, the joints and hair, fortifying and promoting vitality!

Gulping it down, it went directly into the Dantian, drenching the newly formed Dharma Seed.

According to the Taoist Book, Jishi Energy is the entrance for the soul’s ascent to heaven, leading to the Netherworld.

Right in line with the cultivation essentials of the Earthly Que Golden Book.

And as this mouthful of Jade Wine Golden Liquid fell, Wang Yuan’s Light of Spirit finally shone through the inside of his own body.

In pitch darkness stood a tiny sprout composed of layers of intricate Talismanic Script, shimmering in multicolored radiance, especially in green light.

Within it vaguely sat a delicate-faced beauty in a Qingyi, also clasping the Five Senses Mandala Seal.

She inhaled and exhaled the Spirit Mechanism in sync with Wang Yuan, the Dharma Master.

It was the rightful return of the Wood Official, representing ever-growing life.

In the moment of encountering the Jade Wine Golden Liquid, the Dharma Seed burst into life as if parched for rain, stretching and growing taller and taller. The layers of Treasure Seal in the Five Senses Altar began to unfold like branches and leaves, growing larger and larger.

Hu—Xi—

Inhaling connects to the Heavenly Root, exhaling connects to the Earthly Root, with each breath unfolding the mechanism of Qiankun’s creation.

Wang Yuan tended to the Dharma Seed with the Light of Spirit while continuing his rhythmic breaths, constantly drawing down the Jishi Energy outside the Heavenly Gate.

Inhaling summoned Dragon Roar and clouds, exhaling called forth Tiger Roar and wind, in sympathy with the wind and clouds, creating the golden liquid.

Mouthful after mouthful of Jade Wine Golden Liquid was poured down by Wang Yuan.

"The ’Dharma Seed’ increasingly matured."

Of course.

But with it, the Heavenly Spirit Qi didn’t bring only benefits.

The very moment the ’Jishi Energy’ entered the body, it felt as if gusts of yin wind were unceasingly blowing past, bit by bit drawing out the life force of the flesh.

If a person with a frail physique were to practice this technique, they might just collapse into a heap of bones as soon as they began their journey, suffering from all manner of ailments and injuries.

If they were to go a step further without this ’Dharma Seed’ to guide and regulate the ’Heavenly Spirit Qi’ and instead directly use their body and Divine Soul to endure the ’Jishi Energy’, they could very likely lose control and mutate in an instant.

A loss of control caused by the ’Jishi Energy’ would in all probability turn a person into a bloodthirsty evil ghost or a corpse demon from head to toe.

The reason why demons and weird phenomena are never extinct in this world.

One of the reasons is that the cultivators of humanity themselves, whether from orthodox sects or side doors, regardless of which path they take, are essentially the reserve army for demons and weird occurrences.

The Four Journey’s Twelve Barriers, a single step at each layer of the tower; the more ’knowledge’ one possesses, the more dangerous it becomes—clearly, there is a reason for this.

However, this degree of ’Jishi Energy’ was nothing to Wang Yuan.

The escaping energy was forcefully nullified by the sturdy physique of a second realm ’Non-Human’ being.

In fact, the Heavenly Spirit required by the ’Earthly Que Golden Book’ during the Red Seal Stage is ’Jishi Energy’, while the Earth Spirit is composed of ’Yang Energy’ and ’Official Energy’.

As long as he didn’t let the little ghost girl eat too much, his Yang Energy was more than sufficient, enough to control the ’Jishi Energy’.

In the continuous process of breathing and cultivation, a whole half a two-hour period passed by.

The ’Five Senses Mandala Seal’ finally rose layer by layer from the Dantian, and gradually stationed itself in the heart, lungs, liver, spleen, and kidneys—the five zang organs.

Especially the liver where the Wood Official Lady Peach Fairy resided, emanating a green radiance that was extraordinary.

Even the ’Taoist Military Skill’ seemed to have improved markedly, nearing its minor achievement.

Clang—!

At this moment, another celestial tone resounded by Wang Yuan’s ear.

The entire ’Five Senses Altar City,’ constructed from Treasure Seals, suddenly burst forth with multicolored brilliance, instantly illuminating Wang Yuan’s internal organs and every orifice of his body.

In one smooth motion, he successfully established the ’Heavenly Department Dao Foundation’!

A stream of warm flow then circulated throughout his body as if a drifting ship had entered the harbor or a weary traveler had finally returned home.

From then on, he was no longer an ordinary being adrift and helpless, but a Daoist who had set foot on the path; from drifting with the waves to standing firm, both body and mind now had reliance.

Wang Yuan slowly ended the technique, and the ’Heavenly Gate’ closed in response.

His eyes, now faintly tinged with green, reopened, and a burst of brilliant light flashed through them as if a bolt of lightning struck amidst the pitch-black mountaintop.

"It’s different now."

After establishing the ’Dao Foundation’ with the ’Earthly Que Golden Book’, it was not at all the same as when he previously used the ’Gathering Beasts Magic Skill’ and ’Transformation into Tiger Technique’ merely as tools.

This was truly merging the Daoist Skill with his life, becoming indistinguishable from each other.

The path of Dao is the path of life itself!

And thanks to the progress in his Daoist Skill, the ’Innate Divine Ability · Soul Capturing and Spiritual Communication’ also seemed to have leaped greatly.

Every blade of grass, every leaf, every mountain at every moment...they all breathed together with Heaven and Earth; the whole world came to life.

It was a pity that Wang Yuan lacked the ’True Qi’ of the Red Seal and the ’Mana’ of the Yellow Seal, which made it difficult to directly interfere with the operations of the world.

At the same time, the Spiritual Qi around him was activated.

Even ordinary people could tell at a glance that there was something extraordinary about him, brimming with life and rich with the essence of Dao.

It might take half a day for things to fully settle down.

"It is said that even after successfully activating the ’Dharma Seed’, one needs to cultivate in quiet for a hundred days to build the foundation, only then can they ’Receive the Talisman’ and step into Enlightenment."

"I don’t think it will take me that long."

With a second realm ’Non-Human Body’, an ’Innate Divine Ability · Soul Capturing and Spiritual Communication’ that is perfectly compatible with the ’Earthly Que Golden Book’, and the assistance of Lady Peach Fairy as my Wood Official.

At most a month; if fast, perhaps half a month will suffice to attempt ’Receiving the Talisman’ and advance to become a Red Seal Mage!

However, there is yet an even more troublesome issue to resolve before that."

A thought crossed Wang Yuan’s mind, and a streak of green light shot out from the top of his head, transforming back into a graceful lady dressed in Qingyi.

Without needing instructions, Lady Peach Fairy immediately dashed forward a few steps and began to loosen Wang Yuan’s clothing.

Meanwhile, Huang Wu, who was already prepared, also got up to lend a hand.

All because...

The second rule from the ’Precept Taboo’ of the ’Earthly Que Golden Book’ had begun to take effect.

"Second, Broken Life Chart! The Four Failures and the Eight Defeats; Five Ghosts:

A life touched by the Four Failures, weak and sickly, unsuccessful in endeavours, no completion to beginnings;

A Five Ghosts and Eight Defeats life chart, signifies debts owed to the Yin people: The constitution changes, prone to attracting evil spirits, frequently encounters the weird, disasters never cease!"]