Refining the Dao into Godhood: A Tale of the Jie Sect
Chapter 59 [All Things One House, Life and Death Bear the Same Appearance] (5th Update)

Chapter 59: Chapter 59 [All Things One House, Life and Death Bear the Same Appearance] (5th Update)

On Golden Turtle Island, two instances of Merit descended consecutively, and Daoist Duobao, the leading disciple of the Jie Sect, even achieved the realm of Daluo Golden Immortal. Furthermore, he became a ninth-grade Daluo, with the potential to become a Saint in the future, instantly drawing the attention of countless onlookers.

However, unexpectedly, this elder brother of the Jie Sect did not celebrate loudly, but quietly disappeared after achieving Daluo.

Only a very few understood what Daoist Duobao had done and knew that he was now deep in the East Sea, repairing the abnormal water veins caused by the previous great battle between witches and demons.

Xuanqing too was happy to see his success!

Being a direct disciple of a Saint, he was still the center of much attention. Duobao’s breakthrough to Daluo drew many eyes, allowing him to remain more low-key.

At this moment, he was playing with a Top Grade Innate Spirit Sword that held forty-five Innate Restrictions, and its blade subtly emanated the essence of Innate Pure Yang Dao.

This was a gift sent by Emperor Jun through Bai Ze, and also the Companion Spirit Treasure of the former Prince of the East - the Pure Yang Sword!

"This sword harbors significant karma!"

Though slain by Emperor Jun, the Prince of the East, who was ordained by Daoist Ancestor Hong Jun as the foremost among male immortals, possessed amazing destiny and might still return from the endless void.

Perhaps guessing that Tongtian Sect Master, who excels in the Sword Dao, and Xuanqing, his disciple who also favors the Sword Dao, influenced Emperor Jun’s choice of this thank-you gift.

The "Pure Yang Sword" might not rank as high as the "Purple Lightning Hammer" or "Mountain and River Map," top-tier Top Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, but it still stands out as an extraordinary existence.

Xuanqing cherished it dearly.

However, the thought of the karma it contained somewhat dampened his spirits.

"What’s there to fear?"

"Meet the army with arms, stem the flood with earth!"

Xuanqing comforted himself, "Once I achieve Daluo, I will not fear the Prince of the East! Even if he successfully returns, he might not possess his former strength!"

In his memory, the Prince of the East, also known as Emperor Fusang, Emperor Donghua, and reputedly incarnated as Lv Dongbin in later legends, was quite renowned.

Soon, Xuanqing arrived at the Vast Mountains. The Plague God incarnation had arrived earlier and was already using the Spiritual Treasure in his hand to cleanse the poison miasma of the area.

Seeing this, Xuanqing also summoned the "Pan King Pearl" to help clear the surrounding poison miasma.

Thanks to the authority of "Plague God" and the legacy of Pan King, Xuanqing managed to cleanse the Vast Mountains of their poison miasma in less than three hundred years.

Heavenly Dao immediately bestowed Merit upon him!

With the Merit entering his body, Xuanqing was struck with a revelation, "Truly, the Plague Great Dao encompasses everything. The birth, aging, sickness, and death encountered by cultivators are plagues, aren’t the imbalances of Yin and Yang in the world, the errors of cold and heat, plagues too?"

"Even the periodic cosmic tribulations that recur in this universe can be seen as a form of plague, a terrifying plague used by the Primordial Heavenly Dao to periodically purge vermin!"

"Caught in tribulation, lost in the fog of Tribulation Qi, unaware until the end, with one’s lifework of cultivated Mana returned to nature!"

At this moment, Xuanqing fully grasped the essence of cosmic tribulation: changes in fate are dictated by the human heart, and the spread of Tribulation Qi is also a way for Heavenly Dao to adjust itself.

Both complement each other.

He walked in the Vast Mountains and casually forged a "Myriad Soul Banner", gathering the souls that perished in the Vast Mountains and still possessed consciousness.

These were all victims of undeserved calamity!

He began studying these residual souls.

He discovered that these remnants, which retained some consciousness, mostly shared two characteristics: strong obsessions and dwelling in places with dense Yin Qi.

"All under one roof, life and death share the same state!"

In a flash, Xuanqing seemed to grasp the true meaning of life and death; all beings ultimately face the same fate, and there’s no stark difference between life and death.

For ghosts, death is life, and life is death. Life and death rotate like Yin and Yang, endlessly cycling; this mirrors the immortal True Spirits of Daluo Golden Immortals, whose demise is merely a change in the mode of existence.

"I understand now!"

Xuanqing, elated like a madman, immediately flew towards the Yinming Grass where his spiritual light was attached: "From birth comes death, from death comes birth, physique and spirit restored, united with heaven!"

The "spirit" of all beings in the Primordial era originated from Pangu. Death is the cessation of the True Spirit, but this cessation is not the end of existence, but merely a transformation of its form.

The Dao of Taiyi represents change through constancy, with the eternal constant being the spiritual light born of life.

Nuwa created humans, enlightening them and granting life to lifeless clay figures, with the core being that spiritual light—the foundational basis for the existence of all things in heaven and earth.

"Mediate creation!"

Xuanqing found the Yinming Grass and deployed this top-grade creation divine power. Instantly, the Yinming Grass was enlightened and brought to life, bursting forth with astonishing vitality.

It began to autonomously absorb the surrounding Yin Qi, while the spiritual light attached to it also grew stronger by capturing "spiritual particles" from the void.

Like breathing, this is the innate instinct of "spirit," the foundation of creation, the origin of the cycle of life and death, and the key for ghosts to undertake cultivation.

Life began to leap forward, the True Spirit began to revive, and its origin grew stronger.

Under Xuanqing’s guidance, this clump of Yinming Grass embarked on a path of Transformation.

"Evil Qi as a guide, Yin Qi forms shape, spiritual nature revives, transforming into a Yin God, inhaling and exhaling the creative essence of heaven and earth. This is the foundation of a ghost’s cultivation!"

"However, the Evil Qi and Yin Qi can easily make ghosts lose their true nature. Thus, the Power of Incense is needed to strengthen the little spirituality left in them!"

"In this way, ghosts can grow stronger, transforming from evil spirits to wraiths, then from wraiths to True Spirits! With the immortality of the True Spirit, the Yin God can continue to grow stronger, but without a physical body to inhabit, they can only remain in the realms of darkness!"

Realizing something, Xuanqing brought out the "Myriad Soul Banner," releasing the ghosts inside, one by one enlightening them and reviving their consciousness.

"Where am I?"

The first to regain consciousness was a three-headed Pan Hu, a descendant of the Pan King Patriarch, confusedly asked: "Wasn’t I corroded by poisonous miasma?"

Soon thereafter, more ghost True Spirits revived, the majority being from the Demon Clan and Pan Hu’s lineage, with the remainder being accidental victims of the Pan King’s divine powers.

"Kill!"

Quickly, these ghosts started fighting, the Demon Clan blamed the beings of the Pan Hu lineage for killing them, whereas the Pan Hu lineage sought revenge on the Demon Clan.

"Stop!"

Xuanqing shouted, using great magical power to separate the ghosts: "You have all died once already, don’t linger on the karma from your past lives!"

"Who are you?"

The leading three-headed Pan Hu immediately asked: "Are our conditions related to you?"

He was a Golden Immortal in his past life, with stronger spiritual perception than other ghosts, and quickly realized that his current state was connected to the person before him.

"Correct!"

Xuanqing nodded, smiling, and said: "I am Xuanqing, a disciple of Saint Tongtian. Seeing your wandering souls without support, I acted on the principle of grasping a lifeline for all beings of heaven and earth and used my divine power to awaken your True Spirits, hoping to see if you could embark on a path of cultivation as Yin Gods!"

"Are you willing to let go of your past and follow me in cultivation, walking a grand path to heaven?"

After all, he was not a ghost, and although he found the key to cultivating as a Yin God, trying to develop the "Ghost Immortal System" alone would be challenging.

Therefore, he planned to recruit these Yin Gods under his command, simultaneously researching the "Ghost Immortal System" and preparing for eventual influence over the Underworld.

"Disciple is willing!"

The leading three-headed Pan Hu immediately bowed in agreement.

He was aware of his condition and knew that only Xuanqing before him could offer him a sliver of hope.

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