337: The Way of Yin and Yang!

At this moment, Yun Chenzi slowly opened his eyes. Within his pupils, phantom images of the Five Elements rotating flashed and vanished, eventually returning to a calm state, as tranquil as an ancient well.

“The Five Elements technique is nearing Perfection...” he whispered to himself, his voice ethereal and devoid of emotion.

“Now everything is ready. I only need to wait for the Xuanling Secret Realm, which opens once every thousand years, to unlock so I can obtain the ‘xuan yin jade marrow’ within. Then, I will head to the Qingwei Dao Sect to seek the ‘Shaoyang Spirit Amber’.

By using these two Yin and Yang treasures to harmonize and evolve, transforming the Five Elements into Yin and Yang, I can take that final step and strike for the Nascent Soul realm!”

Yun Chenzi's brow furrowed slightly as he sank into deep thought.

The outside world believed he intended to use the Dao of the Five Elements as his Nascent Soul foundation, but no one knew he harbored much loftier ambitions in his heart.

While the Dao of the Five Elements was indeed powerful—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—cultivating any single one of them to the extreme could be called a path to the heavens. This was even truer for the unification of all five, with their mutual generation and overcoming being infinitely mysterious.

However, Yun Chenzi's ambition did not stop at the Nascent Soul; he also wanted to see the scenery beyond the Nascent Soul.

Therefore, he set his sights on the superior Dao of the Five Elements—Yin and Yang!

“Yin and Yang are the pivot of Heaven and Earth, the fundamental principles of all things.”

As the saying goes, solitary Yin cannot give birth, and lone Yang cannot grow. Yin and Yang are rooted in each other, waxing and waning in transformation; this is the wonder of creation.

Though the Five Elements are numerous, they are ultimately transformed from Yin and Yang. If one can point directly to the Origin of Yin and Yang, the path of the Great Dao will be far broader!

However, this path was more than a hundred times more difficult than the simple Dao of the Five Elements.

It required not only unique insights into the Dao of Yin and Yang but also top-tier Comprehension Ability and talent; neither could be missing!

However, the world possesses its own mysterious wonders of creation.

With the help of certain spiritual items of Heaven and Earth that contain the power of the Origin, the threshold for comprehension can be significantly lowered.

Within the Xuanling Secret Realm that opens every thousand years, the ‘xuan yin jade marrow’ is nurtured.

This item is condensed only after a thousand years of creation in a place of extreme Yin. Shaped like a magatama jade, it contains a wisp of pure Extreme Yin Origin and is a top-tier spiritual item for assisting in the condensation of a Nascent Soul.

In contrast, the ‘Shaoyang Spirit Amber’ is produced where the Yang Fire of the earth's veins converges. Its color is like glazed amber, and it contains a wisp of Extreme Yang Origin.

If he could simultaneously absorb the true intent of Yin and Yang contained within these two spiritual items, Yun Chenzi was confident he could break through his shackles and command the Great Dao of Yin and Yang!

Therefore, he was determined to obtain what he needed in the upcoming opening of the Xuanling Secret Realm!

But the Secret Realm was not his private property. Although Yun Chenzi's cultivation was high, he could not cover the sky with one hand.

The Outer Domains were vast and boundless. There were countless old monsters at the same level of Golden Core Perfection as him, all equally thirsty to take a step further; these were all formidable competitors.

And this was also his true intention behind agreeing to hold a grand birthday banquet this time; the drinker's heart was not in the wine.

Firstly, he wanted to use this Opportunity to see which forces in the Northern Region were feigning compliance while secretly opposing him or even harboring ill intentions. Thus, he could warn or even eliminate unstable factors in advance to ensure his rear was stable before entering the Xuanling Secret Realm.

Secondly, opportunities would not obediently wait for him to take them. No matter how strong he was, he was ultimately just one person!

It was better to make grand promises and lure others with benefits.

This way, no matter who it was, as long as they found and presented the ‘xuan yin jade marrow’ to him in the Secret Realm, he would bestow upon them a generous reward that would be hard to refuse.

Perhaps it would be a Medicinal Pill to break through a Bottleneck, perhaps a powerful Magic Treasure, or even a promise of his personal protection.

By winning people over this way, he could turn more people into his eyes and ears for exploring the Xuanling Secret Realm!

If not for this major matter concerning his path of the Dao, with Yun Chenzi's personality of single-mindedly pursuing the Dao, how could he waste time on such pomp and ceremony?

With this time, wouldn't it be better to spend more time comprehending the rules of Heaven and Earth?

“Calculating the time, it has been over nine hundred and ninety years since the last appearance of the Xuanling Secret Realm. In other words, in less than ten years, the Xuanling Secret Realm will open once again.”

Yun Chenzi calculated with his fingers, and his furrowed brow gradually smoothed out.

A ten-year span was truly just a snap of the fingers for someone of his cultivation level.

Sometimes, a single session of deep meditative seclusion would last longer than that.

“Since that's the case, I'll go make an appearance!”

Yun Chenzi lightly brushed his Daoist robe and prepared to stand up.

The birthday banquet was imminent, and guests from all sides were gathering; as the host, he should at least show his face.

However, at the very moment his body moved slightly, his brow suddenly twitched!

Within his spiritual perception, which far exceeded that of ordinary people, a familiar aura connected to his mind in an extremely distant place to the southeast was abruptly triggered!

After sensing it for a moment, Yun Chenzi understood.

It turned out that the ‘rule dao treasure’ he had left on someone years ago had been triggered!

Wait!

rule dao treasure!

Could it be... Not good!

In a flash, Yun Chenzi seemed to think of something, and his originally calm expression suddenly changed drastically!

Without hesitation, he immediately mobilized the profound mysteries around him, using that triggered Dao charm as a guide to begin calculating with hand seals.

Although he did not specialize in the art of heavenly divination, his cultivation of Golden Core Perfection was right there. In a situation where no one was deliberately interfering with the heavenly secrets and with his own Dao charm as a catalyst, it was not difficult to simply calculate the cause and effect.

Soon, the results of the calculation were fed back.

Immediately, a cold light flashed in Yun Chenzi's eyes, and an anonymous fire of rage rose from his heart!

“Duan Tianxiong is in danger!”

He was angry not because someone dared to cause trouble within the sphere of influence of the Qingming Immortal Sect—though that also displeased him—but ultimately because of Duan Tianxiong himself!

This person was of great importance; absolutely nothing could happen to him!

This was not because he had any special relationship with Duan Tianxiong, nor because he thought highly of him due to Duan Tianxiong's extreme respect.

It was because this person was of irreplaceable use to him!

Outsiders only knew Duan Tianxiong as the Clan Chief of a Golden Core Family in the Northern Region with decent cultivation.

They did not know that this man cultivated a side-door, eerie blood-path Cultivation Technique. His magic power attribute naturally leaned towards extreme Yin, giving him an extraordinary affinity for treasures and auras of a cold and Yin nature.

And this was also an important chess piece that Yun Chenzi had carefully prepared long ago. He intended to use Duan Tianxiong as bait to lure the ‘xuan yin jade marrow’ into appearing when the Xuanling Secret Realm opened! One could even say he was a ‘treasure-seeking rat’!

Although this was only one of the many backup plans he had prepared to seize the xuan yin jade marrow—after all, he wouldn't pin all his hopes on this one person—

When it concerned his own path of the Dao, not a single link could afford the slightest mistake.

Yet something had to happen at this critical juncture! This caused alarm bells to instantly ring in Yun Chenzi's mind, and countless thoughts flashed through his brain.

Had someone detected his scheme and was eliminating his assistance in advance?

This was clearly an attempt to obstruct his path of the Dao and sever his road to the Nascent Soul!