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Chapter 36 Foundations of Practice, Eight Methods of Form Theory
Chapter 36 Foundations of Practice, Eight Methods of Form Theory
The cultivation system after Fuxi reshaped the foundation has become extremely complex.
The being named Fuxi devoured all the origins of the innate treasure, the True Spirit Diagram, and divided it into his own five True Spirit Origins, which evolved into four colossal structures of the Great Wilderness, and created the five major books for cultivating one's own five life roots.
The five true spiritual origins, the four great structures of the wilderness, and the five great books—all these existences come together to form the complete Fuxi.
The five true spiritual origins exist within Fuxi's will and soul. In recent years, most of Fuxi's will has been focused on enhancing the strength of his five true spiritual origins. Dragon Emperor Cangli represents the Dao-nature spiritual light origin among Fuxi's five true spiritual origins.
The evolution of the four colossal structures of the Great Wilderness has also entered the right track. As long as Fuxi's own cultivation level improves, these colossal structures of the Great Wilderness, which are the root of Fuxi himself, will also be able to improve accordingly.
Only the Five Great Books represent five cultivation systems, or rather, five cultivation philosophies, that Fuxi derived from his understanding of all things, and these needed to be continuously improved by Fuxi.
The "Daoist Transmission" in the Five Gates Cultivation Manual cultivates all phenomena of the universe, and the ultimate achievement is to transform into the Great Void Universe and the Chaotic Great Dao.
The Heart Sutra cultivates the true self of the mind, representing the true self among the five great spiritual sources of Fuxi. When cultivated to the extreme, one can contain emptiness in the mind, merge with the Great Dao, and become immortal.
The Book of Wisdom cultivates wisdom and cognition, which is also one of the five true spiritual sources of Fuxi. When cultivated to its ultimate level, one can become the ancestor of wisdom in the primordial world, enlightened by the divine, and become the source of wisdom for all living beings.
The cultivation of "Soul Mirror" is about conquering desires with the soul and mind. It also represents one of the five true spiritual roots of Fuxi. When cultivated to the extreme, one can master the sea of mortals and become the master of billions of desires, using bright red desires to permeate all things in the universe.
The final "Treatise on Form" is a comprehensive book that specializes in the refinement of qi, blood, and physical body, which evolved after Fuxi reshaped the origin.
This large volume deals with essence, qi, blood, reversing the innate state, the five internal organs and six bowels, and the creation of life. According to Fuxi's deduction, the complete "Treatise on Form" is enough to enable any living being to evolve into the true body of chaos and darkness, and to perform the great feat of creating heaven and earth.
The five volumes of "Dao Chuan", "Xin Jing", "Hui Shu", "Hun Jian", and "Xing Lun" greatly enhanced Fuxi's ability to survive in the vast and primordial world.
Fuxi had largely completed these four great books, "The Transmission of the Dao," "The Heart Sutra," "The Book of Wisdom," and "The Soul Mirror," during more than 30 million cycles of reincarnation in the vast universe.
Through more than 30 million reincarnations, Fuxi witnessed all sorts of strange and wonderful worlds, and his own will was completely clouded.
Transforming into birds, beasts, insects, and fish, the powerful gods and demons experienced more than 30 million life-and-death encounters, which was a tremendous tempering of Fuxi's soul and will.
This endless cycle of reincarnation led Fuxi to instinctively study the essence of the soul and will within this endless cycle, resulting in the creation of four great books: "The Daoist Transmission," "The Heart Sutra," "The Book of Wisdom," and "The Soul Mirror."
Although these four volumes are only a rough framework, Fuxi has gradually filled in the content over the years, making it possible for these four volumes to be completed.
Only the "Treatise on Form," a large book about Fuxi's reconstruction of his true form, is essentially extremely incomplete.
If Fuxi did not want to participate in the great affairs of the primordial world and only wanted to perfect his own five true spiritual roots, then the "Theory of Form" which focused on the essence of the physical body would not be too important to Fuxi.
However, since Fuxi had already decided to sever his ties with the Taiyuan clan, he would inevitably be drawn into the struggle for destiny in the primordial world, for which a powerful physical body and combat strength were essential.
Compared to the four major works that focus on the cultivation of the soul and consciousness, namely "Dao Chuan", "Xin Jing", "Hui Shu" and "Hun Jian", "Xing Lun" has a more significant and rapid effect on improving physical combat power.
Moreover, now that Fuxi is the Dragon Emperor of the Dragon Clan, if he truly reveals the five volumes he created, will he pass them on to the Dragon Clan or not?
These great books were created by Fuxi with painstaking effort and are related to the foundation of Fuxi's own cultivation. If they were to be leaked, it would be a huge threat to Fuxi.
If it is not passed on, as the Dragon Emperor, Fuxi will inevitably be discovered by Taiqu and others if he reveals the essence of this great book, which will likely cause a lot of trouble.
Therefore, when Fuxi transformed into the Dragon Emperor Cangli, he was not prepared to reveal any of the essence of the four great books, namely, "Dao Chuan", "Xin Jing", "Hui Shu" and "Hun Jian". Thus, "Xing Lun", which did not involve the five true spiritual roots of Fuxi, became Fuxi's first choice.
Therefore, Fuxi needed to gain more insights to perfect the "Treatise on Forms". As for whether he could perfect it, Fuxi was not worried.
In the vast primordial world, there are not many people who have mastered the cultivation of their primordial spirit and soul, but there are countless living beings who have mastered the cultivation of their qi, blood, and physical strength.
Take the East Sea for example. The cultivation systems of the True Dragon Clan, the Horseshoe Crab Clan, the Ancient Serpent Clan, the Black Whale Clan, the Blood Shark Clan, and the Sea Octopus Clan, all of these top clans, involve a portion of the Great Dao of Essence Power.
Before leaving the East Sea, Fuxi incorporated the "Primordial Dragon Codex" that the Dragon Clan had been perfecting over the years, the "Nine-Bend True Book" of the Sea Owl Clan, the "Heavenly Blood True Record" of the Blood Shark Clan, and many body and blood refining true methods that the Dragon Clan had collected over the years into his primordial spirit.
Fuxi is dividing his own primordial spirit and is constantly integrating it into the "Treatise on Form," thus perfecting the incomplete true meaning of the Great Dao in the "Treatise on Form."
Fuxi divided the "Treatise on Form" into eight methods, each with its own function. These eight methods are not ranked in any order and can be practiced simultaneously or sequentially.
Of these eight methods, Fuxi has only perfected four major methods: Yang Jing Method, Zhen Qian Method, Xuan Zhu Method, and Huang Ya Method. The remaining four methods are only a framework and still need to be filled in.
Fuxi cultivated the Yang Essence Method, True Lead Method, and Mysterious Pearl Method, which were among the four perfected methods, thus enhancing his physical strength and combat power.
The Yang Jing Method cultivates the essence, the True Lead Method cultivates the qi, blood, and physical body, the Mysterious Pearl Method cultivates the five internal organs and six bowels, and the Yellow Sprout Method cultivates the root of one's own creation.
In Fuxi's deductions, the remaining four major methods of the "Treatise on Form" became even more mysterious and profound.
The innate method is to reverse one's own innate and acquired nature. When cultivated to the extreme, it can make any acquired being reverse into an innate god or demon.
The Nine Gates Method connects one's own vitality with the void of heaven and earth, evolving nine longevity gates within the body.
The Creation Method is to bring one's physical body closer to the Great Dao, the gods and demons, and the ancestor Pangu, changing eighty times a day, undergoing countless transformations, and encompassing all things.
The final creation law is to forge a Chaotic Profound Yellow Body, an ultimate body capable of creating heaven and earth and recreating the universe.
Fuxi has now transformed into the Azure Dragon Emperor of the Dragon Clan. Although his combat power is already among the top tier of the many powerful beings in the primordial world, it is still not enough for Fuxi.
(End of this chapter)