363: Taiqing inheritance

Leaving the Imperial Palace, the three of them proceeded unhurriedly towards Ancient Zhou.

While meeting Jun Ao Zhi, Gu Liangyuan would also borrow the Child of Destiny.

This would also allow him to use the Jun Family's power to help him find the Pavilion Master of Jubao Pavilion.

Along the way, Gu Liangyuan immersed his mind in the System space, examining two items.

Name: Dao Scripture

Rank: Supreme Ancient Scripture

Function: The two volumes of the Daodejing, the upper volume is the Dao Scripture, and the lower volume is the De Scripture.

The Dao Scripture is a Supreme Ancient Scripture, originating from the same source as the Supreme Forgetfulness Scripture, Taiqing Immortal Scripture, and other texts, all part of the Taiqing Inheritance.

Under Gu Liangyuan's mental control, the contents of the Dao Scripture poured into his mind.

After silently reading it, a profound and mysterious feeling emerged in Gu Liangyuan's heart.

He felt a powerful will tightly surrounding him.

Suddenly opening his eyes, after a brief moment of blindness, he felt the scenery before him abruptly change.

Looking around, he found that his body was semi-transparent, similar to a Primordial Spirit state.

Gu Liangyuan felt a realization and murmured:

"Yin Spirit."

Cultivators have two spirits: one is the Yin Spirit, and the other is the Yang Spirit!

The so-called Yang Spirit is the Primordial Spirit.

The so-called Yin Spirit, like Zai Xiyue, refers to an individual who has not yet manifested a Primordial Spirit; after death, their Yin Spirit undergoes Soul Emergence, transforming into a ghost.

Yin Spirits fear wind and fire and cannot exist for long.

After Soul Transformation, the Yin Spirit recedes, and the Yang Spirit manifests.

This Yang Spirit is also what is called the Primordial Spirit.

At this point, the Primordial Spirit fears nothing and can even be used in combat.

It is even rumored that ancient Great Divine Power practitioners could enter the underworld with their Primordial Spirit and roam the human world.

Gu Liangyuan was puzzled; his Yin Spirit had long since receded, so how could he still be brought to such a place?

"The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth; the named is the mother of the myriad things..."

Waves of preaching suddenly entered Gu Liangyuan's ears.

Ignoring his confusion about the Yin Spirit, Gu Liangyuan followed the sound and saw a majestic mountain peak below!

It stretched for ten thousand miles, its Qi shaking the clear sky!

Before Gu Liangyuan could even assess the situation, he felt an invisible force drawing him towards the direction of the preaching.

Soon, he landed far away on the mountaintop.

Looking up, he saw an old man with white hair and a benevolent face sitting cross-legged.

This old man wore a crown, held a staff, and was enveloped in swirling purple Qi and misty Immortal Qi.

The sound of preaching emanated from the old man's mouth.

Gu Liangyuan's gaze sharpened!

He recognized this person!

He was identical to the person in the portrait of the Ancestral Master of the Supreme Sacred Ground!

This person's identity was obvious: it was none other than the Taiqing Daode Tianzun!

Beside Taiqing Laozi, a young man stood, quietly listening to his teacher's Dao sounds.

Suddenly, Taiqing Laozi paused his preaching, turned his head slightly, and looked in Gu Liangyuan's direction.

He smiled before speaking: "My Taiqing lineage will not be extinguished!"

Gu Liangyuan opened his mouth but found he could not make a sound.

He wanted to pay his respects to the Ancestral Master but could not make any movement.

The young man beside him looked in the direction his teacher was looking but found nothing.

He asked, "Teacher, what's wrong?"

Laozi slowly shook his head: "Xuandu, today's preaching ends here. You may withdraw."

Although Xuandu was puzzled, he still nodded in assent and left.

After Xuandu left, Laozi spoke directly to Gu Liangyuan:

"You need not say more; I already know everything."

"I... am dead."

As Laozi finished speaking, Gu Liangyuan felt the surrounding space rapidly collapsing.

Laozi watched this scene, his expression unchanged.

The earth cracking and the sky collapsing could not cause the slightest change in his expression:

"Good disciple, take your master's mantle and rebuild the Qiankun world!"

As Laozi finished speaking, he flicked his finger, and in the last moment before Gu Liangyuan disappeared, a stream of light shot into Gu Liangyuan's glabella.

Buzz!

Gu Liangyuan felt a pain in his glabella, his eyes blurred, and his ears buzzed.

Everything before him vanished.

When he regained his senses, he found that his Yin Spirit had returned to his body, and he was about to fall from the cloud.

The next moment, his magical power surged out, stabilizing his body.

The Yao Sisters stepped forward: "Master, what's wrong?"

Gu Liangyuan's expression was normal; he slowly shook his head, conjured the Hunqing Lotus Platform, and sat cross-legged:

"Nothing, let's keep going."

"Yes."

After reassuring the Yao Sisters, Gu Liangyuan immediately extended his Divine Sense into his glabella.

Everything that had just happened was too incredible!

Gu Liangyuan had too many questions.

Didn't they say that Golden Immortals were already immortal?

Could a powerhouse like Taiqing Laozi also die?

If he was dead, then why could he speak to him today?

And how did he suddenly enter that space?

But he knew that no one could answer these questions; he could only solve them himself, one by one.

Inspecting his Sea of Consciousness, Gu Liangyuan found a dazzling light spot within it.

He immediately used his Investigation Divine Ability:

"Name: Taiqing Inheritance"

"Function: Contains Taiqing's lifelong learning."

Gu Liangyuan had no more worries and directly touched the light sphere with his Divine Sense.

Buzz!

The moment his Divine Sense touched it, the light sphere shattered, and Gu Liangyuan felt an extremely vast amount of information instantly fill his entire mind.

The immense volume of information made even his nine Primordial Spirits struggle to absorb it all.

Gu Liangyuan controlled the Hunqing Lotus Platform to slow down, absorbing the information while continuing their journey.

It took a full seven days for Gu Liangyuan to absorb it completely.

After organizing the information in his mind, Gu Liangyuan's heart rate suddenly accelerated.

He had struck it rich, truly struck it rich!

Hundreds of Great Divine Powers, thousands of Small Divine Abilities.

Countless secret techniques of various types!

There were also twelve Supreme Great Divine Powers.

There was even the One Qi Transforming into Three Purities technique that Gu Liangyuan had always longed for.

This One Qi Transforming into Three Purities had already surpassed the scope of a Divine Ability.

It was called by the System as—Supreme Daoist Magic!

However, there were only about a dozen Cultivation Techniques.

But among these dozen Cultivation Techniques, the lowest was a top-tier Immortal Cultivation Technique, a method that could lead directly to the Golden Immortal Realm.

The highest was the complete version of the Taiqing Immortal Scripture.

This Cultivation Technique could no longer be described by Rank; like the Supreme Forgetfulness Scripture, it had no upper limit.

Such a Cultivation Technique was already close to the Dao!

But Gu Liangyuan himself felt that the Taiqing Immortal Scripture was a few points higher than the Supreme Forgetfulness Scripture.

It was also after reading the Taiqing Immortal Scripture that Gu Liangyuan finally had a clear concept of Grand Unity Immortals.

Human Immortal Nine Heavens

Heavenly Immortal Twelve Heavens

True Immortal Twenty-four Heavens

Comprehending a Dao Fruit allows one to become a Golden Immortal.

Golden Immortal Thirty-six Heavens

A Golden Immortal, steadily progressing, breaking through all thirty-six Heavens, can ascend another level.

This level is the Supreme Realm between Heaven and Earth!

This Realm has two names: Grand Unity and Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

A Dao Fruit is the fruit of the Great Dao.

Although it acts on behalf of the Heavenly Dao, it is still beneath the Heavenly Dao.

For example, the Slaughter Dao Fruit that Gu Liangyuan obtained was merely the Heavenly Dao's right of execution.

After comprehending a Dao Fruit and breaking through to Golden Immortal, if one can fully control a Dao, one becomes a Grand Unity Golden Immortal!

This step is also called "Controlling the Dao."

But there are also some who have surpassed the Golden Immortal Realm but failed to control a Dao; such Cultivators are called Grand Unity Golden Immortals.

In general, a Grand Unity Immortal holds a higher position in the cosmic hierarchy, surpassing a Grand Unity Immortal.

At this Realm, one's lifespan is infinite; it is already the Supreme Realm.

Although the status is higher, there have been stories of Grand Unity Immortals defeating Grand Unity Immortals.

Strictly speaking, Taiqing Laozi was also a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, but he controlled three thousand Daos, making him far, far more powerful than an ordinary Grand Unity Immortal. Thus, he was revered by all living beings as the Dao Ancestor.

According to the Taiqing Immortal Scripture, those who can be called Dao Ancestors are very few; since the beginning of the world until now, there have been fewer than ten.