Chapter 483 — Where in Life Shall We Not Meet

"After I learned the Primordial Spirit Guide from the Hierarch, I was greatly inspired. The Primordial Spirit Guide is a wondrous and profound method for cultivating the primordial spirit at the Six Harmonies realm—truly unfathomable in its subtlety, opening up countless possibilities for the future!"

Xu Shenghua sat with Shen Mu, the Xuanliao Demon Ape, and the others in the temple atop the Golden Peak. Speaking of the Primordial Spirit Guide that Shen Mu and Ling Yuxiu had pioneered, even he—a visitor from the heavens above—could not help but beam with excitement, his expression radiant as he clapped his hands in admiration: "The Primordial Spirit Guide pulls what could only be achieved at the Seven Stars realm down to the Six Harmonies realm. At the Six Harmonies realm, how to cultivate the primordial spirit, how to unleash its power—all of it was a blank slate. There is so much to be done here. For instance, developing all manner of primordial spirit divine abilities—each new ability pioneered is a tremendous advance for Daoist divine powers, and in turn influences every subsequent realm: Heaven-Man, Life-Death, Spirit Bridge! This is what I admire most about Hierarch Shen!"

At this point, even he could not help but show reverence, saying: "The Primordial Spirit Guide of the Hierarch and Princess Xiu can serve as a teacher for all under heaven! The title of Human Sovereign is well deserved! Toward you I feel both reverence and trepidation—you and I both possess Tyrant Bodies, yet you have already achieved so much. How then can I keep from falling behind you?"

Xu Shenghua smiled and said leisurely: "Your Primordial Spirit Guide drew out countless possibilities for Daoist divine powers, so I picked the greatest and most difficult one—the fusion of the Seven Stars realm and the Six Harmonies realm."

Shen Mu said in a low voice: "But fusing two great realms involves far too many aspects—it is equivalent to directly erasing an entire realm. How did you manage it?"

Xu Shenghua grew solemn and said: "There are seven divine treasuries in total: Spirit Fetus, Five Luminaries, Six Harmonies, Seven Stars, Heaven-Man, Life-Death, Spirit Bridge. Among these seven divine treasuries, the Spirit Fetus awakens spiritual nature. The formation of the Spirit Fetus is the center of creation."

"With the Spirit Fetus established upon the spirit platform, the Spirit Fetus becomes the center, generating the Five Luminaries—five stars of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—revolving around the spirit platform."

"Then the spirit platform gives rise to a continent. Once the continent takes shape, there are east, south, west, north, above, and below—the Six Harmonies."

"Once the Six Harmonies are accomplished, the sun and moon are born, combining into the Seven Stars."

"With the Seven Stars present, the Spirit Fetus also reaches great completion, giving rise to sun, moon, and stars—becoming Heaven-Man."

"The Heaven-Man's primordial spirit is sufficiently powerful. The primordial spirit connects to Life-Death. Death is the Nether Capital beneath the primordial spirit's feet, hidden below the spirit platform continent. The formation of the Nether Capital is Life-Death."

"Life is the Spirit Bridge—a spirit bridge emerging above the primordial spirit. Treading the Spirit Bridge, one reaches the Heavenly Palace. Entering the Heavenly Palace, one leaps beyond the Nether Capital's grasp and is no longer bound by lifespan."

In just a few words, he laid bare the mysteries of the seven great realms. Shen Mu nodded repeatedly. Xu Shenghua's understanding of the realms was largely similar to his own, though there were still differences—namely, certain distinctions regarding the Seven Stars realm.

The sun and moon within Shen Mu's divine treasury had long since formed—they had not taken shape only at the Seven Stars realm. This was clearly different from conventional cultivation. However, Shen Mu attributed this to the uniqueness of the Tyrant Body and did not dwell on it.

"Then how did you fuse the Six Harmonies and Seven Stars into one?" he asked humbly.

Xu Shenghua smiled faintly: "I worked backward."

Shen Mu's body trembled slightly. He exhaled a turbid breath: "Brilliant!"

"I imagined myself standing before the Southern Heavenly Gate of the Heavenly Palace, looking down upon the seven great realms. From the height of the Heavenly Palace, one would discover that the seven divine treasuries are, in the end, fundamentally just one."

Xu Shenghua said leisurely: "The seven divine treasuries are in truth a single divine treasury, but divided into seven parts. If someone had been sufficiently powerful from the very beginning, they could have treated the seven divine treasuries as one—opening all at once and directly entering the Heavenly Palace! But it is impossible for anyone to possess such terrifying power at birth. Yet the Hierarch and Princess Xiu's Primordial Spirit Guide has made it possible for the Seven Stars and Six Harmonies divine treasuries to become one."

Shen Mu said in a low voice: "Easier said than done. Different divine treasuries are separated by realms, separated by barriers. To fuse divine treasuries is to fuse realms, to shatter barriers. How did you break the barrier between the two divine treasuries and make them one?"

Xu Shenghua said: "To fuse the two great divine treasuries in advance and shatter the realm barrier, the primordial spirit must take the lead, forcibly condensing the two divine treasuries into one. To this end, I built upon the Hierarch's Primordial Spirit Guide and pioneered the Seven Stars Six Harmonies Primordial Spirit Art."

He activated the Primordial Spirit Art, and at once a violent aura surged into the sky. Essence qi rushed forth, and strange phenomena abruptly manifested.

Lotus flowers bloomed beneath Xu Shenghua's feet. The Spirit Fetus emerged from within the lotus, and the lotus beneath the Spirit Fetus's feet was his spirit platform. This spirit platform rotated and blossomed, transforming in an instant into a lotus continent.

At the same time, his Five Luminaries flew out—five great stars revolving around the lotus continent. Five deities stood atop the Five Luminary stars, each with a different visage.

Then the two qi of yin and yang transformed into sun and moon, soaring upward. Sun, moon, and Five Luminaries converged into the Seven Stars.

The Spirit Fetus's body grew larger and larger, standing upon the lotus continent. Rosy light emerged from within the lotus, connecting the Five Luminaries and Seven Stars!

Shen Mu immediately felt his primordial spirit standing between earth and sky, the primordial spirit as the central axis, essence qi circulating along strange trajectories, the barriers between divine treasuries utterly vanished!

What Xu Shenghua had opened was the connection between heaven and earth!

The Seven Stars and Six Harmonies divine treasuries were separate, but his Seven Stars Six Harmonies Primordial Spirit Art connected heaven and earth, causing the barrier between them to vanish completely!

Shen Mu suddenly rose to his feet, essence qi raging, and shouted: "Brother Xu, let me see how far your cultivation has advanced after fusing the two great realms!"

He activated the Eight Thunder Roar Techniques—alone in the Eastern Sea bearing the spring thunder—and threw a punch. Fury surged like ocean waves, spring thunder exploded, echoing through the mountains.

Xu Shenghua raised his hand to receive the punch. Both figures swayed. Shen Mu retreated half a step, revealing surprise.

Xu Shenghua's essence qi had originally been a notch inferior in sheer magnitude, but after fusing the two great realms, it had actually surpassed his by a notch!

The fusion of two great realms was indeed extraordinary!

Xu Shenghua dispersed the strange phenomena and explained the cultivation art he had pioneered.