Chapter 205: The Human Heavenly Sun
The setting sun was gentle, the evening clouds like water, and the stone stockade was tinged with a hint of red in the afterglow of the sunset.
Every house was built from piled-up boulders. Ye Fan and Fifth Master Zhang sat on a green rock, gazing at the red sun on the horizon, speaking in low tones.
"Our first ancestor, in his later years, behaved strangely and often disappeared. Once, he vanished for over half a year. When he reappeared, he was carrying two infants back with him. They were very special."
Ye Fan understood—those must have been the ancestors of the Wang and Lei families. He asked, "What was so special about them?"
"Those two babies possessed immense strength. They could lift a grown adult." This was a tale passed down orally through the Zhang family.
Ye Fan was dumbfounded. An infant lifting an adult... This completely defied common sense. No matter how extraordinary one's talent, it was impossible. He asked, "Were they... human?"
This was a suspicion he had long held. The so-called mysterious bloodline had sparked many associations in his mind, especially after hearing those secret stories from Tu Fei. He had made many deductions.
"You've thought of it too. That's right. Besides that, they had other traits that didn't seem human." Fifth Master Zhang's voice was calm. "Their blood was silver. Their forehead bones could emit light. Their pupils were double-pupiled. There were many other anomalies, but too much time has passed, and not all of it has been passed down."
Ye Fan was shocked. Silver blood clearly indicated they were not human. A forehead bone that could emit light meant they were born with divine abilities. As for double pupils, that was even more peculiar. In ancient Chinese myths and legends, those with such traits were often ancient emperors. If they weren't human, then it was hard to say.
"So... special..." Ye Fan stroked his chin in thought. After a long silence, he asked, "Did the Origin Heavenly Master say anything? Did he explain their origins?"
"At that time, the first ancestor's behavior was strange, and outsiders found it hard to understand his actions. He personally sealed those two young children..."
The Origin Heavenly Master told his descendants to marry human wives for them. If the children born were also strange, they were to be sealed as well. But he never explained their origins.
No one knows how many generations passed. The blood of the Wang and Lei families gradually turned from silver to red, slowly becoming no different from normal people.
Over so many years, only occasionally would one or two special children appear—forehead bones glowing, which would retract after a hundred days, born with divine arts and possessing strange abilities.
Ye Fan looked toward the stone stockade. In the distance, Er Lengzi was waving at him. "Brother Ye, my mother said to invite you to our house for dinner today."
"Alright, I'll definitely come." He smiled and agreed.
This was all too unbelievable. Their origins were mysterious, and they weren't human. He immediately thought of ancient creatures. The Origin Heavenly Master was truly audacious!
"In his later years, the first ancestor sighed, saying his greatest regret was not being able to enter the Primordial Ancient Mine, and his unfulfilled wish was not being able to see the future of Purple Mountain."
Ye Fan's heart trembled, and he couldn't calm down for a long time. "If I become an Origin Heavenly Master..." He thought of many things.
In his later years, would he also encounter something ominous? What kind of fate would he have? This was the last question that came to his mind.
But for now, he couldn't worry about that. He needed source stones. He needed to grow stronger. He needed the power to cross the starry sky. He had been in this world for five years now, and whenever he thought about it, he felt a sense of urgency.
The next day, Ye Fan left the stone stockade far behind and sealed himself underground. He was afraid that the commotion during his breakthrough might hurt the people in the stockade.
This time, his goal wasn't just to reach the peak of the Other Shore and undergo a rebirth, but to completely break into the Dao Palace Secret Realm.
He had been contemplating the Jade Pool heart technique. Although it was incomplete—only a few pages recorded in the Origin Heavenly Scripture—it gave him endless inspiration.
"Dao Palace Secret Realm, here I come!"
For a full half month, Ye Fan's secluded place was completely silent, without a single sound. On the sixteenth day, dust and sand blotted out the sun, and smoke soared into the sky.
This area was originally barren land, a reddish-brown expanse with gravel everywhere, showing no signs of life. Only occasionally could one or two stubborn weeds be seen standing tall.
But now, it was full of vitality. Green shoots emerged from the soil and rocks, spreading like flames of hope.
Ye Fan's Wheel Sea had reached perfection. His body was regenerating. The nine transformations of the Other Shore caused life energy to overflow, making even withered grass come back to life. After consuming sacred fruits twice and tempering his body once with a Great Emperor's sacred blood, this was his fourth rebirth.
With every move, divine power surged. He suddenly opened his eyes, looked up at the sky, and gazed down at the earth. He was lost in thought for a long time, silently savoring this complete transformation.
Without further delay, he flew off like the wind, found another place, and submerged himself into the earth again, preparing to break into the Dao Palace Secret Realm.
The ancient insect source was held in his palm, its essence overflowing and enveloping him.
The Wheel Sea was below the navel, about the size of a palm. The Dao Palace was above it. Ye Fan meditated on the fragments of the Jade Pool ancient scripture, gaining insight and understanding. It corresponded to the five internal organs, enclosed by the ribs.
The five deities within the Dao Palace were closely related to them. They could derive Dao power and generate life force. It was truly a place for nurturing life.
The heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys—collectively known as the five viscera, also called the five spirits—stored essence without leaking, contained life without decaying. They were an extremely powerful secret realm of the human body.
If a person could nurture their spirit, they would not die. If the five spirits were always present, eternal spring would remain. By connecting the five energies to heaven and earth, one could exist endlessly, forever enduring in the world.
The Dao Palace was a secret realm that could not be overlooked. If one wished to become immortal, they had to work hard in this realm. If one wanted to ascend further and comprehend the immortal Dao, they also needed to evolve the five elements here.
The ancient insect source in Ye Fan's hand was completely refined. Misty vapors and terrifying divine energy wrapped around him, as if a bronze furnace had swallowed him up.
Yes, at this moment, he used his abundant essence to forge a heavenly furnace, treating himself as an immortal pill, refining himself in countless ways.
He no longer saw the clouds rise and fall over the Other Shore. A divine palace appeared. Ye Fan clearly saw a heavenly gate above the Wheel Sea. If he rushed through it, he would enter another secret realm.
"Raise my divine sail, break through the sea, and ascend to another heaven."
A long, melodious sound echoed in the Wheel Sea. He rode the wind, and the bitter sea surged, sending him into the clouds.
A divine bridge spanned across, extending to his feet, carrying him toward the heavenly gate. Even from a distance, he could see that within lay a new world.
The bitter sea churned beneath his feet, and the heavenly gate opened in the clouds. The Dao gate he had dreamed of was now in sight.
Ye Fan strode forward, getting closer and closer. He had already accumulated enough. Breaking into the Dao Palace in one go was no illusion.
"Boom!"
From within the heavenly gate came the aura of a deity. He felt the power of the Dao, reaching right before him.
Only one step remained before he could enter the Dao gate. Ye Fan paused and looked back down. The bitter sea surged; mist and clouds rose together. He saw not just the Wheel Sea, but also scenes from the past.
The path he had crossed was not just a secret realm, but also a stretch of time. Tides rose and fell, brilliance faded. He turned his head back sharply and took that step.
The next moment, the sky was vast and the earth was wide. He had stepped into a new world, filled with vibrant life and abundant space.
At the same time, a rumbling sound came from within Ye Fan's body. Five energies soared to the heavens, five dragon-like divine mists shot into the sky.
"What person is this? Five divine energies piercing the sky, breaking through the clouds... Is this real?" A hundred li away, someone saw this strange sight and showed an expression of disbelief.
"This is truly hard to believe. Such a Dao phenomenon is rare in the world. Even the various Sacred Lords, in their prime, when they were young and spirited, probably couldn't achieve this. They didn't show such a sight during their breakthroughs."
"Could it be the Divine King Physique of the Jiang family? No, he can't be here, and he's already passed this realm. What kind of physique is this? Who is breaking through?"
The cultivator a hundred li away saw the five energies piercing the sky and quickly rushed toward that direction, wanting to see the person responsible.
But the distance was too great. He couldn't make it in time, because the five dragon-like energy pillars vanished in the blink of an eye, disappearing quickly.
Ye Fan had ascended to the Dao Palace Secret Realm. Now he faced a choice: which deity should he cultivate first?
"The heart moves constantly, circulating blood through all meridians, transporting divine power everywhere. I should first choose the heart's divine treasury." After a brief thought, he made his decision.
The Dao Palace world was hazy, filled with mist everywhere, waiting for him to develop. He could only rely on his instincts to find that divine treasury.
"The heart is the master of the body, the foundation of all things, the great ruler of the five viscera and six bowels."
One could say that everything originated from this divine treasury. Ye Fan walked straight ahead, relying on his instincts, and soon broke through the mist, arriving before it.
The heart deity was shaped like an unopened lotus flower, not yet formed into a human figure. This indicated it was still in the process of being born. If one wished to be immortal and hope to endure, they had to start from here.
Essence constituted the foundation of the human body. Entering the Dao Palace Secret Realm required transforming essence into spirit, allowing the deity to be born.
"The coming of life is called essence; the clash of two essences is called spirit..." Ye Fan silently recited the seven methods of the ancient scripture.
He understood everything at once, because he had read some of these words in ancient books on the other shore of the starry sky. Thus, when cultivating the Dao Palace Secret Realm, he proceeded smoothly.
"Prenatal essence gives birth; postnatal essence nourishes."
Prenatal essence accompanied a person's birth, marking the beginning of their personal heaven and earth. Form existed, then spirit was born; form perished, then spirit was extinguished.
Postnatal essence had to be refined and obtained, to nourish the spirit and sustain life.
When he drew near, Ye Fan felt a wave of heat. The heart's divine treasury was extremely abundant in yang energy.
"For humans and heaven and earth correspond. Heaven has a sun, and humans also have a sun. The yang of the sovereign father is the sun..."
The human body corresponded to heaven and earth. The heart's divine treasury was the human body's heavenly sun, the root of all vitality. It was the most important of the five great realms of the Dao Palace.
This divine treasury was the sun among the deities. It used yang energy to drive the cycle of life force, maintaining the body's immortality and keeping its vitality unceasing.
At this moment, Ye Fan noticed that the fiery red source in his hand was exceptionally active. It transformed into fire-type essence energy, rushing into his body, directly nourishing the deity shaped like an unopened lotus flower.
"The heart is the fire organ, illuminating all things." Ye Fan understood. "The body's heavenly sun cannot lack yang. It nourishes all things and is the foundation of the body's eternal existence."
"Boom!"
The lotus-shaped divine treasury dispelled the mist. Ye Fan felt comfortable all over, his pores relaxed. A strange Dao power flowed out, spreading into every inch of his flesh and blood.
He had just entered the Dao Palace Secret Realm. Prenatal essence was born, and the heart's divine treasury was like the sun in the sky. This was like the beginning of heaven and earth, the birth of all things. The human body's sun had appeared.
The Dao Palace Secret Realm was thus opened. He would step forward step by step, carving out a new world.
"The Wheel and Sea derive yin and yang; the five divine treasuries evolve the five elements..."
Yes, the Wheel Sea gave birth to yin and yang. He felt he had caught a glimpse of the secret of the ancient great powers who cultivated a single secret realm.
Ye Fan rose to his feet, took a step, and appeared on the boundless earth. Ascending to the Dao Palace, evolving the beginning of the human body's heaven and earth, his realm had risen significantly.
At this moment, he was in harmony with heaven and earth, feeling a sense of unity with the Dao and naturalness.
His sleeves fluttered, as if he were an immortal. Where his feet fell, Dao rhythms emerged, patterns formed, like a banished immortal descending to the mortal world.
Now, my upper eyelid was grabbing my lower eyelid, refusing to let go no matter what. I was ruthlessly forcing it, sealing my eyes shut. That's it for today's chapter. I can't keep my eyes open. I'm off to sleep and mediate.