Chương 190: Nascent Soul Dao Proving Technique

After slaying the two great demon gods, Fang Yang and Lie Shanqing parted ways. One of them was going back to Chang Le Palace to report to the emperor, while the other was going back to Jin'ao Island to plan the Four Symbols Spiritual Roots.

However, before returning to Jin'ao Island, Fang Yang made a special trip to Sanxian Island. His purpose in going to Sanxian Island was to deliver the Heaven-Mending Divine Stone from Huaguo Mountain to Fairy Yunxiao.

Besides the Golden Spirit Mother, the Cloud Fairy was the best match for the Heaven-Mending Stone in the Jie Sect.

Fang Yang had no choice but to hand over the Heaven-Mending Divine Stone to the Golden Spirit Mother. If Sun Wukong became an inner disciple, Golden Turtle Island would probably become a monkey den.

Fairy Yunxiao didn't have many concerns; she needed a disciple to inherit her lineage. A divine child born in the primordial state was offered to her without hesitation.

Having settled the matter of the innate divine fetus, Fang Yang's affairs in the prehistoric world finally came to an end. He took his leave and returned to Jin'ao Island.

Of the four spiritual roots of heaven and earth, Fang Yang only knew one: a primordial banana tree.

This innate banana tree is of the same grade as the gourd vine; both are top-grade innate spiritual roots.

Back then, on Mount Kunlun, when the four banana leaves on the banana tree ripened, the Sage Taiqing and the Ancestor of the Styx happened to be there and divided the four banana leaves—earth, water, fire, and wind—among themselves.

Fang Yang had no idea where the banana tree had fallen or whether it had perished.

"The Four Symbols Spiritual Roots?"

Upon hearing Fang Yang's request, a glint of light flashed in the eyes of the Tongtian Sect Master. He instantly realized that his youngest disciple was plotting to establish the Great Dao of Hunyuan.

Fang Yang's Dao of the Origin of Heaven and Earth requires the four fundamental elements: earth, water, fire, and wind. Even quasi-sages understand this principle, let alone sages.

"Disciple, you are seeking the Four Symbols Spiritual Roots to perfect your path to enlightenment, aren't you?"

Thinking of this, the Tongtian Sect Leader became interested.

He never regretted taking the path of a sage, for the path of a sage and the path of a Primordial Golden Immortal are actually the same. Even if he did not attain the Primordial Dao, he could still cultivate to become a Primordial Limitless Golden Immortal.

What interested him was exactly what Fang Yang's method of attaining enlightenment was all about.

Regardless of whether Fang Yang's method of attaining enlightenment can truly lead to the attainment of the Primordial Chaos, it is still a profound philosophy of cultivation. Such a philosophy is of great benefit even to sages.

"Exactly."

Even an ugly daughter-in-law must eventually meet her in-laws. Fang Yang knew that his method of enlightenment was incomplete. It would have been better if he hadn't revealed it; the moment he did, it was like selling his writings before Confucius.

But since the Master of the Heavenly Gate was his master, he had to entrust his method of enlightenment to the Master of the Heavenly Gate for supervision.

His expression turned solemn: "The Dao-attaining technique that I have comprehended is called the Nascent Soul Dao-attaining Technique. This technique is different from the Three Corpses Severing Technique. The principle of the Three Corpses Severing Technique is to make one's heart align with the will of Heaven, ultimately achieving unity between Heaven and Man, and condensing the Dao Fruit of a Sage."

"The essence of the Nascent Soul Dao Attainment Technique is to attain the Dao through one's own body. It uses the four spiritual roots of earth, fire, wind, and water to carry the four great Daos of the four elements and condense the four Nascent Souls of earth, fire, water, and wind. Once the four Nascent Souls are cultivated and merged with the original Nascent Soul, one can condense the Primordial Dao Fruit and attain the Primordial Dao."

Fang Yang explained his newly created Nascent Soul Dao Attainment Technique in its entirety, leaving nothing out. He needed guidance from the Tongtian Sect Master to completely perfect this Dao Attainment Technique.

"Those who don't heed the advice of the elders will suffer the consequences." Fang Yang had someone to consult, so of course he wouldn't hesitate. After listening, the Tongtian Sect Master's eyes shone brightly: "Your approach is not wrong. Use the Four Symbols Spiritual Roots to support the Four Symbols Great Dao, then evolve the Four Symbols to cultivate the Origin Dao of Heaven and Earth. However, this method is extremely dangerous.

None of the Four Symbols Spiritual Roots can be missing, and they must be top-grade innate spiritual roots. Ordinary innate spiritual roots simply cannot support the Four Symbols Great Dao, let alone nurture a Nascent Soul."

When this matter was brought up, even the Tongtian Sect Leader felt troubled.

Of all the supreme innate spiritual roots that have been born in the world, only the innate banana tree contains the origin of the four elements. However, after giving birth to four banana leaf fans, the innate banana tree perished.

Therefore, Fang Yang would have no choice but to seek out those top-grade innate spiritual roots that have not yet been born and are growing in the myriad worlds and various mysterious spaces. He might even leave the primordial world to seek opportunities in the outer worlds.

While the Nascent Soul Dao Attainment Technique is theoretically achievable, it is extremely difficult to implement.

After secretly calculating for a while, the Tongtian Sect Leader tapped the jade table lightly with his fingertips and slowly said, "According to my calculations, there are indeed unborn Four Symbols Spiritual Roots in the primordial world."

"The first Four Symbols Spiritual Root is the Twelfth Grade Profound Water Black Lotus. This spiritual root was nurtured from the lotus seed of the Chaos Green Lotus. It grows deep in the Ruins of Return. Fellow Daoist Kunpeng did not emerge for a great eon to protect this treasure."

"The second Four Symbols Spiritual Root is the Sacred Heart Tree. This spiritual root was transformed from a heart orifice of the Father God. This spiritual root can conceal heavenly secrets. I can only deduce that this spiritual root is located within a certain Pangu Grotto Heaven."

"Whether the other four elemental roots exist or where they are located is beyond my ability to determine, as the time is not yet ripe."

After the Tongtian Sect Leader finished speaking, he shook his head slightly. Clearly, Fang Yang's hope of proving the Dao of Hunyuan by relying on the Nascent Soul Dao Proving Technique was extremely slim.

Even he couldn't deduce the treasure, so Fang Yang could only search for it like looking for a needle in a haystack, bit by bit in the vast world and even the endless chaos.

Upon hearing this, Fang Yang remained calm and composed, unfazed even if the sky were to fall.

The essence of attaining the Dao of Hunyuan is the process of turning the impossible into the possible. To attain the Dao, one must inevitably undergo countless tribulations. If attaining the Dao of Hunyuan were so easy, then Ancestor Kunpeng wouldn't have needed to kill Ancestor Hongyun.

"Originally, as your master, I should have planned for the Twelfth Grade Profound Water Black Lotus for you. However, besides being your master, I am also the leader of the Jie Sect."

If it were an unclaimed opportunity, the Tongtian Sect Leader would undoubtedly fight tooth and nail for it, killing gods and Buddhas alike in his path. However, the Twelfth-Grade Profound Water Black Lotus already had an owner, so the Tongtian Sect Leader would not go and snatch it for personal reasons.

"I understand Master's difficulties. I am already extremely grateful that Master was able to calculate the whereabouts of the Four Symbols Spiritual Roots for me."

Fang Yang came to Biyou Palace this time just to try his luck. It would be good if the Tongtian Sect Leader could deduce the whereabouts of all four elemental roots, but if he couldn't, it wouldn't matter to him.

What the Tongtian Sect Leader admired most about Fang Yang was his mindset. Fang Yang could remain calm under any circumstances, and he would never give up hope. This was precisely the essential quality of a disciple of the Jie Sect.

"No, if a disciple is capable of creating their own path to enlightenment, how can a master not lend a helping hand?"

After the Tongtian Sect Leader made a hand seal, a ball of chaotic divine light rose from his body and shot out from the top of his head.

After this divine light appeared, time, space, and all things stood still.

An incomparably vast celestial sound resounded in the void. Fang Yang saw all things returning to nothingness, the end of heaven and earth, and the reappearance of Pangu in the divine light.

Whoosh!

"This is the Pangu Imprint, which only the true descendants of Pangu possess. With the Pangu Imprint, you will be able to open the Pangu Grotto and collect the Four Symbols Spiritual Roots within it."

Under Fang Yang's astonished gaze, the Tongtian Sect Leader pressed a button from afar, imprinting the Pangu imprint into Fang Yang's body.