Chapter 486: Five Ghosts in the Sky, Five Plagues on the Earth
Yang Shen has been a superior realm highly respected by Taoists since ancient times.
In the Investiture of the Gods, Yuanshi Tianzun once said in the Investiture of the Gods Edict, "If you have not transcended the Yang God, it will be difficult to keep the appointment with the Three Thousand Yao Chi."
Zhongli Quan, one of the Eight Immortals, also talked about the Great Way of Yang Shen. He said, "Qi turns into essence, essence turns into mercury, mercury turns into sand, and sand turns into golden elixir. When the golden elixir is formed, true qi will be generated naturally. Refining qi will turn you into a god and you will achieve transcendence."
That is, the Yang Shen realm is the key step for practitioners to achieve transcendence.
There is also a statement in "Records of the Gathering of Immortals in the Western Mountains" that after the three flowers gather at the top of the head and the five qi converge, a yang spirit can be born in 500 days, reaching the state of "having a body outside the body, transcending the ordinary and entering into a saint".
Now, Li Daoxuan has finally entered this realm with the help of the Pure Yang Golden Pill.
Yangshen Realm!
His yang spirit stood high above the nine heavens, emitting immortal golden light, as if he was patrolling on behalf of the heaven, overlooking the common people.
An indescribable divinity was growing in him, mysterious, vast, and holy. Even ordinary people could tell the difference between him and evil spirits at a glance.
A bit like the gods and Buddhas in a temple.
The man in black robe felt a chill in his heart, and jealousy flashed in his eyes.
Not everyone will have such . This shows that the method Li Daoxuan practiced is very extraordinary. It is not only authentic to the Xuanmen school, but it is also very likely to be passed down by a true immortal, pointing directly to the supreme way!
Only in this way could Li Daoxuan's Yang Spirit be so vast and sacred, as if he were blessed with some mysterious destiny.
There are endless benefits to cultivating into a Yang God with this level of skills. Not only will your magic power be more refined and your combat power stronger, but it will also be easier to cultivate into an immortal in the future, and your potential is limitless.
At this moment, the black-robed man's heart was almost filled with jealousy, and his soul was twisted.
Why did he and his brother go through so much hardship and endure so many humiliations, but in the end were no match for this young Taoist priest?
God is unfair!!!
They, the Five Evil Elders, were all great cultivators who had entered the Yang God Realm a long time ago. However, their progress over the past few decades had been slow, like a crawling turtle, because the potential of the techniques they practiced had been exhausted.
If they were allowed to obtain Li Daoxuan's martial arts, they would have become immortals long ago!
Thinking of this, the man in black robe felt even more unbalanced. He held a black banner in his hand, on which was embroidered a bright red word "plague", which exuded an extremely dangerous aura.
Low-grade spiritual treasure, the Plague God Banner!
The White Snake and Xiaotian pounced forward, but as the man in black robe waved the Plague God Banner, they immediately began to stagger, had headaches and fever, and their bodies were burning hot. They fell directly from the air to the ground and fell into a coma.
Even the Great Sage's indestructible body was affected. When the iron rod smashed down, his feet began to shake, and an unprecedented feeling of weakness emerged in Wang Bo's heart.
boom!
Due to his weakness, the iron rod actually broke crooked, and then the Monkey King sat on the ground, becoming powerless and unable to fight anymore.
On the shoulder of the Great Sage, Wu Wei, who was also weak, smiled bitterly and said to Wang Bo: "It seems that this puppet still has a lot of room for improvement. After all this time, we have become the Great Sage's weakness."
The Plague God Banner was indeed powerful, but it was not powerful enough to make the Great Sage lose his fighting power all at once. The main reason was that the Great Sage's controller, Wang Bo, was affected by the Plague God Banner.
"Damn it, will the Imperial Master be okay?"
Wang Bo gritted his teeth.
Wu Wei shook his head and looked at Li Daoxuan with confidence, saying, "Don't worry, since Senior Brother has become a Yang God, no matter how powerful he is, he is just a clown."
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In the void, Li Daoxuan first realized the mystery of the Yang Spirit leaving the body. This feeling was very magical, completely different from when it was the Yin Spirit.
If the Yin Spirit leaving the body is like walking on thin ice, where one has to be careful of wind, sun, thunder, rain and dew, then the Yang Spirit leaving the body is like a captive bird returning to the forest, a fish in the pond returning to the deep, like returning to one's own home and feeling extremely relaxed.
Wind, sun, rain, thunder...
These things that once seemed extremely dangerous to the soul have now become beautiful scenery, or even power that can be borrowed.
"So that's how it is. This is the Yang God Realm..."
Li Daoxuan muttered to himself.
At this moment, his perception of the world has changed greatly. Time, space, yin and yang, the five elements, the birth and death of thunder...
The natural laws between heaven and earth slowly removed their mysterious veils and revealed their true colors before him, acting shy and timid, reluctant and shy, no longer looking like the aloof goddess.
Li Daoxuan finally understood why many powerful magical powers require at least the Yang Shen realm to practice.
Just as he was immersed in the beauty of breaking through the Yang Shen realm, a sense of crisis suddenly emerged. It was the call of his physical body.
The man in black robe was seen waving the Plague God Banner, and the black plague energy was like a giant python with fangs bared, biting Li Daoxuan's body.
The grass and trees around Li Daoxuan quickly withered and rotted. Just a wisp of black air that escaped made Zhurong and Dianmu in the Yinshen realm dizzy and unable to get close to Li Daoxuan.
They were extremely anxious, but helpless. They could only watch as the body of the national teacher was invaded by the disease and the black color on his skin gradually spread.
After Li Daoxuan cultivated the seventh level of "Five Thunders Nourishing Essence", his physical body was comparable to a mid-grade magic weapon. When he broke through the Yang God Realm, his physical body was nourished by a portion of pure Yang Qi, becoming even stronger and more powerful.
But under the black-robed man's plague flag, they were still unable to resist the invasion of the plague and were defeated.
At this moment, a golden light descended from the sky and landed into Li Daoxuan's Niwan Palace. His soul and flesh became one, and his yang spirit returned to its place!
In an instant, Li Daoxuan's body became bright and clear. Every inch of his skin and every strand of hair was glowing with a light golden light. In addition, twelve thousand acupuncture points were glowing faintly, like stars in the sky.
This is the vision of the second level of the "Huangting Ancient Scripture". Among the 48,000 gods in the flesh, 12,000 have awakened.
In an instant, the plague energy that had been so ferocious just now suddenly collapsed, and was killed without any weapons. The poisonous gas that was like a giant python was also dispersed by the dazzling golden light and turned into nothingness.
Li Daoxuan slowly opened his eyes, and the divine pattern between his eyebrows shone brightly. Although he did not open his third eye, he still gave the man in black a feeling that he had nowhere to hide.
"Li Daoxuan, you killed my brother, I will make you pay with your life!"
Seeing that the Plague God Banner did not hurt Li Daoxuan, the man in black robe was not discouraged. Instead, he was shocked and stared at Li Daoxuan closely, as if he had discovered some secret.
"Just you?"
Li Daoxuan's voice was not loud, but it was like thunder, with a majestic power that made people subconsciously feel awe.
"Haha, Li Daoxuan, there's no need to pretend anymore. From just now till now, you haven't used the power of the formation. If I'm guessing correctly, you can't maintain that state for a long time!"
"You are now just entering the Yangshen realm!"
The voice of the man in black robe was very excited. He said, how could such a powerful formation be maintained forever? The current Li Daoxuan no longer had the power to kill Yang God like mowing grass!
Li Daoxuan's eyes looked a little strange, and he didn't say anything.
The Four Saints Formation cannot operate continuously, because it will continue to consume the national fortune of the Tang Dynasty, but considering the current accumulation of the Tang Dynasty, it should be no problem to continue for three to five days.
The reason why he did not use the power of the Four Saints to kill the man in black was purely because he had just broken through the Yang God Realm and was itching to try out how strong he was now.
Killing one with one knife is a bit boring.
But unexpectedly, some people seemed to have misunderstood it.
Li Daoxuan's silence undoubtedly showed his guilt in the eyes of the man in black robe.
He laughed loudly and said, "Li Daoxuan, today is the day you die!"
After saying this, he held the Plague God Banner in the air, bit his tongue, sprayed blood on the banner, and then continued to make hand gestures and chant incantations.
"Use your blood as a sacrifice, and your lifespan as a sacrifice, to summon the ghost of the green plague in the east, the ghost of the red plague in the south, the ghost of the blood plague in the west, the ghost of the black plague in the north, and the ghost of the yellow plague in the center..."
call!
In an instant, a fierce wind blew around, making the Plague God Banner rustle. The bright red word "Plague" began to bleed, and fell to the ground, sizzling and smoking.
Then five figures appeared in the sky above Chang'an, about three to five feet above the ground. They were wearing robes of five colors and each held an object in their hands.
One held a ladle and a pot, one held a leather bag and a sword, one held a fan, one held a hammer, and one held a fire pot.
Li Daoxuan looked at the scene with great interest. These five figures were very similar to the five plague messengers in the legend.
The Five Plague Messengers, also known as the Five Strong Men of the Five Directions, are the Five Ghosts in the sky and the Five Plagues on the earth. They are Zhang Yuanbo, the Spring Plague; Liu Yuanda, the Summer Plague; Zhao Gongming, the Autumn Plague; Zhong Rengui, the Winter Plague; and Shi Wenye, the Total Plague.
Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty issued an imperial decree to confer titles on five warriors as generals: the blue-robed warrior was named General Xiansheng, the red-robed warrior was named General Xianying, the white-robed warrior was named General Ganying, the black-robed warrior was named General Gancheng, and the yellow-robed warrior was named General Ganwei. The fifth day of May was designated as a festival for worshiping the five plagues.
Obviously, what the black-robed man summoned were not the real Five Plague Messengers, but an incarnation of the Five Plague Messengers, with similar appearance and temperament, and each with its own magical powers. It was a very mysterious method.
Li Daoxuan suddenly became interested.
"Kill him!"
The man in black robe shouted loudly. Although his voice was a little weak, he was very excited.
The next moment, the five strong men moved. They raised the magic weapons in their hands. One of them scooped out black medicine from the ladle and sprinkled it on Li Daoxuan, one threw the leather bag in his hand, one fanned the evil wind, one held a hammer and hit, and another gently blew the diseased fire in the pot.
For a moment, even Li Daoxuan felt the pressure.
The black medicine corrodes the body, the leather bag absorbs people's energy, the evil wind destroys people's eyes, the hammer nails the head and makes people dizzy, and the disease fire is even more weird, which directly burns the soul!
Li Daoxuan couldn't help but sigh that the man in black robe was worthy of being in the late Yangshen stage. If other Taoist masters who had just advanced to the Yangshen stage used such means, they would have .
But unfortunately, his opponent is himself.
The space around Li Daoxuan began to ripple, and then his figure disappeared in an instant, and he dodged the attacks of the five strong men at the critical moment.
Great supernatural power - moving stars and changing constellations!
The next moment, his figure appeared above the head of a Five-Directional Warrior, holding a thunder seal in his hand. He did not even silently recite the incantation of the Five Thunder Method, but just thought about it and said, "Thunder!"
Boom!
Countless golden thunderbolts struck down like a rainstorm, instantly submerging the Five-Directional Strongman. The masculine and domineering power of thunder raged between heaven and earth, frightening those who heard it and terrified those who saw it.
When the lightning faded, the five strong men wearing green robes and holding ladles and pots had turned into ashes and disappeared.
The power of thunder magic has increased by about three times, and the mana has increased by nearly ten times...
While controlling thunder and lightning, Li Daoxuan silently estimated the changes in his strength after entering the Yang God realm.
"General Xianying, kill!"
The man in black robe made hand seals and controlled the red robe strongman to kill Li Daoxuan.
But Li Daoxuan possessed the supernatural power of moving stars and changing constellations, and he could always avoid the enemy's attack at the critical moment, move across the air, and his whereabouts were elusive, sometimes above the nine heavens, sometimes below the nine earths, like a dragon that could not be seen from head to tail.
This is also the benefit gained after advancing to Yangshen. Li Daoxuan has a deeper understanding of the great magical power of moving stars and changing constellations. He has been able to achieve the state of freely changing his thoughts and being at ease with his heart.
If it were in the past, he would not dare to use it like this. After all, if he was not careful, he would easily get stuck in the wall and become a bloody mess.
While moving, Li Daoxuan did not forget to attack.
He used his gold element magical power to condense thousands of swords and killed the red-robed warrior. He used his wood element magical power to plant countless seeds in the body of the white-robed warrior. Then the seeds sprouted, broke out of the shells, and made the warrior full of holes.
He used his fire-based magical power to condense a fire dragon, which burned the black-robed strongman to death. Finally, he used his earth-based magical power to suppress the yellow-robed strongman a thousand feet underground.
This process may seem complicated, but in fact it is as fast as lightning. In just a few breaths, all five strong men of the black-robed man were defeated!
"Li Daoxuan!!!"
The man in black robe had bloodshot eyes and gnashed his teeth in hatred. Although the other party was in the early stage of Yang Shen, the magical powers he displayed were all at the Tian Gang level. Although he had some advantages in cultivation, he was far inferior to the other party in magical powers!
Although he was unwilling, he had to admit that Li Daoxuan, who had just entered the Yang Shen realm, seemed to have posed a great threat to him.
"Don't worry, it's your turn now."
The space was rippling, and Li Daoxuan's figure suddenly appeared in front of him. He smiled slightly, and a drop of deep blue water was bounced into the body of the man in black robe.
In an instant, ice formed on the surrounding ground. The man in black robe waved the Plague God Banner to try to stop it, but even the invisible plague energy was frozen, and his hand holding the Plague God Banner was also covered with frost at some point.
The man in black robe shuddered subconsciously. He didn't know how many years it had been before he felt that biting chill again, and even his thoughts seemed to be frozen.
Under the moonlight, a lifelike ice sculpture appeared in front of everyone.
Li Daoxuan looked at the cold air in his palm and was surprised. This Xuanming True Water was indeed powerful. Even though he had now reached the Yang God Realm, he could only barely control it. Although he froze the man in black robe with one strike, his right hand was actually slightly numb.
Xuanming True Water is truly the natal true water of the Water God Gonggong. It is said to be the strongest water that can freeze three thousand worlds!
In the ice sculpture, the man in black robe is worthy of being a great monk in the late Yangshen stage. He is not dead yet and is still conscious. He is struggling hard, mobilizing all his magic power to try to break the layer of ice.
"Haha, you want to go out? Okay, I'll help you."
Li Daoxuan came up to him, smiled slightly, then reached out and tapped lightly on the ice sculpture.
Snap!
Cracks began to appear on the ice sculpture and continued to expand like a spider web. The black-robed man's pupils widened wildly, revealing a look of fear.
After a moment, with a crisp sound, the ice sculpture shattered into pieces, turning into countless fragments that fell to the ground like raindrops.
