As the sun first rose, Kunlun was verdant, immortal mist steamed, and crystal-clear dew drops rolled on the leaves of flowers, grasses, and vines, radiating light in the morning glow and circulating with vibrant life.
Shaohua entered seclusion in this place, said to be capable of nurturing Immortals, bathing in the Immortal Pool's divine liquid, observing fragments of the Immortal-Making Cauldron, and also incidentally repairing some areas destroyed by the Ruthless Great Emperor.
The Ruthless Great Emperor was indeed ruthless; in her fury, she destroyed everything, caring not whether she became an Immortal or not, shattering the Immortal-Making Cauldron with one palm, killing tens of thousands of ancestral dragon heads with her fingers, only casually taking away the Spirit (essence) from Dragon Head Peak.
Shaohua pieced together the fragments of the Immortal-Making Cauldron; the Cauldron was severely damaged, and even when pieced together, only three legs and the bottom remained, with a large hole missing from the bottom, less than a third of its complete form.
In the future, it would be nourished and slightly repaired by the Immortal Pool, but for now, it was still shattered on the ground.
The Immortal-Making Cauldron bore the mottled marks of time; every engraving was very blurry. She caressed it with her hand, and no immortal aura overflowed, but even though it was severely incomplete, holding it was enough to contend against an extreme dao emperor weapon.
This Cauldron was said to contain the secret of becoming an Immortal, engraved with the sun, moon, and stars, wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, flowers, birds, fish, and insects, ancient people, and divine beings, practically encompassing all things and the entire universe, hence it was also known as the Ten Thousand Material Origin Cauldron.
Shaohua planted both the Ginseng Fruit Tree and the White Tiger Divine Medicine in the Immortal Pool, their fragrance wafting, and essence overflowing, making one feel even more peaceful.
Her mind sank into the Cauldron, comprehending the myriad Dao marks on the Immortal-Making Cauldron, as well as the incomplete immortal Dao patterns contained within, benefiting immensely.
Time flew by; this seclusion for enlightenment lasted eight hundred years in the world.
In the long river of time, eight hundred years was truly nothing, but for Shaohua, it held significant meaning, having a life-changing impact.
"Perhaps, this truly is my Immortal Land."
She murmured to herself, her cultivation actually advancing further, one step closer; one must know that she was already in the realm of an alternative enlightenment, comparable to a self-severed Forbidden Zone Supreme, with almost no room for further improvement.
Above that, there was only the current Great Emperor.
She enlightened in the Immortal Land, connecting with the Dao marks of the ten directions of heaven and earth, comprehending all ancient and modern laws, preserving and nourishing herself internally, forging her own Dao and Law, and solidifying eternity.
The Nine Secrets, phenomena, West Emperor Scripture, Saint Body Method, Heavenly Venerate Method, and other scriptures that evolved everything, the profound meanings of spells and Dao principles blended, ancient scriptures and imperial laws intertwined.
It was not about refining a hundred scriptures into one, but rather gathering the strengths of many, cultivating the true from the false, and seeking Immortality from the true.
A woman was seen sitting cross-legged in the Immortal Pool, her body crystalline, her green robes ethereal, possessing a supreme majesty and radiating holy light, as if ancient characters were leaping out from within her five Secret Realms.
The human body contains endless doors; so-called cultivation is about opening one internal door after another, releasing one's true nature.
Shaohua was creating her own Dao, to completely forge her own path, a path of proving the Dao, and also a path to Immortality!
"The total mechanism of one's physiology, the source of all upward and downward motive power, is the Yellow Court; the inner scenery means containing qi and nourishing essence, visualizing divine images…"
Unbeknownst to her, she seemed to have touched a very special realm, experiencing a transcendent feeling of being beyond the world.
A long time passed, and the Kunlun Immortal Land fell silent, absolutely quiet, yet Shaohua's thoughts regained their activity, becoming even more acute, her mind and body clear, in harmony with the Dao, existing in a state of emptiness and clarity.
"Reach the ultimate emptiness, maintain profound stillness, open the Yellow Court, enter the inner scenery…"
No longer clinging to past life memories, nor fixated on the scriptures circulating in this life, she finally created her own Dao and Law, truly walking her own path.
The mist shrouding her Dao path had been blown away at one corner; she found her Dao, her Law, her Path!
The path of cultivation begins with the Sea of Suffering, then opens the five divine Tibetan (stores) of the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, then cultivates the Four Extremities, transforms into a dragon through the nine transformations of the spine, and finally ascends to the Immortal Altar.
However, Shaohua's Dao focused more on the Three Yellow Courts, which are the lower, middle, and upper Dantian.
The lower Dantian is where the Sea of Suffering is located, the foundation of human life, the origin of essence and qi; by focusing the mind on the lower Dantian and visualizing the Yin and Yang spirits, the Yin and Yang qi will not wane, and life will not wither.
The middle Dantian refers to the heart; the heart is the Crimson Palace, as the saying goes, "the spirits, body, and essence of the six viscera and five organs are all within the heart, operating the heavenly scripture." She possesses the Saint Body bloodline, a powerful physique, and naturally takes the heart as the core, governing all parts of her body.
The upper Dantian corresponds to the Sea of Consciousness Immortal Altar; it is the place where the spirit resides, and cultivation from bottom to top remains of utmost importance.
Using these three Dantian as the main framework, she no longer followed the established sequence of the Five Secret Realms Method, but created a new profound meaning, evolving the immortal great Dao, and walking a unique path!
Shaohua's delicate body trembled, and the profound meaning she had uniquely created roared within her body, with an inexplicable Dao sound reverberating through the Immortal Land.
Especially the Sea of Suffering, Dao Palace, and Immortal Altar, these three Secret Realms radiated with great light, all dissolving inch by inch, restarting cultivation from the source.
Her creation of the Dao this time was truly extraordinary; Heaven sensed it and sent down numerous phenomena, some of which even directly attacked her, their power terrifying and unparalleled.
Of course, she did not transcend the Secret Realms Method completely; she merely found an ingenious way to walk her own path. These phenomena were not Dao-creation tribulations; they were all born from her inner scenery, a resonance between heaven and man, giving rise to various strange sights.
"I am terrifyingly strong now!"
Shaohua felt that her current self could punch through the Forbidden Zone nursing home and stomp on the Saint Spirit kindergarten; even if a Supreme underwent extreme sublimation, she would not fear and could still contend with them.
If her current Great Emperor wasn't her own mother, she would definitely challenge the Great Emperor!
"Hmm, actually, I could try. Mother is so gentle; she definitely wouldn't strike too hard." She pondered in her mind how much chance of victory she had.
If before, alternative enlightenment was merely stepping one foot into the extreme Dao realm, now her other foot had also entered, with only a small part of her heel still outside the door.
If not for the current existence of an Emperor, where one Dao reigns supreme and all other Daos merge, making it almost impossible to break, she would have already proven the Dao just now.
Shaohua was extraordinarily remarkable, almost as if she had already stepped into the supreme realm; countless runes appeared, imprinted in her flesh and blood, Dao patterns were endless, and various Dharma forms emerged, nurturing an immortal embryo and Dao fetus.
A terrifying aura soared into the sky, the universe trembled, and myriad Daos roared; many beings perceived this commotion and collectively gasped a huge breath of heaven and earth essence.
"Which divine being is this? The West Empress has only suppressed the world for a mere thousand years, and yet someone dares to attempt to prove the Dao and challenge the Heavenly Heart Imprint?!"
The Heavenly Heart Imprint trembled; someone was trying to use their own Dao to contend against myriad Daos, clashing with all ancient Dao principles, which was simply defying the heavens. This was undoubtedly a great provocation to the current Dao Prover.
Far away in Beidou, the West Empress's expression changed slightly, her eyebrows furrowed, then she smiled sweetly, returning to her usual serene and dignified demeanor.
Shaohua's timely concealment might have fooled others, but she alone could not be deceived; mother and daughter were connected by heart, and the pulsation from their bloodline could not be easily concealed.
"Our child, even if she cannot prove the Dao, she can rival the ancient Supremes and be on par with the current Great Emperor!" the West Empress said to her husband.