CHAPTER 267: CHAPTER 254: 3 MAJOR TABOOS (2ND UPDATE, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE)

What is the Purple Mansion?

It is the dwelling place of the Immortal Gods.

In the context of cultivation, opening up the Purple Mansion means creating a habitation for the Divine Soul within one’s Sea of Consciousness, allowing the otherwise hidden Divine Soul to manifest and have a place to reside.

The Divine Soul is essentially the commanding Immortal God of a person, and its residence is naturally the Purple Mansion.

The Nascent Soul Stage Zhenren can exist in the form of a Nascent Soul even after their physical body is damaged, which indirectly confirms the theory that the Divine Soul is the "Immortal God."

To summarize using the four major stages of cultivation, the Foundation Establishment Cultivator creating the Purple Mansion is akin to moving from the "Refining Essence and Transforming Qi" stage to the "Qi Refining and God Transformation" stage.

Compared to Qi Cultivation Stage Cultivators advancing to Foundation Establishment, while not as dangerous, Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators face numerous taboos when creating the Purple Mansion, and it usually takes a long time.

The taboos of creating the Purple Mansion mainly include the following points.

First, avoid being startled.

During the creation of the Purple Mansion, it is most taboo to be disturbed or startled; any external sounds, unusual fluctuations of Spiritual Qi, or other interferences may frighten the Divine Soul, leading to failure in creating the Purple Mansion.

Therefore, when cultivators create the Purple Mansion, they must set up multiple array formations in the cave mansion to block out all external interferences, ensuring that even if the world outside collapses, there will be no strange sounds within the cave mansion.

Second, avoid confusion.

Confusion originally means being able to discern clearly without doubt when encountering things.

The Divine Soul is the "Immortal God" residing within a person’s body, able to see what cannot be seen, hear what cannot be heard, and perceive what cannot be perceived.

Thus, when the Divine Soul manifests, cultivators will certainly see unseen things, hear unheard words, and perceive unperceived matters.

But these unseen things, unheard words, and unperceived matters are not subjects for exploration or inquiry by Purple Mansion Stage Cultivators.

If one rashly attempts to find out the origins or causes of these things, they will encounter the "Transformation Dao" crisis.

What is Transformation Dao?

It involves transforming the body into Dao and completely vanishing from the world; this is Transformation Dao!

Therefore, cultivators creating the Purple Mansion must firmly adhere to their original intention, suppress overwhelming curiosity and inquisitiveness, and maintain a serene heart.

Third, avoid reckless actions.

When cultivators have successfully created the Purple Mansion and the Divine Soul manifests and returns to the Purple Mansion, the phenomenon of "Divine Traveling Heaven and Earth" will occur.

This "Divine Traveling Heaven and Earth" phenomenon is beneficial; it is a chance for cultivators to closely touch the laws of Heaven and Earth.

Many Purple Mansion Cultivators take advantage of this opportunity to grasp key points of magic, or suddenly gain significant insights into skills like artifact refining, alchemy, and array formation.

Simply put, this "Divine Traveling Heaven and Earth" phenomenon is like an intensified "epiphany," allowing Purple Mansion Cultivators to comprehend many cultivation truths.

However, opportunities often come with risks.

Though "Divine Traveling Heaven and Earth" can help Purple Mansion Cultivators touch upon the laws of Heaven and Earth in advance and perceive the Great Dao, it also puts immense pressure on the Divine Soul.

Many cultivators, enticed by the great benefits of "Divine Traveling Heaven and Earth," neglect the burden it places on the Divine Soul, becoming overly immersed and unable to extricate themselves, ultimately leading to the collapse and dissolution of the Divine Soul, resulting in immediate death.

Therefore, after successfully creating the Purple Mansion, cultivators must refrain from reckless action and cut off at the right time, not becoming overly immersed in "Divine Traveling Heaven and Earth."

These three taboos are the most critical points to avoid when creating the Purple Mansion.

The Foundation Establishment has three major hurdles; the Purple Mansion has three major taboos.

On the path of cultivation, each Great Realm leading to the next is accompanied by various dangers.

The likelihood of safely overcoming these dangers without understanding them is, as expected, quite low.

Thus, the experiences and insights of predecessors are crucial and incredibly important.

Although Zhouyang had long seen the three major taboos of creating the Purple Mansion in the cultivation technique manuals, he only knew of the taboos and not the solutions.

Now, through studying the experiences and insights of Yellow Sand Sect Purple Mansion Cultivators, he realized that the senior cultivators had already summarized and found some coping methods.

For example, concerning the first taboo, much can be done about the closed cultivation site.

The cave mansion Zhouyang is currently using for closed cultivation has three layers of array formations inside and out, completely disconnecting him from the outside once all three layers are activated.

Even if an earthquake suddenly occurred outside, he would not feel anything inside the cave mansion.

Similarly, even if Celestial Thunder struck outside the cave mansion, as long as the array formation remained intact, he wouldn’t hear any thunder sounds.

This special closed cultivation cave mansion, specially prepared for cultivators to create the Purple Mansion, can only be afforded by a sect with a long tradition like the Yellow Sand Sect.

As for the second taboo, Zhouyang had initially thought the "Soul Calming Grass" wouldn’t be useful, but it can actually play some role.

The most dangerous is the third taboo. This taboo, only "Purple Heart Jade Marrow" can stabilize the cultivator’s divine soul, enhancing its resistance to pressure, and giving them more time to regain clarity and consciousness.

Therefore, if using "Purple Heart Jade Marrow" to assist in opening the Purple Mansion, not only can the success rate be increased, but the benefits gained during "Divine Traveling Heaven and Earth" will also be greater than without using it.

However, even so, Zhouyang does not intend to utilize his portion of "Purple Heart Jade Marrow."

He is very confident in the strength of his divine soul, believing that even without "Purple Heart Jade Marrow," the benefits he gains will not be inferior to those who use it.

Therefore, after deciding to break through to the Purple Mansion, he used the Cave Mansion Token to activate all arrays, isolating the cave completely from the outside world. Even Sound Transmission Talismans or Communication Flying Swords could not enter the cave.

After preparing these, he sat cross-legged on a Thousand-Year Cold Jade Bed deep within the cave and formally began attempting to break through to the Purple Mansion.

The first step to attacking the Purple Mansion is Nourishing Spirit.

Purple Mansion Stage is the initial stage of "Qi Refining and God Transformation," already involving cultivation at the divine soul level. Foundation Establishment Cultivators, before opening the Purple Mansion, need to use special Secret Techniques to consume magical power to nourish and cultivate the divine soul, awakening the dormant, hibernating divine soul.

The time required for this step can vary, depending on the individual’s circumstances.

Some can complete it in just one or two months, while others may take up to a year.

Zhouyang’s divine soul, just as he imagined, is very powerful.

For the "Nourishing Spirit" stage, he took only twenty-five days to complete.

Upon completing "Nourishing Spirit," Zhouyang’s most direct feeling was that his body was empty and weak to the point of dying, yet his spirit was lively and intense like fire, exceedingly excited and active, with thoughts expanding fervently.

He knew that this was caused by the divine soul’s restlessness after awakening, with no outlet to release.

Only by opening the Purple Mansion and letting the divine soul reside there peacefully can this restlessness completely disappear.

At this point, he didn’t rush to the next step but took out a Tier Three "Grain Avoidance Pill" and swallowed it, first replenishing his physical consumption.

Once his body wasn’t as void, Zhouyang began the second step, Mansion Opening.

Mansion Opening is about establishing the residence of the Purple Mansion.

The time this step takes also varies from person to person, without a defined duration.

Many cultivators who fail to open the Purple Mansion fall at this step.

The process of this step is straightforward: the cultivator channels magical power into the Shenting Acupoint, creating a Dao Field in a snail shell, building a residence there that can accommodate the divine soul.

Though it sounds simple, implementing it is extremely difficult.

Firstly, the Shenting Acupoint is the body’s most crucial acupoint, called "Upper Dantian" in cultivation, more important than the Qi Sea Acupoint "Lower Dantian" in the abdomen, and the Danzhong Acupoint "Middle Dantian" in the chest.

The three "Dantians" correspond to a person’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and any issue in one place can directly end a cultivator’s future path.

The Qi Sea Acupoint is where the "Lower Dantian" is located. When a cultivator enters the Qi Cultivation Stage, they open this acupoint as a place to store magical power.

The Danzhong Acupoint is the "Middle Dantian," where Essence is stored. A cultivator’s essence blood is stored here, and if damaged, it can reduce the cultivator’s lifespan or lead to direct death.

The Shenting Acupoint, as the "Upper Dantian," is the place where the divine soul resides, governing the entire body.

Usually, when a cultivator is cultivating, magical power automatically bypasses the Shenting Acupoint to avoid harming this crucial acupoint.

But when opening the Purple Mansion, magical power must be actively injected into it.

Zhouyang, compared to ordinary cultivators, undoubtedly possesses a significant advantage: when he was possessed by Blood Nether, the Shenting Acupoint was expanded with magical power by Blood Nether.

At this time, he carefully channels a sliver of magical power into it, moving toward the divine soul’s location, although each step is nerve-wracking, it still feels somewhat smooth.

However, after continuously injecting a certain amount of magical power, he felt that the Shenting Acupoint was somewhat overwhelmed, hence he immediately withdrew his magical power, pausing his actions.

Just like this, every once in a while, Zhouyang would channel magical power into the Shenting Acupoint to cultivate, and when tired, he would withdraw his magical power to rest.

After persistently cultivating for nearly a month, he finally "saw" his own divine soul.

An ordinary person’s divine soul is just a faint firefly, vague and indistinct, unable to be seen clearly.

For a Ninth-Layer Foundation Establishment Cultivator like Zhouyang, the divine soul has already expanded to resemble a torch, with a complete body and facial features, akin to a Zhenren.

Zhouyang’s divine soul is slightly unique compared to ordinary cultivators. Apart from having complete facial features, his divine soul has wisps of golden flame forming robes attached to it.

"Why is this flame so similar to Qianyang True Flame? Could it be that when Blood Nether attempted possession, the remnant force from Qianyang True Flame absorption by the divine soul created this layer of flame that ordinary cultivator’s divine souls don’t have?"

Looking at the appearance of his divine soul, Zhouyang’s thoughts rapidly turned, quickly understanding the reason for its uniqueness.

Of course, these aren’t concerns for now – what he needs to do is build a residence around the divine soul’s location, allowing the divine soul to settle.

Just as he prepared to do this, he encountered the second major taboo when opening the Purple Mansion, the taboo of doubt.

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