Heavenly Mirror, made neither of gold nor jade, was extremely heavy.

The back of the mirror bore ancient tadpole scripts and shapes of clouds, dragons, and strange birds, resembling embossed carvings, yet smooth to the touch without any trace, neither engraved nor painted, deeply embedded to the core.

Its front naturally emitted light, a soft bluish haze, not intensely dazzling.

If one were to concentrate and gaze deeply into the mirror, the more they looked, the farther they saw—inside, a flurry of blossoms rained colorful, golden radiance scattered about, with wind, cloud, water, fire, lightning, and thunder, the void deep and vast, as if hiding another world.

Shi Feiyang tried focusing with his Heavenly Immortal strength, using his effort to peer far into it, and the chaos inside quickly dwindled, gradually revealing a primordial world where stars shone above and mountains and rivers stretched below.

After watching a while longer, the interior of the mirror began presenting scenes of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, and flowers and trees grew.

Shi Feiyang felt a bout of dizziness and hastily withdrew his concentration, as the mirror once again resumed a vision of surging golden mist and utter chaos.

Unexpectedly, although Shi Feiyang had now reached the level of a Heavenly Immortal, this was all he could achieve, unable to probe any deeper.

He then reflected on the tadpole scripts and carvings on the mirror, merging his mind with the mirror to perform sacrificial refinement and nurturing.

As it's said, "Heavenly Dao resembles a circle, Earth Dao resembles a square", this mirror, being a treasure of the Heavenly God, truly contained the treasure of Heavenly Dao.

People measure Heavenly Number based on the Yellow Path, though it doesn't exist in reality—because Earth orbits the Sun, there is only Earth's orbit, yet from Earth, it appears as though the Sun orbits the Earth.

The Yellow Path is the circular path of the Sun orbiting Earth in one cycle, defined as one year, initially measured to last three hundred and sixty days and nights, thus the grand circle of the Yellow Path was divided into three hundred sixty parts, or solar degrees. Every ninety degrees marks a season, every forty-five degrees a solar term, every fifteen degrees a qi, and every five degrees a period.

The Heavenly Number of three hundred sixty, every turn of five degrees brings a significant change in the Earth's qi, totaling seventy-two periods, known as the Earth Evil Seventy-Two Transformations!

Shi Feiyang then took out the Zhou Tianyu Light Disc and a compass to cross-verify and reflect with the Heavenly Mirror.

He placed the Light Disc on the desk, pointing at the Heavenly Mirror, channeling True Qi into it, and with a gesture, a beam of light shot from the mirror, landing first on the Light Disc then reflecting onto the ceiling,

In an instant, copious golden rays appeared on the white jade ceiling, swiftly manifesting, emerging with celestial stars, wind, rain, thunder, and lightning.

The Light Disc was also activated at that moment; the Twenty-Eight Constellations appeared within the golden radiance, shining brightly, followed by three pointers appearing at the zenith, Shi Feiyang adjusted the angle of the treasure mirror so that the center of the pointers aligned with the Earth Axis, positioning above the North Star.

In reality, the arrangement of the Twenty-Eight Constellations is set against the backdrop of the "celestial sphere", with the Sun and Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth stars moving within this backdrop around Earth, and the North Star, forever fixed towards the Earth Axis, not moving, with the Big Dipper Seven Stars rotating around it, pointing at different constellation scales, representing different times on Earth.

These were the foundational knowledge about Heavenly Dao, which Shi Feiyang primarily observed due to changes induced by the Heavenly Number in Earth's qi.

Since obtaining a slip of paper with the Heavenly Gang 36 Transformations from Lady Bao Xiang years ago, he had been contemplating the changes between Heavenly Number and Earth Qi, constructing a grand model that included the universe and space-time in his mind, imagining himself within this model, let celestial changes drive terrestrial changes, terrestrial changes drive human changes, to apprehend the myriad transformations.

Only because the content on that slip was sparse, merely a dry sentence, it was impressive that Shi Feiyang could deduce the Spell of Dragon Transformation; he hadn't fully captured the subtleties of celestial elements, so he couldn't calculate the variations of Heavenly Gang, only striving to understand the transformations of Earth Evil.

Over the years, he had felt numerous times as if he was only a membrane away from piercing through, to immediately grasp the Earth Evil Seventy-Two Transformations, but he was stuck here, never managing to take this step.

Now, having acquired the Heavenly Treasure Mirror, he gained a deeper understanding of the marvelous workings of changes in Heavenly Number and Earth Qi, with celestial changes driving terrestrial changes:

Namely, celestial entities—stars' gravity, rays, temperature, etc., their transformations brought about Earth's changes, namely the four seasons, frost, rain, and snow.

And these myriad natural changes on Earth, in turn, brought about transformations in various life forms.

Man follows Earth, Earth follows Heaven, Heaven follows Dao, Dao follows nature.

Shi Feiyang previously could only visualize a grand model of universal space-time, imagining what it would be like for himself to be within it; now, with the Heavenly Mirror and the Light Disc, he directly simulated and created a grand model, then entrusting his Primordial Spirit within it, he then apprehended many new insights.

Starting from the perspective of humans, using body and mind to experience the changes in Earth Qi, the succession of cold and heat, his own heart changing, the qi and blood within his body also changing.

Then, further merging man with Heaven, to experience Sun Essence and Moonlight, the myriad energies of celestial stars...

At this time, man, Earth, and Heaven were integrated wholly, and further on, they merged with the Dao.

This cultivation spanned several years until one critical moment when he had a thought and emerged from the Dao, feeling immensely exhilarated!

The Earth Evil Seventy-Two Transformations, he had finally apprehended some genuine aspects.

He formed hand gestures, channelling his cultivation; his entire body's Essence Qi and spirit rapidly circulated, Yang God leading the physical body, muscles and bones swiftly changing, and within moments, he had transformed into another person.

Using the Heavenly Mirror, a vibrant young man appeared within, having transformed into Jiang Shu!

He then closed his eyes and cast a spell, his body rapidly changing again. Soon, when he opened his eyes, he had taken the form of Ling Hun.

This was the ultimate control of his Yang God over his body, allowing him to freely become taller or shorter, and even to grow six arms if he wished... this was no mere illusion.

Besides humans, he could also transform into animals; his Black Dragon form aside, he could turn into pigs, dogs, cows, sheep, chickens, ducks, falcons, hawks, or even the demon beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas—as long as he wished, he could become any animal. However, he tried and found he still couldn't turn into insects or spiders; at his smallest, he could only become a white rabbit, even transforming into a mouse was difficult.

Similarly, he could not become plants or lifeless objects like various tables and chairs.

Although he wasn't as all-encompassing as the Great Sage, Sun, being able to transform this way was already beyond expectations; he originally thought he could only become other humans.

The Heavenly Mirror was truly a treasure trove of mystery. Shi Feiyang felt that his understanding of it was still less than five percent. However, staying inside this quiet room and pondering on the mirror every day was futile. The further insights needed to be sought outside, among the Heavenly Stars, by the mountains and rivers to comprehend the transformations of Earth, and among the mortal world to grasp the human transformation.

And the foundation for understanding these transformations was the ultimate unchangeable...

He stored the Heavenly Mirror away and began to refine the Zhou Tianyu Light Disc and the compass, having long planned to integrate these two. Now, with an idea in mind, he officially began.

First, he dismantled the three pointers inside the Yu Guang Disc. These three pointers were all Secret Demon Divine Shuttles of the Heavenly Stars; once ignited, even if the power was not extensive enough to sink the Central Earth Continent on the surface, it would still obliterate all life within a thirty thousand li radius centered on Tianjin, flattening all mountains and rivers!

And the explosion would not end there; all star constellations would be drawn in, with a massive influx of cosmic rays and meteorites from beyond the heavens striking and causing friction, exploding repeatedly for at least three hundred years, leaving not a blade of grass growing...

This was extremely dangerous; Shi Feiyang dared not be overly careless. Fortunately, now possessing the Nine Suspicions Tripod and the Heavenly Mirror—two Cosmic Treasures—he could promptly prevent any accidents, even if there was a one-in-a-billion chance of triggering an explosion.

He first extracted the fillings from the Secret Demon Divine Shuttle, remelted the outer casing with metals corresponding to the Five Elements, and finally produced five differently sized metal beads. He then reconfigured the filling, adding copious amounts of Five Elements Essence Qi and carefully reloaded it before continuing the sacrificial refinement.

After the refinement, the explosion caused by these five beads was more powerful than the previous three pointers. Due to the generation and restraint of the Five Elements, the mutual attraction and repulsion, and the friction that gave rise to life, the subsequent derived explosions were even more severe—not only doubling in power but also persisting for a long time, continuing the explosions for several years, reducing the mountains, earth, and stones to dust!

He installed these five beads in the Zhou Tianyu Light Disc to symbolize the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, orbiting among the Twenty-Eight Constellations at the periphery according to the Zhou Tian.

Next, he took down the pointer from the compass and, after refining it with the Nine Heavens Yuan Yang Great Technique for eighty-one days, placed it in the Yu Guang Disc.

Thus, this treasure not only increased in power several times but also gained many wonderful uses it did not originally have.

In this treasure-gathering, he had also taken out numerous elixirs from inside the Yuanjiang Golden Ship, which Shi Feiyang now examined one by one from the Jade Box.

It was said that among the treasures hidden in the Golden Ship of Guang Chengzi, aside from various treasures, the most valuable and rare were dozens of elixirs. Each consumption equaled the cultivation effort of a thousand years.

For these elixirs, immortals through the ages before the Han Dynasty had exhausted countless efforts and tried every conceivable method but still failed to obtain them.

Later, True Master Liu Laogen of Green Hair assembled a group of immortals to attack the mountain, broke the prohibition, but the golden ship flew away, leaving the immortals with only some treasures from the chamber.

However, the tale of the Immortal Pill was merely a rumor. In the original texts, Zheng Dianxian obtained treasures twice and took everything cleanly, even taking out the Kongtong Seven Treasures from the golden basin above, yet did not acquire the Immortal Pill, and she did not gain a thousand years of Dao Level afterward.

Shi Feiyang analyzed the medicinal properties of these elixirs; some were for shaping the body, some for concentrating the spirit soul, and others for increasing effort, but they were merely supplementary and did not instantly provide a thousand years of mana—let alone a thousand years, not even a hundred or fifty years.

However, they could be useful during cultivation, doubling the effectiveness of cultivation techniques. Regrettably, Shi Feiyang had essentially reached the realm of a Heavenly Immortal, though he hadn't ascended yet, and couldn't be called a Heavenly Immortal. Even Li Jingxu, Yan Yingmu, and Master Chi Zhang, now all Earth Immortals, greatly surpassed the Heavenly Immortals in Technique Divine Power.

Shi Feiyang had already matured his Yang God, and though he hadn't fully achieved Perfection, he could gather to form and disperse into Qi. The subsequent cultivation would continuously strengthen his Yang God, so these elixirs that supplement True Qi and increase mana were of no use to him, but they were excellent for his disciples to consume.

He had spent nearly ten years in seclusion this time, essentially digesting what he had gained from the treasures of the Holy Mausoleum and Yuan River.

Next, he needed to go out and move around.

Over the years, to successfully obtain treasures, he had irresponsibly unleashed two calamities: Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor and Blood Demon Deng Yin.

Over the years, while he had been continuously growing stronger, those two hadn't been idle either. According to the Gua Xiang readings, the two showed signs of trouble brewing.

This was his karma; he couldn't just sit idly by.

Since the Orthodox Sect targeted him, he released demons to counteract the sect. Now that those demons were going to cause trouble, he had to personally intervene to resolve the situation.

In fact, he didn't consider these two individuals enemies, and perhaps it could even be said they had a sort of relationship.

If the two could live well, or rather, live like normal people without causing mischief, he wouldn't want to be their enemy.

Both were now prominent figures in the Demon Path. If Shi Feiyang directly approached them, Deng Yin and Chi You would immediately sense it and most likely flee. He would have to employ some tactics...

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