In an unknown corner of the underworld, a shriveled corpse lay quietly. The corpse was somewhat dry, but not decomposed. What is puzzling is that although this is a corpse, the surrounding dead air is frantically pouring into it.

Fan Ping had a dream in which Fan Ping was floating in endless darkness, with no direction, no light, no color. It's like an endless void. Fan Ping ran desperately and shouted hard, but there was no response. I don't know how long it took, until Fan Ping no longer had the strength to run, and Fan Ping fell into despair. Fan Ping stopped.

"Am I Really Dead?"

At this moment, Fan Ping was really desperate and gave up the desire to survive, "It's good like this, I thought it was a beginning, I thought I could still see them, I thought I wanted to see him, forget it, that's it, let's end it like this, the next life may still be seen, but is there really an afterlife" Slowly, Fan Ping found that his body began to slowly fade, and then began to dissipate, and his consciousness slowly began to blur.

"Dust to dust, soil to earth, a hundred years of time to nothingness, time, life" This is the last thing Fan Ping thought of. However, just as Fan Ping was about to dissipate, a long-lost voice suddenly sounded. "Heaven and earth are first opened, chaos is one, yin and yang are divided, and the Tao is first formed. Tao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things. Man is the law of the earth, the earth is the law of the sky, the heaven is the law, and the Tao is the nature. People cultivate heaven and earth, and all kinds of tricks are communicating with all things. All things are born as the way, all things are the way, there is me as the way, there is no self as the way, there is a heart as the way, there is no heart as the way, I am not me, the heart is not the heart, the heart is like dust, and the dust is not one thing. One is the essence, the other is the qi, and the other is the god, and these three, a total of one" Then a blue light appeared out of thin air in this darkness. It was a stone wall, the same wall that Fan Ping saw when he first came to this world.

"Fan Ping, hold Yuan Shouyi, condense your mind, if your heart is not destroyed, your spirit will not disperse, follow me" Shi Jian actually spoke, which surprised Fan Ping, but Fan Ping didn't have time to think, and hurriedly began to read according to Shi Wall's words. "Heaven and earth are opened, and chaos turns into one. A point of yin and yang, the beginning of the Tao. Tao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things. Man is the law of the earth, the earth is the law of the sky, the heaven is the law, and the Tao is the nature. People cultivate heaven and earth, all kinds of methods. It's all about communicating everything. All things are born as the way, all things are not the way, there is me as the way, and there is no self as the way. There is a heart for the Tao, and no heart is also the way, I am not me, and the heart is not the heart. The heart is like dust, and dust is not a thing. One is fine, the other is qi. One is God, and these three are one in total:

It's also strange to say that Fan Ping didn't say a few words at first, and his body, which was about to disperse, began to reunite together, and soon returned to normal. Seeing this, Fan Ping hurriedly continued to read. After a long time, Fan Ping opened his eyes when he felt that there was nothing wrong with him, the stone wall in front of him was still there, still exuding a faint blue light, Fan Ping looked at the stone wall in surprise, unable to speak for a long time. Instead, it was the stone wall that spoke first

"Fanping, do you have a lot of questions now?"

"You, you can still speak, who are you?"

"I Am Not a Man, I Am Spirit"

"Spirit, what is Spirit, why haven't I heard of it, what are you, why am I here, and where is this?"

"Don't worry, listen to me slowly, have you heard of the primordial gods, souls, and machine spirits?"

"Yuan Shen, do you mean a kind of energy body formed when a martial artist cultivates to the end of his life?

"Hehe, you can also understand it this way, in fact, I am very similar to them, and I was born from one of them. You can call me Spirit."

"Oh, then can you sue me, where is this, why am I here?"

"This is within your divine sea, that is, in your consciousness,"

"Shenhai, consciousness, then why are you in my consciousness"

"Because you are my master"

"Master, what do you mean?"

"You are the chosen successor of the 'Dao', and I will be the spirit who will teach you the cultivation of the Dao."

"What is the Tao and why did you choose me?"

"It's a very long story, even if I say it for ten days and ten nights, I can't finish it, or I will tell you slowly if I have a chance in the future."

"Then why did you bring me into this world?"

"That's because I'm not a complete Spirit, I've been divided into eight parts, and I'm only one of them now, so my memory is not complete. It just so happened that I sensed that one of them was in this world, so I brought you to this world, but due to my limited strength, there was an accident when I teleported, and I teleported you to a small continent in the easternmost part. ”

"Are you saying that the Tianji Continent is just a small continent?"

"Yes, at least in this world, it is a remote corner, it seems that it is still a continent dominated by martial arts, and it is relatively backward"

"Damn," Fan Ping couldn't help but scold, but he didn't expect it to be an accident.

"Then why didn't you come to me sooner?"

"I used too much energy when I teleported, so I fell asleep, but you disappointed me too much, it took me ten years to cultivate to this state,"

"What realm am I in now?" Fan Ping suddenly became interested.

"It can only be regarded as refining gas and transforming gods."

"Refining Qi and transforming gods? This is the realm of your Daomen?

"The cultivation of the Tao is divided into three realms, five gods, and the three realms refer to the practice of refining and transforming qi, practicing qi and transforming spirits, and practicing gods to return to emptiness. The five gods are divided into attention, labor, concentration, distraction, and deity. Ordinary people can achieve the perfection of refining and refining qi in ten years, reach the perfection of refining gas and transforming the gods in 20 years, and return the gods to the void after practicing in 30 years. ”

"According to what you say, I can still do it, I have reached the Qi Refining God in ten years, much faster than others," Fan Ping said secretly happily

"Your body has been altered by me, and at a normal speed, you should now reach the level of refining the gods," Ling's words made Fan Ping speechless for a while.

"Okay, so do you know where we are now?"

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the Netherworld, that is, the underworld, hell in the eyes of mortals"

"What? This is hell? So what now? Hurry up and find a way to get out of here first."

"It's useless, I can't help you now, you can only leave on your own,"

"Then you should know how to leave."

"Of course I know how to leave,"

"Say it quickly"

"The Netherworld is not an ordinary human world, this is the main thing that exists is the 'death qi', and ordinary cultivators cannot enter it with a mortal body at all, but can only enter it with a primordial spirit. Because the death qi here will directly corrode your flesh and blood, and you come in directly as flesh and blood, so it's a bit troublesome."

"Huh, is my body corroded?"

"You don't have to worry about this, it's not all corroded yet, I've stabilized your body temporarily, if you want to leave, you must reach the five gods, so that you can use the original spirit out of the body and leave here with your body"

Ling's words made Fan Ping breathe a sigh of relief, but soon Fan Ping fell into deep thought. I am only at the stage of refining qi and transforming gods, and it will not take at least ten years to break through to the realm of the five gods, do I want to stay here for more than ten years? Fan Ping thought for a long time before asking

"Ling, is there any quick way for me to quickly break through to the realm of the five gods?"

"No, there are no shortcuts on the path of cultivation, only a down-to-earth walk of every step,"

"Alright, alright, got it," Fan Ping quickly interrupted.

"It's good to understand, I'll pass on your basic cultivation methods below," as soon as Ling finished speaking, Fan Ping suddenly had a lot of information in his mind. After a long time, Fan Ping sat cross-legged and began to practice according to the method that the spirit said.

In the Shenhai, Fan Ping sat motionless, while Fan Ping's body in the outside world was still frantically absorbing the dead air around him, and in the dantian, the third crystal ball began to slowly contain the gray dead air. (To be continued......)