Chapter 1: Wonderland Ascension

Wudang Mountain, formerly known as Taihe Mountain, is located in Shiyan City, northwest of Hubei Province, and is one of the famous Taoist holy places in China. The area of the scenic spot was called "800 miles in a radius" in ancient times, and there are 312 square kilometers at present. Wudang Mountain not only has a peculiar and gorgeous natural landscape, but also has a rich and colorful cultural landscape. Wudang Mountain is peculiar, a peak is in the sky, all the peaks are guarded, there is the male of Mount Tai, there is the danger of Huashan again, the cliff, the deep stream, the secluded hole, the clear spring is dotted around, there are 3 pools, 9 springs, 11 holes, 24 streams, 36 cliffs, 72 peaks and other scenic spots. Since ancient times, Wudang Mountain is the ideal place for Taoists to pursue fairyland, Taoist buildings all over the mountain, the scale is magnificent, it is said that in ancient times, Xuanwu was ascended here. Therefore, it is known as "the unparalleled victory of the ancients, the first immortal mountain in the world".

Feisheng Cliff was praised by the ancients as the first fairyland of Wudang, located on the west side of Nanyan Palace. Flying up the cliff a peak protrudes, three sides of the cliff, there is a path on the ridge to the peak straight to the peak, jump to the top to look out, the seventy-two peaks of Wudang towards the big top of the beautiful scenery are in full view.

According to legend, Emperor Xuanwu practiced here when he was young, he faced the wall for decades, his heart was like an ancient well, he sat like a pine, and even the birds built a nest on his head without moving. One day, the Xuanwu Avenue will be completed, and the Purple Qi Yuanjun will come down to test him. Yuan Jun turned into a beautiful woman to dress up for Xuanwu, and Xuanwu avoided the female sex and fled to a rock on the cliff...... The beauty was ashamed and anxious, and jumped into the abyss, and Xuanwu also jumped down to save people when he saw it. At this time, five dragons in the canyon rose into the air and ascended to the sky with Xuanwu in their arms. According to the legend of Emperor Xuanwu the Great's cultivation and ascension, the descendants built a "dresser" here, and called the boulder sticking out of the rock wall "test stone".

On top of this "heart test stone", there is an unknown fairyland, which is the real place where the legendary Xuanwu Emperor cultivated. However, there is a large array of yin and yang reversed five elements there, needless to say, ordinary people can't see it, even if the cultivation is extremely high, they can't see the slightest abnormality if they don't open the heavenly eye!

Five translucent peaks are suspended in the sky, and all kinds of gemstones, crystals and jasper are scattered on the slopes, radiating dazzling brilliance in the sun. Rushing waterfalls cascade down from the top of the mountain, creating small crystal clear lakes at the foot of the mountain. The breeze blows and splashes of water drift away with the wind, bringing a burst of coolness to the valley. Surrounded by five mountain peaks, the valley is hundreds of acres in size, and the valley is full of Chengren-shaped ginseng, thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflori, and many strange vegetation that even the most famous botanical experts today cannot name, and the small flowers of different colors continue to exude a faint refreshing fragrance. Sika deer roam leisurely in the valley, and tigers, who have always been considered fierce and cruel by humans, even walk in the valley with kind eyes. Rainbow-colored long-winged birds and white cranes fly freely over the valley. In the middle of the valley there is a simple thatched hut.

There were two Taoist priests standing in front of the hut, and from a distance, the two of them stood in the middle of the valley without being abrupt at all, everything looked so natural, as if they were originally part of the valley. Both of them were dressed in cyan robes, and their hair was held in a high bun. The Taoist priest standing on the left is relatively thin, and his appearance is very ordinary, just like the boy next door, the only characteristic is that his skin is crystal clear, white as porcelain, and exaggerated to the point that even girls will grit their teeth when they see it! The Taoist priest on the right is more slender and burly, with turtle-shaped crane bones, big ears and round eyes, and a beard like a halberd, and he is actually Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of the Wudang faction.

Zhang Sanfeng, also known as Zhang Sloppy, is the founder of the Wudang School and a generation of martial arts masters. Later, he entered the Tao by martial arts, so he was also called Zhang Xianren. Zhang Sanfeng traveled all over the world in his early years, his whereabouts were unpredictable, and he specialized in fighting injustices in the world. After traveling to Wudang, he found that Wudang Mountain was a great spirit, so he took his disciples to cut through thorns and thorns in Wudang Mountain and create a grassland to cultivate. Soon after, he left Wudang Mountain, and the world never saw Zhang Sanfeng again. Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was sick in his later years, and wanted to ask Zhang Sanfeng for immortal medicine, so in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu (1391), he sent people to search everywhere. During this period, Zhang Yu and others were sent to search, but to no avail. In the fifth year of Yongle (1407), not long after Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, ascended the throne, he sent Hu Ying to take people to carry the seal book, and searched for ten years, but he was never seen. It is rumored that Zhang Sanfeng may have ascended. After the Wudang faction in Zhang Sanfeng's four disciples Lu Qiuyun, Zhou Zhende, Liu Guquan, Yang Shandeng, also known as Taihe Four Immortals, Zhang Sanfeng's self-created Wudang internal boxing, Wudang swordsmanship, Wudang qigong, and five elements of Taoism have been carried forward. Later, Wudang was on a par with other sects, and Shaolin was called Shaolin in the north, and Wudang in the south.

"Pan'er, I have been practicing here for nearly six hundred years as a teacher, and I have finally seen through the way of heaven!" Zhang Sanfeng looked into the distance with feeling, "Now you have also broken through the Yuan Infant Stage and become the first genius in the history of the cultivation world to enter the Yuan Infant Stage at the age of 100, now the years can no longer threaten your life, as long as you practice diligently, you will eventually be able to see through the Heavenly Dao and break the void like your teacher!"

"Master, the apprentice still needs a master to teach you by your side at any time, don't you go!" The Taoist priest known as Pan'er, with red eyes, was reluctant to look at the master who taught around him and raised him for a hundred years.

"Idiot! The master has to go after all, and your own road has to go on your own after all! The road is long, I will go up and down and seek! It's a pity that your senior brothers are gone!" Zhang Sanfeng saw that the hundred-year-old apprentice was so reluctant, and couldn't help but reach out sadly and gently patted the apprentice's shoulder. My mind returned to West Lake in 1900. When his most optimistic and beloved disciple Yang Shandeng could not enlighten and enter the Yuan Infant Period, he finally left him. After cultivating for hundreds of years, he could no longer maintain the mood of Gujing, and left the Flying Ascension Cliff Cave Mansion, where he had cultivated for five hundred years, and traveled all over the world. Unexpectedly, he picked up the abandoned baby by the West Lake, and it was this baby who calmed his sad mood again. Because he didn't know what the child's surname was, and because he picked it up by the lake, he let him follow his surname and named it Lakeside, with the road name Yunming. Since then, Zhang Huban has become Zhang Sanfeng's closed disciple, Zhang Sanfeng taught him medicine, martial arts and the way of heaven, hoping that when he shattered the void and left, Zhang Huban could pass on his mantle. Zhang Huban also lived up to his expectations, and even broke through the Yuan Infant Stage, which cultivators could hardly break through at the age of 100. Zhang Sanfeng's four disciples, Lu Qiuyun, Zhou Zhende, Liu Guquan, and Yang Shandeng, also known as the Taihe Four Immortals, were unable to break through the Yuan Infant Period for life, and finally couldn't resist the Mandate of Heaven, so they left Zhang Sanfeng first.

The realm of monasticism is divided into four realms: 'qi', 'dan', 'yuan', and 'god'. Among them, it is further subdivided into 12 small realms: 'Qi Induction', 'Condensation', 'Gas', 'Brewing Dan', 'Ning Dan', 'Broken Dan', 'Yuan Baby', 'Adult Baby', 'Broken Baby', 'Distraction', 'Nourishing Spirit', and 'Breaking the Void', each of which is divided into three stages: primary, middle and post. Once a cultivator cultivates to the 'Qi Induction', it means that he has stepped into the innate realm from the day after tomorrow, and his life span will be greatly extended, and he can live to about 200 years old, while the three small realms of 'Brewing Dan', 'Ning Dan', and 'Broken Dan' mean that he has entered the Jindan Avenue, and he is already a master of cultivation, and his lifespan can also be extended to 500-600 years old. And the 'Yuan Infant' realm is a big threshold for cultivation, once this threshold is crossed, it means that it is already a half-immortal body, as long as the Yuan Shen is not destroyed, even if the body is destroyed, you can find a secondary body to be reborn, and the lifespan is almost no longer threatened, it can reach thousands of years long. However, those who can really cultivate to the Yuan Infant Stage are all geniuses and people with excellent luck. People with such excellent qualifications as Zhang Sanfeng's four disciples, Lu Qiuyun, Zhou Zhende, Liu Guquan, and Yang Shandeng, can only stop at Jindan Avenue for the rest of their lives, and cannot step into the true path of cultivating immortals.

Zhang Huban is not only talented, but also extremely lucky. When he was a baby, he was carefully taught by the grandmaster Zhang Sanfeng, and since he was a child, he has been cultivating in the immortal mountain with lush spiritual energy, and the elixirs he has eaten are even more numerous!

A crisp birdsong pulled Zhang Sanfeng's thoughts back to reality. Looking back at Zhang Huban's reluctant expression, Zhang Sanfeng was very reluctant and worried about this little apprentice he had grown up with since he was a child. "Alas!" Zhang Sanfeng sighed softly, he couldn't bear to see his apprentice so sad, so he said: "Pan'er, in fact, as long as you also cultivate to the day of the Shattered Void, our master and apprentice will always meet one day!"

Zhang Huban knew that in fact, fifty years ago, Zhang Sanfeng had already reached the realm of breaking the void, but for his own sake, he stayed for another fifty years, and now he finally entered the early stage of the Yuan Infant, and the master moved to leave. Although he was very reluctant to let his master go, he also knew in his heart that he would break the void and go away, and it had always been the greatest wish of his master to pursue the Supreme Heavenly Dao. Zhang Huban knew that he could not and could not stop his master, and after a hundred years of cultivation, he could no longer control the appearance of tears.

"Master, you must take care of yourself when you go over there!"

Joys and sorrows may be the most powerful weapons in the world, and even immortals cannot escape their blades. Although he knew that he couldn't escape the divine consciousness that had already cultivated to the Yuanying realm Zhang Huban, Zhang Sanfeng still quietly twisted his head to the side, gently wiped away his tears, and then pretended that nothing had happened: "Pan'er, although you have cultivated to the early stage of Yuanying, you have grown up in this valley since you were a child, and you have never experienced worldly life, nor have you tasted the ups and downs of the world, which is very unfavorable to your future cultivation." Although you are now 100 years old, your heart surname is still as innocent as a child, although this kind of heart surname makes you have no distractions in the early stage of cultivation, and achieves twice the result with half the effort. But now that you have entered the Yuan Infant Stage, if you have not experienced the ups and downs of the human world, your Dao heart will not be able to go to the next level, and you will not be able to rule out the interference of the cultivation center demon. So when you break through the void for your teacher, you can leave here and go back to the world to experience it!"

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