The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror-Chapter 854 - 396: Bountiful Harvest, Shaking the Netherworld

After Xu Qing finished speaking, his sleeve unfurled, and the Yin Yang Qi surged forth like two dragons from within.

The black was Taiyin, the white was Shaoyang; the two streams of energy intertwined as they swept through the canyon, washing away the filth of the Yellow Springs as if ink dripped into a clear pool, fading layer by layer.

The grievances accumulated over millennia were ground into the most primordial clear and turbid energies by the Yin Yang Grinding Disc, the turbid condensed into stardust sinking into the earth veins, while the clear transformed into crystalline light rain rising to the sky.

The small black Divine Dog saw a silvery light emerge from the mane of the Golden Mane Howl—this Demon Beast's thousand-year accumulation of Blood Killing energy was also cleansed by three-tenths by the Yin Yang Qi.

The Bodhi Buddha Beads on the Black Bear Spirit's wrist trembled as they shattered, with each Shariputra reflecting the compassionate Dharma Form of the Great Roc Venerable during his lifetime in the light rain.

"Five Elements Reincarnation, endless cycle of life."

Xu Qing lightly tapped the void with two fingers, and the Five-Colored Divine Light flowed like a river from his fingertips.

The red Divine Light was the first to sweep over the rock walls, causing the scripture-covered stone surfaces to soften like spring mud, with Gold Qi nurturing the growth of Netherworld Mysterious Iron in the stone crevices; green light swept over the dried-up Yellow Springs' old path, causing countless Yin Bone Wood to break through the earth, with the branches bearing not leaves, but Essence Lanterns flowing with Moonlight.

The most miraculous was where the Water Divine Light passed, where the boiling Blood Sea solidified into an obsidian-like Mirror Lake.

At the heart of the lake, a thousand-petalled ghostly lotus bloomed, each petal carved with the script of the Sutra of Salvation, and as the roots delved into the Netherworld, they transformed the lingering ghost energy in the earth veins into Spirit Dew nourishing the Lotus Platform.

"Those fireflies!" the small black Divine Dog suddenly stood on two legs.

And there at the intersection of the Five Elements Divine Light, countless points of light floated from the newly sprouted Spirit Plant, and upon closer inspection, they were the shrunken downsized shadows of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

The light points of the Hungry Ghost Path were consuming residual resentments, the light points of the Beast Path transformed into shadowy fish swimming in the Mirror Lake, while the light points of Human Dao ascended into the Netherworld Sky, bearing the Rebirth Spell.

The Golden Mane Howl suddenly let out a low roar and crouched down, with the Purple Gold Bell newly condensed on its neck undergoing a transformation—the surface of the bell which had been engraved with Six-Word Brightness Mantra now revealed the complete Seal Script of the Huangting Scripture.

This was Xu Qing forcibly using a Taoist Seal to replace the Six-Word Brightness Mantra on the Purple Gold Bell, thereby refining it.

The Black Bear Spirit was dumbfounded when it discovered that the Ghost-faced Vine spreading amidst the new Spirit Plant twined around its arm, devouring the Karmic Fire accumulated within its body.

A sound of a massive landslide suddenly emanated from the depths of Yingchou Creek.

The Calamitous Dragon broke through the restriction, revealing half of its dragon body, and as the Five-Colored Divine Light swept over, the Netherworld maggots parasitizing among its scales transformed into Golden Cicadas in molting.

The sinister creatures that were supposed to devour dragon essence were now forming Seven Treasures Glaze Cocoons on its back, vaguely visible within were Merit Golden Cicadas being nurtured.

"Heaven and Earth as a Furnace, Creation as Craft."

Xu Qing walked atop the Mirror Lake with his hands behind his back, each step causing ripples of Tao Pattern to expand outward.

The small black Divine Dog suddenly realized that the veins of the new Spirit Plant were resonating with the Dao Rhyme surrounding Xu Qing—the patterns of the Yin Bone Wood were secretly aligned with the Qimen Dunjia, the dew on the Netherworld Lotus reflected All Heaven Stars, and even the minute Ghost-faced Vine displayed the River Map and Luo Book on its leaves.

When the final Earth Divine Light sank into the earth veins, the entire canyon suddenly echoed with the sounds of the Morning Bell and Dusk Drum.

From the churning Yellow Springs Water, twelve Coiled Dragon Jade Pillars rose, and entwined around the pillars were not chains, but a long river of Jade Scrolls inscribed with the Tao Te Ching.

Xu Qing stood at the center of the newly formed land, with an innate Eight Diagram shadow manifesting behind him. The Calamitous Dragon gazed at the ever-turning diagrams, suddenly recalling that when its father's dragon claw scraped across the Mystic Stone under the sea, it had left a hexagram with Innate Fire: "Seeing a group of dragons without a leader, good fortune." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Dragon Lord, do you recognize this sign?" Xu Qing lifted a hand and gestured lightly, sending six dragon-shaped energies flying from the Five-Colored Divine Light. The hundred-zhang long dragon body of the Calamitous Dragon involuntarily rose, coiling into the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation in the Qian Trigram position. Every reverse scale reflected the transformation of the hexagram, and the millennium-old frost condensed between its dragon horns turned into Kan Water Rune.

"Qian is Heaven, Kun is Earth..." The Calamitous Dragon suddenly let out a thunderous dragon's roar, the restrictions around it shattering in response.

The Sea of Suffering restriction left by Guanyin, "non-increase and non-decrease," unexpectedly dissolved under the Dao Rhyme of the Qian Kun Exchange. As it lowered its head, its dragon whiskers wrapped around Xu Qing's waist Jade Pendant, the innate Eight Diagrams were immediately branded on the reverse scale on its forehead—from this point forth, Yingchou Creek became a Dragon Gate, with the Calamitous Dragon guarding the Kun Position and mastering the Netherworld Earth Vein of Yin Mountain.

The Purple Gold Bell on the Golden Mane Howl's neck suddenly chimed, the three bells transforming into the Zhen, Xun, and Li trigrams suspended in the air. Xu Qing used two fingers to write "Upper Qing" in the void, the Golden Light Immortal shedding all its golden fur, revealing the original form of a Jie Sect Immortal.

He gazed at the sword scars of the Sect Hierarch appearing on the bell, and suddenly knelt on one knee: "I am willing to follow Daoist friend to revive Biyou Palace!"

Xu Qing smiled faintly: "I am not of the Jie Sect, and cannot bear this great responsibility. However, I ask Golden Light, in view of my assistance in your release, to help guard this Yin Mountain for a while."

The Golden Light Immortal was originally of the Mysterious Sect, and now that Xu Qing defeated the Righteous Method Maitreya and freed him, he knew well that a rising star like Xu Qing in the Taoist Sect must have the backing of a Taoist Ancestor-level being.

To return to the Mysterious Sect and have a powerful ally, only a fool would refuse.

The Golden Light Immortal therefore solemnly paid his respects and swore an oath to follow Xu Qing.

Xu Qing accepted it calmly.

To accomplish great things, one definitely needs help.

The Golden Light Immortal was enslaved by Guanyin for many long years, and Xu Qing's assistance in his liberation ensured he need not fear the Golden Light Immortal's betrayal.

On the other side, the Black Bear Demon King was about to escape when Gen Trigram Mountain Pattern emerged underfoot.

From Xu Qing's sleeve flew the remnants of the Eight Sceneries Palace Lamp, illuminating the Tai Chi Mark on its chest.

This was the reversed causality of the Innate Taiyi Dao, scripting the Black Bear Demon King's origin as the spirit bear enlightened by Laozi while guarding the pass during the previous epoch when Laozi ventured west out of Hangu Pass.