Be the Hardest Working Demon Cultivator!

Chapter 304: 182. Patricide is the orthodox path here_2

```But if one is proficient in body refinement, this pain can be completely disregarded.

This was also one of the reasons Tan Shuchang willingly chose this method.@@@@

He had usurped the robust physique of a Nine Apertures Martial Demon, and with such a physique, suppressing the rebounding pain of the Nine Suns Pill was no trouble at all.

With the successful cultivation of this pill technique, Tan Shuchang would be able to break through.

Since this pill required cultivation of both the pill and the self, during cultivation, Tan Shuchang’s three hundred years of Dao obtained from the Demon Luo Heavenly Authority could be infused into the nine external pills.

With the issue of the Dao from the Demon Luo Heavenly Authority resolved, the period of stagnation after the Second Certification and Union with the Dao could be bypassed twice; if he did not break through now, when else would he?

The only regret was that the sixth volume of the "Cross Calamity Immortal Scripture," Wu Xin, still couldn’t be created.

However, after perusing several tomes of the Literary Dao’s inheritance, Tan Shuchang had already decided to switch his approach and create the sixth volume from a different angle.

The philosophical realm of preserving the natural order and eliminating human desire was far too lofty; it was even above the realm of thought "not to rejoice over external gains, nor grieve over personal losses," and so it was far from achievable by the current Tan Shuchang.

Several Yin Gods, which Tan Shuchang had long ago refined, flew out from the Blood Pool and transformed into the power that bore the Lotus Platform.

The lotus was lifted high, and then it descended.

It floated lightly on the surface of the Blood Pool, bobbing with the waves, while Tan Shuchang atop the Lotus Platform had already gained great achievement in the cultivation of the Nine Suns Pill.

Nine external pills were formed; of these, eight subsidiary pills, each containing thirty years of Dao. The last main pill held the Dao of an entire cycle of sixty years.

Thus, the three hundred years of Dao derived from the Demon Luo Heavenly Authority were exhausted, and Tan Shuchang also inexplicably felt a sense of relief in his heart.

The long-awaited opportunity for breakthrough appeared once again.

This time, there was no suppression from heaven and earth, nor any bottlenecks to hinder him; Tan Shuchang crossed that threshold with remarkable ease.

One Certifies Immortality, realises the self, welcomes Heaven’s will and tells the world what one’s desires are, then proves to the Heavens how capable one is of living.

Cultivators at this stage can attempt the Union with the Dao as long as they have three hundred years of Dao cultivation.

Three hundred years of Dao might not sound like a lot, but in reality, to accumulate three hundred years of Dao, a typical Immortal who has achieved the First Certification might need at least a thousand years!

The sort of pills that can increase one’s Dao are so rare that, without exaggeration, each appearance could cost several First Certification Immortals their lives.

And this Second Certification and Union with the Dao is meant to be in harmony with one’s own cultivated Dao.

From now on, a cultivator practices a Dao, but the practiced Dao is not beholden to the cultivator. This is because some cultivators follow the same Dao.

Take for example the Sword Dao.

There are extremely many cultivators of the Sword Dao; just because one manages to unite with the Dao doesn’t mean that one can be seen as representing the Sword Dao, right?

"What is your Dao?"

An unwarranted voice appeared by Tan Shuchang’s ear.

He descended from the Lotus Platform, returning to human form.

The elder in the green robe by the Blood Pool hurriedly stepped forward to congratulate him, "Fellow Daoist has successfully achieved the second certification and has taken another step on the immortal path!"

"Thank you, senior!"

Tan Shuchang returned the bow and then stepped out of the Blood Pool.

As for the green-robed elder, naturally, he remained within the Blood Pool, for after considering himself as a gust of wind above the pool, this place had effectively become his "home."

And how could one leave their home?

Even after Tan Shuchang left, the green-robed elder directly revealed his true form and then floated above the Blood Pool.

And so, Tan Shuchang’s second certification of integration, somewhat "cheatingly" obtained, stepped outside the Blood Pool into the wider world, and the world around him did nothing to him.

The heavenly energy didn’t accept or reject him, nothing of the sort happened.

After all, seizing by force is part of the demonic path.

Standing high amongst the clouds, Tan Shuchang folded his hands behind his back and felt infinitely pleased. He showcased his Dharma Realm and then pointed in front of himself.

"Appear!"

Instantly, several wisps of shadow surfaced and interwove into a gateway of darkness.

This was the gateway of shadows.

Formed by rearranging two volumes of the "Shadow Retaining Immortal Secret Tome," this door could originally be solidified after the first certification of immortality, but to condense this door then would take at least ten years, so Tan Shuchang put it aside.

Moreover, it had only been three years since his first certification of immortality.

At the first certification, the process of solidifying this door of shadows would need at least ten years.

Yet, after the second certification, as long as he had mastered this secret technique, he could instantly create it.

"I wonder what lies beyond this door of shadows?" Tan Shuchang was a little curious, but it was mere curiosity because his forming of this shadow door was just done in passing.

He then retracted both the Dharma Realm and the door of shadows and unabashedly released his second certification’s presence, causing the skies around Heavenly Ghost Ridge Mountain to fill with surging winds and clouds.

The Yin Gods hidden deep within Heavenly Ghost Ridge were instantly startled by his majestic aura.

"That feeling of suppression from the mountain patrol temple is gone, and this Mountain Patrol Envoy has had a breakthrough. It seems that the legacy of the Literary Dao True Immortal has found another successor at last," commented one of the Yin Gods from Heavenly Ghost Ridge.

"What should we do then? Our eldest brother is still sealed."

"No worries, a fellow Daoist from the neighboring region, a disciple of the Immortal Sect of the Book Mountain, has been informed by me about this. By now, they are probably passing this news back to the Immortal Sect of the Book Mountain."

"Does that mean this person will be invited back to the Immortal Sect of the Book Mountain in at most three days?"

"Perhaps even sooner. After all, without the Literary Dao teachings of the Teaching Sage, many see the Immortal Sect of the Book Mountain as essentially the Sword Dao sect of the Purple-Gold Immortal. Heh, this is a rare opportunity for self-justification that they will not let slip by."

The ghostly whispers were full of mockery and ridicule.