Chapter 108 - Twin Spirit -Sun and Moon (1/2)
In Swords Gate, there was not even a single word about having two spirits, it was indeed the case that it was common knowledge that a Qi Practitioner could only acquire a spirit, and yet as of now, Xin Huo was asking him to reach out to the moon spirit and acquire himself a twin spirit of the sun and the moon. This was bordering on blasphemous to the core tenets that had long underpinned the cultivation world since time immemorial!
"Of course you can acquire the twin spirits!"
Xin Huo answered, "In the ancient times, there were many celestials who had twin spirits, but twin spirits are notoriously hard to control, with a propensity for deranging the souls of their owner. Among which, the sun and moon twin spirit is one of the most stable twin spirits, you've manifested the spirit of Great Sun Golden Crow, and now with the spirit of the Star Moon Jade Toad, you can practice the Sun-Moon Twin Spirit. Solitary Yang cannot burgeon into something more, while neither would Yin thrive on its own. With the dragon and tiger complementing one another, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort in your cultivations!"
"Xin Huo, what do you mean by deranging their master?" Zhong Yue could feel the moon spirit in senses, his heart stiffened up as he heard the words and he quickly asked.
"Deranging their master, it's because of the intrinsically paradoxical nature of the twin spirits' powers, the discord between them would disrupt your soul as they contend for the dominance of the soul. Your soul becomes eventually become a ravaged battlefield from the war between the two spirits. In the ancient times, most of the celestials died because of this; but don't you worry. Between the sun and moon, the moon itself emits no light, rather, it reflects the rays from the sun while the sun itself is too strong, it requires the moon to balance its overly abundant Yang Qi. The codependence of the Sun-Moon Twin Spirits would ensure your safety!"
Zhong Yue hesitated for a moment, he was not too convinced. From Zhong Yue's past experience, Xin Huo was not a very reliable figure to trust in, especially when he was reassuring you that things that would not take a turn for the worse....
Whatever, this is the only chance I have to reach out to the moon spirit. Opportunity is fleeting, here this moment and gone the next. I must manifest the moon spirit no matter what!
Zhong Yue reached out his senses whole-heartedly, Xiao Chuqing's psyche ocean was still crumbling and was at the brink of completely disintegrating into oblivion. But just right at the moment where her psyche ocean vanished into thin air, the bright moon quivered and rushed out of Xiao Chuqing's psyche ocean, flashing into Zhong Yue's psyche ocean like a lightning bolt!
Krongg——
Xiao Chuqing's psyche ocean vanished along with the psyche Zhong Yue that was remaining in her psyche ocean when he was trying to reach out to the moon spirit, causing him to let out a muffled groan of pain!
Xin Huo said, "Only the Qi Practitioners that are strong and formidable enough can defend from the destruction of their psyche ocean during their deaths, protecting their spirits and souls. With only the spirits, they would turn into the totems just like those the various tribes and clans have in the Great Wilderness. Tens of thousands of years of worship have strengthened them to an unimaginable degree, but they have no souls. And if you can save both your spirit and soul, then you would become a heavenly soul. So long as the heavenly soul doesn't vanish, there would still remain a chance for resurrection."
Zhong Yue gazed at his psyche ocean, above in the air of the psyche ocean hung two celestial stars – the moon and the sun. The sun spirit nourished the moon spirit, causing the moon spirit to reflect a brighter luminescence; conversely, the presence of the moon balanced the indomitable heat of the sun. There was no sign of them deranging him.
"Some said that that the Yin and Yang curbed one another ... that's purely nonsense. Yin and Yang form a synergy, mutually burgeoning and thriving on one another. The sun spirit nourishes the moon spirit, and the moon shines ever so brighter with the sun's light, growing stronger and stronger.."
Xin Huo explained like an expert, he smiled and said, "As the moon spirit gets stronger, it will balance the Yin and Yang in your body, and give back to its master's soul, and as the master's soul grows stronger, so does the sun spirit. This is the aforementioned burgeoning – all of these have their own role in forming a virtuous cycle."
Zhong Yue carefully reached out his senses and realized that Xin Huo was right, the sun and moon did not stymie each other but rather, formed a mutual synergy with each other from which they would thrive into something greater than the sum of their parts The great sun shone on the bright moon, the bright moon emitted a soft yet intense glow like mercury on the ground, seeping into every part of his body and psyche ocean, nourishing his body, psyche ocean and ultimately ... soul. In turn, his soul strengthened the great sun spirit, this mutualism continued recurrently and would continue to accrue benefits in every aspect."
"Without the sun, the plants die, without the moon, reproduction stops."
Xin Huo continued saying, "The view of Yin and Yang curbing each other is a wrong interpretation of water and fire; the water and fire are of the five elements, not the Yin Yang. Yin and Yang had never once restrained each other, they only beget one another, no one had ever found any examples of Yin and Yang restraining one other. The fourth Heavenly Monarch of Fuxi Celestial Race, Tai Hao, crowned as the East Sovereign and venerated as Tai Yi, had a Sun-Moon Twin Spirit."
A hologram shot out from Xin Huo's eyes, a black and white mixed pattern appeared, a sun and a moon revolves around the dragon-headed and snake-bodied Heavenly Monarch, he said, "This is the [Rising Sun and Falling Moon Tai Yi Art], while some called it the [Tai Chi Art], it speaks of the cycle of the Yin and Yang, the pathway of the Sun-Moon Twin Spirit."
Zhong Yue looked at the [Rising Sun and Falling Moon Tai Yi Art], he felt that the art itself encompassed all the insights within the Yin and Yang, the intersection of the sun and moon, was where the Heavenly Monarch Tai Wu's body was at, this should be another type of abstrusely profound visualization technique.
"Xin Huo, why will the twin spirits cause chaos to their masters?" He thought of the crux and quickly asked about it.
Xin Huo shook his head in reply, "The twin spirit deranging the master only occurs when the Yin and Yang go out of balance, but with me here, you can calm your heart. All you need to do now is absorb the moon spirit and coalesce it your soul, and achieve the balance between the Yin and Yang!"
Zhong Yue was not reassured at all. Empirically, Xin Huo had proven himself to be an extremely unreliable person, if he were to place all his hopes onto Xin Huo, he would have probably died a few times already.
But soon, he realized the potential benefits that could be reaped from the consummating with the Sun-Moon Twin Spirit, the sun spirit and moon spirit engender one another, and thrive together. This synergy would in turn have a perpetual strengthening and nourishing effect on his psyche, physique, and soul.
My sun spirit is the Great Sun Golden Crow whereas the moon spirit is the Star Moon Jade Toad, could the disparity between these two forms have an adverse effect on my soul like Xin Huo had said happened to countless other Qi Practitioners? This is not the time to think about this, I'd better clean off the traces of this battle!
Zhong Yue dashed forward, he gathered Xiao Chuqing's remains and with a shift of thought, a conflagration erupted and burned vigorously to turn Xiao Chuqing's corpse into ashes.
Battle traces mustn't be left behind, or otherwise, they can easily trace the skills and arts I practice, it would invariably lead to the discovery of my identity!
Zhong Yue moved around the battlefield, he removed every vestige of the battle that had occurred here, being careful to not leave a single mark behind.