The Great Dao Is the Elixir

Name: The Great Dao Is the Elixir
Author: Not as Good as and Just as Good as

大道为丹

by Not as Good as and Just as Good as (不及与及)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 42k Words
Genre: Eastern Fantasy
Subgenre: Eastern Cultivation
Updated: 1y ago
Source: Fanqie

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The Golden Core path that people have pursued since ancient times turns out to be the secret to becoming an immortal! Few know how to cultivate a Golden Core. They think it's just qigong, but only after swallowing a Golden Core do you realize that your fate is yours to command, not Heaven's!

These are genuine insights into cultivation, with different results at every stage. I'll share excerpts from the cultivation novels I've read to help fellow Daoists deepen their understanding of the path.

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Seek the Way, Pursue the Way, Follow the Way, Attain the Way

All beings under heaven seek the path to immortality, while I alone seek enlightenment. Enlightenment brings eternal life, yet the multitudes abandon the Dao to pursue immortality, mistaking the branch for the root. The immortal path promises freedom and ease, but what does it mean to be free? What does it mean to be at ease? There are no immortals in this world. If there were, they would be demons, for demons are unrestrained, free, and at ease.

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