Hold the bamboo slips before your chest, close your eyes, and click your teeth. Visualize the room filled with violet mist, enveloping your body. Golden boys and jade maidens attend to the scriptures on your left and right. The precious radiance of the Three Lights (Sun, Moon, Stars) illuminates the entire chamber. Click your teeth and softly intone the invocation:

"The heavens are clear, the air is pure; the Three Lights shine brilliantly. The golden chamber, the jade room; the Five Sacred Mushrooms sprout in life. Mysterious energy, purple canopy, come and envelop my form. Immortal boys and jade maidens, bring forth numinous power for me. The Nine Emperors share their splendor; the Three Primes ride together in harmony. I ascend upon the purple canopy, rising into the Imperial Court."

Opening Scripture Mysterious Essence Mantra:

Penetrating the subtle, the Mysterious Scenery's gate,

Brilliantly shining through the void's unity.

The Supreme Dao arises from silent stillness,

You shall behold the Palace of Three Simplicities.

The Great Dao is accomplished here,

Harnessing the scenery, driving cloud-dragons.

Attending the scripture's truth, left and right,

Are jade maidens and jade boys.

My body crosses the ford of deathlessness,

Loosening the nets, following the numinous wind.

Seven generations revert to fetal rebirth,

For generations becoming ancestors of immortals.

Click your teeth, close your eyes, and bow your head to pray:

"I, humble and lowly as dirt, a minor supplicant (male/female) named [your name], now have these slight words to reverently address: the Jade Pure Qiong Yuan Sovereign, the Supreme High Myriad True Supreme Dao Lord, the Central Yellow Elder Elemental Dao Lord, the Supreme Purity Commander of Immortals Grand Marshal Longevity Master Lord of the Three Heavens Lord Bo Cheng the Supreme Perfected, the scripture-bestowing master the Supreme Perfected Holy Mother Lady of the Purple Tenuity and Original Origin, the reverting-wind great-blending master-bestowing Supreme Perfected Holy Mother Lady of the Central Marquise and Original Origin, the Supreme Purity Nine Subtleties Supreme True Jade Guardian King Golden Tower Chief Minister Grand Director of Destinies High Morning Master Lord of the Eastern Sea Azure Flower Youthful Lad, the Supreme Purity Supreme Nonbeing Eastern Aurora Fusang Crimson Grove Great Emperor Supreme Dao Lord, Ancestral Master Southern Pole Purple Perfection Supreme Purity Dao Master Jade Dawn Sacred Empress Golden Tower Upper Guardian Eastern Florescence Dao Lord, Golden Tower Minister Supreme Purity Immortal Marquis... I now enter the chamber to recite and chant the Supreme Purity Great Cavern True Scripture in Thirty-Nine Chapters. May the morning radiance shine forth, illuminating my body, making my internal organs flourish and glorious, dispersing disasters and misfortunes. May my seven generations of ancestors return to fetal immortality, riding together in cloud-borne chariots."

Close your eyes and visualize the Emperor-One Venerable Lord, like an infant, four inches tall, residing within the skin beneath the nose at the philtrum (the "human middle"), presiding over the assembly of the hundred spirits, seated on five-colored clouds. Visualize the Emperor-One Venerable Lord in the empty mystery, his mouth aligned with your own, listening to your recitation of the Jade Scripture.

(Descriptions of the "Great Cavern Trembling Numinous Talisman" and "Great Cavern Illuminating Expelling Talisman" follow here, detailing their appearance, materials, inscription colors, and uses. As images cannot be displayed, the specific graphic descriptions are omitted.)

(The talismans use plain yellow silk as the base, with cinnabar for the inner text and black ink for the outer border. They are worn when traveling and used as a mat for sitting, lying, and prostrations, to subdue myriad demons and stabilize the spirit-intent.)

(The talismans are made from precious materials, with inscriptions on both sides. The pouch is made of brocade, the outer covering of yellow gauze. When worn during ritual practices, the Six Heavens Demon Kings and Three Heavens Prohibiting Lords dare not obstruct.)

Recitation Internal Formula:

Sit upon the "Trembling Numinous Talisman," wearing the "Illuminating Expelling Talisman." Calmly visualize your body within the Three Platforms and the Dipper (Ursa Major). Upon completion, click your teeth thirty-nine times. Then recite the Hidden Text before entering the main scripture text.

Great Cavern Spirit-Wisdom Hidden Text:

(This is a lengthy verse containing profound and esoteric descriptions of body spirits, visionary scenes, and cultivation essentials. As the original is poetic and highly allusive, only a summary is provided here.)

"Mysterious scenes scatter at heaven's shore,

The clear Han fades as clouds return.

Wondrous qi brightens the three dawns,

Cinnabar clouds glow in the Purple Tenuity.

The various heavens inscribe numinous colors,

Flowing mists, how profuse they fall!

Spirit-lamps shine on the Longevity Star,

Li Luo exhales brilliant light.

Four ridges girdle lofty clouds,

Mysterious essence shades the eight descents.

Three Simplicities open the lofty void,

Orchid portals part layered doors.

Golden battlements mirror Jade Purity,

Numinous beauty marks heaven's domain.

Wind arises in the Eight Confluence Palace,

Fierce beasts gallop upon clouds.

Myriad are the Three Cavern mansions,

Perfected Ones intermingle.

Above are the thousand-scenery essences,

Obscure virtue, lofty and grand.

Taiyi Wu Youshou,

Grasps destiny, holds the spirit-banner.

Zhengyi Lü Changling,

Summons and gathers the myriad spirits.

The Lordless Youth rests the silent axle,

Dongyang guards the mysterious pivot.

Mingchu harmonizes with Dao Kang,

The dragon chariot properly wanders.

Seven scenes aid the spirit-kings,

Whirlwind wheels on myriad treetop steps.

The body delicate upon the Mysterious Ford,

Flying steps on sheer ridge ladders.

Parting the scenes, entering the spirit-mound,

Sparkling and shaking feathery robes.

Darkly gathering, meeting in clouds,

Flying scenes receive divine penetration.

Blue peaks without a trace of weeds,

Broidered union born in absolute emptiness.

Golden flowers gird the numinous chamber,

Solemnly the high immortal elder.

Ten-thousand reins ride the void, scattering,

Lush and dense, the mysterious upper window.

Born within is Lord Hejing,

Nine Emperors flourishing the Supreme Sovereign.

Bright wheel reflects Huang Ning,

Feather pearl shines Mysterious Yang.

Heaven's essence, Elemental Qi,

Middle Fifth is called Nourishing Light.

Knotting brightness, spirit is first born,

Nine Perfected join to form a pair.

Wondrous scenes open the dark numbers,

Following the feelings, marking the spirit's traces.

The Mud-pill Palace penetrates primordial light,

Moving Pearl correctly in the Scarlet Palace.

Primordial Yang marshals the Gate of Life,

Three spirits lead the Purple Lad.

Juzhi summons Shanggui,

Flanking the palace, serving the bright window.

Yiwei faces Qiming,

Round brilliance brightens the Three Charges.

Fangying attracts Jiesheng,

Returning to old age, reverting to infantile innocence.

Whirling splendor adorns the Nine Heavens,

Green shafts encircle the Cinnabar Chamber.

Soughing, entwining the misty surface,

Winding crimson rests in the flowery hall.

Wandering the darkness, gazing on myriad changes,

Returning to meet the Divine Empyrean King.

The Immortal Dao delights in your life,

The Ghost Dao delights in your misfortune.

But hear of the Way that honors life,

Never hear of the Ghost Dao's dominance.

Jade songs blend with heaven's qi,

Honoring Life, the Primal Righteous Chapter.

Spirit Wisdom commands the Vermilion Troops,

Five Emperors seal the Cold Regions.

Holding banners, subduing myriad demons,

Jade texts examine the Northern Feng.

Embodying and understanding the natural Dao,

Destroying demons is not your merit.

Sailing the scenery, beating the long fan,

Embracing numinosity, celebrating the Misty Peak.

Looking down, the four decline and fly,

Heavenly kalpas forever hard to end.

Within the wondrous, the true scene is born,

Returning the carriage, as if slowly.

Intent merges, existing in dark communion,

Leading and lifting the lofty and rare.

Wings spread, awaiting the wondrous meeting,

Who can equal this penetrating vision?

With a shout, in the blink of an eye,

Suddenly traversing the nine regions.

Gathering qi, returning to primal interaction,

Merging scenes, dwelling in dark mystery."

(An explanation of the many allusions in the Hidden Text to the names of body spirits follows, which is extensive and complex and thus omitted here.)

(Following this are numerous descriptions of "Great Cavern [Name] Jade Talismans" and their corresponding minor incantations for ingestion, as well as annotations for each chapter's scripture. The content is extremely detailed, involving numerous body spirit names, titles, palace locations, and cultivation theory. Due to its extreme length and highly specialized nature, only an overview of the structure is provided below, without translating the incantations and annotations word-for-word.)

The main body of the scripture consists of the Great Cavern Jade Scripture in thirty-nine chapters. Each chapter corresponds to a high Perfected Being (e.g., High Exalted Void-August Lord, Supreme August Jade-Void Lord, etc.) and is accompanied by a corresponding talisman to be visualized/ingested (depicted as a jade talisman image) and a minor incantation. The incantations primarily consist of visualizing specific body spirits (e.g., the Lad of the Supreme Tenuity, the Venerable God Taiyi, the Jade Emperor Lord, the Lordless Youth on the left, the Venerable God of White Origin on the right, etc.) by their names, epithets, and aliases, and visualizing them guarding specific parts of the body (e.g., below the root of the tongue, below the Jade Pillow acupoint, between the eyebrows, below the left armpit, below the right armpit, in the Scarlet Palace heart chamber, at the navel/gate of life, in the nine apertures of the Mud-pill Palace, below the first cervical vertebra at the crown, below the coccyx/cart axle, the four borders of the mouth, the joints of the backbone, the left kidney area, the right kidney area, among the twelve beams of the neck, at the gate of the extreme root within the throat, at the gate of the stomach tube under the fat membrane, below the sources of the two nostrils, at the mouth of the five intestines in the Great Granary mansion, at the four extremes within the chest, below the left ear at the Prostrate Dawn gate, the territory of the head and face, the territory of chest and abdomen, the territory of the lower pass, the gate of communicating with truth in the left palm, the gate of communicating with truth in the right palm, the pupil of the left eye, the pupil of the right eye, below the lungs, above the five viscera at the root gate of the larynx, below the five viscera at the upper mouth of the stomach, at the mouth of the nine intestines below the hidden beam, within the small intestines at the root of the two orifices, in the blood of the hundred gates below the severed joints, at the root of one's destiny where the fetal essence is knotted, below the nose at the philtrum, in the palaces of the Three Primes, etc.).

Following each chapter's scripture text are annotations explaining the terms, allusions, and metaphors within, such as "Jade Root," "Celestial Dawn," "Three Simplicities," "Imperial Rampart," "Nine Heavens," "Golden Numinous Radiance," "Purple Chamber," "Bright Wheel," "Broidered Union," "Southernly Uprooting the Roots of Seven Generations," "Westernly Unraveling the Calamities of Accumulated Generations," etc., mostly relating to body spirits, palace-mansions, cultivation passes and cavities, and internal alchemy visions.

After the scripture text are the Great Cavern Inner Refinement Jade Stanzas and the Jade Purity Great Cavern Inner Refinement Jade Scripture (in upper, middle, and lower grades), all in verse form, summarizing the essentials of cultivation and praising the efficacy of the Jade Scripture.

Finally, there is Gong Detong's colophon, recounting the textual transmission of this scripture, how he obtained the version annotated by Perfected Zhao from Xiong Linchu in the Yisi year (a specific year in the sexagenary cycle), copied it together with Master Zhou Lanxue, marveled at this fortunate encounter in his old age, and composed a eulogy praising the profound essence of the Great Cavern Jade Scripture.

Great Cavern Jade Scripture, Scroll One

(Below are the chapter titles and opening lines to show the structure.)

High Exalted Void-August Lord, Dao Scripture, First

High exalted penetrates the mysterious,

Primordial birth in the nine heavens.

Qi's ancestor is supreme non-being,

Ancestral wind continues the mysterious.

The mysterious great-great-grandsons scatter and cease,

The Four Clarities comfort the idle.

Emperor-One superior scenery,

Connects the multitude, gathers the mist.

Supreme August Jade-Void Lord, Dao Scripture, Second

Jade-Void follows mysterious return,

Celestial Dawn roams Golden Mist.

Bright and clear generates the Imperial Scene,

Swiftly born, feasts in Jade Isle.

Jade Emperor Lord, Dao Scripture, Third

The Emperor has the mysterious superior banner,

Controlling mandates on the nine-heaven steps.

Seven awakenings ride the wondrous Dao,

Joyful and bright, the numinous wind returns.

... (multiple chapters omitted in the middle)

Primordial-August Purple Origin Numinous Origin Lord, Dao Scripture, Seventeenth

Within the Purple Origin of Primordial Augustness,

Glowing light, dense and misty, pure.

Three heavens brighten nine scenes,

Parting and merging, millions of lives.

Lordless Youth Central Perfected Supreme Elder, Dao Scripture, Eighteenth

Lordless Youth, truly supreme mystery,

Mysterious origin, qi dense.

Jipin carries the Moving Pearl,

Blended transformation opens the bright dawn.

Central Yellow Elder Lord, Dao Scripture, Nineteenth

Central Yellow Elder Lord,

Round flower, Jade Longevity Numen.

Great Zhang ascends the Jade Gate,

Leans on clouds, three fathoms bright.

Azure Essence Supreme Perfected Inner Scenery Lord, Dao Scripture, Twentieth

Azure essence supreme flowery qi,

Supreme Tenuity's mysterious scene lad.

Spirit transforms within the Jade Chamber,

Flying feathers escape the Purple Void.

Great Cavern Jade Scripture, Scroll One

Great Cavern Jade Scripture, Scroll Two

Solar Yang Nine Qi Jade Virtuous Origin Lord, Dao Scripture, Twenty-First

Solar Yang transforms the three dawns,

Purple carriage in subtle mystery descends.

The Origin Lord protects the Valley Lad,

Guarding the stomach, blocking the Earth Door.

Nine Simplicities Golden Florescence Scenery Origin Lord, Dao Scripture, Twenty-Second

Supreme Beginning's nine-simplicity qi,

Qi emerges within Flowery Scenery.

Fatan dances the immortal banner,

Circling the five venerable elders.

Nine August Supremes Controller of Destinies Lord, Dao Scripture, Twenty-Third

Primordial Beginning bestowed the Supreme Mystery,

Canghu clasps the precious pearl.

The Tanchi harmonizing tones wondrous,

Rare sounds penetrate the supreme void.

... (multiple chapters omitted in the middle)

Supreme Void Later Sage Origin Scenery Peng Chamber Perfected Lord, Dao Scripture, Thirty-First

Supreme Void, empty without scenery,

Within the mists is the Peng Chamber.

Nine clouds join layered doors,

The Emperor Lord quiet, secluded, secret.

Supreme Mystery Metropolis Nine Qi Elder Lord of Immortals Lord, Dao Scripture, Thirty-Second

Above the Supreme Lord's nine qi,

Smoke drifts between Supreme Splendor.

Spirit light beautifies the empty peaks,

Five Ways brighten the three heavens.

Supreme Purity Eight August Elder Lords, Dao Scripture, Thirty-Third

Beyond the variegated mists of Supreme Purity,

The Eight Augusts move the Nine Heavens.

Youliao gives birth to the Emperor's child,

Leading and transforming the person in the scene.

Eastern Florescence Fangzhu Palace High Morning Master Jade Guardian King Azure Lad Lord, Dao Scripture, Thirty-Fourth

Eastern Florescence emits initial radiance,

High Morning reflects on Supreme Purity.

Cavernously bright, round pearl haze,

Brilliantly shining, purple glory bright.

Fusang Great Emperor Nine Elders Immortal August Lord, Dao Scripture, Thirty-Fifth

Great Emperor, nine elders' capital,

Examining immortals, ascending Bosang.

Seven revolutions summon the Celestial Emperor,

The Controller of Destinies receives the spirit net.

Minor Existence Jade Perfection Myriad Flower Sir Illustrating Jade Lord, Dao Scripture, Thirty-Sixth

Jade Perfection Myriad Flower Palace,

Lofty immortals store the Emperor's scripture.

Mastering the charts of the nine heavens' surface,

Penetratingly viewing birth from non-being.

Mystery Isle Twenty-Nine Perfected Earl Supreme God Controller of Prohibitions Lord, Dao Scripture, Thirty-Seventh

Mystery Isle cuts off the three fords,

Feather Scenery, Supreme Non-being Court.

Returning mists fly over layered deserts,

Entrusting transformation, blending myriad essences.

Supreme Non-being Morning Central Lord, Carved on Mount Emei, Cavern Palace Jade Door Supreme Simplicity Lord, Dao Scripture, Thirty-Eighth

Three Perfected born from Supreme Non-being,

Jade doors reflect dawn's rosy clouds.

Supreme Simplicity Cavern Origin Numen,

Cinnabar grove grows vermilion branches.

Western Origin Turtle Mountain Nine Numinous True Immortal Mother Green Gold Cinnabar August Lord, Dao Scripture, Thirty-Ninth

Western Origin's nine numinous qi,

Gold Cinnabar in Flowing Cloud Palace.

Reaching the tip of the Xuan Yao pivot,

Radiant scenes in the great rosy void.

(Following this are various general descriptions of talismans, a concluding mantra, the Inner Refinement Jade Stanzas, the colophon, etc., as described earlier.)

The Great Cavern Jade Scripture has been transmitted for a long time from the Han altar. In my youth, I indeed perused and recited it, but did not comprehend its meaning. Elders said: 'Mostly it contains the names of the hundred spirits within the body; one cannot deduce it through literary reasoning.' Later, I obtained versions from the Maoshan lineage altar and the Zitong Wenchang scripture, comparing them. Each had differences—perhaps due to scribal errors or phonetic corruptions—major similarities with minor variations, each having strengths and weaknesses. However, one does not dare lightly alter the sacred scripture. In the Yisi year, during the Chrysanthemum Month, a former National University instructor from Yuzhang, the Ancient Xiong Linchu, abandoned officialdom to study the Dao, seeking to understand the tenets of the Great Cavern Scripture. He came to the mountains from the Xu River and Magu (Mountains), bringing with him a copied version of the Great Cavern Scripture containing annotations of its meaning by the Perfected Zhao of Supreme Mystery from former times. Within it, mostly the names of the hundred spirits within the body, their jurisdictions and residences—mountains, forests, towers, terraces, ponds, and lodges—are all clearly explained. In general, it focuses on the gates of life and doors of death, guarding the feminine and embracing the masculine, blending the hundred spirits, constantly visualizing them each residing in their place and attending to their duties. Fellow mountain-dwelling Master Zhou Lanxue, sharing my interest, although approaching eighty years of age, with keen hearing and clear sight, and vigorous brushstrokes, transcribed two copies, which he showed me. Reading it once, it became clear. Truly, one could call this a rare encounter in my late years. Alas, this humble old man cannot cultivate and practice it, yet cannot bear to set it aside. I have thus copied one volume for myself, to often ponder and savor, and to transmit to later students. Having finished copying, I return the original. Still hoping the Master will concentrate exclusively on reciting and practicing, refining daily, returning to youth from old age, not disappointing this encounter. And I offer this eulogy:

The Great Cavern Jade Scripture, essence of the ultimate Dao,

Truly contemplate Emperor-One, guard the feminine, embrace the masculine.

The Three Parts and Eight Scenes, blend and whirl the wind,

Auspicious mist, celebratory clouds, doors blocked yet passages open.

Taiyi commands the spirits, destroys demons, expels the malign,

Holding talismans and registers, knots and nodes all empty.

The Three Passes flow freely, the nine qi surge,

Generations emit jade orchids, heaven's root grows lush.

Verifying the singular straight path, attaining rank as immortal elder,

Long preserving the scenery's transformation, wandering free in gemstone palaces.

Someday in Penglai and Langyuan, we shall meet with a smile.

Eighty-nine-year-old Autumn Waters, Gong Detong, respectfully writes.