Zhang Kui tried to kill Yang Jian twice, but Yang Jian used the substitution technique: the first time, he had Zhang Kui's black smoke beast die in his place, and the second time, he had Zhang Kui's mother die in his place.
This is one of the supernatural powers of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts: Substituting a Peach for a Plum.
Furthermore, when Yang Jian faced Yu Hua's Blood Transformation Divine Blade, in order to learn the origin of the Blood Transformation Divine Blade, Yang Jian used his body to withstand the attack.
When he was enduring the attack, Yang Jian first used the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts to separate his primordial spirit from his body.
This is another supernatural power of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts: the primordial spirit leaving the body.
Furthermore, during the great battle between Yang Jian and Yuan Hong, Yuan Hong was no match for Yang Jian and had his head chopped off, but then Yuan Hong's head grew back.
This is also one of the supernatural powers of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts: the indestructible body.
Because Yuan Hong also cultivated the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, he also possessed an indestructible body.
If one cultivates the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts to the ninth level, the primordial spirit within the Niwan Palace will not perish, and the physical body will not die. If the primordial spirit escapes, one can be safe, and the physical body can regenerate infinitely. In addition, with the ability to change with the wind, one can be considered immortal and indestructible. Only magical treasures such as the "Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife" of Lu Ya Dao Ren, a hermit from West Kunlun, can completely kill him.
This is why Li Yao was overjoyed!
He never obtained a decent martial arts technique in the world of A Chinese Ghost Story.
Unexpectedly, Yang Jian would offer such a powerful cultivation technique before he left.
So, Yang Jian is truly a great person!
If I ever run into him again, I must treat him to a drink.
Li Yao immediately integrated the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts into his "Great Dao True Scripture." After fusion and optimization, his True Scripture was once again qualitatively improved.
Of course, besides the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, Li Yao also obtained many magical spells and supernatural powers from Yang Jian.
For example: Golden Light Across the Ground, Steel Turning the Ground with a Finger, Samadhi Fire, Scattering Beans to Create Soldiers, Manifesting Heaven and Earth, Five Thunder Technique, and many other supernatural powers.
The golden light can transform into a dazzling beam of light, allowing it to travel to any location with lightning speed.
This magic was passed down by the Primordial Celestial Venerable, and it allows one to travel thousands of miles in a day.
This is far more powerful than sword control techniques!
The ability to turn soft soil into solid rock prevents opponents from using earth-遁化 (earth-遁化) techniques.
Samadhi Fire is a well-known high-level Taoist technique, and many figures possess this supernatural power, such as Sun Wukong, Red Boy, Jiang Ziya, and Yang Jian.
The story of Yang Jian turning beans into soldiers is a famous tale from the Investiture of the Gods. When Yang Jian was fighting an enemy, he grabbed two handfuls of soil and grass and threw them into the air. Immediately, many burly men appeared on the walls of Xiqi City, which was quite magical.
The "Heaven and Earth Transformation" technique is also a very famous supernatural power that can make one's body grow to a height of ten thousand feet, and one's strength will also increase dramatically.
In the Journey to the West world, both Sun Wukong and Yang Jian used this supernatural power during their great battle.
After tallying up his gains in the world of A Chinese Ghost Story, Li Yao calmed down and began to review the background of the world of Chinese Paladin before deciding on his plans for that world.
The world of Chinese Paladin is a world with a very grand worldview.
There are six realms here: the realm of gods, the realm of immortals, the realm of demons, the realm of humans, the realm of monsters, and the realm of ghosts.
In ancient times, the world was in a state of "chaos," and "Pangu" was born in it.
As Pangu's body continued to grow, the original chaotic state could no longer contain his body and split apart. The "pure qi" rose to become the sky, and the "turbid qi" sank to become the earth.
After Pangu died, his essence, energy, and spirit transformed into Fuxi, Shennong, and Nuwa, who were known as the "Three Sovereigns".
The "spiritual power" originally contained within Pangu's body dissipated and decomposed into the "five elements" of water, fire, thunder, wind, and earth, which were scattered throughout the world.
Pangu's heart hangs between heaven and earth, becoming a link between them. It connects with the place where the pure energy of heaven gathers, and the "divine tree" is born from the convergence of pure and impure energy, becoming the source of life in heaven.
Because there were too few living beings in the world, the Three Sovereigns created living beings in different forms.
Fuxi used the fruit of the divine tree, which absorbed the pure energy of the divine realm, as his body, and infused it with his own powerful energy to create "gods".
Because the fruits of the Divine Tree are scarce, the number of gods is extremely small, but their spiritual power is immense.
The gods could not tolerate the foul air of the earth, so they resided in the heavens, forming the "realm of the gods".
Although gods are divided into male and female, after intercourse and reproduction, the gods' physical bodies will lose their spiritual power and gradually die, and the number of gods cannot be increased. Therefore, intercourse and reproduction are strictly prohibited.
Shennong used the earth, rocks, grass and trees as his body, and poured his own energy into them to create "beasts" (including land animals and insects).
Because Shennong emphasized quantity and ability, there were many kinds and numbers of beasts, and they had diverse abilities, but their minds were not yet enlightened.
Nuwa mixed earth and water, added her own blood and spiritual power, and used willow branches to shape them in her own image, thus creating "humans".
They are graceful and intelligent, but physically weak. Although they do not have any special abilities, they have a very strong ability to understand.
Gods reside in the heavens, humans and beasts reside on the earth, and there is also a "ghost realm" as a place for the cycle of reincarnation for humans, beasts, and other living beings.
They lived in peace for tens of thousands of years.
Later, due to the overpopulation of humans and animals, conflicts occurred frequently.
Later, Shennong mysteriously disappeared, and a ruler with extremely high intelligence appeared among the beasts: Chiyou, who was Shennong's son.
Soon after, Chi You led the beastmen to wage war against humanity, intending to seize the land for himself.
Humanity received aid from the gods and, under the command of the divine general Xuanyuan, defeated Chiyou's army.
Chi You used all his remaining strength to open a passage to another world, sending his remaining forces there.
The remnants of Chi You's forces gradually cultivated into demons in another world, and the "Demon Realm" gradually took shape.
The passage opened by Chi You was later known as the "Well of Gods and Demons".
The Well of Gods and Demons is the only passage connecting the realms of gods and demons. Both sides have set up numerous obstacles inside and deployed heavy troops to guard it, strictly prohibiting beings from both realms from passing through.
After this battle, Fuxi, under the pretext of fighting against the demon realm, established a hierarchical system in the divine realm and proclaimed himself "Heavenly Emperor." He stipulated that the status of gods was higher than that of humans, that the divine race would rule the earth, and that humans must obey the gods.
Over tens of thousands of years, the gods gradually became corrupt, and humanity's resentment towards them grew, eventually leading to an uprising.
The Heavenly Emperor ordered the suppression, but it was met with fierce resistance from humanity.
The Heavenly Emperor was enraged and ordered Nuwa to destroy humanity and recreate a new human race that worshipped the gods. Nuwa disobeyed the order and descended to earth to protect humanity.
Although Nuwa led humanity against the divine realm and saved humankind's fate, most of humanity was slaughtered by the gods.
Finally, the Heavenly Emperor closed the gates of Heaven and decreed that gods were not allowed to arbitrarily enter the human realm, thus completely isolating the human and divine realms.
Later, some beasts, through cultivation, awakened the power of Shennong they inherited, becoming "demons" with special abilities.
Humans can also cultivate themselves to unleash the spiritual power they inherited from Nuwa and become "immortals".
The formation of demons and immortals is related to talent, cultivation, and the earth's energy.
Therefore, the places where demons and immortals gathered formed the "Demon Realm" and the "Immortal Realm".
This is the overall background of the Legend of Sword and Fairy world.
Chapter 460 Taking on Disciples
The entire Legend of Sword and Fairy world includes Legend of Sword and Fairy 1, Legend of Sword and Fairy 2, Legend of Sword and Fairy 3... all the way to Legend of Sword and Fairy 6.
The timeline of Chinese Paladin 3 takes place before Chinese Paladin 1.
Between Chinese Paladin 3 and Chinese Paladin 1, there is also Chinese Paladin 3 Prequel: The Tale of Love.
At this time, Liu Jinyuan had just been born, and Liu Yongzheng said that the current leader of Shushan was Chang Hao (the previous text incorrectly stated that the current leader of Shushan was Dugu Jiansheng, which has been corrected).
Based on these two points, it can be determined that the story of the third installment of the "Quest for Love" series has only recently ended.
Li Yao still remembered that Xu Changqing passed on the position of the leader of the Shushan Sect to Chang Hao and appointed Dugu Jiansheng as the Zhenwu Elder when the Three Outer Chapters of Love was about to end.
In the world of Chinese Paladin, there are many cultivation techniques, but few can truly capture Li Yao's heart.
For example, the Shu Mountain Sect's sword control techniques, sword qi slash, ten thousand swords technique, heavenly sword, sword god, mountain-shattering, sky-splitting slash, and so on.
The formations include the Five Elements Formation, the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Sword Formation, the Seven Star Demon Subduing Formation, the Shu Mountain Protective Barrier Formation, and so on.
These immortal techniques, sword skills, and formations are far inferior to the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts and other cultivation methods and supernatural powers that Li Yao obtained from Yang Jian.
Of course, if he could acquire these immortal techniques, sword skills, and formations, he could further enrich and improve his "Great Dao True Scripture".
Therefore, Li Yao would not hesitate to acquire these cultivation techniques whenever he had the opportunity.
In the world of Chinese Paladin, what would catch Li Yao's eye are rare and precious natural treasures, as well as various divine weapons and magical artifacts.
For example, the Five Elemental Pearls, the Demon-Suppressing Sword, the Five Elemental Wheel, and the Three Sovereigns' Divine Artifacts (Fuxi Sword, Nuwa Blood Jade, Shennong Cauldron), etc.
What moved Li Yao the most was the divine tree upon which the divine realm depended for its existence.
The Divine Tree is the source of life for the gods in the divine realm. Without the Divine Tree, the gods' strength would be greatly reduced.
Therefore, if Li Yao really gets his hands on the divine tree, the divine realm will likely be thrown into chaos.
However, Li Yao did not have much affection for the divine realm of this world.
As can be seen from the background of the Legend of Sword and Fairy world, the Heavenly Emperor of the God Realm is not a good person. He thinks that the gods are the most respected, and he stipulates that the status of gods is higher than that of humans, and thus rules over humans.
In the eyes of the Heavenly Emperor and the gods, the human race was nothing more than a plaything in their hands.
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The next day, Liu Yongzheng threw a grand banquet to entertain Li Yao and Xiaobai.
Last night, after his wife gave birth to their son Liu Jinyuan, she showed no signs of weakness; on the contrary, she was full of energy.
Even his newborn son was full of energy and very different from ordinary babies.
Later, based on the descriptions of the midwives and maids present, he learned that Xiaobai simply pointed with her finger, and a beam of light entered his wife's body, and his wife immediately gave birth to their son.
In addition, he learned that Li Yao and Xiao Bai were independent cultivators from overseas.
Therefore, he believed that it was Xiaobai's magical abilities that enabled his wife to recover quickly and his son to be full of energy.
It seems that his ancestors blessed him, allowing his Liu family to encounter two overseas masters.
Therefore, he developed even greater respect for Li Yao and Xiao Bai.
Liu Yongzheng personally went to Li Yao's temporary guest room and bowed respectfully, saying, "Thank you very much for your help last night, Mr. and Mrs. Li."
"Mrs. Li?"
Xiao Bai was taken aback at first, then smiled charmingly at Li Yao, took his arm, and said to Liu Yongzheng, "You're welcome, this is all thanks to my husband."
Li Yao was speechless. Well, after a night of passion, the young master had become a husband.
After exchanging pleasantries, Liu Yongzheng led Li Yao and Xiaobai to the hall.