In an instant, flames shot up from Jiang Liu's body, making him appear like the sun at its zenith. As the flames surged, an illusion of a tortoise and a snake appeared behind him, which was the true form of the True Martial Emperor. Five silver fire dragons also roamed around his body.
Jiang Liu held the small cauldron in his left hand, his face as still as water. With a single movement, wind and thunder changed, and he pounced to attack. The space trembled continuously with every move he made.
"Snap!"
A cracking sound seemed to echo in the air. With this punch, the void seemed to shatter, and a sage's sword broke into pieces, scattering into chaotic spiritual energy. As the "Shaking Technique" was unleashed, scorching flames of heaven-burning fire engulfed everything.
With the "Buddha's Robe" protecting him, these sage swords couldn't break through his defenses at all, but it would still be extremely painful to be stabbed. If Jiang Liu hadn't refined the "Life Creation Cauldron Body," which greatly increased his defense and recovery power, these swords, even if they couldn't break through the "Buddha's Robe's" defenses, would have smashed him into a pulp.
Jiang Liu plunged into the sword formation with a desperate, life-or-death attitude; the blazing sun burned the sky, and his fists shook the void.
He fully unleashed the martial arts he had cultivated in the world of "Dragon and Snake".
"Spirit and body united? How is that possible? You've already reached the Tribulation of Lightning cultivation level, so how could you possibly reach the Human Immortal realm?"
Jiang Liu threw dozens of punches, barely breaking the sword formation, while the person controlling the sword formation was terrified.
In the world of "Yang Shen," reaching the Martial Master realm marks a watershed moment. Martial artists who reach the Innate realm must constantly unite their spirit and body to walk the path of the Human Immortal. Over time, their soul and body become completely one, and although their divine soul is powerful, it can no longer separate from its body.
However, such people are extremely terrifying. They possess immense strength in every gesture and are incredibly quick-witted. In the blink of an eye, they can pounce on a person within tens of feet as easily as turning the palm of their hand.
This is the way of martial arts!
Those who cultivate the Yang Spirit often have their souls leave their bodies to roam the heavens and earth, remaining separate from their bodies as Yin and Yang, unable to merge. Therefore, even if they cultivate both martial arts and Taoism to the level of a Martial Saint, in actual hand-to-hand combat, they will definitely be inferior to a Martial Saint who cultivates the Human Immortal, but they will have an endless stream of Taoist techniques.
In the world of "Yang Shen," very few people can cultivate both martial arts and Taoism simultaneously, due to their innate talent. One can spend a lifetime studying either martial arts or Taoism and still not necessarily reach the peak, let alone cultivate both simultaneously.
However, to reach the other shore, one must simultaneously cultivate the Yang Spirit, reach the realm of shattering the void, and then fulfill one's grand vow. Therefore, cultivating martial arts and Taoism simultaneously is the first step to transcending the Yang Spirit and reaching the other shore.
Jiang Liu's display of supernatural powers and martial arts skills, combined with his dual cultivation of martial arts and magic, greatly surprised the man.
"Take another punch from me!" In an instant, Jiang Liu moved, passing through the flaw in the sword formation and breaking through the attack of the Five Elements Sword Formation. In a single movement, he traversed dozens of feet and arrived in front of the middle-aged man.
"So fast!"
The middle-aged man hadn't expected Jiang Liu to be so fast. Although the sword formation had turned around and he was too late to protect himself, he didn't even think about escaping. His thick eyebrows furrowed, his face was full of seriousness, and he watched as the fist grew bigger and bigger in his eyes. Suddenly, a yellow light rose up.
"boom!"
This person also had extremely rich combat experience and a variety of methods. In an instant, a yellowish-brown sword aura enveloped his entire body, like an eggshell.
Jiang Liu threw a punch, which burst out with a strong yellow mist and earthy smell, and then slowly healed like quicksand, becoming an eggshell again.
This is an earth-attribute sword aura, with the strongest defensive capabilities.
"Such strong defense! You think you're the only one with the Five Elements Divine Power? Watch me break through you..." In an instant, Jiang Liu threw another punch. This time, his fist not only contained the "power of an entire province," but also had a touch of green.
In the Five Elements theory, Wood overcomes Earth, and the energy condensed on Jiang Liu's fist is Wood-type. With a slam of his fist, the eggshell shattered inch by inch, and then a ray of green light surged into the cracks, preventing the Earth-type energy from healing.
Jiang Liu unleashed another punch, and with a series of cracks, the eggshell shattered inch by inch! The entire eggshell, formed from "earthly evil," was shattered in an instant!
The middle-aged man inside was horrified. The sword formation couldn't harm him, and even the defensive earth-elemental sword aura couldn't withstand two punches. He was now regretting underestimating Jiang Liu. However, he instantly launched a counterattack, his eyes flashing with two sharp sword lights, aiming straight for Jiang Liu's eyes.
Chapter 188 Five Elements Sword Pill
The two beams of light shooting from his pupils were like two sharp swords, piercing straight into Jiang Liu's eyes.
This is a sword aura with a metallic attribute!
The Five Elements Sword Aura is formed by the condensation of sword intent and the true energy of the five elements. It is not only incredibly powerful, but its attacks are also impossible to defend against.
In an instant, two bolts of lightning burst forth from Jiang Liu's eyes, colliding and instantly annihilating each other!
At the same time, Jiang Liu made a lightning spell, and thunderclouds gathered in the dark sky. In the deep darkness, lightning flashed and a strong wind rose.
"Can you feel my anger? My anger... is the anger of the heavens..." Jiang Liu's eyes revealed an incomparably sharp edge as he looked at the middle-aged man, his killing intent gathering as if it wanted to pierce directly into his heart!
"Five Elements Sword Fiend, protect my body!"
The middle-aged man's face twisted into a ferocious and terrifying expression, and the five sword pellets had already rolled back, with the power of the five elements surging like a tide.
Amidst the dark clouds in the sky, blinding flashes of lightning, like the gleam of a sword being drawn from its sheath, streaked past, almost blinding anyone!
Thunder rumbled in the heavens, and the majestic power of the heavens descended!
"break……"
With a long roar from the middle-aged man, a blinding bolt of lightning ripped through the sky and struck straight down!
With a tearing sound, it was a lightning strike.
Along with this bolt of lightning, Jiang Liu simultaneously launched a fierce attack on the man. His Divine Fist, with its eighteen strikes, was as powerful as a mountain, as vast as the sea, capable of overturning mountains and seas, shaking the void and scorching the heavens.
"Snap!"
A bolt of lightning illuminated the night, and in the lightning's flash, Jiang Liu stood atop the ruins, breathing heavily. Right before him, a wisp of five-elemental spiritual energy swirled.
The powerful middle-aged man had been blasted into a ball of spiritual energy. After all, it was an avatar, its body composed of the five elements of energy and a divine soul. It was shattered by the "power of a province" and formed the ball of energy in front of Jiang Liu.
Catching his breath, Jiang Liu stretched out his palm and plunged it into the Five Elements spiritual energy, manipulating it for a moment.
His eyes flashed with a sharp light, and a hint of wild joy appeared on his lips.
"The Five Elements Dao? So you are Peacock King Xingxuan! This sword technique is the Five Elements Sword Fiend!"
After reviewing the memories within that divine soul, Jiang Liu used his primordial spirit to refine them, and then swallowed the pure five elements spiritual energy in one gulp.
He sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and meditated until dawn, refining the powerful spiritual energy of the five elements.
It was dawn; the east was already white, and a ray of sunlight broke through the darkness. Jiang Liu opened his eyes, the five-colored light within flickering uncertainly before finally settling into black and white. His black pupils were like endless night, while the whites of his eyes were completely free of any other color.
"King Peacock! Heh... It seems this feud is destined to continue. If you dare to come, I will give you a surprise!"
Peacock King Xingxuan, the leader of the eight great demon immortals in the world of "Yang Shen"!
What is a demon immortal? Any animal that gains sentience and whose soul leaves its body can gradually cultivate to the level of a ghost immortal. It can possess and seize a human body, even forcibly taking over a human's body, destroying the human's soul, and occupying the body.
The Eight Great Demon Immortals of the World are eight demons who achieved great cultivation and were reincarnated as humans, among whom is the Peacock King. As can be seen from his name, his original form was a peacock.
After being reborn as a human, this person had already undergone three tribulations and two corpse liberations, and his soul had been refined to possess pure Yang energy. Furthermore, he received the inheritance of the "Five Elements Dao," obtained and refined the Five Elements Sword Qi. When he made a move, with a thought and a flick of his hand, the Five Elements Sword Qi would fill the sky.
Jiang Liu had just faced this divine power, which was incredibly powerful. If it weren't for the protection of the "Buddha's Robe," Jiang Liu would have been chopped into mincemeat long ago. This was only a divine power used by an avatar; his true body possessed various divine powers and techniques, and was universally recognized by cultivators as the leader of the Eight Great Demon Immortals, without any doubt.
Speaking of clones, Peacock King Xingxuan's clone was cultivated using the Haoyuan Heavenly Pearl, possessing strength equivalent to his original self. The pearl's function is similar to the "Mysterious Female Pearl" of the Green-Robed Ancestor in the "Shushan" world, but it was destroyed when the clone was killed. Therefore, without the Haoyuan Heavenly Pearl, Peacock King completely destroyed his clone, effectively severing an arm.
Jiang Liu chuckled lightly, snapped his fingers into a sword shape, and five plumes of dust suddenly rose from the ruins. Under the morning sun, five walnut-sized pills floated into the air. These were the Five Elements Sword Pills used by the clone to unleash the sword formation; the sword techniques wielded with them were incredibly powerful.
Jiang Liu's supernatural ability is none other than the Five Elements Sword Demon. Although he did not obtain the complete version from the soul of his clone, the cultivation method of the Five Elements Sword Demon is quite complete.
He possesses an "innate Dao body," although he is still in the primordial embryo state, and even more so, a "life-creating cauldron body" that combines the five elements, making the cultivation of the five elements' supernatural powers a piece of cake.
In the blink of an eye, the five sword pellets lined up in front of Jiang Liu.
The Peacock King's Five Elements Sword Essence was refined to its extreme, forming five spherical magic treasures resembling pills. These were sword pills made from the essence of the five elements of heaven and earth, combined with divine soul thoughts and blood essence.
After the clone was killed by Jiang Liu, the divine soul and essence blood inside the sword pellet had dissipated, but the essence of the five elements remained, and the sword aura inside was still there.
Jiang Liu refined the Five Elements Sword Aura, which originated from the same source as the Peacock King, so he could naturally activate the sword pellet with a flick of his finger.
His divine consciousness split into five, and then five drops of essence blood overflowed from between his eyebrows, flying one by one into the sword pellet.
In an instant, the five pills emitted various colors of light.
The first one is fire. This sword pellet was as red as blood in the Peacock King's hands, but now it is pure white, emitting a dazzling white light, like a small sun. However, there are many flame-shaped runes in that white light, making it seem mysterious and extraordinary.
The second golden one is of the metal element. It was the strongest in the Peacock King's hands, and it was the sword he used to ambush Jiang Liu. But now it is the weakest. This is because when Jiang Liu was cultivating the Heavenly Profound Golden Cauldron Body, he did not obtain a metal element spiritual object. He only succeeded by refining an "Invisible Sword"!
The third sword pellet was a vibrant green, seemingly full of life, and was a wooden sword.
The fourth sword pellet was the color of ice crystals, with tiny runes faintly flowing within it, which were actually many scriptures composed of ice.
The fifth sword pellet was earthy yellow, giving it an incredibly heavy feel; it was a sword pellet formed from the essence of earth.
Jiang Liu raised his hand, and five sword pellets filed into his sleeve and disappeared.
"The Five Elements Dao's techniques are indeed extraordinary. This Five Elements Sword Fiend has already benefited me greatly! So, Peacock King, I can't wait for you to come to me! However, before you come, I need to go to the capital of the Great Qian Dynasty, Yujing. I am determined to obtain the 'Past Amitabha Sutra'... Hong Yi, I'm going to cut off your path of cultivation! Perhaps, I can take you as my disciple..."
For centuries, the Five Elements Path was a giant Taoist sect that could rival the Supreme Tao and the Great Zen Temple.
However, it was destroyed during a dynastic change.
The Peacock King obtained the supreme manual of the Five Elements Dao, which enabled him to eventually cultivate into the leader of the demon immortals, demonstrating the immense power of this divine ability.
A glimpse of the whole can reveal a whole picture!
With the matter settled, the river flowed on without lingering, riding the wind away.
Just as Jiang Liu killed the Peacock King's clone, the Peacock King's true form, far above the ocean, suddenly stood up, his hair standing on end in fury. Seawater surged up behind him, and killing intent filled the sea surface for more than ten miles. Fish, shrimp, and other creatures floated to the surface of the sea.
"King Peacock, what's wrong with you? Meng Shenji is undergoing his tribulation this time and is extremely weak. This is the time for us to kill him. Don't cause any trouble!" The speaker was a woman, graceful and seemingly frail, but her eyes, which looked at the King Peacock, reflected the stars of the Milky Way, deep and mysterious.
The Peacock King instantly calmed down, but the raging waves in the sea showed that he was not at peace. He gritted his teeth and said, "Heavenly Serpent King, my clone was killed. Not even my divine sense escaped. That clone had all my strength..."
"Killed? Were the news of our pursuit of Meng Shenji leaked?" The speaker was a man in black, a refined man in his thirties with spiky hair held in place by a dark green hairpin. His hands were resting on his knees, and his fingernails were a full seven inches long, each one straight as a sword, without any bending.
"No, even if he had the Soul Searching Technique, he couldn't get any information from my clone!" the Peacock King said.
The man in black gazed at the sea, his eyes as deep as an abyss, and said calmly, "It's just a clone! This time, the five of us joining forces have a very high chance of killing Meng Shenji. Although he has survived eight tribulations, he is extremely weak. We cannot afford to make a mistake and let him escape!"
These five people are Nalan Anhuang, the master of Xuantian Pavilion, the first holy land of Yunmeng Empire, and Tian She Wang Xingmou, who are husband and wife. The remaining three are Peacock Wang Xingxuan, Bai Fengxian, the head of Zhen Gang Sect of Yuan Tu Empire, and the last one is the high priest of Jingyuan Temple, Saint Tu Yuan.
Xuantian Pavilion, Zhengang Gate, Jingyuan Temple, Dachan Temple, Taishangdao Temple, and Taoshen Temple are collectively known as the six holy sites of the "Yangshen" world.
Meng Shenji, known as the "Number One Master Under Heaven," is the leader of the Supreme Dao Sect and oversees the world on behalf of Heaven, essentially a Jade Emperor without the assistance of the Heavenly Court.
The Xuan Tian Pavilion Master and the Heavenly Serpent King were arguably the most powerful couple in the world. Together, they dominated the world, and it was these two who initiated the plan to hunt down Meng Shenji.
The Peacock Dynasty took a deep look in the direction of the Great Qian Empire, and said through gritted teeth in a low voice, "When I return, I will cut you into a thousand pieces and burn you to ashes under my soul fire."
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Jiang Liu rode the wind, heading straight for Yujing, the capital of the Great Qian Dynasty, without stopping. Thinking of the "Past Amitabha Sutra," Jiang Liu couldn't help but feel excited, and even increased his flying speed by three points.
It was already late autumn, and snow had fallen in the mountains where the Great Zen Temple ruins were located. Although it hadn't snowed in Yujing, the cold was getting worse day by day.
Temperature changes have no effect on the river; even volcanic lava can be swum in, so how could they possibly have an impact?
Jiang Liu strolled through Yujing, the capital of the Great Qian Dynasty, curiously observing the vast city and gathering the information he sought.
The Great Qian Dynasty was at its peak, a vast and prosperous land with a population of tens of millions, and was a superior celestial empire.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the nation and the completion of a sixty-year cycle of establishing the dynasty!
Over the past sixty years, four emperors of the Great Qian Dynasty have worked diligently to govern the country, bringing it to a golden age of prosperity and flourishing prosperity.