Looking at the remaining bottle of Chi You's essence blood, he suddenly felt an impulse. He decided to risk his life to absorb a drop of it and see if it would be alright. With his current level of cultivation, it shouldn't be a problem, right? What Chi Zhen said back then was terrifying. After all, after a thousand years, the essence blood had lost Chi You's tempering and soul, and its power must have been waning, right?
But after thinking it over carefully, he held back; he couldn't risk his life.
"I can't let my second primordial spirit be ruined. I'll go all out and try the Blood Transformation Divine Blade. Although the Primordial Blood Demon is powerful, it's not even worthy of carrying the shoes of the ancient demonic masters who created the number one demonic weapon and the murderous array. The Blood Transformation Divine Blade might be able to dissolve that trace of tainted blood!" With that thought, Li Yang decided to give it a try.
He immediately took out the remaining flags of the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation, but when he opened the hidden compartment in the wall, he saw something else: a Dharma wheel that a monk was chanting sutras over. He had bought it by chance when he was browsing an antique market. He was very curious about the writing on it at the time, but now it seemed that it was written in the script of the ancient demon race. He never thought that Buddhism would be related to the demon race.
Setting down the Dharma wheel, Li Yang struck the twelve flagpoles into the ground. The hard cement floor slid in as easily as inserting tofu, and the array was set up. Li Yang began chanting incantations and casting various spells. The array flags trembled and emitted beams of light, which landed on the Heavenly Blood-Transforming Divine Blade and the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm within the array.
"It's no use being at a lower level. When I was using my second primordial spirit, activating the formation was a piece of cake, but now it's like an old ox pulling a broken cart, it's too strenuous!" Li Yang sighed, but still gritted his teeth and pulled out the power in his body to strike the formation flag.
"Swish swish..."
Various lights flashed, and after a moment, the formation was fully activated. Beams of light struck the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Blade, and this demonic blade, which had gained a bit of self-awareness, was immediately activated. With a hum, it flew up in a whoosh.
As if it had eyes, it rushed straight towards the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm. The stream of foul blood that had been devouring everything within the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm seemed to sense the danger as well, immediately trembling and shrinking into a ball the size of a broad bean atop the silkworm's head. It was putting up a final stand against the Blood-Transforming Blade and the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm.
"Get out!" Li Yang immediately channeled his spiritual power, pouring it into the six-winged golden silkworm's body. The Blood Transformation Divine Blade let out a sharp cry, and the pattern of filthy blood on the six-foot golden silkworm's head was instantly unable to withstand it and was sucked into the Blood Transformation Divine Blade in a flash.
"Hahaha... I'm so clever!" Li Yang laughed loudly, immediately retracting the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm into his body and rapidly nurturing it, focusing all his efforts on restoring it. He failed to notice the strange change occurring in the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Blade that had devoured the tainted blood.
It trembled and hummed, with wisps of black threads emerging, only to be instantly absorbed by the Blood Transformation Divine Blade, revealing its original dark, ancient, and desolate appearance. At the same time, a pure and vast Buddhist power was also trembling.
Yes, the power of the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation within the Heavenly Blood-Transforming Divine Blade clashed with that of the Seven Treasures Mystic Tree Staff within it. After being trapped for a thousand years, the Seven Treasures Mystic Tree Staff's power remained stagnant, receiving no reinforcement and slowly weakening. Meanwhile, the power of the Heavenly Blood-Transforming Divine Blade continued to increase; it had developed its own consciousness and was autonomously absorbing power. Originally, both were divine weapons with roughly equal power, but with this ebb and flow, the single drop of tainted blood became the final straw, completely suppressing the power of the Seven Treasures Mystic Tree Staff.
Chapter 792: Profound and Mysterious, Cultivation Technique
The pure, azure Buddhist light trembled, and wisps of thick, inky black mist churned. The twelve flagpoles moved without wind, automatically arranging themselves in a formation even more mysterious and enigmatic than Li Yang's arrangement.
"Whoosh—"
The immense Buddhist power was finally forced to unleash the Blood-Transforming Divine Blade, transforming into a ball of cyan energy that trembled within the formation, extremely unstable and on the verge of exploding at any moment.
"Holy crap! This is terrible!" Li Yang woke up at this moment and realized the problem. If such a ball of energy were to explode, it would be terrifying enough to wipe out the entire Jiangdong City. After all, it was energy emitted by the Western Sect Master, a powerful being of saintly level, from the Sect Master's treasure. Although much of it had been consumed, it was still extremely terrifying.
Just as Li Yang was extremely worried, the Blood Transformation Divine Blade went berserk. Its sliver of self-awareness seemed to hate this ball of cyan energy. With a shrill cry, it transformed into a streak of blood-red light, as if traversing time and space, and instantly arrived in front of the ball of energy, slashing down head-on.
“Pong…Om Mani Padme Hum…” A grand and righteous Buddhist chant suddenly rang out.
The chanting echoed in Li Yang's room, making him dizzy and his eyes almost pop out. Meanwhile, Hu Meiniang, who was guarding Li Yang outside, was startled by the Buddhist chant; her face turned deathly pale, and a trickle of blood escaped from the corner of her mouth.
"What a powerful demon-subduing mantra..." Hu Meiniang smiled bitterly, her heart pounding as she looked at Li Yang's room.
In Li Yang's room, something even stranger happened. The Dharma Wheel that Li Yang had unintentionally purchased suddenly flew out, spinning rapidly. At the same time, like a whale sucking in water, it absorbed the ball of azure Buddhist magic power before the Blood Transformation Divine Blade could. Simultaneously, it clashed head-on with the Blood Transformation Divine Blade, producing a buzzing sound. The fragile consciousness that the Blood Transformation Divine Blade had generated instantly dissipated, falling to the ground with a clatter, returning to its original form.
The dharma wheel, uncontrolled, continued to spin rapidly in the air. Strangely, its speed was like that of a tornado, which should have created a strong wind in the room, but strangely, the room was completely calm, without a breath of wind.
"Those demonic characters are actually moving?" Li Yang stared wide-eyed, increasingly incredulous. What was the origin of this Dharma wheel? Why was it so strange?
Just as Li Yang was in a daze, a beam of light suddenly shot out from the Falun and disappeared instantly above Li Yang's head. Immediately, an incomparably profound thought spread in Li Yang's mind, followed by an image of a crystal palace in his mind, vast and expansive, almost unimaginable and indescribable.
"Could it be the Dragon Palace?" Li Yang exclaimed in surprise. But just as he was about to take a closer look, the scene suddenly blurred, and he woke up. Recalling the thoughts in his mind, he realized it was a strange cultivation technique. With just a slight sense of it, he felt it was incredibly profound and extremely advanced.
"Could it be that Heaven is truly helping me? Knowing that I lack advanced cultivation techniques and my cultivation level has stagnated, it has given me a set of advanced techniques? Back then, Chi You's techniques could only be cultivated by relying on his powerful physique as a great shaman. Although Li Yang received a trace of Chi You's blood essence to save his life, gained a trace of Chi You's bloodline, and received the inheritance, he is, after all, a human body, far inferior to the physique of a great shaman. Therefore, although Chi You's techniques are miraculous, he has never been able to truly cultivate them, nor has he dared to risk absorbing Chi You's blood essence. This set of profound Buddhist techniques is perfect for me to cultivate!" Li Yang was overjoyed and immediately sat down to carefully comprehend them.
His cultivation level was only at the mid-stage of Qi Induction, which was already considered rapid among cultivators, considering he had only been cultivating for a short time and had no one to guide or help him. The Daoist cultivation stages are divided into Qi Induction into the Body, Qi Refining into Spirit, Spirit Refining into Emptiness, Emptiness Refining into the Dao, and then the Great Luo Golden Immortal, who is indestructible and immortal.
The difference between each realm is enormous. The Qi Induction Realm involves absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to temper the body. In the end, one can split rocks and move as lightly as a swallow. This is similar to the Transformation Realm in martial arts. However, in the later stages of the Qi Induction Realm, one can fly on a sword and travel a thousand miles a day. This is something that martial arts cannot match, and it is the only way to improve martial arts in the end.
The Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation realm involves using divine thought as a guide and the physical body as a medium. Without relying on external objects, one can command the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for one's own use. Every move one makes possesses immense magical power, and wind, thunder, rain, and lightning move at will. At this point, one can unleash the Samadhi True Fire, which can burn anything, with tremendous power.
Refining the Spirit and Returning to Emptiness is incredibly powerful, allowing one to escape the cycle of reincarnation and achieve immortality. This is because at this stage, the Golden Core has already transformed into a Nascent Soul, and the Nascent Soul has solidified into a Yang Spirit. The physical body is destroyed, but the Yang Spirit remains, allowing for reincarnation at any time, thus achieving eternal life.
The next level, Refining Emptiness and Merging with the Dao, is far more terrifying. With a mere gesture, one can move mountains and overturn seas; with a flick of the finger, one can traverse the Three Mountains and Five Peaks, the Four Extremes and Eight Desolations...
As for the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, it's best not to dream about it. People and demons who can reach the Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness realm are extremely rare, one in ten thousand. After all, each realm advancement requires immense opportunity and arduous effort, as difficult as Jingwei filling the sea and Yu Gong moving mountains.
Therefore, since the beginning of time, the number of Great Luo Golden Immortals in the Three Realms has been extremely limited. However, once one reaches such a realm, they become a powerful figure in the Three Realms, a truly remarkable person, someone even the great sages would look upon with great respect and deference.
"This set of techniques is too magical and profound. No other miscellaneous cultivation techniques, whether it is the Void Sword Technique or other miscellaneous cultivation techniques, have a similar situation. I searched through all of Chi You's memories and technique reflections but could not find any basis for it. Even the weapon refining outline does not have any similar records. It can be said that I could not find the slightest clue."
But this was indeed a Buddhist cultivation method, and everything seemed to make sense—mysterious, wondrous, and incredibly powerful. Should he practice it, or practice it, or practice it? Li Yang gritted his teeth and decided to take a gamble. Rather than die a pathetic, worthless death, he'd rather risk it all and die a glorious death. If he succeeded, he might find himself on the path to supreme enlightenment…
"Damn it, I'll live forever if I don't die... I'll risk it all!"
Li Yang decided to practice this profound Buddhist technique.
He swallowed the Heavenly Net Blood-Transforming Divine Blade whole, his second primordial spirit intertwining with it, his divine sense gradually permeating it. As for the Dharma Wheel, Li Yang couldn't immediately figure out what was wrong with it or how to use it, but he was certain it held many mysteries and couldn't be discarded. At the very least, it could be sold as an antique for over a million, right? After all, the demonic script on it was a testament to history.
Chapter 793: Kunlun Jade Void Palace
"What's wrong with you?" Li Yang walked out of the room and saw Hu Meiniang meditating with a pale face.
"Master, what was that powerful Buddhist mantra for subduing demons just now? I'm a demon, I couldn't withstand it, and I was injured by it," Hu Meiniang said, still shaken. Fortunately, the mantra wasn't directed at her; if it had, she probably would have revealed her true form, or even lost her life.
"Oh, there was a slight accident!" Li Yang chuckled, not telling the truth. Hu Meiniang felt even more awe towards Li Yang; her master was too unfathomable. Little did she know that Li Yang had almost died just now.
"You continue your cultivation, Master is going out for a stroll," Li Yang said before leaving. He headed straight outside.
"I wonder how that girl, Maria Takagi, is doing? Have those Japanese guys come looking for trouble?" Li Yang was still muttering to himself when he received a call from Maria Takagi.
"What's wrong?"
"Li Yang, my... my master is dead!" Maria Gao Shu said in anguish.
"Dead? How could that be?" Li Yang was also very surprised.
"Did those Japanese kill them?" A murderous aura erupted from Li Yang. If it was them, then he'd just wipe them all out. With his current abilities, a trip to Japan and some harassment would be unstoppable!