Chapter 961: Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture (Bonus Chapter, please subscribe)
Chapter 961: Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture (Bonus Chapter, please subscribe)
"The Grand Dao is within reach!"
Fang Xi was exceedingly excited.
If word of his divination art got out, it would certainly shock and awe a great many cultivators.
After all, this method of deduction primarily depends on one's own Dao attainment and magical power. . .
As long as one's Dao attainment is high enough and magical power strong enough, one can naturally divine many things, as easy as looking at the lines on one's palm.
His illusory true spirit, at the very least, possessed Nascent Soul Dao attainment; although it came from another world, its karmic merit was very high.
Moreover, he cultivated the 'Earthly Palace Primordial Truth' magical power, which served as the key to digesting the accumulated insights of the True Immortal World.
What's more, there was the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror' suppressing his own destiny.
In comparison, if it were ordinary sword heroes or sword immortals, even if they learned divination classics like 'Profound Heaven Finger of Fate Art', 'Six Yao Divination', or 'Plum Blossom Numerology', and then tried to divine about him, they wouldn't be able to calculate anything useful. This was because the gap in Dao attainment and magical power was too vast!
It is a great taboo to divine about higher realms from a lower realm!
Not to mention the backlash from heavenly secrets, those righteous path experts could obscure heavenly secrets with a single thought, and even mislead the divination results, leading the diviner to their own doom!
For example, as for Fang Xi now, it was fine to look at public information.
But if he were to divine where a heavenly scripture might appear, or where immortal flying swords and ancient supreme treasures were hidden, it would inevitably stir up karma with the former owners of these heavenly scriptures, or even the refiners of the magic treasures.
If it were items left by Loose Immortals or Earth Immortals, it would be fine, but if they were left by ancient Heavenly Immortals or Golden Immortals, hehe. . .
With his Dao attainment, there was a possibility of him being seen through.
If he could satisfy the karma, it would be fine, but if he couldn't 'repay' it with external merits and forcibly took it instead, that would be forming karma, and he would suffer a calamity!
If the entanglement were too great, it's possible that in the end, a Golden Immortal would descend gracefully from the Heavenly Realm, becoming Fang Xi's 'human calamity'!
'Fortunately, I have a supreme treasure suppressing my fate, so as long as I don't stir up karma that's too high, I won't be discovered. . . '
'But in other words, even with concealment, acting too frequently will always reveal my traces! '
Fang Xi silently calculated his own calamities.
Now that he had passed one calamity, he had stepped into the Dao in one go, and his Dao attainment could even advance further.
But the trouble with calamities lies in how they link one after another!
For example, that 'unusual person' Yan Tie saved earlier was 'Cold Mountain Sword Guest' Peng Xifan, a heterodox sword immortal.
If he knew I killed Yan Tie, he would certainly come to cause trouble for me.
Moreover, this person also has a sect, and a group of close friends. If I were to kill him with another sword strike, it would be endless trouble again.
I would have to eradicate his entire sect root and branch, only then could I be free.
But such actions, in the eyes of orthodox sword immortals, would certainly make me a demonic path overlord. . .
"This is the trouble with karma, one link after another, it will inevitably draw you into its net. . ."
"However, there isn't no way to break it. For example, directly subdue the Cold Mountain Sword Guest, or restrict a wisp of his soul and keep him as a dog. . ."
"As long as one's magical power is strong enough, and complemented by exquisite deduction arts, one will be invincible in this world!"
"Therefore, I should first cultivate formidable magical power."
Fang Xi pondered the Daoist scriptures in his hand. The 'Earth Origin Golden Tome' had no path for further advancement, and the Old Crow Monastery's classics were even beneath contempt.
"With my current Dao attainment, it's somewhat difficult to deduce the location of a Heavenly Immortal's legacy. . . And even if I found it, I'm afraid my external merits aren't enough, and it would be difficult to break through the restrictions and obtain the legacy. . . After forcibly taking it, it would only invite even more terrifying calamities."
"From the looks of it now, I should still deduce the subsequent cultivation techniques myself, right?"
Fang Xi only obtained one page of the 'Earth Origin Golden Tome', but it still laid a solid foundation.
As for what comes next?
After he cultivated magical power and clearly understood the differences between the two worlds, he already had a certain degree of confidence in creating his own cultivation method.
Although the cultivation routes, divine abilities, and spells of some True Immortal World cultivation methods would all have to be scrapped and rebuilt from scratch, he had a broad perspective. Starting from the perspective of comprehending laws, it wouldn't be difficult to create a Loose Immortal legacy.
'Cultivation in this world values foundation the most, and also has high demands on cultivation aptitude. What was called a Heaven-grade spirit root in his previous life would be a useless person with imbalanced Five Elements in this world. . . '
'Actually, cultivating mortal methods in this world isn't bad either, but it always carries the risk of establishing a Dao lineage and incurring huge karma. Before I get what I want, it's best not to do that. . . '
Mortal methods are convenient methods. After all, everyone has spirit roots, they are just so weak as to be almost nonexistent.
As long as there are enough resources, such as spiritual objects that can promote and enhance spirit roots, one can even turn mortals into geniuses with Heaven-grade or even Immortal-grade spirit roots. Then, with an Immortal Body, without concern for opportunities or external merits, and overcoming major bottlenecks by simply taking pills, cultivation truly advances at a tremendous pace.
But Fang Xi was determined to follow the legacies of this world, so he naturally put aside the mortal methods for now.
"My True Immortal World self cultivates the 'Withered Glory Chant', which is a pure wood-attribute cultivation method, and in this world, it's considered an unconventional path. . . In this world, it's best to use the 'Five Elements' as a foundation. The Five Elements are the foundation of the Grand Dao wherever they are. Cultivating this path is balanced and peaceful, builds a deep foundation, and offers boundless prospects. . ."
Fang Xi had the advantage of a higher realm, and also the 'Earth Origin Golden Tome' as reference. At this moment, combining it with his own 'Withered Glory Chant' cultivation method, he immediately began to deduce.
"The Withered Glory Chant was originally a pure wood cultivation method, but later it entered the domain of life and death laws. . . Life and death, Yin and Yang. . . The Five Elements generate each other; wood is the beginning of the Five Elements!"
"Life and death, Yin and Yang, positive and negative. . ."
Fang Xi used his own comprehension of laws, combined with his deduction art, and used his perfectly polished Dao foundation to sense the endless primordial qi between heaven and earth, then quickly locked onto ten types within it!
Jiamu Qi, Yimu Qi, Binghuo Qi, Dinhuo Qi, Wutu Qi, Jitu Qi, Gengjin Qi, Xinjin Qi, Renshui Qi, Guishui Qi!
"Wood is the beginning of the Five Elements, water is the end of the Five Elements. . . Wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, endlessly cycling, this is the Grand Dao of the Five Elements!"
Fang Xi, using his prototype Dao Seed level understanding of life and death laws, established the concept of Yin and Yang, and then further divided them into Yin Five Elements and Yang Five Elements.
When Yin and Yang Five Elements combined, the ten types of primordial qi transformed into a resplendent, vibrant wondrous light in his hand.
Among these, there was also the contribution of the cultivation insights left by Five Elements Child from back then.
Although the cultivation methods and divine abilities of Five Elements Child and Old Ghost Meng were from the True Immortal World, after obtaining this world's magical power as a key, Fang Xi modified them slightly, barely managing to make them compatible.
"The Yang Five Elements: Jiamu, Binghuo, Wutu, Gengjin, Renshui. . . can form the Five Elements Divine Thunder divine ability."
"The Yin Five Elements, cultivated in reverse: Yimu, Dinhuo, Jitu, Xinjin, Guishui. . . can transform into the Five Elements Extinction Divine Needles!"
"When Yin and Yang combine, it becomes the Yin-Yang Positive-Negative Five Elements Two Forms Grand Extinction Divine Light!"
"Beyond that, it also includes numerous minor Five Element techniques, such as Five Elements Heavenly Escape, Five Fire Divine Thunder, and so on. . ."
"If I find a Primordial Magnetism cultivation method in the future and incorporate it, its power will further increase. . ."
"Not only that, cultivating the Five Elements cultivation method is even more suitable for controlling the Five Elements-attribute flying swords within the Eight Gates Sword Array in the future!"
Fang Xi cultivated in seclusion for many days, finally largely deduced a Five Elements cultivation method, which could continue from the introductory chapter of the 'Earth Origin Golden Tome'.
"It's a success! Although. . . by doing this, I've entered the heterodox path."
Historically, those heterodox sword immortals mostly obtained incomplete legacies from predecessors and had to seek out some crude methods, or even evil arts or demonic arts, to complete them. Even if the original legacy was half a heavenly scripture, this would still count as falling into the heterodox path, making it difficult to achieve righteous ascension.
"'Earth' signifies carrying all things with great virtue, bearing the Five Elements. Entering the Dao of Five Elements with 'Earthly Palace Primordial Truth' can be said to be very suitable. If cultivated to the deepest level, it might not be impossible to refine a Nascent Soul and achieve the karmic merits of a Loose Immortal. . . It can be considered a very exquisite legacy among the heterodox paths."
"Unfortunately, it is ultimately a heterodox path; it has lost the original intent of the 'Earth Origin Golden Tome', making ascension difficult. . ."
According to Fang Xi's estimation, for cultivators to ascend, besides basic requirements like perfect internal and external cultivation, there might also be an issue of primordial qi compatibility.
Although the method he created is very exquisite, the Heavenly Realm has no corresponding match, which makes ascension difficult.
"Fortunately, it doesn't matter, I don't want to ascend at all. . ."
"This life is destined to be spent seeking numerous legacies and immortal swords in the mortal realm. . . And even if I have to go to the Heavenly Realm someday, I can always reincarnate for another life."
Reincarnation in this world is quite easy.
Of course, this 'ease' is only relative to the True Immortal World.
If there is no one to guide them, or if they don't cultivate merits, then the mortal body they are reincarnated into will have even more ordinary cultivation aptitude, and it's highly possible they could even turn into birds, beasts, insects. . .
"This cultivation method connects to the introductory chapter of the 'Earth Origin Golden Tome' and integrates the Five Elements. . . Perhaps it can be named 'Combined Sands Heavenly Scripture' or 'Primordial Unity Art'? Never mind, 'Primordial Unity Art' sounds too unappealing; how about 'Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture' instead. . . ?"
...
In the following period of time.
Every day, Fang Xi silently operated his Nascent Soul, deducing the cultivation methods and divine abilities of the 'Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture'.
After confirming the deduction was correct, he began to practice it himself.
Every day, using his 'Earthly Palace Primordial Truth' magical power, he drew in the ten types of Yang Five Elements and Yin Five Elements primordial qi from between heaven and earth, and condensed them into streaks of dazzlingly colorful talismans within his magical power.
He possessed the advantage of a higher realm; at this moment, he was almost like a supremely talented individual cultivating anew after countless lifetimes. His cultivation progress advanced by leaps and bounds.
Yan Jia came over to report on affairs. Seeing a golden light rise, dazzlingly colorful and resplendent within, he couldn't help but feel even greater awe.
"Finally. . . a sword immortal?"
Inside the courtyard, Fang Xi slowly ceased his cultivation. His face held a contained divine presence, evidently showing significant progress in his cultivation.
"Although I've fallen into the heterodox path, there was nothing I could do."
"After all, the 'Earth Origin Golden Tome' only has one page; there's no way to cultivate further, and I'd be stuck at the sword hero level for life. . ."
"Now that I've deduced the 'Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture', continuing the path of cultivation, in just a short period, my Dao attainment has advanced by leaps and bounds to the sword immortal level!"
"As long as I find a suitable flying sword, I can immediately achieve sword-body integration and freely traverse the azure skies. . . becoming a true immortal among immortals!"
As this thought crossed Fang Xi's mind, he took out the magical artifacts from his magic treasure pouch.
These magical artifacts, their power was truly ordinary; they weren't even as good as him simply fighting with magical power.
"However, this dagger obtained from Hua Manfeng, its material is unique, being 'Millennium Profound Iron'. It's perfectly suited for refining a flying sword for self-defense. . . But I don't have any secret sword-refining techniques, what a worry. . ."
"Flying swords in this world seem to be somewhat different; they are hailed as the foremost among many magical treasures. . . To refine a true flying sword, one must invest a large amount of precious materials, plus countless arduous efforts, and might even incur calamities because of it. . ."
"But with a good flying sword in hand, and superior sword arts, it indeed possesses unfathomable power! It's almost more terrifying than sword cultivators in the True Immortal World!"
Fang Xi silently calculated for a while, and seeing Yan Jia lingering outside, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
In this great city of Shangyong Prefecture, the mortal dust qi was mixed and impure; it was indeed very unfavorable for qi-gathering cultivation.
When he was a sword hero, he could barely tolerate it, but now that he's a sword immortal, the daily demand for qi-gathering is more intense, and it's gradually becoming unbearable.
'No wonder cultivators mostly reside in famous mountains and great rivers, and rarely get involved in the mortal world. . . It really is unfavorable for cultivation. '
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