Chapter 632 - 414: Demon Body
"You think Qi Daozhen hasn’t died?"
The old clan leader was shocked by Wei Fan’s statement. The world knew Qi Daozhen was dead, the Dao had collapsed, and it was impossible for a person to still be alive. On what grounds did Wei Fan believe Qi Daozhen hadn’t died?
Wei Fan frowned, "Do you also think he’s dead? Did any of your ancestors actually witness the moment of Qi Daozhen’s death?"
One of the biggest doubts about Qi Daozhen’s death was that no one had seen it with their own eyes. A powerhouse of that caliber was difficult to just quietly perish.
He used to think Qi Daozhen was dead too, but all the experiences he went through were telling him that Qi Daozhen was most likely still lying in that coffin, not dead.
The old clan leader shook his head, "At that time, our entire clan had come to Cangwu Mountain. No one was serving the ancestor. We only knew something was wrong when the Dao collapse happened."
There were no useful clues here, and Wei Fan didn’t dwell on whether Qi Daozhen was dead. If he were not, there would be a day when he comes out.
"Why didn’t Qi Daozhen personally destroy this thing, but instead let you suppress it at Cangwu Mountain?"
Wei Fan brought up the most important question.
Since this thing was arranged by Qi Daozhen to be suppressed at Cangwu Mountain, why not just destroy it directly? This was also the place where he suspected he might be manipulated by Qi Daozhen.
The Five Great Domains have clear records, stating that back then, Qi Daozhen had cultivated the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations to the Seventh Transformation. Based on his understanding of the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations, Qi Daozhen should not have reached the Martial Emperor Realm but should have been the pinnacle in the Martial Emperor Level.
During that era, Qi Daozhen was described as nearly invincible in the world.
The thing suppressed in the Bone Tribe’s temple, unless it was taboo related to a Martial Emperor powerhouse, otherwise, there was no way even Qi Daozhen couldn’t obliterate it.
It’s important to know that the Qi Family of the Bone Tribe guarding inside Cangwu Mountain not only impacted their cultivation but also often caused clan members to lose their lives. If Qi Daozhen were a reckless person, it would be impossible for him to still let his descendants guard this thing there and instead let it be.
If he were a good person, it would be even more impossible for him to make his descendants sacrifice so much and still send himself here, leaving the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations so that this unparalleled martial art doesn’t get lost.
"Hoo hoo..."
Suddenly, gusts of eerie wind blew in the room, and a cold aura instantly enveloped Wei Fan, making him feel a sense of killing intent and hatred.
He knew that asking why Qi Daozhen didn’t destroy it directly angered the thing inside the temple.
However, even though it had hatred towards him, this thing clearly couldn’t come out.
The old clan leader’s expression changed repeatedly, and finally, he sighed, "Originally, I planned to tell you about this after you cultivated to the Martial Emperor Realm..."
When Wei Fan left the Bone Tribe, the old clan leader urged him that when he broke through to above Martial Saint, he should come to the Bone Tribe immediately. He was actually referring to this matter.
"The Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations has a very serious problem!"
His words were shocking, and his first sentence caused a tremor in Wei Fan’s heart spirit.
He was able to get to today, and though not entirely relying on the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations, it certainly saved him a lot of trouble. For the old clan leader to speak directly about a problem with the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations, it made him think of many things at once.
"The thing suppressed in the temple can be said to be Qi Daozhen himself. So how could he possibly destroy himself?"
Yet another sentence that shook Wei Fan’s heart spirit. He rarely experienced such emotions.
Even if the old clan leader said the thing suppressed in the temple was a Martial Emperor, he wouldn’t have had such emotions. But combining the old clan leader’s past and present words, he was expressing only one meaning, that it was all related to the martial art Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations, which Wei Fan himself also cultivated.
It concerned him, so how could he face it calmly?
"Hoo hoo..."
The eerie wind blew again, seemingly trying to stop the old clan leader from revealing the truth.
"If you have the guts, come out and see if I can destroy you!"
Wei Fan’s will power surged out like a storm, sweeping across the entire room, but he found nothing.
Then, he opened the Martial Arts Celestial Eye and saw a cloud of black smoke drifting in from outside, permeating the entire room.
"Mountain and River Seal!"
There was nothing more to say. He began to move his hands swiftly, drawing out a profound trajectory, while simultaneously, the primordial spirit within his sea of consciousness also waved its hands, making the same motions.
"Boom!"
The void rippled, and a virtually tangible mountain and river emerged behind Wei Fan. With a gesture of his hands, the mountain and river blasted toward the black smoke.
Primordial Spirit Martial Technique Mountain and River Seal.
What is called forbidden, he considered to be a matter of will, belonging to the realm of the Primordial Spirit, which the Primordial Spirit Martial Technique could inevitably harm.
Even if it couldn’t kill, it could still subdue the opponent. After all, what came out was just a wisp of black smoke, not the entirety of the thing. If, as a Saint Realm practitioner, his Primordial Spirit Martial Technique couldn’t harm this thing at all, it would be better for him to run away quickly.
"Roar..."
A faintly angry roar came from the air, then that gust of sinister wind vanished, and all the black smoke retreated and disappeared. Clearly, Primordial Spirit Martial Techniques did have certain damage against forbidden entities.
"Saint Realm? Have you become a Martial Saint Powerhouse?"
The old clan leader exclaimed, standing up in shock.
He had been keeping an eye on Wei Fan through the Bone Tribe members training outside, deducing from Wei Fan’s barehanded resistance against a Holy Soldier that he should have completed the third transformation of the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations, which is why he had Liya invite Wei Fan to Zilan City.
Who would have thought that in such a short time, Wei Fan had already broken into the Saint Realm, becoming someone who had reached from Extraordinary to Saint.
"Ancestral records state that Qi Daozhen the ancestor took over two hundred years to break through to the Saint Realm!"
He couldn’t help but gasp, as even though both practiced the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations, the disparity between the two was enormous.
This was reflected in the cultivation of the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations. Qi Daozhen’s first three transformations took over a hundred years altogether, making it hard to imagine how Wei Fan managed to complete so many transformations in such a short time.
Of course, this also had to do with Qi Daozhen’s inherently weak talent. While the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations is indeed an Unparalleled Martial Arts for changing one’s aptitude, it’s impossible for the cultivation speed of a low-talented person and a high-talented person to be the same.
Qi Daozhen took thirty years to cultivate from Martial King First Layer to Martial King Ninth Layer, while Wei Fan only took just over three months.
"You should keep talking about the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations!" Wei Fan did not mention that he had already completed the Fourth Transformation, or the old clan leader would be even more astonished. He only wanted to know what problems there were with the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations that made the old clan leader say that what was suppressed could be said to be Qi Daozhen.
Hearing this, the old clan leader calmed himself before he began to speak: "It is known that Qi Daozhen the ancestor once cultivated the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations to the Seventh Transformation, almost making him unbeatable in the world.
But what outsiders don’t know is that when Qi Daozhen underwent the seventh transformation, his Primordial Spirit’s old body wasn’t a dead thing but an evil Demon Body.
It’s said that this Demon Body and Qi Daozhen’s Primordial Spirit were two-in-one, and the ancestor couldn’t eradicate it, so he could only seal it, sending it to Cangwu Mountain to be suppressed, and then sought a method to resolve the Demon Body.
This is why I warned you to come to me first thing when you had cultivated beyond the Martial Saint, the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations can only be cultivated to the Sixth Transformation, never the Seventh.
Legend has it the ancestor at that time spent most of his efforts suppressing the Demon Body since the Demon Body perpetually contended with Qi Daozhen’s Primordial Spirit for control of the body, or sometimes tempted the ancestor to commit wanton murder. The ancestor spent decades finally separating it from within, though it was just separation, not eradication."
Wei Fan drew a sharp breath; the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations actually had such a severe flaw.
Or perhaps, the duality of gods and demons was a necessary stage in becoming a deity. If so, he would need to reassess what the so-called Nine Transformations into Divinity truly entailed.
"Something’s not right, why hasn’t such a serious matter been mentioned in legends about the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations throughout history?" Wei Fan frowned.
The timeline of the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations’s existence is impossible to trace and it might be an Ancient Martial Arts. Given such an extended period, it couldn’t be that only Qi Daozhen practiced the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations. Why didn’t those who practiced it inform future generations of the flaws in the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations?
Was it that only Qi Daozhen had issues, or did those people deliberately conceal it? If it were the latter, it would be a truly frightening matter.
A martial arts with such severe issues has been passed down since ancient times, exalted as the Martial Arts that are unrivaled under heaven, their intentions can only be said to be extremely malevolent.
"The ancestor doubted this too, which is why, while seeking a solution, he traversed the Five Great Domains looking for any and all tales related to the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations. In a collection from an Emperor Dao Sect, the ancestor indeed found something.
Upon closer review, the ancestor found that a long time ago, there were indeed records about the problem with the Seventh Transformation of the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations, but over endless ages, very few people who obtained the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations cultivated to the Seventh Transformation, so the issue gradually faded from awareness.
According to that tome, it’s not the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations that’s flawed, but rather that it’s only part of an incredible Divine Skill. Practicing it alone is what causes problems; if both were cultivated together, the phenomenon of a Demon Body from transformation would not occur."
Wei Fan was intrigued: "What is the other part called?"
The old clan leader glanced at Wei Fan: "Nine-Nine as one, unrivaled under heaven, the other part is called Nine-Nine True Skill, but don’t bother thinking about it. The ancestor roamed the Five Great Domains, visiting all the Martial Emperor-level influences in turn, yet not a single force had the Nine-Nine True Skill in their collection; some Emperor Dao Sects hadn’t even heard of it."
Indeed, it was Nine-Nine True Skill. He had always felt that there was a connection between the Nine-Nine True Skill and the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations. After breaking into the Saint Realm, this connection became even more apparent.
"Qi Daozhen was truly unlucky!"
Qi Daozhen spent his lifetime traversing the Five Great Domains, visiting all Martial Emperor influences individually, but without turning over every inch of the Five Great Domains, not finding Thunder Mountain, which only appeared over three thousand years ago.
Over three thousand years ago, Qi Daozhen had already "died" over seven thousand years ago, and by that time the evil Primordial Spirit Demon Body had already emerged, so even if he had found the Nine-Nine True Skill, it could probably not have solved Qi Daozhen’s problem.