Chapter 614: Gods And Demons Extinguished (II)
Let's begin. First, I'll remove the bloodline curse. Then, while I'm at it, I'll bring the Seven Absolute Sabers and the third stage of the Earth Shrinking Technique to Perfection, Lin Zheyu said inwardly.
He had gained considerable insight from the rule fragments this time. With some time to digest those gains, he might be able to push the Seven Absolute Sabers to true Perfection. He could also further optimize the Earth Shrinking Technique and create its third stage cultivation method.
As the thought crossed his mind, a golden pupil devoid of any emotion suddenly opened deep within his sea of consciousness. Brilliant golden light radiated from it as it swept across his body.
Found it! As expected of a bloodline curse originating from an ancient esteemed family. It's truly formidable! Lin Zheyu could not help but marvel inwardly.
The curse mark that had infiltrated his sea of consciousness had already been blocked and completely erased by the vast golden energy within it. The bloodline curse, however, had merged into his blood and spread throughout his entire body along with his bloodstream, making it far more troublesome to remove.
"It uses blood as its anchor, merges into the bloodline, and spreads through every inch of flesh... In that case, I'll simply replace all the flesh in my body," Lin Zheyu murmured softly.
He intended to remove it using the most direct and brutal method possible. With a thought, dazzling golden light burst from his body as surging golden energy continuously flowed into his heart. Immediately afterward, vast amounts of demonic qi poured into his body.
Lin Zheyu's physique began to swell and expand. The divine patterns shattered and disassembled, reforming into countless demonic patterns. Then, ornate scales began growing from beneath his blackened, festering skin, gradually covering his entire body.
Lin Zheyu pushed his Yao Transformation to its limit. Aside from his heart and sea of consciousness, every part of his body transformed into his yao form. This space-time node had already stabilized completely, allowing even yao to enter, so he was not worried about encountering any problems after assuming a yao form.
Lin Zheyu sensed the changes within his body and murmured softly, "As expected. Once I transformed into my yao form, the bloodline curse lost the environment it depended on. Under the erosion of demonic qi, it was quickly worn away."
The flesh surrounding his heart was still human, and the bloodline curse persisted within it. However, the curse was tightly sealed inside by a strong golden energy. This energy, cultivated by Lin Zheyu, proved highly effective in containing the bloodline curse. With enough time and effort, he could slowly eliminate every remnant of the curse from his body.
It was simply too time-consuming. A bloodline curse that had fused with the blood and permeated flesh, tendons, membranes, and bones was far more difficult to eliminate than curse energy that had yet to invade the sea of consciousness. If he relied solely on golden energy to wear it away little by little, Lin Zheyu estimated it would take at least two or three months. With that amount of time, he could accumulate a tremendous quantity of Origin Force instead.
Use 1 unit of Origin Force to cultivate the Seven Absolute Sabers.
After confirming that everything was in order, Lin Zheyu closed his eyes and transmitted the thought. In an instant, vast amounts of mysterious energy surged from deep within his body, carrying boundless power through his flesh. His demonized body reverted to human form at an astonishing speed. Meanwhile, the golden energy surrounding his heart continued to seal the bloodline curse firmly within it.
A few breaths later, Lin Zheyu slowly opened his eyes. Sensing that the newly regenerated flesh contained no trace of the curse, a dangerous smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He raised his right hand. Golden scales instantly covered his palm, and his fingernails sharpened to the edge of a blade-like dharma treasure.
Lin Zheyu thrust his right hand into his chest, ripping out his still-beating heart. The wound in his chest healed in the blink of an eye. Vast vitality surged toward the empty cavity, and a fresh, immature heart regenerated at an astonishing speed.
Lin Zheyu's regenerative abilities had become terrifyingly powerful. Even without using Origin Force, an injury as severe as losing his heart could be rapidly healed through his immense vitality alone.
Done. My golden energy seems to provide a fairly effective defense against the Woo Family's bloodline curse, though it requires an enormous amount of energy. Perhaps I can create a specialized defensive technique to prevent myself from being afflicted by this kind of bloodline curse again.
At this time, however, he had no clear ideas on how to create such a technique. The only solution he could think of was something similar to the protection around his sea of consciousness, using immense golden energy to shield his heart. As long as the heart remained free from corruption, he could simply undergo Yao Transformation once, then restore himself afterward, eliminating most of the curse in the process.
Lin Zheyu looked toward the data within his consciousness.
"Now that the bloodline curse has been dealt with, it's time to improve the Seven Absolute Sabers."
The Seven Absolute Sabers consisted of seven moves, each more powerful than the last. The cultivation of the first six saber strikes existed solely to lay the foundation for the seventh. Lin Zheyu had given the seventh strike a domineering name: Gods and Demons Extinguished!
This was Lin Zheyu's ultimate strike, a powerful blow that consumed all his strength and merged his essence, qi, and spirit into a unique attack unlike anything before.
With it, he believed he could even defeat gods or demons, making them perish completely. Though this might be an exaggeration at present, he was confident that as he grew stronger, he would someday face those god-like beings and defeat them with a single slash. Every god or demon blocking his way would be annihilated!
"My comprehension of spatial laws has already reached the required level, and my accumulated martial knowledge is sufficient as well. All the prerequisites for mastering the seventh strike of the Seven Absolute Sabers have been met. The only issue is that cultivating the seventh strike is extraordinarily difficult. I wonder if 100 units of Origin Force will be enough..." Lin Zheyu murmured softly. "If not, then I'll use 200..."
This saber technique had been created specifically for himself after carefully considering his own strengths and circumstances. It was designed as a weapon for fighting opponents beyond his realm. After advancing to the Divine Repository realm, Lin Zheyu had not cultivated many truly powerful offensive techniques. The techniques developed by others were not necessarily suited to him. More importantly, those powerful cultivation arts were outrageously expensive, and some were not taught outside their respective sects or factions at all.
Even among those available for purchase, Lin Zheyu would have struggled to acquire a truly satisfactory technique even if he spent everything he possessed. Therefore, he chose to create one himself. A technique forged by his own hands would always be the one best suited to him. As long as he mastered the seventh strike of the Seven Absolute Sabers, Gods and Demons Extinguished, he was confident he could kill even a peak Golden Core realm cultivator with a single slash.
"Let's begin!"
Use 10 units of Origin Force to cultivate the Seven Absolute Sabers!
With that, his true cultivation began.
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Time passed slowly. Within the void space, terrifying fluctuations of rule energy erupted from the energy lake, yet neither passing yao nor cultivators noticed anything unusual. Compared with the naturally violent rule energy storms already filling the void space, the disturbances caused by Lin Zheyu were insignificant.
Day after day passed. Ever since entering the space-time node, Lin Zheyu had never left the void space. His powerful physique and terrifying vitality allowed him to survive amid the violent rule energy permeating the region. Whenever he felt mentally exhausted after using Origin Force to cultivate, he would activate the Heaven-Deceiving Art, conceal himself within the void, and sit cross-legged in silent meditation to restore his mind. Once recovered, he would begin another round of cultivation.
In the blink of an eye, nearly a month had passed. Within the space-time node, black winds howled through the void. Suddenly, a terrifying saber light burst forth from the energy lake.
The saber light resembled a rising sun cleaving apart darkness, a ray of light splitting open primordial chaos itself. The moment it appeared, the already pitch-black void space seemed to lose its color and brilliance, creating a bizarre sensation as though everything around it had faded into insignificance.
The terrifying saber light swept through the void. The clearly divided void space was split by Lin Zheyu's strike, leaving a massive vacuum in its wake.
Within the energy lake, Lin Zheyu's eyes shone with dazzling excitement. "It worked!"
His once-robust body had withered, leaving him little more than skin and bones. His eye sockets were deeply sunken, and he looked incomparably weak. Yet Lin Zheyu's eyes blazed with a fearsome radiance, and the momentum emanating from him had risen to an unprecedented peak. That single strike had nearly exhausted all of his essence, qi, and spirit.
Fortunately, I accumulated a great deal of insight while researching the Limit-Breaking Art. Otherwise, mastering this strike would have required at least several dozen more units of Origin Force, Lin Zheyu thought to himself with a smile.
His emaciated body rapidly swelled back to normal proportions. Vast reserves of essence, qi, and spirit energy stored within the three great divine repositories poured forth at his command. In the blink of an eye, Lin Zheyu, who had just exhausted himself completely, had returned to his peak condition.
[Heaven Rewards the Diligent]
[Name: Lin Zheyu]
[Origin Force: 941]
[Skills: Heaven-Deceiving Art (Perfection), Seven Absolute Sabers (Seventh Stage: 100%), Earth Shrinking Technique (Second Stage: 100%), Primordial Golden Body (Fourth Stage: 100%)]
Lin Zheyu pondered for a moment and murmured softly, "The Seven Absolute Sabers have finally reached Advanced Mastery. Next, it's time to develop the third stage of the Earth Shrinking Technique. The insights I gained while cultivating Gods and Demons Extinguished can be applied perfectly to the Earth Shrinking Technique.
"While the technique is powerful, it lacks the kind of life-saving burst that other cultivators can unleash in moments of mortal danger. For the third stage, I'll incorporate the method used by Gods and Demons Extinguished to burn essence, qi, and spirit and turn it into an emergency escape technique."
For concealment, he had the Heaven-Deceiving Art. For defense, he had the Primordial Golden Body. For offense, he had the Seven Absolute Sabers. For escape, he had the Earth Shrinking Technique. At this point, nearly all of his weaknesses had been addressed.
"I just hope that Shamanic Clan Ruin is truly as remarkable as Tu Mingzhen described. If it doesn't contain a tremendous opportunity, it'll be a real disappointment..." Lin Zheyu muttered.
Much of the preparation he had undertaken was for the sake of exploring that Shamanic Clan Ruin. According to Tu Mingzhen, the ruin was exceptionally well preserved and appeared to have been left behind by a powerful Shamanic Clan expert from ancient times. It might even contain a complete Shamanic Clan inheritance. The cultivation methods of the Shamanic Clan were closely related to martial cultivation.
According to legend, martial cultivation was originally founded on the Shamanic Clan's cultivation system, incorporating knowledge from numerous other paths. Its purpose was to maximize the extraordinary resistance that Shamanic cultivators possessed against the yao will and the corrosive influence of demonic qi. If Lin Zheyu could obtain such an inheritance, it would provide enormous benefits for the future development of his martial path.