Chapter 204 - 197: [Mastering All Skills]
Qi Yun had just stabilized the Earth-Surging Yin Fire that shot up from the soles of his feet. He was preparing to use this Heaven and Earth Divine Power to refine his flesh and meridians, purging the dross and retaining the essence.
But he suddenly shuddered, feeling an abrupt chill at the crown of his head!
An intangible, formless, yet bone-chillingly cold wind, one that felt as if it could scatter the very Divine Soul, brazenly poured in through the top of his skull!
This was no ordinary wind, but the "Celestial Descent Xun Wind," one of the Foundation Establishment Three Calamities. It was the yin within yang, a force that existed to destroy one’s Divine Soul and corrode their Dao Foundation!
The fire burns the body; the wind scours the Divine Soul!
The moment this Xun Wind bored into Qi Yun’s body, it instantly collided with a thunderous crash against the Earth-Surging Yin Fire he had yet to fully subdue!
Yin and Yang clashed, and the wind fanned the flames!
"BOOM—!!!"
Aided by the Xun Wind, the Yin Fire that Qi Yun had struggled so hard to suppress instantly erupted, as if doused in boiling oil!
The Wind and Fire Power intertwined frantically within Qi Yun’s body, rampaging and expanding.
The Yin Fire scorched his flesh and meridians while the Xun Wind tore at his Divine Soul and consciousness.
The two Heaven and Earth Tribulation Powers worked in concert, one from within and one from without, to annihilate Qi Yun’s sixty years of arduous cultivation and his newly formed Venerable Dao Foundation, reducing them to tribulation ash!
"CRACK... CRACK..."
A faint, grating cracking sound emanated from the surface of Qi Yun’s skin.
His skin, which originally had a jade-like luster, was now like porcelain fired at high heat and then rapidly cooled—it suddenly split open with countless terrifying, spiderweb-like cracks!
Traces of crimson blood evaporated the instant they seeped through.
Deep within the cracks, the Wind and Fire Power could be seen surging and rampaging like molten lava.
His body seemed like a crystal vessel strained to its absolute limit, ready to shatter into a million fragments in the very next second.
With chaos reigning in his body and the wind and fire assailing him, he was now on the very brink of death.
Yet, Qi Yun’s body, which had been swaying slightly from the assault of the Wind and Fire Power, suddenly went still. He slowly shook his head, frowning as he muttered to himself. Amid the howling wind and fire, his voice was exceptionally clear:
"The power of the Foundation Establishment Realm’s tribulation is truly no small matter...
I had planned to save this Divine Technique for the most unpredictable ’Tribulation of Time’.
But it seems I have no choice now."
Before the words had even left his lips, Qi Yun slowly raised his right hand. His fingers shifted, forming an ancient and profound Dharma Seal.
The very instant the Dharma Seal took shape!
A boundless aura, majestic enough to overwhelm the heavens and supremely venerable, erupted from the depths of his Daluo Ten Thousand Laws Dao Foundation!
Wherever the aura passed, even the raging Flowing Light of the Foundation Establishment Realm Heaven seemed to freeze for an instant.
Mastering All Skills!
This was the first Foundation Establishment Divine Technique born from Qi Yun’s Daluo Ten Thousand Laws Dao Foundation!
Its essence was the ability to forcibly usurp and control any power whose status was not higher than one’s own Dao Position!
No matter the myriad Divine Techniques or the thousand Daoist Skills.
Before this wondrous technique, all must bow!
Qi Yun aimed the Dharma Seal in his hand toward his own body and pushed it forward!
"Still!"
His word was law!
The wind and fire tribulation that had been surging and rampaging wantonly through his body was suddenly seized, as if by a giant, invisible hand. With a violent shudder, it was frozen in place.
Although this wind and fire tribulation was born of Heaven and Earth and thus divinely extraordinary, its power was "tailor-made" for Qi Yun himself.
Heaven and Earth are perfectly impartial. They send tribulations as a test, not an inescapable death sentence.
Therefore, the power level of this wind and fire tribulation was, at this moment, at the exact same level as Qi Yun’s own Dao Position!
Having seized this divine force of Heaven and Earth that sought to incinerate him, Qi Yun lowered his gaze. The Dharma Seal in his hand shifted, and a soft cry left his lips:
"Yin and Yang, reverse! From tribulation, bring forth life!"
In the next instant!
Under the absolute control of the Mastering All Skills Divine Technique, the very nature of the Wind and Fire Power—which had been forcibly frozen yet still contained terrifying destructive energy—was forcefully reversed!
The searing Yin Fire no longer burned and destroyed. Instead, it transformed into a life-giving flame of Supreme Yang, merging into his flesh and bone, purging the last of his impurities, and endowing him with vibrant vitality and immortal resilience!
The frigid Xun Wind no longer tore at his Divine Soul. Instead, it transformed into a nourishing breeze of Supreme Yin, sweeping through his meridians and Purple Mansion, healing all hidden injuries and refining the essence of his Divine Soul, making it perfectly clear and harmonious!
A vast, refining power, like the greatest artisan in all of Heaven and Earth, began to use the wind as a hammer and the fire as an anvil, thoroughly forging his physical shell and the foundation of his Divine Soul!
His body glowed with a faint light, his very breath forming clouds.
A boundless vitality and power, far exceeding that of the Qi Refining Realm, was gestating and burgeoning within this crucible of wind and fire!
He was using the Heaven and Earth Tribulation Power as Resources to forcibly forge—the Foundation Establishment True Human Physique!
If any other Foundation Establishment Master were to witness this scene, their eyes would likely pop out of their sockets.
To reverse the tribulation in such a domineering fashion, turning death into life—this was no longer a simple tribulation crossing. This was... commanding the tribulation itself.
The might of the Venerable Dao Foundation was simply beyond imagination.
The wind died, the fire ceased, and the tribulation clouds temporarily scattered.
A shimmering Treasure Light enveloped Qi Yun, and a radiant glow flowed beneath his skin.
His flesh, muscles, and bones now contained a boundless power and vibrant vitality that far surpassed what he had before.
His True Human Physique, under the ultimate forging of the great wind and fire tribulation, had already begun to take shape.
However, the trial of the Foundation Establishment Realm Heaven was not yet over.
At the very instant the Wind and Fire Power was fully absorbed and integrated into his body, the sound of rushing water suddenly echoed in Qi Yun’s ears—and deep within his Divine Soul.
At first, the sound was faint, like a clear mountain spring, but in a flash, it became a rushing river, then a roaring ocean.
Finally, it was as if all of Heaven and Earth had converged into a colossal tide, intent on submerging everything!
Qi Yun snapped his head up. Above the bizarre, kaleidoscopic dome of the Foundation Establishment Realm Heaven, the phantom of a vast river—one whose breadth and length were impossible to describe—slowly materialized and descended.