Chapter 248

At the moment when the extreme chill of the 【Taiyin True Water】 spread out, the blue water-element divine light that had long lain dormant in Wang Ping's sea of consciousness, as if a slumbering giant dragon had been startled awake, suddenly burst forth with an intense longing!

"Om——!"

A Dao sound that only Wang Ping himself could perceive boomed and exploded in his sea of consciousness.

That strand of blue divine light was no longer passively trembling; instead, as if endowed with spirituality, it autonomously brushed out from between his eyebrows!

A deep, mysterious azure radiance, as if it could devour all light, like a bolt of silk, swept toward the drop of 【Taiyin True Water】 in the jade box!

The Taiyin True Water also seemed to sense the attraction of their shared origin; the black liquid droplet rippled slightly, exuding an even more bone-chilling cold aura, and did not resist but actively moved toward that strand of blue divine light.

At the instant of contact, there was no earth-shattering explosion, only an extreme "fusion"! The azure divine light, like a gentle stream of water, enveloped, permeated, and absorbed that drop of Taiyin True Water.

Wang Ping only felt an indescribable chill of will, following his connection with the divine light, surge upstream and instantly rush into his sea of consciousness, sweeping through his entire body!

His blood seemed about to coagulate, his thoughts seemed about to freeze, and even the radiant will-star in his sea of consciousness dimmed somewhat.

This was the impact of the Taiyin True Water's origin Dao rhythm, far purer and closer to the source of the Great Dao than the chill of the Will Sea!

"Hold fast to the original heart, guide the fusion!"

Wang Ping firmly guarded the one point of clarity at his spirit platform, frantically circulating the outline of the cultivation method he had preliminarily named the 【Five Elements Divine Light】.

The text of the method flowed in his heart; combining the various insights he had gained while deducing the water-element divine light, he strove to guide this vast Taiyin power toward the core rune of that strand of blue divine light.

At the same time, he dispatched a strand of divine sense to quickly peruse the essential principles of the 【Taiyin Jièmèi Háncháo】 divine ability. This divine ability was not merely a simple water-control technique, but expounded how to arouse, command, and even embody the Taiyin Jièmèi power, its core lying in "Guīxū", "Bīngfēng", and "Qīnshí" three artistic conceptions.

"So it turns out……water-element is not only about nourishment and flexibility, but also about the Guīxū that devours all things, the absolute zero that freezes spacetime, and the Jièmèi that wears down all things……"

Like being enlightened, the previously vague and hard-to-grasp key points in his deduction of the water-element divine light, under the guidance of this real and substantial Taiyin origin impact and the divine ability's essential principles, suddenly burst through!

In his sea of consciousness, the originally simple blue light band of the "water-element divine light" began to undergo a drastic transformation!

Its color became even more profound, nearly indigo-blue, the halo flowing and turning, as if countless minute ice crystals were arising and vanishing within, the edge of the radiance carrying a distortion that could devour light. A new, more complex and profound rune, containing the Dao rhythms of "Taiyin", "Jièmèi", and "Guīxū", was rapidly condensing and forming upon the foundation of the previously crude rune!

Within the divine light, faintly, a black tidal phantom surged and ebbed—this was the artistic conception of the 【Taiyin Jièmèi Háncháo】 beginning to intertwine with the divine light's origin.

Water-element divine light, accomplished!

However, this was only the beginning! Just as the water-element divine light initially stabilized and exuded a sense of completeness, the principle of the five elements' mutual generation was automatically triggered!

Water gives rise to Wood!

The already complete, vibrant green divine light representing vigorous vitality, nourished by the aura of the newly formed water-element divine light, blazed forth in radiance.

Within the divine light, the rune that had long been deeply fused with the Yi Wood Divine Thunder violently trembled; within the originally verdant thunder-light, there actually began to emerge strands of extremely fine cyan-purple electric glints!

This was not a simple attribute stacking, but rather the "vitality creation" of the Yi Wood Divine Thunder and the "deadly erosion" of the Taiyin Jièmèi Háncháo, within the framework of the five elements' mutual generation, achieving a balanced unity of opposites.

The new thunderbolt, containing both the power to stimulate vitality and the might of deadly erosion, saw its power and profundity greatly increase!

Wood gives rise to Fire!

Immediately afterward, the crimson divine light blazed fiercely, the artistic conception of Golden Yang Burning Heaven becoming even more scorching and domineering.

The originally somewhat illusory golden great sun phantom, upon receiving the vital infusion from the strengthened Yi Wood Divine Thunder, seemed to have gained an endless supply of fuel, the flames becoming more substantial and scorching, radiance vast, as if it truly wished to burn away the Eight Wastelands.

Fire gives rise to Earth!

The vast power of fire transformed into the purest vital energy, poured into the heavy yellow divine light. Nourished, the yellow divine light's connotations of bearing, encompassing, and suppressing became even deeper.

As the light flowed and turned, a phantom of an ancient, simple, heavy seal appeared—seeming to bear the power of the earth—naturally manifesting; indeed, it was the Dao-rhythm imprint of the 【Fan Tian Yin】!

At this moment, the Fan Tian Yin was no longer merely a standalone divine ability; its core artistic conception of "suppression," "power," and "immortality" had begun to deeply fuse with the origin of the earth-element divine light. The divine light was the treasure seal, the treasure seal was the divine light, the two complemented each other, and their might greatly increased.

Earth gives rise to Metal!

Finally, that vast and heavy earth-element aura, as if capable of bearing all things, like the earth nurturing mineral deposits, unreservedly poured toward the as-yet-unformed metal-element divine light, and also toward the eager 【White Tiger Slays Metal】 beside it!

"Now!"

Wang Ping's thoughts flashed like lightning, the opportunity fleeting! He fiercely directed his divine sense toward that strand of 【White Tiger Slays Metal】!

"Clang——!"

A sound, as if it could rend the soul, sharp and resonant, rang out! The White Tiger Slays Metal, feeling the vast vitality from the earth-element divine light and Wang Ping's strong will, did not resist but instead erupted with an even more terrifying slaughterous aura, transforming into a stream of white-gold light that actively shot toward Wang Ping's brow!

A power more violent and sharp than the Taiyin True Water instantly rushed into Wang Ping's body! He felt his meridians, bones, and even his divine sense, as if being cut and pierced by countless tiny blades, pain excruciating! This was the pure Geng Metal slaughter Dao rhythm, representing utter destruction and annihilation!

He dared not delay, immediately contemplating the circulation route and sword-intent essence of the 【White Tiger Slays God Sword Gang】.

"Condense! Geng Metal governs slaughter, divine light is the sword! Nothing uncut, nothing indestructible!"

Wang Ping roared in his heart, wielding this violent slaughterous power with a will comparable to that of a late Nascent Soul cultivator, forcibly guiding it toward the illusory light-shadow representing the metal element in his sea of consciousness!

Under the combined action of the white-gold stream and Wang Ping's will, within his sea of consciousness, a pure white, dazzling divine light, as if composed of countless minute sword qi, rapidly condensed! It was no longer illusory, but solid as a thread, the air at the edge of its halo slightly twisting and tearing. A complex rune, filled with the Dao rhythms of "sharpness," "slaughter," "judgment," and "destruction," brilliantly shone at the core of the divine light, its radiance almost overwhelming the other four colors of divine light!

Within the divine light's ebb and flow, faintly, a white tiger phantom roared, and the chilling sword intent of the 【White Tiger Slays God Sword Gang】 seeped out, perfectly matching this great slaughterous ability.

Metal-element divine light, accomplished!

The five elements gathered, mutual generation flowing!

At the instant the final metal-element divine light was fully formed, Wang Ping's sea of consciousness seemed to echo with a tremendous sound, as if heaven and earth were being split apart!

The green, red, yellow, white, and blue five colors of divine light no longer acted independently, but in a most marvelous way, linked end to end, cycling repeatedly, forming a perfect, seamless five-colored light ring!

The vitality and Jièmèi of the Yi Wood Divine Thunder, the scorching heat and purification of the Golden Yang Burning Heaven, the weight and suppression of the Fan Tian Yin, the "nothing uncut" of the White Tiger Slays God Sword Light, the freezing and Guīxū of the Taiyin Jièmèi Háncháo—five powers originally belonging to different divine abilities and techniques, now, with the five-colored divine light as their foundation and bond, perfectly merged into a whole! They were no longer isolated entities, but constituted a complete system of internal balance, mutual generation and restriction, and boundless power!

Wang Ping's aura surged violently, five-colored radiance shot forth from within him, intertwining and flowing in the quiet chamber, illuminating the entire space with strange and wondrous colors. He felt his power undergo a qualitative leap, and his sensing and control of heavenly and earthly spiritual energy reached an entirely new level. A mere thought could stir the five elements' power, unleashing might far surpassing before.

"The five-colored divine light has finally been initially accomplished!" Wang Ping's heart surged with indescribable excitement and realization. This was not merely gaining a powerful divine ability, but a thorough integration and elevation of the many arts he cultivated. The Yi Wood Divine Thunder, Golden Yang Burning Heaven, Fan Tian Yin, White Tiger Slays God Sword Gang, and Taiyin Jièmèi Háncháo—these means had now become parts of the five-colored divine light, their power multiplied as the divine light circulated.

And as the five-colored divine light reached completion, the foundational cultivation method he had himself deduced and named the 【Five Elements Divine Light】 also began its own autonomous, deeper deduction and reconstruction.

Previously, due to the lack of the five elements and the unformed divine light, the cultivation method's stagnation and unsmooth operation, under the impact of the five-colored divine light's complete Dao rhythm, melted like snow in the sun. The new cultivation route became more complex and profound, connecting the five viscera, penetrating the five elements, able to perfectly mobilize and govern the power of the five-colored divine light, and feed back to nourish the flesh and spirit. As the method circulated, the five-colored divine light naturally flowed within the body, endless and unceasing.

The method was no longer merely accumulating mana, but an exposition and practice of the Great Dao of the Five Elements. Wang Ping could clearly "see" that the 【Five Elements Divine Light】 method was evolving toward a more profound and broad direction, its potential far exceeding his prior imagination! He even faintly sensed the threshold of forging his will, divine abilities, and mana into one furnace to cast an unsurpassed Dao foundation.

The 【Soul-Nurturing Wood Heart】 on his chest emitted an unprecedented cool radiance, aiding his Dao comprehension. Within the cave dwelling, the thick spiritual energy and those strands of morning purple qi, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, frenziedly surged into his body, being tempered and absorbed by the five-colored divine light, transformed into the purest five-element mana, driving his cultivation steadily toward the late Golden Core stage.

After an unknown time, the five-colored strange phenomena in the quiet chamber gradually subsided, finally fully integrating into Wang Ping's body. He opened his eyes, the depths of his pupils as if containing five microcosmic colored worlds in birth and death cycles, profound beyond measure.

He slowly raised his right hand, five fingers spread, a thought stirred.

In an instant, five gorgeous and peerless strands of divine light, yet containing the aura of "nothing unbrushed," slowly rotated above his palm, forming a perfect five-colored light ring. Within the light ring, faintly, one could see the Yi Wood Divine Thunder carrying black light leaping, the Golden Yang fire blazing fiercely, the Fan Tian Yin phantom rising and sinking, the White Tiger sword intent howling and surging, the Taiyin cold surge surging darkly—five powers perfectly merged yet clearly distinct, constituting an endless combat system.

Looking more closely, yet again they all vanished, leaving only the five-colored divine light upon him.

The five-colored divine light had just taken shape, giving Wang Ping a hint of confidence in his heart.