Chapter 272: Cyan-Yellow Integration (Please Subscribe)

Du En was practicing spells quite happily, but Zuo Kui, the Inner City Superintendent, was feeling rather troubled.

Because of his practice, many of the practice grounds within the inner city had been ruined.

Yet, this was not a case of violation like when Zuo Kui used to mess around and accidentally break things; rather, it was due to insufficient load-bearing capacity, leading to damage from exceeding limits.

Therefore, it was a situation of normal wear and tear that occurred because, at the time of construction, no one had anticipated having to host such a guest.

Regarding this situation, Tong Wenrong stated on the spot that he had to attend to things personally to cultivate a third-rank spirit beast, so he had no time to deal with this and told Zuo Kui, the Inner City Superintendent, to handle it himself.

Consequently, during this period, the Inner City Superintendent became a mason, repairing things everywhere; not only did he have to manage the mess of the outer city, which currently had no new superintendent appointed, but he also had to work overtime in the dark to repair those practice grounds, making him so busy he barely had a moment to catch his breath.

Du En tried his best to minimize the damage, but the Giant Cannon Art was notoriously simple and crude, and there really was no good way around it; he couldn't just stop practicing, could he?

At any rate, he had helped them this time, so he could only let Superintendent Zuo Kui suffer for a while.

Continuing to grind and practice like this, three hundred and forty days passed quickly from the beginning, reaching the first ten days of March of the following year.

Through the accumulation of days and months, Du En finally gathered enough to allow his cultivation method to achieve a breakthrough.

Within his meditative visualization, the yellow earth was no longer the absolute protagonist; a tree that rose steadily and began to grow thick and conspicuous started to take its place, occupying the main position.

Its roots were well-developed, reaching deep into the earth, and its branches and leaves were lush and verdant.

It is worth noting that the root and trunk of this tree were no longer of a crystal-clear texture, but had been stained with a deep reddish-brown!

This was the reward obtained from Du En's constant contemplation of the main root of the Phoenix Blood Firmiana tree during these days!

The lingering resentment of the phoenix, while indeed inextinguishable and inexhaustible, was based on the principle of the divine ability of Nirvana Rebirth, but the inextinguishable and inexhaustible nature in its superficial manifestation was nested within the endless cycle of the Wood Element, a mystery related to the Phoenix Blood Firmiana as a spirit wood carrier.

By directly staring at the lingering resentment and experiencing the red flames with his will, Du En, in a way that others found difficult to understand and impossible to endure, quickly unearthed the embryonic form of the mystery of the endless cycle.

Moreover, when it came down to it, the endless cycle actually had some connection with his divine ability, Burying Death to Flourish Life.

Back then, Ren Li had searched bitterly for the mysteries of the burial ground to no avail, and only when he finally chose to look up did he see the embryonic form of the endless cycle that was more suitable for himself.

Since Du En possessed a divine ability that could reflect life through death, and relied on a Dao heart that was firm and unmoving, he faced the red flames of lingering resentment directly, touched its principles deeply, and naturally unearthed the embryonic mystery quickly.

Then, he filled it all into the Cyan-Yellow Canon.

Because the root of the Phoenix Blood Firmiana was, after all, the phoenix's Nirvana Rebirth, and the endless cycle was merely a superficial carrier, he could not comprehend the principles sufficient to construct a divine ability from it.

In other words, one shouldn't even think about the divine ability of the endless cycle; being able to have a seed was already good enough.

But as it happened, Du En's Cyan-Yellow Canon had previously been cultivated slightly off-track, and out of a desire for perfection, he naturally filled in what he could, and in the end, he successfully integrated it.

Because of this, when the tree in his visualization broke through to the stage of thorough mastery, its roots, its trunk, and its branches all turned reddish-brown.

Du En began to withdraw his power; the Golden Core in his lower dantian grew stronger by the day, and under the impetus of the embryonic endless cycle, the two star rings surrounding it also underwent obvious changes, no longer orbiting on a flat plane but beginning to orbit in three dimensions, invisibly refining their quality while exuding a sense of inexhaustible circulation.

His endurance increased significantly, and his strength grew greatly.

After withdrawing his power and opening his eyes, he manifested his Firm Spirit Body again.

It was no longer the crystal-clear texture of the past, like a human-shaped spirit stone, but was covered all over with a faint reddish-brown, and his face also carried a sense of calm and supernatural aura.

"Reaching this step has already filled the deficiencies; among the various descriptions in the Cyan-Yellow Canon, it can be considered the top-tier among all kinds of methods. The lingering traces of the phoenix are truly marvelous beyond words."

Therefore, his current spirit body could no longer be called the Firm Spirit Body.

And because there had actually been no such precedent and it belonged to a new type of spirit body, Du En thought for a moment and gave it a name.

"Inexhaustible Cyan Spirit Body."

"Inexhaustible" was easy to understand, taken from the phoenix's lingering resentment, and also referring to the endless cycle, thus capable of having the characteristic of being inexhaustible.

And "Cyan" was taken from the Cyan-Yellow Canon, referring to the evergreen nature of wood; it was the "cyan" before the "yellow," although the actual appearance was covered in reddish-brown, not a green color.

But who said wood had to be green?

There are many kinds of wood in the world of immortal cultivation; the Red-Leaf Firmiana is entirely red, does that mean it is not wood?

At the same time, this reddish-brown color could actually form a kind of camouflage, making enemies who didn't know his background think at first glance that it was a Fire or Earth element spirit body, making it hard to imagine that it was actually a Cyan Spirit Body that retained the advantages of the Earth-element Firm Spirit Body while developing further.

"Not bad."

Du En was quite satisfied and took another look at his panel.

【Age: 35/573】

【Spirit Root: Low-grade】

【Cultivation: Golden Core Mid-stage (52/100)】

【Cultivation Method: Cyan-Yellow Canon (Thorough Mastery 0/30000)】

【Spells: Giant Cannon Art (Thorough Mastery 10000/30000), Wind Sand Art (Small Achievement 1200/10000), Ice Breath Art (Great Accomplishment 0/5000), Statue Casting Art (Small Achievement 1200/10000), Hundred Control Art (Small Achievement 1000/10000), Golden Flame Art (Small Achievement 800/10000), Raw Wood Art (Small Achievement 500/10000), Devouring Wood Thorn (Small Achievement 500/10000)】

【Divine Ability: Burying Death to Flourish Life (Well-versed 46/50)】

【Hundred Arts: Appraisal (Thorough Mastery 0/300), Cooking (Thorough Mastery 34/300), Spirit Seeking (Thorough Mastery 0/300), Artifact Refining (Small Achievement 0/100)】

His lifespan limit increased by another twenty years.

His divine sense expanded to five hundred zhang, his resistance to interference improved significantly, and he could earn a rating of "Excellent"—it was precisely wood born from earth, standing proudly and difficult to topple.

Furthermore, his cultivation efficiency rose significantly, gaining fifteen percent over the original.

"Now the daily accumulation rate, calculated, is 0.0928. Hmm... I can still practice the method a hundred times; the calculation coefficient in this regard hasn't changed. It seems it has been fixed, but that's fine. It's better to have more practice sessions; after all, the proficiency numbers are getting larger and larger."

It was like during the Foundation Establishment stage, where the cultivation method had to reach thorough mastery before breaking through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

But now, even if the number of practice sessions was more than double what it was back then, it was still breaking through to the mid-stage of Golden Core first, and then the cultivation method reaching thorough mastery.

Thinking about this matter that was destined to intensify, Du En also felt a little troubled, but there was no good way to deal with it for now; he could only take it one step at a time.

"Alright, I've stayed here long enough. Since there has been a breakthrough in my cultivation, it is time to set off again."

He thought this immediately and rose to leave this temporary residence.

(End of chapter)