Chapter 437: Giant Yang Rebirth, Master and Apprentice Work Together to Break Taixu! (Part 1)

Gray gas drifted through the entire cosmic space, ever-changing. Sometimes it drifted past the eyes like silk or threads, sometimes it rushed across the planet like a mighty river.

The planet was blood-red, contracting and expanding, as if breathing.

Between breaths, gray mist rushed to the land under Zhao Xing's feet.

The land then began to rhythmically expand.

The checkpoint left by Zuo Zuo Qiyu, while offering a glimmer of hope for passing, was also extremely difficult.

The checkpoint itself was very abstract!

Not knowing where to break through, not knowing where to leave, and not knowing what to complete.

It was like a painter painting, when suddenly heaven dropped a bucket of oil paint, spilling it on the drawing board, making a mess.

And told you this was a masterpiece, and if you understood it, you could become a top painter.

"Calm down, observe carefully."

Zhao Xing kept telling himself.

However, he didn't need self-suggestion, he had already calmed down.

Because the excitement of finding the checkpoint was soon covered by the despair of high difficulty, and even the thought of wanting to give up arose immediately.

"Might as well give up, it has delayed me too much effort... Wait, how can I think like this?!"

Zhao Xing was shocked, and then found that a wisp of gray mist had actually penetrated his Giant Yang clone.

"Whoosh whoosh~"

The Giant Yang clone moved rapidly to avoid the invasion of the gray mist.

Between movements, Zhao Xing felt that not only did he not dodge it, but his Dao heart was stained with more dust, and the decadent thoughts became more and more serious.

Within three immeasurable fractions, he stopped his movements and was completely immersed in the gray mist.

The mist was warm, like a soft goose-down quilt, covering the Giant Yang clone.

The Giant Yang clone lay on the ground, and Zhao Xing's main body also lay down on the reef.

All the clones outside seemed to be affected by this emotion.

Even the clones far away in the Fengdu Boundary Star of the Beihe star system and the Jiachen Fourteenth Pass were affected.

"... After the Yanxing Corridor, the Great Zhou adjusted its expansion strategy. I sent a clone from Lord Qianhua to guard here and temporarily took on the new development affairs. What's wrong with you?" Liu Liu Tianning's clone was talking to Zhao Xing when Zhao Xing suddenly lay down.

"Is something wrong?" Liu Liu Tianning leaned forward and asked.

However, Zhao Xing didn't answer, his body just became more relaxed.

Relaxed to the point that even this clone seemed unable to maintain itself, and the "meridians" on his arms automatically dissipated. This was a sign of the grass man clone disintegrating.

"Zhao Xing." Liu Liu Tianning grabbed Zhao Xing's arm in one grasp. The willow branches on his hand unraveled like silk, and then rotated, spreading to Zhao Xing's arm.

"Seal Spirit and Lock Intent! Cocoon and Rebirth!"

Liu Liu Tianning used two divine abilities at the same time. With a ripple on his body, he finally stabilized Zhao Xing's body.

But his arm was connected to Zhao Xing's arm, like a conjoined twin.

"Teacher, I'm so sleepy..." Zhao Xing said with difficulty.

"What happened to you!" Liu Liu Tianning's expression was extremely serious. He was already at the Yin-Yang Dao Domain Realm, possessed the Heart Divine Ability, and had attainments in the grass man method that even Lord Qianhua praised, yet he still didn't know what happened to Zhao Xing's Giant Yang clone.

"Hum~"

Liu Liu Tianning cast spells with all his might, and his magic power surged between the two.

After reaching the Dao Domain Realm, spiritual power combined with spells to give birth to magic power, possessing the ability to turn decay into magic.

And the Giant Yang Grass Man Method that Zhao Xing knew had not been kept secret and had been shared with Liu Liu Tianning a long time ago.

So he also knew the Giant Yang Grass Man Method and was very familiar with the structure of the Giant Yang Grass Man.

"Zhao Xing~ Zhao Xing~"

"Wake up~"

By the Boundary-Swinging River, Zhao Xing's main body opened his eyes again, and two perspectives suddenly appeared.

One perspective came from the Giant Yang clone breaking into Primordial City.

The other perspective appeared in a magnificent hall, and Liu Liu Tianning was looking at him with a slight frown.

The one calling his name was Liu Liu Tianning.

"Teacher? You, I am..." Zhao Xing was somewhat confused.

"This is my Great Divine Ability 【Heart Hall】, which can pull your consciousness into the same heart space and sense everything happening to you in real-time," Liu Liu Tianning explained, then said: "I see your main body sitting by a river, and a clone seems to be in the mist. What happened?"

"Great Divine Ability, Heart Hall?" Zhao Xing was somewhat shocked, "Teacher, what level have you reached? You can actually influence me across such a long distance through a clone."

"It's already perfect," Liu Liu Tianning said. "It's truly strange. I can see your main body's perspective, but I can't see the clone clearly. There is only a gray mist, seemingly blocked by some kind of power. Are you in the Origin Realm? Are you safe?"

Heart Great Divine Ability perfect? No wonder!

The great divine abilities contained in his Giant Yang Grass Man were Rice Grain Mixing Heaven Art and Five-Finger Mountain, while Liu Liu Tianning's was Heart Hall. It was precisely because they were of the same root and origin, and very familiar, that they could quickly establish a connection.

Zhao Xing soon realized what had happened, and then reported his safety: "Teacher, I'm fine. I'm participating in a trial in the Origin Realm. If I can pass the level, I can learn a rare grass man method."

"It's just that the test set by that senior is too harsh."

Liu Liu Tianning breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this: "So that's it. I thought you were hit by some evil trick. It's fine as long as you're safe."

"The difficulty of this level is great, I'm afraid I can't pass it." Zhao Xing sighed.

Until now, he was still affected by the Taixu Illusion and couldn't lift his spirits at all.

Liu Liu Tianning noticed Zhao Xing's sudden decadence and shouted: "How can you have such thoughts? Cheer up!"

"You could spend a thousand years to break in, and finally reached the last step, how can you easily say give up!"

"Where did that spirit you had when you asked me to abdicate go?"

Seeing Old Liu bring up the past, Zhao Xing couldn't help but smile bitterly and respond.

"Teacher's lesson is right. Please don't lift the Heart Hall, and whip me from time to time."

"I'm afraid that senior won't like it."

"No," Zhao Xing shook his head. "The checkpoint set by Senior Zuo doesn't fear others giving pointers on the side."

The real Taixu Pass is theoretically passable at the Origin Realm. How could Zuo Zuo Qiyu fear others giving pointers?

He let the clone come to break in, which was giving a chance. Zhao Xing's main body could contemplate in various treasure lands of the Origin Realm while letting the clone break in, because the difficulty of this checkpoint itself was placed there, so he was just that confident.

Before the Boundary-Swinging River, Zhao Xing's main body stood up again and took a deep breath.

"The Taixu Pass set by Zuo Zuo Qiyu, I have already experienced one of the difficulties, which is the illusion. An illusion that can make people sink."

"Illusion generally tests mental willpower and soul strength, both of which are the foundation for driving grass man clones."

"My soul level, after a thousand years of cultivation, is already at the Five Elements Dao Domain Realm level, and in terms of mental willpower, the two divine abilities, Killing Thought Blade and Heart Bell, are both perfect, but I haven't comprehended a great divine ability."

"Facing Zuo Zuo Qiyu's test, it's still not enough."

"However, fortunately, I have been prepared for a long time."

Whoosh~ Zhao Xing's main body flipped his hand, and a large number of purple pills appeared in front of him.

"Soul Spirit Pill!"

"This pill costs 10,000 points each, and even Dao Domain Realm experts have the effect of strengthening the soul."

"It has no effect until the Samsara Realm. The treasure generally taken by the Samsara Realm is the 'True Spirit Fruit'."

"In the first 1,000 years, I already have a record of taking 500 pills. There are 500 pills here, which is also the limit for taking them." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"Originally, I should have taken them slowly according to the 2,000-year time plan, so that the efficacy would be maximized without side effects. But now, I can't care about that much!"

At this time, a figure passing by the Boundary-Swinging River saw Zhao Xing suddenly take out 500 Soul Spirit Pills and couldn't help but be stunned, subconsciously saying: "Zhao Xing, are you crazy? You want to eat 500 Soul Spirit Pills in one breath?"

Zhao Xing turned his head to look and found that the speaker was Fairy Youling, so he grinned and smiled: "Walking the Benwo Sect, how can you not be crazy!"

"I'll eat!"

He opened his big mouth and swallowed 500 pills in one breath.

"Hey, you—"

Fairy Youling wanted to say something, but Zhao Xing had already swallowed them in one breath.

She looked at the distant Primordial City and couldn't help but feel curious in her heart: "This guy is so crazy, could it be that Zuo Zuo Qiyu's checkpoint really has a possibility of passing?"

Fairy Youling also curiously sent a large number of clones to fly toward Primordial City, and at the same time transmitted to Zhao Xing: "Zhao Xing, did you discover something? Why don't you tell me about it?"

"Are you willing to teach me the Xuanling Borrowing Seed Method? If you are willing, I will tell you." Zhao Xing was now affected by the Taixu Illusion, just like an ordinary person who suddenly suffered from depression. It was good to have someone to talk to and tease.

"Oh?" Fairy Youling became interested, "Okay, you say it first."

"You teach first."

"You say it first."

"You first... Forget it, pretend I didn't say anything."

Zhao Xing didn't waste any more words. The Xuanling Borrowing Seed Method was a top secret of the sect, and Fairy Youling probably wouldn't hand it over so easily.

Unexpectedly, Fairy Youling really walked over: "I'll pass you a part of the foundation method first. If you have talent, you can go to the Three Treasures Dao Sect in the future."

"Fairy, don't tease me. I was joking just now. Even if you are willing to teach me, I can't learn it. It doesn't meet the rules of your sect."

"What's wrong with that?" Fairy Youling said: "If you go to the Three Treasures Dao Sect and pretend to be my Dao companion, you will meet the conditions."

Zhao Xing, who was digesting the Soul Spirit Pills, was stunned: "Fairy, you, are you serious?"

"Really." Fairy Youling blinked.

"I can't tell you." Zhao Xing shook his head.

"Are you teasing me?" Fairy Youling was a little angry.

"Just teasing you."

"..."

Fairy Youling also noticed that Zhao Xing's situation was wrong. She and Zhao Xing, Han Chuchen, and others had had quite a lot of contact over the thousand years, and Zhao Xing was not like this usually.

"Don't say it, I'll try it myself!"

Fairy Youling immediately stopped talking and sent a large number of clones to the Boundary-Swinging River.

Zhao Xing, on the side, was concentrating on digesting the Soul Spirit Pills.

At this time, in his sea of consciousness, the three souls of heaven, earth, and man were standing on a high mountain, constantly strengthening.

In the blink of an eye, the soul aura reached the level of the Yin-Yang Dao Domain Realm!

The heavenly soul had a sun mark on its forehead, and the earthly soul had a Taiyin mark.

"1,000 Soul Spirit Pills, originally hoped to raise the soul level to the Life-Death Dao Domain Realm. Now that I've taken them all at once, I can only reach the Yin-Yang Dao Domain Realm."

"This benefit of the Origin Realm was exhausted by me. However, there are many ways to upgrade the soul, but Zuo Zuo Qiyu's grass man method is not easy to learn. It's worth it!"

Zhao Xing's soul body was now producing a lot of swelling, as if an ordinary person had grown acne. These were the sequelae of taking Soul Spirit Pills in one breath.

Originally, Zhao Xing's aura was handsome, but now it looked like a foul-smelling, pus-flowing ugly man.

In addition, he had to endure the itching and pain from the soul until the sequelae disappeared.

However, the benefits were also obvious. Zhao Xing felt that he was suddenly terrifyingly strong, and soon got rid of the influence of the Taixu Illusion.

"Whoo~"

Zhao Xing's main body let out a long breath.

On Primordial City, Zuo Zuo Qiyu stood on the wall and watched from afar, and the Five Poisons Emperor also appeared beside him.

"This kid is really ruthless. In order to learn your method, he actually destroyed his soul appearance. Originally with his talent, relying on 1,000 Soul Spirit Pills, he could have raised his soul directly to the Life-Death Dao Domain Realm level and suffered less."

Zuo Zuo Qiyu ignored Five Poisons.

"Still angry?" Five Poisons Emperor looked carefully, "I was wrong, okay? I repent to the great and supreme Origin Envoy. It's my mouth that's cheap..."

"Enough, what do you mean by your mouth is cheap?" Zuo Zuo Qiyu withdrew his gaze from Zhao Xing and rolled his eyes at Five Poisons. "You are inherently cheap!"

"Thank you for the praise, Envoy." Five Poisons smiled with a thick skin.

"Get lost!"

The Giant Yang clone broke free from the gray mist, but didn't completely break free.

Zhao Xing found that although he was not affected by the illusion and became autistic, the gray mist still affected him.

It's just that this time, it became affecting the grass man's body.

"Something's wrong, why am I expanding!"

Zhao Xing watched as the silk-like gray mist passed through, and then his body began to grow larger uncontrollably, like blowing a balloon.

"Treasure Mountain Divine Ability!"

Zhao Xing cast Wu Tian's divine ability, wanting to control his body size.

However, his body still expanded, soon exceeding five poles.

And it was still growing at an amazing speed.

As if the gray mist was some kind of nutrient, nourishing the Giant Yang clone, completely uncontrollable!

"My Giant Yang Grass Man's limit size is seven poles. If it grows bigger, I'm going to explode!"

"Rice Grain Mixing Heaven Art, small small small!"

Zhao Xing immediately switched and cast the second divine ability.

Rice Grain Mixing Heaven Art is a great divine ability.

It can shrink the body size, making the physical body extremely hard.

Making the physical body become an indestructible particle, crashing through everything.

Usually, if the Rice Grain Mixing Heaven Art is cultivated to the third level, it can become the size of a normal person's thumb.

Fourth to sixth level, it can become a rice grain.

If cultivated to perfection, it is a true particle form, completely undetectable, claiming to be able to break through all defenses, drill into Dao soldiers or enemies to cause destruction, or grow larger to directly burst the enemy.

"Small small small!!"

Because of the uniqueness of the Giant Yang clone, the Rice Grain Mixing Heaven Art, which the main body wouldn't cast, was cast by the Giant Yang clone, and it was already at the fourth level of great divine ability.

Instantly, the body size was reduced to less than 1 pole.

But under the urging of the gray mist, it soon changed back to a body size of more than 3 poles, rushing toward the limit.

The tug-of-war between size made Zhao Xing feel very bad.

"The power of expansion exceeds my spellcasting limit. In half a year at most, I won't be able to hold on."

"Zuo Zuo Qiyu, learning something from you is really damn hard."

Zhao Xing couldn't help but want to curse.

Cursing aside, the checkpoint still had to be broken.

Zhao Xing thought about countermeasures rapidly, starting to sort out his own learning, looking for ways to counter.

"Can only fight it out. I don't know if that move can be cast on the clone. My success rate is only 30%."

Zhao Xing had already walked to four cultivation grounds in Gu Luohe's internal world.

The first ground was an Emperor-level tough vine.

The second ground was a ten-thousand-year willow tree.

The third ground was a Samsara Realm weed.

The fourth ground was an Emperor-level green bamboo.

"Gu Luohe once said that I stepped on the cultivation path of the Life Great Dao and took the first step of the Dao Realm."

"Every three cultivation grounds count as one step. The first step is 【Life Essence】. My Stem Fighting Divine Ability is enough to shake the life essence, making my variant methods and world methods fully strengthened."

"Now taking the second step, what I comprehend is 【Life Revival】. The realm of the Dao, applied to spells, grass man methods, world methods, parasitic methods, divine flower methods, etc., will all benefit."

"However, I haven't fully comprehended the second step of the Life Great Dao. Applying Life Revival to grass men only has a 30% success rate."

At this time, wanting to make a breakthrough is too late.

Zhao Xing can only fight with all his might.

Half a year later.

"Boom~"

The Giant Yang Grass Man exploded in rapid expansion.

Just as expected, in the tug-of-war of size changes, Zhao Xing's Giant Yang Grass Man still couldn't hold on.

Zuo Zuo Qiyu's voice appeared in the vast void.

"Zhao Xing, you failed."

"Wait a minute, Senior!" Zhao Xing stood up abruptly. "I haven't failed yet!"

"Oh?" Zuo Zuo Qiyu looked at the grass man remains on the ground. "Could it be that you haven't gotten rid of the influence of the Taixu Illusion and can't see that your grass man has exploded?"

Zhao Xing transmitted his voice from afar: "Senior, the consciousness within my clone hasn't dissipated. It was I who actively dissipated it just now. Please wait patiently."

Zuo Zuo Qiyu's heart moved, and he looked at the grass man remains on the ground again.

Then a strange color flashed in his eyes.

I saw that some of the exploded grass man remains were stuck obliquely into the soil, and a touch of green emerged on the branches, quickly pulling out a tender leaf.

"Replanting scattered grass, repeating the cycle... It turns out he comprehended the second meaning of the Life Great Dao, Life Revival." Five Poisons Emperor also looked at the grass man remains below.

"Genius, genius, Zuo brother, this kid is quite like you back then."

Comprehending the Dao is comprehending the Dao, and spells are spells. Being able to apply the comprehended Great Dao to the learned spells is truly commendable.

Five Poisons Emperor had seen many geniuses, but Zhao Xing's aptitude truly amazed him.

Even if Zhao Xing was a Samsara reincarnator, in Five Poisons' view, it was amazing, not to mention that he didn't think Zhao Xing was a reincarnator.

"Can create great divine abilities, Zhao Xing's genius level is close to Du Yun among martial artists, although still very immature, but brother, you should pass it on." Five Poisons persuaded.

"If you talk nonsense again, get out of Primordial City." Zuo Zuo Qiyu looked at Five Poisons.

"Fine, I won't say anything, I'll shut up." Five Poisons covered his mouth with his hand.

Seeing that Zuo Zuo Qiyu didn't end the checkpoint, Zhao Xing breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

At the moment when his spirit reached its peak, he finally didn't let himself down. He successfully cast 【Giant Yang Revival】, a self-created great divine ability that applied Life Revival to the Giant Yang Grass Man.

Making his Giant Yang Grass Man's foundation materials explode around according to his predetermined trajectory.

At this time, a part of his divine sense was deposited on a "left rib," which was a "Soul Mulberry Wood."

The existence of gray mist accelerated growth.

A month later, Zhao Xing found that many materials had regained vitality and already possessed the spell foundation for the Giant Yang Grass Man to be reborn.

"Giant Yang Rebirth, rise!!"

The Soul Mulberry Wood flew up from the ground and floated in the air.

The forest underground shook, flowers, grass, and leaves flew, turning into a torrent of materials gathering toward the Soul Mulberry Wood in the sky.

Another month and a half later, the Giant Yang Grass Man reappeared, and its vitality was even more majestic!

"Up to this point, the growth-type expansion brought by the gray mist is no longer a difficulty for me." Zhao Xing was full of confidence.

Because he had experienced this critical moment of Giant Yang Revival once, his panel showed that the proficiency of this move was rising steadily.

It had reached the third level of great divine ability. If it were only the first level, there was a possibility of failure across such a long distance.

But entering the third level of great divine ability, there was no failure, and it could be considered truly entered the door.

Seeing the Giant Yang Grass Man reappear, Zuo Zuo Qiyu's voice sounded again.

"The final test of the Taixu Pass is very simple."

"If your clone or divine sense can walk out of this world, you pass."

Zuo Zuo Qiyu's voice was very calm, as if he was sure that Zhao Xing couldn't pass.

Zhao Xing was not discouraged, but bowed.

"Thank you, Senior, for the guidance!"

After speaking, he began to think seriously.

"Can the clone or divine sense walk out? But this world looks like an infinite universe, how can I get out?"

Zhao Xing scanned the surroundings and found that the current scene was no different from the real cosmic starry sky.

He launched his soul heavenly vision and couldn't see the end of the world at all.

The Giant Yang Grass Man left the land and flew outward, but after flying 100 million miles, Zhao Xing didn't see any barrier.

Endless void, vast and empty, as if trapping Zhao Xing here.

"Can't fly anymore. My Giant Yang clone left that piece of land covered by gray mist. Without spiritual energy support, it will fall apart sooner or later."

The cold, spiritual-energy-less void made Zhao Xing think of the Desolate Domain. But it was even more desolate than the Desolate Domain, and no spiritual energy could be absorbed at all.

"Go back!"

Zhao Xing fell back to the gray land again.

Time passed slowly, and thirty years passed after one thought.

"Still no clue." In the Heart Hall, Zhao Xing shook his head. "Teacher, I always feel that Zuo Zuo Qiyu is deliberately making things difficult for people."

"You can remove the feeling. He is indeed making things difficult for people," Liu Liu Tianning smiled. "Wanting to learn someone's method, how can it be so simple? There is no free lunch in the universe."

"Countless geniuses haven't obtained his grass man method, of course it's difficult. If there were no difficulty, how could it be your turn?"

"Don't think about the difficulties, think about the methods," Liu Liu Tianning said. "Analyze the difficulties and then solve them. Come, tell me what you have seen in these thirty years."

Zhao Xing nodded and transmitted what he had seen to the Heart Hall for Liu Liu Tianning to watch.

Liu Liu Tianning also closed his eyes and didn't say a word.

It wasn't until three years later that he suddenly spoke.

"Heaven and earth are great, but they are just one thing in the Taixu."

Zhao Xing suddenly raised his head: "Teacher, what did you say?"

"Taixu is formless, the body of Qi, its gathering and scattering, are just guest forms of change."

Liu said a sentence, and only then opened his eyes: "What I just said is my understanding of the legendary Taixu Grass Man... Zhao Xing, I feel that you are not in a world now."

Zhao Xing's heart moved: "Teacher, you mean..."

"Yes," Liu Liu Tianning affirmed: "Your clone is inside the Taixu Grass Man."

"When you entered Primordial City and were swallowed by the black light, you were swallowed into the belly of the Taixu Grass Man."

Zhao Xing suddenly realized: "Taixu Pass, so this is the real Taixu Pass, I understand."

"Taixu Pass, Zuo Zuo Qiyu's level is actually wanting me to manipulate the Taixu Grass Man that exists in Primordial City, right?"

"Eight or nine out of ten. Zuo Zuo Qiyu said that your clone leaving and your divine sense leaving both count as passing," Liu Liu Tianning smiled. "Then, manipulating the Taixu Grass Man is naturally a way. No, it should be the only way!"

"I see that the planet connected by the gray mist is very like the meridian structure of the human body, but it has been beaten very scattered. You might as well start from here."

(End of chapter)