Chapter 67: Five Elements Spirit Beasts Scripture

【You opened: Chest (Excellent Rank), obtained: Ring of Human Hearts, Paradise Points ×2900】

【You opened: Chest (Excellent Rank), obtained: Skill Book: Taiping Scripture · Human Volume (Sever the Three Corpses Method), Paradise Points ×1000】

After opening it, Chu Danqing discovered something extraordinary.

“Sever the Three Corpses Method? Did this actually drop, or is there a trap?”

【Skill Book: Taiping Scripture · Human Volume · Sever the Three Corpses Method】

【Type: Inherited Skill · Incomplete】

【Quality: Excellent】

【Effect: After use, sever and kill your Three Corpses to replace your Energy Value with Mana Value】

“An incomplete inherited skill...” He stared at the skill book, momentarily baffled.

He promptly put it away: “I’ll ask Guo Ming when I have time.”

From the Paradise Points awarded, it was clear this chest was low quality, so he suspected the skill might be flawed.

Chu Danqing had the Binding Charm in hand—he wondered if he could turn the Three Corpses into permanent summons.

But then he reconsidered: the Three Corpses were each born rebellious, not good things at all.

“If I had slain them myself, wouldn’t the reward have been the complete Taiping Scripture?”

“Even with the Prefect’s cooperation, the minimum reward should’ve been the complete Human Volume, not just the Sever the Three Corpses Method.”

He had cheated his way through, so the true reward chest naturally couldn’t yield the best possible prize.

He couldn’t even imagine how high the quality of the Taiping Scripture’s inherited skill might be.

He then turned his gaze to the Ring of Human Hearts.

【Ring of Human Hearts】

【Type: Equipment · Ring】

【Quality: Excellent】

【Durability: 100/100】

【Human Strike (Active): Consume 15 Energy Points to summon a spectral figure that deals 50 Magic Damage to the target; if the target has Stun or Entangle, add one extra 50 Magic Damage for each additional status effect; cooldown: 10 minutes】

【Equipment Requirement: Maximum Energy Value of 30】

“Interesting—it looks like it pairs with my Tiger Soul Ring.”

“Mine has Stun, so Entangle must’ve come from the One-Horned Jiao’s chest?”

“It should be on the Fierce Fist’s person—too bad, I won’t be able to get it.”

He then took out the Five Elements Spirit Beasts Scripture, hesitating whether to use it.

First, its quality was too low; second, once an inherited skill was learned, it could not be removed.

He knew the Five Elements Spirit Beasts Scripture had a follow-up: the Five Directions Auspicious Diagrams—but he couldn’t guarantee he’d ever re-enter this trial world again.

“Inherited skills conflict—they must share the same energy type and elemental affinity.”

“So if I learn the Five Elements Spirit Beasts Scripture, any future upgrades must also be inherited skills of the same type.”

But then he thought again: what did he have to pick from? All were summoning skills anyway, and he could always learn better summoning skills later, even after reaching the limit.

He made his decision and learned it—immediately, a burst of memories flooded his mind.

【Your Energy Value has been converted to Mana Value; conversion ratio and recovery efficiency have changed】

【Mana Value: 166 (Current ratio: average of five attributes × 10; current recovery rate: 1 point per minute)】

Energy transformed instantly—a new kind of mana gathered within him—but Chu Danqing was still absorbing the knowledge of the Five Elements Spirit Beasts Scripture, so he had no time to attend to it.

Simultaneously, five colored energy orbs appeared around him.

Only after about half an hour did he recover, then opened his skill panel.

【Five Elements Spirit Beasts Scripture (Inherited) LV.1】

【+100 Mana Value per level】

【+100 Health Value per level】

【Inherited Skill】

【Five Elements Orbs (Active/Passive) LV.1: Constantly surround you with five elemental orbs; each orb equals 10 Shield Value and deals 10 corresponding elemental damage to any contacted target; after shattering, requires 1 Mana Point to reform】

【Metal Spirit Body (Passive) LV.1: Summoned creatures gain +10 resistance to negative effects】

【Wood Spirit Vitality (Passive) LV.1: Summoned creatures gain +100 Health Value】

【Water Spirit Nourishment (Passive) LV.1: Summoned creatures gain +100 Mana Value】

【Fire Spirit Refinement (Passive) LV.1: Summoned creatures gain +10 Attack Power】

【Earth Spirit Guarding Heart (Passive) LV.1: Summoned creatures gain +10 Defense Power】

【Five Elements Spirit Beasts Scripture level insufficient; remaining inherited skills not yet activated.】

“This is only an Excellent-ranked inherited skill—I can’t imagine how strong the Fine-ranked one Fierce Fist obtained must be.” Chu Danqing felt the change—his Energy Value, no, his Mana Value, surged instantly.

He glanced at Da Bao’s Blood Rage Value—it had also increased by 100 points; the Mana Value on the panel was clearly standardized to match Chu Danqing’s own.

Moreover, all equipment consumption labels had changed from Energy Value to Mana Value.

Health Value, however, remained peculiar—impossible to quantify precisely.

Chu Danqing temporarily ignored the five passive buffs enhancing his summons—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth—and focused on the Five Elements Orb skill, which combined active and passive effects.

“I can control it; if uncontrolled, it moves along its own orbit.”

“The control range is roughly one meter around me—but if I use it as a thrown projectile...” He directly manipulated a Fire Orb and launched it.

It weakened after five meters and vanished entirely at ten meters.

About ten seconds later, another Fire Orb condensed.

“Cooldown is ten seconds—but if I channel mana directly, it forms instantly.”

“And the five surrounding orbs are the passive base—additional ones can be summoned actively.” As he spoke, five more orbs—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth—appeared around him.

But beyond the original five, the extra five required his sustained mental effort to maintain.

If he stopped maintaining them, they vanished instantly.

“Next, does the principle of elemental generation and Kezhi apply?” Chu Danqing narrowed his eyes.

If generation and Kezhi worked, attack power could increase dramatically, and defensive effects would improve too.

He had barely finished speaking when he neglected to maintain them—the five extra orbs collapsed.

“I need to find someone to ask.” If he returned to the Paradise, he could only meditate in the training chamber or figure things out alone.

But he was still in the trial world—many could help him, like Lu Yin, Xie Liyang, and others.

He didn’t need deep knowledge—just clarification of basic cultivation principles.

The Five Elements Spirit Beasts Scripture contained foundational knowledge—but that didn’t mean memorizing it meant understanding it.

He wasn’t a genius who could grasp everything by rote.

“Today I’ll study and understand on my own—note down what I don’t get, and find Lu Yin tomorrow!” Chu Danqing wouldn’t ask for help over every single question.

“Mainly the orbs—I can find answers to the other five passive buffs enhancing summons in the White Crane Immortal’s Notes.”

“I hope the remaining time lets me level up the Five Elements Spirit Beasts Scripture once.”

(End of Chapter)