Chapter 378

378. Chapter 371 Lei Wuya Cultivates Clone Lifeform

A cultivator's fleshly body differs from that of a mortal; mortal flesh absorbs the lowest-grade energy from grains and legumes, and after death, the cells within all tissues die completely within two hours, leaving the body stiff and cold. A cultivator seizes the fortune of heaven and earth, reverses heaven to absorb heavenly and earthly spiritual power to cleanse essence and marrow, tempering the self; the higher a cultivator's realm, the more spiritual power within the body, and even if the cultivator dies and the Dao vanishes, as long as the fleshly body remains in the world, the various tissue cells within the body still possess life.

Thus, a cultivator's fleshly cells die slowly only as the fleshly body's spiritual power dissipates, a stage that takes a relatively long time, which is why the stronger the cultivator, the longer the time required for the fleshly body to completely rot; even more so, countless powerful Huanyu cultivators, upon falling, may be infected by alien evil spirits, causing corpse transformation into powerful evil corpses that specialize in devouring living beings.

Zhou Yi looked toward the direction of Great Mercy Stronghold; the Nine-Tailed Fox King had been personally appointed by the Demon Master on Earth, responsible for manufacturing powerful lifeforms using true cultivation cloning technology; Lei Wuya's soul had already been transported to the secret base of Great Mercy Stronghold, so presumably the new lifeform should have been born.

Great Magnetic Mountain has long been shrouded by dense mist between the forests; Great Mercy Stronghold lies hidden in a secluded space, where countless cultivators each perform their duties in orderly fashion, busily engaged.

The Nine-Tailed Fox King sat upright in a crystal-clear translucent underground palace, holding in hand a highball glass reserved for Earth's nobility, gently sipping the red liquid within, her eyes with blue vertical pupils fixed intently on a transparent sphere at the center of the underground palace.

Squeak squeak.

As the timer's countdown reached '0', the several pipe columns on the sphere slowly compressed and retracted, the spherical object slowly opened, and a naked man with bulging muscles stepped out from within.

The Nine-Tailed Fox King rose from her seat, her two pairs of slender jade legs swaying in red high heels, emitting a jade-like radiance, causing her nine tails to involuntarily flutter in the air; she flashed into position before the man and pressed her fingertip to his glabella.

The man tightly closed his eyes; a vast influx of information entered his brain, causing him immense pain, his body violently trembling, his fists clenched tightly together; after ten breaths, his tense expression gradually relaxed.

"My name is Lei Wuya."

The man slowly opened his eyes, his entire body radiating an unparalleled aura of the Great Completion of the Earth Spirit Realm, countless blue electric sparks wriggling densely across his skin, appearing extremely mighty and domineering.

"The Demon Master grants you rebirth; display your worth."

The Nine-Tailed Fox King's face showed a flirtatious hue as she lightly tapped Lei Wuya's chin, her small mouth uttering cold words of Orchid Fragrance, her sharp nails slowly sliding down Lei Wuya's neck; countless blue electric sparks, as if seeing their innate nemesis, swiftly retreated.

"I obey the Demon Master's command."

Lei Wuya suddenly dropped to one knee, bowing once before the majestic statue of the Demon Master in the underground palace, his voice firm.

As his words fell, the statue of the Demon Master fluttered forth countless runes; those runes, like bamboo shoots after spring rain, immediately found their target upon appearance, madly covering Lei Wuya's body, causing dense scale armor to grow all over him, then merging with his skin.

The Nine-Tailed Fox King stood to the side, gazing impassively at the scene before her, her face devoid of any emotion.

This is the secret method by which Earth cultivators control cloned lifeforms; those tight scales are electronic keys specially developed by Earth cultivators; once implanted in a cloned lifeform's body, they not only allow control over every aspect of the cloned lifeform but also enable automatic monitoring of its thoughts; should the cloned lifeforce body ever act treacherously toward Earth, the electronic key will trigger immediately, subjecting the cloned lifeform to corporal punishment.

The Nine-Tailed Fox King watched as Lei Wuya had finished receiving the electronic key, then handed him a map.

"Someone awaits you within the Tianyan Forest.

This map clearly records the task assigned by the Demon Master." The Nine-Tailed Fox King said coldly, watching Lei Wuya don mysterious blue armor and slowly walk out of the underground palace.

"Wind Thunder Pavilion?" The Nine-Tailed Fox King softly leaned her body toward the main seat, crossed her legs, a hint of contempt on her face, murmuring softly.

Since Earth's true cultivation cloning technology emerged, he has borne the task of manufacturing powerful lifeforms; countless lives of the demon race and humanity have been reborn in his hands; Lei Wuya can be said to be his most perfect masterpiece.

Earth life cultivation came later, while Huanyu cultivators possess countless generations of true cultivation inheritance, their bloodlines immensely strong, far beyond what Earth cultivators can match; after discovering that lifeforms created by Huanyu cultivators far surpass those of humanity, he brought his satisfactory masterpiece down to the Primordial Spirit Realm.

To enable Earth cultivators to grow rapidly, he must gather strong physiques from Huanyu cultivators, then replicate them via true cultivation cloning technology to create a powerful puppet army for Earth, to counter any potential Huanyu crisis.

Within the Tianyan Forest, Lei Ze waited anxiously at the Mountain Foot, gazing at the pure moonlight in the sky, his face filled with earnest anticipation.

According to the information on the map, today is the final day to meet Lei Wuya; as time slowly deepens into night, Lei Ze's eyes gradually turn blood-red, his fists clenched tightly.

His hope was ignited by a mysterious letter; the time to meet Lei Wuya will pass, and Lei Ze fears his hope will come to nothing.

Splash splash.

The tranquil forest suddenly blew a cold wind; countless sleeping birds and beasts felt a tremendous pressure, snapped their eyes open in fear, and fled their sleeping spots; seeing this, Lei Ze, sitting on a stone, sprang up suddenly, two bolts of blue electric light shooting from his eyes toward the forest depths.

Click click click.

In the dim forest, muffled footsteps echoed; Lei Ze's eyes flashed with sharp light.

He saw a familiar figure slowly walking toward him; the blue electric bolt he had just shot out was absorbed instantly upon touching that figure, causing the figure's movement speed to increase, so that within roughly ten breaths, it stood ten zhang outside Lei Ze's body.

"Wuya, my son, is it really you?"

Upon seeing the figure before him, Lei Ze trembled uncontrollably all over.

His chest heaved violently; compared to before, Lei Wuya no longer had that carefree, playful feeling on his body, instead exuding an unparalleled domineering aura, giving the sensation of wind, thunder, and lightning flashing.

"It is me."

Lei Wuya spoke lightly, his face showing no emotion, appearing like a machine, instinctively responding; this caused Lei Ze's face to change abruptly, he stepped forward to examine Lei Wuya, until finally his brows were tightly furrowed together.

"The Wind Thunder Body has been completely awakened!"

Lei Ze's face was full of surprise, then he pondered Lei Wuya's change, utterly baffled.

Besides the founding ancestor Lei Yao, who achieved great completion of the Wind Thunder Body bloodline awakening, later generations of the Lei clan did have Wind Thunder Bodies appear, yet they never found a method to truly awaken it completely; as the Lei clan ancestor Lei Yao said, to completely awaken the Wind Thunder Body, each person's insight differs, requiring personal tempering, impossible to pass down orally.

Lei Wuya is the second person after Lei Ze's ancestor Lei Yao to completely awaken the Wind Thunder Body; if he grows up, his combat power will be unmatched, his path bright.

However, Lei Ze does not know that Earth's true cultivation cloning technology begins manufacturing lifeforms from cells; cells, as one of the smallest lives in Huanyu, whether Huanyu cultivators or mortals, are the fundamental building blocks of life.

When Lei Wuya's spinal stem cells underwent the true cultivation cloning technology process, they absorbed vast amounts of life essence; as cells gradually divided and differentiated, each reproductive cycle was perfect, thus when Lei Wuya's lifeform was formed in the fleshly body, the genes in the Wind Thunder Body had already been fully activated, bloodline awakened.

As a Huanyu cultivator, Lei Ze fundamentally does not understand true cultivation technology civilization, so naturally he does not comprehend why Lei Wuya completely awakened the Wind Thunder Body.

"I was resurrected by a mysterious powerful being, and thus inherited the Shangqing True Scripture for cultivation.

The Shangqing True Scripture is indeed capable of embracing the strengths of all laws, allowing me to find my Dao and take the final step.

The Spirit Soul Realm is merely one step away." Lei Wuya spoke slowly, word by word, a beautiful figure appearing in his mind, graceful and unparalleled, charm unmatched.

"Huh?"

Lei Ze, upon hearing this, furrowed his brow, naturally sensing the implied meaning beyond the words.

Lei Wuya's resurrection is related to the Shangqing Sect; obviously, the mysterious powerful being knows of the event where the eight major sects besieged the Shangqing Sect; this time, sending Lei Wuya back is a test for him.

Lei Ze's heart surged with tumultuous waves; in his impression, cultivators who reach a certain terrifying realm can be reborn from a drop of blood, but that is after comprehending heaven and earth, being able to wield the power of laws—supreme beings existing only in legend; the ten major orthodox and heterodox sects of Huanyu have only heard of such beings, never seen true peerless powerhouses.

His son Lei Wuya was resurrected by a peerless powerful being; heavenly methods, even if they are the most terrifying foundations of all major powers, cannot match up to this—this is the ability to control life and death; Lei Ze's heart surged with excitement.

Lei Wuya, with his Wind Thunder Body perfected and aided by a peerless powerful being, his path is like adding wings to a tiger; as Lei Wuya's father, for his son's future, he must cling to the mysterious powerful being's thigh.

"My son, rest assured; I, as your father, will plan everything for you."

Lei Ze's gaze was resolute; after a moment's thought, he spoke firmly and decisively, then returned with Lei Wuya to the base of the Wind Thunder Pavilion.

The Primordial Spirit Realm is special in that it only allows entry via soul embodiment; Lei Wuya's soul body has been fully reborn, his fleshly body naturally encountering no mishap; Lei Wuya did not speak, and Lei Ze also did not think it proper to ask,

Each Huanyu cultivator has their own secrets; some secrets unrelated to entanglement may still carry mortal peril; as Lei Wuya's father, knowing his son is safe and sound, his future path bright, is enough.

Parents who love their children plan for them far ahead.

As Lei Ze carried Lei Wuyai away, the gray hawk circling above landed on a tree trunk not far off; on that trunk sat a monkey facing the gray hawk, and they exchanged strange beastly roars. After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, they parted happily — the monkey vanished into the forest depths, and the gray hawk continued flying toward Silver Broken City.

Inside Silver Broken City, the Golden Peng King received the gray hawk's message and soon found Zhouyi and the other Earth cultivators; with Lei Wuyai at the Wind Thunder Pavilion, Lei Ze's defection was already a foregone conclusion.

Though the eight great sects of Huanyu besieged the Shangqing Sect, only the Tianji Ge, Luyan Valley, and Taiyin Shengdi actually exerted real effort; Li Shixiong had already sent word of the great battle back to the Shagui Sect's Huanyu headquarters, and the cultivators of the Huanyu headquarters were nearly arrived as well.

"Daoist Qingwei, although the Shangqing Sect bears the name of the Shagui Sect's base, it hides too many Earth cultivators; if the Shagui Sect sends reinforcements, their numbers would be too great and the time until the great battle too short, and the Shagui Sect cultivators might notice something amiss." Zhouyi hesitated slightly, then spoke slowly.

"Although the righteous sects' attack on the Shangqing Sect involves only Luyan Valley, Tianji Ge, and Taiyin Shengdi going all out, among the other major powers we have spies who will not exert their full strength, yet the feint's power is still considerable; if a melee ensues, the Earth cultivators will suffer significant losses."

"Better to devise a method whereby the supporting Shagui Sect disciples neither discern the Shangqing Sect's secret nor fail to help the Earth cultivators drain the righteous sects' strength." Upon hearing this, the Tiger King spoke cautiously.

Although Earth cultivators retain omnipotent stem cells on Earth and can be reborn with the aid of immortal-cloning techniques, the Demon Master once declared that this is the cultivator's trump card and should not be lightly used unless absolutely necessary, for this technology has already broken the limits of life.

In Huanyu there are many ageless old monsters; if they discover that Earth possesses such a life-prolonging substance, they will spare no expense to inquire after it, which would bring no benefit to Earth — this is why the Nine-Tailed Fox King, responsible for creating those lifeforms, had them implanted with electronic keys.

"I myself have an idea: take advantage of the fact that the righteous sects are not yet ready for the great battle, have the Shangqing Sect strike first, directly employing the Daxia East Wind carpet bombardment; once the Shagui Sect headquarters' reinforcements arrive, we will seize the opportunity to send out forces to attack the enemy."

"When the cultivators of the Shagui Sect Huanyu headquarters arrive on the battlefield, they must immediately join the fight and must not discover the secret of the Earth cultivators within the Shangqing Sect; moreover, the Earth cultivators we send into the melee are all top-tier experts — once the Shagui Sect Huanyu headquarters cultivators have gravely wounded the enemy, the Earth cultivators will take advantage to deliver a killing blow."

"Earth cultivators are experts in drills; as long as they bluff through the first pass, the Wan Hun Banner will absorb battlefield souls for use, wreak havoc in all directions, and then there will be no need for Earth cultivators to personally take the field." The Golden Peng King spoke with narrowed eyes, confident and at ease.

Each Earth cultivator holds a Wan Hun Banner; the more cultivators fall in the great battle, the more souls the banner absorbs; once the Shagui Sect Huanyu headquarters cultivators are utterly exhausted, the righteous sect's strength will suffer greatly, the battlefield will be strewn with wreckage, countless cultivators will lie in pools of blood — precisely when the Earth cultivators, gripping the Wan Hun Banner, will exert their full strength.

Let him be strong, the clear wind brushes the mountain ridge; let him be reckless, the bright moon shines on the Great River.

Upon hearing this, Daoist Qingwei and the others' eyes lit up; the Shangqing Sect had already sent people to scout the Taiyin Shengdi's base in Huanyu City, and they had come to understand the strength of Luyan Valley and Tianji Ge; since Taiyin Shengdi is overly low-key, its strength is hard to gauge, but if we test the Daxia East Wind's power against it before the great battle, knowing both ourselves and the enemy, we will prevail in a hundred battles.

"I agree.

However, to carpet-bomb the Taiyin Shengdi's base with the Daxia East Wind, we must first use the treasure Tianlun Shuttle to break the base's protective grand formation.

Once the protective formation is broken, the Taiyin Shengdi will be directly exposed to the Daxia East Wind's firepower and will surely suffer heavy losses." Upon hearing this, the Golden Peng King's mouth curled into a cold smile.

He possesses the utmost speed under heaven; among the Earth Realm cultivators of the Primordial Spirit Domain, none can catch him; using the Tianlun Shuttle to break the Taiyin Shengdi's protective grand formation, he can easily retreat unharmed.

Since Luyan Valley harbors murderous intent toward the Shangqing Sect, let it use the Tianlun Shuttle — the absolute treasure for breaking formations, forged from the wisdom of countless generations of formation masters and artifact masters of Luyan Valley — to stir up hatred for Luyan Valley; within the eight great sects, internal grudges exist that can weaken the sects' cultivators.

After hearing this, everyone discussed it carefully, then rose and headed toward the deep underground palace where the Daxia East Wind is prepared; only Earth cultivators know the location of this underground palace, which is listed as a forbidden zone of the Shangqing Sect.

Should any Huanyu cultivator mistakenly enter it, they will be forcibly converted into Buddhists by the monks of Xiguangsi using the Universal Salvation True Scripture. (End of chapter)