Chapter 191

The turbulence in his sea of consciousness gradually subsided, but Wang Shan did not immediately rise.

He gripped the already dim and lusterless Black Jade Slip, his Spiritual Sense immersing in it like mercury pouring onto the ground. This time, with no hindrance, a vast flood of information surged wildly into his mind.

"Ah… so that's how it is…"

Wang Shan's soul wandered in the ocean of knowledge, and all his previous doubts now had answers.

What is recorded in this Jade Slip is far more than just a single technique called Ten Thousand Beasts Reversal!

This is clearly the entire Beast Taming Sect's lifework, from its peak to its downfall, condensed into one!

Techniques, pill formulas, array diagrams, seals, and even exploration notes and conjectures by past sect masters regarding the "Ten Thousand Beasts Origin." The sheer volume of information made this old fellow who had lived nearly a hundred years feel his scalp tingle.

"After all this fuss, I turn out to be the most unsophisticated one." Wang Shan self-mocked.

He had always thought the Ten Thousand Beasts Origin was a dead end, a prison. But according to the Jade Slip's records, this place was actually a super "energy base" and "laboratory" painstakingly built by the Beast Taming Sect itself!

They used the Earth Vein's layout, laying down countless Seals, turning the entire mountain range into a massive energy-transformation array. The goal was to purify and study that violent beast-origin energy.

And that so-called Whirlwind Trap Zone was not a trap at all, but the core hub of the great array—a massive "valve" used to seal and guide energy.

"These lunatics…" Wang Shan clicked his tongue.

The ancestors of the Beast Taming Sect harbored ambitions and means far beyond his imagination. They not only wanted to command myriad beasts, but also to command the most violent primal force of heaven and earth.

It's a pity they went too far.

As his understanding of the inheritance deepened, Wang Shan suddenly gained a new insight into the surging Ten Thousand Beasts Reversal power within his body.

Before, he only felt it was a Counter-Devouring force that needed desperate suppression and transformation, a sword hanging over his head.

But now he felt a wondrous resonance between himself, that power, and even the cave's energy—as if a burly man who previously only swung a hammer with brute strength had suddenly obtained the hammer's instruction manual.

With a thought, he tried to mobilize a trace of his body's beast-origin Spiritual Power according to a basic Seal technique recorded in the Jade Slip.

"Hum—"

On the stone wall beside him, several patterns originally invisible to the naked eye suddenly flashed a faint light for a moment.

"Ancestor!"

Li Hu, who had been standing guard nearby, jumped in fright, thinking something else had gone wrong.

"Don't panic." Wang Shan opened his eyes, his gaze unprecedentedly clear. He rose, walked to the Cave Entrance, and looked at the gray, misty outside world brimming with dangerous aura.

"Before, we were prisoners trapped here, having to watch this damned place's 'mood' with every step." Wang Shan said, raising his hand and pressing lightly at an empty spot by the Cave Entrance.

The ground trembled slightly, and an invisible barrier flashed by at the Cave Entrance.

Li Hu, Zhang Mei, and the others exchanged bewildered glances, completely failing to understand.

"Look." Wang Shan pointed at the Cave Entrance. "Just now I activated this place's 'Welcome Seal.' Now, the mindless mutant beasts outside will instinctively avoid this spot. We finally have a place where we can sleep soundly."

"This… Ancestor, can you control the Array here?" Li Hu's voice trembled.

This is practically divine! In this damned place, being able to control Seals is like gaining ten thousand extra lives!

"It's not really control, just finding a little trick." Wang Shan waved his hand. "The Beast Taming Sect left behind profound and vast legacies; I'm merely copying the gourd."

He looked at Li Hu and Zhang Mei: "Come over, I'll teach you some basic Seal identification methods. Then when you go out exploring, you won't be like a blind man stepping into a pit without knowing."

"Yes! Thank you, Ancestor!" The few were overjoyed beyond words.

Wang Shan taught them the most basic and practical Seal knowledge in an accessible way—for example, what energy fluctuations indicate an offensive Seal, what patterns are nodes of a Maze Array, how to avoid them, and how to probe with minimal cost.

To Li Hu and the others, this knowledge was no less than divine guidance.

After settling everyone, Wang Shan's mind became active again.

His greatest trump cards, besides the techniques and his two grandsons, were the System. Now Spirit Plant Points were abundant beyond use, and the Jade Slip recorded countless unimaginable things.

What effect would combining them produce?

His gaze fell upon a chapter in the inheritance titled "Talisman Section."

The Beast Taming Sect's Talismans differ greatly from those circulating outside. They do not borrow heavenly and earthly Spiritual Qi, but directly extract and seal beast-origin energy into the Talisman. The hallmark of these Talismans is one word—"Burst!" Their power is astonishingly great, but their refinement difficulty and danger are outrageously high.

"Beast Spirit Talisman…" Wang Shan murmured to himself, drawn to one kind of Talisman.

This Talisman can use beast-origin energy as a guide to briefly summon an energy-formed "Beast Spirit Avatar" beside the user for attack or defense. The avatar's strength depends on the amount of energy infused during refinement and the intricacy of the sigils.

It's practically tailor-made for me!

"System, analyze the materials needed to refine the Beast Spirit Talisman and find them in the Mall!"

【Instruction received. Analyzing…】

【Analysis complete. Core materials: high-purity beast-origin energy, flawless stone, star sand…】

【The Mall has filtered corresponding items. Proceed with exchange?】

"Exchange!" Wang Shan did not hesitate.

Anyway, Spirit Plant Points are plentiful; now things that can be converted into combat power are the most valuable.

Soon, a pile of materials flashing various colors of light appeared before him.

Wang Shan held his breath and focused, recalling the refinement method from the Jade Slip. He picked up a palm-sized "Flawless Stone" as pure as white jade, took a deep breath, and a wisp of dark-gold flame ignited at his fingertip.

That was the beast-origin Spiritual Power he had preliminarily refined from the Ten Thousand Beasts Reversal.

The flame licked the Flawless Stone, making the stone emit soft hums. His other hand pinched star sand and, following an extremely mysterious trajectory, began inscribing sigils onto the stone embryo about to melt.

This process consumed enormous mental power. Each sigil's direction and stroke pressure directly affected the stability of the energy circuit.

Li Hu and the others watched from afar, not even daring to breathe.

They could feel that as Wang Shan's sigils took shape, a terrifying energy that made the heart palpitate was gathering and compressing within that tiny stone embryo.

The light inside the cave seemed to be drawn toward it, flickering between bright and dim.

Wang Zhitao and Wang Zheze, the two little rascals, also watched curiously; Wang Zhitao even felt that energy was affable and wanted to approach, but Zhang Mei grabbed him back.

"Sizzle—"

When the final sigil stroke landed, Wang Shan fiercely drew upon his Dantian Qi Sea, forcefully pouring a stream of purified beast-origin energy into it!

Hum!!!

A chunk of jade talisman burst forth with blinding dark-gold light, a wild and overbearing barbaric aura surged into the sky!

On the talisman's surface, countless fine golden lines wandered like living things, eventually converging into a ferocious beast-head pattern.

Success!

Wang Shan pinched the warm jade talisman, clearly feeling the explosive power contained within.

"Step back a bit."

He said that to the crowd, then walked to the cave entrance, poured spiritual power into the jade talisman, and casually tossed it forward.

"Roar!"

A roar unlike any human's exploded!

The jade talisman instantly melted in midair, turning into a clump of dark-gold energy. The energy roiled and expanded, and in the blink of an eye condensed into an energy beast as tall as three zhang, resembling a giant ape, its whole body wreathed in dark-gold flames!

The giant beast pounded its chest and howled at the heavens; its might was even more terrifying than any mutant demon beast they had encountered before!

"This… this is a talisman?" Li Hu's eyes nearly popped out of his head.

He had seen the most powerful attack talisman, which merely blew a pit or shot a fireball. But what is this? It directly summons a monster to fight!

This had already surpassed his understanding.

Wang Shan nodded in satisfaction. The power of this "Beast Spirit Talisman" exceeded his expectations by one-third. With it, even if he faced a Golden Core cultivator like Wan Tianxiong again, he would dare to clash head-on.

As he felt exhilarated over his newly grasped power, his spiritual sense discovered another encrypted passage in the jade slip.

He attempted to unlock it using the method of the Ten Thousand Beasts Reversal, and a dust‑sealed secret unfolded before his eyes.

"Holy Beast Plan……"

Wang Shan froze.

According to the record, as the Beast Taming Sect faced annihilation, a group of its most senior elders realized that the Ten Thousand Beasts Devouring Lord had become an unsolvable curse. Thus they launched a mad plan—fighting poison with poison.

They intended to harness the most core, purest primal energy of the Ten Thousand Beasts Origin, combine it with a strange beast of ancient bloodline raised by the sect, and artificially give birth to a beast capable of resisting—and even devouring—the will of the Ten Thousand Beasts Ancestor…… a "Holy Beast"!

This Holy Beast would be the sovereign of all beast-source energy, the ultimate rein for controlling the Ten Thousand Beasts Devouring Lord, that fierce steed!

However, when the plan was halfway done, the sect collapsed entirely due to internal strife, and the plan came to nothing. The strange beast that was to be the Holy Beast's embryo, together with the core formation that nurtured it, was sealed away in some unknown corner of the Ten Thousand Beasts Origin.

Wang Shan's heart began to pound uncontrollably.

If one were to say, all his previous efforts had merely been to survive in desperation and protect his family.

But now he saw an opportunity that could completely resolve the problem!

One that could utterly transform this mistaken "legacy" into the cornerstone of his family's rise…… an ultimate solution!

"Holy Beast……"

Wang Shan's gaze pierced the mist at the cave entrance, looking toward the deeper, more mysterious and dangerous region of the Ten Thousand Beasts Origin.

There perhaps lay the last hope of the Beast Taming Sect, and also the sole future of the Wan family.