Chapter 401

The Five Elements Divine Lord's figure changed, and the various postures of the five elements—gold, wood, water, fire, and earth—played out in front of Ning Zhuo one after another.

Green wood, red fire, yellow earth, white gold, black water.

Wood has the Fusang tree where the three-legged Golden Crow lands, the Jianmu of the Heavenly Dao, the Flat Peach that increases longevity, the Wutong tree where the phoenix rests...

Fire has the intense Southern Bright Departure Fire, the inextinguishable Samadhi True Fire, the Sui Ren Fire of civilization, the Red Lotus Karma Fire of karmic retribution, and the Eight Trigrams Pill Furnace Fire that is a treasure for alchemy...

Earth has the endless Breathing Soil, the Five-Colored Stones that mend the sky, the Hou Tu that gives birth endlessly, the sacred Kunlun Earth...

Gold has the Kunwu Gold that is a treasure for refining weapons, the Xuanyuan Gold of royal authority, the Star Meteorite Iron of external power...

Water has the Weak Water that drowns everything, the Heavenly River with shining stars, the clear Jing and Wei rivers, the Penglai Immortal Spring that increases longevity...

Various treasures are all the limits of the essence of the five elements and are the manifestations of the principles of each element.

Because there are too many principles gathered, some cultivators witness these things with their own eyes, deriving true meaning in their spiritual sea and comprehending the corresponding principles.

Of course, this is strongly related to the cultivator's comprehension.

Ning Zhuo viewed various five-element treasures and quickly mastered the appearances of the five elements, thereby advancing his five-element realm to the Great Perfection of the ordinary level.

The Five Elements Divine Lord's illusions continued.

This round, he no longer changed the treasure images and real images of the five elements, but various imagery and virtual images.

The white radiance of the gold element sometimes looks like the tip of a sword or the edge of a knife, piercing, chopping, cutting.

Ning Zhuo thus comprehended that the gold nature is rigid and strong, primarily for killing.

The green glow of the wood element spreads like vines, grows like grass leaves, from small to thick, and then to great.

Ning Zhuo therefore understood that the wood nature's growth represents flourishing and vitality.

The ink flow of the water element sometimes turns into a monstrous wave, wanting to swallow everything, sometimes spreads out, calm and waveless, sometimes a small stream, sometimes a pool of stagnant water.

Ning Zhuo understood that the water nature is soft and compliant, primarily for change, and can overcome hardness with softness.

The flames of the fire element turn into lamp light, seemingly soft and small, yet still able to burn moths to death. They turn into raging flames, spreading fiercely, and turn into radiance, shining in all directions.

Ning Zhuo then understood that the fire nature is fierce, it is light, it is heat, it is moving forward without ever looking back.

The yellow light of the earth element solidifies into blocks, and stone blocks piled up become mountain ranges. Mountain ranges collapse, turning into a vast land, broad and boundless, heavy and immeasurable.

Ning Zhuo understood the heaviness of the earth nature. It bears everything and is the foundation of all things.

Blood slowly flowed from Ning Zhuo's seven orifices.

The characteristics and personality of the five elements pushed his five-element realm directly from the ordinary level to the master level!

His mastery of the five elements became even more profound.

The Five Elements Divine Lord laughed loudly, pointing at Ning Zhuo: "Brat, you can comprehend up to here, your comprehension is not bad, you are someone who is good at using your brain, you can continue to watch."

He then changed, more thoroughly demonstrating the principles of the five elements to Ning Zhuo.

The white gold-element radiance turned into a pill, full and subtle, indestructible.

Ning Zhuo's heart was touched: "So the gold nature is primarily for killing, which is both killing others and killing oneself, cutting away one's own impurities and other things one by one, continuously purifying to one. Therefore, the gold nature is killing, and it is also stopping, it is restraint."

The green wood-element radiance derived a large tree from a grass seedling, and the large tree fell leaves, withered, and died in the blink of an eye.

Ning Zhuo comprehended the true meaning: "So the wood nature is life on the surface, but death on the inside. It is precisely because there is death that life exists. With life, there is death. The cycle of life and death is like the sprouting and decay of wood; this is life and death, reincarnation, and impermanence."

The black river flowed quietly, with lush flowers and grass along the way, countless wild beasts coming to drink, and people living and multiplying along the way.

Ning Zhuo understood: "The water nature is tolerance, it is compassion for all living beings, it is non-action in not competing, but it is everywhere."

The red firelight this time burned into a human shape, and the halo of wisdom formed concentric circles one after another.

Ning Zhuo knew: "The fire nature is not just fierce destruction, but also burning one's own heart, burning away the troubles and desires in the heart, illuminating the path of wisdom, and leading oneself and others. Therefore, the fire nature is awakening and enlightenment."

The yellow earth blocks cracked into countless stones, and the stones rolled down from the mountain, merging into the ground one by one, being trampled, being worn down, and finally still being part of the earth.

Ning Zhuo felt: "The earth nature is not just bearing, but also a final destination. No matter how high all stones fly, they will eventually fall to the ground. Great virtue bears things, and bearing things is great virtue. It is originally part of the foundation, so everything will naturally return to the foundation. The so-called bearing is also burying!"

At this point, Ning Zhuo reached the foundation of the five elements and mastered the essential principles.

His five-element realm was promoted to the grandmaster level!

From then on, by following the inner foundation and essential principles, he could create spells and techniques corresponding to each element.

Ning Zhuo's head was empty, his stomach growled, and his physical and mental energy were dried up.

He had no strength left!

The Five Elements Divine Lord was surprised and let out a light "Oh": "Strange, how close this Spirit-Hiding Willow is to you. Did you plant it yourself from small to large?"

"It actually still wants to pay for you, to sacrifice for you!"

"Brat, it seems your fortune does not stop here. Continue watching, hahaha."

The Divine Lord laughed and continued to practice changes.

But this time, he no longer practiced each element separately, but merged and combined gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.

Ning Zhuo's pupils were already dilated, his face blank.

Various principles were instilled into the depths of his heart unreasonably, like a flood pouring out.

Wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates gold, gold generates water, water generates wood.

The five elements are mutually generating. Between all things, they can support and promote each other; life, the universe, and destiny are consistently continuous.

Therefore, the five elements are endless! Wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes gold, gold overcomes wood.

The five elements are mutually overcoming; between all things, if any side expands excessively, it will be restrained and regulated by the power of another side.

Therefore, the five elements are stable and balanced!

The five elements are classified, and the five elements are a whole. All things are complex and vast, and all things are a whole.

Ning Zhuo felt his whole body hot, as if burning, his head exploding, and he could no longer think!

The Five Elements Divine Lord also showed surprise and joy: "Brat, so you have dual talent. Besides early wisdom, there is another..."

"So that's it!"

He seemed to distinguish Ning Zhuo's talent, and his face became a bit strange: "Heaven gave you this talent, is it to make you not walk the right path?"

"Interesting."

The Five Elements Divine Lord's expression became complex; he looked up at the sky and sneered: "Good Heaven and Earth! Still resenting me for privately controlling the five elements? Even if I want to find a successor, I can't."

"Clearly there is talent, and he can enter my eyes, but I cannot be his master!"

"Good, good, good, inheritance comes first, it doesn't matter if I am not this master."

Speaking of this, the Five Elements Divine Lord's eyes shone with divine light, staring tightly at Ning Zhuo, and he said sternly: "Brat, remember, I am not your master! I am just practicing the principles of the five elements, not to point you out, but something you accidentally peeked at."

Ning Zhuo was already listless, his consciousness exhausted, and he could not hear the Five Elements Divine Lord's words clearly at all, but his left arm began to burn hot.

The Five Elements Divine Lord showed a solemn look: "Next is the mystery of my creation of the 'Five Viscera Temple Spirit Divine Art'."

"Heaven has five elements, and humans also have five elements!"

"Gold, wood, water, fire, earth; liver, lung, kidney, heart, spleen; sorrow, anger, fear, joy, worry!"

"Five elements rotate, five viscera rise and fall, then you can regulate nature, use all things, and contain the five elements in the body..."

The Five Elements Divine Lord created this divine art and was directly promoted to a supreme grandmaster in the past.

Unprecedented, and there will be successors. Even if he is still alive today, he cannot be called "supreme" based on this, but he has reached an extremely profound and subtle level.

Ning Zhuo heard it as if it were deafening.

Each sentence and each word of the Five Elements Divine Lord turned into the sound of heaven and earth. This sound was both loud and small, extremely contradictory.

What Ning Zhuo could understand was vast and boundless, and what he could not understand, the sound was so faint that it was almost inaudible.

Ning Zhuo was like a lonely boat, drifting in a stormy tsunami, dizzy and turned around.

The Spirit-Hiding Willow finally could not support it, not a single leaf remained on the tree, as if it had not yet become a mummy, dim and lusterless, its vitality faint.

Ning Zhuo relied entirely on his mysterious talent and the Spirit-Hiding Willow's boost.

After lacking a major force, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, the lonely boat in the tsunami finally fell apart, and was directly smashed and swallowed by the giant waves.

Ning Zhuo fainted on the spot.

I don't know how long it took, Ning Zhuo slowly opened his eyes.

His head was splitting, his vision was white and blurry, and he could only see blurry figures.

Although the face was unclear, Ning Zhuo recognized Sun Lingtong at a glance.

He was too familiar with Sun Lingtong.

Sun Lingtong had been guarding the bedside, and seeing Ning Zhuo open his eyes, he clapped his hands happily: "Great, Little Zhuo, you finally woke up!"

"I saw that you had spent too long after entering the spirit plant cabin, so I went to check, and didn't expect you to be unconscious on the ground."

"I used the medical cabin of the Myriad Mile Wandering Dragon to help you stabilize your vitality. You have been in a coma for three days and three nights."

"What on earth did you do?"

Ning Zhuo smiled bitterly: "The opportunity was too big, I couldn't eat it, and almost got crushed to death."

Sun Lingtong:?!

Ning Zhuo's tone was weak, and he explained in detail to Sun Lingtong.

Sun Lingtong touched his head: "The Five Elements Divine Lord took a fancy to you? Wanting you to act as a successor across generations! No wonder the Spirit-Hiding Willow looks like it's dying."

"What? Boss, what did you say happened to the Spirit-Hiding Willow?" Ning Zhuo was startled and wanted to sit up.

But Sun Lingtong was quick-eyed and fast-handed, directly pressing him down.

"Lie down properly."

"Your state is still not good, you need to recuperate."

"This is bad news, don't be too excited... The Spirit-Hiding Willow is dying."

Ning Zhuo struggled, very anxious: "Boss, the Spirit-Hiding Willow is a treasure of inheritance, it cannot be lost."

"Help me over to see it quickly!"

Sun Lingtong could not resist Ning Zhuo, so he had to help him on his way and enter the spirit plant cabin again.

Ning Zhuo practiced his technique, digested the medicinal power, and his vision became clearer.

"Terrible!" He saw the Spirit-Hiding Willow, and his heart fell to the bottom.