Chapter 425: The promise of the Copper Mount Luoshan boss! Cloud Seal Heavenly Book

Since ancient times, the secret paths of immortality and the eternal scriptures of alchemy, which can seize the creation of longevity, have only nine supreme methods.

"Three Corpses Illuminating Fate, seeing it is inauspicious... You say you cultivated Three Corpses Illuminating Fate?"

That low, hoarse voice echoed in the deep, empty cave, revealing deep disbelief.

Among the nine methods, apart from the ninth method that has never appeared in the world, the most mysterious and difficult to cultivate is Three Corpses Illuminating Fate.

Throughout history, only three people have truly mastered this method.

Three is an extremely important and mysterious number in Daoist cultivation.

Three is the beginning and end of numbers, the discipline of the Dao.

All things circulate and cycle in the rhythm of "three." Cultivating the Dao is grasping the pivot of three and returning to the origin of Taiyi from the myriad phenomena.

Precisely because of this, the world believes that throughout history, only three people have mastered this method, and ultimately only three people can master it.

"You say you are from the Zhang family of Long Hu Mountain?" That low, hoarse voice sounded again, echoing in the deep cave.

"Not bad," Zhang Fan nodded.

His "Zhang" was genuine and absolutely authentic.

"You say you also cultivated Three Corpses Illuminating Fate!?"

Even the tone of that low, hoarse voice changed.

Three Corpses Illuminating Fate is the supreme great method of the Wu Wei Gate. Mastering this method makes one the Master of the Wu Wei Gate.

Someone from the Zhang family, cultivating the method of Wu Wei?

What kind of path is this!?

"Senior should perhaps know that the Three Corpses Daoist is also surnamed Zhang," Zhang Fan whispered.

"The patriarch does not pity the bestowal of an empty name... Long Hu Mountain truly seizes the fortune of heaven; how does it produce monsters like you?"

"Another Zhang Kongming?"

Under the dim, yellowish fireflies, the hill-like serpent head appeared vivid at this moment.

"You really cultivated Three Corpses Illuminating Fate..."

"I know a little bit of the basics!" Zhang Fan confirmed again.

"What realm have you cultivated to? Have you practiced the Soul-Splitting Great Method?"

This former Demon Chief of Copper Mount Luoshan also had considerable research on Three Corpses Illuminating Fate, especially during the hundred years he was sealed, he had also realized many things.

"I have practiced it," Zhang Fan nodded.

"You even practiced the Soul-Splitting Great Method?" The Copper Mount Luoshan Demon Chief was surprised and suspicious again.

"Hmm, not only did I split it, but I also merged it," Zhang Fan whispered.

"Merged it?"

That low, hoarse voice suddenly turned sharp, as if it felt extremely unfamiliar with these two words.

Merged...

The meaning these two words represent in the practice of the 【Three Corpses Illuminating Fate】 is simply shocking.

The soul-aspect is subtle; increasing or decreasing by even a fraction has a tremendous impact, let alone splitting the soul-aspect into three to refine the Soul-Splitting Great Art. This step alone is a major barrier that has stopped countless peerless prodigies and masters of the Alchemy Dao.

Not to mention the even more advanced Soul-Merging Great Art.

"You have actually practiced to this step? Successfully merging the soul-aspect is already rare to see; with the Three Corpses Illuminating Fate, you could sit on the throne of the Wu Wei Sect Master."

"I'm seeing ghosts, I'm truly seeing ghosts... The Long Hu Mountain and the Wu Wei Sect have had generational grudges and a thousand-year feud, so how did a freak like you emerge?"

That low, hoarse voice echoed in the deep, secluded cavern, filled with thirty percent doubt and seventy percent confusion.

"Senior, I wonder if this junior can help you escape your predicament," Zhang Fan asked.

If he could win over this former demon leader of Copper Mount Luoshan, then the Fan Sect's foundation in the Xijiang region would be rock-solid, and no one would ever be able to shake it.

"It is truly possible."

"Your Three Corpses Illuminating Fate has already been practiced to the Soul-Merging Realm. If you can comprehend the secret of the Dragon-Snake Merging Phase and intercept the power of the Copper Mount Luoshan dragon vein to reverse yin and yang, you can help me escape this tribulation."

That low, hoarse voice sounded faintly, revealing a trace of longing.

After a hundred years, he finally saw a glimmer of hope.

Originally, he thought there would never be a day to see the light of day again; after all, wanting to escape the tribulation was simply too difficult.

Not to mention whether someone could find this place, even if they did, that person would still need to practice the Three Corpses Illuminating Fate, achieve success in the realm, have hope of comprehending the changes of the Dragon-Snake Merging Phase, and withstand the power of the Copper Mount Luoshan dragon vein.

Each item had only a one-in-a-million chance; these conditions combined were almost impossible to complete.

However, the Heavenly Dao is ruthless and selfless, yet there is still a sliver of life.

This sliver of life had actually fallen upon his head.

Even this former demon leader of Copper Mount Luoshan could not help but become excited.

"Young man, the ugly truth must be spoken first."

That low, hoarse voice rang out; even when facing the opportunity to escape the tribulation, the Copper Mount Luoshan demon leader still had not lost his dignity and remained calm.

"Senior, please speak," Zhang Fan nodded and said.

"Ten years..."

"If you can truly help me escape the tribulation, I can guard your sect for ten years... After ten years, you and I will have no further ties," the Copper Mount Luoshan demon leader offered his conditions.

Before he faced the tribulation, he was a master at the Three Tian Shi level, a figure who dominated a region. Such a person, roaming the heavens and earth, would absolutely not be bound by any karma.

After escaping this tribulation, this former demon leader would definitely make further progress.

A tribulation is a fatal disaster, but also a medicine for longevity, just like the former Deputy Sect Master of the Wu Wei Sect, Mr. Nian.

Ten years—that he could promise ten years was already a tremendous stroke of fortune.

"If you are willing, proceed as you wish; otherwise, just leave."

"Senior would rather give up this only opportunity?" Zhang Fan could not help but ask.

"It is not exactly the only opportunity."

"If I can comprehend the Pure Yang Limitless Realm, I can naturally escape as well," the Copper Mount Luoshan demon leader said coldly.

Back then, the Three Corpses Daoist used the method of Three Corpses Illuminating Fate to mobilize the power of the entire Copper Mount Luoshan dragon vein, only then managing to suppress him here.

If he comprehended the Pure Yang Limitless Realm, he could transcend the human and the divine, naturally freeing himself from the shackles of the dragon vein's power and ascending to heaven in one day.

"Pure Yang Limitless... that is too difficult," Zhang Fan shook his head and said.

"No matter how difficult, there is hope; it is better than being tied hand and foot for a lifetime."

The spirit of the Copper Mount Luoshan demon leader was larger than the sky; trapped here for a hundred years, he had comprehended quite a few things.

"Ten years, fine, then ten years," Zhang Fan nodded and said.

The Zhenwu Mountain and the Ge family have an agreement: within fifteen years, if anyone among the younger generation can step into the Great Three Tian Shi Realm, they can return to Zhenwu Mountain to welcome back the Pure Yang Dharma Treasure, the Mysterious Jin Dan.

Zhang Fan and Ge Shuangxiu had an agreement that the two would meet again at the peak.

"Ten thousand years is too long; I only seize the day," Zhang Fan whispered softly.

At their age, stepping into the Great Three Tian Shi Realm in fifteen years is rare in the human world.

Ten years—he only had ten years; he had to push himself.

Zhang Fan carried too much on his shoulders and bore too much; if he failed to step into the Great Three Tian Shi Realm in ten years, he would likely be unable to stand in this world.

"Young man, your spirit pierces the nine heavens; no wonder you could practice the Three Corpses Illuminating Fate to such a realm," the low, hoarse voice laughed, the laughter ringing out clearly, echoing in the deep, secluded cavern.

Hum...

Zhang Fan sat cross-legged and entered meditation in an instant; a bright light rose from the center of his brow, and three feet above his head, his soul-aspect sat perched, with nine layers of mysterious light flickering behind him.

His aura was like a surging river tide, immediately filling the entire cavern.

In a trance, before him, on the sheer cliff, it seemed as if a portrait was facing him; it was also a Daoist figure, with three sticks of incense rising in curls behind him, hiding three mysterious, void figures—one corresponding to his own body, one to the dragon vein, and one to the snake image.

"The Dao begins with One; One does not produce, therefore it divides into Yin and Yang; Yin and Yang merge and harmonize, and all things are born..." Zhang Fan's soul-aspect grew increasingly vast.

Three is the harmonizing Qi produced by the agitation of Yin and Yang, the original driving force for the birth of all things.

The three mysterious, void figures seemed to hide the mysteries of the birth and destruction of all things in heaven and earth.

The portrait on the sheer cliff seemed to come alive, reflecting Zhang Fan's soul-aspect.

Within that soul-aspect, it seemed to hide the hope of longevity and the great tribulation of cultivation.

Natural...

Ominous...