Chapter 435: Inheritance

A hundred or so Five Elements Spirits Elders knelt before the cave mouth at the foot of the small hill, devoutly kowtowing and dancing, chanting ancient incantations, and began to sing the vast, long sacrificial song.

This is a sacred and ancient sacrificial rite.

The Five Elements Spirits firmly believe their lives come from heaven and earth nature, and believe that the Holy Ancestor inside the cave accomplished their five great tribes.

They are full of love and reverence for nature.

They have boundless devotion to the Holy Ancestor.

Thus their sacrificial dance is filled with an indescribable charm, as if merging with heaven and earth nature; each wave of the hand, each leap, erupts with an indefinable rhythm of power.

Wu Tie was also attracted by these elders' sacrificial ritual.

He stood hidden to the side, dazedly watching their every move, listening to their long song.

Three piles of bonfires were lit, a large group of wood spirits surged out from the forest, they brought all kinds of fierce birds and beasts, directly beheading them beside the bonfires and splashing the beast blood onto the fires.

The bonfires shot up into the sky, the firelight turned blood-red, reaching a height of over a hundred zhang.

The beasts' roars and the elders' incantations and songs merged into one; in the high sky, clouds and mist flowed, the white clouds and mist turned into five-colored hues, while the edges were coated with a thin layer of black-and-white spiritual light.

Wu Tie continually nodded in praise, the magnificent dance, the magnificent sacrificial song and incantations.

He gradually realized that this set of sacrificial dance was actually an extremely exquisite union technique, and in profundity it nearly matched the Foundation Establishment of the Primordial Scripture, only lacking completeness.

Moreover, the sacrificial song and incantations combined are clearly a method that uses a single gate of Five Elements elemental power to mobilize Five Elements power and erupt in a powerful attack divine ability.

The sacrificial dance refines the body, the sacrificial song and incantations attack…… This is a complete cultivation method.

But it is obvious that these Five Elements Spirits elders merely regard this as an ordinary sacrificial rite, completely unaware that it is actually a profound and unfathomable cultivation technique.

Wu Tie could see that although these Five Elements Spirits are strong, they rely entirely on their own Five Elements attributes and the Five Elements power stored in their bodies to fight; their fighting style is merely instinct, lacking any systematic divine ability secret technique.

Such a profound cultivation method could at least increase their combat power severalfold……

The precious treasure left by the ancestors, the descendants are unworthy, treating it as glass marbles to play with on the ground.

Wu Tie shook his head, taking advantage of the elders being immersed in the sacred ritual unable to extricate themselves, he lightly stepped hidden and entered the cave beneath the small hill.

These Five Elements Spirits elders, like their kin, act entirely on instinct; they have never undergone systematic cultivation, they possess little divine ability, and they could never discover Wu Tie hidden by the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique's divine ability invisibility.

Wave after wave of strong Five Elements elemental power surged out from the cave, wave after wave striking Wu Tie's body.

Five Elements generation and destruction, innate and acquired transformation, five-colored light and shadow shifting unpredictably, transforming into various divine birds and beasts that roared and howled inside the cave. Wu Tie walked slowly through the cave, feeling the changes in his body from the impact of the Five Elements power.

On the projection of the Creation Jade Disc, the imprint of the Five Elements Great Dao's patterns shone brightly, Wu Tie's body was enveloped by a layer of five-colored divine light. The Five Elements elemental power surged impacting his body, quickly merging into his body, turning into strands of pure mana that entered the Life Pool.

With each step, Wu Tie's mana cultivation grew a little stronger, but his soul underwent no change.

His soul was fixed at a certain extreme critical point; one step forward would be the Fetal Storage Realm, so his soul could not undergo any change.

But his mana cultivation continually increased, growing ever stronger; gradually his Life Pool was filled with flowing, brilliant mana, and each of Wu Tie's breaths could stir a huge five-colored vortex in the long passage.

All the way unobstructed, after traveling a passage several hundred li long, ahead the five-colored light shone brightly, and moreover streams of Yin-Yang Two Qi burst forth.

Here is a perfectly spherical underground space, two statues seemingly heaven-born stand upon a small altar.

Wu Tie walked to the altar, solemnly clasped his hands in salute to the two large birds on the altar, then fixed his gaze on the statues.

Outside the cave, the ritual ceremony was interrupted.

Tu Ba Pi, who volunteered to block Wu Tie, and the elders, heads covered in ash, came running, Tu Ba Pi cursing all the way.

"Strange, strange, that brat is so cunning, he actually doesn't fight us head-on but scrambles about like a loach, really annoying."

"Really strange, we finally surrounded him, I punched him to death with one blow, yet he turned into a single hair? A single hair, do you believe that? What kind of logic is this?"

The elders looked at each other, unable to speak.

They rely solely on instinct, they do not cultivate divine abilities, they do not understand transformation, and they fundamentally do not comprehend the myriad subtleties of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique.

The eldest fire spirit elder shook his head, angrily saying: "A single hair? You must have made a mistake…… Hmm, no, a single hair? What plot does that brat have? Never mind that, hurry finish the ritual, then bring forth the Holy Ancestor's relic, we fear nothing."

The elders all shouted approval.

But what angered them was that they had completed most of the ritual, only to be interrupted by a few elders led by Tu Ba Pi.

Thus they started over from the beginning, the surrounding wood spirits rushed into the forest in droves, forming groups to capture unlucky birds and beasts as the second wave of offerings to the countless spirits of heaven and earth nature.

Tu Ba Pi and the other elders also joined the elders' ranks, they neatly lined up, knelt before the cave mouth to salute, began chanting the sacrificial incantations, and restarted the great sacrificial rite.

Wu Tie had already stood before the altar, carefully examining the two bird statues on the altar.

As he expected, one was a peacock whose whole body flowed with five-colored light, proud and aloof.

One was a great peng with golden wings, arrogant and ferocious.

The two birds stood left and right on the altar; though made of stone, they seemed like living creatures, every feather lifelike.

Wu Tie realized that these two statues were clearly formed from the last vestiges of will of the two primeval great beings, mobilizing the power of heaven and earth, identical to their former appearances, directly born from the mountain mass and completely fused with the earth veins of the surrounding tens of thousands of li.

The Five Elements elemental power overflowing from the peacock's body directly affected the surrounding earth veins and natural environment, thus under the influence of the peacock's Five Elements power, the Five Elements Spirits clan was born.

Metal, wood, water, fire, earth—the Five Elements Spirits clan should be innate beings born directly from the condensation of Five Elements power in nature.

Such an origin is already terrifying.

In the primeval Honghuang era, each of these Five Elements Spirits possessed the quality to attain the Dao.

Even though now the Five Elements Spirits are no longer directly formed by heaven and earth's power, their quality remains extremely terrifying; as long as they obtain a suitable cultivation method…… their overall strength will receive a terrifying increase.

"Strange, there are Five Elements Spirits, then what about the Yin-Yang Two Qi?"

Wu Tie looked at the two statues and began to think seriously.

"The Peacock Bright King's Five Elements qi gave birth to the Five Elements Spirits. And the Great Peng Bright King, his equal in existence, his Yin-Yang Two Qi……

Wu Tie turned his gaze to the great peng statue on the altar.

Wu Tie's inner Water-Fire Gourd suddenly vibrated, then the Water-Fire Divine Spear began to tremble violently. Accompanied by a low rumble, water and fire power surged forth, two innate spiritual treasures flew out from his body and hovered before the great peng statue.

The great peng statue's chest quietly split open, boundless Yin-Yang Divine Light gushed out, and a beautifully shaped long-necked jade vase about one foot two inches high slowly drifted out from the Yin-Yang Divine Light.

The Old Tie hidden deep within Wu Tie's body let out a hysterical scream: "I‑fuck…… this…… this…… this is……

A flash of inspiration passed through Wu Tie's mind.

In the vast knowledge base that Old Tie had imparted to him, a memory of this jade vase quietly surfaced.

Wu Tie stared wide‑eyed in shock, "Impossible?"

Could it be that treasure whose grade is even above innate spiritual treasures? That's a legendary item.

"This thing should already be... broken." Old Tie roared inside Wu Tie: "But now it's whole!"

A flash of insight struck Wu Tie's mind, and he suddenly laughed: "I get it—no wonder the Peacock Mingwang's five‑element power leaked out, giving birth to the five‑element spirit clan. But the Great Peng Mingwang's power didn't spawn yin‑yang spirits; apparently all his power is used to nurture and restore this treasure."

"That makes sense." Old Tie muttered: "Little Tie, you kid, you're blessed... with this treasure."

The jade bottle floated out slowly, circling the fire‑water gourd twice, then once around the fire‑water divine spear, trembling slightly as its black‑and‑white surface flickered rapidly.

Wu Tie could clearly sense a hint of contempt and mockery emanating from the jade bottle.

This guy looks down on the fire‑water gourd and fire‑water divine spear.

Even though these two treasures are innate spiritual treasures born of heaven and earth, the jade bottle still looks down on them.

Wu Tie opened his mouth, then slumped and closed it.

If this jade bottle is indeed the treasure recorded in Old Tie's knowledge archive, then he truly has the right to look down on all innate spiritual treasures.

The next moment, Wu Tie's eyes widened, staring dumbfounded at the jade bottle.

From the mouth of the jade bottle, a thumb‑thick stream of yin‑yang qi shot out, wrapping around the fire‑water gourd and sucking it into the bottle; with a boom, the connection between Wu Tie and the fire‑water gourd was completely severed.

Wu Tie's soul seared with pain, and he spat out a mouthful of old blood.

A wisp of yin‑yang qi from within the bottle sucked up Wu Tie's old blood.

Wu Tie instantly felt a strange bond forming between him and the jade bottle, and he sensed the fire‑water gourd being frenziedly devoured by the bottle, the gourd wailing and struggling, yet he could not escape the bottle's grasp.

Poor an innate spiritual treasure of boundless power—within just a few breaths it was shattered by the jade bottle, its body swiftly devoured, absorbed, and digested cleanly.

Before Wu Tie could recover, a stream of yin‑yang qi from within the bottle swept over his whole body, causing intense pain; the Pagoda of Rebirth and the Tree of Abundance wailed as the yin‑yang qi forcibly tore them from within him.

Wujue used immense divine power to crush the Pagoda of Rebirth and the Tree of Abundance into the tiniest particles, merging them with every microscopic cell of Wu Tie's body, each cell hiding a tiny fragment of those treasures, allowing Wu Tie to infiltrate the Divine Martial Army undetected by their surveillance.

At this moment, all those tiny particles were extracted from Wu Tie's cells and violently recombined; the agony was like having tendons ripped and skin flayed, causing Wu Tie to collapse to the ground, clutching his head and howling.

Wu Tie suddenly recalled that Old Tie's knowledge archive described the Great Peng Mingwang as having a violent, cruel, and ruthless nature.

This guy... indeed lives up to that reputation.

The Pagoda of Rebirth and the Tree of Abundance struggled violently, yet were likewise gulped down by the jade bottle in one bite, instantly digested and absorbed.

The hazy jade bottle emitted a clear "ding‑ding" chime, its entire body suffused with flowing light, its aura markedly improved.

Wu Tie felt the jade bottle's joyous cry.

This fellow indeed suffered massive damage in antiquity, but after long ages of nourishment by the yin‑yang qi within the Great Peng, his primordial yin‑yang core has been restored to its original state; however, the bottle's body still bears unhealed wounds, retaining some cracks.

Having now absorbed the essences of the fire‑water gourd, Pagoda of Rebirth, and Tree of Abundance, the jade bottle's body has recovered to ninety‑nine percent; with a little more time to recuperate, this chaotic spiritual treasure, the Yin‑Yang Qi Bottle, will regain its full former power.

The jade bottle magnanimously explained the whole situation to Wu Tie, then a beam of yin‑yang divine light shot from its mouth, enveloping him.

The jade bottle's ferocity erupted; it sought to swallow Wu Tie together with the earlier fire‑water gourd, Pagoda of Rebirth, and Tree of Abundance. Moreover, a divine light enveloped the fire‑water divine spear, indicating it intended to take that as well.

Before he could speak, the peacock statue on the altar burst forth five strands of elusive, shifting five‑colored divine light, which circled the jade bottle once, dispersing much of the yin‑yang divine light and swiftly shrouding Wu Tie.

Wu Tie's interior again flared with pain; likewise, Old Tie, who had been reduced to microscopic particles hiding within Wu Tie's body, was yanked out by the five‑colored light.

After a tumble in place, the wolf‑shaped Old Tie was flung to the ground.

The five‑colored light and the yin‑yang light pressed down on Wu Tie and Old Tie like two massive mountains.

Wu Tie was crushed to the point of being unable to breathe, while Old Tie struggled to lie prone, his skull splitting open as his seven‑colored crystal brain floated forth, emitting a low voice from within.

"White Tiger Army... Death Camp... Vanguard... Asura Rage... pays respects to the two lords!"

Wu Tie suddenly recalled that long ago, in that underground secret realm, when Old Tie broke his own shackles, he let out that frenzied shout.

………………

"To hell with battlefield discipline, to hell with military orders... the supreme commander of this war zone, Yang Jian, has fallen; the supreme commander of the allied war zone, Niu Yingxiong, has fallen... I haven't received any new orders... I follow the founder's supreme command and fight as I please."

"White Tiger Army... Death Camp... Vanguard... Asura Rage... enters the battle!"

………………

The atmosphere in the stone cavern suddenly grew still.

Two vague figures slowly rose from the two statues.

They weren't even remnants of souls, merely projections of will; the two silhouettes looked down on Wu Tie from above and then simultaneously let out a relaxed sigh.

That mass of elusive, shifting five‑colored divine light smashed down upon him, merging into his body; the mountain‑heavy pressure bore down, instantly causing Wu Tie to go limp and collapse to the ground.

The yin‑yang qi bottle opened its mouth and spat out a stream of black‑and‑white light, which swiftly entered the fire‑water divine spear, then shot straight into Wu Tie's brow, merging directly into his life pool and becoming one with his soul.

In Wu Tie's life pool, the black‑and‑white divine light exploded like fireworks; his comprehension of the innate and acquired yin‑yang grand dao instantly reached the utmost limit of heaven and earth.

Boundless five‑element power and yin‑yang energy surged forth from the void, rapidly pouring into Wu Tie's body.

Behind Wu Tie, the five‑element divine light unfurled like a peacock's tail, sweeping Old Tie into its embrace.

Wu Tie's heart pounded violently; the fifteen drops of five‑element essence blood in his heart suddenly diminished by thirty percent, that portion of divine‑realm five‑element essence blood swiftly merging into the five‑element divine light behind him.

"Kid, live on..." the peacock's voice echoed in Wu Tie's mind.

"Little brat, kill them all…" the ferocious, brutal roar of the great roc directly knocked Wu Tie unconscious.