Chapter 531

Qian Chen pulled a golden needle from the scroll and flicked it with his finger.

Lan Jiu watched the trembling needle tip, his heart trembling slightly, and then heard Qian Chen say: "This Soul-Fixing Needle is a demonic magic treasure, specifically used to seize a person's soul. After I improved it, it has the ability to separate the soul and fix the spirit."

"After all, you have already entered the path of cultivation, and your soul is stable. Replacing the organs in your body with immortal bones will inevitably cause your seven souls to become unstable, and I fear it will implicate and shake your spirit. Separating your soul with the Soul-Fixing Needle will also make it easier for me to perform the procedure!"

Lan Jiu swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said in a low voice: "Please proceed, Senior!"

Qian Chen nodded slightly and then continued: "The new overseas methods are based on the Five Elements. Although my technique is somewhat different, there is no need to be deliberately unconventional!"

"How will you choose your immortal bone?"

Qian Chen glanced at Lan Jiu, who was lying on the cloud bed, and said indifferently: "An immortal bone is a seed of supernatural power, much like another type of spiritual root, cultivated alongside your life essence. However, the key is at the moment of Core Formation. Once the immortal bone spiritual root matures, it will condense into a 'Great Medicine.' Obtaining this Great Medicine can compensate for your lack of aptitude and allow for a more supreme Core Formation."

"The life-bound supernatural power nurtured by the internal pill at this time will be closely related to the previous supernatural power of the immortal bone. I know quite a few supernatural techniques; let me list a few types of immortal bones for you to choose from!"

"First is Cloud-Treading and Mist-Spreading!"

"Cloud-Treading is a natural supernatural power of the dragon species. I have a section of dragon bone here, which is the remains of a True Dragon seed. Years ago, a good friend of mine slew this wave-turning dragon by the side of a great river and gifted me a section of its spine. I can carve this bone into your coccyx and then pass on a set of True Dragon Wave-Turning Arts to you. You will then be able to use this True Dragon bone to gradually transform your entire spine into dragon bone, learn the natural supernatural power of Cloud-Treading, and even gain the ability to manipulate water and waves!"

"True Dragon bone can be refined into a water-attribute spiritual root, mixed with a bit of thunder and fire attributes—six parts water, two parts thunder, two parts fire—making it an extremely supreme spiritual root. This one bone alone can completely alter your aptitude!"

"And..."

Behind Qian Chen appeared the phantom of the Boundless Sea Emperor's Dharma Form, condensing infinite water vapor and congealing a drop of pitch-black, heavy true water at his fingertip.

"Although True Dragon bone is not bad, it cannot be called a Heaven-Mending Creation Art. That True Dragon relied on its bloodline, and its Core Formation was only Third Rank, barely stepping into the ranks of supreme golden cores. Transplanting its bone provides limited assistance. I also have here the Heavenly One True Water, collected by utilizing the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form and gathering the Gui Water qi of the four seas. It just so happens that I know a little about the secrets of the Primordial Gods and Demons, and I can refine a pair of Gonggong's Kidneys for you, gathering infinite Gui Water essence and opening up two great kidney seas!"

Qian Chen was speaking of his experience in the Jin Ling Cave Heaven, where he used the Witch Sect's "Demon-Summoning Scripture" to call upon the demon souls of the Primordial Fire God Yanbo and the Sea God Yu Jiang, refining the Zhurong Blood Blade and the Gonggong Water-Severing Hook.

Ever since he began to comprehend the method of refining a Dharma body within the Five Elements Divine Light, the first Dharma forms he refined were those of the water and fire elements; it was not without the influence of these encounters.

Although Qian Chen handed the Gonggong Water-Severing Hook to Junior Sister Si to help refine it after he finished it, he had also gained some comprehension of the Primordial Sea God's remnant soul. And this pair of kidneys was something he comprehended from the Primordial Gods and Demons...

"True Dragon bone can grant you the three great supernatural powers of Cloud-Treading, Water-Manipulation, and Wind-Riding, while the Essence Sea opened by Gonggong's Kidneys will not only make your magic power dozens of times that of an ordinary cultivator, but also grant you the three great supernatural powers of Rain-Praying, Mist-Spreading, and Water-Entry."

"When you reach Core Formation, if you have the affinity to fuse the two great immortal bones, using the True Dragon bone as the foundation, you can transform into the True Dragon form and refine the True Dragon acupoints. Not only can you cultivate the Dragon-Transformation Art, but you can also use this to glimpse the great supernatural power of the dragon race to tread on clouds and ride the mist! If you use Gonggong's Kidneys as the foundation, you can cultivate the Heaven-Startling Water Method, involving the great supernatural power of overturning rivers and seas among the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gangs!"

By the time Qian Chen said this, Lan Jiu was already dazzled and almost unable to control himself!

Unexpectedly, Qian Chen smiled slightly again: "Of course, if you want to transform into the True Dragon form, you must not only refine the True Dragon's acupoints but also constantly nurture and strengthen the True Dragon bloodline within your body. There are four Dragon Palaces overseas, and the True Dragons within them are countless; even the Nascent Soul-level Great Power Dragon Kings are not just one or two. If you obtain the many resources flowing out of the Dragon Palaces, transforming into a True Dragon form will be a matter of course."

"And Gonggong's Kidneys are a bit troublesome; you must either walk the path of the Divine Way, establishing a Divine Domain in the sea, or work hard to refine seven types of True Water, fusing the seven waters into form before Core Formation!"

Qian Chen's expression was indifferent as he mentioned, as if unintentionally: "Of course, you have also heard how this True Dragon bone came to be! To tell you the truth, after that unlucky dragon died, its father, a True Dragon, came looking for revenge and was also slaughtered by me! Therefore, my relationship with the Dragon Palace? Hehe..."

"If there is a successor who has received my benefits and instead goes to defect to the Dragon Palace..." Qian Chen smiled and said nothing more.

Lan Jiu said decisively: "Since Senior has a grudge against the Dragon Palace, this junior will naturally not choose this dragon bone!"

Qian Chen changed the subject and continued: "How about the Wind-Thunder Twin Wings? I once wandered through a certain cave heaven in the Earth Immortal Realm and found a few wisps of Interstitial Gang Wind at the edge of the Nine Netherworlds. I also collected the essence of thunder sand from the Earth Aperture Yuan Magnet, which can be carved and refined into a pair of shoulder blades for you."

"Once you refine the essence within them, Wind-Thunder Twin Wings will grow from your back. Not only will your flight speed be unparalleled, but you can also cultivate the arts of Divine Wind and Thunder. It's just that there will be some trouble when you reach Core Formation later; wind and thunder are inconstant and unpredictable, and there is no certainty in Core Formation, relying more on your comprehension and opportunity. However, wind and thunder changes are the most violent; once the supernatural power is cultivated, its killing power will be invincible overseas!"

Upon hearing the power of the Wind-Thunder Twin Wings, Lan Jiu secretly thought: "These Wind-Thunder Twin Wings are not only a natural supernatural power, but almost two types of Heavenly Spiritual Roots!"

Two great Heavenly Spiritual Roots, and rare ones at that!

Lan Jiu had once heard that there were those overseas with earth-shattering aptitude who were born with various anomalies such as Heavenly Eyes, Double Pupils, Holding Jade, Grasping Stars, Stepping Moles, Sword Bones, and Divine Feet. These anomalous roots and bones would grow with cultivation and possess astonishing supernatural powers.

Such aptitude is known as Heavenly Spiritual Roots!

Hearing this now, he suddenly realized that the bone-changing technique Qian Chen spoke of, transplanting immortal bones, was an artificial Heavenly Heavenly Heavenly Linggen. It was just that these artificial Heavenly Spiritual Roots seemed to allow for the fusion of several supernatural powers, refining them into an even more terrifying supernatural power at the time of Core Formation.

Heavenly Spiritual Roots were already legendary, and such artificial Heavenly Spiritual Roots were even more terrifying and frightening in their implications.

The offensive power of thunder arts was inherently the most powerful among various techniques, and wind arts relied heavily on the qi of the gang and sha, with quite impressive lethality. With wind and thunder intersecting and mastering both techniques, one could go anywhere in the vast world.

If the supernatural power of the Wind-Thunder Twin Wings was truly as Qian Chen said, it would be extremely extraordinary!

With this thought, Lan Jiu couldn't help but ask: "Senior, are these Wind-Thunder Twin Wings not two types of Heavenly Spiritual Roots?"

Qian Chen touched his chin, nodded, and said: "You could say that, but..."

He frowned slightly. I told you so much about the ancient cultivation methods, and you only categorize them as Heavenly Spiritual Roots?

Most of the Heavenly Spiritual Roots overseas have only ordinary supernatural powers. Unless they are those born with great supernatural powers, such as the "Saint's Appearance" or "Buddha's Appearance" of those born as Saints or Buddhas, after other Heavenly Spiritual Roots fully grow—they are just that!

After all, Heavenly Spiritual Roots only have some convenience below the Nascent Soul and Yin Spirit stages; once they reach the Soul Transformation realm, they basically have no advantages!

Unlike the life-bound great supernatural power of a First Rank Core Formation, or the innate great supernatural power of a born Saint, even when reaching the realm of a Nascent Soul True Immortal, they still have infinite wonderful uses.

Why does Qian Chen know this so clearly? Because the Peacock Great Wisdom King he slaughtered years ago was a born possessor of great supernatural powers, almost a figure who could be called a Demon Race Saint Son, a future "Great Sage."

The Heaven-Mending Creation Art that Qian Chen prepared was also a direct path to the prototype of great supernatural powers, whether it was the dragon race's great supernatural power of Cloud-Treading and Mist-Riding, the great supernatural power of overturning rivers and seas from the ancient Sea God, or even the Wind-Thunder Twin Wings, all contained the possibility of advancing to great supernatural powers.

Although Qian Chen had not refined the above great supernatural powers, he had dabbled extensively, and he knew a little, just a little, about all of these...

Of course, saying so is one thing, but wanting to refine a great supernatural power before reaching the Nascent Soul stage is still far more difficult than anyone can imagine. Cloud-Treading and Mist-Riding is a natural great supernatural power of the True Dragon race, but apart from the Dragon Kings who have cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage and must master this supernatural power, how many of those dragon descendants have cultivated the great supernatural power of Cloud-Treading and Mist-Riding before the Nascent Soul stage?

No more than one or two in a hundred, and most of them only cultivated it after reaching the Soul Transformation realm.

The next few types of roots and bones were nothing more than sets of great supernatural powers that Qian Chen had mastered and broken down. Among them was the Five Lei Yu Bone, broken down from the Five Thunder great supernatural power, which was a jade-like thunder bone containing nearly ten types of divine thunder, such as Yuan Magnetic Divine Thunder, Two-Yi Divine Thunder, Great Might Divine Thunder, etc.

First, refine the internal Five Thunders within one's own five viscera, then cultivate the Five Thunder Orthodox Method, and then go to refine the jade bone left by Qian Chen. After refining the Divine Lei Yu Bone, one can master a type of divine thunder.

Before Core Formation, one must cultivate five types of divine thunder to use the creation of Core Formation to transform into mastering the Five Thunder great supernatural power.

But even for cultivators of the Shenxiao Sect who specialize in thunder arts, mastering one type of divine thunder before Core Formation basically allows them to achieve Second Rank Core Formation and be promoted to true disciples.

As for mastering five types of divine thunder before Core Formation, Qian Chen hadn't seen anyone else do it besides himself!

So he specifically warned that this method was extremely difficult!

As for the great supernatural power of Inverting Yin and Yang, even Qian Chen could not easily break it down. Whether it was life and death, clear and turbid, movement and stillness, rising and falling, or speed and slowness, size, water and fire, light and darkness, any principle of Yin and Yang, to sublimate it to a great supernatural power like Inverting Yin and Yang, one must die and come back to life several times.

Qian Chen himself was able to cultivate it smoothly because his foundation of the Dao Dust Pearl was unique, being one of the Three Treasures of the Supreme, receiving the legacy of the Supreme, and having the assistance of the innate Yin and Yang qi of the Bamboo Bear.

But even so, the Inverting Yin and Yang he cultivated had barely touched the threshold of minor success.

Qian Chen only mentioned a technique of Slaying the Self Dao Corpse, letting Lan Jiu slay his Heaven and Earth souls, refine them into Yu Yu Jiuyou Yin Souls, then let the corpse's life soul re-condense spiritual consciousness, and then use the True Self Yin Soul to cultivate the Extreme Yin Ghost Method, and the physical Yang Soul to cultivate the Extreme Yang Method. Through the principles of life, death, Yin, and Yang, at the time of Core Formation, he would re-seize the physical body and use the human tribulation as an aid to impact the great supernatural power of Inverting Yin and Yang.

Lan Jiu felt as if he had heard some forbidden words and shivered with fear.

Qian Chen felt a little regretful, also feeling that this method's requirements for a cultivator's opportunity, perseverance, and comprehension were too harsh, not in line with the Heaven-Mending Creation Art's style of being simple, easy to learn, and one-click fool-proof operation.

Finally, after deep thought, he came up with a set of Inverting Yin and Yang Nascent Soul Arts. It used the great supernatural power of Inverting Yin and Yang mastered by Qian Chen to divide Lan Jiu's physical body into two, one male and one female, and at the same time, his spirit was also divided. In this way, the male body cultivated the Extreme Yin Guanghan Dao Arts, and the female body cultivated the Extreme Yang Child Body Dao Arts. When both the male and female bodies were about to reach Core Formation, Yin and Yang would harmonize to conceive a spiritual fetus, abandoning the two bodies to transform into a Nascent Soul, which would have the possibility of cultivating the Inverting Yin and Yang.

Qian Chen felt that this path was definitely broad and persuaded Lan Jiu several times, but he swore to death not to follow it, so he regretfully gave up this unique idea.

Finally, after choosing back and forth, Lan Jiu chose a set of immortal bones that Qian Chen had broken down from the Five-Colored Divine Light, or rather, the Five Elements Great Escape.

Although the foundation of this immortal bone was only average and had no flashes of brilliance, it had the advantage of being steady and reliable, and Lan Jiu insisted on safety first.

Seeing that Lan Jiu had decided on the immortal bone, Qian Chen glanced at the Five Elements Essence he had prepared and also sighed with regret.

Although he had expected this, Qian Chen still felt quite regretful that he could not comprehend Inverting Yin and Yang more deeply. After all, the Inverting Yin and Yang Nascent Soul Art was indeed extremely profound, and Qian Chen was still thinking about whether to find another person with affinity and gift them this opportunity?

If that He Qilang didn't solve the problem of the accumulation of Taiyin power, he wouldn't be far from having a male body and a female appearance!

Once Qian Chen taught him the Ice Soul Divine Light, I'm afraid there really would be a possibility of such a creation.

Qian Chen summoned the Nine-Fire Flame Dragon, ordering it to spit out three types of fire seeds: Sun Divine Fire, Master Chunyang Taiyin Zhenhuo, and Earth Extreme Taiyin Zhenhuo. Then he forced the Sun Divine Fire onto the Soul-Fixing Needle and directly inserted the golden needle into Lan Jiu's brow center, piercing it more than three inches deep.

At the same time, he said in a low voice: "I will use the Feng Yangzhen Fire to burn open your Mud-Pill Palace, and then use the Soul-Fixing Needle to fix your spirit. In this way, your soul will be separated and not disturbed by the changes in your physical body. But after the bone-changing is completed, you must stabilize for a hundred days to let your soul re-unite. After this, because your Mud-Pill Palace is open, your cultivation of spiritual sense techniques will be quite convenient, and you can put more effort into this."

Seeing that Lan Jiu, whose soul was separated, could no longer answer him! Qian Chen nodded with satisfaction.

Then another golden needle carrying Master Chunyang Taiyin Zhenhuo was inserted into the Shanzhong acupoint on his chest, and a golden needle was inserted into the Dantian Qihai acupoint in his lower abdomen. Finally, the essence, qi, and spirit guided by the three needles were fused with the fire seeds.

Only to see three points of Yang fire burning at the ends of the three golden needles.

Qian Chen quickly reached out his fingers to pluck off the Yang fire, and Lan Jiu's physical body suddenly became almost completely silent, with only a tiny bit of vitality maintained by the three golden needles.

At this time, his physical body also had no breathing, and even his heart had stopped beating, entering a wonderful state of being as if it were continuing yet broken. Lan Jiu even sensed that the connection between his spirit and his physical body had become extremely weak, almost thinking that Qian Chen was going to use him to refine some demonic means!

The three points of Yang fire were flicked by Qian Chen into the Nine-Fire Flame Dragon, and then he used a short blade to make a horizontal cut, dissecting the abdomen and cutting off half of his liver.

"Hmm! It's cheaper for you!"

Qian Chen glanced at the Five Elements materials he had collected and took out a crisp vine.

That vine was short and tender, only the length and thickness of an emerald jade bracelet, and a thinner imperial concubine bracelet at that.

This vine was a harvest from Qian Chen's acquisition of spiritual roots overseas, named Yu Yu Changsheng Vine. This vine had no other spiritual response, only an extremely long lifespan, or rather—infinite.

There are records in the ancient classics of the Louguan Dao that there was a Yu Yu Changsheng Vine in ancient times that had been growing since the creation of the world, and its lifespan had already been hundreds of millions of years!

At that time, this vine was as tall as the Five Sacred Mountains, growing on the peak of Mount Tai, directly into the Nine Heavens, and was the location of the Qing Emperor's Divine Court. The deity transformed from its essence was called Lord Green Vine, and was also an innate deity with infinite magic power.

Of course, the vine Qian Chen bought was estimated to be only a few hundred years old, barely enough to refine magic treasures, and had no other medicinal effects, only useful at this time.

Qian Chen planted the thumb-length section of the green vine he had cut off into his liver, and then the green wood-attribute divine light brushed down. The green vine replaced the blood vessels and meridians, growing rapidly within it.

Under the urging of the wood-attribute divine light, the Yu Yu Changsheng Vine fused with the liver, and was then constantly refined by the essence qi of Jia Wood and Yi Wood. Finally, when Qian Chen withdrew the divine light, the liver looked as if it had been carved from emerald.

Immediately after, the Heavenly One True Water fused into the two kidneys, and under the urging of the water-attribute divine light, two essence springs were opened, and the Gui Water qi surged like a spring, constantly gushing out from those two kidneys.

Transplanting the liver back, the spleen behind it was also refined by Qian Chen with twelve types of spiritual jade, transforming it into a jade spleen as moist as yellow jade!

Qian Chen's life-bound flying sword flicked out a wisp of Geng Metal sword qi, which went straight into the lungs through Lan Jiu's nostrils, destroying almost his entire lungs in an instant.

And at this time, the Nine-Fire Flame Dragon behind Qian Chen suddenly spat out the refined Three Yang fire seeds. Qian Chen pulled out the golden needle from his chest, and the Three Yang Taiyin Zhenhuo wrapped around the golden needle. As Qian Chen quickly stabbed it out, it was inserted into Lan Jiu's heart. At this moment, a heart fire suddenly ignited, and the entire heart suddenly began to beat again.

The heart fire occupied the lungs, the extremely sharp sword qi, the kidney water wrapped around it, dissolving a little of the sharpness, the spleen earth contained the sword qi, and the liver wood's endless vitality allowed the two lungs, which had been stirred into a pool of meat mud, to be reborn!

The Five Elements qi was in chaos for a while, but finally circulated, endless and endless.

At this moment, a true fire was slowly burning on Lan Jiu's heart; his two lungs were like gold and iron, yet full of elasticity; his liver was like green vines wrapped together; his spleen was like the best beautiful jade, with a moist texture; and the kidney water area had turned into two spiritual springs.

By the time all three Soul-Fixing Needles were pulled out, Lan Jiu felt all kinds of sour, numb, swollen, painful, and itchy sensations—stinging, burning, clear, hard, cold—erupting all at once in his five viscera, making him unable to help but cover his stomach and cry out in pain.

After a while, he adapted to this feeling and bowed to Qian Chen: "Senior's grace of creation, this junior is truly..."

Qian Chen raised his hand slightly to stop his words and smiled: "Don't be in a hurry. Although you have reshaped your foundation with the Five Elements method, after changing to immortal bones, you have also self-taught the five supernatural powers of Geng Metal Sword Qi, Samadhi Taiyin Zhenhuo, Yu Yu Changsheng Spiritual Body, Mountain-Hidden Jade Soul, and Flying Flowing Empty Spring. Geng Metal Sword Qi is unparalleled in killing, and is the strongest among your five types of immortal bones, with Samadhi Taiyin Zhenhuo coming second."

"The Yu Yu Changsheng Spiritual Body can extend your lifespan by nearly double and make your physical vitality stronger, with many injuries healing extremely quickly, and severed limbs can be reborn; Mountain-Hidden Jade Soul is a supernatural power for self-protection, which can summon mountain stones to turn into jade, and ordinary supernatural powers cannot hurt you. Finally, Flying Flowing Empty Spring is equivalent to endless magic power; as long as there is water around, you can absorb the water flow to restore magic power!"

Lan Jiu was extremely excited. He sensed the sword qi in his lungs and spat slightly, seeing a white light penetrate layers of seals and split a rockery not far away.

Qian Chen smiled and said: "Your Geng Metal Sword Qi was too strong. I originally wanted you to cultivate with concentration and wait until your soul was stable and the Five Elements were balanced before taking action. I didn't expect you to be so impatient! Pity... although I spent some effort, it's not a loss to harvest a flying sword!"

Lan Jiu immediately stood still honestly and begged for mercy: "I was momentarily carried away and lost my composure. Please punish me, Senior!"