Chapter 333: Rebirth Technique of Shedding the Mortal Coil and Cultivating the Source

Lu Miaozi himself already had a fair understanding of oracle bone script, and with Yu Liancheng permitting him to enter the Imperial Library, plus the help of over ten other experts proficient in oracle bone script, it took half a month to finally decipher all the remaining oracle bone script of the Longevity Formula.

Soon, a long piece of silk appeared in Yu Liancheng's hands, covered in dense rows of text.

At this moment, ignoring the Evil Emperor Relic placed to the side, Yu Liancheng began to read carefully.

The first few lines were Guang Chengzi's overview of the origin of the Longevity Formula.

It turned out that in the ancient era, Guang Chengzi had luckily entered the Zhanshen Dian, and through the forty-nine reliefs in the Zhanshen Dian, he grasped the mysteries of the heaven, earth, and universe, gaining the ability to Shatter the Void and depart.

As the teacher of Huangdi, he possessed the intent to pass on the Dao and teach, so in order to leave behind a method for future generations to achieve shattering and longevity, he left the Zhanshen Dian, returned to the human world, and compiled his realizations into a volume of the Longevity Formula.

It was just that the "God of War Record" that Guang Chengzi perceived consisted of forty-nine reliefs, which established no text and relied entirely on perception, so the insights obtained by each person were not entirely the same.

And this kind of perception was mysterious and profound, difficult to describe with any language.

Even someone as brilliant as Guang Chengzi, despite exhausting his wisdom, had only left behind seventy percent of his own insights.

In other words, even if one were to master the seven diagrams of the Longevity Formula, it would be difficult to reach Guang Chengzi's height, let alone attain the achievement of "Shattered Vajra."

"In other words, this 'Longevity Formula' was written with reference to the 'God of War Record,' mixed with Guang Chengzi's own thoughts and insights, based on the five elements and yin/yang, running through the entire cultivation process; it can be considered a low-spec version of the God of War Record."

Yu Liancheng rubbed his chin, his gaze continuing to scan downward.

After the introduction to the Longevity Formula came the records regarding the "Zhanshen Dian."

Guang Chengzi was able to enter the "Zhanshen Dian" twice, so naturally, he knew quite a bit about it, but it was only a few strokes of the pen, simply introducing it without revealing the specific location or time.

But even so, it provided Yu Liancheng with quite a few clues.

Further down was the division of cultivation realms, and this time it was no longer a fragmented version.

Yu Liancheng muttered to himself: "Postnatal, Innate, Grandmaster, Great Grandmaster, Peerless Grandmaster, Heavenly Human, Divine Human, World-Dwelling Immortal Demon..."

Postnatal and Innate both focused on cultivating True Qi, but one was internal True Qi, while the other was a more refined Innate True Qi capable of communicating with heaven and earth.

As for Grandmaster, Great Grandmaster, and Peerless Grandmaster, they began to refine the spirit, cultivating both nature and life. Upon reaching this realm, one could foresee good or bad fortune in the mind, possessing the spiritual ability to sense danger and avoid it.

Among them, the "Peerless Grandmaster" was the threshold for shattering in this world; once this realm was reached, one could leap beyond heaven and earth and shatter away.

The Heavenly Human that followed meant that the human heart and the will of heaven were both in a single thought; that is, the interaction between heaven and human, where the heart of heaven was the human heart, turning the great power of heaven and earth to one's own use.

The Divine Human was a step further than the Heavenly Human, possessing divinity; placed in the mortal world, they were living gods, with various means approaching divine powers and spells.

If one were to say that Postnatal and Innate were refining essence into Qi, and Grandmaster, Great Grandmaster, and Peerless Grandmaster were refining Qi into spirit, then Heavenly Human and Divine Human were refining spirit to return to the void.

This realm, even if placed in a xianxia world, could be comparable to Golden Core and Nascent Soul level existences.

As for the so-called World-Dwelling Immortal Demon, once martial arts reached this realm, it was no different from a true immortal or demon; means such as moving mountains, filling seas, and summoning wind and rain were all at one's fingertips.

As for whether there was a higher Martial Dao after the Immortal Demon, there was no way to know.

Yu Liancheng finished reading this information in one breath, then let out a long sigh.

The realm divisions above were actually all very vague, only providing a rough concept. When truly fighting someone, one would only know the result after the battle.

Even so, it was still of great help to Yu Liancheng, at least preventing him from being complacent while giving him a relatively clear guide for the future.

With his current strength, he was estimated to be between Great Grandmaster and Peerless Grandmaster. But for the entire path of Martial Dao, the road ahead was still very long.

Yu Liancheng continued to read, and immediately following was the exposition of the seven diagrams of the Longevity Formula.

Those seven diagrams represented the seven forces of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, yin, and yang wandering in the universe and heaven and earth; as long as one could finish cultivating the seven diagrams, one could reach the realm of "heaven and earth interchanging, circulating without end," capable of drawing endless energy from heaven and earth, making the spirit and True Qi never-ending, and no matter how much was squandered, one could always remain at the peak.

And under the constant baptism and forging of the energy of heaven and earth, the physical body could also gradually approach perfection. Even if the Primordial Spirit were extinguished and the True Qi exhausted, the physical body could still remain immortal.

Just like Guang Chengzi's physical body; his Primordial Spirit shattered and ascended, yet his physical body remained in the Zhanshen Dian for thousands of years, still like a living person.

Of course, as stated above, the "Longevity Formula" only retained about seventy percent of Guang Chengzi's insights; even if one were to fully digest it, one could not reach Guang Chengzi's realm of "Shattered Vajra."

Besides this, Guang Chengzi also left behind several martial arts.

Yu Liancheng scanned them one by one; although the first few martial arts were also considered mysterious and profound, to him, they were merely icing on the cake; whether he cultivated them or not did not affect the big picture.

Soon, Yu Liancheng saw the final martial art, and his expression became solemn.

He saw a peculiar unique skill, a method that could allow him to advance faster.

——Rebirth Technique of Shedding the Mortal Coil and Cultivating the Source.

This was a method Guang Chengzi obtained by chance, which could allow a person's Primordial Spirit to return to the void while maintaining a trace of spirituality, to be reborn and cultivate a second life. One could either let this second life continue to cultivate, or let it return to the source to reach a higher level.

But this second life was not so easy to cultivate.

First, to cultivate this method, one's Primordial Spirit must be strong, otherwise, it might be ground away in the void.

Second, even if one could be reborn, one would initially only be a child, without any special divine abilities, and very likely to die prematurely on the way.

Then, after rebirth, that trace of spirituality might be ground away; other than the spirit being stronger than an ordinary child, it would have no other effect.

Finally, even if one could awaken memories of the previous life by relying on that trace of spirituality, it would be a slow recovery, and one would have to wait until at least seven or eight years old to fully unearth all the memories.

But once successful, it would be equivalent to living again with the memories of the previous life.

Yu Liancheng tapped the long desk with his fingers, a look of contemplation appearing in his eyes.

This "Rebirth Technique" had two cultivation methods in total; the first was to use the entire Primordial Spirit to cultivate this technique to obtain the chance of reincarnation and re-cultivation. But once it failed, it was equivalent to death and the dissipation of the spirit.

As for the second type, it was to separate a portion of the Primordial Spirit to execute this method. The probability of failure would greatly increase, but even if it failed, the Primordial Spirit would be severely damaged, without any danger to life.

And once a second life was cultivated, it could feed back into the source.

Yu Liancheng raised an eyebrow; honestly, he was somewhat tempted.

He turned his gaze to the Evil Emperor Relic placed on the desk, his eyes flickering, not knowing what he was thinking.