Chapter 586: with translation of chapter title

Yan Buji had just left Minglu Cave Residence, and when he walked near the Wanlong Palace, he saw a person.

"Lord Heavenly Demon King."

"The affairs of Youming Jie have caused quite a stir." The Heavenly Demon King laughed, speaking with implied meaning.

Yan Buji raised his eyebrows: "That has nothing to do with me either."

"Whether it's related to you or not isn't important; why don't you bring the Huang Tian Soul out of Youming Jie?" The Heavenly Demon King seemed somewhat dissatisfied and asked.

"Huh?"

Yan Buji looked puzzled: "How can you be certain that I can definitely bring the Huang Tian Soul out of Youming Jie?"

The Heavenly Demon King blinked: "You don't know?"

"What?" Yan Buji asked doubtfully.

"Sigh, I gave you a chance and you're useless. The Huang Tian Soul's ability to raise the dead is useful to anyone." The Heavenly Demon King sighed and said.

Yan Buji furrowed his brows; in the end, that had little to do with him either.

"So, just because it can raise the dead, I must take the Huang Tian Soul? And you haven't explained why you're certain I can take the Huang Tian Soul, my lord."

"Are you doubting me?"

"Not at all; I'm just curious why you also very much wish that Youming Jie not be united."

"The Dragon People's breeding prohibition is precisely because of the life-and-death cycle of Youming Jie; once it recovers, the secret arts will fail." The Heavenly Demon King said.

"Oh, I see."

Yan Buji also didn't speak, merely gazing at the other party.

So why does everyone want me to get involved?

Do I have anything special about me?

Yan Buji didn't quite understand: "But if many people don't want Youming Jie to unite in this time period, I think besides me, others would also obtain the Huang Tian Soul."

The Heavenly Demon King furrowed his brows, thought carefully: "That makes sense; indeed, it's not just me who thinks that."

"May I ask, my lord, are you and Jianfan Fairy old acquaintances?"

"Eh, back then she was a Minglu deer that followed at my side."

Yan Buji blinked; although he didn't know if it was true, if she really was from the same era as the Heavenly Demon King, no wonder she knows so much.

But obviously their personalities differ; Jianfan is more unrestrained, while the Heavenly Demon King doesn't know what he's scheming.

But even if we knew what they're scheming, what good would it do?

Yan Buji let out a long sigh: "My lord, there are many heroes in the world; why do I keep encountering things beyond my abilities?"

"When heaven is about to confer a great responsibility upon a person..." The Heavenly Demon King chuckled: "Too bad you can't seize it."

"What if you can't seize it?"

"Then you will gradually lose support, lose fortune, and finally lose everything; this is a foreseeable future." After saying that, the Heavenly Demon King turned and vanished.

"Lose everything?"

"Hehe."

"I originally had nothing."

Yan Buji naturally wouldn't let a few words disturb his mind, so he left the Boundless Sea Trench.

Soon after, Yan Buji greeted the Dragon People's priest and set out on his journey again.

Next, he needed to devise a new cultivation plan.

"Reforge the armor, find a way to comprehend the Way of the Universe, and finally advance to Nascent Soul...."

Yan Buji thought it over and decided to first retrain the armor, after all, how does one comprehend the Law of the Way of the Universe?

Not to mention that Yan Buji has trained in the Way of the Void for many years and only just entered the door, still not reaching minor accomplishment; the Way of the Universe is probably no easier than the Way of the Void.

Thinking this, Yan Buji activated the Heaven Gate Law, went to the Boundless Sea, and on the seabed rebuilt a cave residence to begin reforging the armor.

After three years, Yan Buji, relying on the remaining spiritual materials from Youming Jie in his hand, completed the reforging of the armor; speaking of it, the heavy armor's defensive power is indeed astonishing.

"If it weren't for the armor possessing me to help resist, I'd probably have been pierced through by Lingyan long ago." Yan Buji thought.

Afterwards, Yan Buji began cultivation.

This time, the main purpose was to learn those Blood Dao secret arts that Lingyan holds.

"Blood Escape Technique, Blood Shadow Technique, Blood-transmuting Spike, Blood Sea Heavenly Canopy...."

Yan Buji spent two years going from entry to major accomplishment; it wasn't solely relying on the Golden Foil Pattern, he also needed to test the combat effectiveness himself.

Overall, it's still not bad; the Blood Dao secret arts mastered by Lingyan should be a complete system, and these few secret techniques can be mixed for use.

"For instance, the Blood Sea Heavenly Canopy can be used alongside the Blood Shadow Technique and Blood-transmuting Spike, and the Blood Escape Technique can also be applied within the Blood Shadow Technique and Blood Sea Heavenly Canopy." Yan Buji thought.

Moreover, once these secret arts receive the empowerment of the Blood Dao Dao Mark, they can immediately display the might of divine abilities, which is quite impressive.

However, a troublesome aspect of these Blood Dao secret arts is that each use still consumes a portion of the cultivator's essence blood; if the cultivator's physical body isn't strong enough, they must rely on Blood Dao cultivation methods to absorb others' essence blood.

The essence blood of beasts and humans both work; either way, the danger level is equally high.

Yan Buji had no intention of cultivating Blood Dao arts; he just wanted to make up for his shortcomings in techniques. For example, the impure blood shadow secret art from the filthy blood pool he previously obtained—knowing how to use it is enough; there's no need to study it deeply.

The main reason is that all of Yan Buji's cultivation methods are pure-nature; practicing these secret arts would inherently taint his magical power, and if he also cultivated turbid-nature arts, he'd likely have to switch to turbid-nature cultivation.

The tainted magical power from the secret arts, Yan Buji could rely on his vast magical power to differentiate and suppress; it wouldn't contaminate all his power, nor would it affect normal cultivation.

Immediately afterward, Yan Buji began to contemplate the Five Elements cultivation method.

Now he has reached late Golden Core, only one step away from advancing to Nascent Soul.

He also obtained the Sacrificial Pill as a backup, but his Heaven Gate Five Elements Method has a rank disparity; the Five Elements power is insufficient to match the Heaven Gate Law, and even with the Three Talents Celestial Pill forcibly integrated, he probably still couldn't pass the stage of breaking the Golden Core to form Nascent Soul.

"But how can one enter the Way of the Universe from the Five Elements?"

Yan Buji looked bewildered; speaking of entering Yin and Yang from the Five Elements, at least he has some basic understanding, can grope forward, and even spending several hundred years to contemplate wouldn't matter.

But the Way of the Universe... if the Five Elements' cycles are understood according to the four seasons, he could think of that, only he lacks the method.

"Moreover, my Five Elements techniques only have the Tree Person Technique and the Golden Wheel Technique that can keep up with my current cultivation pace; the rest are mostly just filler. In that case, I still need to find some suitable techniques to switch to."

Thinking so, Yan Buji flipped through his own collection.

Among the spoils taken from enemies there are no shortage of technique manuals, but either they are too low in rank, or they are mostly impure techniques, or they are not of the Five Elements path, so this has put Yan Buji in a dilemma.

"What should I do? The center of the cultivation world in the Dongxing Sea Region is on Sun Moon Island, but I can't go there now." Yan Buji thought, to join a major power in the Dongxing Sea Region, nowadays only those cultivation clans are the best choice.

But even without mentioning the Liu family, which bears a grudge against me, the aristocratic clan structure makes it difficult for an outsider to quickly enter the upper echelons and gain resources, unless luck is good and he marries a clan daughter.

"Then I won't stay in the Dongxing Sea Region."

Thinking that, Yan Buji also felt somewhat troubled.

Since I won't stay in the Dongxing Sea Region, where should I go?

The Nan Ting Mountain Region also has some trouble, can't go there; the Buddhist sect of the West Sand River Basin won't let off this martial cultivator of mine; then only the Northern River Ice Region and the Zhong Tian Zhi Yu remain as options.