Chapter 851

Above the howling gale cloud sea, Yan Buji stepped on a thread of primordial martial qi and flew through the air. Since leaving Youming Jie, the chaotic-hued Martial Dao True Origin within him has ceaselessly surged through his meridians, producing a strange resonance with the fist intent of the Ten Directions Fist Carving.

He lowered his head to look at his palm; faint azure-gold lines flowed between the creases of his palm, a sign of initial accomplishment in the Human Emperor cultivation method.

；Fortune Dao cultivation..."； Yan Buji muttered to himself, his fingertips tracing a few strange runes in the void.

These days he has been trying to cultivate the method transmitted by the Nethergod Emperor, yet he found this Human Emperor cultivation method truly bizarre. It requires neither tempering the flesh nor condensing spiritual power; what is cultivated is actually the illusory and ethereal 'Fortune Dao'.

Although Yan Buji had heard of the Fortune Dao principles before, even in the Great Sinful Sect or the Paolong Sacred Land he had never seen or heard of anyone able to cultivate it.

Therefore Yan Buji speculated that cultivating the Fortune Dao probably required a very special physique or some condition.

"But I easily cultivated it—could it be because the Martial Dao fortune favored me... or perhaps because I once received acknowledgment of the Human Emperor banner at the Mortal Smoke Pavilion?" Yan Buji was somewhat baffled.

But it seems fate had long been sealed in the dark—whether it was the Human Origin Grand Elixir, or Youming Jie; or Yama's intervention, plus the Martial Ancestor's primordial pearl, and now this Human Emperor cultivation method....

Everything gradually formed a closed loop, and even Yan Buji now realized that the Flower Pattern Profound Technique was actually the supreme cultivation secret manual, the Dao Strategy Profound Chapter, of heaven and earth!

Yan Buji was unsure whether such a closed loop would persist, but he had now broken through the Martial Dao Divine Transformation stage; the Martial Immortal realm seemed unchanged, yet his strength and combat power had genuinely increased.

"My Martial Dao breakthrough only stopped at the surge of Immortal Essence and the smooth increase of the Dao Mark breakthrough limit, with no other state appearing... I don't know what the ultimate form of this flesh-and-spirit-united Martial Dao will be." Yan Buji pondered.

Suddenly, his heart stirred, recalling the 《Supreme Heaven Martial Secret》 he had obtained years ago. This Martial Dao calculation method he had long considered useless, but now with his great progress he could reexamine it.

Yan Buji descended onto a nearby barren mountaintop and took out a jade slip from his storage bag.

The jade slip felt warm and moist in his hand, its surface engraved with the two ancient characters 'Supreme Heaven'. As he infused primordial martial qi into it, the jade slip suddenly burst with blinding golden light, countless tiny characters flowing like water into his sea of consciousness.

；This is..."; Yan Buji's pupils contracted sharply.

After advancing to the Divine Transformation stage, Yan Buji's divine sense growth was not significant; fundamentally, with his body and spirit united, having divine sense was impossible, yet it existed precisely because the Dao Strategy Profound Chapter enabled him to practice martial and law dual cultivation.

However, the progress of his Martial Dao realm made Yan Buji realize that, no matter how far his Martial Dao advanced, the feedback to his divine sense was no longer as direct as when he previously broke through the Nascent Soul stage. Moreover, unlike other Divine Transformation cultivators, on the Martial Immortal cultivation path he encountered no heavenly tribulation upon breakthrough!

I don't know whether this is good or bad.

Now, after circulating primordial martial qi, the Supreme Heaven Martial Secret suddenly directed his consciousness toward a mysterious realm called the 'Supreme Heaven Realm'.

What shocked him even more was that the calculation showed the entrance to this realm lay within the Nan Ting Mountain Region!

Yan Buji immediately activated the deduction calculation method within the Supreme Heaven Martial Secret, forming seals rapidly with both hands in the void. As strands of primordial qi condensed into calculation rods, a three-dimensional star chart gradually appeared before his eyes. In the chart, seven special stars were forming an extraordinary array above the Nan Ting Mountain Region.

; When the Seven Stars Link Pearls, the Supreme Heaven Realm opens..."; Yan Buji murmured the calculation result, light flashing in his eyes. According to the stellar changes, this special celestial phenomenon will appear in three days.

Just as he was preparing to continue the deduction, he suddenly felt a pang of palpitation. The aberrant Dao Mark in his left eye spread uncontrollably, and the scene before him instantly split into countless timelines. In one possible future, he saw a white-clad youth with a vertical pupil on his forehead standing on a war chariot, pulling five ferocious beasts as he charged at him at breakneck speed!

; Indeed, there's something fishy."; Yan Buji snorted coldly, hastily restraining his Dao Mark to quell what he saw.

The Nethergod Emperor and Yama specifically mentioned the Nan Ting Mountain Region, and now the calculation points to this strange matter—it is certainly no coincidence.

He resumed his journey, primordial martial qi condensing into clouds beneath his feet. In an instant, Yan Buji calculated the spatial node and activated the Heaven Gate Law!

Whoosh!

Not long after, Yan Buji stared at the unfamiliar surroundings, looking utterly bewildered.

"Nan Ting has sunk, so why are there ice mountains?"

Seeing that most of the eight earthly regions of the Nan Ting Mountain Region had turned into vast oceans, with temperatures plunging to terrifying lows and floating ice blocks and icebergs visible everywhere, Yan Buji once doubted whether he had taken the wrong route.

But as he continually approached the Nan Ting Mountain Region, the Human Emperor cultivation method within him began to operate on its own. A certain special energy drifting in the air ceaselessly flowed into his meridians, forming a small golden vortex at his dantian.

; Is this... the power of Fortune Dao?"; Yan Buji inwardly inspected himself, discovering faint illusions of miniature mountains and rivers within the golden vortex. Even more remarkably, when he circulated the Supreme Heaven Martial Secret, the vortex's rotation speed noticeably increased.

"What connection does the Supreme Heaven Martial Secret have with the Human Emperor cultivation method?"

Yan Buji could not quite understand; although the Supreme Heaven Martial Secret is also a method of the calculation Dao, it is exclusive to martial cultivators—his Immortal Essence can activate it, but his magical power cannot.

But the Human Emperor cultivation method... or rather the Fortune Dao cultivation method, is fundamentally not a system at all.

Forget it, let's first go check the situation.

Three days later, the Nan Ting Mountain Region separated from the Dao Earth Region.

Yan Buji stood on a lone peak, gazing at the distant, continuous, undulating mountains. The sunset's afterglow gilded the cloud sea with a golden edge, while above the firmament, seven stars slowly drew near.

He took out the jade slip again to confirm; the calculation showed the entrance to the Supreme Heaven Realm lay deep within the region at the 'Falling Star Valley'.

"Such a ghostly place with thin spiritual energy, not even a trace of mortal habitation—how could it hide such a great secret?" Yan Buji wondered.

Just as he was about to set out, he suddenly sensed several powerful auras approaching Falling Star Valley from different directions. One aura was yin-cold and murky, clearly a cultivation method of Youming Jie; the comer might be a ghost heretic cultivator. Another was blazing like the sun, with True Essence flowing scorching hot—likely a martial cultivator. Most concerning to him was the third aura, elusive and unfathomable.

; Looks like it's getting lively."; Yan Buji grinned, his aura suddenly becoming blurred.

This is the 'concealed fortune' method he comprehended from the Human Emperor cultivation method, capable of temporarily masking his own fortune to evade others' calculations. Combined with the unique method of the heavenly-earthly treasure Blue-Faced Revenant, the Demon Magic Reversal Breath, Yan Buji hid in the dark without anyone noticing.

However, Yan Buji could see that these three were apparently not acquainted, each guarding against the other; obviously they had no time to notice the dark, and continued flying forward into the valley.