Chapter 156: Chapter 61: 5 Dragons Hibernation Scripture

“These are the Spirit Beasts my former master entrusted to me before I joined the Five Elements True Spirit Sect. After I joined the Sect and helped them with their Transformation, I took them as my disciples.”

Yang Jing said, patting Iron Head on the head.

“You are a man of great loyalty, Fellow Daoist Yang. I saw they bear quite a resemblance to you and assumed that, despite your youth, you had already found a dao partner.”

Pei Jizhen raised his cup of Spirit Wine in apology.

After that, Yang Jingxu, one of the two Female Cultivators, became much warmer. When the banquet ended, she even insisted on carrying Chi Yu the whole way.

Back in their residence, Iron Head was helping Chi Yu get ready for bed, letting down her hair to wash and comb it.

Chi Yu lay on a long bench, holding up a Pill Bottle in her small hand and examining the Elixir inside. It was a bottle of Spirit Ascension Pills. These pills could enhance the Cultivation of those practicing most types of Cultivation Techniques and were the most famous Elixir produced by the Alchemy Cauldron Sect.

Yang Jingxu had pressed the bottle of Elixirs into her hand as they were parting.

“Senior Brother Iron Head, that Yang Jingxu has taken a liking to Master,”

she said in her small, child-like voice.

“Really?”

Iron Head applied Spirit Liquid to Chi Yu’s hair, rubbed it in, then rinsed it clean with fresh water. His hands weren’t as nimble as Yinjiao’s, so he just hastily tied it into a ponytail.

Chi Yu shook the braid behind her head and said with great certainty:

“If that’s not it, then why did she give me Elixirs? Hmph. Judging by her qi and blood, I’d say she’s at least fifty. Talk about a toad wanting to eat swan meat.”

Iron Head scratched his head:

“Then you probably shouldn’t have accepted her gift. I’ll return it for you.”

Chi Yu froze. The Black Death Seven Tribulations Scripture she practiced was so unorthodox that few Elixirs could advance her Cultivation, and the Spirit Ascension Pill was one of them.

She gritted her teeth and handed the Pill Bottle to Iron Head.

At that moment, Yang Jing was in the main room, studying a Jade Scroll and memorizing the wanted list from the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion. Most of the Demon Cultivators on the list were heinous criminals, and the bounties on their heads were worth far more Merit Points than those of typical Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators.

The Northern Army Governor’s Mansion had also helpfully included details on the wanted posters: the Demon Cultivators’ Cultivation Techniques, Magical Artifacts, preferred tactics, and known whereabouts. This saved Yang Jing a great deal of trouble.

His main purpose in coming to the Northern Domain was to kill Outer Celestial Demons and strive to achieve Dao Listening Foundation Establishment.

Yang Jing’s eyes narrowed as he looked at the Jade Scroll.

The Jade Scroll also contained a map of the Northern Domain Seven Kingdoms. On it, a red circle had been drawn around the northern part of the Liao Kingdom, an area spanning nearly three prefectures.

That was the location of the Nine Yang Sect.

Yang Jing had checked the records within the Five Elements True Spirit Sect.

When the Nine Yang Sect was wiped out, its headquarters were besieged by the Four Demon Sects. It was at this time that the Demon Country was pushing eastward, so the majority of the Six Great Sects’ forces had been deployed to the Six Passes Defense Line on the western front, and reinforcements could not arrive in time.

The Four Demon Sects laid down the Black Sun Covering Sky Demon Summoning Array, summoning twelve Nascent Soul Level Outer Celestial Demons and one Divinity Transformation Level Black Heaven True Demon to attack the Nine Yang Sect’s Nine Heavens Profound Sun Array.

The upper echelons of the Six Great Sects had thought the Nine Yang Sect could rely on its Sect Protection Array to hold out until reinforcements arrived. However, they never expected that one of the Nine Yang Sect’s True Disciples had long been possessed by an Outer Celestial Demon. With this betrayal from within, the Sect Protection Array was breached after holding for only seven days.

The Nine Heavens Profound Sun Array only managed to drive away the Black Heaven True Demon. The other twelve Nascent Soul Level Outer Celestial Demons then ran rampant throughout the Nine Yang Sect. Of the sect’s eight Nascent Soul Cultivators, only one managed to escape. He led a number of elite disciples to join the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect, while the rest were all killed.

Disciples below Nascent Soul were almost completely wiped out, with very few escaping with their lives.

This battle was arguably the most devastating in the Western Continent’s last ten thousand years. The Outer Celestial Demons summoned by the Black Sun Covering Sky Demon Summoning Array also suffered immense casualties. Even the Four Demon Sects lost two of their Nascent Soul Cultivators.

Yang Jing guessed that the Wu Family’s ancestor, from the Dark Spring Demon Sect, must have obtained the Profound Yin Blood Demon’s True Blood during that battle. That was how they were later able to breed the Three Capitals Blood Demon Mosquito Mother.

Because so many Celestial Demons had died—with even the Divinity Transformation Level Black Heaven True Demon losing a great deal of its True Blood—the Heaven and Earth Embryonic Membrane within the red-circled area was damaged. Now, Mid-Low Tier Celestial Demons could freely enter the Nine Heavens World through it.

The area within this red circle had completely transformed into a Demon Realm within the Nine Heavens World.

According to the estimates of the Divinity Transformation Cultivators from the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect, the Heaven and Earth Embryonic Membrane here will need at least five thousand years to fully recover.

Therefore, after driving out the Four Demon Sects, the Six Great Sects merely stationed some Demon Suppression Army troops to guard the perimeter of the former Nine Yang Sect. They also set up Warning Arrays. This was to prevent anyone from accidentally wandering in and getting possessed by an Outer Celestial Demon, which would allow the demon to bypass the Heaven and Earth Embryonic Membrane and roam free across the Western Continent.

In the Nine Heavens World game, this was the monster-grinding spot for top-tier players. A steady stream of Mid-Low Tier Celestial Demons would enter the Nine Heavens World from the breach in the Heaven and Earth Embryonic Membrane, almost endlessly.

One player discovered the Cave Mansion of a Nine Yang Sect Golden Core Cultivator inside that area.

After exploring the Cave Mansion, he showed off his gains on the forums: a supreme Refining Secret Technique from the Nine Yang Sect—the Five Dragons Hibernating Pill Scripture.

Although the Five Elements True Spirit Sect had its own Refining Secret Techniques, they were far inferior to the Five Dragons Hibernating Pill Scripture.

’Although the red-circled area teems with countless Celestial Demons, it won’t be a deathtrap for me as long as I don’t disturb the High-Tier Outer Celestial Demons that perished there.’

Still, Yang Jing decided against recklessly charging straight into the Demon Realm.

Currently, he was the only one who knew the location of the Cave Mansion. He decided to first familiarize himself with the Northern Domain and increase his own Power. It would be best to enter the Demon Realm only after his Qi Cultivation also reached the Foundation Establishment Stage.

It hadn’t been long since his True Yang Body broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, so this was a period of rapid growth for his Power.

The next day, as the sun began to rise, Yang Jing was already sitting cross-legged on the roof.

At this moment, the sun’s Yang Fire Qi was at its purest, making it the perfect time for Qi Refining.

He activated his Bright Qi Talent, drawing a massive amount of Yang Fire Qi into his body. The Yang Fire Qi was scorching hot. If an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator were to do the same, their physical body could be incinerated.

Yang Jing, however, remained unperturbed. He expended Magical Power to execute Nine Breath Qi Refining and purify this surge of Yang Fire Qi.

A single cycle of Nine Breath Qi Refining consumed over half of Yang Jing’s Magical Power. The Yang Fire Qi in his Dantian instantly became three times as pure. Though its volume shrank, the searing heat it generated skyrocketed.

Yang Jing activated the Five Elements Wheel to restore his Magical Power. Once it was fully replenished, he performed Nine Breath Qi Refining again.

After three such cycles, the massive amount of Yang Fire Qi he had drawn into his body had been condensed into a tiny point, like the tip of a needle.

This was Sun True Fire.

Just a tiny speck contained a hint of the power to incinerate mountains and boil the seas.

Only because Yang Jing possessed the three Talents of Bright Qi, Nine Breath Qi Refining, and Copper Head and Iron Arm simultaneously could he refine Yang Fire Qi into Sun True Fire.

Without the Bright Qi Talent, drawing in Yang Fire Qi would also pull in many other types of Spiritual Qi, making three cycles of Nine Breath Qi Refining insufficient for purification. Without the Copper Head and Iron Arm Talent, his body would be unable to withstand the immense strain of purifying the Spiritual Qi.

Yang Jing carefully integrated this speck of Sun True Fire into his Five Elements Wheel.

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