Chapter 714 - 213: Becoming the Mountain, Myriad Beasts Transformation, Refining Immortal Appearance, Facing Assassination

Chapter 714: Chapter 213: Becoming the Mountain, Myriad Beasts Transformation, Refining Immortal Appearance, Facing Assassination

A strong sense of comfort came from all directions.

Li Yuan only felt as if he were back in a warm womb.

The Withered Fire enveloped his Divine Soul, along with the Ancestral Talisman on the outside of the Divine Soul.

His physical body, whether flesh, blood, or bones, had all disappeared, leaving only a skeleton of white jade on the original snowy ground, as a means of Golden Cicada’s Shell.

This is the shedding of material, leaving only the original Yang Qi that creates material, reconstructing his body anew.

However, this time, he was not born from a womb again, but from the heavens and the earth, which was countless times stronger than the transformation of his life essence at the "Sixth Grade".

The incomplete Shadow Blood Cultivation Skill trained to the Sixth Grade could grant a hundred years of life, but how much more life could be extended with this Dharma Gate, reborn from heaven and earth, was unknown.

Although longevity was meaningless to Li Yuan, it was meaningful to Xiaozhao.

He sincerely began to feel happy for his daughter.

At this moment, he quietly sensed his own state.

This state was like three circles, from the inside out: [Soul], [Ancestral Talisman - Withered Fire], [Great Mountain].

That is, he himself, the Yin Yang Qi, and the new body he was about to have...

Whereas the normal Martial Artist on this continent should be: [Soul], [Ancestral Talisman - Source Blood], [Body].

The Ancestral Talisman of a normal Martial Artist has three petals, but his has three thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight petals...

The Yang Qi of normal Martial Artists originates from Source Blood based on "Demon Beast Meat, Meat Field Meat," but his comes from fire...

Without a doubt, he already surpassed those Martial Artists.

So, at this moment...

He had never felt the strength of his life composition so clearly.

Yet at the same time, he was deeply terrified of the weakness of his soul.

This might be because he was breaking through with "Withered Fire," giving rise to such a "subtle and intricate" sensation that others probably could not feel.

Li Yuan felt that if everything were stripped away, he would still be himself, empty and void, having nothing...

This reminded him of the "Underworld" he had seen before his transmigration.

He was very curious at the time because many Great Powers were extremely formidable in life, but after death, though still in the Underworld, they became unimaginably weak, almost no different from ordinary people.

A set of shackles could restrain both the mischievous brute from Zhao Family Village and the immortal on the celestial island whom even emperors came to visit.

They might be unequal in life, but in death, they were the same.

The reason is probably that "death" strips away everything except the [Soul].

The Yin Yang Qi of the mischievous brute is weak, while the immortal’s Yin Yang Qi is strong, but if both are gone, then the two are the same.

...

The Withered Fire slowly melted the mountain, allowing it to become a body.

Li Yuan lay in this "Yang Embryo," becoming weary and unable to stop pondering some matters.

Why is it that Fourth Grade can be reborn from a drop of blood?

That’s because normal death only involves the fragmentation of the physical body, but the "Soul and Yin Yang Qi" can still return to the predetermined drop of blood.

Why did those who died in Qing Hancheng truly die?

That’s because the "Yin Yang Qi" of Qing Hancheng was all absorbed by that "Withered and Flourishing Sword," completely overturning it, leaving only Qing Hancheng’s soul, naturally unable to be revived.

So, what principle is this?

A fantastical version of the Star Absorption Skill?

Li Yuan couldn’t figure it out.

He thought: In any case, it must be some sort of method?

By now, he was becoming more and more drowsy, and his vision less and less able to project outside through the Divine Soul Connection.

Finally, he yawned and "closed his eyes."

...

He was asleep, but the human world was not idle.

However, it was busy with people, while nature was as it was meant to be.

The heavy snow once again fell on the Cloud Mountain Path.

The path to the west became increasingly integrated with the Barbarian Race.

The original elders of the Barbarian Race were almost completely withdrawn from the stage of history; the newcomers were all the original residents of the Cloud Mountain Path.

The Barbarian Race and the Tang Sect maintained good relations consistently.

Even the lofty Barbarian Queen sent people to the Tang Sect during festivals to present gifts to the lady behind the scenes, Mrs. Tang, or her nun.

Yet these gifts were placed outside Mrs. Tang’s door, unseen by her.

Since June last year, when Li Yuan fell, Mrs. Tang carried his skeleton back to the secret chamber of the Tang Sect.

Once inside, she scarcely emerged again.

The influence of the Tang Sect grew significantly.

After Xiaozhao entered the cemetery, the forces of the original Chenxi Manor and the Cloud Commerce Association all shifted to the Tang Sect.

Even the Barbarians could become private soldiers of the Tang Sect at any time, pairing with the Tang Sect’s mechanisms, hidden weapons, and poison to accomplish other tasks.

What Mrs. Tang needed to do was simple: collect all Puppetry, all materials for making Puppets.

She obsessed with her research, even after creating Fifth Grade Puppets, stopping for nothing.

Her insanity initially focused on the Tang Chou Puppet, but after it reached the Fifth Grade, it developed the ability to learn independently.

Now, she wished to transform her adoptive father into a Fifth Grade Puppet.

She firmly believed that her adoptive father’s soul was concealed within the skeleton.

And she...was not creating a new adoptive father, merely awakening the sleeping one.

Tang Nian followed her biological father for only ten years, but had been with her adoptive father for thirty-five.

In her heart, while he lived, she might not have realized...but after his death, Li Yuan’s importance to her had evidently surpassed that of her biological father.