Chapter 1906 - 207: Drawing Taiyin and Taiyang, Then Refining the Foundation of the Primordial Spirit! (2)

Within the Spirit Platform, that illusory Great Sun slowly rose, golden light radiating in all directions, the Golden Crow spreading its wings, blazing flames surging.

As he circulated the Scripture, threads of golden radiance gathered in the void between heaven and earth, then draped down.

Those descending strands of golden radiance converged toward the space between his brows.

They sank into his brow and merged into his Spirit Platform.

[Sun Scripture Experience Value +178]

[Sun Scripture Experience Value +183]

[...]

Line after line of prompts floated before his eyes.

Seeing the Experience Value rising before him, Jiang Ning’s heart stirred slightly.

Though the efficiency here could not compare to the effect of Ten Suns Sharing the Sky in Yang Lake Cave Heaven, it still had thirty percent of that.

In the next instant, all stray thoughts in his heart scattered, and he once more immersed himself in cultivation and comprehension.

...

In the blink of an eye.

Another two days had passed.

In Yang Lake Cave Heaven.

Ten suns shared the sky, hanging high above the land.

Heaven and earth were filled with radiance, golden light pouring like molten water, spreading across the entire sea surface.

On the surface of the sea, waves shimmered, as if the whole ocean were burning.

At the same time.

Jiang Ning sat upright upon a reef, golden radiance flowing around him as if it were tangible.

With each breath in and out, he seemed to resonate in perfect unison with heaven and earth.

His eyes were half-closed, Heart Spirit completely immersed in the profundity of the Sun Scripture.

Within his Spirit Platform, that illusory Great Sun had now condensed until it was nearly solid.

The Golden Crow spread its wings, flames surged; all kinds of visions appeared one after another.

[Sun Scripture Experience Value +537]

[Sun Scripture Experience Value +542]

[Sun Scripture Experience Value +551]

[...]

One Experience Value prompt after another emerged before him.

Meanwhile Jiang Ning’s heart was utterly clear, all distractions gone; only endless insights kept bubbling up.

Vitality... destruction... light... scorching heat... burning... creation...

Countless realizations came flooding in.

Time flowed by, second after second.

No one knew how long had passed.

Suddenly.

The golden light around Jiang Ning’s body abruptly contracted, then violently expanded.

A golden Great Sun seemed to spread outward from within his body.

In just an instant.

Radiance soared ten thousand zhang, ripples in the void spread out.

A golden Great Sun had already condensed, then expanded.

The reef dissolved, seawater evaporated dry, even sight itself twisted.

And at this moment, the ten suns above his head also trembled fiercely.

Then terrifying flames burst out from within those ten suns.

In an instant.

Golden Heavenly Fire fell, plummeting onto the surface of the sea and spreading outward.

The entire land seemed to be ignited in that instant.

Flames raced across the sea’s surface.

Meanwhile the golden Great Sun spreading outward within Jiang Ning’s body surged even more ferociously, as if echoing and shining together with the ten Great Suns above.

And within this golden Great Sun.

Jiang Ning slowly opened his eyes.

[Skill]: Sun Scripture (Master 0.01%)

"The Mastery Realm..."

He murmured, a trace of comprehension flashing in his gaze.

For the Sun Scripture to step into the Mastery Realm meant his understanding of the word "Sun" had entered a new level.

He raised his hand; in his palm, a strand of golden flame appeared out of thin air, leaping restlessly, scorching heat spreading out.

"Now, I can draw the Origin of Taiyin and Taiyang into my body, then further temper my Primordial Spirit, making its foundation advance another step."

He thought to himself, his eyes slightly tightening.

Then he closed his eyes halfway, turning his sight inward.

He saw that within his body, on that Immortal Tree, the branch and leaf representing the Sun Scripture had grown more robust—branch broad, leaf thick, veins of stem and leaf spread across the blade, all in molten-gold color.

"At Mastery the leaf thrives, at small success one becomes a Flower Immortal, at Great Success the flower blooms, at Perfection the flower withers and yields Dao Fruit."

"These four transformations correspond respectively to the Immortal Realm."

"By this comparison, small success in the Sun Scripture is the Heavenly Immortal Realm; Great Success is the flower’s blooming, one step further but not yet transformed. The flower’s withering and bearing fruit—that Dao Fruit is entry into the True Immortal Realm."

"If I take one more step now, that will be the Heavenly Immortal Realm!"

Jiang Ning slowly opened his eyes, comprehension surging in his heart, the shadow of a Golden Crow spreading its wings reflected within his pupils.

He lifted his hand; at his fingertip a strand of golden flame danced, the air around it twisting, issuing faint cracking sounds.

"The Sun Scripture entering Mastery means I have already glimpsed the threshold of the Heavenly Immortal. And now I possess the ability to draw Sun Origin into my body."

As the thought flashed past, his gaze dropped slightly.

[Skill]: Taiyin True Scripture (Master 15.9%)

"The Taiyin True Scripture has also stepped into the Mastery Realm. Now everything is in place!"

At this moment, Jiang Ning’s heart suddenly relaxed.

Both Supreme Scriptures had stepped into the Mastery Realm, and this also meant he now possessed the ability to simultaneously draw the Origin of Taiyin and Taiyang into his body.

According to what his current master said, as he was now, he could further temper the foundation of his Primordial Spirit, and thus his strength could rise yet another level.

...

A short while later.

Above Yang Lake.

Jiang Ning stood upon the surface of the lake.

Beneath his feet was a boundless expanse of jade-green waves, above his head the blazing setting sun sinking from the heavens.

"At dusk, when Yin and Yang alternate, that should be the optimal moment!" a thought murmured in his heart.

Then his gaze grew solemn, and he slowly closed his eyes, letting his Heart Spirit sink into his body.

Within the Spirit Platform, sun and moon shone together, sun and moon shared their radiance.

One blazed with resplendent gold, one shone with cold, pure silver.

The two mirrored and reflected each other, fusing Yin and Yang upon the Spirit Platform.

In the next instant.

He suddenly snapped his eyes open.

A piercing cry—

Within the Spirit Platform.

The Golden Crow spread its wings, torrents of flame rolling.

In heaven and earth, the slowly sinking orange-red Great Sun suddenly gave a violent shudder.

Then it began to reverse its course, as though time itself were flowing backwards.

What presented itself to the eye was the Great Sun rising from the west.

The higher the sun climbed, the more its brilliance flourished.

When the sun rose a zhang, its light grew a zhang.

...

By the shore of Yang Lake.

"Great-grandpa, look at that!!!" A cowherd child at the village entrance stared wide-eyed at the scene on the horizon.

Hearing this, the old man leading the child’s cow also lifted his head.

Then his pupils shrank.

He too saw the Great Sun reversing.

"Grandpa, it’s an Immortal! It’s an Immortal!!" The child now pointed excitedly toward the lake’s heart, shouting at the top of his voice.

The old man, hearing him, jerked his head toward the center of the lake.

He saw that above Yang Lake, a tall, slender figure stood upon the rippling light of the waves.

Golden radiance flowed around his body, like Immortal, like god.

"It truly is an Immortal!!!" The old man muttered, his tone filled with astonishment and disbelief.

And at this moment, the Great Sun climbed ever faster.

In just a few breaths, the Great Sun hung high overhead.

Golden light once more spread across the earth, dusk receded like a tide, and heaven and earth returned to the scene of Noon daylight.

On the lake’s surface, gold light shimmered in countless ripples.

Just then.

All the common folk around Yang Lake saw molten gold fall from the heavens within the Great Sun, plunging into the body of that Immortal upon the lake’s surface.

Jiang Ning stood upon the lake, golden radiance blazing around him, already like a Great Sun; his figure had long since become indistinct, no one could make out his features.

Within his body, the Sun Scripture was already circulating to the utmost.

Within the Spirit Platform, that Great Sun grew ever more solid; the Golden Crow cried long, flames surged to the sky.

The molten gold that had fallen from above his head suddenly appeared within the Spirit Platform, then plunged into that Primordial Spirit.

In an instant, the Primordial Spirit turned entirely to pure gold.

Every single line seemed to be traced by molten gold.

The Primordial Spirit Body was no longer illusory, but solid as true flesh.

Every inch of skin, every strand of hair, displayed the palpable texture of flowing gold.

And at this moment, he also felt as if his Primordial Spirit were about to utterly burn away; a terrifying heat was surging within, seeking to erupt, like a volcano on the verge of explosion.

"The Sun Origin has already entered my body; now I must draw in the Taiyin Origin!"

A thought flashed across his heart.

Then he dared not hesitate in the slightest.

He directly activated the Taiyin True Scripture.

...

Above Yang Lake.

The Great Sun that had risen to the heavens suddenly shuddered, then plunged at extreme speed toward the western horizon.

Its speed was so great it was visible to the naked eye.

In less than ten breaths of time, the Great Sun sank behind the mountain peaks.

With the sunlight gone, a faint, hazy phantom of the bright moon emerged.

In that instant, day and night completed their alternation.

Moonlight grew misty, heaven and earth fell silent, dusk slowly spread.

In the next moment.

The previously hazy Mingyue suddenly flared with brilliant silver light, illuminating the four directions of the lake as bright as daylight; the moon’s glow was enough to light country paths, to light the words upon books, to light the threading of needles.

Then Mingyue climbed.

The higher the moon rose, the brighter the moon grew.

Across heaven and earth, moonlight poured down like flowing water.

Upon the lake’s surface, boundless green waves, ten thousand silver scales.

By now, Jiang Ning’s whole body was already enveloped by descending moonlight.

As his hair danced wildly, it seemed that moon-hues lingered upon the strands.