Chapter 634 - 632: The Follow-up Cultivation Technique of the Ancient Source Character Scripture

This life-or-death crisis instead spurred Jiang Jichen into a wondrous combat state.

At that moment, the world around him suddenly became incredibly clear.

Even the obstruction of the Shadow World couldn't affect him in the slightest.

And his reflexes!

Every reaction was primal, direct, fast, and effective.

To put it bluntly, in this state, his combat prowess was likely fifty percent greater than at his peak!

It was a terrifying enhancement, one that gave Jiang Jichen a glimmer of hope.

Thus, without a moment's hesitation, he unleashed the most powerful strike he could currently muster.

Fourth Form of the Heaven-Dominating Saber Technique: Destruction of the Vast Heaven!

This was a technique of Destruction. If cultivated to the Supreme Realm, its Saber Momentum could obliterate the very heavens.

Even though Jiang Jichen had reached the Golden Body Ninth Layer Peak Realm, he normally wouldn't have been able to truly activate the fourth form.

But upon entering that wondrous combat state, he could just barely manage to execute it.

The four forms of the Heaven-Dominating Saber Technique:

Sweeping the Six Harmonies!

Suppression of the Eight Desolates!

Dominate the World!

Destruction of the Vast Heaven!

As Jiang Jichen executed the fourth form of the Saber Technique, the Blade Auras from the first three forms, which had just vanished, suddenly reappeared from the void to strike the four ancestors from behind.

At the same time, Sinking Mountain suddenly disappeared, merging into Jiang Jichen's body.

Man and Blade Unity—his body became the blade!

Countless gray Blade Auras erupted from Jiang Jichen's body, sweeping across the world in every direction.

The four ancestors had been attacking Jiang Jichen, but now they were caught in a pincer assault by his Saber Technique.

The changes were so blindingly fast that they were unimaginable, leaving no time to react.

"Annihilate!"

Jiang Jichen roared as the full might of his power erupted.

He could no longer hold anything back. Just surviving and killing the four ancestors was a pipe dream, an incredible stroke of luck.

BOOM!

Finally, within that stretch of the void, everything was utterly annihilated, reduced to nothing.

Only the frenzied Power of Destruction and turbulent spatial-temporal forces remained.

A vortex-like storm churned endlessly.

The four ancestors were nowhere to be seen. Even the Power of Rules had been shattered along with the sky.

Jiang Jichen's figure, too, had vanished.

The crowds around Holy Mountain stared blankly at the scene.

Had Jiang Jichen and the four rule-formed ancestors annihilated each other?

Everyone waited in silence for the Destruction Storm to dissipate and the void to grow calm.

But at this moment, a green pearl suddenly flew out, heading straight for the Holy Mountain Immortal Stele.

BOOM!

The green pearl smashed into the Holy Mountain Immortal Stele, causing the entire Holy Mountain to tremble as if it were about to collapse.

Afterward, a figure covered in blood with a tattered Dao Body appeared next to the Immortal Stele.

It was Jiang Jichen!

He wasn't dead. He had used the Magical Artifact Space of the Poison-Devouring Pearl Fragment to narrowly escape that calamity.

But after using his body as a blade to execute Destruction of the Vast Heaven, he had been grazed by the Destruction Storm and spatial-temporal turbulence, nearly shattering and dying on the spot.

If his physical body hadn't already surpassed its limits, he would have been reduced to nothing.

But even having survived this calamity, what combat strength did he have left to fight the remaining ancestors, Haotian and the Human Emperor?

He wouldn't stand a chance!

Therefore, after destroying the four ancestors, he immediately used the Poison-Devouring Pearl to rush toward the Holy Mountain Immortal Stele.

But to everyone's shock, the void trembled, and the four ancestors who had just been annihilated walked out of the void once more.

They were completely unscathed, their combat power undiminished!

This...

Despair filled the hearts of all who witnessed this scene.

Who would have thought the six ancestors manifested from rules would be so difficult to destroy.

They could actually be reborn, reformed from the rules themselves.

Venerable Haotian's comprehension of the rules was terrifyingly powerful.

At this time, the six ancestors evolved from rules once again charged toward Jiang Jichen at the Immortal Stele.

Jiang Jichen's will was like iron. His expression didn't shift in the slightest, even as the four ancestors were reborn and returned.

He raised Sinking Mountain and, ignoring his wounds, began frantically striking the Immortal Stele, determined to shatter it.

"What is Jiang Jichen doing? Is he crazy?"

"Indeed, in a life-or-death situation, some things can't be forced. He should be retreating. Why is he trying to smash the Immortal Stele?"

...

The crowd was baffled, wondering why Jiang Jichen was attacking the Immortal Stele like a madman.

And the Immortal Stele, forged from some unknown material, was impossible to move, let alone shatter.

'What should I do?'

Jiang Jichen's mind was still clear and calm.

'On the path of cultivation, one needs a clear head to keep moving forward.'

'And the more desperate the situation, the more one needs a calm and collected mind.'

Jiang Jichen had been through countless life-or-death situations, not to mention he was someone who had already died once.

Therefore, faced with this situation, he remained composed and calm.

'I can't shatter the Immortal Stele right now, but I can sense the aura of the Mysterious Ancient Jade.'

A thought suddenly flashed through Jiang Jichen's mind. He then stopped circulating the Demon Phoenix Technique and the Undying Scripture, and began to solely channel the Ancient Source Character Scripture!

In an instant, an endless Seven-Colored Spiritual Light erupted from his body, illuminating the Peak of Holy Mountain.

At the same time, the Immortal Stele actually responded. A seven-colored radiance burst forth from within the stele, completely eclipsing the Immortal Light on its surface.

The seven-colored light from within the Immortal Stele resonated with the seven-colored light from Jiang Jichen's body, and finally, it enveloped him completely.

"This... What's happening?"

"There must be a secret within the Immortal Stele. The thing Jiang Jichen is looking for must be in there."

"To be able to emit a seven-colored light, it must share the same origin as Jiang Jichen's Seven-Colored Spiritual Vein. This is too extraordinary."

"And... Jiang Jichen's aura is changing!"

...

On Holy Mountain, the rapid succession of changes was dazzling to behold.

At this moment, the six ancestors formed from rules attacked once more.

BOOM!

This time, the six of them joined forces and attacked simultaneously.

But their attacks were all blocked by the seven-colored radiance from within the Immortal Stele. They couldn't harm Jiang Jichen at all.

At this moment, however, a mnemonic chant was flowing through Jiang Jichen's mind.

"The vast heavens, indifferent and cold. The Dao Spirit, itself without spirit, for all is the Celestial Source. The Human Body Cosmos, with its myriad changes and infinite mysteries, breathes the universe in and out, without end..."

This mnemonic was something Jiang Jichen had comprehended from the mysterious ancient characters he was seeing.

This was the subsequent Cultivation Technique for the Ancient Source Character Scripture. Each of the mysterious ancient characters that appeared emanated the vastness of the Great Dao, as if each character were its own world, containing infinite changes and myriad mysteries. It seemed that even entire lifetimes would not be enough to fully comprehend them.

The only reason Jiang Jichen could grasp this so quickly was that he had already comprehended the foundational chapter of the Ancient Source Character Scripture.

He already had his own ideas about the subsequent Cultivation Technique.

Now, upon seeing those mysterious ancient characters, he felt a sense of sudden, perfect clarity.

At the same time, within the Immortal Stele, the Mysterious Ancient Jade turned into a burst of seven-colored light, rushed out, and entered Jiang Jichen's body.

Then, the two pieces of Mysterious Ancient Jade fused, and the voice of the Great Dao suddenly echoed in Jiang Jichen's ears.