Chapter 456 - 【Celestial Demon Nine Revolving Worshipping Art】
The mountains and his fingers all looked exactly the same.
However, the mountains were way too huge they would have to be calculated in distances of thousands in miles.
Zhong Yue had seen Bo Xun's head that was even mistaken for a great mountain. He had also seen the huge heart of the Bi Xie Celestial Emperor buried deep in the forbidden land underground of Swords Gate.
But these five finger mountains were even bigger than them. Zhong Yue hadn't the slightest clue Zhong Yue as to how strong the evil existence to be able to do something like this.
Why, why did that evil existence cut its hand and bury it here?
A horrible shriek sounded out, and he looked over toward it. He saw a Qi Practitioner, walking into a wave of black smoke as a demon and walking out as a bony skeleton with not a single drop of blood left on it.
The curse….
Zhong Yue looked at the black, and his hair stood up like bristles. Due to the curse targeting the Fuxi Celestial Race, he - who had awakened 20 percent of his Fuxi bloodline - felt his body tingling, as if warning him about the danger around him.
Deadly lack smoke rose beneath the five finger mountains, and he saw many thick metal chains crawling on the five finger mountains.
Is that the evil existence's totem patterns?
A thought flashed across Zhong Yue's heart, but the metal chains were too abstruse for him to even get anything out from them. This was because his current knowledge still limited him to reading only the simplest part of the totem patterns.
"I've heard that there is also an ancient stone tablet in the Peach Garden, they say it's crimson red, soaked in blood that never seemed to dry off." Chi Xue suddenly said, "There are words engraved on it, but most of them have been blurred over time. Although, there are some that are still very clear. Hmm, it says… Fuxi … nevermore to return…"
Zhong Yue's made sure that his face didn't betray the raging storm in his heart. That evil existence laid down the curse, condemning every newborn Fuxi from then on. Not only that, but it even raised a stone tablet to gloat?
"I've also seen it."
Husan Weng then said, "Just right in the Peach Garden between the five mountains. More words were legible in the past, but now… just a few of them."
Zhong Yue's calm voice masked the anger billowing beneath it as he said, "Let's have a look then."
Husan Weng led the way as they walked toward the Peach Garden in the middle of the five finger mountains. The Peach Garden was surrounded by the mountains, without going close enough, one wouldn't be able to see it.
But the mountains were way too big, they covered a great distance of land, and even starting their journey from the foot of the mountains, it would still take them dozens of days to reach the Peach Garden.
"Chi Xue, how do the Qi Practitioners cultivate the Inner Core level to the extreme state? How do you utilize the force of heaven and earth to form the Avatar?" Seeing that they have many days of work ahead of them, Zhong Yue seized the chance to humbly ask Chi Xue.
"Cultivate the Inner Core to the extremity…?" Chi Xue startled for a split second, she then exclaimed in shock, "What? You haven't already done so, how are you still so strong then?"
"Well… I did cultivate my Awakening and Atman Body level to the extreme state." Zhong Yue explained, "I've reverse-opened the five secret realms and also opened the Bloodline Secret Realm. And while I was in the Atman Body stage, I cultivated my Yuan Shen to 360 feet tall."
Chi Xue stared at him blankly, only being able to regain her composure after a few moments. She shook her head and said, "What a guy… reverse-opening the five secret realms and opening the sixth secret realm. Succeeding in either one of those things is a remarkable achievement in and of itself. Yet, you did both. In that case, breaking through the Yuan Shen's limit of 200 feet is natural, but shouldn't cultivating the Inner Core level to the extreme state be fairly simple to you as well? Why is it that… Oh, I forgot, the Ancestral Star's cultivation heritage is incomplete, there are no recordings left regarding this."
Zhong Yue nodded with a smile, "That's why I can only rely on you to answer my questions."
Chi Xue then replied, "For Qi Practitioners, there is an extreme state for each level, such as the cultivation of the lightning pool psyche ocean for the Spirit Nurturing level.
"The achievement of the Yuan Shen's three forms indicates the extreme state for the Rebirth level. But the Awakening level is a little more unique, there are two extreme states, one being the reverse-opening of secret realms, with the other being the opening of the sixth secret realm. As for Atman Body, it is to break through the Yuan Shen limit of 200 feet. The extreme state for the Inner Core level you are asking about… is referred to as the Nine Revolving Inner Core."
"Nine Revolving Inner Core? How does one achieve that?"
Chi Xue then answered, "Nine Revolving Inner Core, each revolution indicates a cycle of reincarnation for the inner core, and each revolution remakes the core to become stronger than before. After nine revolutions, the inner core will be at least twice as strong as it was before.
"The reincarnations of inner core work on the basis of destruction and rebirth. The inner core is broken down and reformed stronger than before with each iteration. However, this is very dangerous. There is a risk that the inner core breaks down but never reforms again. In that case, your best outcome would be managing to keep half of your previous strength, but that's not too great either, is it?
"However, if you complete the nine revolutions, when the inner core is formed again for the tenth time, it will have reached the extremity. As for how to do it, each race and clan has their own methods. The Phoenix race has the【Nirvana Art】, while my Western Mother Celestial Race uses the【Golden Mother's Embracement Art】. Both are consummate arts in Kun Lun. I'll teach them to you now, and you can have a look at it."
Her psyche then flowed out and imparted the two arts to Zhong Yue. "In fact, the spirits themselves also contain their own respective arts. If you can fully synergize with your spirit, you will be able to find the best way to reincarnate your inner core. But I thought that with the【Nirvana Art】and【Golden Mother Embracement Art】as references, you will be able to find your way quicker."
In the spirit?
Zhong Yue suddenly felt as if a black cloth hindering his vision was suddenly pulled away.
The only reason he hadn't cultivated the Inner Core level to the extreme state was the spirits. Unlike the others with only one spirit, Zhong Yue had two - the sun spirit and the moon spirit. The Yuan Shen in his inner core was also neither the sun or moon spirit, but the Fuxi celestial. The inner core he condensed was also the Tai Chi Inner Core rather than just the sun spirit Golden Crow Inner Core or the moon spirit Star Toad Inner Core.
All this while, he had been neglecting his sun spirit and moon spirit, he didn't fully attain the two spirits' totem patterns, and thus, he didn't notice that the path to the Inner Core extremity lied just within his reach.
However, my path to a Nine Revolving Core will be much harder than anyone else's. I have to start with both the Golden Crow and Star Toad Inner Cores first before working on the Tai Chi Inner Core.
Despite the difficulties, Zhong Yue was excited. Immediately, he started looking into the two arts that Chi Xue taught him.
The【Nirvana Art】of the Phoenix clan incinerated the inner core with the phoenix fire, and allow the phoenix's inner core to rise from the ashes.
After nine cycles, the phoenix's inner core would reach to the extremity and hold an incredible power of fire that was capable of burning everything.
However, the【Nirvana Art】required the Phoenix Stone as the catalyst as the stone contained the phoenix fire.
The【Golden Mother Embracement Art】of the Western Mother Celestial Race worked by grinding the inner core into the innate gold totem patterns and using those totem patterns to reshape the inner core.
After nine times, the Wester Mother Celestial Race's inner core would even contain a slight aura of the innate air. The inner core would be incredibly strong, even stronger than the phoenix's.
But this art required one to do it on the Nacre Lake Golden Stage, utilizing the innate gold totem patterns on it to reincarnate the inner core.
So all these arts and the nine revolutions is to break the inner core down with the strongest art and rebuild it again, so that the inner core would carry the air of the strongest art in them.
Zhong Yue studied them carefully and soon formed his own understandings of the process. He then moved on to his sun spirit and moon spirit, attaining the totem patterns. After some time, he then said, "Chi Xue, stay on guard."
Chi Xue nodded and her psyche visualized a huge white tiger. It had the body of a tiger and the tail of a leopard. Chi Xue then said, "Get on the white tiger and be rest assured that you can cultivate freely on it. I'll wake you when we reach the Peach Garden."
Zhong Yue then mounted the white tiger and submerged himself into his cultivation. In his psyche ocean, his Tai Chi Inner Core flew out. The Yin and Yang flowed smoothly on it, the left side reflected the Pure Yang of Golden Crow Inner Core while the right reflected the Pure Yin of Star Toad Inner Core.
The complexity of his inner core was beyond the other Qi Practitioners'. Other than the Golden Crow Inner Core and Star Toad Inner Core, there was also the celestial and demonic element. The dark parts on the left side of the Tai Chi Inner Core was composed of the demon totem patterns, demon arcane energy, and also the Pure Yin Qi. While the bright right side was composed of the celestial totem patterns, celestial arcane energy, and the Pure Yang Qi. The Golden Crow and Star Toad Inner Cores sat within their opposing attributes like lone orbs - perfectly balanced.
The Phoenix Race has the phoenix fire, and the Western Mother Celestial Race has the innate gold totem patterns. What should I use to reincarnate my Golden Crow and Star Toad Inner Cores?
Zhong Yue thought for a solution. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he took out the Luminant Sun Gold and the Bright Moon Mirror, No matter how good the treasures with sun and moon attributes, they are all weaker than the pure sun core and pure moon core. I shall use the Luminant Sun Gold for the Golden Crow Inner Core and the Bright Moon Mirror for the Star Toad Inner Core!
He then cast the Luminant Sun Gold and the blazing sunfire started burning on his Golden Crow Inner Core while the Bright Moon Mirror also started shining on the Star Toad Inner Core.
Suddenly, Zhong Yue thought, The Bright Moon Mirror is too weak. It's not as strong as the real moon core.
In the Wan Xiang Secret Realm, the copper lamp cover lid was suddenly opened, and with all his arcane energy, Zhong Yue pulled the moon core out of the copper lamp to the Wan Xiang Secret Realm.
Instantly, moonlight flooded every corner of the secret realm, with the goddess still sleeping in the center of the moon core.
Zhong Yue then consumed a leaf of the Phoenix God Plant to recover his arcane energy and moved his inner core into the Wan Xiang Secret Realm, utilizing the moon core to smite his Star Toad Inner Core.
The Luminant Sun Gold and moon core crushed the Golden Crow Inner Core and Star Toad Inner Core away, but they were not really gone. Zhong Yue sensed his cultivation plummeting. However, he felt a strong wave of heat billowing within the sunfire and an incredibly pure energy flowing in the moonlight.
His cultivation was not gone, it had just been infused into the sunfire and moonlight.
After a long time, his Golden Crow Inner Core was then reforged within the heat of the sunfire, and his Star Toad Inner Core was reborn within the flowing amniotic moonlight.
Zhong Yue heaved a breath of relief, and he thought, Chi Xue said that my foundation is more than enough for this, the Nine Revolving Inner Core will be right in my grasp. It seems like Chi Xue was correct. However, she doesn't know about the complexity of my inner core. In order to achieve the ultimate Nine Revolving Inner Core for me, I have to do it both for the Golden Crow Inner Core and Star Toad Inner Core, and then for my Tai Chi Inner Core. Speaking of which, the hardest part is to find a revolving art for the Tai Chi Inner Core…
The Golden Crow Inner Core and Star Toad Inner Core were crushed and reformed one time after another. And Zhong Yue's cultivation base fluctuated accordingly as well.
After his two inner cores reached to the extreme state, they were nearly twice as strong as before.
Zhong Yue then recollected his thoughts, and he calmed himself down and carefully cogitated on a revolving art for the Tai Chi Inner Core.
There was still the sun spirit and moon spirit he could refer to for his Golden Crow Inner Core and Star Toad Inner Core, but there wasn't a spirit for his Tai Chi Inner Core anymore.
For tens of days, he sat unmoving on the white tiger's back, trying to create a revolving art. Suddenly, a thought flashed across his mind.
If there is no spirit I can refer to, then I will just use what I have. With the worshipping techniques of the【Celestial Demon Tai Chi Art】, I can use it and worship the Fuxi in the inner core, creating a revolving art for the Tai Chi Inner Core. Hmm … let's call this the【Celestial Demon Nine Revolving Worshipping Art】then.