What is an immortal?

Chapter 984: It's in Hand


Yuan Ming originally planned to use the Wood Dao Fruit Divine Power as a bargaining chip to exchange for that mysterious secret technique, but unexpectedly, Wu Yu took out the secret technique jade album without hesitation and directly opened it.

In his heart, a wave of surprise surged, feeling as if he had found what he sought without any effort, and he quickly focused his divine sense, delving deeply into it, memorizing the characters recorded on the jade album one by one.

To speak of it, this "Three Corpses Split Body Technique" is vastly different from the commonly seen clone techniques, and even distinct from those body separations formed by splitting the divine soul.

It is more like a heart refining secret technique rather than a simple clone technique.

This art can strip away a person's greed, anger, and ignorance, sealing them into the avatars, forming what is known as the Three Corpse Avatars.

The true intent of the Three Corpses Split Body Technique is not to create avatars, but to sever the three corpse evil roots.

Once the three corpse evil roots are severed, the cultivator's main body can more easily enter a state of tranquility without desires, clarity of spirit, which greatly benefits the cultivation process.

However, if the severed evil roots are not properly managed, they may return to the main body, leading to a complete loss of previous efforts.

It was precisely to address this issue that the predecessors of the Sky Demon Royal Court created this miraculous Three Corpses Split Body Technique.

This clone secret technique is mysteriously unpredictable and exceptionally domineering, capable of completely sealing the three corpse evil roots within the avatars, utterly isolating them from the main body. It is for this reason that it can be possessed by the Stealing Heaven Tripod.

While Yuan Ming meticulously memorized the secret method, Wu Yu and the Great Sun Glaze Flame also carefully perused the jade album, exchanging insights, yet despite their lengthy discussion, they still couldn't grasp its true meaning.

"Rather than blindly speculating like this, it's better to wait for seven days and see if that predecessor will offer exclusive divine skills in exchange," suggested the Great Sun Glaze Flame.

"That's the only way," Wu Yu's main body sighed lightly and put away the Demon Emperor Jade Scroll.

After memorizing the "Three Corpses Split Body Technique," Yuan Ming gently withdrew his invested divine sense, his heart filled with indescribable joy.

He leaped gracefully down from the White Jade Lotus Platform, his steps swift, almost flying as he hurried to Xi Ying's side.

Xi Ying was meditating with closed eyes, surrounded by a faint layer of spiritual energy, as if merging with the heaven and earth.

Yuan Ming's sudden arrival broke this serenity, and Xi Ying abruptly opened her eyes, a trace of doubt flashing in her eyes, and asked, "What are you doing? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Yuan Ming laughed heartily, his eyes flashing with a proud light: "Haha, I've got it!"

"What did you get?" Xi Ying was puzzled, slightly frowning, her crescent moon eyebrows seemingly enchanting.

"The clone secret technique I mentioned earlier."

Yuan Ming couldn't contain his joy, speaking as he engraved the Three Corpses Split Body Technique he just memorized into a jade scroll, handing it to Xi Ying:

"Take a look, this is the secret technique of the Sky Demon Royal Court."

Xi Ying took the jade scroll, her divine sense diving into it, and after a moment, she raised her head, admiration on her face: "The reputation of the Sky Demon Royal Court is truly deserved, producing several Mahayana Demon Ancestors, creating such a wondrous secret technique, truly a blessing for cultivators like us."

Yuan Ming felt a sense of pride in his heart, but then he worriedly asked: "This Three Corpses Secret Technique is extraordinary, requiring high aptitude and determination. Can you master it?"

"Don't worry, ever since my second wisdom awakening, I feel that no difficult secret technique can stump me. Also, after advancing to Life Witch, my soul power has increased significantly, and my comprehension ability has also improved a lot. I can master this Three Corpses Split Body Technique in just a few days," Xi Ying said with a slight smile.

Yuan Ming's expression stiffened upon hearing this.

He clearly remembered the records on the Demon Emperor Jade Scroll, that practicing the Three Corpses Split Body Technique requires gradual progress, and even those with high comprehension and strong will need several years to get started.

But now, hearing Xi Ying claim she could master it in just a few days, he was indeed surprised.

If the demon cultivators of the Ten Thousand Demon Country knew, who knows what they would think.

"Is the Wisdom Awakening Secret Technique of the Hui Clan really that powerful? It makes you so confident. It's making me want to undergo wisdom awakening myself," Yuan Ming mused aloud as he came to.

Xi Ying glanced over Yuan Ming, chuckling: "Your soul power has already become much purer. Once you break through to Life Witch, the hidden issues caused by absorbing Desire Power before should vanish. By then, I can help you awaken your wisdom once."

Hearing this, Yuan Ming's heart stirred and he nodded in agreement.

Xi Ying said no more, closing her eyes and beginning to practice the Three Corpses Split Body Technique.

Yuan Ming, seeing this, didn't disturb her and turned to leave.

...

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, seven days had passed.

Wu Yu was preoccupied with the divine skills of that mysterious predecessor, and while comprehending the Ju Mang Taoist Pearl, her mind was restless, unable to grasp its secrets.

As the agreed-upon day arrived, she hurriedly went to her avatar, hoping that the transaction with the predecessor would proceed as scheduled.

A day and a night passed, and until sunrise on the second day, the figure of the "Nine Infant" predecessor never appeared.

Wu Yu was anxious and pondered to herself: "Could it be that the discussion with the Great Sun Glaze Flame angered the predecessor? Or perhaps the current predicament of the Ten Thousand Demon Country has made the predecessor lose confidence in me?"

After a moment of silence, she suddenly gritted her teeth and took out seven golden copper coins, rapidly forming seals with her hands, chanting incantations.

The seven copper coins flickered up and down in her hands, as if dancing a silent dance.

With the exertion of her mana, her face gradually turned pale, as if drained of color.

Yet in front of her eyes, slender white mist gradually appeared, slowly coalescing into a vague image.

In the scene, the outline of a majestic great city gradually appeared, resembling the White Emperor City.

Wu Yu's face slightly changed color, as if perceiving something from this scene.

At that moment, streams of transparent and twisted crystal light suddenly emerged from the void, dashing towards them like lightning with a sizzling sound.

Wu Yu's expression changed drastically, wanting to stop the divination immediately, but it was already too late.

The crystal lightning shot forth like sharp swords, striking her fiercely.

Wu Yu's body trembled violently, as if hit by a powerful force.

She fell to the ground with her head up, bleeding from all seven orifices, appearing extremely miserable.

The crystal lightning did not last long, disappearing after a single strike.

The white mist also slowly dispersed, with seven copper coins falling to the ground, losing their luster.

The shadow of the Great Sun Glaze Flame suddenly appeared, helping Wu Yu up, with a hint of reproach in her voice: "Your divination skills are not suited for tracking; forcing the calculation will surely trigger fate's backlash. Are you courting death?"

Wu Yu wiped the blood off her face and said softly, "For the future of the Ten Thousand Demon Country, no faint hope can be overlooked..."

Upon hearing this, the Great Sun Glaze Flame sighed and asked, "So what did you divine?"

Wu Yu slowly opened her eyes and said, "I saw the White Emperor City, where the senior Nine Infant who left us the book might be."

Upon hearing this, the Great Sun Glaze Flame showed a solemn expression and looked towards the direction of White Emperor City, as if contemplating something.

After a moment, she asked, "What do you plan to do then?"

Wu Yu closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and said slowly, "Whether that senior Nine Infant is indeed our demon clan's ancestor or someone impersonating, it is unlikely they will appear again. Let's rely on ourselves."

"Indeed so." The Great Sun Glaze Flame nodded.

Wu Yu spent half a day regaining her composure and then went into seclusion to meditate again.

Meanwhile, a different scene was unfolding on Yuan Ming's side.

In just seven days, Xi Ying, through her extraordinary insight, successfully severed greed, refining the first Greed Corpse Avatar.

This avatar, although far weaker than the original body, had acquired cultivation at the Nascent Soul Stage.

Yuan Ming was overjoyed and immediately burned incense to possess it, successfully attaching himself to Xi Ying's avatar, starting to comprehend the Love Inquiry Technique.

The Greed Corpse Avatar not only inherited all of Xi Ying's memories and insight but also possessed the ability due to Xi Ying having surpassed the Life Witch and completed the refinement of the Seven Spirits.

The secret technique for refining the Seven Spirits of the Greed Corpse Avatar was not the Love Inquiry Technique, but such secret techniques were quite similar. Possessing the Greed Corpse, Yuan Ming's sense of the Love Inquiry Technique progressed rapidly.

More than a month later, his Love Inquiry Technique finally reached the Refining Emotion realm, and he started attempting to refine the Seven Spirits.

His Seven Spirits gradually became lively, manifesting in his perception as a dazzling array of colors.

The Spirit of Joy appeared yellow, the Spirit of Anger red, the Spirit of Sorrow blue, the Spirit of Fear black, the Spirit of Love orange, the Spirit of Evil gray, and the Spirit of Desire pink.

The originally colorless and intangible Divine Soul now shimmered like a seven-colored rainbow.

Yuan Ming was engrossed in cultivation when suddenly, his Divine Soul and Dantian trembled violently, with a rumbling sound in the void above his head.

A force of Heaven and Earth Dao Power descended from the heavens, merging into his body.

As it turned out, his Emotion Manipulation Ability, due to the refinement of the Seven Spirits, had reached the Perfect Realm, condensing into a Dao Seal.

This Emotion Manipulation Seal resembled a seven-fingered hand, with each finger representing a different emotion's power.

Not only could it more exquisitely manipulate the Power of Seven Emotions, but it also possessed the Divine Skill of Desire Power aggregation, comparable to Wu Yu's Outer Soul Avatar.

Yuan Ming pondered briefly, channeling the Desire Power within the Stealing Heaven Tripod, divided by the Seven Emotions, into the seven fingers of the Emotion Manipulation Seal.

The Emotion Manipulation Seal immediately radiated seven-colored brilliance, its power swiftly increasing.

"Originally, I planned to condense an Outer Soul Avatar after achieving mastery of the Love Inquiry Technique. Now with this Emotion Manipulation Seal, gathering Desire Power within it is indeed an excellent choice," Yuan Ming mused internally.

He then closed his eyes, continuing to refine the Seven Spirits while channeling Desire Power into the Emotion Manipulation Seal.

As Yuan Ming was about to dive into closed cultivation, the ruins of White Emperor City welcomed the first batch of visiting cultivators.

Inside the Stealing Heaven Tripod Space, Yuan Ming was cultivating the Love Inquiry Technique when the Void forcefully woke him.

"Those fixing the Stone Pillar Hongjun have arrived. You need to make contact with them and assist them," the Void's voice echoed in Yuan Ming's ear.

"They really came quickly." Yuan Ming said no more, halted his practice, stood up, and prepared to go out.

At this moment, Xi Ying also awoke from her cultivation, frowning as she looked at Yuan Ming.

"I'll go handle this and be back soon," Yuan Ming said to Xi Ying with a smile.

Xi Ying nodded gently without saying more.

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