Shi Feiyang always remembered that the Golden Seal was the foundation; therefore, he never slackened in his cultivation, combining it daily with the talismanic engravings in the Heavenly Book Jade Box, the calculation methods he had learned before, and the changing star maps on the Cave Spirit Zither in his efforts to comprehend.

One day, he was cultivating in seclusion within a spherical cave and had been deducing continuously for half a month when he suddenly recalled the difference between this cave and the one on Wuding Island.

The spherical cultivation cave on Wuding Island was built on land, with a high platform erected beneath it to serve as the Coiling Dragon Stone, situated right at the center of the sphere.

This time, he was underwater, the space filled with sea water and devoid of any platform, simply a complete spherical space. He floated at the center of the sphere, his Dragon Body twisting and turning as if in outer space, mimicking Earth's rotation to observe the movements of the celestial spheres around him.

Suddenly, he recalled the words, "The numbers of Heavenly Transformation are thirty-six, the numbers of Earth Transformation are seventy-two, for the Heavenly Dao operates and patrols through ten degrees to exceed the Heavenly Stars, the Earth Method on Earth, Heavenly Dao generates it, and Earth Dao completes it, Earth's energy changes every five days..."

The number of Heavenly Transformations is thirty-six, changing every ten degrees, the Circulation Star Talisman has three hundred and sixty paths, ten paths constituting one change, the specific nature of the change, unknown.

The number of Earth Transformations is seventy-two, changing every five days, corresponding to the Circulation Star Talisman this is five paths, five talismans abstracting from the celestial star maps, representing the Heavenly Dao, they aren't the direct manifestations of Earth Dao's changes, yet they originate from Earth Dao's transformations...

Every five days marks a period, seventy-two periods, seventy-two changes!

Suddenly, many things became crystal clear.

His mind moved, the Dan Qi around his body surged, and his body rapidly transformed, almost in the blink of an eye, from a Black Dragon dozens of meters long into a human teenage boy.

He looked at his pale hands, his feet floating in the water, and even touched his hair floating in the water.

Now he was in a state of held breath, opening his mouth to breathe would cause him to choke on water.

His hands formed a spell, dispelling the water, and in a moment, the spherical cave was completely emptied of water, not even a bit of moisture remained.

Barefoot on the rocky floor, he then exhaled a stream of Dan Qi, creating a patch of clear light in front of him, which showed his reflection as if it were a mirror, only the person inside was three-dimensional.

This is what I looked like before I transcended!

Shi Feiyang felt joy in his heart, his mind moved again, and he swiftly transformed back into a Black Dragon dozens of meters long, then with another thought, returned to a human form.

So this is how it works!

This was not the orthodox method for transforming into a human form practiced in the Shushan World, but rather akin to traditional myths where demons attain mana and can transform into humans.

This is... the Earth Evil Seventy-Two Transformations!

He delved into inner reflection, aware that he could only transform into his pre-transcendence human form, unable to assume the appearance of others, nor could he mimic the boundless transformations of various beings as freely as the Great Sage in "Journey to the West" could, where he could become any person or animal, or even plants and stones, yet essentially remain the same.

"The spirit of the ape matches the human heart, deep is the intent where the heart and ape align."

He recalled this famous line from "Journey to the West," and he aspired to one day be like Sun Wukong, able to transform at will. If he truly could achieve that, it would be like a dimensional attack in the Shushan World, and he really could avoid the Three Calamities and all manners of hardship. I could simply morph into a pebble or turn into a weed—how then would my enemies ever find me?

"But I wonder if people can see the demon within me now? I should test it, and now that I have a human form, I can also travel around Central Earth and dig for hidden treasures."

His understanding of the Golden Seal had improved yet another step, and although it was just one step, it signified a qualitative transformation. He took out the Heavenly Book Jade Box, and when he cast the spell to open it, he managed to unlock the last two compartments effortlessly!

The second compartment of the Jade Box contained six elixirs and a Jade Ruler. The elixirs were Gathering Essence and Refining Form Pills, concocted by the Ancient Golden Immortal Guang Chengzi in ancient times, while the ruler was the Nine Heavens Yuan Yang Ruler, a treasure used by Guang Chengzi for refining demons. The third compartment contained the actual Heavenly Book.

Shi Feiyang sat cross-legged on the ground, playing around with these items, starting with the Heavenly Book. Once opened, it was indeed filled with Ancient Tadpole Script, which he couldn't understand at all.

Guang Chengzi's Dan Scripture was divided into three parts, each with a specific focus—the upper volume was in the hands of Ling Hun, discussing the grand Dao and accompanied by Nine-character True Words and annotations.

The middle volume was held by two elders from Song Mountain, focusing on Cultivation Techniques. The elders themselves did not recognize it and couldn't practice it—Master Changmei later took it, deciphered about half of the contents, and taught it to them. It wasn't the main technique for cultivation; it merely served as a reference.

The lower volume mainly discussed various application spells, elixirs, demon refining, Formation Divine Talismans, and so on. Unfortunately, within Shushan, those who could understand this kind of Tadpole Script were exceedingly rare.

Unwilling to admit defeat, Shi Feiyang speculated that the three parts of the Heavenly Book and Dan Scripture were left by Guang Chengzi, but the annotations in the upper volume must have been written by the Yellow Emperor. The so-called annotations merely translated Guang Chengzi's Tadpole Script into the language of the time of the Yellow Emperor thousands of years ago—even if he brought them out now, he still wouldn't recognize them.

However, Huaxia script emphasizes portraying meaning, with phonetics being secondary. It was because of this portion that he agreed to interpret it this way, not to fit the sounds intentionally into this arrangement of radicals. Since it portrayed meaning, there was meaning to be conveyed, passing from ancestors to descendants, a mutual understanding was possible.

He tried to decode the Tadpole Script using the logic of the Golden Seal, and indeed, he soon discovered some clues.

There were many types of Tadpole Script in the world, each interrelated in some ways but completely different in others.

Shi Feiyang speculated about the logic of character creation used by Guang Chengzi's Tadpole Script. It ultimately stemmed from the core of Huaxia, the Yin Yang Five Elements, Heavenly Stars, with each character stroke resembling tadpoles and each linked to star constellations—the essence of the Golden Seal was a concentration of these constellations. By comparing both, he quickly decoded more than twenty characters.

Yellow Emperor was a fervent scholar. He often sought teachings humbly from ministers specializing in various fields. Broadly speaking, he had many teachers, but only two major mentors mattered. One was the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, teaching him the Heavenly Geometric Technique, whose most famous were the Three Styles: Taiyin governing the heavens, covering the nation's fate; Liu Ren governing people, involving divination; and Dunjia governing the land, dealing with military matters. The Yellow Emperor defeated Chi You thanks largely to the benefits of Qimen Dunjia.

Another teacher was Guang Chengzi. Yellow Emperor repeatedly visited Kongtong Mountain to consult Guang Chengzi, who taught him the arts of personal cultivation and state governance. By then, Guang Chengzi was already over twelve hundred years old, having also attained his status through cultivation.

The root of Huaxia civilization lies in Nuwa and Fu Xi, and the essence of Huaxia civilization is the Dao.

Whether the Yellow Emperor or Guang Chengzi, their fundamentals were here.

Shi Feiyang gathered all his knowledge in his mind, formed an outline and delved into the principles, then returned to the task of deciphering the Tadpole Script using the Golden Seal. Although it was a tough and obscure process, correcting mistaken earlier interpretations and overturning them after realizing inconsistencies, the approach was correct.

He spent several months in seclusion within the cave, deciphering about a third of the Tadpole Script. Many sentences became somewhat understandable, and the original forms of the scriptures gradually emerged more before him—identifying which were the spells of ancient times, which were alchemy recipes, and which were arrangement of formations...

The Nine Heavens Yuan Yang Ruler originally required the Nine-character True Words from the upper volume to be functional; otherwise it was useless to hold. However, those True Words were left by the Yellow Emperor to facilitate usage for future generations. Shi Feiyang directly found the chapter on the sacrificial refinement of the Nine Heavens Yuan Yang Ruler. Although he still didn't recognize many characters, he managed to grasp the meaning through persistent experimentation and refinement, not only enabling him to manipulate the treasure ruler but also deepening his understanding of many scriptures!

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