Born with immortal seed

Chapter 581 The Secret of Stealing the Sky and Changing the Sun
The ancient times were known as the Dark Ages.

Born with the Great Dao by their side, they are born gods with the strength of the fourth rank upon adulthood.

The prevailing sacrificial culture revered ancestors and was powerful, mysterious, and cruel.

These equally blessed wild beasts were tamed in groups and became the mounts of naturally born gods.

As for ordinary humans, they are at the very bottom of the food chain, not much different from domesticated wild animals.

This long period of time continued until a spatial storm swept through this world, bringing it into the sight of the Earthly Immortal Realm.

Subsequently, the Heavenly Demon Realm and the Heavenly Demon Realm also joined in.

Every unexplored, pristine world is like a treasure box waiting to be opened for cultivators from the upper realms.

You're guaranteed to get at least one Heaven-Opening Spiritual Treasure, and sometimes you might even get some unexpected surprises.

Although the motives of the descending cultivators were impure, especially those from the Heavenly Demon Realm and the Heavenly Demon Realm who came purely to plunder, objectively speaking, it was their arrival that liberated humanity.

During the search and scramble for the Heaven-Opening Spiritual Treasure, some cultivators from the Upper Realm died in battle, and many more naturally born gods perished, and countless wild beasts fell.

The concept of spiritual cultivation emerged during this period, providing a path for physically weak humans to become stronger and ascend.

Later, sects sprang up like mushrooms after rain, but the vast majority of the earliest ones disappeared into the long river of history, with only a handful surviving.

Prayer texts, as tools for communication and recording, are substandard products. They are fundamentally incapable of clearly explaining a matter, often resulting in ambiguity and incoherence.

Because of this script, each character contains far too much information; four or five characters can be equivalent to a lengthy treatise of tens of thousands of words.

However, if it is to serve as a carrier of true meaning, prayers to the gods are the most suitable.

Because no matter how exquisite the words or how profound the descriptions, they cannot capture the true meaning of the Great Way.

Compared to the Flower and Bird Register, the Great Virtue Phoenix Script, and the Great Mighty Dragon Script, the Prayer to Gods Script is undoubtedly more primitive and closer to the Great Dao itself.

"It is said that some forbidden techniques with immeasurable power are activated by prayer runes... In total, I know ten prayer runes, but unless one has achieved something in the corresponding Great Dao, it is extremely difficult to comprehend the runes just by observing them."

Bai Zichen reached out and pressed his hand on the ink pouch. The three characters flickered with light as they were engraved into his mind.

The large characters originally recorded on the jade slip were treated in the same way.

He had been trying to let his sea of ​​consciousness cultivate various supernatural powers and secret techniques on its own, so that there would be no conflict in the allocation of time with meditation and refining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

With sufficient cultivation accumulation, his sacred body can immediately advance and break through, unlike other cultivators who make preparations one after another and still feel it is not enough, and strive to make the breakthrough plan to the extreme.

Even if you eliminate the biggest worry, you still can't do it.

Ultimately, it comes down to a lack of powerful spiritual awareness.

If one's spiritual senses are crystallized to the level of a Nascent Soul cultivator, then his vision should be realized.

The Devouring Serpent's belly contained hundreds of treasures, all of which were likely carefully selected spoils of war. They even found several mature fourth-tier spiritual herbs inside.

It was probably swallowed not long ago and was deliberately preserved so that it could be refined when it would be useful.

There were seven or eight storage bags that were clearly from the human race, and they were neatly categorized according to spiritual materials, magic weapons, ores, etc., with the worst items being third-tier.

The most valuable item is a string of nine-eyed Bodhi beads, which are warm and peaceful. Just touching them brings a sense of tranquility, purity, and comfort.

"I wonder which Buddhist Arhat was eaten by the Devouring Serpent, leaving behind this string of beads. It's truly a waste of a gem..."

This string of nine-eyed bodhi beads has no Buddhist power, does not display any supernatural abilities, and is not even considered an ordinary magic treasure.

However, even a Buddhist Arhat could not produce such a string of prayer beads in his entire life. This is clearly a personal item of a Bodhisattva-level Buddhist practitioner, and it would take at least a thousand years to achieve such an effect.

As soon as he got his hands on it, the deep and melodious Zen sounds that reached his ears washed away all his distracting thoughts and worldly desires, and he knew that this was the most top-tier secret treasure for overcoming inner demons.

With such a string of nine-eyed Bodhi prayer beads on your body, you don't have to worry about external demons entering your body or inner demons arising.

With its help, the inner demon tribulation within the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation can be overcome with ease.

Even when facing the inner demons of the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation, this string of nine-eyed Bodhi prayer beads can be effective.

For cultivators who sincerely pursue the Great Dao, it is far more valuable than any spiritual treasure.

Bai Zichen put the nine-eyed Bodhi prayer beads on his wrist, and later sent the rest of the items to the Qishan Treasury to give the sect disciples more choices.

Because of his existence, the Core Formation cultivators of the Azure Maple Sect are definitely the happiest group in the entire Northern Region, leading in various resources and not lagging behind the cultivators of the Central Region.

Old Man Hu left behind two magical treasures: a mirage pearl, a top-grade magical treasure; and a thousand-butterfly fan, a superior-grade magical treasure.

The vast collection of other cultivation manuals on the Illusion Path, along with a massive amount of materials for casting illusion spells, helped the Qingfeng Sect establish a complete Illusion Path inheritance from scratch.

"The Heaven-Stealing and Sun-Changing Technique? There is such a technique, created specifically for demons with ordinary bloodlines. It can purify bloodlines and change one's fate through this forbidden art."

Bai Zichen was not interested in the Illusionary Path. He only casually browsed the jade slip, hoping to get a general impression so that he could put it into the Transmission Hall later.

After the Nine Yang Divine Fire Mirror was upgraded to a spiritual treasure, the Divine Absorption Mirror completely surpassed the Nine Yang True Fire. No one would regard it as a weapon for killing; it was clearly a spiritual treasure with far greater strategic value for spreading the Dao.

However, the Divine Mirror also needs to continuously absorb information from the outside world so that its spirit can evolve; otherwise, its judgments will soon become outdated.

Simply put, more templates and more cultivation manuals are needed to nourish the Divine Mirror, making it increasingly intelligent.

With the passage of time and the growth of its spirit, the Nine Yang Divine Fire Mirror may even transform into a mid-grade spiritual treasure or a high-grade spiritual treasure.

Bai Zichen was immediately intrigued by the opening description of the "Heaven-Stealing and Sun-Changing Technique" while he was just skimming through it, and he perked up to read on.

The preface states that this cultivation method was fabricated by human cultivators to sow discord among the demon race. The entire text is riddled with flaws, and even if one were to manage to master it, it would have serious negative consequences.

Therefore, at the call of all fifth-order demon lords, the "Stealing the Sky and Changing the Sun" technique was listed as a forbidden technique of the demon race. Those who violated it would have their cultivation completely destroyed and be imprisoned in the forbidden area to become beast slaves who never saw the light of day.

This book is for record-keeping and study purposes only. Borrowing access is recommended, and the level should be at least Grade 4 (high quality).

On the demon race's side, the bloodline index determines the upper limit of a demon's life, a chasm that can never be crossed.

This is why the achievements of the third-tier Long-Armed White Ape bloodline have brought such a great shock to the demons.

However, this "Heaven-Stealing and Sun-Changing Technique" has the outlandish idea of ​​stealing the bloodline of high-ranking demon beasts to continuously elevate and change them.

This is completely unacceptable to the demon race, which has strict rules and where bloodline determines rank.

Upon its release, it was classified as an absolutely forbidden technique, and all its transmissions were destroyed.

Once this technique spreads, the hierarchical order of the demon race will be disrupted, and all demons will target their fellow race members who are slightly stronger than themselves.

The bloodline purification methods that were originally controlled by a few top-tier demon races have lost their appeal to lower-level demon beasts.

The drastic ban was clearly effective; at least he had never heard of this technique before.

Clearly, the allure of the "Stealing the Sky and Changing the Sun" technique is not limited to the lower-level demon races; even a powerful demon like Old Man Hu, who has reached the pinnacle, would have ulterior motives.

One part of this jade slip is so smooth and delicate that the entire outer layer of jade has been removed, indicating that it was often held in the hand for study and contemplation.

"According to this technique, even an insect can rise to the level of a true dragon... It seems that Old Man Hu has been stuck at the fourth-tier high-grade for too long and is considered to have little potential. He also feels that his bloodline limits his development, so he is pinning his hopes on the Heaven-Stealing and Sun-Changing Technique. But in the entire Qingqiu Dead Sea, only the bloodline of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox is guaranteed to be stronger than that of Old Man Hu."

Bai Zichen was somewhat puzzled, as the prerequisite for practicing the Stealing the Sky and Changing the Sun Technique was to have the essence blood of the other party.

For a powerful demon like Old Man Hu, the target pool was suddenly narrowed down to just a handful, making it incredibly difficult.

"Could it be that the Dragon Lord's lingering attachment to the sacred beast's blood is also due to the Heaven-Stealing and Sun-Changing Technique...?"

This possibility is not small. As they are both dragons, if the Dragon Lord obtains the essence blood of a sacred beast, according to the "Stealing the Heavens and Changing the Sun" technique, reaching the fifth-order realm will be a piece of cake.

Even more distant realms may not be enough to reach.

"I wonder if I, as a human, can borrow the power of the sacred beast's blood essence, otherwise it would be too wasteful to leave such a treasure idle there."

Since he completed the Azure Emperor Longevity Sword, there was no need to split it into three parts anymore, and the need for Thunder Sound Bamboo had become almost non-existent. The essence blood of the sacred beast had no real use for Bai Zichen.

Even if they wanted to draw upon its power, they dared not attempt it lightly, given the difference between humans and demons.

This forbidden technique of the demon race gave him a glimmer of hope.

Besides these, the essence and three bodies of the three-headed demon are also a huge treasure.

"The reason I dared to use myself as bait this time is largely because I have the Undying Cave True Bone. Even if I am hit by a hidden attack, I can recover instantly... That squid demon happens to have an indestructible body. Once the time of rejection by the immortal bone is over, I will rebuild the Undying Cave True Bone."

In the days to come, we may very well face the Dragon Lord or even a Nascent Soul Demon Lord, so naturally, the more ways to protect ourselves, the better.

After Bai Zichen finished dealing with his spoils, he summoned his two disciples.

"The demon race is powerful, and even the Northern Region is not at peace... I have decided to return to the Central Region and do my part in the war against the human race."

Bai Zichen checked Li Guizhen and Ma Ruoxi's cultivation progress and was relieved to see that they had not deviated from the right path.

How things unfold depends on individual understanding and fate; a master cannot provide hands-on guidance forever.

"This disciple is willing to follow Master to the Central Region and do all the trivial things for him."

Upon hearing this decision, Ma Ruoxi replied almost without hesitation.

Li Guizhen paused slightly, then followed closely behind.

"Nonsense! With your cultivation levels, going to the Central Region will only cause trouble! It's not like you're sightseeing; you'll be fighting to the death against the demon race. Even a Nascent Soul True Monarch would only be a powerful pawn on such a battlefield. Besides, if you all leave, who will take care of Qishan?"

Bai Zichen's strength was increasingly outmatched by the sect's, and his authority was growing stronger, even making his direct disciples somewhat hesitant to interact with him.

Even a not-so-stern rebuke made the disciple tremble with fear, and dare not offer any further advice.

"The white ape and the colorful phoenix have returned to Rotten Axe Mountain alive. It won't be long before the results of this battle spread. You don't need to worry about any sects in the Northern Region being foolish enough to come and provoke us in the future. The right thing to do is to train more array masters and set up the arrays that Senior Brother Ge brought back. If there are really no suitable candidates, you two, senior and junior brothers and sisters, should also study the Dao of Arrays and fulfill the conditions as soon as possible!"

(End of this chapter)