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According to Yuan Wu's previous intelligence, the secret method for cultivating extraterrestrial demonic energy should correspond to Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, which made Wang Ping immediately focus all his attention on this secret method.

However, Wang Ping did not immediately read the secret technique. Instead, he stretched out his left hand and made a hand seal. Then, his 'Heavenly Eye' opened between his eyebrows, and a golden light swept across the jade slip in an instant.

In an instant, countless images appeared in Wang Ping's mind, finally settling on the top of a giant mountain made of countless skeletons. The mountaintop platform was flattened into a circle, and Yuan Wu and the others built a complex of buildings with skeletons and rocks, thus settling down here. At the foot of the mountain, there were some swaying figures, obviously the lower-level cultivators and creatures who followed them.

When Wang Ping tried to observe it closely, the screen went completely black. It was clear that Yuan Wu had sealed the jade slip and blocked the perception of the jade slip and space.

Wang Ping loosened the hand seal he had been maintaining with his left hand, and as his third eye closed, he used his cultivation to clear the memories he had just read out of his consciousness and sealed them in a crystal.

He remained silent for more than ten breaths before looking at the secret technique Yuan Wu had recorded on the jade slip. In an instant, his primordial spirit recorded the technique. The next moment, a golden light flashed across Wang Ping's physical body and the 'Heavenly Eye' of his primordial spirit, followed by an illusion that appeared in his sea of ​​consciousness…

In his imagination, he saw the universe collapsing silently.

The stars went out one after another like candle flames. Those stars that had once illuminated the ages were now like glass shattered by an invisible giant hand. After bursting out a last, poignant ray of light, they returned to nothingness.

Countless galaxies resembled broken chains of pearls. During this process, Wang Ping even 'saw' the fundamental rules of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements crumbling, but when he examined them closely, they were nothing but chaos.

In the instant before final annihilation, Wang Ping glimpsed a colossal shadow emerging from the center of the universe—a chaotic vortex woven from nine kinds of demonic energy, devouring the last vestiges of light.

Something was vaguely watching the outside world from the depths of the vortex. Just being 'looked at' almost caused cracks to appear in Wang Ping's primordial spirit.

The illusion came to an abrupt end at that moment.

Wang Ping suddenly awoke to find that the jade slip in his hand had turned to dust. A beam of golden light shone from his third eye, containing boundless knowledge, but then vanished into nothingness.

At this moment, even in his state of 'self-discipline,' Wang Ping felt a long-lost terror. This terror penetrated his consciousness, because everything he had just sensed made him feel as insignificant as a lone boat in a vast ocean.

Two or three breaths later, he reacted, suppressing the fear in his mind as quickly as possible, and then clearing it from his memory. At this moment, a light screen panel popped up in front of his eyes:
[The Extraterrestrial Demon Scripture (Erosion Blade Chapter, Volume 1): Cultivating the 'Erosion Blade' demonic source corresponds to the golden spirit energy within the Xuanmen (Mystic Sect). By guiding the demonic energy into the body using a mortal form, one can defy fate and change one's destiny.]

[1. Find a naturally formed 'Erosion Edge' attribute demonic source, plant it in your own spiritual veins, and fuse it with your own spiritual veins. Refine it with the demonic energy you cultivate within your body. A mortal can only attempt this once a day until their spiritual veins are completely fused with it. Progress (0/100).]

[2. When you complete the fusion of the 'Erosion Edge' demonic source, you will see the distribution of the nine energies within the demonic energy. Absorb energy equal to the 'Erosion Edge' demonic source within your body, and complete one cycle within your spiritual veins. Try twice in each Central Continent Heaven until the energy patterns of the 'Erosion Edge' demonic source are imprinted on your spiritual veins. Progress (0/100).]

[3. Gather an energy vortex at the Qi Sea, find a natural fissure rich in demonic energy, and use your physical body as a guide to draw the surging demonic energy within the fissure to converge at the Qi Sea through the great circulation of your meridians. This can be attempted once every ten Zhongzhou Heavens, with a maximum of one hundred attempts. If you fail, you must wait twenty years before trying again.]

[4. When the spiritual vein vortex forms, it will automatically reshape the meridians within the body, requiring at least three years of excruciating pain. When the 'Erosion Edge' demonic source forms a fixed imprint on your soul, you will have successfully entered the realm. The success rate of entering the realm is (30/100), and this probability cannot be changed.]

[Note 1: The magic source must be free of impurities; any impurities must be refined beforehand.]

[Note 1.2: To fuse with the Demonic Source, one must have at least the Foundation Establishment stage cultivation level.]

[Note 2: Imprinting energy patterns can be very painful. You must remain conscious. Falling asleep may lead to the assimilation of your physical body and consciousness.]

[Note 3: The concentration of 'Erosion Edge' magic source in the natural fissure must be above (60/100), otherwise it will be difficult to succeed within 100 attempts.]

[Note 4: Do not try to increase your entry success rate through external forces, as this method does not exist. Perhaps you can succeed by focusing on the laws of nature and seeking His mercy.]

Wang Pingyuan carefully scanned the contents of the light screen panel, then took out a jade slip to record the secret technique, sealed it with a sealing spell, and carried it with him.

Clearly, Yuanwu Zhenjun sent back this secret technique so that Wang Ping could try it out with a puppet. However, it is highly unlikely that this starry sky could give birth to a demonic source, and the demonic source has nine characteristics. Even if it does, there is only a very small probability that it will be the 'Erosion Edge' attribute.

Wang Ping's conjecture is that these nine sources of demonic energy correspond to the rules of order, namely Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, plus the bloodline of the demon race and the memory inheritance of spirit beasts. They were born in the process of destroying the universe.

"The universe is indeed vast enough, while this starry sky is too small."

Wang Ping looked up at the sky, then exited the state of 'self-discipline', letting his thoughts wander in the ocean of consciousness, sitting and fantasizing like an ordinary person.

He really liked this feeling. At this moment, he felt like he had returned to the state of a mortal. This state lasted for half an hour until he felt it was really boring. Then he gathered his mind and saw his primordial spirit leave his body. He made a hand seal to completely drive the memories that had just been scattered away from his consciousness.

He then entered a meditative state by the river.

Two days passed in a flash. Wang Ping was pulled out of his meditation by the energy fluctuations caused by the communication token of a meeting. It was another message from Lieyang, asking if Wang Ping had received the message from Yuanwu.

After Wang Ping gave an affirmative answer, he continued to meditate, and Lieyang did not reply to any further messages.

His meditation this time was not a meaningless rest, but rather a process of deduction within his consciousness…

As early as seven hundred years ago, when the battle of the outer stars ended, Wang Ping had been studying extraterrestrial demonic energy through his puppets, and for this purpose he set up temporary bases outside several star barriers.

His research on extraterrestrial demonic energy was naturally in preparation for future plans. The research direction was naturally how to completely cleanse and assimilate the extraterrestrial demonic energy. Unfortunately, he still hadn't found the answer after so many years. The only way to deal with extraterrestrial demonic energy was to stabilize it, just like how the True Lords stabilized their spirituality, by stabilizing it with the cultivation of the rules of order.

At this moment, Wang Ping's deduction is to use his puppets to cultivate demonic energy and to vigorously explore the possibilities of outer space.

A few months later.

Wang Ping awoke from his meditation. He first used his primordial spirit to scan the riverbed where Yu Lian slept, then transformed into a stream of light and landed on the edge of the cliff of Jiuxuan Mountain. Gazing at the riverbed where Yu Lian slept, he seemed to be speaking to Yu Lian, saying, "In this starry sky, many things cannot bypass you True Lords. Tell me, should we express our thoughts now?"

He took out a communication token for the Yixi meeting. Logically, the other True Monarchs should have also received Yuanwu's message. After reading it, they should have convened a meeting immediately, since Yuanwu's intelligence mentioned that the outer border had accomplished something with extraterrestrial life forms over the past three hundred years. Thinking of this, Wang Ping activated the mirror array. He sent puppets to the outer border through Quanxing's channel, but none had returned with news. He was considering whether to send some higher-level puppets instead.

However, at this moment, a heavy earth elemental aura spread from the direction of Saturn, and even the starlight was tinged with a turbid dark yellow wherever it passed.

Wang Ping raised his head, suppressing all his thoughts at that moment. Anticipation and a smile appeared on his face as he muttered to himself, "You've finally arrived. I've been waiting for so long."

As the heavy earth elemental aura spread to Jupiter's orbit, Wang Ping appeared in Jupiter's outer space in a flash. With a light wave of his sleeve, a wisp of emerald light appeared at his fingertips.

In an instant, thousands of illusory branches, like jade, bloomed in the void, each one entwined with pure wood spirit energy. Wherever they passed, the turbid earth spirit energy instantly melted away like ice and snow.

Then Wang Ping walked leisurely through the air, with each step he took causing a jade-like lotus leaf to bloom in the void. Dewdrops rolled off the lotus leaves, tracing graceful arcs in the starry sky, each drop of dew precisely shattering a stubborn mass of earth spirit energy.

When he reached the edge of Jupiter's orbit, he left behind a trail of emerald light, which contained a life-giving aura of wood spirit, blocking all the invading earth spirit aura.

But then an endless sandstorm appeared in the starry sky, attempting to engulf Jupiter and the surrounding starry sky. Wang Ping chuckled and pointed with his left hand. The wood spirit energy in the starry sky instantly gathered in front of him, transforming into an endless stream of light. The sandstorm turned into a rain of light in the stream of light, as if painting a landscape painting in the starry sky, and then disappeared into nothingness in an instant.

"He does possess some cultivation."

A deep and cold voice echoed in the starry sky, and then a middle-aged man dressed in a narrow-sleeved black and yellow Taoist robe appeared in front of Wang Ping. He was surrounded by a dazzling earthy yellow light, making it impossible for ordinary cultivators to look directly at his face.

Wang Ping paid no attention to the dazzling mystical light. He met the gaze of the newcomer, cupped his hands, and said, "I wondered who had such power. It turns out to be Daoist Diwen in person. I have failed to greet you properly."

Although he spoke formally, his words had a teasing tone, much like Yu Lian's.

Upon hearing this, the mysterious light around Di Wen dissipated, and he also cupped his hands and said, "This humble Taoist thanks you, Daoist, for waking me up from the depths of Zhongzhou. However, this is something your Taiyan Sect owes me, and we are now even."

His meaning was clear: since Wang Ping had taken over the power of the Taiyan Sect, he should bear the consequences of the Taiyan Sect's actions.

Wang Ping didn't want to dwell on the matter, so he smiled and cupped his hands in response, "Alright, let's conclude this matter here. Then what was the purpose of what you did before, fellow Daoist?"

Diwen replied, "While I was in a deep slumber, the True Lords entrusted the Earth Cave Sect to Huishan. However, Huishan treated its disciples like fish on a chopping block, wantonly slaughtering them, ultimately leading to the sect's disintegration. After Huishan brought about its own destruction, Yuanwu again remained indifferent to the suffering of his disciples. Later, the Earth Cave Sect's legacy was entirely entrusted to the Daoist Master..."

"What about me?"

Wang Ping interrupted the question.

Diwen responded, "The Taoist priest has done his duty, but he used my underground cave gate to do secret things..."

Wang Ping laughed and said, "I'm in charge of the Underground Cave Gate, so why can't I order it to do something secretive?" He made a Taoist single-hand salute with his left hand and looked at Di Wen, saying, "Daoist Master, you just want to have a go at me, why make up so many reasons?"

Di Wen's dark eyes turned heavy and yellowish, and he turned slightly to look at Jupiter behind Wang Ping, saying, "Isn't this a rule established by the Dao Palace you founded? You have to find a reason for yourself before doing anything. I'm not used to it for the first time, so please forgive me, Daoist Master."

A fleeting glimpse of his rich humanity crossed his mind, before his entire being was enveloped in cold rationality as he asked, "Where does the Daoist wish to go?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Ping smiled slightly, cupped his hands in greeting to Di Wen, and then transformed into a streak of light, speeding towards the distant starry sky. Di Wen immediately followed closely behind. As the two energies streaked across the starry sky, the other True Monarchs all turned their gazes toward their star field.

More than ten breaths later.

Wang Ping steadied himself in the boundless starry sky outside Jupiter's orbit, and Di Wen, who was following closely behind, also stopped.

As their eyes met, Di Wen made the first move. He raised his hand and pressed down, instantly condensing earth spirit into endless dust, forming a yellowish-brown torrent that stretched for millions of miles. Each grain of dust in this torrent was as heavy as a mountain, carrying a terrifying gravitational pull as it crushed towards Wang Ping.

Wang Ping neither dodged nor avoided; with a light tap of his fingertip, a ray of emerald light bloomed, and wherever it passed, the dust took root and sprouted, instantly transforming into a floating forest that neutralized gravity.

Di Wen snorted coldly, his eyes blazing with a bright yellowish-brown light. Wang Ping sensed that the surrounding space suddenly became incredibly heavy, and even the light began to distort and fall. This was a pure gravity field.

Wang Ping paused slightly, and wood-like textures appeared on his skin. Then, with a light tap of his left hand, the flow of time around him suddenly changed, slowing down the effects of gravity on him by millions of times.

"His cultivation level is even slightly higher than Huishan's!"

The voice of the Earth Script echoed in the starry sky. Then, he clasped his hands together, and a gray-white ripple spread out from him. Wherever the ripple passed, even the void began to petrify, forming a crystalline band.

A green light flashed in Wang Ping's eyes, and a putrid aura emanated from his sleeves. The crystals that had just formed quickly turned black, shattered, and eventually vanished into nothingness.

Then, the two changed their moves at the same time. Di Wen quickly made hand seals, and the earth spirit energy of the starry sky gathered into a meteorite, which pounced on Wang Ping like a hungry beast. The wood spirit in Wang Ping's body throbbed rapidly, and then he gently exhaled a breath. The breath contained the rhythm of life. After the meteorite came into contact with this breath, countless vines immediately grew on its surface, which in turn restrained Di Wen's attack.

Suddenly, the void beneath Diwen's feet collapsed, forming a massive gravitational vortex. Countless earthen-yellow runes emerged from the vortex, attempting to pull Wang Ping into it.

Wang Ping remained calm and composed, forming hand seals. A dazzling green light emanated from his body, and as the light covered the gravitational fluctuations, the gravity began to multiply uncontrollably, eventually collapsing due to overgrowth.

At this moment, Diwen suddenly stopped.

Wang Ping was in the same boat. The two had just been competing on the characteristics of the rules, a mere exchange of skills. But judging from the inscription, he wanted to continue the contest with magical artifacts and secret techniques. (End of Chapter)