Stealing the Secret from the Cover of Heaven

Chapter 421 The Flesh Has a Spirit
The opening of Kunpeng's Nest in the North Sea did not cause much disturbance on the Ziwei Ancient Star.

However, the special aura it exuded was still captured by many major forces in the North Sea.

The major forces in the North Sea, such as the Poseidon Sect, Black Turtle Island, and Black Dragon Island, responded immediately after receiving the news that Kunpeng's Nest had been opened again.

Strong men from all sects brought a group of young disciples with extraordinary talents to the sea area where Kunpeng's nest was born.

A few days later, thousands of monks appeared in the originally empty sea.

After arriving at that sea area, most people did not go directly to the island, but instead observed the situation of Kunpeng's nest there.

The cultivators of hundreds of races, including humans, demons, sea creatures, etc., gathered in that sea area.

After observing the impact of the black fog on the cultivators after the emergence of Kunpeng's Nest, they decided to let their disciples go and look for opportunities.

Some unintelligent sea beasts that swam to this sea area from all over the North Sea were not so cautious. It seemed that their instinct drove them to swim towards Kunpeng's nest.

However, in this process, many sea beasts could not withstand the pressure and exploded.

In the end, only a few large red fish and a dark sea turtle climbed up the stairs on the edge of the dead cliff, completing the leap of life.

Compared to those sea beasts that can only rely on instinct to reach the island, the disciples selected by each sect perform much better.

Hundreds of people successfully crossed the sea shrouded by black fog and climbed up the stone steps under the dry cliff.

As time went by, the news that Kunpeng's Nest was reopened continued to spread around, and many sects on land also sent people to that sea area to look for opportunities.

Afterwards, wave after wave of young monks began to climb the dry cliff. Among them, some older monks who claimed to have achieved great accomplishments also joined the climb.

Although there are many living creatures, this place can accommodate them all and there is no crowding. All the cultivators are rushing up the mountain quickly, fearing that they will fall behind and miss the opportunity to visit Kunpeng's Nest.

But for more than ten days, no one reached the top of the cliff, and everyone began to have deep doubts about the height of the cliff.

It doesn’t look high, but when you get closer to the cliff, you will find that Kunpeng’s Nest on the top of the cliff is even higher than the sky.

Moreover, flying was restricted in this place, so they could only climb the stairs like mortals.

Li Zhi and Golden Dragon Saint King, who were walking in front of the crowd, were naturally many times faster than those who came later.

After more than ten days of climbing, we finally reached the top of the cliff.

Unfortunately, unexpectedly, there was no trace of Kunpeng’s nest on the top of the cliff.

The top of the majestic stone cliff is bare and without any grass. There is only chaotic mist, faint glow of clouds, and mysterious waves spreading outward.

"Why did Kunpeng's nest disappear?" The Golden Dragon Saint King looked around and said with a puzzled look on his face.

Li Zhi vaguely saw a mysterious stone door hidden in the sunset glow in the chaotic mist.

The two stone doors of the portal were faintly flowing with the true power of the sun and the holy power of the moon.

It is precisely because the yin and yang forces on the two stone doors are intertwined that the chaotic mist and nine-color rays of light on the top of the mountain have evolved.

Then, Li Zhi walked towards the two stone doors. After entering the area shrouded in chaotic mist, it seemed as if he had entered another world.

The Golden Dragon Saint King who followed him disappeared immediately.

However, Li Zhi didn't care. Although there was a mysterious power of rules here, he didn't sense any danger.

Walking to the two stone doors shrouded in chaotic energy, Li Zhi immediately reached out to push the stone doors.

A surprising scene happened.

Li Zhi, who was able to pick stars and grab the moon, was actually unable to do anything with these two stone doors and couldn't push them open at all.

The divine power emanating from his hands was like a drop in the ocean, and was absorbed by the two stone doors in an instant, making the two stone doors even more solid.

"Does it require a special bloodline to open it?" Li Zhi stood in front of the stone doors, looking at the two stone doors with countless mysterious patterns carved on them with a puzzled look on his face, revealing a thoughtful look.

"My lord, these two stone doors can only be opened by someone with a predestined relationship. They cannot be opened by someone with a high level of cultivation. If you force the door open, Kunpeng's Nest will directly repel the person who breaks the door. Then it will hide itself in the void again." The Golden Dragon Saint King followed closely and found the door hidden in the chaotic mist, and explained to Li Zhi.

Seeing this, Li Zhi nodded and said, "Then you wait here for the destined person to come, and I will go look somewhere else."

"My lord, you must not use magic power that exceeds the Taoist Palace Secret Realm." The Golden Dragon Saint King reminded Li Zhi again.

Li Zhi nodded, then disappeared from the chaotic mist.

After strolling around the top of the cliff and not finding anything useful, Li Zhi jumped directly off the cliff.

With a "splash", Li Zhi dived into the sea.

After entering the sea, Li Zhi continued to dive and search for something on the nearby seabed.

A few days later, he discovered three strange places on the seabed.

One is an ancient cave located in an underwater mountain range that exudes extreme yang energy.

One is an ice-covered abyss, where Li Zhi felt the ultimate Taiyin power under the ice.

There is also a trench that is sparkling with countless stars, as if someone has poured countless meteorites from outer space into the trench.

These three strange places are similar to the Yangji Cave, Xuanbing Abyss and Meteorite Tomb, which are said to be the places where Kunpeng refined his body when he was young.

Inside the ancient cave, the fire was bright and the power of the yang was surging, as if a sun had been forced into the cave. The terrifying power of the yang completely isolated the sea water outside the cave.

The frozen abyss is icy and dark, as if there is an original Taiyin River flowing in the seabed. Just a little bit of Taiyin power that escapes is enough to freeze everything in the abyss. Even the frozen sea water is harder than diamond. The only way to enter the abyss is to break through the ice cover.

And that trench filled with meteorites from outer space contained some rare divine irons, but in Li Zhi's view, it was just like that. The ten-kilometer-long meteorite trench was like a brilliant galaxy reflected on the seabed.

Seeing the three strange places appearing on the seabed, Li Zhi began to have some doubts in his heart. Even if this Kunpeng Nest in the North Sea was not the Kunpeng Nest that Emperor Huang Tian entered that year, it must be related to that Kunpeng Nest.

Otherwise, terrains like the Anode Cave, the Mysterious Ice Abyss and the Meteorite Tomb would not appear.

In the ancient times, these three types of terrain were all the best places for cultivating the spiritual realm.

Li Zhi first walked into the ancient Zhiyang Cave, but unfortunately his physical body had already surpassed that of the Great Sage, and the Zhiyang power in the Jiyang Cave had no effect on him.

Afterwards, Li Zhi went to the Frozen Abyss and the Meteorite Trench.

The energies from those two places also had no effect on him.

The energy in these three places can only temper the bodies of cultivators below the level of great power.

The cultivator's physical body can be honed to a level comparable to that of a powerful being while in the secret realm of the Taoist Palace.

Although the energies in those three places were ineffective against him, he did find some mysterious runes in those three places.

The effect of those runes seems to be that they can draw in the ultimate energy from the outside world to temper oneself, thereby unlocking the spirituality hidden in the flesh and blood.

Li Zhi memorized the runes and left.

When he returned to the top of the cliff again, the two stone doors that were originally hidden in the chaotic mist had been discovered by later comers.

Many people tried to push open the two stone doors, but no one succeeded.

"Master, you are back." Seeing Li Zhi returning, the Golden Dragon Saint King hurried back to him and introduced to him what had happened in the past few days.

At the same time, the Golden Dragon Saint King told Li Zhi that in order to open the two stone doors, one of the people who came must have cultivation that met the standard.

"What standard?" Li Zhi asked curiously.

“I am not very clear about it either, but based on the information I exchanged with others, I can deduce that only when a seed-level cultivator with a physical body beyond the extreme realm appears can these two stone doors be opened.” The Golden Dragon Saint King replied.

"The physical body has surpassed the limit?" Li Zhi was a little confused.

His physical body was definitely beyond the limit, so why didn't he push open those two stone doors before?

It seems that there are other requirements for opening the stone gate.

Then Li Zhi thought of the arrangement on the seabed and thought, "Yangji Cave, Xuanbingyuan, and Meteorite Tomb are all supreme places for cultivators to transform into spirits. Could it be that they want to cultivate spirituality in their flesh and blood?"

Li Zhi's intuition told him that he might have guessed the truth about opening Kunpeng's nest, and then he left the cliff again.

This time, he left the ancient star Ziwei and entered the depths of the outer space. Afterwards, Li Zhi found a super sun with surging yang energy in the universe. Then he entered the core of the sun and used the runes obtained from the anode hole to draw the yang power of the core of the sun to cleanse his flesh and blood.

Gradually, a vigorous vitality seemed to emerge in his flesh and blood.

Then Li Zhifu went into his mind and transformed the great principles he had cultivated into various runes and integrated them into his flesh and blood.

Under the guidance of the mysterious runes, his flesh and blood became condensed again, and even began to reshape its shape and evolve its spirituality.

From skin to bones, and then from bones to skin, bones and flesh blend together, and a layer of mysterious light film appears, which finally shines on the surface of the body.

Li Zhi was completely enveloped in a layer of light, like a god, emitting a sacred and transcendent aura, and his body had a flawless and perfect feeling.

At this moment, he seemed to have come from the divine realm and did not belong to the mortal world. There was not a trace of impurities in his body. From bones to flesh and blood, and then from flesh and blood to bones, he was constantly changing, and his body became more and more crystal clear.

During this process, the spirituality seemed to begin to evolve within the flesh and blood, seizing all the world's blessings and making oneself transcendent, just like a colored glaze Dharma body, shining in the void, dust-free and full of divinity.

After coming out of the sun, although Li Zhi's body did not become stronger, he gained a spirituality that he had never possessed before, as if his flesh and blood were injected with souls and "came to life".

"Could this be the ancient method of transforming the physical body into a spirit?" Li Zhi looked at the changes in himself with surprise.

Then he found a lunar sea in the universe and began to repeat his previous actions in the lunar sea.

Finally, he used his great magical powers to condense tens of thousands of stars into a star pool, and used the essence of different stars to cleanse his flesh and blood.

In the end, Li Zhi's entire body emanated a special spiritual light, as if he was a real god walking out of the divine realm.

I feel that my body is evolving towards the direction of a spiritual fetus, and even the speed of my breathing and enlightenment practice has doubled. I have a feeling that I can control all kinds of spiritual forces between heaven and earth.

Using different methods to temper the body, the final results are indeed different.

Melting the great truth he had comprehended into his flesh and blood in the form of runes did indeed give his flesh and blood body a special spirituality that it had never had before.

According to legend, every inch of flesh and blood of a powerful emperor is intertwined with Tao and Principle.

It seems that the reason why the Quasi-Emperor is far more powerful than the Great Sage, in addition to the difference in life level, is that their flesh and blood have more Tao and reason intertwined than those of the Great Sage level.

After all, don't treat the quasi-emperor as an emperor.

Although the fighting power of a quasi-emperor is not as good as that of a real emperor, he still possesses all the necessary characteristics.

In the chaotic ancient times, quasi-emperors and great emperors were collectively referred to as the Supreme.

The foundation of the saint's Dao mark is on the primordial spirit. Whether it is a saint, a saint king, or a great saint, once the primordial spirit dies, the Dao law they have cultivated will disappear.

But this is not the case for the Quasi-Emperor and the Great Emperor.

Even if their spirits have withered, their great principles and laws still remain in the remaining flesh and blood.

The mark of the emperor's avenue can be said to have seeped into every aspect of the body and can even be stably passed on to future generations.

For cultivators below the quasi-emperor level, mana is mana, principles are principles, and the body is the body.

After transforming into a quasi-emperor, whether it is magic power, divine power, or physical strength, all of them contain the great laws that the quasi-emperor himself has cultivated.

I'm afraid this is the fundamental reason why the Quasi-Emperor is much more powerful than the Great Sage.

Of course, after one’s cultivation level is raised to the Quasi-Emperor level, the laws of the Dao will also undergo changes.

However, this transformation of laws after the realm is raised is a phenomenon that occurs every time a realm is raised, and it is not an exception.

In the starry sky, Li Zhi used the power of the extreme yang, the extreme yin and the power of the stars to cleanse his body. Although he did not allow his body to be interwoven with the true Tao and reason, after being baptized by the laws of the Tao, a special spirituality was added to his flesh and blood.

Although he didn't know whether this state could be called "the body becoming spirit", it was worth the trip for Li Zhi.

Afterwards, Li Zhi returned from outside the domain and went back to the stone cliff where Kunpeng's nest was located in the North Sea.

Unfortunately, he did not see any of the young monks who climbed the mountain, any of whom had used the Jiyang Cave, Xuanbing Abyss and Meteorite Trench under the sea to sharpen their bodies.

"Could it be that among so many cultivators, there is not a single destined person when Kunpeng's Nest is opened this time?"

Li Zhi heard many masters communicating with each other there, and it seemed that they felt that the opening of Kunpeng's Nest must wait for the right person to open it.

"It seems that this time, we will not be able to visit Kunpeng Nest."

After a long time, the Kunpeng's Nest was still not opened, and many people showed disappointment.

Every time Kunpeng's nest appears and disappears, it never takes more than three months, but now it has been close to three months.

At this moment, Li Zhi saw a big red fish that had not transformed, crawling with difficulty to the front of the two stone doors.

After hitting the stone gate hard with its tail, a dazzling light suddenly shot out from the stone gate, and the huge red fish, which was more than three meters long, immediately began to change its shape.

After the light faded, it turned into a humanoid boy who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old.

There was just an extra scale like red crystal between the eyebrows.

However, Li Zhi discovered that the young man who was transformed from the red fish seemed to have a strong divine aura hidden deep in his flesh and blood.

After transforming, the red fish boy pushed the two stone doors with all his strength.

Then, a surprising scene appeared. Although his strength was comparable to that of a young man who had just entered the secret realm of the Taoist Palace, he slowly pushed open the two stone doors.

A strong spiritual energy rushed out from behind the stone gate.

"The door is open, everyone rush in."

The stone gate suddenly opened, and a tide of spiritual energy burst out, which immediately excited the monks who had originally planned to leave, and they all rushed towards the stone gate.

As for the red fish boy, he was already exhausted. He fell beside the stone gate with an unwilling look on his face, looking at the boys who were pouring in like a tide.

Seeing this, Li Zhi came to the young man, pulled him out from the crowd, fed him a pill, and asked, "What's your name?"

"Huo Yan." The young man said unwillingly, then thanked Li Zhi.

"Are you willing to follow me?" Li Zhi asked again.

"Who are you?" Huo Yan did not agree, but asked.

"I'm Li Zhi. I can teach you the correct path of cultivation." Li Zhi said to the young man with a smile.

"Junior is willing." Huo Yan quickly bowed to Li and called him "Teacher".

Li Zhi nodded and said, "You will be my nominal disciple first. When you are able to complete my requirements, I will accept you as my real disciple."

At this moment, Kunpeng's Nest was open, and few people noticed the conversation between Li Zhi and Huo Yan.

"The fortune within Kunpeng's nest belongs to me."

"Anyone who stands in my way will die!"

"Get out of my way!"

At this moment, killing has already begun in front of the stone gate leading to Kunpeng's Nest.

The masters of various races no longer concealed their abilities and attacked the monks around them one after another. In an instant, the area where the stone gate was located turned into a bloody battlefield.

Seeing this, Li Zhi asked Huo Yan, "How did you manage to get here? Why did you choose to transform here instead of at the foot of the mountain?"

"When I was practicing in a seabed fire cave, I saw a picture left by a senior. I knew that if I could reach Kunpeng's nest with pure physical strength, I would be blessed by Kunpeng. I would have a chance to open the hidden blood power in my body, so I did not transform in advance, but crawled here with difficulty in the form of a fish."

After listening to Huo Yan's explanation, Li Zhi finally understood where the divinity in his body came from.

That was the bloodline from his ancestor, the Flame Fish.

The Flame Fish is a strange fish that can naturally produce divine substances in its body.

Afterwards, after Huo Yan's energy was restored, Li Zhi took him into Kunpeng's nest.

(End of this chapter)