Grandpa, times have changed.

Chapter 664 Re-enacting the Transformation Ceremony
Maintaining his Concealment Technique and the Void-Piercing Golden Eyes, Chi Jiuyu sat upright on the sword, choosing not to leave.

The purpose of this trip was to find Gu Xingyun's weaknesses.

Since we've already deduced from that tower that he'll have significant flaws after his failed transformation, we should take this opportunity to observe him more closely.

Immediately afterwards, she took another pill to replenish her mana, ensuring that she was always in peak condition.

This world has been ravaged so badly that not a trace of the natural world remains.

Therefore, the magical power consumed to maintain supernatural abilities is much faster than in other worlds.

That idiot is incredibly cunning. Who knows if he might have some strange supernatural abilities that allow him to discover me and then launch a sneak attack while I'm not in good condition?

I observed them for quite a while.

Gu Xingyun, far away, finally snapped out of his anger at being tricked, and the half of his face that had melted away gradually recovered.

The bizarre scene prompted Chi Jiuyu to complain:
"Neither human nor ghost..."

Gu Xingyun coldly surveyed the surroundings, but still found nothing.

His figure slowly descended, landing in front of the intact 'Mysterious Cloud Spirit Dividing Tower' in the center of the magma sea, and he stretched out his right hand and pressed it on the rough tower body.

Judging from his serious expression, he seemed to be trying to glean something from it...

But not long after, his face became contorted.

"Wasn't it just nearby? Why can't it be analyzed?!"

Analysis?

What to analyze?
Could it be that he wanted to use this tower to analyze the 'Sword Intent Spirit Body' technique she had just used?
Moreover, they had just used all their supernatural powers to attack him not long ago, yet the aura of magic around him had not weakened at all...

Is there some way to reduce mana consumption?

Chi Jiuyu had a variety of guesses in his mind.

Just as he was pondering, he saw Gu Xingyun, who had failed to analyze the 'Sword Intent Spirit Body' through the Xuan Yun Spirit Dividing Tower, slowly rise up in the distance.

Without uttering a word, he turned back the way he came with a cold expression.

His clones, who had come with him, also followed.

In the end, only one clone, with skin as clear as jade and covered in runes, remained near the Xuan Yun Spirit Dividing Tower.

Pi Gu Xingyun, Part Two.

The original body was rendered unusable due to the severe damage inflicted on 'Body Extreme', so this one is a spare.

He seemed to have no intention of going back, and instead sat down high in the lava sea, closing his eyes to rest.

don't go?

Chi Jiuyu blinked, her heart filled with anticipation.

But then I thought about it again. That guy knew that a single clone couldn't possibly be a match for me, yet he still left me here to guard the place.

This is clearly a trap!
A trap designed to lure you into making a move!
The quick-witted Chi Jiuyu saw through the idiot's plot!

and so……

"submerged!"

boom!
The red light spread across the sky, inescapable and unstoppable.

A chilling atmosphere prevailed!

dense!

Like the dazzling light of the sun bursting forth, the all-consuming and destructive intent swept across with overwhelming force.

Pi Gu Xingyun suddenly opened his eyes, and the runes on his skin shone brightly.

"Sever the Spirit!"

He pushed his palms forward flat, meeting the oncoming 'Annihilation Sword' with overwhelming force!
However, he couldn't even hold out for a moment before his resistance was crushed. The terrifying Annihilation Sword encompassed and covered everything around him, and Pi Gu Xingyun was completely vaporized and disappeared within it.

Boom!

Amidst the overwhelming sword light, Pi Gu Xingyun vanished completely, but a hexagonal crystal remained, shimmering with a unique color within.

Ok?
Chi Jiuyu's eyes narrowed.

A ray of sword light shot out from the sword and quickly swept towards the strange hexagonal crystal.

The sword light rose with the wind, ignoring the vast sword light of the 'Sword of Annihilation'.

At first, it only appeared to be in human form, but as it approached the crystal, it transformed into a figure identical to Chi Jiuyu.

He grabbed the strange prism and fled into the distance.

Seeing that the sword intent spirit body had succeeded, Chi Jiuyu's body immediately lit up with sword light.

"Slip away!"

Buzz~!

A ray of sword light disappeared into the distance, but it vanished in a direction completely different from the sword intent spirit body.

Soon after, the original Gu Xingyun appeared with his many clones.

After sensing the direction briefly, they followed the direction in which the sword intent spirit body had fled.

……

……

night.

Inside the best room of an inn within the imperial city of the Xuanling Dynasty.

Having shaken off Gu Xingyun's pursuit, Chi Jiuyu sat at the table, examining the hexagonal crystal surrounded by countless fine sword threads.

The unique colors surging within were also firmly locked in by the sword threads, not a single trace leaking out...

"This thing..."

Just as she had expected, that clone was a trap deliberately set by Gu Xingyun to lure her into making a move.

But it wasn't aimed at her personally, but rather at the 'Sword Intent Spirit Body'.

Not bad!

Just like how Chi Jiuyu figured out the 'Lingyun Dao Sword' through his battle with Sword Dao Gu Xingyun.

Influenced by the "Shepherd of Spirits and Nourishing Myself to Transform into Azure True Scripture" and the "Transformation and Ascension Ceremony", Gu Xingyun thirsted for all unknown cultivation knowledge and obsessively pursued the so-called "perfection".

The purpose of this arrangement is also to study the incarnations split off from Chi Jiuyu, so as to deduce the complete method of 'Sword Intent Spirit Body'.

Of course, it would be best if we could catch the real person!
but……

As the signature divine ability of the Sword Sect, the 'Sword Intent Spirit Body' is the most widely practiced incarnation method among the Sword Sect's sword cultivators, and its power is beyond doubt.

It's not so easy to crack!

The result can be imagined.

Not only did they fail to figure it out, they also lost the carefully prepared bait.

It's safe to say they lost money, they really lost money...

What did we lose again?

'He lost both his wife and his army!'

A childlike voice resonated deep within Chi Jiuyu's heart, carrying a hint of urgency and...

satisfy?

Chi Jiuyu had a meal.

Yeah!
I lost my wife and lost my troops!
"Tsk tsk! That idiot actually tried to scam me." Chi Jiuyu said smugly.

She possesses unparalleled wisdom, is the youngest Nascent Soul cultivator in history, and is the number one genius in all the heavens and myriad realms!

call out!
A ray of bluish-gold light emanated from between her brows.

After circling the room once, it stopped beside her and transformed into an ancient, cyan-gold longsword, seemingly also looking at the hexagonal crystal.

"what is this?"

The child's voice carried a hint of curiosity.

My master has been quite happy ever since he got his hands on it.

"This is a good thing!" Chi Jiuyu looked at the hexagonal crystal in front of him that shimmered with a unique color.

"This thing is called the 'Origin of the World'!"

Her expression turned serious, and she slowly began to speak.

"This is the 'essence' of the world, containing the spirit of heaven and earth, capable of transforming all things into form, and containing the spirit of all living beings."

The cyan-gold longsword stared blankly at Chi Jiuyu.

Her intuition told her that such refined language couldn't have been uttered by her master.

Chi Jiuyu quickly glanced at the pop-up notification on his personal interface.

【World Origin (Divine Transformation): The essence of the world, containing the spirit of heaven and earth, capable of transforming all things into form, and containing the spirit of all living beings. Value: 5 Ascension Points/1 copy】

Only after confirming that he hadn't said anything wrong did he feel relieved.

To some extent, the 'origin of the world' produced by the world can be transformed into any object within the world.

Great worlds at the Dao Integration level and above can produce 'Heavenly Dao Origin'. Although they cannot transform into Dao Integration or higher levels and possess 'self', their wondrous uses surpass those of ordinary 'World Origin'.

The hexagonal crystal in her hand was the origin of the Spirit Cloud Realm world extracted by Gu Xingyun, and it was rated about 0.5 in the Tai Xuan Immortal Network.

Throws out 2.5 Ascension Points in one go...

That idiot really went all out to acquire unknown cultivation knowledge! "Anyway, it's incredibly expensive, it can sell for a lot of money!"

"Money!" The cyan-gold longsword was also excited. "Lord Yuyu, let's go and rob them all!"

“We can’t take it all.” Chi Jiuyu shook her head slightly and said seriously, “The origin of the world is the cornerstone of a world. If we take it all away, it will accelerate the decline of this world.”

According to the description in the Tai Xuan Immortal Network database, the world origin below the Dao Integration level is constant at 129,600 units.

One half serves as the foundation for the world's existence, while the other half is the driving force that propels the world to absorb chaos and strengthen itself.

The extraction of the latter will affect the internal environment of the world.

At that time, the manifestation of spiritual energy in the cultivation world will be the depletion of spiritual energy, and the world will enter the Dharma-ending Age.

In contrast, the technological world is characterized by the instability of both micro and macro rules, with the laws governing the world itself undergoing constant and disorderly changes.

As for the former being extracted...

That would make the problem even more serious.

The entire world will collapse as a result, ultimately leading to annihilation.

She's a member of the Sword Sect, a true righteous prodigy, not some world-destroying demon king!

"Therefore, we can only take a small portion at most."

It's about one in a thousand, which is about 130 portions.

Considering that this world has already been ravaged beyond recognition, in order to preserve more for its restoration, the amount of the world's essence that can be taken away will only be less.

According to her calculations, she'd be lucky to take away ten parts of this world!
……

……

some time afterwards.

Following the guerrilla tactics she had previously devised, Chi Jiuyu began searching for the lone clones that Gu Xingyun had sent out to find her.

Once found, it's a single strike of the 'Sword of Annihilation,' completely irrational!

If she were to encounter the main body of Gu Xingyun, along with his clones of 'Ultimate God' and 'Ultimate Law', chasing after her, she would simply use the Taixu Sword Escape technique to escape.

He was running and cursing at the same time.

By utilizing the unique ability of the Tai Xu Sword Escape to ignore anti-air techniques, they managed to evade numerous meticulously planned traps and ultimately killed Gu Xingyun's thirteen clones.

Moreover, they obtained 1.5 portions of the world's origin from those killed clones.

This shameless fighting style infuriated Gu Xingyun to the point of rage.

But what annoyed him the most was that, despite seeing it so many times, he couldn't glean any information from that sword strike.

Escape techniques, incarnation techniques, swordsmanship...

All the supernatural powers seemed to be shrouded in a bottomless fog, leaving him, who possessed the extraordinary wisdom of an entire civilization, feeling helpless.

This feeling of something so close yet completely unseen...

This drove Gu Xingyun, who was extremely eager for unknown and extraordinary information, crazy.

……

……

A week later.

Near the Xuan Yun Spirit Distribution Tower.

Several streaks of light streaked across the sky like shooting stars.

Ahead of these streaks of light was a constantly flashing sword light that was getting further and further away from them.

Faintly, voices comparable to the "Body Cultivation Elegance" of the Dragon Elephant Sky-Supporting Sect could be heard spreading across the sky, but as the sword light receded, the voices grew fainter and fainter.

After a short while, seeing that there was no hope of pursuing them, the several streaks of light stopped.

As the light dissipated, Gu Xingyun, the true form, stood in mid-air, staring intently at the sword light that had disappeared into the horizon, attempting to decipher its underlying principles.

However, even after the sword light completely disappeared, he still hadn't gained anything.

"Damn it!" Gu Xingyun gritted his teeth.

Half of his face was twitching, as if it might melt at any moment.

Seeing this, Gu Xingyun, dressed in black with a cold expression, said indifferently:

“My Lord, you have acquired some more useless ‘humanity’ that must be removed as soon as possible and placed into a suitable ‘container’.”

The original Gu Xingyun paused, then suddenly turned around:

"You don't need to tell me!"

The malice in his eyes seemed about to burst forth and engulf the world.

"I'm just reminding you."

The God of the Extreme - Gu Xingyun remains indifferent.

Evil thoughts are not a problem.

But when malice arises, corresponding goodwill will also emerge.

When he was first reborn, he suffered greatly because of those useless acts of kindness.

"..."

Taking a deep breath, Gu Xingyun calmed down.

"What do you think we should do?"

“Given the current situation, it’s simply impossible for us to capture her,” said Shenzhiji Gu Xingyun calmly.

Whether it's their clones or their original selves who have undergone the ascension ritual and are stronger than them, their individual combat power is no match for that cultivator who suddenly appeared.

Furthermore, that person also possessed an extremely profound sword escape technique, allowing him to come and go freely, making him impossible to stop.

“We might even find an opportunity to be defeated one by one in the ensuing tug-of-war.”

The gap in combat power is difficult to bridge, its mobility is inferior, and it lacks means of restriction.

Judging from the current situation, it's only a matter of time before they are defeated one by one.

"Therefore, my suggestion is to start the ceremony again."

Ok?
The original Gu Xingyun paused, then shook his head.

"Given the current situation, it's impossible for the ceremony to succeed."

“Success is not required.” God of the Extremes Gu Xingyun looked at him indifferently. “I am the one who will undergo the transformation in this ritual.”

As he spoke, he looked at Gu Xingyun, the master of law, standing to the side.

"With him."

"you……?"

"Even if the ritual transformation fails, we will become stronger afterward, and then we will naturally have the ability to hunt her down."

Through ritual, can the clone also undergo transformation...?

The true form of Gu Xingyun changed color.

This method might indeed provide the combat power to hunt down those cultivators.

"no!"

This method is still too risky.

"Ok?"

"You are all clones created by my divided soul. If you undergo a ritual to transform, the original incomplete divided soul will be restored." The original Gu Xingyun was extremely frank.

The clone he has now is at most only a 'part' of him.

Essentially, he and his clone are the same person, and he has absolute control over his clone.

But things change after the ceremony.

The ritual itself is a kind of 'change' and 'completion', and the fragment of his soul that he left behind will certainly be replenished as well.

Is a complete 'splitting soul' still a 'splitting soul'?

"At that point, it will be difficult to distinguish who is the main person and who is the secondary person."

"..." Shenzhiji Gu Xingyun remained silent. "The risk is indeed very high."

He is Gu Xingyun, and he doesn't want to become someone else for no reason.

After a brief thought:

"Then there's only one way."

"Ok?"

"With you as the one who undergoes the transformation, merging with numerous clones and initiating the ritual ahead of time, even if the ultimate goal cannot be achieved, you, with your perfect integrated characteristics, will still possess combat power surpassing hers."

"I told you, it would fail."

The expected 108 clones have not yet been created.

"Then die."

Shen Zhiji Gu Xingyun's tone remained indifferent.

"We have no other way."

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