Dragon Devouring Cultivation

Chapter 410 Tripitaka
But look at the Buddha of Enlightenment now; he has become material for refining fifth-order undead and has been placed in an array.

Yu Wenhua suppressed his feelings of shared sorrow and fear, thinking that if he hadn't offered to join the fold in time, he might have ended up like the Buddha Mingxin.

If Li Zhen knew what Yu Wenhua was thinking, he would definitely tell him he was overthinking it.

Yu Wenhua's physical body could not meet Li Zhen's material requirements for refining fifth-order undead.

Yu Wenhua took out a small table and arranged spiritual tea and spiritual fruit on it. He had made preparations for this when he decided to come and help the Chaos Dragon refine the fifth-order undead.

Li Zhen did not want to revert to his human form, as his human form was not yet at the level of a deity and was in its weakest state.

He simply used his 'size at will' supernatural power to shrink himself down and sit down with Yu Wenhua to discuss the Dao.

In the days that followed, both Li Zhen and Yu Wenhua gained a lot.

Li Zhen's knowledge system is a fusion of the Immortal Kingdom's Qingmu University, the Chaos Divine Dragon's inheritance from the Demon Kingdom, and the inheritances of the three great divine sects from the medieval world. In terms of the breadth of his cultivation knowledge, he is almost unmatched in the three worlds.

Yu Wenhua has over a thousand years of experience, and he is quite eloquent, always able to tell his stories in a captivating way.

Both sides learned a lot from each other, which made the exchange even more enthusiastic.

Just as the fifth-order undead crafting was about to end, intense energy fluctuations appeared in the sky.

Normally, such energy fluctuations would cause panic, but this time the medieval world was very calm because the North Sea Divine Sect had given prior instructions, informing all parties about the matter of the Supreme Sect Master of the North Sea Divine Sect.

"It's time to undergo the fifth-order Heavenly Tribulation again!" Li Zhen looked up at the sky and said.

"Supreme Sect Master, are you confident?" Yu Wenhua asked with concern.

He and Li Zhen were now on the same side, and the stronger Li Zhen's side became, the more advantageous it would be for him and the Beihai Divine Sect.

It should be noted that the period of peace in the medieval world lasted only five hundred years; after five hundred years, the spatial blockade would be lifted.

He could no longer expend his lifespan to continue sealing off the space. If it weren't for the threat to his own safety, he and Xu Pan would not have sacrificed their lifespans to seal off the space of the medieval world.

Yu Wenhua was very curious. It wasn't unheard of in the medieval world to have refined fifth-order undead.

However, apart from the Eastern Divine Sect, which obtained a mysterious fifth-order giant corpse and was itself a fifth-order undead, no one else has successfully refined a fifth-order undead to overcome the fifth-order heavenly tribulation.

Undead are naturally restrained by heavenly lightning, and the heavenly lightning of the fifth-order heavenly tribulation is as dense as rain and continuous. The chance of a fifth-order undead being able to survive the heavenly tribulation is extremely low, many times lower than that of a human cultivator surviving the fifth-order heavenly tribulation.

Previously, Li Zhen had successfully cultivated a fifth-order Wukong, and Yu Wenhua came here specifically to observe the process of a fifth-order undead undergoing tribulation.

The terrifying fifth-order thunderclouds gathered, posing a threat even to a Nascent Soul cultivator like Yu Wen, causing him to retreat to a greater distance.

Li Zhen transferred the energy he had prepared earlier into the body of the fifth-order undead before retreating to Yu Wen's side.

Yu Wenhua was unable to use his divine sense to observe, so he could only guess that what Li Zhen had just done might be related to the successful tribulation of a fifth-order undead.

The subsequent fifth-order heavenly tribulation process confirmed his guess. All one hundred and eight heavenly lightning bolts were actually blocked by the fifth-order undead with their bodies. In his eyes, the entire tribulation process was a process of constant destruction and constant repair.

If it weren't for the Chaos Dragon's overwhelming power, Yu Wenhua would have forced the Chaos Dragon to reveal the method he had just used.

If a fifth-order undead can successfully pass the fifth-order Heavenly Tribulation, does that mean that human cultivators can also use this method when passing the fifth-order Heavenly Tribulation?

In fact, if he knew the details of the methods used by the Chaos Dragon, he wouldn't have thought that way.

Using the energy transformed from another fifth-order being to help someone overcome a fifth-order heavenly tribulation is hardly a worthwhile business deal.

Apart from Li Zhen, any other fifth-tier being would find it extremely difficult to defeat and capture another fifth-tier being. The lifespan consumed during the battle alone would be something no fifth-tier being could withstand.

Not to mention the Dragon Heart Space, which, through the Chaos Dragon Heart and the mutation brought about by Li Zhen's transmigration, possesses a strange devouring function.

Without this mutated Dragon Heart Space, it would be impossible to obtain pure fifth-order energy, and thus impossible to use fifth-order energy to overcome the fifth-order Heavenly Tribulation.

What appeared to be an easy tribulation for Yu Wenhua was not so simple. Li Zhen had destroyed the Southern Mountain Divine Sect to obtain Xu Panhua's physical body and nascent soul. This time, he had to consume the energy transformed from Xu Panhua's physical body to allow the fifth-order undead to successfully pass the fifth-order heavenly tribulation.

As the last bolt of heavenly lightning subsided, the Buddha of Enlightened Mind was reborn. His innate compassionate temperament and appearance, after transforming into a fifth-order undead, gained an additional wisp of sinister aura.

“From now on, I’ll call you Sanzang!” Li Zhen said to the fifth-tier bald undead.

The reason for choosing this name is that with the fifth-level Wukong, the white dragon Ao Lie, and Sanzang, they would be a perfect match.

Sanzang wore the robe that originally belonged to the Buddha Mingxin, without needing to change his attire.

Yu Wen, a Nascent Soul cultivator, was also examining the Fifth-Order Sanzang. The familiar Nascent Soul cultivator had transformed into a spirit, and he was surprised to find that the Fifth-Order Sanzang's cultivation had not decreased. Compared to the previous Buddha Mingxin, Sanzang's cultivation had not only not weakened but had actually increased.

It's important to know that when someone transforms into an undead, their cultivation level will decrease. This is why when using a weaker fifth-tier physical body to refine a fifth-tier undead, the resulting undead may not reach the fifth tier.

But look at the fifth-level Sanzang, whose cultivation has not decreased but increased, which makes Yu Wenhua feel incredible.

Li Zhen was also examining the Fifth-Order Tripitaka, but as its owner, he was able to see its more core parts.

He discovered that the fifth-order Sanzang not only possessed the innate abilities of a fifth-order undead and mastered the application of fifth-order undead energy, but also retained several supernatural powers of the original enlightened Buddha.

This situation is extremely rare when crafting a fifth-order undead. It is not surprising that the original body's physical abilities are inherited, but it is rare to inherit supernatural powers as well.

Li Zhen controlled the fifth-tier Sanzang, but instead of using his necromancy talent, he had him use the Buddhist light supernatural power from the 'Demon Buddha Yin Yang Technique' of the Western Heaven Temple.

The Buddha's Light Divine Power is a defensive divine power that can bless oneself with a Buddha's light, which can not only defend against physical and energy attacks, but also resist mental attacks.

Li Zhen had the fifth-level Sanzang use the Buddha Light Divine Power because the Buddha Light Divine Power would not consume lifespan if its power was not fully unleashed.

A golden light suddenly appeared on the body of the fifth-level Sanzang, startling Yu Wenhua.

Even if he were a Nascent Soul cultivator, he would be just as shocked as he was to see a fifth-order undead emanating Buddhist light.

The fifth-level Sanzang unleashed his Buddhist light and supernatural powers, completely dispelling his evil aura and revealing an image of great compassion.

If he went out in this form, probably no one would suspect that he was a ghost.

"How could the dead inherit Buddhist supernatural powers?" Yu Wenhua asked, puzzled.

He didn't intend to ask, because it involved the secrets of the process of refining a fifth-order undead, or at least that's what he thought.

Li Zhen was also pondering why this was the case, recalling the process of refining the undead.

The only difference seems to be that he used the Dragon Heart Space to extract the spiritual intelligence from the Nascent Soul of the Buddha Mingxin, and then sent the Nascent Soul of the Buddha Mingxin into his physical body.

It seems that only the Dragon Heart Space has the ability to extract the spiritual intelligence from the nascent soul.

When refining a spirit, only a physical body is needed. He added a nascent soul because the Buddha of Enlightenment cultivated both body and method. The body is the physical body, and the method is the nascent soul. Together, they constitute the entirety of the Buddha of Enlightenment.

"Perhaps the Buddha of Enlightenment is a special case!" Li Zhen said with a smile.

He made the Fifth-Rank Sanzang put away his supernatural powers, and then put them away as well.

Yu Wenhua looked at the place where the fifth-level Sanzang had disappeared, and his heart was extremely unsettled.

This is another fifth-tier combatant. Adding to the fifth-tier Wukong and the fifth-tier Heavenly Demon he saw last time, as well as the Chaos Divine Dragon in front of him, this makes a total of four fifth-tier combatants.

Under normal circumstances, it is extremely difficult for fifth-tier combatants to cooperate, let alone fight together.

But Li Zhen's situation is different. Since the fifth-tier Wukong, the fifth-tier Heavenly Demon, and the fifth-tier Sanzang are all his spirit pets, he can command them to participate in battles at will. He can fight four against one at any time, and this alone makes him invincible in any world.

(End of this chapter)