Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 362 Gu Changtian

The "Dustless Heavenly Book" is the core inherited heavenly book of the Floating Dust Immortal Sect, one of the ten great immortal sects.

Although the Floating Dust Immortal Sect has a shorter history than the Heavenly Dao Sect, its successive generations of Wuchenzi were prominent figures in the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm. Among the many Heavenly Books in the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm, the Wuchen Heavenly Book is considered a relatively powerful legacy.

If it were the contemporary Wuchenzi wielding the "Dustless Heavenly Book" now, Yi Ling would naturally not expect to be able to kill him.

However, now that it is Gu Changtian who is wielding the supernatural powers within the "Dustless Heavenly Book," the situation is different.

Although Gu Changtian cultivated the "Dustless Heavenly Book", he did not master many of its supernatural powers, and he may not have been taught the most essential supernatural powers.

Yi Ling knew that the most core inheritances of the Ten Great Immortal Sects were generally only learned by the sect's true disciples, and the most core supernatural abilities were only fully inherited by the current sect leader.

At this moment, Gu Changtian was completely powerless to fight back against the Spirit Slaughtering Sword.

The other four True Immortals are located in four directions of Qinghai. Without the assistance of formations, even if their natal spiritual treasures can traverse space, it would take them three to five days to come and help.

Besides, they are already entangled with Yi Qing's biological warship fleet, and it would be difficult for them to break free. It would be impossible for them to come and help in less than a few months.

Although Qinghai is not as large as a prefecture, it is more than ten times larger than most counties in Qingzhou. Such a vast distance would be impossible for even a True Immortal who has reached the Dao to cross quickly without the assistance of an array.

Yi Ling did not make a move for the time being; she simply observed with her discerning eyes.

Jin Xiu's fighting style usually involves first gathering information about the opponent, then devising various methods to fight the enemy, and finally altering the spiritual energy circuits within his body.

Even the power and variations of spiritual supernatural abilities are related to the spiritual energy circuits.

At this moment, Yi Ling was not only analyzing Gu Changtian, but also the Soul-Slaying Sword.

She quickly discovered the difference between the two.

Gu Changtian fits Yi Ling's impression of ancient cultivators quite well: his supernatural powers are formidable, and while his natal magic weapon is unparalleled in attack, its attack range is very small.

The Soul-Slaying Sword is different. It controls a mechanical army and countless flying swords, which have a very wide attack range, just like the current cultivator who generally possesses wide-area attack capabilities.

This is not just the divine power of the Nine Netherworld Ravens; the mechanical legion and the flying swords are also closely connected.

"Could it be that the Spirit Slaughtering Sword is a supreme treasure of the present cultivation, with a spiritual energy circuit within its blade?"

Yi Ling's gaze shifted.

One reason why modern cultivators' supernatural abilities are stronger than ancient cultivators' is that the spiritual energy circuit allows modern cultivators to increase their mana output efficiency exponentially.

For example, if Yi Ling were to lose the varied spiritual energy circuits within her body, although she could still use her spiritual supernatural powers, their power would inevitably decrease, and the changes in her supernatural powers would become much more rigid.

The spiritual energy circuits are complex and varied, and are not on the same level as the meridians and acupoints of ancient cultivators.

Similarly, many ancient cultivation treasures in the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm are similar to those of ancient cultivation treasures, with thousands or tens of thousands of spiritual energy patterns forming restrictions or formations. The core ability of these treasures is amplified through these restrictions and formations. Apart from some top-tier treasures like the Jade Tablet of Creation, no matter how powerful other treasures are, they are not very suitable for modern cultivators to use.

However, the treasures that are being repaired today are different.

Yi Ling had never seen Jin Xiu's supreme treasure, but she had seen Jin Xiu's acquired spiritual treasure.

Cheng Ziyan possesses an acquired spiritual treasure.

That acquired spiritual treasure contains complex spiritual energy circuits. These circuits are not made of physical spiritual energy lines, but are made of a material that is somewhere between the real and the unreal, and are very similar to the spiritual energy circuits in the cultivator's body.

The magical treasure that Cheng Ziyan tailored for herself greatly enhanced her supernatural powers.

Moreover, Cheng Ziyan's spiritual energy circuit can even extend directly into the spiritual treasure, connecting with the spiritual energy circuit within the treasure, making the spiritual treasure an integral part of her body, as responsive and agile as an extension of her arm.

If even spiritual treasures can possess such great power, wouldn't it be like having several powerful spiritual entities and supernatural abilities if the supreme treasures cultivated today were controlled by the Great Dao Nascent Soul?
If modern cultivators use ancient cultivators' spiritual treasures or supreme treasures, the efficiency of their spiritual power utilization will be low, resulting in more harm than good. However, if they use modern cultivators' supreme treasures, this problem will not exist at all.

Yi Ling was somewhat tempted by the Soul-Slaying Sword. To her, the Soul-Slaying Sword, with its blade and hilt covered in eyeballs, was so perfect.

"Unfortunately, my keen eyes cannot see inside the Spirit-Slaying Sword."

It seems I'll have to let Wuming see the Spirit-Slaying Sword later, and see if she can find a way to refine it from future visions.

The nameless one's insightful eyes can see into the distant future, but Yi Ling's current cultivation level is limited, and his insightful eyes are far less powerful than the nameless one's.

After observing for a while, Yi Ling felt that she had roughly analyzed Gu Changtian's supernatural powers and spells. She immediately activated her supernatural powers, and a vast expanse of scorching white flames began to spread from her center.

These flames were specially created by Yi Ling using his supernatural powers.

When those flames come into contact with dust in the air, they either ignite the dust instantly or cause clumps of dust to explode.

Inside a cloud of dust.

Gu Changtian used most of his mind to control his natal magical treasure, the Glazed Pagoda, to intercept the Spirit-Slaying Sword's true form, while using a small portion of his mind to control dust, forming various strange phenomena to block the flying sword, the mechanical army, and the scattered red and black creatures. Originally, the red and black mist was already eroding his magical power, preventing his supernatural abilities from reaching their full potential, which already annoyed him. Now, the arrival of a cultivator using fire-based supernatural abilities further drained his magical power, making him uneasy.

Suddenly, Gu Changtian was taken aback. Why would a Foundation Establishment cultivator make him uneasy?

True Immortals who have attained the Dao possess an Immortal Soul, which merges with the Great Dao.

Logically speaking, even without supernatural powers, one should have a certain premonition of life-threatening danger.

Previously, when they first encountered the Nine Netherworld Crow, all five of them sensed that their lives were in danger, which is why they couldn't wait to escape.

Unexpectedly, not long after they left, they discovered that even a Foundation Establishment cultivator could defeat the Nine Netherworld Crow. This made them feel that their senses might have been interfered with by the Nine Netherworld Crow, which is why they all returned.

However, he now felt that it wasn't the Nine Netherworld Crows interfering with his senses, but rather this somewhat strange treasure that was clinging to him, which had unknowingly affected his judgment and even numbed his perception of danger.

Under normal circumstances, even if a supreme treasure or a critically injured and dying true spirit were in front of him, he would not go in his true form if there was any danger. Instead, he would use an avatar to test the waters before taking any action.

But now he's recklessly facing the treasure in his true form, which is highly unusual.

Gu Changtian's heart stirred, and he looked at the white flames.

Before those flames appeared, he was only focused on obtaining the treasure and never considered giving up, nor did he feel any unease.

The True Immortal of the Dao Integration realm is theoretically the pinnacle of cultivation, while the Immortal King realm is merely a deeper level of the Dao Integration realm. This realm cannot be reached through mere opportunities and arduous cultivation, nor can it be achieved by acquiring one or two supreme treasures.

Many Dao-Merging Immortals are not so eager for external things, especially someone like him who is less than 100,000 years old and has an incredibly long lifespan. He should be more concerned about his own safety.

Gu Changtian had already realized that his senses were being interfered with, but now it was not so easy to leave, as the power of the longsword treasure had already imprisoned the surrounding space.

The Great Dao of Dust that he has mastered is a variant of the Great Dao of Earth. If he fights on the earth, he will surely be able to draw upon more of the power of the Great Dao.

They can even use the power of the Great Dao to transform themselves into dust and escape.

Unfortunately, this is Qinghai, and the seawater is filled with a lot of filth, which greatly limits his ability to use the power of the Great Dao to unleash his supernatural powers.

However, although Gu Changtian was slightly anxious, he did not make any mistakes in the battle.

His powerful immortal soul calculation and processing capabilities were even comparable to the Nascent Soul Daoist combination of a Great Dao Nascent Soul cultivator. He quickly changed his supernatural powers and used them to extinguish the flames.

However, he had no intention of breaking through the human race's foundation-building divine power, because he discovered that the human race's divine power seemed to have some ability to counter the longsword treasure's ability to bewitch people's minds.

When Yi Ling's divine power changed again to suppress the dust, Gu Changtian easily changed his divine power and regained the upper hand.

Compared to Yi Ling, Gu Changtian focused most of his attention on the Soul-Slaying Sword.

As for Jin Xiu, Gu Changtian and many powerful figures from ancient families have studied him for nearly 50,000 years. Even if the opponent's supernatural powers are extraordinary, a mere Foundation Establishment of the Great Dao cannot harm him in the slightest in a short period of time.

If the opponent had condensed a Great Dao Golden Core, with the assistance of the Golden Core City's various functions, their reaction and perception would be greatly enhanced, and they might be able to cause some trouble for him. However, for now, Gu Changtian did not take Yi Ling seriously.

Yi Ling soon realized that her attacks seemed to have no effect on Gu Changtian.

In terms of combat strength, Gu Changtian is less than one-tenth of Zhenling. However, because the opponent understands Jinxiu, he is an even more troublesome enemy for Yiling than Zhenling.

"Never mind, let's wait and see."

Just as Yi Ling was about to withdraw his supernatural powers.

A voice transmission entered his ear.
"Hahaha, I have no way to deal with that True Spirit, but this True Immortal is exactly what I need to control."

If you can't handle it, then let me do it.

Yi Ling looked at a small insect not far away, which was swirling around in his divine flames like a tiny worm.

"Did Yi Qing's insect nest transform into insects adapted to fire so quickly?"
In this light, if Yi Qing encounters a True Immortal in the future, as long as she doesn't fall into an array, she should be able to put up a fight. Therefore, I can rest assured leaving the affairs of Luofu Prefecture to her.”

As the voice transmitted, a long, black river stretching to the sky and connecting the earth shot through the horizon like lightning.

In an instant, the Milky Way submerged Gu Changtian and the Soul-Slaying Sword.

As the Milky Way churned and rolled, the clouds of dust began to slowly disappear.

Before long, only a river stretched across the sky, flowing slowly.

However, Yi Ling knew that a True Immortal of the Dao Integration Realm was not so easy to kill.

(End of this chapter)