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Chapter 8: Comprehending the Devouring Heaven Demon Art, the Immortal Transformation Pool Opens

"Senior Brother Hua, He Lang and Ye Fan have come to our door. Should we leave Qinling?"

Li Xiaoman's eyes flickered, and it was impossible to tell what she was thinking.

Deep in the Qinling Mountains, Hua Yunfei absorbed the essence of the ten directions to restore his original essence, which had been damaged by the Wushi Killing Array. The boundless essence transformed into a waterfall that cascaded down and was swallowed by him. It took a long time for the water to return to calm.

"Ignore them. I've made some deals with them, and they won't interfere with us."

Hua Yunfei recalled He Lang's words in the killing formation earlier, and his eyes became deep. He spoke in a calm tone.

"Let's leave too."

Sensing the faint probing divine thoughts emanating from the surrounding world, Hua Yunfei snorted coldly, the sound waves reverberating through the heavens and earth, and several muffled groans echoed in the void.

Hua Yunfei tore through the void and disappeared with Li Xiaoman.

Soon after, several streaks of light arrived, including white-haired humans and powerful demons. These figures all exuded the aura of the Immortal Ascension Realm. After a brief investigation, they dispersed.

"There are prodigies fighting here, and it seems they have used a sacred artifact from an ancient emperor..."

"No one died..."

The Qinling Mountains hold boundless wonders. Even the slightest disturbance will be investigated by those lurking in this ancient land, for fear of missing out on some unparalleled destiny.

He Lang sensed that someone was calculating his destiny, but after a brief calculation, he didn't pay it any mind.

After he and Ye Fan obtained the inheritance of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art, they returned to the Qin Clan to cultivate and comprehend the Devouring Heaven Demon Art and its forbidden secret techniques.

This was also the first time the two of them had obtained the complete Imperial Scripture inheritance. Although he was a time traveler and knew a lot about opportunities, he really had nowhere to get ancient scriptures. He Lang tried to use a cheat to practice the fake ancient scriptures, but it can only be said that the amount of real points required was astronomical, and it was not worth it at all, since these ancient scriptures already existed.

He had once practiced the Dao Palace chapter of the Western Emperor Scripture in the old Yaochi site, and even though it contained the Great Dao imprint of the Western Emperor's creation, the cost still pained him greatly.

"The Tao is the origin of all things..."

He Lang was comprehending the five secret realms of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art. In the four secret realms of the Sea of ​​Wheels, Dao Palace, Four Extremes, and Dragon Transformation, some 'doors' that other ancient scriptures had not opened were opened one by one by him according to the cultivation path of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art, and the human body's original source was developed more thoroughly.

A sound arose within him, its beginning and end unknown. One after another, secret realms burst forth with boundless light, and strange phenomena emanated from his body, revolving around He Lang.

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, a scene of immortals soaring through the air filled the space. A blurry figure stood amidst the celestial light, resembling an immortal from the heavens, about to ascend to heaven. This was an unusual phenomenon reflected from the root of the humanoid immortal medicine in his life spring.

Within the Dao Palace, behind the Dao Palace where the five great deities reside, three ancient Dao Palaces emerge, each containing a He Lang who appears to be an elderly man, a middle-aged man, and a young man.

These three deities are ever-changing, appearing and disappearing, yet they truly exist. They are He Lang's former self, his Dao self, and his original self. Originally, they should have been formless and intangible, aligned with the fundamental principles of the Dao, but He Lang defied the heavens and manifested them, giving them form and dominating the human body's destiny and the very essence of life and death. Their Daoist divine power is unfathomable, possessing supreme divine power, without beginning or end, endlessly cycling. The four poles connect heaven and earth, merging with the great dragon within the human body, evolving the power to create heaven and earth, fusing the four great secret realms together. The great dragon has almost pierced through the Immortal Platform.

Beyond the four secret realms, between flesh and bones, countless starlight-like orbs of light emanate divine radiance within the human body. Upon careful counting, there are a total of 365 points of light. Within these orbs, tiny figures resembling deities sit cross-legged, while true forms of immortal spirits such as dragons and phoenixes also exist, along with lightning, flames, mountains, rivers, the sun, and the moon.

These light clusters are acupoints in the human body, one of He Lang's achievements in internal martial arts. Among them, the seated figure, the true dragon, and the mountains, rivers, sun, and moon are manifestations of the boxing intent that He Lang has condensed, and are the 'spirit' he has cultivated.

As He Lang practiced the ancient scriptures and profound methods, these strange phenomena manifested one after another, surrounding him and transforming into a small world. He Lang seemed to have transformed into the Heavenly Dao, and a will to dominate the rise and fall of all things manifested in this world, making this small world independent of the greater world.

This will, as lofty as the Dao itself, is the fist intent that He Lang has condensed. It governs the operation of the laws, balances all things in heaven and earth, and all things in the world are within the Dao. It comprehends the changes of the Great Dao and is omniscient and omnipotent.

He sought immortality, but that was not all he sought. Immortality was merely one possibility arising from the changes of the Great Dao; it was what he pursued, but not his entire pursuit.

As time passed, He Lang comprehended the Devouring Heaven Demon Art to a deeper level. A Great Dao Treasure Bottle appeared above He Lang's head, devouring the heavens and the earth, absorbing the essence of the Great Dao, and transforming it into the origin that fell into his body.

He Lang stopped sitting and began practicing the supreme holy techniques of the Ruthless Great Emperor. Forbidden secret techniques such as the Flying Immortal Technique, the Myriad Transformations Holy Technique, and the One Thought Flower Blooms to Rule the World were practiced in his hands, becoming more and more proficient and profound. Beams of immortal light surrounded He Lang, as if they wanted to pierce through heaven and earth and ascend to the immortal realm.

If the courtyard hadn't been sealed off by He Lang's powerful formation, the entire Qin Clan would likely have been alerted.

After practicing again and again for several months, He Lang finally stopped cultivating. He had mastered the mysteries and forbidden techniques of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art and reached the peak he could unleash at his current level.

He Lang deactivated the grand formation and stepped out of the courtyard. After briefly sensing his surroundings, he found no trace of Ye Fan. The Qin Clan didn't have many powerful cultivators left. Even the several auras that had made him somewhat wary on the main peak were gone.

He Lang knew something big must have happened. He walked towards Ye Fan's courtyard, and sure enough, as soon as he entered, a beam of immortal light shot towards him, revealing a message.

"Someone discovered a dried-up lake deep in the Qinling Mountains. On a large rock in the lake, they found the imprints of an old Taoist riding an ox and a Buddha, which recorded some things and seemed to be a path leading to the Immortal Ascension Pool..."

After learning the information, He Lang finally understood why he hadn't seen Ye Fan. Ye Fan was eager to return to Earth because his parents were getting old, and he was afraid that they would have passed away by the time he returned. The information from the Immortal Transformation Pool contained information about the Ancient Star Road, so he naturally couldn't sit still.

After learning about the past, He Lang was not in a hurry to go back to Earth. He had no obsession with returning to Earth, and the Immortal Transformation Pool was not yet ready to be opened.

"With the opening of the Immortal Transformation Pool, the geniuses of the five regions will all come. I am somewhat looking forward to meeting these old friends again. That bastard Wang Teng should also come. My mount is almost finished being refined. I need to refine it first. I can't delay any longer. When it comes to showing off, I am not inferior to anyone."

Thinking of this, He Lang took out a Buddha statue from his Sea of ​​Wheels. This item was brought from the Great Thunder Temple on Mars. It was also his first attempt at the Practitioner-to-Real System. It contained the secret technique of the six-syllable mantra of Buddhism and contained terrifying suppressive power.

Before the Buddha statue, two pitch-black figures emanating eerie black mist were suppressed beneath it. As He Lang infused divine power into the statue, it emitted a pure white spiritual energy, and the sounds of sacrifice, chanting, and prayer emerged along with this spiritual energy, as if they came from ancient times.

Faith and spiritual power intertwined, transforming into threads that traversed the void, outlining and forming two pure white robes woven from the power of faith and spiritual power. During this process, He Lang recited the Scripture of Salvation, mixing his spiritual power with the two fragments of his primordial spirit, and refining them into the two divine robes forged from the power of faith and spiritual power.

The divine garment was completed and immediately landed on the two dark figures, causing the black energy on their bodies to surge and emit a terrifying demonic howl.

(End of this chapter)