All the heavens begin with the mind-monkey.

Although Zhe Xingsun wasn't very familiar with the novel "Infinite Terror" in his previous life, having only skimmed it, he did know a little about the martial art "Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Technique".

The Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Technique originally appeared in the sequel to the novel Infinite Terror, the Primordial Era. The author of Infinite Terror has also admitted in reality that if the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Technique is redeemed separately, each item requires an A-level side quest; however, if they are combined and all are redeemed together for the complete version, only an S-level side quest is needed.

Moreover, in Zhe Xingsun's view, this martial art is also a very cost-effective one, because if any one of its techniques is cultivated to its extreme, one can reach the level of a saint.

But why did he exchange them separately instead of all at once?

It was because he discovered that, at least in the current God Space, there was no option to exchange items together.

In other words, to exchange for this martial art, you either need to spend one SS-level side quest and one S-level side quest to exchange for all of them, instead of exchanging for the entire skill by spending only one S-level side quest as the author of the Infinite Horror novel said.

Similarly, the same applies to the secret manuals. Zhe Xingsun speculated that perhaps in the first era's God Space, some highly cost-effective exchanges had already been split up and could not be exchanged completely. Perhaps in the future, there will be Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Techniques that can be exchanged with just one S-level side quest, but it is no longer possible to exchange them in that way now.

However, for Zhe Xingsun, he only needed to exchange for secret manuals and rare and precious materials to cultivate any martial arts technique to the highest level.

For him, cultivating these techniques was already the most cost-effective option, so even though he didn't benefit from the main god, he wasn't angry.

After all, we are still in the first era of Infinite Terror. Generally speaking, A-level side quests can only be exchanged for a lot of junk. Those high-cost-performance, high-strength bloodline exchanges, or other messy things like vampire bloodlines, are already more than enough for Zhe Xingsun.

After a moment, Zhe Xingsun put down the manual in his hand and handed it to Chu Xuan to make a copy.

During this process, the other members of the Central Continent team also took a look. However, with their current understanding of cultivation knowledge, a secret manual like the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Technique was still too profound for them. It wasn't that they couldn't understand it at all, but they could recognize the Chinese characters written on it.

However, Zhe Xingsun still shared his understanding of the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Technique with everyone, saying, "This technique is a method of martial arts qi and blood cultivation, containing elements such as breathing, movement, stances, qi and blood circulation, and visualization. The most important thing in cultivating this technique is the level of attainment. Moreover, this technique does not require spiritual energy or other types of energy; even circulating qi and blood within the blood vessels can produce results. Of course, cultivating this technique will not lead to the Golden Core or Nascent Soul stages found in other cultivation methods. Perhaps, in the end, one can achieve physical sainthood and shatter the void."

Zhe Xingsun had glanced at it a few times before, and he felt that some of the details in the description of the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Technique were not quite what he had expected.

This technique seems to be closer to the way of body tempering and blood cultivation. He even saw changes such as the true meaning of martial arts, flesh and blood regeneration, and rebirth from a drop of blood within this technique.

After listening for a while, Zheng Zha asked, "Brother Monkey, do you mean that this cultivation method can't actually lead to immortality? Or is it that this cultivation method isn't a true cultivation technique?"

Zhe Xingsun shook his head and said, "It's not necessarily impossible to achieve immortality. If one's physical body becomes a saint, one will naturally no longer be under the control of heaven and earth. Moreover, by cultivating martial arts, one can eventually cultivate the body of a true martial immortal."

Zhan Lan asked curiously from the side, "Brother Monkey, why don't you exchange for techniques like the Great Celestial Immortal Technique, which appeared in 'Journey to the West' and that you practiced? The Great Celestial Immortal Technique, the Thirty-Six Transformations, the Seventy-Two Transformations, and the Somersault Cloud, and so on."

Just as Zhe Xingsun was about to explain, Chu Xuan, who was copying the cultivation techniques, spoke up: "After discussing it with Wukong, we decided not to exchange for all the cultivation techniques related to 'Journey to the West.' There are roughly two reasons for this. First, Wukong will eventually return to the 'Journey to the West' world to try and obtain some benefits from it. In this case, if Wukong were to exchange for cultivation techniques from the 'Journey to the West' world, such as the Great Celestial Immortal Technique, we wouldn't know whether only Bodhi Patriarch knows this technique in the 'Journey to the West' world, or whether some other immortals also know it."

"If it's the former, what would happen if Wukong learned the Great Celestial Immortal Technique and returned to the Journey to the West world? It's very likely that Bodhi Patriarch or other immortals would see through it, and then some problems would be discovered, such as why Wukong knows this technique when Bodhi Patriarch clearly never taught it to him. This would lead to some dangerous situations."

"Therefore, my suggestion is not to exchange for any cultivation techniques from the Journey to the West world. Besides, if Wukong is lucky, he can find opportunities to obtain those techniques when he returns to the Journey to the West world, thus saving the reward points from the main god. Moreover, the Great Celestial Immortal Technique is a cultivation technique, which does not conflict with the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Technique. Even if he cultivates the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Technique, he can still cultivate such a fundamental technique in the future. This is the second reason I originally wanted to mention, and I think Wukong has already considered it."

Zhe Xingsun nodded. That was indeed what he thought, which was why he exchanged for this martial art. However, the real reason was different from what Chu Xuan thought.

Not long after, the copying was completed, and Zhe Xingsun retrieved the original of the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Technique.

He was already able to practice this martial art, but he still needed some external assistance, so he focused his attention on the rare and precious materials in the Main God Space.

The rare and precious materials in the Main God Space are indeed very cheap, while the expensive ones are also incredibly pricey.

After looking at it for a while, Zhe Xingsun decided to use the reward points to exchange for spirit stones in the main god. The spirit stones contained a considerable amount of spiritual energy, and the total amount of spiritual energy was basically the most abundant among all the natural treasures that could be exchanged for at the same price among all the main gods.

Zhe Xingsun cultivates the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Technique. Although he only needs to circulate his Qi and blood to cultivate, the effect will be better if he has energy.

In addition, Zhe Xingsun turned his attention to an option for exchanging with the main god, which read: Soul Gold Bead.

That's right, judging from the description, it's the Soul Gold Pearl from the Panlong World, which can strengthen the soul after being refined.

For Zhe Xingsun, who is a mind ape, the most important thing has always been not physical strength, but his soul talent. So if he can exchange for this soul gold bead, it may be able to improve some of his innate qualities.

However, after thinking it over, Zhe Xingsun did not exchange for it, because he was not entirely sure that his talent was really a talent of the soul. The Heart Ape race was even more mysterious and unpredictable than he had imagined. Perhaps even his current soul was created after the Heart Ape manifested, and was not his true soul.

Just then, Zhao Yingkong said curiously from the side, "Speaking of which, is Brother Monkey planning to take a trip back to the Journey to the West world during the break between these horror movies?"

She had overheard Zheng Zha and the others talking and guessed what was going on.

Xingsun nodded beside him, and Chu Xuan explained, "We do plan to send Wukong back, but it won't take too long, because the current timeline of the Journey to the West world is far before the official start of the Journey. Moreover, with Wukong's current abilities, he might not be able to gain any benefits by going back, since we might not be able to find the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars where Bodhi Patriarch is."

"The caves and abodes of gods and monsters that appeared along the original Journey to the West may not have been truly opened yet, and the gods and monsters may not have even moved to those places. So we just plan to send Wukong back to take a look."