A person in the heavens, starting with a Chaos Emperor Dao Fruit

Having the body of a human immortal is an immense advantage. A mere peak Martial Saint cultivator can easily pass through four tribulations of lightning as long as they can separate the divine soul that has merged into their body; with Yunhua's power as a human immortal, passing through nine tribulations of lightning is a simple matter.

As for achieving the Yang God realm, that requires a certain level of enlightenment, which Yunhua has been working towards during this period. However, his enlightenment is not yet deep enough, so if he were to undergo the Ninefold Tribulation at this time, he would definitely experience weakness for one or two years afterward.

"To pass through the Ninefold Tribulation without a period of weakness, I'm afraid only by truly perfecting the Devouring Dao can I achieve it. I don't need to perfect it, but at least I need to get started!" Yun Hua pondered for a while and thought to himself.

"Take your time, let's first look for any treasures we can eat!" Yunhua didn't think too much about it and immediately unfolded a sea chart beside him.

He obtained this sea chart from a merchant caravan in exchange for a cultivation technique he had casually created that led directly to the Martial Saint realm. Although it wasn't very detailed, it already contained everything Yunhua needed.

Bewitching Bend, Giant Whale Island!

After determining the location, Yunhua casually chopped down a row of large trees behind him, then quickly made a raft and sailed across the ocean towards his destination.

The Enchanted Bend is the most mysterious sea area in the South China Sea. This sea area is thousands of miles in circumference, with numerous islands scattered throughout and a complex terrain.

Moreover, the ocean currents in this area are turbulent and unpredictable; there are also various kinds of fog at times.

This is why this area has historically been a hideout for pirates.

Moreover, what's even more terrifying is that countless islands lie deep within this bewildering bend, and beneath the swirling waters lurk countless ferocious sea beasts and monsters. However, this area is also rumored to contain the cave dwellings of ancient immortals.

Yunhua came here to obtain enough demon beast blood essence to accelerate the condensation of his major acupoints.

Chapter 377 Eating, Eating and Eating

Most importantly, the Bewitching Bend is not far from the coast, and ordinary pirates could land and plunder from this area in two or three days by taking a large ship.

After looting, all they had to do was hide back in the Bewitching Bend, and the imperial army would be powerless to stop them.

However, the two or three days by land and water from the shore to the bend in the maze refers to a fully equipped large ship, but for a raft like Yunhua's, which was made on the spot, it is not just a two or three-day journey.

At this moment, Yunhua lay quietly on the raft, looking at the white clouds in the sky, countless images appearing in her eyes.

Countless white clouds flowed by, and his thoughts and ideas also transformed into strands and wisps, rising into the clouds. In an instant, the clouds on the raft were ethereal, turning the area around him into a fairyland of clouds and mist.

"kindness!?"

Suddenly, all the strange phenomena around Yunhua disappeared completely. He stood up and stepped into the sea. As a flawless immortal, his body did not sink. Instead, he grabbed the raft with one hand and threw it aside.

Just as he threw the raft away, a huge mouth full of sharp teeth quickly emerged from the seabed and bit down on the spot where the raft had been.

"A monster in the water? A demonic beast? A Kun fish?" Yunhua looked at the black fish in front of him, which was over a hundred meters long, and a strange light flashed in his eyes.

In Yunhua's view, the other party definitely wanted to swallow him and his boat whole.

This fish does look a bit like a Kun fish, but aren't Kun fish usually found in the north? How come there's one in the South China Sea?

"Perhaps it's a Kun fish unique to this world! But whatever it is, I'm just hungry!" Yun Hua was too lazy to say more, so he directly transformed his palm into a knife and slashed down.

This strange fish, resembling a Kun fish, seemed to have developed some faint intelligence. Its large head turned directly towards Yun Hua, and its pair of crimson eyes stared intently at him.

It instinctively sensed that it would gain tremendous benefits after consuming Yunhua.

However, it launched an attack directly. With a powerful flick of its enormous, jet-black tail, its massive body, as large as a small hill, leaped out of the water and then pressed down on Yunhua.

Even before this enormous, pitch-black body landed, a terrifying wind pressure was already almost suffocating, as if it were carrying an overwhelming force, crashing down with a deafening roar.

Especially when it crashed down, its mouth opened wide, its fangs bared, and its ferocious aura shook the heavens and earth as it opened its mouth to swallow Yunhua.

"These sea monsters are really strong. One fish is enough to provide me with a month's worth of food." Yun Hua wasn't nervous at all. Instead, he circulated his qi and blood, and with a slash of his right hand, he countered the attack on the black monster fish that was opening its mouth to devour him.

"brush!!"

A sharp blade of light erupted from his palm, carrying a terrifying blade intent that was icy cold, deathly still, and capable of severing all life, and slashed towards the black monster fish.

The moment the blade touched the black monster fish, it transformed into a terrifying chill that could freeze the world, instantly pouring into the monster fish's brain, completely freezing its brain and annihilating its soul.

"Wow!"

The dead black fish crashed heavily onto the sea, stirring up endless waves.

Yunhua walked through the seawater to the black, strange fish, tapped its scales with his fingers, and a metallic clang was produced.

"The material is somewhat like jade... Could it be that this fish also searches for minerals in the seawater, swallows them, and then imbues them on its body surface with these jade-like scales? Perhaps I can eat them?"

"Alright, let's give it a try. I wonder what the reaction will be after I swallow you!" After pondering for a while, Yunhua then pulled out a fish scale the size of a human face and swallowed it in no time.

Suddenly, a mysterious power emanated from his abdomen, spreading to his limbs and bones, causing a burning sensation throughout his entire body.

However, Yunhua easily circulated her qi and blood, and instantly eliminated this sensation. But there were indeed a few extremely vague areas where different reactions seemed to occur.

The scales of this strange fish did indeed resemble jade. After swallowing it, Yunhua felt that his skin seemed to have become slightly tougher than before.

But it was only a tiny fraction; this strange fish was too weak. If its power could reach the level of a Human Immortal, it might be more beneficial to Yunhua.

"If the quality isn't good, make up for it with quantity!"

The ocean is rich in natural treasures, and the seawater contains many extremely precious spiritual herbs and exotic species; since ancient times, many people who cultivate Taoist arts have liked to settle on overseas islands.

Along the way, Yunhua also discovered a divine jade vein at the bottom of the sea. After swallowing it, Yunhua's flesh and blood seemed to become much heavier.

He also discovered a thousand-year-old tiger clam, and after swallowing the pearl at its core, its vitality became even stronger; he also discovered…

As Yunhua ate his way through the cultivation process, he couldn't help but marvel at how the Devouring Path was indeed invincible in the early stages of cultivation, allowing for rapid progress. As long as one ate, one could make rapid progress.

After completing the initial resource accumulation, a lot of time is saved for enlightenment. In the later stages, one can devour the Great Dao and many Dao principles, which can also be described as the broad road to enlightenment.

Yunhua created a devouring scripture that suited himself and the world based on his own understanding. It was used to devour many divine materials and precious medicines. In any case, this body of the Holy Spirit Stone Embryo was not picky about any kind of mineral.

It can be said that the Yangshen world is a traditional cannibalistic cultivation method. For example, Hong Yi grew up by eating people.

As Yunhua's blood and qi became more abundant, the speed at which he opened up his acupoints also increased rapidly. After he devoured all the treasures and monsters in this sea area, Yunhua was confident that he could reach the peak of the Human Immortal realm and the Nine Tribulations Ghost Immortal realm.

Yunhua sat cross-legged on the spot, quietly pondering and comprehending the method of acupoint refinement in the "Present Tathagata Sutra". All methods involve aligning one's acupoints with the stars in the sky, and ultimately developing the body's potential and opening the acupoints.

"Boom!"

Meanwhile, as Yunhua comprehended the profound meanings of these scriptures, his divine soul transformed into an extremely powerful Buddha. A sense of dominating the present and grasping the moment flowed through his heart.

This is the Buddha of the past!

"The past is not important, nor is the future! The most important thing is to seize the present. The Buddha of the present is in the center of the three Buddhas, with boundless power, and he will dominate the present!" A sense of enlightenment gradually emerged in Yunhua's heart.

He had studied the "Past Amitabha Sutra" and now, through further contemplation of the "Present Tathagata Sutra," he gained a deeper understanding of the past, present, and future states of mind at the Great Zen Temple.

Similarly, the Heaven-Covering Technique also contains three realms of meaning: past, present, and future. These correspond to the past self, the original self, and the Dao self within the Dao Palace. The main theme of the scriptures in Yunhua's original Dao Palace is "The past self recites scriptures for this life, the present self is invincible, and the future self is eternally immortal."

The profound meaning of the "Present Tathagata Sutra" clearly coincides with the profound meaning of the Daoist sutra of the Cloud Flower Covering the Sky Dharma.

It all means seizing the moment and becoming invincible!

Upon realizing this, Yunhua instantly grasped the most fundamental and profound meaning of the "Present Tathagata Sutra," and his understanding was quite profound, no less than that of the person who created the "Present Tathagata Sutra."

Chapter 378 The Essence of Fist Intent

Yunhua's mind stirred slightly, and the ghostly thoughts lingering in the acupoints rose up in a cluster, together with his physical body. One hand hung down to the ground, while the middle and index fingers of the other hand formed a ring.

It was as if a vast world had been created at the fingertips, mysterious and profound, with a hint of Zen wisdom.

"The past and the future are both empty, only the present is eternal, all paths are illusory, only I am true!"

Suddenly, a surge of insights welled up within Yunhua's heart, and the will that governed him grew ever stronger and more powerful, asserting its absolute dominance!

As night fell, the stars twinkled, and a bright moon hung high in the sky, illuminating the world.

Standing atop the mountain, Yunhua absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, his thoughts swirling endlessly within his acupoints as he comprehended the method of acupoint refinement he had learned from the Tathagata Sutra.

The method involves aligning one's acupoints with the celestial bodies, thereby unlocking the body's potential and breaking through the acupoints.

At the same time, the thoughts of the ghost immortals lingering around them rose up, and their words transformed into giant Buddhas wearing starry robes, one hand touching the ground and the other forming a mudra.

Two completely different states of mind flowed through his heart, intertwining together, grasping the present world, being true to himself.

The Amitabha Sutra of the past, the Tathagata Sutra of the present.

"The past is fixed, the future is uncertain! The present is the greatest future. By combining the supreme power of my past self and my future self, I can nurture an invincible self in this present!"

A sense of enlightenment gradually emerged in Yunhua's mind. This Tathagata Golden Jewel was now extremely compatible with his will to be the only one of his own, and even spontaneously resonated with him.

This gave him a deeper understanding, as if he could glimpse a mysterious river cascading down to an infinite height.

He sat cross-legged in the center, while at the source sat an ancient figure, and downstream, seemingly endless, sat another indistinct figure.

It was as if an invisible and intangible thread connected the three figures together, offering sacrifices to the world!

Having received the blessings of the Amitabha Sutra in the past, and now contemplating the Tathagata Sutra in the present, a profound and mysterious state of mind immediately manifested, seemingly capable of touching upon the past, laying the foundation for the present, and shaping the future.

At that moment, he instantly grasped the true meaning of the two scriptures, which resonated with each other and seemed to form a unified whole.

At the same time, within his holy spirit-like body, all the acupoints that corresponded to the present Tathagata Sutra became intensely hot, mirroring the stars high in the boundless starry sky.

He was greeted by a vast expanse of dazzling starlight, a total of 1,296 rays, which shrouded his figure like a great waterfall.

All the major orifices in his body resonated with a clanging sound, like a large drum being struck, overturning the winds and clouds in all directions.

As if some mysterious portal had been opened, a surge of power erupted from the 1,296 major acupoints.

"Snap!" "Snap!!"

A series of sounds of bones vibrating echoed through Yunhua's body; his bones, muscles, internal organs, and bone marrow were all trembling.

At the same time, all 1,296 acupoints on his body opened instantly, and from each acupoint spewed out streams of something that was like clouds and mist, tangible yet seemingly intangible.

Finally, all of this coalesced into the forms of deities.

Every orifice in the body possesses a spirit!

"It's done!" Yunhua took a deep breath, opened his eyes, and at the same time, the deity returned to his body. Clad in a starry cassock and wearing a royal crown, the deity formed the wheel-turning mudra, all in Yunhua's likeness.

I am a man of divine insight; even gods and demons worship me.

Yunhua let out a long breath, her eyes clear and bright, faintly revealing two giant Buddha figures seated within.

Chanting sutras for him, bestowing great power, and offering sacrifices to create an invincible version of myself in this world.

"One aperture opens up a hundred apertures, one can cultivate physical supernatural powers, live forever, be able to fly through the sky and escape into the earth, travel freely through the chaotic void, and the intent of one's fist can break through infinite space, even enough to strike from the outer heavens into the great world!"

In the cultivation of immortals, there is also a realm where one major aperture leads to a hundred minor apertures, with each major aperture containing a hundred minor apertures.

When combined, they become 12,960 deities, and the power they unleash is enough to destroy the heavens and the earth.

Yunhua knew that as long as he slightly raised his fist intent, all the gods would continuously draw some power from the void, causing his physical body to be surrounded by some mysterious divine powers.

Yunhua drew upon the martial intent from the present-day Tathagata Sutra to refine his own martial intent, in order to materialize it.

The moment he unleashed this fist intent, it was as if a mountain had suddenly risen from the ground, and an invincible force surged forth.

As this power emerged, in an instant, a phantom image of the Buddha appeared behind Yunhua.

As soon as the phantom appeared, it was as if a celestial Buddha had descended to earth, directly stirring up huge ripples in the void.

The void itself was stirred by this terrifying power, forming waves of rolling waves that spread in all directions, like crashing waves, a vast ocean of energy sweeping across the sky.

Its immense power and awe-inspiring divine might are truly unparalleled in the world!

"Boom!!"

At the same time, an incomparably terrifying fist intent rose up instantly, and in an instant, the entire world seemed to be suppressed.

Everything in the world completely lost its color, as if nothing had ever existed.

This is the fist intent that suppresses everything, and it is also the invincible fist intent that dominates the present in the "Present Tathagata Sutra".

"In this world, I am invincible!..."

Yun Hua roared, and his Samsara Annihilation Fist Intent and the domineering Fist Intent of the Present World Tathagata Sutra erupted one after another, filling his entire body. In an instant, countless acupoints on his body twitched, jumped, and vibrated.

The intent of one's own fist clashed with the intent of the Tathagata's fist. Each clash was a clash of wills, a blossoming of fist intent.

At the same time, all 1,296 acupoints in Yunhua's body vibrated simultaneously, with supreme fighting spirit and fist intent slowly brewing within them. In a daze, these fist intent and fighting spirit actually flew out from all the acupoints in his body, visible to the naked eye.

At that moment, his fist intent materialized, and a phantom carrying the cycle of reincarnation shattered the phantom of Tathagata with a single punch, then devoured its fist intent that would forever remain in this world.

As Yunhua used his fist intent to collide with the Tathagata's fist intent, he gradually refined it. Finally, he broke through a level and reached the realm where his fist intent was condensed into substance!

The advancement of a martial arts master is not about cultivating Taoist techniques or undergoing tribulations; what martial arts requires is tempering and overcoming mental tribulations.

Yunhua herself didn't have any mental tribulations, so when the training reached the standard, she could easily advance.

In that instant, boundless primordial energy from heaven and earth began to pour into Yunhua's body, and countless forces, including the sun, moon, stars, and even the earth's magnetic force, began to focus on his body.

In an instant, a layer of flame-like energy appeared on Yunhua's body, as if this flame was about to evaporate the seawater in front of him.

With the infusion of endless power, Yunhua's physical strength began to rise continuously.