Free Web NovelChapter 953: Chapter 46: True Immortal Momei’s Shock
At this moment, the Night Emperor felt that the Nine-State was immensely terrifying.
The Three Calamities and Seven Tribulations of others originally existed independently, so they had a main attribute, naturally divided into Wood Series powerhouses, Water Series powerhouses...
Indeed, upon reaching the grand world and drawing comparisons, the uniqueness of the Nine-State was revealed.
"What are you thinking about?"
True Immortal Momei smiled, her keen senses noticing the other’s anomaly.
The Night Emperor remained silent, realizing that he too essentially had a cycle.
Yin Yang Cycle...
He was a native of the Nine-State.
But the Daoists of the Celestial Destiny World didn’t have their own cycles; they were all single-attribute.
Recently.
They have tried to research multi-attributes.
By using others’ Metal Embers—Life Box, refining them into Golden Core to add a second attribute to themselves, and they’ve already seen results!
But that’s all there is to it.
The Night Emperor thought:
"The Celestial Destiny Daoists are not afraid of exposure... but my essence is as a native of the Nine-State, and I have a cycle within me."
"If a contract is signed in the future and the cycle is discovered... it won’t be easy to explain."
He pondered whether to reveal a hint in advance.
"You seem to be holding back something."
True Immortal Momei smiled slightly without probing further and gently suggested:
"If your heart and mind are uneasy, accompany me in a game of chess. This is a popular game in the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain, called Ten Thousand Beasts Chess."
Soon.
A chessboard was laid on the table, and the two sat down in the Ink Plum Forest.
True Immortal Momei briefly explained the chess rules before starting the game.
The chess rules were complex, much more intricate than Go. Even mortals needed a long time to learn, let alone play.
The Night Emperor played several games, gradually calming his mind and reaching a decision.
True Immortal Momei smiled, watching him.
The Night Emperor placed a chess piece down and suddenly said, "I do have something to say, I have a cycle within me."
"A cycle?" If it were other immortals, they would surely be shocked, but True Immortal Momei’s expression remained utterly calm.
"I had guessed."
True Immortal Momei said blandly, "After introducing you to the various systems and you mentioned the cycle, your mind was unsettled. I thought it must be related to this."
At her level, discerning one’s thoughts was an effortless task.
But clearly, the Night Emperor had no intention of hiding it because he knew it was impossible to keep it hidden, hence his hesitant demeanor.
"I want to check your body. Is that okay?" True Immortal Momei asked, "I want to see what this unique attribute, never seen in the Immortal Realm, is about."
"Naturally." The Night Emperor spoke openly.
True Immortal Momei pressed her hand on his body, sensing the various elements within.
She discovered.
Indeed, he possessed a cycle.
Yin and Yang cycling.
Forming a logical loop, a circle, quite unique.
Moreover.
His cycle was fascinating.
It seemed that from the initial stages of cultivation, the cycle had already started.
From organs, hair, limbs... each cycle expanded progressively, advancing towards the ultimate goal—Yin Yang Attribute Cycle!
This system, with its interlinked cycles, layer upon layer, within the body were whirling vortices of varying sizes, a masterpiece of intricate precision.
"Is this the inheritance you received from that certain individual?" True Immortal Momei asked blandly.
The Night Emperor nodded, "Yes."
"What a pity, only the Yin Yang Cycle, but the Five Elements should be possible too." True Immortal Momei sighed, "You only obtained a cultivation technique for the Yin Yang Cycle, not for the Five Elements Cycle."
The Night Emperor had not only obtained the Yin Yang cultivation technique; his level was suited to practice the Yin Yang Cycle to become an immortal.
Because it was too difficult.
Even in the Nine-State, cultivating a Five Elements Immortal Spirit Root was highly challenging.
Most people, when opening the Three Flowers, attempt a Yin Yang Immortal Spirit Root, but it’s enough to burst their bodies...
Five Elements?
Previously in the Nine-State, there were no Five Elements Immortal Spirit Roots.
Only the Phoenix, Ghost King, dared to attempt Five Elements Spirit Roots.
Humans, planting five Spirit Roots at once?
Unbearable.
Even Dragon Race hatchlings, said to have the strongest physique, when initiating the Three Flowers, forcefully implanting Five Elements Spirit Root, would also burst!
The Five Elements are just too challenging.
Only the Ghost King can complete it.
Even Ning Zheng, had to secretly cheat to eventually manage a Five Elements Spirit Root cycle...
And it had a side-effect, an external cycle.
Later, he sneaked into Xian’s body, combined with luck, fully integrated the Five Elements Cycle internally, and achieved seven colors.
If he found it that difficult, what about others?
Even later, Xin Xichen completed the introductory Divine Techniques for the Five Elements Spirit Root, but the entry difficulty remained high.
Moreover.
Generally, in Yin Yang Five Elements, only one cycle can be chosen at the entry level, very difficult to achieve seven colors.
Throughout the Nine-State, only Xin Xichen, Cursed, Phoenix Yi, Nine-headed Dragon Emperor... Four Ghost Kings, after dying, used exclusive techniques to create seven-colored Spirit Roots.
Even formidable beings like the White Tiger and Black Tortoise did not manage to develop seven-colored spiritual roots.
As for him, the Night Emperor, he only wielded Yin-Yang spiritual roots back in the day... Unless he dies once more to rebuild his foundation, only then could he integrate a second cycle: the Five Elements.
But now the problem is:
The likelihood of surviving as a Ghost King to have a second life is extremely low. Even if he succeeded, he wouldn’t know if he could mend his foundation from before becoming immortal.
To sum it up.
One Heart Realm: Only with seven-colored spiritual roots can one develop the Seven-orifice Exquisite Heart, which embodies seven major attributes within a single heart.
This step requires seven-colored spiritual roots.
Throughout the history of the Nine-State, only a few people like Xin Xichen have succeeded.
Self-Transformation Realm: After passing through the Three Calamities and Seven Tribulations, completing the Cycle Tribulation, people like Xin Xichen fell at this hurdle.
Their Three-Seven Tribulation was not perfected, only partially cycled.
The Night Emperor sighed in his heart, feeling that this system was not meant for human cultivation.
True Immortal Mo Mei inspected the Night Emperor’s body, as if witnessing the most perfect art piece, continuously exclaiming, "Your body must have a very strong restorative ability, right?"
The Night Emperor roughly understood the situation and explained:
"Indeed, my body is circulating everywhere, with the Yin Yang cycle; even my flesh and organs are in cycle. My undying nature is indeed strong."
With that, he performed an ultimate skill:
Hand-picked Skull.
A Night Emperor’s head was picked off and held in his arms.
True Immortal Mo Mei was stunned, her mind erupted like a thunderclap.
Have those terrifying fiction heroes come to reality?
Seeing True Immortal Mo Mei’s shock, the Night Emperor was speechless:
This True Immortal is really a mere novice.
Back then when we first arrived at Sword Casting Manor, the old steward displayed to us the first stage of cultivation: "Hand-picked Skull".
We weren’t as shocked as her.
Is the Immortal Cultivation Realm’s True Immortals all like this?
Ripping off a head and making a fuss.
Then, the Night Emperor further demonstrated another sequence of heart and lung extraction, dismembering, and even performed a grave-calm ultimate skill:
Detaching his head, flipping open the skull cap, and poking fiercely at a certain nerve of fear with his finger, instantly calming himself down.
"This is a calming ultimate skill." He kindly introduced.
But seeing this, True Immortal Mo Mei became even more unsettled, hesitantly mumbled, "Worthy of... worthy of an Immortal Venerate’s legacy, how incredibly formidable."
However, in her heart, True Immortal Mo Mei thought this ancient Immortal Venerate might be of a demonic path, no wonder he was killed.
"I suppose, such a skill is rare in the world." She praised.
— No, at our first stage we could detach our heads, many civilians in the Nine-State can do it, because of the high utility of their undying heads, everyone uses it to bite fishhooks when fishing.
After a round of heart and lung extraction discussions, this True Immortal Mo Mei suddenly realized.
She originally thought, that mysterious ancient Immortal Venerate’s demise could have been due to the great benefits brought by "Stone-to-Gold".
Because the Stone-to-Gold technique was too miraculous, too inconceivable.
The Medicinal Stone Golden Core, consuming a single core makes one the protagonist, destined to become immortal...
Too outrageous.
But now True Immortal Mo Mei found she was wrong, very wrong.
The Auspicious Beast was just a foundation the Immortal Venerate used to suppress his power, and this cycle technique... might have been his true downfall reason.
However.
This flawless Three-Seven Tribulation system has typical features: extremely high cultivation difficulty.
It cannot be generalized.
A unique inheritance system where even a whole world might not find a single successor.
Thus, True Immortal Mo Mei wasn’t very concerned.
After all, the method in their hands was also incomplete.
At this moment, True Immortal Mo Mei took out that scroll, inspecting the meticulous details in the characters, down to the cells and meridians...
"I see, this painting initially carried a theme of eternity."
Now knowing the circular system created by the Painting Celestial Venerate, looking again at this eternal scroll now gave her an entirely different insight.
"Immortals practice the evolution of divine techniques, the laws of realms and Tao rhyme."
"As for this Immortal Venerate... His Tao rhyme is truly astonishing."
Within it, she felt a potent Essence, Qi, and Spirit, vast and majestic Tao rhyme, personal will.
It was as if she saw that figure from before, penning eternal verses,
At this moment, she felt the wind in the painting blowing on the water, the water nurturing the wood, the wood rooting in soil, the soil enveloping metal and stones, rainstorms, thunderbolts, the rich earth...
Everything within was in cycle.
His painting was vivid, and in essence, it was also cycling.
A sudden awakening filled her heart, muttering, feeling a profound and intense emotion and resentment entrustedin it,
"To build the cycle of heaven and earth, to paint the phases of the moon, to forge the eternal scroll, all just to capture... that fleeting unaging visage of the world."
True Immortal Mo Mei was immensely shaken in her heart, speaking to the Night Emperor:
"You should take this painting for enlightenment, it is a tremendous Immortal Fate. As you cultivate in circle, this cycle’s ancestor, excelling in painting, uses cycles as painting, it will greatly aid your immortal path in the future."
True Immortal Mo Mei revealed a hint of longing:
"In him, I sensed ancient desolation and despair, as if endless mythical times flowed behind him, yet he still hopes for enduring, to hold onto ephemeral beauty."
She raised the Treasure Lotus Lamp cast by the Golden God, emanating dazzling golden light all around.
Like the rising sun, it illuminated all the sullied lands.
Like the ascendant moon, it revealed a crystal-clear sky.
The Treasure Lotus Lamp emitting golden light slowly spoke:
"His cycle is for the eternal scroll; the cycle is the essence of his painting system, to let all beauty in the world never fade away."
"The Painting Celestial Venerate has a golden dream of greatness!"
