Shared Heavens from Douluo Continent: Chapter 30

Golden Back Centipede was a small soul beast renowned for its defense and deadly venom. It was also exceptionally adept at burrowing and tunneling.

After successfully enslaving the Golden Back Centipede's soul, Dai Changsheng had no intention of wandering around Sunset Forest any longer. Riding the Light Swan, he returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"Go!"

At Dai Changsheng's command, the Golden Back Centipede hurriedly joined forces with the Thousand Jun Ants and began digging downward along the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

After withdrawing his gaze from the Golden Back Centipede and the others, Dai Changsheng shifted his attention to the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.

Compared to the other Immortal Herbs, the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew looked quite unremarkable. Its entire body was jade green, with three snow-white leaves. Several droplets of water rested in the center of the leaves, like dew left behind in the early morning.

Dai Changsheng chose to consume the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew because eating it could cultivate Fiery Golden Eyes, capable of seeing through countless marvelous things.

If Dai Changsheng's guess was correct, consuming the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew should allow his Double Pupil Martial Soul to undergo a second awakening.

"Gulp!"

As Dai Changsheng swallowed the droplets from the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, a gentle medicinal power immediately spread throughout his body.

About one-quarter of the medicinal power merged into Dai Changsheng's Soul Power, while the rest flowed into his eyes.

Stimulated by that medicinal power, Dai Changsheng's pupils began trembling violently, uncontrollably splitting into eerie Double Pupils.

As the medicinal power continued to merge into them, the originally pitch-black Double Pupils gradually turned into a strange silvery white.

Once Dai Changsheng had fully refined the medicinal power of the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, his Soul Power broke through from level fifty-three to level fifty-four, while his Double Pupil Martial Soul completed a Silver Tier Second Awakening.

Soul masters who had awakened an Original Martial Soul could undergo a second Martial Soul awakening, which was further divided into Black Iron Tier Second Awakening, Bronze Tier Second Awakening, and Silver Tier Second Awakening.

A Black Iron Tier Second Awakening increased overall strength by around thirty percent and was the level attained by most Original Martial Soul masters.

A Bronze Tier Second Awakening increased overall strength by around sixty percent and was a relatively rare awakening.

A Silver Tier Second Awakening increased overall strength by around one hundred percent. Original Martial Soul masters with awakenings of this level were extremely rare, and nearly every one of them possessed the ability to fight above their level.

Furthermore, when Original Martial Soul masters who had completed a Silver Tier Second Awakening absorbed their ninth soul ring and broke through to become Title Douluo, they had an excellent chance of undergoing a Gold Tier Third Awakening of their Original Martial Soul, increasing their attack power by one to three times.

Since Dai Changsheng's Double Pupil Martial Soul had yet to absorb any soul rings, his strength had not improved much. It had merely enhanced the Martial Soul's potential, effectively doubling the Double Pupil Martial Soul's base power.

"Crackle..."

Under Dai Changsheng's control, the pair of incomparably eerie silvery-white Double Pupils slowly fused together, reverting to a single pitch-black pupil.

Looking at his eyes return to normal in the mirror, Dai Changsheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was not ready to expose his Three Lives Martial Soul yet.

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Heaven and Earth Great Shift

After staring at the remaining Immortal Herbs for a while, Dai Changsheng ultimately gave up on the idea of continuing to consume them.

With Dai Changsheng's Soul Power already at level fifty-four, continuing to consume Immortal Herbs would make it difficult to raise his Soul Power any further. It would only result in serious waste, so he might as well save them for Dugu Yan and the others.

However, Dai Changsheng was in no hurry to harvest the remaining Immortal Herbs. He planned to wait until the Thousand Jun Ants and the others had dug out the soul bones of the two Dragon Kings before leaving with the herbs.

Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber World

After more than half a year of arduous cultivation, relying on comprehension and physique far beyond ordinary people, Dai Changsheng successfully cultivated the Nine Yang Divine Skill to the major completion realm.

In the original story, Zhang Wuji had relied on Sack Monk's Heaven and Earth One Qi Bag to break through all the meridians in his body and cultivate the Nine Yang Divine Skill to major completion.

Although Dai Changsheng did not have the Heaven and Earth One Qi Bag to assist him, he had someone forge an airtight bronze bell. He placed himself beneath it, then fully circulated the Nine Yang Divine Skill, continuously increasing the Nine Yang True Qi inside the bell until he forcibly broke open every meridian and acupoint in his body.

After cultivating the Nine Yang Divine Skill to major completion, Dai Changsheng also set his sights on the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, as well as the position of Ming Cult leader.

Thus, Dai Changsheng disguised himself as a Ming Cult disciple and slipped into Bright Summit without incident. Then, under cover of night, he infiltrated Yang Buhui's bedroom.

The room was lavishly decorated. A dressing table stood by the window, while a bed stood on the other side. Its gauze curtains hung low, and a pair of pink embroidered women's shoes rested before it.

Dai Changsheng silently approached the bed, glanced at the still-little Yang Buhui, then tapped her sleeping acupoint, sending her into a deep sleep.

Only after Yang Buhui had completely lost consciousness did Dai Changsheng lift her from the bed together with her blanket and place her on the floor, creating the illusion that she had rolled out of bed while sleeping restlessly.

After dealing with the minor nuisance that was Yang Buhui, Dai Changsheng began feeling around her bed. Before long, he found the mechanism hidden beneath it and opened the entrance leading to the Ming Cult's secret passage.

After entering the pitch-black passage, Dai Changsheng followed the twisting, narrow corridor for several dozen zhang before a bumpy stone wall blocked his path.

Having read the original story, Dai Changsheng naturally knew there were no other mechanisms on this stone wall. It could only be forced open with brute strength.

"Rumble..."

As Dai Changsheng exerted a little force with both arms, the stone wall, weighing several hundred jin, slowly shifted aside, soon revealing a corridor wide enough for two people to pass through.

After walking about fifty zhang along that corridor, Dai Changsheng encountered seven more branching paths.

"Forget it. I'll search them one by one!"

Dai Changsheng shook his head helplessly and began entering the branching paths in order from left to right, carefully investigating each one.

At this time, Dai Changsheng was the only person in the Ming Cult's secret passage, so he did not need to worry about anyone lying in ambush or activating the mechanisms within the passage against him.

After conducting a carpet search through the secret passage for several hours, Dai Changsheng finally found the hidden chamber containing the skeletal remains of Yang Dingtian and his wife.

That chamber was quite spacious, with many stalactites hanging from the ceiling. It had clearly been converted from a natural cave.

When Dai Changsheng approached the two skeletons, he saw that the one dressed in women's clothing had a dagger embedded in its chest, while a piece of sheepskin lay spread beside the skeleton dressed in men's clothing.

After picking up the sheepskin, which was furry on one side and smooth on the other, Dai Changsheng took out a small medicine bottle and poured the blood inside onto the smooth side.

Words gradually appeared on the specially prepared sheepskin once it was stained with blood.

The first line contained eleven words: "Ming Cult Sacred Fire Heart Method: Heaven and Earth Great Shift."

A trace of excitement flashed in Dai Changsheng's eyes. He began cultivating the Heaven and Earth Great Shift according to the method written on it.

With the support of the Nine Yang Divine Skill, Dai Changsheng needed only several hours to cultivate the Heaven and Earth Great Shift to the sixth level.

Once he achieved the sixth-level heart method, Dai Changsheng felt that every bit of his spirit, energy, and strength could be commanded as freely as he pleased. He could release it whenever he wished, withdraw it whenever he wished—everything followed his will. Every limb and bone in his body felt indescribably comfortable and invigorated.

The essence of the Heaven and Earth Great Shift was actually an exceedingly ingenious method of applying Internal Force. Its principle was to bring out the hidden potential within the practitioner.

The strength hidden within every person's body was originally enormous, but it could not normally be drawn upon. Yet in moments of crisis, even a weakling ordinarily incapable of trussing a chicken could often bear a thousand jin.

Therefore, the stronger the practitioner, the greater the power the Heaven and Earth Great Shift could unleash.

For example, Dai Changsheng already possessed the immense strength of a thousand jin. Now that he had learned the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, he could gather all the Internal Force in his body at a single point and instantly erupt with strength several times greater than normal.

As for the final level of the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, part of its contents had been imagined out of thin air by its creator. Forcing oneself to cultivate it would only lead to deviation, so Dai Changsheng naturally would not practice it.

"Forgive me."

After speaking, Dai Changsheng took out a cloth sack he had prepared beforehand, placed Yang Dingtian and his wife's skeletal remains inside, and silently left Bright Summit through another exit of the secret passage.

Dai Changsheng took away Yang Dingtian and his wife's remains because he wanted to disguise himself as Yang Dingtian's successor and openly inherit the position of Ming Cult leader.

According to the original plot, only Cheng Kun knew the truth behind Yang Dingtian's death. Everyone else believed that Yang Dingtian had merely disappeared.

The Heaven and Earth Great Shift was the Ming Cult's divine technique for protecting the faith. Usually, only the Ming Cult leader or the leader's successor was qualified to cultivate it.

Ever since Yang Dingtian had suddenly vanished several decades ago, the Heaven and Earth Great Shift had been lost as well.

In the current Ming Cult, only Yang Xiao still knew the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, but even he had received only the cultivation methods for the first two levels from Yang Dingtian.

If Yang Dingtian had not personally taught him, how could Dai Changsheng possibly have learned the Heaven and Earth Great Shift? Much less cultivated it to the sixth level at such a young age!

When the time came, as long as Dai Changsheng publicly displayed his profound internal energy and the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, he could essentially confirm his identity as Yang Dingtian's successor.

Moreover, Yang Dingtian's remains carried a secret letter written in his own hand. Its general contents stated that he intended to pass the position of cult leader to Xie Xun.

Dai Changsheng only needed to imitate Yang Dingtian's handwriting and forge a handwritten letter in which Yang Dingtian passed the position of cult leader to him. Then, he could openly seize the position of Ming Cult leader.

Although Cheng Kun knew the truth about Yang Dingtian's death, he was an enemy of the Ming Cult.

Without any other witnesses, no one would believe Cheng Kun's words. They would only assume he was slandering Yang Dingtian.

Ming Cult Leader

More than half a month later

Heavenly Eagle Cult Headquarters, Council Hall.

"Tap tap tap..."

Along with a series of hurried footsteps, Yin Yewang, dressed in a white robe, entered from outside with the Heavenly Eagle Cult's three hall masters.

"Greetings, Cult Master!"

Yin Yewang first led the three hall masters in bowing to the White-Browed Eagle King seated in the main seat, then asked directly, "Father, you summoned us back so urgently. Did something happen?"

"See for yourselves!"

With a wave of the White-Browed Eagle King's hand, the letter in his grasp flew out like a butterfly and lightly landed in Yin Yewang's hand.

When Yin Yewang saw the contents of the letter, he could not help exclaiming in surprise, "What? The Ming Cult has a new leader, and it isn't Yang Xiao?"

The three hall masters hurriedly gathered beside Yin Yewang as well and examined the contents of the letter.

It turned out that the letter had been written by the Green Winged Bat King. Its general contents stated that around half a month ago, a young man named Dai Changsheng had arrived at Bright Summit carrying Yang Dingtian's handwritten last letter. He claimed to have come under Yang Dingtian's final orders to inherit the position of Ming Cult leader.

At first, the people of the Ming Cult did not believe Dai Changsheng's one-sided claim, but they had not expected him to display the Heaven and Earth Great Shift.

Yang Xiao and Wei Yixiao had not even managed to react before he forcibly drew them before him with the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, then pinned them to the ground with one hand, leaving them unable to move.

Seeing that Dai Changsheng had actually cultivated the Heaven and Earth Great Shift to the sixth level, and with Yang Dingtian's handwritten letter as proof, Yang Xiao and the others finally believed that he was Yang Dingtian's personal disciple.

After confirming Dai Changsheng's identity, Yang Xiao and the others asked him about Yang Dingtian.

More than twenty years had passed since Yang Dingtian's disappearance. To be honest, Yang Xiao and the others had suspected that Yang Dingtian had died. Otherwise, there was no reason he would not return to the Ming Cult to take charge of the situation.

Faced with Yang Xiao and the others' questions, Dai Changsheng gave them a general account of the story he had fabricated in advance.

According to Dai Changsheng, Yang Dingtian had suffered deviation while cultivating the Heaven and Earth Great Shift back then, turning into an incoherent madman.

Later, Dai Changsheng had encountered the deranged Yang Dingtian by chance and, through a series of accidents, learned the Heaven and Earth Great Shift from him.

It was not until half a year ago that Yang Dingtian suddenly regained his sanity and formally accepted Dai Changsheng as his disciple.

Yang Dingtian had recovered his sanity because his time was nearing its end, giving him a final burst of clarity before death.

Knowing that he was close to death and wishing to avoid wasting his lifelong cultivation, Yang Dingtian passed it all to Dai Changsheng, helping him cultivate the Heaven and Earth Great Shift to the sixth level.

Before he died, Yang Dingtian entrusted Dai Changsheng with two tasks.

The first was to have Dai Changsheng cremate his body after his death, allowing him to return to Ming Zun's embrace.

The second was to have Dai Changsheng go to Bright Summit, inherit the position of the Ming Cult's thirty-fourth leader, and fulfill the grand wish of generations of Ming Cult leaders to drive out the invaders and restore the nation.

After learning that Dai Changsheng had cultivated the Heaven and Earth Great Shift to the sixth level with Yang Dingtian's help, Yang Xiao completely believed him.

After all, Yang Xiao had spent more than twenty years just barely mastering the second level of the Heaven and Earth Great Shift.

Dai Changsheng, on the other hand, looked only a little over twenty. If he had cultivated the Heaven and Earth Great Shift to the sixth level by himself, then had Yang Xiao lived his past years for nothing?

Since Dai Changsheng was Yang Dingtian's designated next leader, and his strength far surpassed Yang Xiao and Wei Yixiao's, he smoothly inherited the position of the Ming Cult's thirty-fourth leader.

After taking over as Ming Cult leader, Dai Changsheng first used the Nine Yang Divine Skill to cure Wei Yixiao's cold poison internal injury, then passed the third-level heart method of the Heaven and Earth Great Shift to Yang Xiao.

Faced with Dai Changsheng's combination of stick and carrot, Yang Xiao and the others were finally completely convinced.

After stabilizing the situation at Bright Summit, Dai Changsheng had Wei Yixiao and the others write to the White-Browed Eagle King and the Five Wanderers, summoning them back to Bright Summit for a discussion.

At the same time, Dai Changsheng dispatched Zhang Wuji, along with Xiao Zhao, who had already infiltrated the Ming Cult, to lead people out to sea. They were to head separately to Ice Fire Island and Serpent Island and invite the Golden Mane Lion King and Purple Robe Dragon King back.

To prevent the Golden Mane Lion King and the others from defying his orders, Dai Changsheng also offered two conditions they could not refuse.

The condition Dai Changsheng gave the Golden Mane Lion King was that as long as he returned to the Ming Cult with the Dragon Slaying Saber, Dai Changsheng would tell him Cheng Kun's exact whereabouts.

The condition Dai Changsheng gave the Purple Robe Dragon King was that he could provide protection for her and Xiao Zhao, preventing them from being captured and executed by the experts of the Persian Ming Cult.

Clearly, Dai Changsheng intended to reunify the fractured Ming Cult first, then discuss driving out the invaders and restoring the nation.

"Father, could Wei Yixiao be deceiving us?"

After recovering from his shock, Yin Yewang could not help frowning. "Yang Xiao may be irritating, but his strength is not weak. Even you would not be completely confident of defeating him.

Yet when he joined forces with Wei Yixiao, they could not even withstand a single move from that new leader. I'm afraid that even the one on Wudang Mountain may not be capable of that, right?"

"No!!!"

The White-Browed Eagle King shook his head with absolute certainty. "I understand Wei Yixiao's personality better than anyone. He may like joking around in ordinary times, but he would never dare joke about Cult Master Yang."