Inside Thousand Lantern City, ten enormous Soul Guiding Lanterns illuminated the pitch-black cave dwelling as bright as day.
Chen Mu sat cross-legged on a cushioned couch on the third-floor balcony. He slowly opened his eyes and narrowed them at the Five Dragon Scripture on the Gray Wall.
Five Dragon Scripture: 7378/10000/Tier 4;
"It shot up by over two thousand experience points at once. Five Dragon Unity really was the right path." Chen Mu beamed.
"The proper sequence for a manifestation is to first form a Protective Qi Mechanism, then gradually form divine demon phantoms as that Qi Mechanism grows stronger."
"The Five Dragon Scripture is more like an imitation of a manifestation's complete form. But it first imitates the manifestation's outer layer—the divine demon phantom—and only feeds it back into the body to form a Protective Qi Mechanism once the manifestation reaches completion."
"The Divine Fetus Manifestation imitates the Qi Mechanism of heavenly demons and divine demons, while the Five Dragon Scripture imitates the Divine Fetus Manifestation."
"An imitation of an imitation? Heh... interesting."
Chen Mu savored the information fed back by the Gray Wall with great interest.
His cultivation should originally have followed that same sequence. But after observing a Calamity Demon's accompanying Qi Mechanism at close range, combined with his past insights, he had successfully grasped Five Dragon Unity. Before the Five Dragon Manifestation had matured, he had instead cultivated an unconventional accompanying Qi Mechanism.
This was not the Qi Mechanism formed by the Five Dragon Manifestation, but an alternative ability he had fashioned with the Five Dragon Manifestation as its foundation. It fused the Hundred Mile Qi Seal, Protective Spiritual Light, and the powerful body he had gained through years of cultivation.
Chen Mu estimated that in terms of defense alone, Five Dragon Unity was no weaker