Learning to Devour Heaven and Earth

The Nine Nether Sect's millennia-long savings were completely swindled away by the Hundred Thousand Year Ask Dao Sect, resulting in the sect leader's death. It was a complete loss of both wealth and life.

The Nine Nether Sect never recovered in the following nine hundred years.

The law of the jungle prevails; perhaps this is the cruel reality of the cultivation world... what a load of rubbish.

Lu Yang couldn't even finish reading the narration.

Shouldn't the cruel world of cultivation be a place of plunder and conquest by powerful figures? Why does it turn into a financial investment scam here?

What happened to the principle of respecting strength?

The millennia-old mystery of the Nine Nether Sect has been solved today, leaving Li Haoran speechless.

Although the previous leader had no connection to him, and the previous leader, Qin Haoran, was not closely related to him, he still felt that he should do something to show his appreciation.

He began to applaud.

The Nine Netherworld Sect deserves to be killed by everyone; what a clever lie!

The Fifth Elder coughed twice. "In short, I agree to your invitation to become a protector of the Heavenly Court."

"According to you, the Heavenly Court Sect's external stronghold is located at the barbecue restaurant in Yanjiang County. When shall we set off?"

"The longer we stay out of the night, the more things might go wrong. Why don't we set off tomorrow?" Lu Yang suggested.

"Good."

"By the way, Elder, please remember to disguise yourself. It wouldn't be good if the people from the Nine Nether Sect recognized you." Lu Yang reminded them. Previously, when they met with the people from the Nine Nether Sect, they used aliases and disguises.

"That's easy. Although my disguise skills aren't as proficient as Lao Jiu's, dealing with the mere people from the Nine Nether Sect shouldn't be a problem. This time, there might even be someone at the Integration Body Integration Realm from the Nine Nether Sect. At the Body Integration Realm, they can see right through your disguises."

"Before we set off, I'll give the four of you a disguise."

It seems that the Fifth Elder has quite a bit of experience in this area.

After bidding farewell to the Fifth Elder, Lu Yang did not forget to expand the Heavenly Court Sect's membership. He wanted to invite Tao Yaoye and Man Gu to join the Heavenly Court Sect and impersonate High Antiquity geniuses in Yanjiang County.

Unfortunately, when Lu Yang arrived, he found that Tao Yaoye and Man Gu were in seclusion.

Senior Sister told Lu Yang that Tao Yaoye and Man Gu were consolidating their Golden Core realm and couldn't leave for the time being.

"By the way, fairy, could you teach me a few Law Technique Divine Ability, the kind that look ancient, the kind that you can tell were used in High Antiquity times?"

Lu Yang explained, "Think about it, my current identity is that of High Antiquity genius. How can I use modern techniques? It would be easy to expose my weaknesses."

The Immortal Fairy silently observed Lu Yang, thinking to herself, "Which of your moves resembles my current moves? Is it the Shrinking Earth to an Inch Technique or the Tree Planting Technique?"

However, being a dignified fairy, she was understanding and wouldn't say such discouraging things, "Okay."

"I possess High Antiquity Qi Refining technique here. It involves collecting the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, the morning and evening glow, and refining it to prolong life and preserve youth forever. The Qi Refining stage is based on this High Antiquity Qi Refining."

"When the Nine Heavens Immortal was arguing that he was the first immortal, he consulted many ancient books, including one about the High Antiquity Qi Refining technique. He used his immortal arts to deduce that the High Antiquity Qi Refining technique, when practiced to its peak, could produce Primordial purple qi, which was extremely powerful. However, this was just a theory; I have never seen anyone actually cultivate it."

Lu Yang shook his head. "This won't work. There's no chance for the Nine Nether Sect to use it, and they won't be able to tell that it's High Antiquity Qi Refining technique."

"What about the Dragon Transformation Technique? Dragons possess incredibly strong physical bodies. By learning the Dragon Transformation Technique, one can partially 'transform' their body into a dragon and gain some of the dragon's innate abilities, such as summoning wind and rain and overturning rivers and seas."

"Ying Tianxian has learned the Dragon Transformation Technique and is the person who has achieved the highest level of mastery of the technique to date. He can completely transform into a dragon, and the dragon race calls him 'Yinglong'."

Lu Yang's eyes lit up. "Hey, this is great, how do I learn it?"

"Let me think... I should soak in dragon's blood for three days first. Although I might experience swelling like Ying Tianxian, with my guidance, it shouldn't be a big problem... By the way, is dragon's blood hard to obtain in your era?"

In High Antiquity times, to obtain dragon blood, one either had to force the dragons to hand it over, kill a lone true dragon, or, like Ying Tianxian, have the dragons see your high potential and be willing to invest in you.

"Dragon blood is indeed available."

The Ask Dao Sect certainly has no shortage of dragon and phoenix blood, but the problem is that they are setting off tomorrow, and they can't just soak in dragon blood on the road for three days straight.

As the Immortal Fairy just said, she might end up like Ying Tianxian.

"Is there anything else?"

"How powerful is the Taotie clan's Divine Ability to devour the heavens and earth?"

Lu Yang was startled. The Taotie clan's Divine Ability of devouring heaven and earth was famous. He had heard storytellers talk about it before he even started cultivating it.

I've heard that this move can devour souls, Spiritual Qi, the sun, moon, and stars, space itself, and everything in the world!

It would be good if I could learn it.

"But shouldn't this be a divine Divine Ability that only the Taotie clan can learn? Can I learn it too?"

The Immortal Fairy, as confident as ever, patted her chest and said, "Look at what you're saying! With me guiding you, what can't you learn?"

"Then I'll learn this!" Lu Yang made up his mind, overjoyed, finally able to learn a new skill.

Lu Yang found a spacious spot far from the kitchen on Heaven Gate Peak, where the Immortal Fairy appeared to provide guidance.

"To learn how to devour the heavens and the earth, the most important thing is to have the desire to devour; that's fundamental."

"The reason why the Taotie clan can eat so much is precisely because their desire to devour is instinctive and uncontrollable!"

"Close your eyes and imagine you are very hungry and want to eat something."

Following the instructions of the Immortal Fairy, Lu Yang imagined himself as a mortal, his stomach empty and he was very hungry, wanting to eat, his mouth watering from hunger.

Imagine a plate of delicious food in front of you... like scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Lu Yang suddenly felt no longer hungry.

He opened his eyes and saw the immortal fairy tilting her head to look at him.

The fairy was looking at him innocently. "What's wrong with you?"

"... It's nothing, I made a mistake just now, let me think about it again."

Lu Yang banished the image of scrambled eggs with tomatoes from his mind, replacing it with plates of delicious-looking and fragrant dishes:

Braised pork knuckle with a reddish-brown skin, deep-fried and soaked in broth; spicy snails with firm meat; noodles topped with chili oil...

Lu Yang wiped his drool; he was truly hungry.

The fairy's voice rang in my ears at just the right moment. "Remember the Mnemonic I recited. Don't try to memorize it, but understand it. Imagine the meaning of this Mnemonic from a deeper perspective."

Then came the obscure and difficult-to-understand High Antiquity language.

Perhaps it was the perfect match between Lu Yang's hunger and the Mnemonic that made Lu Yang feel comfortable, even though he still couldn't understand it.

From noon to evening, Lu Yang remained hungry as he tried to understand the Mnemonic. Gradually, he became more and more familiar with Mnemonic, and it seemed that he understood Mnemonic meaning—eat.

He opened his eyes again, the Mnemonic echoing in his mind, and looked down at the soil beneath his feet, feeling an impulse rising within him.

He wants to eat dirt.

"Wait, why do I feel like eating dirt?!" Lu Yang realized something was wrong.

The Immortal Fairy lay on her side on the ground, propping her cheek with her arm, and said matter-of-factly, "Congratulations, you've mastered 'Earth Devouring'."