Eternal Sacred Body Art

Ye Qianqian's steps lightened, her body soaring into the air and piercing through layers of clouds, heading straight for the glowing crystal ball.

However, the closer she got to the crystal ball, the slower her movements became.

A distance of less than tens of thousands of meters, which a Dou Venerate expert could easily cover, felt like she had flown for countless light-years, enduring countless slow ages. No matter how powerful her divine abilities were, they were useless.

The energy emanating from the crystal ball was boundless, capable of stopping time itself.

It seemed this space wasn't created by some sect leader of the Misty Cloud Sect, but was a naturally occurring magical place. This was why Yun Potian had chosen to establish his sect here.

Ye Qianqian grew anxious. The treasure was right before her eyes, yet it was like a flower in a mirror, the moon in the water – desired but unattainable. What should she do?

"Perhaps I can try to collect it using soul power?"

She released her Emperor Realm Soul, which drifted upwards ethereally, eventually forming two massive soul hands that continuously moved towards the crystal ball.

"Huh? It seems to be working a bit."

Ye Qianqian rejoiced inwardly, continuously expending her vast soul power. Although it was still slow, it wasn't entirely ineffective.

After a back and forth, a full five hours passed before she finally made contact with the crystal ball.

"Crack!"

The two soul hands pulled hard, yanking the crystal ball out of the formation.

As soon as the crystal ball left the formation, the entire Gate of Death space underwent rapid and drastic changes.

After a humming sound, the space where time flowed extremely slowly completely returned to normal, its time flow now identical to the outside world.

"What exactly is this crystal ball?" Ye Qianqian, drenched in sweat, wiped her forehead.

After all her effort to obtain this item, she had no idea what it was and immediately asked the system.

"System, do you know what this is?"

"Ding, Esteemed Host, this is a type of Inheritance Crystal. It contains a magical technique, but the Host needs to decipher it to unlock the seal within."

Hearing the system's explanation, Ye Qianqian's delicate eyebrows furrowed. She had no idea how to decipher the seal.

"System, how many Shock Points does it cost to decipher the seal on this crystal?"

System: "100,000,000 Shock Points."

Ye Qianqian's eyes narrowed. "That expensive?"

To decipher this would cost a hundred million Shock Points. She might as well have directly exchanged for a Heaven tier technique from the system.

However, despite thinking this, she was still incredibly curious about the secrets within. Something that could slow down time so drastically must be an incredibly powerful technique!

"Alright, decipher it for me!"

"Ding"

Congratulations to the Host for successfully deciphering. 100,000,000 Shock Points have been consumed.

Suddenly, as the system's deciphering was completed, the crystal ball emitted a dazzling, blinding light. This light was brilliant, supreme, noble, and soul-stirring.

Finally, a streak of crimson light shot out from the crystal ball, forming a thick book in her hand.

The system relayed the magical information recorded within.

"Eternal Sacred Body Art, a Quasi-Divine Tier Body Refining Technique, complete."

Ye Qianqian was stunned for a moment, then cheered with joy. Haha, she had struck it rich this time.

This technique originated from beyond the heavens and was a magical body refining art. Its value completely surpassed any Heaven tier technique on the Dou Qi Continent.

Even though it was only a Quasi-Divine Tier technique, and it was filled with characters from another world that she couldn't understand, it was still incomparable to Heaven tier techniques.

It must have its unique merits.

Ye Qianqian spent system points to translate the technique into readable text.

According to the information recorded in the book, this technique had five physical body realms: Endless Vitality, Eternal Immortality, Undying for Ten Thousand Generations, Body Unified with Heaven and Earth, and finally, the Eternal Sacred Body.

However, the requirements for this technique were extremely high. Cultivating to the third level, Undying for Ten Thousand Generations, would already be incredibly difficult.

The first realm, Endless Vitality, utilized the unique energy circulation method of the Sacred Body Art to extract energy from the world, continuously tempering the body and transforming it into vitality. This eventually formed a physical form that was difficult for time to erode.

Once this first level was cultivated, the practitioner's appearance and body would not change significantly with age.

While others would be old and frail after nearly a hundred years, those who had cultivated the first level of this technique would possess vibrant, inexhaustible vitality that continuously nourished their bodies. Even several hundred years would feel like only a day or two.

Eternal Immortality and Undying for Ten Thousand Generations involved forging the body into an indestructible state. Even after thousands or tens of thousands of years, the physical body would not collapse due to the erosion of time.

The third realm, Body Unified with Heaven and Earth, required drawing upon the rules of heaven and earth, integrating them into one's body, and achieving unity with the world. As long as the rules of heaven and earth remained, the physical body would not be destroyed.

The final realm, Eternal Sacred Body, required drawing upon the rules of time. This would render the power of time ineffective against the practitioner, allowing them to exist eternally.

"No wonder time flowed so slowly within the Gate of Death. It turns out there was a trace of the Power of Rules from a powerful being beyond the heavens within this crystal ball!"

However, this body refining technique was extremely difficult to cultivate. It required vast resources to sustain, otherwise, it would be hard to succeed. No wonder the system rated it as Quasi-Divine. True Divine level techniques could be upgraded effortlessly.

She retrieved the Hyperbolic Time Chamber from the system space and placed it on the ground. Gently opening the door, she revealed another magical world within the Time Chamber.

There were vast, boundless grasslands, majestic, towering mountains, surging rivers, as well as snow-covered valleys, dense, quiet forests, and an endless ocean.

This room was practically another world.

Ye Qianqian placed the Ten Thousand Times Gravity Chamber inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and couldn't help but exclaim.

This gravity chamber was truly massive, enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people training inside.

She took out three Storage Rings from her embrace. One was for her food, another was left behind by the fallen Shi Yutian, and the last one was taken from Shi Tian previously.

"Let's see what treasures are in Shi Tian's Storage Ring first!"

Clatter!

She tipped the Storage Ring, and a pile of rare treasures spilled out.

Inside were over a hundred precious medicinal ingredients, dozens of cultivation technique and Dou Skill scrolls, and even a mid-tier Earth-grade Dou Skill, the Lion Nether Palm.

There were also over a dozen bottles of pills, with fifth to seventh-tier pills scattered everywhere.

"Huh?" Ye Qianqian looked down and picked up a jade bottle from the ground, her face lighting up with joy. "Shi Tian's Storage Ring actually has three Venerate Origin Pills!"

This Venerate Origin Pill was a good item, capable of helping a Dou Venerate expert advance one star. It could even be consumed consecutively, but the user needed a powerful physical body to avoid their body being overloaded by the immense medicinal power.

"Including the three from Shi Yutian, that's a total of six Venerate Origin Pills. If I refine them all, won't I become a Nine-Star Dou Venerate?"

Ye Qianqian giggled. When luck strikes, no one can stop it.

She had just obtained the Eternal Sacred Body Art, and now she had six Venerate Origin Pills. This was like getting a pillow when you were sleepy.

"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang..."

Ye Qianqian created over three thousand clones, dividing them into three teams. One thousand formed an interest group to jointly research the Eternal Sacred Body Art, another thousand tempered their physiques in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and the last thousand entered the gravity chamber with her to hone their physical strength.

This Multiple Shadow Clone Technique was essentially a bug in cultivation. What one person couldn't accomplish, three thousand people could do together, with the results then feeding back to the main body.

After setting the plan, the three thousand clones dispersed.

"I'll set the gravity to 10 to try it out first."

The gravity chamber had six switches, ranging from 1-100, 100-1000, 1000-10000, 10000-100000... all the way up to ninety million gravity.

Ye Qianqian reached out and twisted the first switch. The pressure within the gravity chamber immediately took effect, making her body incredibly heavy.

"Begin training!"

With a command, all the clones in the gravity chamber began to train their bodies frantically: sit-ups, push-ups, squats in place, running in circles, frog jumps...

This continued for a full month, without using Dou Qi for augmentation, purely relying on physical strength for training. Finally, they adapted to this force.

Ye Qianqian felt a little proud. Her current physical strength had reached five hundred jin, five times that of an ordinary person.

Moreover, the Super Saiyan Bloodline within her was playing its part, causing her cultivation speed to advance by leaps and bounds.

As she became proud, her other clones also became arrogant, behaving just like her.

"Hey, Main Body, can you be any weaker? Increase the gravity!"

"Yeah, Main Body, increase the gravity a bit more!"

"What effect can training have with this little gravity? Turn it up to a million for me to play with!"

Her clones felt that this gravity was far from enough and wouldn't be very effective for tempering their physical strength.

Ye Qianqian's mouth twitched. To be looked down upon by her own clones! In a fit of pique, she simply twisted the first switch to the middle position.

50 gravity.

"Ahhhhhh!"

"Ahhhhhh!"

"Ahhhhhh!"

In an instant, all one thousand clones, including Ye Qianqian, collapsed. They were crushed by the gravity and couldn't even get up. It felt like a mountain was pressing down on their backs, making even breathing incredibly difficult. Some even turned into smoke.

Ye Qianqian cursed, "You bunch of mentally challenged idiots, feel better now, don't you?"

The clones echoed in unison, "You're right, I, Ye Qianqian, am indeed an idiot!"