Five Elements Demon Refining Divine Light Art

Chapter 36: Five Elements Demon Refining Divine Light Art

The Magic Art Chen Ming had obtained was called the Five Elements Demon Refining Divine Light Art.

As he circulated it, the scriptures in his Sea of Consciousness transformed into blue, yellow, red, black, and white radiance, descending upon him.

Blue represented wood and entered his liver; yellow represented earth and settled in his spleen; red represented fire and entered his heart; black represented water and settled in his kidneys; white represented metal and entered his lungs.

The Five-Colored Radiance settled within Chen Ming's five organs, transforming into five Emperor Phantoms. Each held a jade talisman, and their five auras flowed without cease, converging in his chest.

This was the Five Qi Spirit Condensation Orthodox Method!

As long as he turned one of the Emperor Phantoms from unreal to real, he could become a Spirit Condensation Realm cultivator.

But turning one of the Emperor Phantoms within the Five-Colored Radiance into a real form was no easy matter.

It required countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. If he used inferior substitutes, the resulting Emperor Body would be far weaker.

Only a great stroke of fortune would suffice!

Once Chen Ming reached the Spirit Condensation Realm and condensed all five Emperor Phantoms, he could use the Five Qi Towards Origin Method to temper his Divine Soul.

Only when the blackness on both his Divine Soul and the Creation Lotus Platform had been completely stripped away would his cultivation be complete.

But the Divine Soul was fragile. Tempering it with the Five Qi Towards Origin Method meant turning the "Five Elements" into the "Five Punishments" to forge it, restoring the light to the Creation Lotus Platform and his Divine Soul.

The agony involved was something only a person of great resolve could endure!

"This is an orthodox method. Though it's difficult to cultivate, it's my path. Why should I shrink back in fear?"

Chen Ming circulated the Magic Art and awoke from meditation.

Though he had yet to take that final step, he was only one step away. The aura around him was ethereal and profound, utterly unlike that of a Contemplation Realm cultivator.

The Magic Art evolved by the Creation Lotus Platform this time contained not only the Spirit Condensation Method, but also many Demon Refining Methods. It covered a wide range of techniques, including quite a few Heretical Path methods for rapidly increasing one's strength.

Those methods, however, could only be used to protect one's Dao. They were shortcuts. Only by cultivating the fundamental orthodox method would his Dao Path remain broad in the future.

With a thought, Chen Ming summoned the Blood Bead. It rose up and spun rapidly in his hand.

"This Blood Bead has great potential. Though my strength now far surpasses that of a Contemplation Realm cultivator, I still haven't taken that final step.

"If I went up against a Spirit Condensation Realm cultivator, I might not be able to match them head-on. But I have many Demon Refining Methods. If I refine the Blood Bead into a Divine Ability Magic Treasure and draw on its power, I won't fear a Spirit Condensation Realm cultivator!"

If he refined Red Spirit Boy and sealed him inside the Blood Bead, merging him with himself, Chen Ming could immediately attain the Spirit Condensation Realm.

Not to mention that Chen Ming would never refine Red Spirit Boy, attaining the Spirit Condensation Realm that way would be nothing but a shortcut, and advancing any further would be exceedingly difficult.

Besides, now that Chen Ming had a fundamental orthodox method, he would be even less likely to ruin his own future.

Still, the Blood Bead had a solid foundation. There might be another way to refine it into a Divine Ability Magic Treasure, one that could wield the power of the Spirit Condensation Realm.

As Chen Ming considered how to refine the Blood Bead into a Divine Ability Magic Treasure, the Spring Eye formed from the Vast Mountain Spirit Vein suddenly stirred.

The Vast Mountain, which had taken the form of a Grotto-Heaven Dojo, turned back into a branch and fell into Chen Ming's hand.

Chen Ming swept it with his Spiritual Sense. Through the Spring Eye, he sensed that the spiritual energy gathering at all 365 places in the mountain was in turmoil.

The disturbance in the mountain had thrown the spiritual energy out of balance.

If left unchecked, the spiritual energy would fall into chaos, and the Spirit Vein would soon perish, vanishing completely.

"I've already agreed to set the Spirit Vein in order, and I even used that yellow register to evade Fairy Caiyi's search. I can't just ignore this!"

Chen Ming recited a spell. The Five Elements Qi in his chest began to flow, and blue, yellow, red, black, and white radiance appeared behind him, weaving together into a seal that descended over the Spring Eye.

For the moment, he had sealed the Spring Eye, preventing the chaos in the mountain's spiritual energy from affecting it.

But that was still not enough. The Spring Eye's decline had slowed, yet it continued to fade bit by bit.

Chen Ming tossed the branch in his hand again. It transformed back into the Towering Ancient Tree and landed atop the seal.

He also revealed the Grotto-Heaven within the tree, using the Grotto-Heaven Dojo's own cycle of spiritual energy to nourish the Spring Eye.

Thus, a Towering Ancient Tree appeared atop the mountain. Mist swirled around its branches, and a Daoist temple could just be glimpsed within.

Red Spirit Boy held the Spirit Devouring Jar, while Green Spirit Boy carried a magic sword.

The two boys flew out of the Daoist temple in the Grotto-Heaven Dojo and bowed to Chen Ming.

Chen Ming instructed them, "I'll teach you a scripture. The two of you will stay here and guard this place. Keep watch over the Grotto-Heaven Dojo and the Spring Eye!"

"Yes!"

The two boys received the scripture and sat cross-legged beneath the ancient tree. As they recited it, Five Elements Qi descended from the void.

As the Five Elements flowed, the scene atop the mountain grew fainter and fainter. Soon, the ancient tree and Daoist temple disappeared from view, and the mountaintop looked ordinary again.

This scripture did more than conceal the place; it also possessed power.

If anyone came to attack, it could transform into the Five Elements Divine Ability and suppress them.

Chen Ming paused, then left the mountaintop and descended into the mountain.

The mountain was already in utter chaos. Tribes and villages of every size, along with the ordinary people, were all in disarray.

With no Spirit Condensation Realm cultivators from the Myriad Laws Sect to keep them in check, the spiritual energy had fallen into chaos again, and the other cultivators could no longer sit still!

All kinds of radiance streaked through the sky: immortal light, demonic light, sinister winds, divine splendor. Demons, monsters, and ghosts of every kind revealed themselves.

They had sensed that the Myriad Laws Sect members had left, and that they no longer had anyone to protect them. Many had enemies in the mortal world, or had committed crimes and were being hunted.

Now they were all panicking. They simply sprang into action, ransacking the mountain for Spiritual Items and preparing to flee.

The ordinary people of the mountain suffered most, along with native cultivators of Vast Mountain like Qingyuan and Wuhun.

As a result, new feuds and resentments flared up. The entire Vast Mountain was shrouded in a foul haze, and peace was nowhere to be found.

Meanwhile, at the Minping Tribe, the Auspicious Spirit God Qingyuan manifested his Divine Dharma Body and revealed his Divine Domain Dojo, sheltering the tribe that worshiped him.

Though he was only in the Contemplation Realm, his strength was formidable. Even so, three Contemplation Realm cultivators of roughly equal strength were attacking him.

Waves surged beneath Qingyuan's feet, White Fish and Red Carp leaping through them. They took on savage forms, their fangs bared as if eager to devour people.

"Qingyuan, you have some skill. Why don't you drop the formation and run for your life?"

"They're only mortal fodder in that tribe. Are you really going to die here for them?" the cultivators surrounding Qingyuan jeered.

Qingyuan held the formation alone. Before these three had arrived, he had already driven off several other enemies.

His magic power was beginning to falter, yet he continued to protect the mortals in the tribe.

Though he cultivated the Ruthless Water Path, and had said when he met Chen Ming that he would not let the affairs of mortals hinder his cultivation, Qingyuan had apparently grasped the Magic Art and freed himself from the shackles of Incense and Fire Thoughts, cultivating the Ruthless Water Path, yet he still had attachments in his heart.

Beneath the formation, the mortals of the Minping Tribe—young and old alike—looked up at Qingyuan in the sky.

Their eyes were filled with hope. He was the Spirit God they worshiped, and he was protecting them.

Qingyuan looked down at them and sighed. "I was born from your faith and cultivated a Dharma Body. Though I've escaped the shackles of Incense and Fire and worldly thoughts, how could I abandon you?"