Primordial Ancestor Demon! Heavenly Hammer, Earthly Furnace!

Late at night.

Qingyun Back Cliff.

At this very moment.

Within Ye Ping's mind.

An image of the universe appeared.

Boundless, immeasurable.

This was the world within Ye Ping's heart.

The four directions and the heavens above and earth below are the universe; the past and present are the cosmos.

The universe is both infinitely vast and infinitely small.

In the universe within Ye Ping's mind, it was vast and boundless, yet a God-Demon that observed the heavens appeared within it.

This God-Demon could not be observed, could not be looked at directly, and exuded an aura of extreme terror. Even a wisp of it could make the universe rumble.

The God-Demon's body was as if forged from divine metal, indestructible, standing tall in the universe, holding the Great Dao in its hand, stepping on the Five Elements and Yin-Yang, its eyes seeing through everything.

This was the Great Dao God-Demon.

Ye Ping was utterly shocked.

As he observed this God-Demon in his mind, countless profound techniques flashed through his consciousness.

It was the supreme method for awakening the God-Demon Body Refining.

"Using the heavens as a hammer and the earth as a furnace, broadly accepting all, to be reborn and transformed."

An ancient voice echoed in Ye Ping's mind.

The complete God-Demon Body Refining method had been comprehended by Ye Ping.

An hour later.

Ye Ping opened his eyes.

He now knew the cultivation method for the God-Demon Body Refining Art.

Contemplate the God-Demon in one's mind, drawing upon heaven and earth to become a divine hammer and an earthly furnace, refining oneself.

The Primordial God-Demon Body Refining Art had a total of five realms.

Lesser God-Demon, Greater God-Demon, Supreme God-Demon, Great Dao God-Demon, and Primordial Ancestor God.

The cultivation technique currently in Ye Ping's mind was the Lesser God-Demon chapter, which involved using the heavens as a hammer and the earth as a furnace to refine the physical body eighty-one times to achieve perfection and condense the Lesser God-Demon body.

At that point, the strength of the physical body would be like a true dragon, its qi and blood as vigorous as the sun, and its essence, qi, and spirit would be full.

The God-Demon Body Refining Art had two major elements.

The first was contemplating the God-Demon in one's mind. If there was no God-Demon image in the mind, then no matter what method one tried, one could not truly forge a God-Demon body.

The second was the Heavenly Hammer, Earthly Furnace. This was a technique that used qi to guide the spirit, the spirit to guide the body, using the heavens as a hammer and the earth as a furnace, with the body in the furnace, undergoing a thousand hammerings and a hundred refinements.

Once the God-Demon image was in the mind, one had to rely on this technique, using spiritual energy to communicate with heaven and earth, thereby drawing upon the power of the earth to form a supreme furnace, and then using the might of heaven to become a divine hammer, striking the body, and forcefully forging the God-Demon body.

This process was extremely dangerous, but the method was simple: as long as there was sufficient spiritual energy, one could refine it once.

However, if one lacked extremely powerful willpower, during the refining process, one's Nascent Spirit could easily dissipate, and the physical body could collapse, leading to a death without a burial place.

"I thought enlightenment would be difficult, but I didn't expect cultivation to be even harder. However, this is also understandable. After all, the more powerful the cultivation technique, the more difficult it is. If it were easy to cultivate, wouldn't everyone be a cultivator?"

Ye Ping couldn't help but sigh after his enlightenment.

However, a problem arose.

To condense the Heavenly Hammer and Earthly Furnace, a large amount of spiritual energy was required, but the problem was that he had no spiritual energy.

These past few days, he had been comprehending sword techniques every day and hadn't cultivated at all, so it was naturally impossible to condense spiritual energy.

Moreover, the God-Demon Body Refining Art required increasingly vast amounts of spiritual energy in its later stages.

The most crucial point was that his biggest problem was his poor cultivation aptitude, which was very troublesome.

Ye Ping was well aware of his own cultivation aptitude. In half a year, he had participated in over fifty Ascension Conventions, and hundreds of sects had tested him, all indicating he had no spiritual roots.

Therefore, Ye Ping felt that while his Way of the Sword might not be too bad, his cultivation aptitude was likely the worst.

"What should I do?"

Trouble loomed, and Ye Ping felt a headache coming on.

"Should I find Senior Disciple Brother?"

Ye Ping thought to himself, but he quickly dismissed the idea.

"No, my cultivation aptitude is inherently poor. If I actively seek out Senior Disciple Brother, and it turns out my cultivation aptitude is too bad, I might even annoy him."

"But if I don't find Senior Disciple Brother, I can't cultivate. And if I can't cultivate, I can't practice the Primordial God-Demon Body Refining Art."

Ye Ping frowned, deep in thought.

"Huh? Senior Disciple Brother gave me some Qi Cultivation Pills before. I wonder if these pills will have any effect."

Suddenly, Ye Ping thought of this.

With this in mind, Ye Ping immediately took out the Qi Cultivation Pill bottle.

He poured a pale white pill from the bottle.

The pill was small, no bigger than a grain of rice. Its surface was white and emitted a faint, pleasant scent, not medicinal.

However, just as Ye Ping was about to swallow the pill, he suddenly froze.

"All medicine has a three-part toxicity. This is a Qi Cultivation Pill, and I haven't even entered the Qi Refining Realm yet. I don't know if it's safe, I can't be reckless."

Suddenly, Ye Ping remembered he hadn't entered the Qi Refining Realm yet and wasn't sure if he could take this kind of pill.

What if he exploded if he took it?

With this thought, Ye Ping put the Qi Cultivation Pill back into the jade bottle.

There was nothing wrong with being cautious.

In the world of immortal cultivation, cultivators were divided into seven major realms.

[Qi Refining Realm], [Foundation Establishment Realm], [Golden Core Realm], [Nascent Soul Realm], [Spirit Soul Realm], [Tribulation Crossing Realm], [Mahayana Realm].

Between each realm lay an insurmountable chasm. Those above were immortals, and those below were mortals, with absolute suppression.

Although Ye Ping had never cultivated immortality, he had seen some information about it.

Since he couldn't cultivate the God-Demon Body Refining Art, Ye Ping didn't dwell on it. At least he had grasped the method for now, and whether he cultivated it or not was just a matter of time.

Soon, Ye Ping began to comprehend sword marks again.

He wanted to try and comprehend the Four Thunder Sword Intent as soon as possible.

And so, the next day.

Su Changyu arrived.

Ever since he taught Ye Ping the Primordial God-Demon Body Refining Art, he had been diligently studying the 'River Sword Technique' for the past three days. It was a shame that his intentions were unrequited, and Su Changyu hadn't slept for three days and three nights.

But he just couldn't understand it, which made Su Changyu very frustrated. He had already spent decades trying to comprehend the Four Thunder Sword Technique, and now there was the River Sword Technique. Although it was slightly inferior to the Four Thunder Sword Technique, he simply had no talent for it.

Thinking of this, Su Changyu couldn't help but feel angry.

Why was he being taught sword techniques? Couldn't he teach Ye Ping something else?

However, the most infuriating thing was that he was angry but dared not speak.

Grand Hua Daoist was waiting for him to teach Ye Ping the River Sword Technique. If Grand Hua Daoist knew that he hadn't learned it at all, he would probably be skinned alive, if not worse.

Su Changyu guessed Grand Hua Daoist's intentions.

He wanted Ye Ping to participate in the Qingzhou Sword Dao Convention.

But Su Changyu felt that this idea was a bit unreliable.

Although Ye Ping's sword dao aptitude was very strong.

The problem was that Ye Ping had no mana. Although the Qingzhou Sword Dao Convention had rules allowing only cultivators below the Foundation Establishment Realm to compete in sword dao.

Most of the participants were usually at the seventh or eighth layer of Qi Cultivation, or even at the peak of Qi Cultivation.

Even if Ye Ping had condensed Sword Momentum, he had absolutely no mana. If he encountered some cultivators at the fifth or sixth layer of Qi Cultivation, he might still have a chance.

But against truly powerful sword cultivators, he might not necessarily win.

Of course, the main reason was that Su Changyu didn't know how strong the Four Thunder Sword Momentum was. In his eyes, there were only two types of people.

Those weaker than him.

Those stronger than him.

So, in order to make Grand Hua Daoist give up on the idea, Su Changyu decided to continue teaching him nonsense.

Yes, that's right. Forget about the River Sword Technique or whatever. Su Changyu decided to teach Ye Ping in his own way.

He rewrote a sword manual last night.

Part of it contained the key points of the River Sword Technique, but most of it was his own fabrication.

He didn't believe Ye Ping could comprehend it even with this.

If Ye Ping could comprehend it, he would chew and swallow the swords of everyone at the Qingzhou Sword Dao Convention.

And so, Su Changyu arrived at the back cliff.