Hearing Lin Yu's words, Old Man Demon fell silent again. Lin Yu had no idea what he was thinking and did not press him. For a time, the area was utterly quiet.
"It is difficult. At present, I can only suppress one side. Once my comprehension deepens further, I may balance yin and yang and no longer fall into madness. To fuse the two, I still need another breakthrough," Old Man Demon said after a long deliberation.
Lin Yu nodded. "I understand."
Being able to cultivate yin and yang together without conflict was already quite good. Expecting to easily achieve a Chaos Body with just two ancient scriptures was indeed far too simplistic. Nothing could be accomplished in one stroke.
"Your constitution is extraordinary, and you have mastered such a sealing secret technique. Why are the scriptures you cultivate so crude?"
Old Man Demon looked at Lin Yu's dragon-like vitality and blood, his eyes shining with divine light. His constitution was certainly not poor, and the Demon God Seal was exquisitely profound, yet the secret realms within his body had not been developed thoroughly enough. He was somewhat puzzled.
Uh, should I tell him that my Shrouding the Heavens method had been cultivating itself on autopilot? Would Old Man Demon beat me if he heard that?
Lin Yu was temporarily speechless. The gaze of a Great Saint from ancient times was far too oppressive.
The Divine Elephant's Prison Technique encompassed all things. He only needed to continuously open up particles to stand at the absolute peak, so Lin Yu had always taken a rather laid-back attitude toward cultivation scriptures.
Naturally, having an Imperial Scripture to cultivate was best. If he did not have a good scripture, he would not care too much. He could simply switch once he obtained an Imperial Scripture in the future.
"I can teach you the two Mother Scriptures," Old Man Demon offered of his own accord.
He took out a bone fragment. Sacred radiance flowed across it. No one knew which sacred beast it had come from, but Old Man Demon used it as a vessel for the ancient scriptures.
"Buzz..."
Old Man Demon used his divine sense to imprint both ancient scriptures upon it. In an instant, it was as though life had been injected into the bone fragment, and divine patterns gleamed.
One side was golden, dazzling Solar Sacred Light blooming brilliantly; the other was black as ink, Lunar Sacred Power emitting an icy, bone-piercing aura.
Ancient characters flowed across the bone fragment like lively tadpoles, recounting the mysteries of the Human Race Mother Scriptures.
"I have left the two Mother Scriptures, along with my insights into Dual Cultivation of Yin and Yang, upon it. Study them often. If there is anything you do not understand, come find me." The bone fragment flew into Lin Yu's hand like a streak of light as Old Man Demon instructed him.
"Thank you, Senior, for teaching me!" Lin Yu bowed solemnly.
"Next, I will head deep into the starry domain to restore my divine power and comprehend the mysteries of Dual Cultivation of Yin and Yang. The Ten Thousand Ancient Races are about to emerge. I must recover my peak combat power as soon as possible."
After saying this, Old Man Demon carried his great white bone club and stepped into the void, breaking free of heaven and earth's constraints and entering the starry domain, where he vanished.
Lin Yu watched Old Man Demon depart. After a while, he waved his hand and collected the divine source that Old Man Demon had split open. This was good stuff; it could not be wasted.
"Woof!" Seeing Old Man Demon leave, Big Black Dog shot over with a whoosh. Opening its blood-filled maw, it shouted, "My divine source! And let me see those ancient scriptures!"
"How presumptuous! How dare the supreme of the canine race covet our Human Race Mother Scriptures!"
Lin Yu flew into a rage and battled Black Emperor. Fist winds howled, canine teeth gleamed, and even the Great Dao seemed to be ground away. In the end, Lin Yu suppressed it with great difficulty.
After their scuffle, Lin Yu tossed Big Black Dog a chunk of divine source the size of a human head and sent it away. He then headed to the forbidden ground, preparing to enter seclusion and recultivate the two ancient scriptures.
Cultivation in Shrouding the Heavens began with the Sea of Suffering Secret Realm. Back then, the Desolate Heaven Emperor created this secret realm by drawing upon the method of the Kun Peng, one of the Ten Evils.
The Kun Peng was the manifestation of yin and yang.
This secret realm contained both life and death. Cultivators had to open a Divine Spring within the sea of death and erect a divine bridge of Celestial Meridians before they could transcend.
Among all cultivation methods, the Dao Scripture was widely acknowledged as the scripture most suited to the Sea of Suffering Secret Realm.
This was no coincidence. The Dao Scripture was widely circulated, allowing countless cultivators to encounter it, and it was exceptionally versatile, adapting to the foundations of most cultivators.
Yet if one carefully examined the Desolate Heaven Emperor's original intention in creating the Sea of Suffering Secret Realm, one would discover that only cultivating the powers of Taiyin and Taiyang simultaneously was a cultivation path that matched this secret realm's true nature.
However, Imperial Scriptures were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns. When cultivating both, precisely balancing the utterly opposing powers of Taiyin and Taiyang was even more difficult.
"Taiyin and Taiyang—which is weaker, which is stronger? When yin and yang aid each other, one rules Within the Universe."
Countless cultivators had tried to forcefully cultivate yin and yang because of these words, only to have their bodies explode and their minds fall into chaos when yin and yang clashed.
Old Man Demon had likewise been trapped by this, a god by day and a demon by night, left with no choice but to seal himself.
Other than those with special constitutions or peerless talent, for ordinary people to cultivate yin and yang together was harder than ascending to heaven.
The Divine Elephant's Prison Technique was of an extremely high grade and could command all divine arts. Lin Yu believed it would not disappoint him.
But this was an opportunity to explore the true nature of the Secret Realm Method, and he needed to experience it for himself. Thus, Lin Yu decided to first try without relying on the Divine Elephant's Prison Technique and see whether he could balance the conflict between yin and yang.
As the two ancient scriptures began to circulate, the divine power of his Sea of Bitterness seemed to be drawn by an invisible hand. Lin Yu carefully guided it, transforming it into a thread each of Solar Sacred Power and Lunar Sacred Power.
One of these sacred powers was supremely yang and unyielding, radiating boundless light; the other was supremely yin and gentle, dark and profound. The instant they appeared in the Sea of Suffering, they were like sworn enemies meeting face-to-face. Incompatible as fire and water, they immediately erupted into conflict.
In an instant, towering waves surged through the Sea of Suffering, their violent power seeming ready to rip the entire sea apart.
Lin Yu's body shuddered as though struck by lightning, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
"Bang!"
At that moment, the Hell Furnace above the Sea of Bitterness trembled faintly. The sea immediately calmed, the Divine Spring no longer surged without end, and everything was fixed in place. The powers of yin and yang no longer clashed.
"The conflict between yin and yang really is no joke."
Lin Yu sighed and began healing himself. A powerful Life Source slowly flowed from the Hell Furnace, like clear springs that streamed without end, repairing the wounds caused by the sacred powers' clash.
Then Lin Yu began trying again. He cautiously controlled strands of yin and yang power, making them collide and merge, experiencing the mysteries of the two sacred powers. With every collision, his body continued to bleed and crack, only to be repaired by the Life Source.
To Lin Yu, such minor injuries were nothing. His source was abundant. So long as a wound did not kill him on the spot, he could slowly recover from it.
The Desolate Heaven Emperor had succeeded in opening a single divine cave in the past. Now that Lin Yu possessed an extraordinary art like the Divine Elephant's Prison Technique and the precious experience left behind by his predecessors, how could he retreat?
At times, Lin Yu would also take out the records Old Man Demon had left behind, carefully studying them, comparing them with his own circumstances, and making adjustments.
After repeated efforts, amid the constant conflict between the two sacred powers and the repeated repairs that followed, Lin Yu gradually grasped their subtle balance.
Yet the slightest lapse in concentration would cause the two sacred powers to break free of restraint and erupt again like wild horses breaking loose, blasting bloody holes into his body.
"I still cannot relax." Lin Yu hurriedly focused his mind, separated the two sacred powers, and restored the balance.
Three days later, Lin Yu could gradually control the two strands of sacred power proficiently. Even without expending effort to maintain them, they could coexist harmoniously on their own. His initial goal had been achieved.
Next, he increased the intensity and steadily controlled more sacred power. At this time, black and white mist filled the Sea of Suffering, continuously clashing. Black and white lightning struck down, while waves roiled across the Sea of Bitterness.
At last, through Lin Yu's continuous maintenance, Yin Yang Sacred Power transformed into two small spheres, one black and one white, slowly revolving within the Sea of Suffering. Whenever they touched, faint crackling explosions rang out, and wisps of Chaos Qi emerged.
"Yin and yang stir together, and all things begin!"
This cultivation of yin and yang power within the Sea of Suffering had indeed not disappointed him. The Great Dao was walked alone; without experiencing it personally, how could one gain any insight?
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