Spirit Transformation Restraint

Afterward, the Land God returned to his Divine Domain to refine the gathered resentment and baleful energy.

Over the next few days, Ling Qing first organized his own annotations into a volume, then worked continuously with the Land God and the Tiger Demon to revise and refine the text.

Ling Qing was literate and had spent over a decade in diligent study, making him the most scholarly of the three and capable of grasping the profound meaning of the scriptures.

Furthermore, possessing the Druid inheritance—which also focuses on perceiving the nature of heaven and earth—he had the deepest understanding of the fundamental method in the first volume.

The Land God, as a deity, was not well-versed in reading or the intricacies of scripture.

However, having studied for many years and possessing the experience of being a god, he was able to seize upon a flash of inspiration to refine and polish the work, resulting in the most precise insights.

As for the Tiger Demon, though ignorant and dim-witted, it had been the first to obtain the Ancient Animal Skin Scroll and had studied it the longest.

Being reckless and daring, it had practiced even after grasping only a few scraps of knowledge, resulting in the most eclectic collection of gains.

Pooling their efforts to organize the scriptures, they made safety and clarity their foundation, striving to restore the true essence of the text.

After numerous revisions, Ling Qing first transcribed Xu Shi's annotations in their entirety, organizing them into a volume to serve as the original copy.

He then organized the version compiled by the three of them into a second volume to serve as a duplicate.

As for the Divine Script on the Ancient Animal Skin Scroll, they could not understand it and thus could not transcribe it; it remained the source material and was not counted among the volumes.

Given that they could not understand the Divine Script and the annotations lacked a title, Ling Qing and the others decided to name it themselves.

The first volume of the scripture discussed how to gather the authority of heaven and earth into a single vessel.

The principles governing the operation of heaven and earth could be viewed as the divine mechanism of heaven and earth, or as spirit.

The method of restraining the divine mechanism of heaven and earth to transform it into authority was called Spirit Restraint.

The three methods in the second volume were for application, with the Spirit Transformation Method being the most complex.

Therefore, after consulting with the Land God, Ling Qing named it the Spirit Restraint and Transformation Method.

Although the Tiger Demon had participated in the compilation, it had mostly contributed to the Spirit Transformation Method.

Furthermore, its ferocious nature remained unchanged, so Ling Qing and the Land God did not pass on the fundamental Spirit Restraint method to it, promising instead to secure a divine position for it once it had washed away its sins.

At that time, it might achieve divinity without the need for reincarnation and the suffering of the cycle of rebirth.

As for the original animal skin, the Land God had already gifted the first volume to Ling Qing, and now he gave him the second volume as well.

Thus, the compiled original and duplicate volumes were left with the Land God.

As for Ling Qing, he opened his own panel to take a look.

Spirit Restraint and Transformation Method
Grade: Not yet initiated
Quality: Epic
A method to gather and control the authority of mountains, rivers, and peaks, forging divine power into one's own body.
Note: The character possesses the original method. Once the character acquires the relevant language and successfully interprets it, the quality of this skill can be promoted to Mythical.

Compared to before, the skill was now complete, though its quality was fixed at the Epic level.

The "Mythical" tag that had previously appeared in parentheses was gone, a result of removing the original Divine Script.

This meant that even Xu Shi's annotations had failed to fully explain the true meaning of the Divine Script.

However, Ling Qing was not anxious; he possessed the original Divine Script and was about to head to Lao Mountain to seek a master.

When the time came, he would search for this type of script at the Lao Mountain Shangqing Palace.

Even if he could not find clues in this world, he could search in other Time Fragments.

Perhaps he might stumble upon an era where this Divine Script was common and learn the language.

Moreover, he could not even understand Xu Shi's annotations yet; with only the duplicate they had compiled, he could only upgrade the skill to the Advanced level.

To upgrade it further, he would need to understand the original text.

Although this method seemed simpler and thinner compared to the Druid inheritance, its underlying concept was in no way inferior to any part of the Druid inheritance.

Ling Qing even speculated that if he could fully interpret the original Divine Script, its value might rival the entire Druid inheritance.

It might even surpass it, for all he knew.

Of course, this was merely his speculation; compared to the currently incomprehensible Divine Script or the Spirit Restraint and Transformation Method that still required diligent study, the Druid inheritance—which had imprinted itself directly onto his heart and mind—was far more useful to him right now.

The most important aspect was the ability to organize his own status and manifest it as a panel.

It not only allowed him to understand his own information more intuitively, but it also gave him the feeling of having a cheat code.

For Ling Qing, who was accustomed to being ordinary, this boosted his confidence, convinced him that he was no less than others, and gave him more motivation to become stronger.

In the early morning, Ling Qing straightened his clothes, adjusted the Book Box on his back, and tightened the Tiger Skin Pouch at his waist.

Gripping his wooden staff, he bid farewell to the Land God: "It has been a great honor to make your acquaintance, sir. Today, as we part, I intend to go to Lao Mountain to seek immortality and study the Dao."

"If I succeed, you and I shall meet again in the future. If I fail, I will come to visit you, Land God, upon my return."

"It is my good fortune to have met you, sir. I hope you achieve your wish and are accepted into the immortal sect."

The Land God also cupped his hands in farewell, saying, "Take care on your journey, sir."

"Take care, Land God."

After Ling Qing finished speaking, he turned and headed toward Miao Mountain, facing the rising sun.

The Tiger Demon and the pack of tigers that had plagued the vicinity of Miao Mountain had already been slain, and even the wild beasts had mostly been devoured by the pack, leaving the mountain quite peaceful now.

Naturally, he no longer needed to take the long way around.

The Land God watched Ling Qing's back disappear from sight before turning to return to the Land God Temple.

As for the villagers, he was not worried about them.

Once the news of the Tiger Demon's demise spread, the villagers, who were reluctant to leave their homeland, would naturally return.

Ling Qing traveled eastward, crossing mountains and ridges, traversing forests and wading through waters, moving in a straight line thanks to his Druid abilities.

The dense forests and Thorns that would hinder an ordinary person posed no obstacle to him; instead, they served as an aid.

By noon, he stopped before a ridge and sat down on a bluestone.

He untied the Tiger Skin Pouch from his waist, took out dry rations and water, and ate them with wild fruits he had gathered along the way for lunch.

This Tiger Skin Pouch had been crafted by the Land God using the Tiger Demon's stomach, wrapped in a layer of ordinary tiger hide.

Ever since the Tiger Demon had lost one Ancient Scroll, it dared not place the remaining one carelessly.

It just so happened that the latter volume of the Spirit Transformation Method contained a technique called the Concealment Art, which could enlarge or shrink objects.

It could also be imbued onto an object to expand the space within it.

Having grasped some of the profound meanings, it sought something that could store items, but external objects were still easily lost, so it experimented directly on its own body.

However, after searching, it found that only its stomach could hold things, so it applied the Universe Art to its stomach pouch.

To avoid interfering with digestion or accidentally digesting important items, it even partitioned the space.

For all its recklessness, it had actually succeeded.

Otherwise, had it made a mistake and ruined its stomach, it would likely have turned to dry bones long ago, and this disaster would never have occurred.

Though, had that been the case, Ling Qing would not have obtained this miraculous Tiger Skin Pouch.

He had not taken the other items from the Tiger Demon, leaving them for the Land God instead.

Whether it was the Tiger Demon's hide or its bones, none of it was something Ling Qing could process.

Since the Land God could make use of them, there was no need for him to hoard them.

As for the hides, tendons, and bones of that pack of vicious tigers, and...

The tiger penis.

They were all stored inside the Tiger Skin Pouch.