Cultivating the Twelve Dutian Gods and Devils!

The ancestral temple of the Dao Sect, Jade Void Palace.

The Three Pure Ones, who had just returned from the Fifth World, were sitting cross-legged on their cloud bed.

Sudden--

"Master." A voice rang in his ears.

"Changsheng?" The Three Pure Ones opened their eyes, somewhat puzzled.

How did my disciple end up at Kunlun Mountain, yet remain hidden in the void by using the Cosmos Diagram?

If the Cosmos Diagram hadn't been his previous spiritual treasure, which he was extremely familiar with, and if Zhou Hao hadn't taken the initiative to contact him, even the Three Pure Ones wouldn't have noticed Zhou Hao hiding in the void.

"This disciple has something to discuss with Master. I would like to request that Master open a passage through the restrictions of the Jade Void Palace so that I may enter," Zhou Hao's voice continued.

"Something's wrong?" The Three Pure Ones' heart stirred, and he immediately used magic to open the array restrictions of the Jade Void Palace.

Wow.

The space within the Jade Void Palace rippled slightly, and then a middle-aged man appeared in the main hall.

"He even used the Eight-Nine Arcane Art to change his appearance."

If it weren't for the fact that his Daoist robe was transformed from the Cosmos Diagram, even the Three Pure Ones wouldn't have recognized that this ordinary-looking middle-aged man was his Changsheng in disguise.

"I have many methods to shield this place, even the Heavenly Dao is isolated from it. Please speak freely if you have anything to say." The Three Pure Ones looked at the man in front of him.

Upon sensing the Heavenly Dao, Zhou Hao realized he could no longer perceive it. His body instantly glowed, restoring his original appearance, and he said, "Master, I want the method of the Twelve Dutian Gods and Devils, and I want to exchange spiritual treasures for two hundred and twenty-one ' Six-Leaf Spirit-Nurturing Grass '."

"You want to cultivate the <Twelve Dutian Gods and Devils>?" The Three Pure Ones was taken aback. "With your Pure Yang Golden Core, the amount of chaotic treasures needed to cultivate this method is enormous, at least a hundred times more than that required by True Immortals and Heavenly Gods. You only need two hundred and twenty-one Six-Leaf Spirit-Nurturing Grass. Do you Returning Void Coldwater and Seven-Colored Flowing Light Stone?"

"Yes." Zhou Hao nodded. "After returning to the Limitless Palace, I examined the treasures left behind by Dark Light and discovered that he was also collecting rare items needed to cultivate the Twelve Dutian Gods and Devils. The most precious items, Returning Void Coldwater and Seven-Colored Flowing Light Stone, have already been collected. I only need two hundred and twenty-one Six-Leaf Spirit-Nurturing Grass, which will be enough for me to cultivate my clone."

"Really?" The Three Pure Ones jumped up from the cloud bed and quickly walked a few steps to Zhou Hao.

Without wasting any words, Zhou Hao took out the storage ring he had retrieved from the Chaos Stone and let his master examine it himself.

"Haha, it really Returning Void Coldwater and the Seven-Colored Flowing Light Stone!"

"Dark Light, Dark Light, I never imagined that you, who have always been so low-key, would quietly amass such a fortune, and it all went to my disciple!"

"Our Nuwa Faction has to thank you!" The Three Pure Ones were overjoyed and praised even the deceased Darklight Sword Lord.

The fact that Zhou Hao, whose combat power was almost at the level of a leader, could be transformed into twelve people had a huge impact on the overall situation.

It should be understood that when the two sides are evenly matched, even a single straw can break the camel's back.

Moreover, their side has eleven more top-tier True God Dao Ancestor level combatants.

Moreover, Zhou Hao is only a True Immortal God. If he were to break through to become a True God, or comprehend a Heavenly Dao before the final battle and become Ancestor Immortal... based on Zhou Hao's current strength, he would definitely be at the level of a leader of twelve.

Oh my god.

How many powerful leaders are there in the entire Three Realms?

Based on the strength that the Wujian Gate has shown so far, Zhou Hao alone would probably be enough to wipe out the entire Wujian Gate camp.

"No wonder you were so cautious when you came to see me this time. It's good that you were cautious; that's exactly how it should be!" The Three Pure Ones were overjoyed.

"Dark Light went to great lengths to hide the Returning Void Coldwater and the Seven-Colored Flowing Light Stone. I suspect he's collecting these rare items to cultivate the <Twelve Dutian Gods and Devils>. Even within the Wujian Gate, no one knows this. Otherwise, Wind Demon and the others wouldn't be so calm after I killed Dark Light." Zhou Hao looked at his master. "I've only told you this, Master. Please keep it a secret. Yu'er is still with Hengmu. If it leaks out, I fear there will be further complications."

If a method to enhance the strength of Celestial Immortals and True Immortals has caused such a commotion, then if the fact that I have cultivated to the second level of the Twelve Dutian Gods and Devils is exposed, the Wujian Gate will certainly not sit idly by and wait for its demise. They might even resort to desperate measures and use any underhanded means possible.

Having learned his lesson this time, Zhou Hao had no intention of trying again.

If he could just endure these ten years and bring Yu'er back, he would have no more worries and could finally settle accounts with the Wujian Gate.

"You're right. If you can master the twelve clones, it will be enough to give our Nuwa Faction an overwhelming advantage. This is more important than anything else, and it certainly cannot be revealed," said the Three Pure Ones. "This matter should only be known to you and me. We should also keep it from Suiren-shi and Fuxi-shi for now."

"Only two hundred and twenty-one ' Six-Leaf Spirit-Nurturing Grass' —the only one in the entire Three Realms who could produce such a thing is the Human Emperor Shennong-shi." The Three Pure Ones pondered, "Here's what we'll do: you come with me to see Shennong-shi. Tell him you're going to the Ancient Ruins to hone yourself, and I need to obtain some Chaos Spirit Herbs to refine pills for your training."

"With your current strength, it's difficult to get enough training within the Three Realms. Going to the Ancient Ruins to fight those Chaos Alien is just right."

Zhou Hao nodded.

The Ancient Ruins were formed from the largest fragment of the two Chaos Great World that shattered after the ancient war of destruction, and their area is even more vast than the Heavenly Realm.

Moreover, it is located in the depths of chaos beyond the Three Realms, beyond the reach of the Heavenly Dao. No matter how strong the intelligence capabilities of the Wujian Gate are, they cannot investigate the Ancient Ruins at any time.

In addition, after Lady Nuwa broke through to the Pangu God Realm and killed the mastermind behind the ancient destruction war, the Chaos Alien's ' Lord of All Things Lord of All Things to the Ancient Ruins. Although the overall strength of those Chaos Alien was far inferior to that of the entire Three Realms, there were still dozens of Dao Ancestors and even countless True Immortals and Gods, which was suitable for Zhou Hao to hone himself.

"There's no time to lose. I'll go see the Human Emperor Shennong-shi right now. You should first study the methods of the Twelve Dutian Gods and Devils within my magical treasure cave. We'll meet again when we reach Shennong-shi." With a flick of his hand, the Sanqing Ones produced a scroll of bamboo slips and handed it to Zhou Hao.

Zhou Hao respectfully accepted it, and then had the Sanqing store it into the magical treasure of the cave.

This is an extremely simple Daoist temple, and it is empty except for a futon placed on the ground.

Zhou Hao didn't care about the environment. He sat cross-legged on the futon and unfolded the bamboo slip that recorded the methods of the Twelve Dutian Gods and Devils and Demons, and began to read it carefully.

The Twelve Dutian Gods and Devils are divided into three realms.

The first level allows the main body to transform into twelve clones, each clone's strength reduced to about one-tenth of the main body's. Similarly, this first level is the easiest to cultivate. As long as the soul is strong enough to withstand splitting from one into twelve, and some pure yang elixirs are used to replenish the losses, it can be successfully cultivated.

Even true immortals and celestial gods can successfully enter the path, so Zhou Hao's divine soul is comparable to that of a Dao Ancestor, so naturally there is no problem for him.

The second level involves twelve clones whose strength has increased to a level comparable to the original body. The biggest hurdle is finding rare and precious items.

However, with the Darklight Sword Lord's full assistance, the second level was no longer difficult for Zhou Hao. He could begin cultivating after meeting Shennong-shi.

As for the most difficult third level, which allows the twelve clones to merge back into the original body, increasing the original body's strength twelvefold, it not only requires rare items but also sufficient comprehension to understand all the mysteries within the third level of the technique.

"The third floor..."

Zhou Hao looked at the bamboo slips and shook his head inwardly.

None of the chaotic wonders recorded in the third layer existed in the Three Realms, and none of them were even heard of. Even if one wanted to collect them, there was no way to find them. So he stopped looking at them and silently studied the methods of the first two layers.

With his level of cultivation and the comprehension honed through studying the Chaos Restriction, he mastered the profound mysteries of the first two levels of the <Twelve Dutian Gods and Devils> in no time.

After all, it's just about differentiating the soul and body, and using rare items to replenish the soul and body; it's not much more difficult than ordinary supernatural powers and secret techniques.

Just as he finished studying the cultivation technique and put away the bamboo slips, the surrounding space trembled, and he was moved out of the Daoist temple in the cave world.

This place is filled with a vast expanse of chaotic energy, and a medicinal field that appears to be only a few hundred feet in size floats in the chaos.

"Is this Shennong-shi's cave dwelling in the chaos?" Zhou Hao looked at everything before him.

He was also very curious about Shennong, who tasted hundreds of herbs.

Whether in his past life or this life, the myths and legends of Shennong-shi are widely known and familiar to everyone.

And yet, the cave dwelling of such an ancient being who stands at the pinnacle of the Three Realms is so simple?

He had previously visited the cave dwelling of the Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor in the chaos at the edge of the Three Realms. The towering, floating mountain range that stretched for millions of miles looked much more imposing.

"When it comes to alchemy, I am number one in Three Realms. When it comes to cultivating medicinal herbs, no one can compare to Shennong-shi. The medicinal herbs he cultivated were mostly rare and precious treasures of the Chaos, so Shennong-shi rarely returned to the Three Realms and spent almost all his time in this medicinal field." As the Three Pure Ones spoke, they took Zhou Hao and quickly flew towards the medicinal field.

The medicinal field, which seemed so close yet only a few hundred feet away, took the master and apprentice a full cup of tea's time to fly to its edge.

The herb field had now transformed into a vast continent, with rows upon rows of rare medicinal herbs resembling countless mountain ranges, leaving Zhou Hao in awe.

Compared to Shennong-shi's medicinal fields, his own Medicine King Ridge was but a drop in the ocean.

"Shennong," the Sanqing Ones called out.

Buzz!

Then, the void beside the medicinal field shifted and a thatched hut appeared.

An old man dressed in simple, coarse cloth clothes, with disheveled hair and beard, walked out of the thatched hut.

"Sanqing, what brings you here to see me? Is this your young Changsheng?" The old man was rough and looked extremely ordinary, just like an old farmer in the fields. However, his eyes were vast and distant, and when his gentle gaze fell on Zhou Hao, Zhou Hao naturally felt a sense of peace.

"Junior Zhou Hao greets the Human Emperor," Zhou Hao immediately bowed.

"Alright, alright. Come inside and let's talk. A batch of new tea I cultivated has just been picked. Since you've come, come and have a taste." Shennong-shi nodded with a smile and invited the Sanqing and Zhou Hao into the thatched hut.

The thatched hut was extremely simple in its furnishings. If it weren't for the pervasive aroma of herbs and the extraordinary tools such as the pestle placed in the corner, which emanated a subtle divine light, it would truly resemble the dwelling of an ordinary old farmer.

"Whoosh~~~" Shennong-shi personally poured tea for the Sanqing and Zhou Hao.

The tea was cloudy, yet it exuded an enticing aroma. Taking a sip brought a warm and comfortable feeling to the whole body, including the soul.

"This is truly excellent tea," Zhou Hao couldn't help but exclaim.

After taking just one bite, he could feel the enhancement of his spiritual power; the effect was no less than that of a pure yang elixir.

"I'm glad you like it. I'll bring you some when you leave." Shennong-shi smiled at Zhou Hao. "I'm also pleased to see that you haven't been discouraged by the little child's situation. Suiren-shi has praised you highly many times, saying that you are the hope of the Three Realms in the future. Meeting you today, I can see that you are indeed extraordinary."

Among the powerful leaders, he wasn't the strongest in combat, and his favorite thing in life was tending to flowers and plants. But when it came to sensitivity to the physical body and life energy, no one could compare.

Sitting with Zhou Hao, enjoying tea, Shennong-shi sensed the surging divine power emanating from Zhou Hao and immediately realized that this descendant of the human race, hailed as the most monstrous talent since the beginning of time, had already reached the realm of a half-step true god. Naturally, he felt joy in his heart.

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Zhou Hao said respectfully.

Shennong-shi smiled and nodded, his gaze fixed on the Sanqing.

The Sanqing are the leaders of the Dao Sect, and given the current situation in the Three Realms, why would they suddenly come to see me, especially with their favorite little disciple, if there wasn't something urgent?

"I've come to ask you for some medicinal herbs." The Sanqing took out a scroll that recorded the names and quantities of medicinal herbs and handed it to Shennong-shi.

"Changsheng needs to go to the Ancient Ruins to hone his skills. He hasn't yet comprehended the Heavenly Dao and cannot draw spiritual energy from the chaos to recover. In addition, the Ancient Ruins are a dangerous environment, hiding countless Chaos Alien. I want to refine some various spiritual pills for him."

"Let me see."

Shennong-shi took the items and immediately examined them with his spiritual sense. "Although there are many, I can gather as many as I can. You two sit for a moment, I'll go and get them."

As he spoke, Shennong-shi got up, picked up a medicine basket from the corner of the thatched hut and carried it on his back, then picked up a hoe and carried it in his hand, and strode out of the thatched hut.

"Master, I have thirty-two innate spiritual treasures in this storage magic item. Do you think that's enough to exchange for medicinal herbs?" Zhou Hao flipped his hand and took out a Storage Bracelet, handing it to the Three Pure Ones.

"Oh? Was it obtained from the True Immortal God of the Wujian Gate that we killed in the Earth Ruins Realm last time?" Sanqing asked with a smile.

"Yes." Zhou Hao nodded. "I kept a few spiritual treasures with other uses, and the rest are here. There are also some pure Yang magic treasures and immortal-grade spiritual treasures, which will be left in Perching Dragon Gorge for the establishment of the Yingtian Guard. If these are not enough, I will go back and get more pure Yang magic treasures to supplement Master."

"No need." After examining the area with his spiritual sense, the Three Pure Ones shook his head and said, "Although it's still a little short, it's not by much. Your master will give it to you."

For the Sanqing, their little disciple's strength has increased dramatically, and in the future, he may even be able to eradicate the entire Wujian Gate's scourge in one fell swoop. Not to mention the lack of spiritual treasures, they would be willing to pay for all the herbs needed to exchange for them.

However, he was, after all, the leader of the Dao Sect, with numerous disciples and followers. By exchanging Zhou Hao's useless innate spiritual treasures with the Dao Sect disciples, he could give those Dao Sect disciples whose strength was only at the Heavenly Immortal or True Immortal level a better chance of surviving the calamity.

Shennong-shi was very fast. The master and his apprentice had only drunk the third infusion of tea when they returned to the thatched hut with their baskets full of herbs.

"Here you go." Shennong-shi placed the medicine basket in front of the Sanqing Ones, patted the few specks of black dirt off his hands, and smiled, "I was afraid you'd lose some while refining the pills, so I picked an extra ten percent of each kind for you. If you make any extra pills, don't forget to send some to my human race's treasury."

"I'll refine the pills myself, there won't be any losses. Fine, let's refine the pills in your herb field today." Sanqing laughed, "Changsheng, come with me to refine pills. Master has taught you many supernatural powers and techniques, but he hasn't truly taught you the skill of pill refining yet. Today, I'll pass on some pill refining secrets to you as well."

"Yes, Master." Zhou Hao knew that refining pills was just an excuse; his real intention was to get him to practice cultivation techniques.

The master and disciple left Shennong-shi's thatched hut. With a wave of their Sanqing, the simple Daoist temple where Zhou Hao had previously studied the cultivation technique suddenly appeared in an open space.

"Changsheng, this is the ' Six-Leaf Spirit-Nurturing Grass ' you requested."

Upon entering the Daoist temple, the Three Pure Ones took out a bundle of six-leaf Ganoderma lucidum tied together with straw rope from their medicine basket.

"I'll refine pills in the main hall, while you practice your cultivation techniques in the side hall. Even if any fluctuations in your spiritual energy are detected, others will only assume it's due to my pill refining," Sanqing instructed.

"Yes." Zhou Hao immediately took the Six-Leaf Spirit-Nurturing Grass and strode towards a side hall inside the Daoist temple.

Inside the side hall.

brush.

A green jade bottle appeared in Zhou Hao's hand, containing twenty-three Great Luo Spirit Pills left behind by the Darklight Sword Lord.

"The first level of the Twelve Dutian Gods and Devils is the easiest. Ordinary True Immortals and Heavenly Gods can cultivate it by consuming some Pure Yang Spirit Pills. I'm using Great Luo Spirit Pills, which should be enough for my cultivation." Zhou Hao pulled out the stopper from the green jade bottle, put it aside, and then began to cultivate.

Having experience cultivating Second Primordial Spirit, I found the methods of the <Twelve Dutian Gods and Devils> to be largely the same, only hundreds of times more profound and mysterious.

But Zhou Hao is now a thousand times, ten thousand times stronger than he was back then.

As the first level of the method was activated, a large number of golden runes emerged from Zhou Hao's body, arranging and combining with each other on his body surface, flowing slowly.

A series of inexplicable fluctuations spread out.

The countless runes that had combined eventually transformed into a massive Divine Pattern, enveloping Zhou Hao entirely.

"My soul..." Zhou Hao felt a bit drunk, but he could still sense that his soul was gradually splitting into one, two, three parts... Not only his soul, but also his true spirit, golden core, and divine body were beginning to split.

Feeling the lack of his own power, Zhou Hao immediately took a Great Luo Spirit Pill.

In a daze, he didn't know how much time had passed when the huge Divine Pattern suddenly disappeared. Looking into the side hall of the Daoist temple, there were now eleven Zhou Hao, each one exactly the same, with not even the slightest difference in their divine soul aura.

The eleven newly born Zhou Hao, however, did not possess the Cosmos Diagram, and therefore were only dressed in white robes formed from magical power.

Call!

All twelve Zhou Hao simultaneously let out a long sigh, waking up from their dazed state and opening their eyes.

It's done.

Although the twelve clones felt extremely weak compared to the original body, Zhou Hao sensed that each clone possessed a complete true spirit and divine soul, even the pure Yang golden core that cultivated Qi within its body, and that each shared the same memories, essentially still being the same person. He couldn't help but feel joy in his heart.

It's okay to be weak now; once you've mastered the second level, all twelve clones will be able to recover to their original strength.

"Wait a minute." Zhou Hao looked at the other eleven white-robed clones, muttering with a mixture of regret and disappointment, "The Blue Flower wasn't divided into twelve parts..."

Of the twelve clones, only the one wearing the yellow Daoist robe formed from the Cosmos Diagram still had the Pure Yang Golden Core supported by the Blue Flower inside its body. The other eleven clones only had the Pure Yang Golden Core inside their bodies, without the Blue Flower.

"What a pity," Zhou Hao sighed inwardly.

If each clone contains Blue Flower, once the original body regains its strength, each clone can achieve combat power nearly comparable to a leader-level powerhouse, thanks to the power of Blue Flower.

However, without the Blue Flower, apart from the yellow-robed clone, the other eleven white-robed clones were at most at the level of top-tier True God Dao Ancestor, which was far inferior.

"How can everything go as planned?" Zhou Hao shook his head. It was already a stroke of luck that he had eleven more clones with the strength of top-tier Dao Ancestors. To demand perfection from them would be Devoted Heart.

Moreover, given the mysterious power of Blue Flower, if it were truly possible to split into twelve parts through the cultivation of a clone technique, that would be far too defying the heavens.

"Continue cultivating the second level." Zhou Hao stopped thinking and took out the Red Dust Immortal Mansion. His twelve clones immediately disappeared from the side hall.

Within the celestial abode of the Red Dust Immortal Mansion realm.

The Immortal Mansion Spirit, ' Ou Huang ' and Ao Xiaobao, are already waiting here.

The saying goes, "When one person attains enlightenment, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."

The little fox and the little Whirling Turtle from back then are now, respectively, a pure Yang-grade magic weapon spirit and a great demon at the Void Return level.

However, compared to their master Zhou Hao's rate of improvement, the two 'little guys' were far too weak to be of much help to him.

But without a doubt, the people Zhou Hao trusts most are these two partners who have witnessed his growth step by step.

That's right.

They are partners.

But the prerequisite is that this companion doesn't steal the spiritual liquid used for cultivation...

As soon as Zhou Hao entered the Immortal Mansion, he saw a white raccoon cat the size of a calf and a spinning Whirling Turtle the size of a millstone lying by the Red Lotus Pond, licking the emerald green spiritual liquid in the pond with their tongues.

If he didn't know what those two were, he would have thought two extra dogs had appeared in his Immortal Mansion.

"Ouch..."

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts..."

Zhou Hao grabbed the two guys, one in each hand, who were engrossed in licking, and lifted them up.

"Look at you two, so pathetic." Zhou Hao laughed as he tossed Ou Huang and Ao Xiaobao to the ground. "After I finish cultivating, I'll leave all the remaining spiritual liquid for you to drink."

Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!...

All twelve clones leaped into the spiritual liquid prepared by the Ou Huang using various chaotic artifacts, forming a large circle at the bottom of the pool. Then, each began to activate the second level of the <Twelve Dutian Gods and Devils> technique.

Instantly, streams of spiritual liquid, carrying immense vitality and power, began to surge into Zhou Hao's twelve clones.

Divine soul, pure yang golden elixir, divine power... the twelve clones were like twelve seedlings, frantically plundering all the energy around them and beginning to grow rapidly.

Second update.

I think I can write another chapter tonight, but I probably won't finish until after midnight.