Based on what he saw before him, combined with knowledge from future generations, a vague idea began to form in Jiang Yuan's mind. Following this inspiration, he threw himself heart and soul into the deduction process.
The wonder of the Daluo Realm lies in its eternal freedom.
In this state of mind, Jiang Yuan encountered no obstacles during his deduction, successfully creating the technique he desired.
He transformed the runes into major human apertures, hiding them within the body to be passed down through the bloodline.
In this way, if future humans wished to master the ability of Blood Rebirth, they would only need to open the major apertures hidden within their bodies to naturally possess this power.
They would no longer need to risk their bodies shattering as he had, forced to refine every single Innate Rune into their physical form.
"There is no such thing as a peaceful life; it is only because our predecessors carried the burden for us, suffering all the hardships of pioneering these paths."
"That is why, when it comes to the descendants, there is so much less suffering to endure. They need only follow the path paved by their ancestors step by step to reach the realms their predecessors once stood in."
Stopping his cultivation, Jiang Yuan sighed with deep emotion.
He finally understood the difficulty faced by those who create techniques. In any endeavor, the pioneer always faces the hardest path; not only is there no experience to reference, but one must also find ways to overcome every obstacle encountered.
Once the pioneer clears the way, they not only remove the barriers on the road but also leave behind precious experience for those who follow.
Naturally, it becomes much simpler for the descendants to tread the same path.
Take this technique Jiang Yuan just created: as an Acquired Living Being, he had to risk his body shattering every time he attempted to refine Innate Runes into his flesh.
Yet, his descendants would not need to. Because he succeeded, he transformed the Innate Runes already refined into his body into apertures, hiding them within the human form and making them an innate talent of the race.
Thus, future generations would no longer need to refine Innate Runes, as the runes would already exist within them, hidden inside these major apertures.
They would only need to open these apertures to master the corresponding runes and thereby gain the ability of Blood Rebirth.
Talent, while called innate, is ultimately the legacy of one's ancestors.
Otherwise, as fellow creatures of the Primordial World, why would every race have different talents? It is simply because some ancestors were strong and others were weak.
Those with strong ancestors naturally inherit powerful talents. Conversely, those with weak ancestors cannot possess strong ones.
"While this creation of a technique is a success, it is only half-finished. The remaining half is beyond my current capabilities."
After the excitement faded, Jiang Yuan felt dissatisfied with his own cultivation. He was still too weak; there were many things he could conceive but could not yet achieve.
Such as spreading the technique...
He was not the source of the human bloodline, so even though this technique was a success, he could only pass it to his own descendants, unable to popularize it among the entire race.
After all, his method relied on bloodline inheritance, and most of his kin shared no blood relation with him.
Normally, he would need to become the source of the human bloodline. By imprinting the technique onto the bloodline itself, he could transmit the seeds of the technique to all his kin through the connections of their blood.
"The source of the human bloodline is Lady Nuwa, and to awaken the Empress Wa Bloodline, one must first reach the Heavenly Immortal realm. Only a Heavenly Immortal can bear the divine power contained within that bloodline."
The technique was created, but to spread it, he had to reach the Heavenly Immortal realm first. Thus, Jiang Yuan's next goal was to achieve that state as quickly as possible.
"Reaching the Heavenly Immortal realm is not difficult for me. If I do not begrudge the use of Merit, I can achieve it in ten years."
"However, to cultivate the Creation Heavenly Immortal realm described in the Creation Scripture, even with the aid of Merit, it will take decades or even a century of effort."
Thinking of the method recorded in the Creation Scripture for achieving the Creation Heavenly Immortal realm, Jiang Yuan felt a headache coming on.
Blood Rebirth was merely the beginning; what followed was Myriad Transformations—the ability to freely adjust one's body and transform into other races.
This was not a superficial disguise, but a complete alteration of one's origin, becoming identical to the target and possessing all the talents and abilities of the transformed species.
Once this was achieved, Myriad Transformations would be complete. Then, one only needed to master nine such transformation methods to reach the perfection of the Void Refining Realm.
After that, came the promotion to Heavenly Immortal.
This was the most difficult part: one had to strip the nine great transformations from the body, allowing them to exist as nine independent avatars. Then, one had to fuse them together to form the Creation Dao Fruit.
At this point, the Creation Heavenly Immortal is achieved. Not only does one reign supreme in combat among peers, but one also gains nine extra lives.
Indeed, this was the most heaven-defying aspect of the Creation Scripture: one avatar equals one life. Nine avatars mean nine lives; ninety avatars mean ninety lives, making the practitioner nearly impossible to kill.
It sounded wonderful, and it truly was, but achieving the Creation Heavenly Immortal realm was incredibly difficult. The challenge was not in condensing the nine avatars, but in how to fuse them together.
The nine avatars were like nine bombs; the slightest carelessness during fusion would result in one's body and soul being blown to smithereens.
This was no mere breakthrough; it was a death trial. Survive, and you live; fail, and you die.
"This technique is too dangerous. Practicing it is a nine-deaths-and-one-life ordeal. Fortunately, I have the Creation Jade Disk; otherwise, no matter how good it is, I would never dare to cultivate it."
Glancing at the Creation Jade Disk in his sea of consciousness, Jiang Yuan felt relieved. He prepared to go outside to see how many Fierce Beasts the Heavenly Immortals of his tribe had hunted for him during his years of seclusion.
To condense the nine avatars, the simplest method was to eat. The stronger the Fierce Beast consumed, the faster the avatars would condense.
"Yuan, you've come out of seclusion. Over these years, the tribesmen have hunted quite a few Fierce Beasts for you. They are all stored here; see if it's enough."
"If it's not, just let us know."
Outside, seeing Jiang Yuan emerge, the Heavenly Immortal responsible for his safety immediately brought out the corpses of the Fierce Beasts he had been keeping.
Large and small, there were over a hundred of them, piled together like a small mountain, ten thousand feet high.
Jiang Yuan stepped forward to inspect them. There were some he recognized, such as Kun Fish, Dragon Whales, and Ox Pythons, as well as others he did not know.
Without exception, they all radiated powerful auras. The weakest were at the Half-Step Heavenly Immortal level, and ten of them possessed the cultivation of true Heavenly Immortals.
"That should be enough."
Jiang Yuan estimated that even if the resources required for his cultivation were dozens or hundreds of times that of an ordinary person, these Fierce Beast corpses ought to suffice.
"As long as it's enough, that's fine."
The Heavenly Immortal smiled and then departed.
Afterward, Jiang Yuan first gathered up the Fierce Beast corpses, but instead of returning to his cultivation, he summoned his students to inspect their progress.
Jiang Yuan had not forgotten that he still shouldered the responsibility of teaching his clansmen. It was not just about imparting the Body Refining Method, but also teaching them to read and how to think for themselves.
Incidentally, he also put them to work as laborers, directing them to collect materials and attempt to make paper.
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