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After hearing what Boss Zhao had to say, Indra was quite surprised, but he quickly came to terms with it.

His appearance had changed far too many things.

The Three One Sect still endured, and Zuo Ruotong had even descended the mountain to join the war effort.

But although the smaller details had changed, the overall tide of events should not have.

He needed to obtain the benefits he required from these altered times.

As Indra sorted through his thoughts, Zuo Ruotong, now apprised of the situation, gave a slight nod.

"The Tang Sect's leader is a man of noble character, and its disciples are all outstanding individuals. Naturally, our Three One Sect is willing to lend a hand."

Si Chong immediately echoed him. "Last time, the four families joined forces with several major sects to ambush the Mount Hiei ninja chief. Our Three One Sect took part as well and killed quite a few of those bandits.

"Though we managed to photograph that ninja chief's face, he still escaped.

"Who would have thought the Tang Sect would kill him afterward? We already had a share in that credit to begin with. Our Three One Sect naturally has a duty to help!"

"Martial Uncle is right!"

Si Chong was fired up, and Cheng Zhen repeatedly voiced his agreement as well.

Si Chong then instructed the disciples to take Boss Zhao to a guest room to rest for the time being, as they still had matters to discuss.

Before outsiders, Si Chong had managed to restrain himself somewhat, but now tears streamed down his face beyond his control.

After a round of pleasantries, Si Chong and Cheng Zhen stared at Indra in shock.

"Senior Brother, are you saying that Xiao Luo is the reincarnation of an immortal?!"

Because of the memories carried by chakra, Indra saw the two of them more as elders.

Being stared at like that made him feel uncomfortable all over.

He immediately shook his head. "I'm not."

Zuo Ruotong turned a deaf ear to Indra's denial.

With every gesture, he possessed the power to shatter mountains; with a single breath, he could travel a thousand miles. And you were telling him he was not an immortal?

In any case, Zuo Ruotong did not believe it.

Hearing Zuo Ruotong speak with such certainty, Si Chong and Cheng Zhen looked at Indra with half-belief and half-doubt.

Though they wanted to believe it, what Zuo Ruotong had said sounded far too unbelievable.

"Hearing is false, seeing is believing. Since Senior Brother says so, nephew, then treat the injury on my body."

Si Chong undid his upper garment and extended his right arm from within his long robe.

On that well-defined, muscular arm was a scar the size of a bowl.

Zuo Ruotong frowned deeply and asked in a low voice, "Junior Brother, what happened to you?"

"I got hit by something while ambushing that ninja chief. Before the poison could spread through me, I cut away that piece of flesh and saved my life." Si Chong smiled as though it were nothing.

But Cheng Zhen beside him lowered his head and explained, "Martial Uncle was injured this time because I was too reckless. It was all my fault."

"Hehe, what's done is done. Let's see what Xiao Luo can do."

Si Chong carelessly held out his arm, already preparing in his heart what he would say to comfort them if this failed.

As he spoke, Indra used the Snake Talisman to conceal the Horse Talisman in his palm, then gently pressed it against Si Chong's shoulder.

The Horse Talisman's magic instantly burst forth, enveloping Si Chong's entire body.

The arm that was missing a chunk of flesh recovered completely in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, although Si Chong had never made any major mistakes in cultivating the Reverse Birth Triple Layer, he inevitably had some minor hidden injuries. At that moment, the Horse Talisman's magic treated them all as "external forces" and purged them completely.

Feeling completely renewed, Si Chong sensed his true qi surging and roiling within him.

With a turn of thought, the subtle bottlenecks that had once been difficult to overcome in his cultivation now became completely unimpeded.

The threshold of the Reverse Birth Triple Layer, which he had never been able to grasp, opened before him at that very moment.

"Immortal arts!!" Si Chong's eyes widened as those two words slipped from his mouth.

Cheng Zhen was equally stunned, staring blankly at the scene before him.

He truly had not expected that everything his master had said was real!

Si Chong's face flushed bright red, and he stammered in excitement, "It's actually real... Our Three One Sect truly has a reincarnated immortal... Our Three One Sect is blessed!"

Cheng Zhen gasped and could not help asking, "M-Martial Brother, how exactly did you do that?!"

"It's an innate ability. I just did it naturally." Indra gave a vague answer to brush him off. He could not possibly reveal the talismans' existence.

Cheng Zhen did not press further. Like Si Chong, his gaze toward Indra now held an extra measure of reverence.

Zuo Ruotong then said solemnly, "You must never reveal Luo'er's matter. Si Chong, gather those within the sect who became crippled while cultivating the Reverse Birth Triple Layer under the pretext of having developed a new medicinal pill."

At this point, Zuo Ruotong looked warmly at Indra. "Afterward, I'll have to ask you, Luo'er, to act and use your divine abilities to heal them as well."

Knowing that Indra did not wish to expose himself, Zuo Ruotong accommodated his wishes.

Si Chong, Cheng Zhen, and the others immediately acted on Zuo Ruotong's instructions after hearing them.

For a time, the atmosphere within the sect became heated.

Those disciples who had become crippled or could no longer cultivate after practicing the Reverse Birth Triple Layer were supported by the Three One Sect if they remained at the mountain gate, while also taking responsibility for work within the sect.

Those who did not remain at the mountain gate either left on their own or were arranged a job at the foot of the mountain by the Three One Sect.

Gathering them all back was no easy task.

Back in his room to rest, Indra tightly gripped the Sheep Talisman.

With his soul out of his body, his mind became incomparably alert.

Looking down at his own body, Indra murmured, "I suppose this counts as a pseudo Yang Spirit."

Of the five stages of the Daoist alchemy realm, the fourth, Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness, gathered essence, qi, and spirit in the upper dantian, achieving the Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown and ultimately manifesting the "Yang Spirit."

Upon reaching this realm, one could send the primordial spirit out of the body to roam heaven and earth, cultivating a qi body that could gather into form and disperse into qi.

The perfected realm of the Reverse Birth Triple Layer contained traces of Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness.

"When the physical body has completely transformed into qi, only once the [Yang Spirit] has taken form can qi be gathered back into shape."

Upon realizing this, Indra's soul extended a hand and lightly touched his physical body.

His soul guided the chakra within his body to flow, and his body instantly transformed into a cloud of white qi that rose into the air.

The twelve talismans were wrapped in the qi cloud, circling Indra's soul as they gradually reconstructed his body.

With his previous foundation, Indra succeeded in one attempt, completely rebuilding his body.

The Reverse Birth Triple Layer was complete!

"Phew~~" Indra let out a long breath and sighed. "Using cheats feels amazing!"

Once the Reverse Birth Triple Layer transformed the entire body into qi, the physical body lost all support. How could it possibly be reconstructed?

Only when the soul was complete enough to let the Yang Spirit leave the body could one truly step into the realm of the Third Layer.

Thus, fundamentally speaking, the Reverse Birth Triple Layer was a method that prioritized cultivation of one's nature over cultivation of one's life.

"If this weren't a low-martial world, this technique might not let one reach the heavens, but sending out the Yang Spirit to possess another person would still grant longevity!"

"Right now, I'm relying on the Sheep Talisman to reach the pseudo Yang Spirit realm and use it to cultivate the Reverse Birth Triple Layer. It's basically like I directly practiced the later stages."

Indra felt that what he was doing now was like using a max-level account to play high-end matches. Once he became proficient, he could use a lower-level account to crush weaker opponents.

Cultivating this way benefited the growth of his soul. Given enough time, even without relying on the Sheep Talisman, he would be able to reach the realm where the Yang Spirit left the body.

By then, advancing from the Second Layer of Reverse Birth to the Third would be completely natural. It was as if he had already boarded the train—he just still needed to buy a ticket!