Mount Buzhou, the Nine-Turn Profound Origin Technique

"This is not the right time!"

Having thought it through, Kong Xuan snorted coldly to himself.

The warmth stemming from his bloodline was instantly severed, leaving behind only the resolve to break free from fate.

"My foundation lies in my Heaven-Defying Insight."

"Though the Phoenix Clan's legacy is good, it is ultimately external, and an inescapable karmic burden besides."

"When my cultivation is deeper and my strength is enough to look down upon the Primordial World—or when I have the means to erase the Phoenix Clan's karmic sin—then I shall return to claim it. That will be the safest course!"

The call of his bloodline was forcibly suppressed. Kong Xuan's gaze slowly shifted from the blazing south toward the center of the Primordial World—the majestic divine mountain that held up the heavens and supported the entire sky of the Primordial World!

Mount Buzhou!

Formed from Great God Pangu's spine, it was the true pillar of heaven in the Primordial World.

According to legend, it was where Pangu's pressure was strongest, a treasured land that gave birth to countless Xiantian Spiritual Treasures and Xiantian Spiritual Roots, the center where innumerable opportunities converged.

It bore the traces of the creation of heaven and earth and flowed with the most fundamental power of creation.

For Kong Xuan, who had only just entered the Primordial World, Mount Buzhou was the perfect place to seek opportunities.

Having been reborn in the Primordial World, could he truly call it rebirth without visiting Mount Buzhou?!

Kong Xuan made up his mind and no longer hesitated in the slightest.

"Go!"

A clear cry rang through the clouds. Seven-Colored Divine Light abruptly erupted around Kong Xuan, dazzling and brilliant as it completely enveloped his Peacock True Body.

The next instant, a streak of light flashed forth!

He no longer stood upright in human form, instead transforming into a seven-colored rainbow that spanned the horizon!

The streak of light was unimaginably fast, leaving only a resplendent trail in its wake.

On his way to Mount Buzhou, Kong Xuan's divine sense continuously swept across every region of the Primordial World.

He sensed the workings of the laws of heaven and earth, cross-referencing them with his own cultivation of the Five Elements Chaos Return Origin Scripture.

The journey was not entirely peaceful. Quite a few living beings swept him with their divine senses, but Kong Xuan merely released a trace of his Daluo Golden Immortal aura as Seven-Colored Divine Light circulated around his body.

Those probing divine senses recoiled as swiftly as if they had struck red-hot iron, not daring to obstruct him in the slightest.

In the Primordial World after the Dragon-Han Era, the Daluo Realm marked a regional powerhouse.

As he drew ever closer to Mount Buzhou, an indescribably vast pressure began spreading from ahead like an invisible tide, growing clearer and heavier with every moment.

That pressure was not directed at any particular living being. It came from antiquity, from creation itself, carrying a majestic will that upheld the heavens and suppressed the universe.

Kong Xuan knew that Mount Buzhou was near!

The seven-colored streak of light did not slow down; instead, it accelerated, tearing through the sky as it sped resolutely toward the towering pillar of heaven in the Primordial World, the center from which all paths flowed—the majestic Mount Buzhou!

The Seven-Colored Divine Light receded, and Kong Xuan's true body hovered at the foot of Mount Buzhou.

The moment he landed, an indescribably vast pressure crashed down upon him like an ancient divine mountain!

This pressure did not target his primordial spirit or mana, but directly struck at the very origin of his physical body.

The bones throughout Kong Xuan's body immediately creaked under the unbearable strain. His body involuntarily bent slightly, while the divine mountain's bedrock beneath his feet cracked inch by inch.

"Pangu's pressure... Even after Pangu's death, such vast pressure remains!"

Kong Xuan was deeply shaken.

Remembering his purpose in coming here, he focused his mind and calmed his breath, pushing his Heaven-Defying Insight to its limit.

His divine sense cautiously extended outward, attempting to comprehend the vast pressure left behind by Pangu.

[Ding!]

[The host has immersed himself in the Pangu Dao rhythm of Mount Buzhou, observing the Great Dao's lingering traces of the creation of heaven and earth. His divine sense has touched the source imprint of the Force Law, triggering Heaven-Defying Insight...]

[Analyzing Pangu's traces of creation... integrating the host's knowledge of the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World from his previous life... deducing the body-tempering method most suited to the host...]

[Deduction successful!]

[Congratulations, host! You have successfully comprehended the supreme body-cultivation secret art—Nine-Turn Profound Origin Technique!]

A vast torrent of information instantly poured into Kong Xuan's sea of consciousness, transforming into a supreme cultivation art that gleamed with golden light and flowed with Dao rhythm.

"Nine-Turn Profound Origin Technique!"

Kong Xuan's mind shook violently, and immense joy nearly burst from his chest.

He examined the cultivation art chapters that had automatically appeared within his sea of consciousness. Every word was a pearl of wisdom, pointing directly toward the supreme mysteries of the Great Dao of the physical body.

"The Five Elements Chaos Return Origin Scripture is a method for cultivating the primordial spirit, directly leading to the Hunyuan Daluo Dao Fruit."

"This Nine-Turn Profound Origin Technique specializes in cultivating the physical body, and it too can reach the Primordial Luo Golden Immortal realm!"

"To cultivate both primordial spirit and physical body, each complementing the other—wonderful, truly wonderful! My Dao is complete!"

Yet amid his wild delight, a trace of doubt flashed through Kong Xuan's mind like lightning.

"Hm? Why does this technique state that the physical body can only be cultivated to the level of a Primordial Luo Golden Immortal? Beyond that lies the end?"

He furrowed his brow slightly, sinking his mind into the ultimate profundities of the Nine-Turn Profound Origin Technique.

A moment later, a flash of realization rose within him, like sunlight breaking through the clouds.

"So that is how it is!"

A sharp light burst from Kong Xuan's eyes. "After the Primordial Luo level, it is not that there is no path forward—it is that the path itself changes!"

"Techniques, cultivation techniques, ultimately belong to the domain of law."

"Whether it is the Five Elements Chaos Return Origin Scripture or the Nine-Turn Profound Origin Technique, both are supreme methods capable of guiding a cultivator all the way to the ultimate pinnacle of law—the realm of the Primordial Luo Golden Immortal."

"However, once one reaches that realm, it means one has cultivated law to flawless completion."

"To go any further and transcend beyond it is no longer the cultivation of law, but the cultivation of Dao!"

"It is the ultimate exploration, deepening, and sublimation of the source of the Great Dao one follows."

"That belongs to the domain of Dao. It is true freedom and true transcendence, no longer something any fixed cultivation technique can encompass or guide."

"Techniques, after all, have the limits and bottlenecks of law."

Having understood this, Kong Xuan felt utterly enlightened, and all doubts vanished.

For a cultivation technique to guide him to the realm of the Primordial Luo was already a heaven-defying opportunity.

As for how to climb into the Dao realm, that was something to consider only after he stood at the peak in the future.

"The urgent matter now is to find a place and cultivate the Nine-Turn Profound Origin Technique!"

Kong Xuan swept his gaze across the towering mountain and soon found a massive naturally formed stone cave not far away.

Though its entrance was unremarkable, its interior was quite spacious. Moreover, dense and pure earth spiritual qi continuously seeped out from within, making it the perfect place to cultivate his physical body with the aid of Mount Buzhou's pressure.

Kong Xuan entered the cave dwelling and sat cross-legged atop a smooth boulder.

He gathered his mind, cast aside all distractions, and slowly circulated the vast mana within his body according to the method of the first turn of the Nine-Turn Profound Origin Technique.

"Buzz—!"

The moment the technique was activated, a strange phenomenon suddenly emerged!

Centered on where Kong Xuan sat, a massive, visible vortex of spiritual qi abruptly formed!

The Xiantian Spiritual Qi surrounding Mount Buzhou, so dense it was nearly tangible, surged madly into the cave dwelling like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.

The power of the earth was heavy, and its spiritual qi carried a dense, solemn quality. At this moment, it was forcibly drawn in and refined by the domineering Nine-Turn Profound Origin Technique.

The spiritual qi did not gently merge into his meridians. Instead, under the transformation of the technique, it became countless energy particles as fine as needles and as heavy as mountains.

Together with the omnipresent pressure of Pangu, they fiercely scoured and hammered every part of Kong Xuan's body!

The process was like placing his physical body within the furnace of heaven and earth, subjecting it to countless rounds of forging.

First turn: skin and flesh like hardened leather.

Second turn: sinews and muscles coiled like dragons.

Third turn: jade bones begin to form.

Fourth turn: blood qi like mercury.

Fifth turn: radiant clouds arise within the organs.

Sixth turn: the hundred apertures gain spiritual awareness.

Every breakthrough in the technique was accompanied by unimaginable agony. It was the ultimate torment of flesh, blood, sinews, and bones endlessly transforming and ascending through destruction and rebirth.

Yet Kong Xuan's Dao heart was as steadfast as stone. Seven-Colored Divine Light flowed across his body's surface, protecting the vital meridians and guiding the violent energy through an orderly tempering process.

He hungrily devoured the spiritual qi of Mount Buzhou. His body was like a bottomless abyss, greedily drawing in the power of creation left behind by Pangu.