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Use the body as the ferry.

Use the soul as the boat.

Sail upstream along the river of yin and yang.

Open the apertures of Nine Nether.

Only then reach the wondrous mystic realm of the Profound Gate—neither yin nor yang, both dead and alive. This was the Ninefold Netherworld Passage.

Xu Changqing's eyes widened as he said in disbelief, "This... is actually a cultivation technique!"

Any cultivation technique with words such as "Art," "Scripture," or "Chapter" in its name was, without exception, incredibly heaven-defying.

For example, one of Ruo Qunshuang's dowry gifts: the Sea-Covering Tide-Rising Art.

Or the Return-to-Origin Art that Xu Changqing cultivated.

And the Earth-Sealing Scripture within the Tilling Officer Token, one of the Five Scriptures.

Since this thing had been placed together with the Profound Origin Golden Light Talisman, and had even been stored at the center of Riverheart Isle in the deepest reaches of the Nether River, guarded by three dried corpses possessing Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivation, its value was plain to see.

Nü Tu revealed a grave expression. "This cultivation technique is far too strange...

"Using the soul as a boat."

"Traveling upstream along the river of yin and yang."

"It completely defies conventional cultivation logic.

"The Nether River is itself the source of yin baleful energy, and the apertures of Nine Nether are even more unheard of.

"Cultivating in reverse like this would likely draw baleful energy into the body. One careless mistake, and the soul would scatter and the spirit would perish."

Zhurong's gaze was equally complicated. "Though it carries a trace of wickedness, it also conceals the wonders of the Great Dao.

"This Ninefold Netherworld Passage Technique is undoubtedly a top-tier Heaven Grade cultivation technique.

"Yet this mystic realm of the Profound Gate, 'both dead and alive,' sounds dangerous just