Undead: Inheritance

Quan Cangtian's room.

He sat cross-legged on the bed.

He closed his eyes.

His consciousness sank downward.

Consciousness Sea.

A expanse of chaos.

Then--

Light.

Emerald green light.

Abundance Power.

Silver-white light.

Elation Miracle.

The two streams of light intertwined, surging toward the depths of the Consciousness Sea.

There was a shard of consciousness there.

Fuzzy.

Shattered.

Electx's divine sense.

The two streams of light seeped into the shard.

The shard was reorganizing.

The originally fuzzy consciousness gradually grew clear.

Quan Cangtian felt Electx's presence changing.

From weak, to stable.

From shattered, to complete.

Then--

Electx opened his eyes.

His gaze shifted from confusion to clarity.

He saw Quan Cangtian.

He saw the Consciousness Sea.

He saw himself.

Kid.

You saved me.

Electx stood up.

He looked at Quan Cangtian.

I have been in your Consciousness Sea all along.

Watching everything you experienced.

Quan Cangtian.

You were conscious the whole time?

Electx nodded.

My divine sense was damaged, but my consciousness remained.

I witnessed your growth.

He paused.

You awakened dual Martial Souls.

You protected Zixiao.

You recruited Huo Yuhao.

You faced the Dark Soul Cult.

You refused the Pontifex.

He looked at Quan Cangtian.

You do not betray those around you.

This is very important.

Quan Cangtian fell silent.

Electx recalled his own past.

Holy Demon Continent.

Son of Light.

Betrayed by his lover.

Becoming the Undead Scourge.

He looked at Quan Cangtian.

Your character is pure.

You will not betray.

This is more important than talent.

Electx spoke.

Kid, I want to take you as my disciple.

And impart Undead Magic to you.

Quan Cangtian.

Why me?

Electx.

Your mental strength is extremely strong.

You are suited to learn Undead Magic.

Moreover, your character is pure.

You will not betray.

Quan Cangtian fell silent.

He was considering it.

Electx.

Undead Magic is not an evil art.

It is the other side of the Path of Life and Death.

Your Abundance controls life.

Undead Magic controls death.

Combining the two.

Is the complete Path of Life and Death.

Quan Cangtian thought of his own Path system.

Destruction.

Abundance.

The Path of Life and Death was precisely what he needed to explore.

He knelt down.

He performed the master-disciple greeting.

Master.

Electx smiled.

Good.

From today onward.

You are my disciple.

Electx began to explain.

Undead Magic is not an evil art.

It is a spell that manipulates the power of life and death.

There are three core aspects.

First, perceiving death energy.

Second, manipulating the undead.

Third, absorbing life and death energy.

Quan Cangtian listened.

Electx continued.

Undead Magic has five tiers.

Undead Apprentice.

Undead Mage.

Undead Archmage.

Undead Saint Mage.

Undead Scourge.

He looked at Quan Cangtian.

The essence of Undead Magic is controlling death.

Yet death is not the end.

It is the other side of life.

Quan Cangtian nodded.

Quan Cangtian spoke.

Master, I have some understanding regarding life and death.

I wish to ask you to verify it.

Electx.

Speak.

Quan Cangtian.

The Tao Te Ching says, "All things carry yin and embrace yang, blending their breaths to achieve harmony."

Are life and death likewise one yin and one yang?

Electx pondered.

That makes sense.

Quan Cangtian.

Zhuangzi says, "That which is coming to life is dying, and that which is dying is coming to life."

Are life and death fundamentally one and the same?

Electx's eyes lit up.

Continue.

Quan Cangtian.

The Yinfu Jing says, "The living are the root of the dead, and the dead are the root of the living."

Do life and death serve as the foundation for one another?

Electx was stunned.

He looked at Quan Cangtian.

These theories.

I have never heard of them before.

He paused.

Yet they sound.

Extremely reasonable.

Electx stood up.

Let me verify this.

He raised his right hand.

Death energy surged forth.

Black light.

Release your Abundance Power.

Quan Cangtian raised his left hand.

Abundance Power surged forth.

Emerald green light.

The two forces collided within the Consciousness Sea.

Generating intense fluctuations.

Electx used Undead Magic to perceive the death energy.

Quan Cangtian's Abundance Power harmonized the life energy.

The two forces underwent changes amidst the collision.

Electx was astonished.

This is...

He carefully perceived.

"Death energy and life energy are producing a new energy form through their collision."

Quan Cangtian.

"This is 'blending qi to achieve harmony'."

"Life and death energies are producing a new power within dynamic equilibrium."

Electx was shocked.

"This is 'yin and yang pushing each other to generate change'?"

Quan Cangtian nodded.

Electx looked at the two forces.

"I have studied undead magic for so many years."

"I never thought life and death could merge like this."

"Your theory."

"Has subverted my understanding of undead magic."

Electx sat down.

Contemplating.

Then he spoke.

"Your theory is very valuable."

"I want to forge an exclusive cultivation technique for you."

Quan Cangtian.

"What technique?"

Electx.

"A technique that merges undead magic, Abundance Power, and Daoist yin and yang."

He began to deduce.

Taking undead magic as the foundation.

Taking Abundance Power as the guide.

Taking Daoist yin and yang as the core framework.

The embryonic form of the technique took shape within the Consciousness Sea.

Electx spoke.

"Life and Death Samsara Art."

"Core philosophy: life and death cycle, yin and yang pushing each other, dynamic equilibrium."

He looked at Quan Cangtian.

"This technique still needs refinement."

"But the embryonic form is already here."

Electx began to formulate the cultivation system.

"First stage: perceiving death energy."

"Corresponding to the Undead Apprentice."

"Corresponding to the Daoist 'Refining Essence into Qi'."

"Second stage: manipulating death energy."

"Corresponding to the Undead Mage."

"Corresponding to the Daoist 'Refining Qi into Spirit'."

"Third stage: fusing life and death energy."

"Corresponding to the Undead Archmage."

"Corresponding to the Daoist 'Refining Spirit to Void'."

"Fourth stage: mastering the life and death cycle."

"Corresponding to the Undead Saint Mage."

"Corresponding to the Daoist 'Integrating Void and Dao'."

"Fifth stage: unity of life and death."

"Corresponding to the Undead Scourge."

"Corresponding to the Daoist 'Merging with the Dao's Truth'."

He looked at Quan Cangtian.

"This system still requires you to verify it in actual combat."

"But the framework is already in place."

Electx spoke.

"Now, try to perceive death energy."

Quan Cangtian closed his eyes.

He felt the surrounding aura.

There was a faint aura of death in the air.

A presence that he had originally ignored.

He tried to capture it with his spiritual power.

But the death energy was very violent.

Difficult to control.

Electx.

"Use your Abundance Power to harmonize it."

"Death is not the enemy."

"It is the other side of life."

Quan Cangtian tried using Abundance Power to harmonize the death energy.

He felt the two produce a faint resonance within his body.

The emerald green light and the black light intertwined together.

He felt the silver-white stars inside the Path Rift within his body flickering.

The Elation Miracle was resonating.

He opened his eyes.

"I feel them resonating."

Electx nodded.

"Very good."

"This is the first step."

Quan Cangtian felt that the combination of undead magic and the Path system might bring about new breakthroughs.

He felt that the Life and Death Samsara Art still had plenty of room for improvement.

Electx.

"This technique requires you to constantly refine it in actual combat."

"I will guide you all the way."

Quan Cangtian.

"Master, is there anything else you want to tell me?"

Electx was silent for a moment.

"When you are strong enough."

"I will tell you more."

"About my past."

"About the truth of undead magic."

Quan Cangtian.

"What truth?"

Electx smiled.

"You will know when the time comes."