Swallowing Heaven Immortal Art

Shrouding the Heavens World.

After Qin Sheng fulfilled Douluo Qin Sheng's first wish, the portion of essence belonging to him immediately fused with Qin Sheng.

His talent and comprehension improved, his Origin grew stronger, and his Primordial Spirit matured...

Each time he fused with the essence of a deceased Qin Sheng, he received an all-around enhancement.

The nameless Ancient Scripture seemed to have been stirred. At that moment, it began circulating on its own, causing even stranger changes to occur within Qin Sheng's body.

When Qin Sheng regained consciousness, he discovered that he had already taken his first steps into the nameless Ancient Scripture.

Could this really be the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art? Qin Sheng was shaken.

A moment later, Qin Sheng found Elder Li and told him that he had entered the Ancient Scripture.

Elder Li was astonished and hurriedly brought him to see the Dragon-Pattern Peak Master.

"Good! Good! Good!"

The Dragon-Pattern Peak Master praised him three times in a row, extremely satisfied with the result.

"Qin Sheng, you have given me a surprise. To enter a Sacred Art in such a short time, I must reward you properly!"

"From today onward, all your treatment within the Holy Land will be raised to the level of a Candidate Saint Son. This Source is an additional reward from me."

"Furthermore, I will impart to you the complete Sea of Bitterness Chapter and Dao Palace Chapter of the Sacred Art."

The Dragon-Pattern Peak Master said, "You are highly suited to cultivating the Sacred Art. Your future is boundless."

He took out the black jade talisman again and transmitted the teachings to Qin Sheng.

This time, besides methods for improving cultivation, what appeared in Qin Sheng's mind also included how to refine vessels, as well as...

The Devouring Dao.

This really was the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art!

"Peak Master, what is the method of devouring Origin recorded in the Ancient Scripture?" Qin Sheng pretended not to understand.

"The scripture you are studying is the fundamental inheritance of our Dragon-Pattern lineage: the Swallowing Heaven Immortal Art."

Qin Sheng feigned shock. "The Heaven Devouring Demonic Art?"

"That is the outside world's slander against the Sacred Art and against the Progenitor. Do not mention that name again in the future."

The Dragon-Pattern Peak Master was displeased. "The Progenitor was also a great emperor of the Human Race. She made tremendous contributions and was worthy of the Human Race, yet she was vilified by those scheming people."

"You need not be afraid. This is an Emperor Scripture, and there are not many such scriptures in the entire Eastern Wilderness. To obtain such a supreme scripture so easily is a blessing. It can forge the strongest foundation for you, and moreover..."

"The Sacred Art possesses Divinity. Once you have entered it, there is no turning back."

Divinity? More like Demonic Nature!

"Peak Master, why did you directly impart the Sacred Art to me?" Qin Sheng asked cautiously.

"Of course, because you possess the talent and your background is clean." The Dragon-Pattern Peak Master spoke as though it were only natural.

"Though our lineage hides in the shadows, we have never ceased recruiting disciples and continuing our inheritance."

Qin Sheng was speechless. That made a great deal of sense.

Recruiting disciples and continuing one's lineage was only right and proper.

"The Dragon Vein Cauldron can test whether someone is suited to cultivate the Sacred Art. Every disciple of Dragon-Pattern Peak has undergone the test."

Qin Sheng was genuinely somewhat surprised. "All Dragon-Pattern Peak disciples cultivate the Sacred Art?"

"No. Only a small number cultivate the Sacred Art. Most cultivate the Shaking Light Scripture, and they do not even know that our Ancestor lineage exists."

The Dragon-Pattern Peak Master said, "We control Dragon-Pattern Peak, but we also recruit disciples normally. In the eyes of others, we are no different from the other branches of the Holy Land."

The greatest concealment lay in plain sight.

Most Dragon-Pattern Peak disciples were ordinary, and their normalcy concealed the few members of the Ruthless lineage.

"Only suitable people will be brought into the Ancestor lineage, and you are one such person."

The Ruthless lineage needed talents like Qin Sheng.

"Remember, nothing regarding the Sacred Art may be spread outside. Otherwise, no one will be able to protect you."

In Beidou, the words "Heaven Devouring Demonic Art" were truly hard to explain. Once you got involved with it, there was no escaping.

Once part of the Ruthless lineage, always part of the Ruthless lineage.

The Dragon-Pattern Peak Master said, "Leave now. Elder Li will explain some matters to you. You must remember them well."

Qin Sheng took a deep breath and left the ancient hall.

Elder Li was also part of the Ruthless lineage. He gave Qin Sheng many instructions, focusing on how to hide himself. He also prepared Qin Sheng mentally, urging him to accept reality as soon as possible.

In addition, Elder Li brought Qin Sheng to study the inherited scripture of the Shaking Light Holy Land, namely the "Shaking Light Scripture." It was a Quasi-Emperor scripture.

Every disciple of the Ruthless lineage had to do this, using the "Shaking Light Scripture" to conceal the "Heaven Devouring Demonic Art."

The Shaking Light Saint Son had disguised himself perfectly.

After returning to his cave residence, Qin Sheng eagerly began studying the complete Sea of Bitterness Chapter.

The inheritance he received this time was even more miraculous than before. It was no longer mere text; instead, a black vortex appeared in his mind.

Qin Sheng's consciousness touched the vortex and felt the impact of a "Dao." Countless methods and insights rose in his heart, allowing him to understand the meaning of every word and every sentence.

How each realm should be cultivated, what to be careful of when breaking through, and countless other matters were all explained within that "Dao."

Qin Sheng could understand the Sea of Bitterness Chapter of the "Heaven Devouring Demonic Art" in the most direct way possible, without the slightest mistake.

This was a true transmission. This was an Emperor Scripture. Its profundity was simply beyond comparison with other scriptures.

The true words of the Great Dao, celestial music and heavenly melodies, drew one into immersion.

The Demonic Art instinctively circulated within him, reshaping his foundation and rebuilding his Sea of Bitterness. The common, mediocre scripture he had cultivated before was completely overwritten and erased.

With the help of the Great Dao's true transmission, the process occurred naturally and in perfect harmony.

At the same time, Qin Sheng felt the Demonic Nature of the "Heaven Devouring Demonic Art." It made one crave Origin from the depths of one's heart.

Scriptures naturally influenced people.

Qin Sheng began further refining a portion of Douluo Qin Sheng's Origin, causing it to undergo profound changes.

Throughout the process, Qin Sheng glowed like a heavenly god descending into the world. The essence within chunks of Source Stone was continuously absorbed by him, driving his transformation.

Time passed. One month, two months...

Qin Sheng never emerged from seclusion. The Dragon-Pattern Peak Master once observed his cave residence from afar and felt satisfied.

A fine seedling was growing plumper and plumper.

During his seclusion, Qin Sheng's flesh, organs, bones, and even spirit repeatedly withered, losing all vitality. It felt as if he were about to enter death.

Yet not long afterward, vitality would emerge again, granting him a different kind of rebirth.

This was the cultivation of the Other Shore Realm.

In this realm, cultivators entered a cycle of withering and rebirth. Only after repeating it nine times, like a butterfly breaking free of its cocoon, could one be considered fully complete.

This was the Nine Transcendences of the Other Shore.

After nine transcendences, one could gaze toward the Dao Palace and attempt to enter that secret realm.

This time, Qin Sheng remained in seclusion for a full half year. When he awoke, his eyes were deep as ancient wells, as though they could swallow everything.

Feeling the changes within himself, Qin Sheng sighed softly.

"What an extraordinary Sacred Art."

Switching to the Demonic Art not only forged an incomparably firm and powerful foundation and reserves for Qin Sheng, but also greatly increased his combat strength.

With the combat-strength amplification of Infinite Land, Qin Sheng's power had advanced by leaps and bounds.

"My foundation is now no weaker than anyone's. The Heaven Devouring Demonic Art suits me perfectly. This move was the right one."

Qin Sheng thought, It is only that the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art differs somewhat from what I initially imagined.

At first, Qin Sheng believed that the "Heaven Devouring Demonic Art" devoured and fused Origin. But after truly cultivating it, he discovered that was not the case at all.

This Demonic Art did indeed require devouring, but afterward, it did not use one's own Origin to fuse another person's Origin. Rather, it combined them.

Fusion meant becoming completely one.

Combination meant becoming one only temporarily.

At the very least, that was how it was in the inheritance Qin Sheng had received so far.

"I remember that in the original story, the Shaking Light Saint Son later fought Ye Fan in a desperate battle. After being injured, streams of Origin fell out of him. One could tell at a glance what constitutions those Origins belonged to; they were clearly distinct."

"This was obviously proof that the Shaking Light Saint Son had not fused the other Origins. Perhaps even the later chapters of the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art cannot achieve true fusion. Well, perhaps Shaking Light simply could not manage it."

As things stood, the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art was not "using ten thousand to merge into one," but "using one to command ten thousand."

It took one's own Origin as the ruler, governing other Origins and forcibly combining them into one, ultimately "assembling" an Acquired Chaotic Body.

That was why the Chaotic Body it cultivated was flawed, and why later cultivators of this art found it difficult to attain the Dao.

The Chaotic Body created by the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art was a patched-together version, like porcelain glued together and covered in cracks. It was fundamentally neither harmonious nor perfect.

Ruthless attained the Dao because her talent was simply too high. Not to mention Shrouding the Heavens, even going back through the Chaotic Ancient Era and the Immortal Ancient Era, aside from protagonists, there had been only one Ruthless in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

How could anyone else imitate her?

"The countless Origins were never completely digested by the master of the Demonic Art. They constantly clashed with one's own Origin. This problem was far too serious. Even with Ruthless's talent, she was deeply troubled by it after attaining emperorhood in one Lifetime."

A person's Origin contained their essence, energy, spirit, and even Great Dao.

If you ate such things but could not completely digest them, who would go mad if not you?

This was the origin of the Demonic Nature of the "Heaven Devouring Demonic Art."

"Seen this way, Ruthless's decision in her later years to abandon her demonic body and refine it into the Swallowing Heaven Devil Jar was incomparably wise." Qin Sheng thought that Ruthless was indeed ruthless enough.

An emperor body from one Lifetime was a malignant tumor. It absolutely could not be kept.

"With the same talent, cultivating the Dao Scripture can bring one to the Quasi-Emperor realm."

"But if one cultivates the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art and wildly devours Origin, one might die from Origin conflicts at the Great Ability realm, or even earlier."

Qin Sheng felt somewhat emotional. This Heaven Devouring Demonic Art truly was a dead end.

But that absolutely did not mean the Ancient Scripture was weak. On the contrary, its extraordinarily obvious flaws granted it extraordinarily powerful strength.

If the Ruthless lineage dared to cultivate the Demonic Art without restraint, their strength would swell to its peak in a short time.

Unfortunately, they also feared death and dreaded the Demonic Art.

"Within the Ruthless lineage, those who are truly valued cultivate the Immortal Heavenly Technique. Those who cultivate the Demonic Art may be inheritors of the Ruthless lineage, or they may be..."

Qin Sheng's gaze was dark. "Food."

The Demonic Art fed on Origin, while the Heavenly Technique fed on the Demonic Art!

The Heavenly Technique perfectly countered the Demonic Art!

The Dragon-Pattern Peak Master had imparted the Demonic Art to Qin Sheng so readily and decisively. Qin Sheng's suitability for cultivating it was one factor, but the greater reason was that the old man harbored ill intentions.

"How could anyone who cultivates the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art be a good person?" Qin Sheng was very calm.

Ruthless included. She absolutely could not be called a good person.

Qin Sheng naturally knew the relationship between the Heavenly Technique and the Demonic Art, yet he still intended to cultivate the latter.

Because after deeply comprehending this peril-ridden, incomparably dangerous Demonic Art with no hope in sight, Qin Sheng discovered...

The "Heaven Devouring Demonic Art" suited him even better!

Origin conflicts, the inability to fuse, being countered by the Heavenly Technique, and other such problems did not apply to Qin Sheng.

"I truly can walk the path of fusing all Origins and forging a perfect Chaotic Body. This is something even Ruthless failed to accomplish in her time."

It could be said that Qin Sheng cultivating the "Heaven Devouring Demonic Art" was the most perfect version of herself that Ruthless had dreamed of becoming in her lifetime...

Flawless Chaotic Body = Great Emperor.

Ruthless had created for Qin Sheng a scripture that led directly to the Great Emperor realm...

Who said this was a Demonic Art?

This was clearly an Immortal Art!