Yaoguang Scripture

Yaoguang Scripture!

This was a secret scripture passed down by a Quasi-Emperor, not an Emperor Scripture secret art.

Its creator was an extraordinarily talented woman. When she first left behind her inheritance, she was still at the Great Saint Ninth Heaven.

Yaoguang Sacred Land corresponded to Yaoguang Star, also known as Pojun Star, a star that governed slaughter and suppressed the fortune of imperial dynasties.

This was also the name of Yaoguang Sacred Land's founder. She was called Yaoguang, born during the Desolate Ancient Era. During a Dark Cataclysm, she underwent ultimate sublimation and stepped into the Quasi-Emperor Realm. Unfortunately, she still died in battle. Before her death, she left behind this secret inheritance, hoping that someone would inherit her Dao lineage.

That was the origin of this scripture. The Yaoguang Sacred Land founded by Great Saint Yaoguang was originally likely located here at Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven. Unfortunately, it was erased during the Dark Cataclysm.

As seas turned to fields and fields to seas, this place became Demon Race territory once more.

Later, her inheritance was preserved here all along, in hopes that a fated person could inherit her mantle.

When Jiang Ming saw the ancient scroll, certain information naturally flowed into his mind. This was the Spiritual Stone Monkey's innate gift, the Spiritual Enlightenment Heart.

So that was it.

That was why Weiwei later obtained the inheritance here, uprooted the "old order" of Yaoguang Sacred Land, and became the Yaoguang Holy Lord. It turned out this was what she ought to have done after receiving the inheritance here.

The inheritance of the Yaoguang Scripture was effortlessly imprinted into Jiang Ming's mind through the Spirit Stone Ape's innate gift.

During the Immortal Ancient Era of Perfect World, when he had obtained this inheritance, the Spirit Stone Ape ranked first among the four chaos God Apes because of its innate God ability, the Spiritual Enlightenment Heart. It allowed it to easily learn any Dao trace, treasured art, or secret technique it saw.

By daybreak, at around four in the morning, Jiang Ming returned to his residence. This complete Great Sage Scripture had already been entirely inscribed in his mind.

The Yaoguang Scripture's most formidable ultimate techniques were the Sacred Light Technique and the Primal Holy Light Technique.

The Sacred Light Technique focused on defense and speed. When perfected, it could cultivate one hundred and eight God rings to protect the body. Whether for attack, defense, or even escape, it was terrifying beyond compare. Sacred light protected the body, rendering all techniques unable to invade; sacred light shone universally, burning mountains and boiling seas, purifying all things; one could transform into sacred light and attain the speed of light.

The Primal Holy Light Technique focused on offense and speed. Once perfected, it could transform a cultivator into a Primal Divine Light Body, not much inferior to a Divine King Body.

With the augmentation of primal unified sacred light, one's speed surpassed the speed of light.

Moreover, the Primal Holy Light Technique itself possessed the traits of evolving all techniques, breaking all techniques, and annihilating all techniques.

The primal encompassed everything and contained everything.

From this, it was clear that after the saintly expert who created the Holy Light Scripture reached the Great Saint Realm, she had begun to harbor the resolve to glimpse the Imperial Dao. The underlying concept of the method she created was exceptionally lofty.

Jiang Ming studied it for a while and felt that he could first cultivate the Sea of Bitterness Realm. Cultivators in the Sea of Bitterness Realm simply opened up their Sea of Bitterness; there were not many complicated details involved. He could slowly accumulate his foundation with this Quasi-Emperor Method.

As for the Holy Light Scripture cultivated by the present Yaoguang Sacred Land, it was merely a Great Sage Scripture, the inheritance Great Saint Yaoguang had originally left behind. Someone had survived the great calamity and established this cultivation ground.

Unfortunately, when that person chose this cultivation ground, he had never imagined that it was built atop the imperial tomb of one of the Ruthless Empress's incarnations.

Of course, it was certainly a geomantically blessed land.

This caused the orthodox Yaoguang lineage's inheritance to become mixed with the Ruthless Lineage's inheritance.

The inheritance left behind by Great Saint Yaoguang was no longer pure. It gained schemes and intrigue, and it was no longer a human sacred land.

Jiang Ming tried cultivating, opening up his Sea of Bitterness, using the Sea of Bitterness section of the Holy Light Scripture to bolster his cultivation.

As Jiang Ming formed hand seals and drew upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the Lower Dark Moon was about to set.

The Lower Dark Moon rose in the eastern sky after midnight. Its bright moonlight seemed to turn into a clear spring, drawn down by profound Dao Patterns. It enveloped the cave dwelling where Jiang Ming cultivated, and strands of cool lunar essence were guided by him into his body, gathering within his Sea of Bitterness.

Yaoguang Scripture!

Whether cultivating by day or night, one could draw upon lunar essence and solar essence for cultivation.

This was true cultivation: gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and moon, and the vital essence of plants and trees.

In truth, Han Yishui had been observing the cave dwelling where Jiang Ming was in seclusion throughout the night. He did not know what this God-mysterious Western Desert monk intended by approaching his younger brother and coming to their Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven.

Originally, the night had passed without incident, utterly peaceful.

But at the start of the fourth watch, a strange phenomenon suddenly appeared between heaven and earth. It was as though the moonlight had come alive, consciously gathering toward the cave dwelling where Jiang Ming cultivated.

If this was not because the cultivator's cultivation had reached the pinnacle of Fortune and made him incomparably powerful—

Then it meant the cultivator possessed a sacred scripture secret art rarely seen in the world.

As for an Emperor Scripture, he did not even dare consider it.

There were still quite a few great sects and sacred lands across this land that possessed sacred scriptures passed down through the ages. Emperor Scripture secret arts, however, were something only Desolate Ancient Families and ancient imperial dynasties had the qualifications to possess.

To such colossal existences, he was like an ant.

Han Yishui's gaze unconsciously became deep and terrifying. Staring at the cave dwelling where Jiang Ming rested, he fell into thought.

Jiang Ming did not care about any of this. He truly did not regard a tiny Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven as worthy of his attention.

At this moment, dazzling purple God light appeared within Jiang Ming's cultivation cave dwelling. At his lower abdomen, it was as though a great purple sun was being nurtured there, radiating brilliant light that illuminated the entire stone chamber. From within came sounds like towering waves and howling tornadoes.

The entire cave dwelling was dyed purple by that purple God radiance. During this time, Kun Peng cries, dragon roars, and phoenix calls rang out in succession. There was even hazy purple qi, within which an immortal bell rose and fell.

If an outsider saw this scene, they would likely have long since been dumbfounded or cried out in alarm.

Jiang Ming himself could perceive all of this through his awareness. Within his Sea of Bitterness Life Wheel, it was as though a vast sky filled with hazy purple qi was being nurtured.

When he formally began cultivating, endless vital essence and purple God light surged within his Life Wheel. The vital essence had nearly become tangible, rolling and raging like a purple tsunami.

It was also accompanied by wave after wave of strange phenomena—or rather, Divine Form Dao Patterns. They were Divine Form Dao Patterns engraved within his origin: a White Tiger roaring at the heavens, a Black Tortoise growling low, a Qilin calling softly, a Phoenix crying...

This was the true Heavenly Tyrant Body. Only the corresponding Shrouding Method could activate the traits belonging to the Heavenly Tyrant Body.

What he cultivated now was merely a Quasi-Emperor Scripture.

If it were an Emperor Scripture imperial method, the effects would likely be even more obvious.

To Jiang Ming, the inheritance of the Tyrant Body lineage was no longer important.

He wanted to forge an invincible path belonging to himself and vindicate the Tyrant Body.

But not for the Tyrant Body lineage.

His wild Heavenly Tyrant Body had nothing whatsoever to do with that place.

Meanwhile, Jiang Ming's Life-Bound Sword soaked in the ocean of vital essence filled with hazy purple qi, releasing wave after wave of sword cries that sounded like phoenix calls.