Four Proto-Forms of Phenomena [Monthly Tickets, Investments Requested]

At this very moment!

Jiang Ming fully circulated his true essence. The True Essence Sea within him was like an endless black ocean, surging with demonic energy, vast demonic clouds, and towering demonic might. It covered the originally purple Sea of Bitterness, making it seem as though the purple Sea of Bitterness had become the springhead of a demonic sea.

Ever since breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage and further developing his dantian, Jiang Ming had discovered that his Heavenly Tyrant Body had undergone another transformation. Its divine form had also changed. The Tyrant Body Divine Form that used to emerge during cultivation, roaring and shouting with imposing majesty and displaying some divine might, had turned into ten indistinct shadows.

Only while crossing tribulation had one divine form helped him endure it, its figure becoming slightly clearer. Yet overall, it remained vague and indistinct, as if it had awakened from the weighty ages of eternity. Separated by the thick dust of time and space, it was like a flower seen through fog, faintly visible and elusive.

Moreover, when Jiang Ming fully activated his True Essence Sea, four mysterious proto-forms of phenomena appeared around the black lotus Dao foundation that had formed within the black demonic sea condensed from true essence.

That was right. Despite cultivating with the Chinese Paladin Method, he had actually cultivated four phenomena as well. However, his current realm was insufficient, and they had yet to fully take shape. He could not release them outward and could only borrow a portion of their power.

The first phenomenon to appear was compatible with his Chinese Paladin Method. It had emerged the instant Jiang Ming broke through, and he had already seen it before.

However, Jiang Ming understood it this way.

A Blade of Grass Slashes the Stars—Splendid Mountains and Rivers.

Dragon-Phoenix Auspiciousness Diagram—Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Diagram.

Demon Ape Ravages the Heavenly Court—Immortal King Descends upon the Nine Heavens.

Opening Heaven, a Green Willow Is Born—Chaos Gives Birth to the Azure Lotus.

This transformation, this development of phenomena, was most likely a mutation triggered by the Immortal Antiquity imprint contained within Jiang Ming's Seventy-Two Transformations.

From what he could tell, his four phenomena were no weaker than those of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body!

From Demon Ape Ravages the Heavenly Court alone, Jiang Ming saw the Ancient Heavenly Court. A World-Overturning Demon Ape had trampled through the High Heavens and fought its way into the Ancient Heavenly Court, confronting a Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor who rose from a Golden Sun Tree deep within the Ancient Heavenly Court.

It could not help but remind Jiang Ming of the plot from Perfect World that he had read in his past life. The Ancient Heavenly Court founded by the Sun Heavenly Emperor, and the World-Overturning Demon Ape that had once wreaked havoc in the Immortal Domain, disturbing the Immortal Kings so badly that they joined forces to drive him out of the Immortal Domain.

Then there was that World Tree, which seemed to have grown during the era when heaven and earth were first created. A green willow sought to prop open the darkness, restore a bright and clear world to heaven and earth, and recreate the mysterious yellow.

If Jiang Ming's guess was correct, this phenomenon surely represented the Willow God of old. In the plot of Perfect World, she was the eldest of all, dying and returning to life, living and dying again, constantly undergoing nirvana. From the World Tree, she created a method that blessed all living beings, became the Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit, protected countless lives, and saved innumerable people.

As for the Dragon-Phoenix Auspiciousness Diagram, the True Dragon and Immortal Phoenix had both once been existences at the Immortal King level. During the Immortal Ancient Era, when the Exotic Domain launched a sudden assault, both had perished miserably under the siege of Immortal Kings.

Legend had it that when the dragon and phoenix treasure arts were combined, their power was unparalleled and unstoppable.

As for A Blade of Grass Slashes the Stars, it referred to the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass. When the Exotic Domain suddenly invaded, it awoke from slumber and directly encountered four Immortal Kings of the Exotic Domain who had secretly infiltrated. The result was a great battle. The Nine-Leaf Sword Grass disappeared, but the four Immortal Kings of the Exotic Domain were gone as well.

That was Jiang Ming's speculation regarding the origins of his four great Tyrant Body phenomena.

As Jiang Ming made these guesses, the obsessions of Jiang Ming from his previous life and Jiang Ming from this life were both stunned speechless. They could only listen as Jiang Ming from two lifetimes ago told them stories of the past.

As a mentally ill person with proper values, one had to learn how to counsel oneself.

Of course, the battle before him still had to be fought.

Buddhaland in the Palm!

Jiang Ming really only knew how to unleash ultimate moves. He could not use the Yaoguang Scripture in front of these people, lest he expose himself and Yaoguang Sacred Land spot it, then come after him. That would suddenly render the identity he had been enjoying so much unusable.

He was not afraid of cultivators from the Dao Palace Secret Realm pursuing him. What he feared were old monsters.

Jiang Ming extended his right hand. Black light glimmered across his black palm. Even the tiny hairs in his pores had been magnified, turning into black demonic serpents that twisted and coiled, rolling and boiling amid the surging demonic energy.

The lines on Jiang Ming's palm became black lightning stretching across the nine heavens and ten directions, then rapidly evolved. Within the lightning, they transformed into black mountains and earth, accompanied by towering demonic flames.

What should have been a Buddhaland in the Palm now looked more like a demonic domain in the palm.

Void Great Handprint!

Ji Haoyue had never experienced such a passive battle before. His body seemed trapped in an asphalt swamp, leaving him constrained at every turn and unable to bring out the power of the Great Void Technique. With a raised hand, he condensed a massive black handprint in the void, like dark clouds pressing down from above, and struck it toward Jiang Ming.

At that moment, the void seemed to have frozen. The Void Great Handprint truly lived up to its reputation.

Boom!

The millstone-sized black Great Sun Demon Wheel behind Jiang Ming's head slowly rotated. Demonic light radiated outward, expanding its range further until it covered twenty li, directly freezing the black handprint in the sky.

"Big Dipper Suppresses Demons."

At the same time, Hua Yunfei's attack arrived. It had originally been a battle among three people, and they had thought it would be a melee. Instead, it became Jiang Ming beating the two of them as they joined forces.

In an instant, the secret realm's sky drew down the power of the Big Dipper from beyond. Seven stars shone in the heavens, blazing and brilliant as great suns, transforming into seven beams of light that descended upon Jiang Ming with the speed of light.

"Dubhe, Merak, Phecda—Megrez, Alioth, Mizar, Alkaid."

The seven stars of the Big Dipper shone at once, dazzling and resplendent. They released radiant beams that gathered into a seven-colored divine sword, falling straight down as if it would pierce heaven and earth.

Clang!

At that moment, a small golden blade of grass with seven leaves sprouted above Jiang Ming's head, which was covered in unconventional demonic patterns. The instant it appeared, it slashed out a magnificent sword qi. Along with the phenomenon, the small blade of grass swayed gently, and the sword intent it unintentionally emanated split apart a star.

Even stars could be cleaved apart. The small amount of power borrowed from the Big Dipper was obliterated inch by inch before that nine-colored sword intent, turning into powder.

Jiang Ming was speechless. This time, he had not even made a move. Hua Yunfei had simply insisted on attacking him with a sword, provoking the phenomenon A Blade of Grass Slashes the Stars. The tiny bit of power it released had directly dealt with Hua Yunfei's attack.

"Good!"

Hua Yunfei's eyes became even brighter. That strike had truly broadened his horizons. That phenomenon just now was indeed what he thought. Dharma Master Sanzang had also cultivated some kind of proto-form phenomenon and could borrow a portion of its power, just like Ji Haoyue could now.

To truly release a phenomenon outward and use it for attacks, one needed to break through to the Four Extremes Secret Realm.

"Brother Sanzang, let me play you a tune."

Hua Yunfei shouted, his tone grave and solemn.

"Good, Brother Yunfei. I shall listen with eager ears."

Jiang Ming naturally agreed at once, bold and unrestrained, displaying his unique personal charm to the fullest.

"Brother Sanzang, be careful!"

Ji Haoyue spoke up with a warning. The sound of surging waves came from his body, accompanied by strands of moonlight that condensed into an illusory scene of Sea-Rising Bright Moon, like a mirage.

Yet that bright moon fell and smashed toward Jiang Ming. Ji Haoyue also borrowed his phenomenon to attack. This illusory power seemed not to belong to this world, and it was instead unaffected by the confinement of the demonic light domain.

Of course, that was also because Jiang Ming's Seventy-Two Transformations had only borrowed sixty percent of the Supreme Treasure Art's power from an ancient monk Buddha son of the same realm. If it had borrowed more, the outcome would have been hard to say.

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