Immediately afterward, under Taiyi's gaze...
A pitch-black Four-Sided Cauldron stood there.
Danyangzi poured a vast quantity of Savage Beast true blood straight into it.
Within the crystalline crimson blood, the true spirits of Savage Beasts roared in defiance, but he scattered them with effortless slaps.
He added a dazzling assortment of rare treasures and Precious Medicines, along with a large quantity of pure source.
He was preparing to brew a cauldron of Great Medicine beyond imagination.
It was enough to leave anyone speechless.
"Bubble, bubble..."
Danyangzi swept his wide sleeve.
A mass of Dao fire appeared out of thin air and blazed fiercely.
Inside the pitch-black cauldron, the Great Medicine brewed from Savage Beast true blood and assorted Precious Medicines soon began to boil.
Mist filled the entire cave, surging with vitality and giving off an extraordinarily rich fragrance.
It was astonishing.
"My dear disciple, this cauldron of Great Medicine should allow you to undergo several transformations in succession. Go soak in it!" Danyangzi said with a smile, looking at Taiyi.
"Yes, Master..."
Taiyi's eyes burned with excitement.
Without hesitation, he quickly stripped off his clothes and jumped into the boiling cauldron.
His entire body was submerged.
Not even his head remained above the surface.
"Aah-!"
In an instant...
The scalding beast blood seemed to possess a consciousness of its own.
Bearing unimaginable medicinal power, it engulfed Taiyi completely.
Indescribable agony struck him, as though his entire layer of skin were about to peel away. His face twisted involuntarily, and he sucked in a sharp breath.
He dared not be careless and hurriedly began circulating the profound method of the Sun True Scripture.
He refined and absorbed the immense medicinal power.
The Nine Transformations of the Other Shore-each transformation can shed the old body and forge it anew, but the process really is painful! Taiyi was drenched in sweat. Enduring the agony, he became a figure covered entirely in blood.
Crack... crack...
He gritted his teeth, his gaze resolute, and forcibly shattered his own bones.
With the aid of the Savage Beast true blood, rare treasures and Precious Medicines, and source containing vast amounts of vital essence, he fully absorbed the medicinal power of the Treasure Liquid, undergoing a transformation that remade his body, cleansed his marrow, and purified his meridians.
Time passed. After an unknown interval, his flesh began to regenerate.
He expelled large amounts of spent blood and old bone.
It was a horrifying sight.
The process continued for more than half a month.
Taiyi's blood and vital energy were astonishing, terrifyingly vigorous. Only after his body had undergone five earth-shaking transformations did he finally stop.
He feared that advancing too quickly would leave flaws in his Dao foundation and wanted to build deeper reserves before breaking through. Danyangzi had also warned him repeatedly.
Otherwise, he could have absorbed more source, completed all nine transformations, and broken straight into the Dao Palace Secret Realm.
Time flew by.
Another half a month passed.
As usual, after finishing his cultivation...
He asked his master, Danyangzi, about the problems he had encountered in his practice.
After Danyangzi finished answering his questions...
"Taiyi, my disciple, your talent is exceptional, and your comprehension extraordinary-rare throughout the ages..."
Danyangzi had little time left.
His face was covered in wrinkles, and his back was hunched.
Nearly all his hair and beard had fallen out. He looked ever more decrepit, giving off an air of decay.
He gazed at Taiyi with gratification and said, "I have already taught you everything I should... From now on, go cultivate at the Yaoguang Holy Land!"
"Of course, I know you have always had a mind of your own. You may also choose to temper yourself in the outside world and go to the Yaoguang Holy Land once you are stronger!"
"You can decide these things for yourself, my disciple. I will not interfere!"
Over these past days...
Besides cultivating the Sun True Scripture and the Primordial Origin Scripture...
Under his guidance, Taiyi had not neglected the secret techniques within the Primordial Origin Scripture either.
Thanks to his extraordinary talent, he devoted considerable time to studying them and soon mastered, one after another, the secret techniques that could be cultivated in the Sea of Bitterness realm.
He had even mastered the Primordial Origin Holy Light Technique ahead of time, though under normal circumstances, one had to reach at least the Dao Palace Secret Realm to qualify to practice such a secret technique.
The astonishing talent and extraordinary comprehension he displayed left even Danyangzi marveling.
In particular, he had realized that Taiyi's constitution was even more remarkable than he had imagined.
Taiyi did not merely possess a sun physique, but a sun sacred body never before seen throughout the ages.
It perfectly combined all the characteristics of both the sun physique and the sacred body, and the power of his bloodline was exceptionally pure and strong.
Moreover, unlike the legendary desolate ancient sacred body, it was not cursed with a severed path ahead. On the contrary, its potential could be called limitless.
This supremely gifted disciple with a sun sacred body performed in every respect no worse than the Young Great Emperors throughout history, far surpassing those exceedingly rare king physiques, divine physiques, and Dao embryos.
If such a prodigy could not attain the Dao, he truly could not imagine who would be qualified to become an emperor.
Chapter 12: Passing Away in Meditation, Enemies on a Narrow Road?
"Master..."
Upon hearing this-
Taiyi's expression changed drastically, and unease stirred within him.
Throughout their year together, Danyangzi had taught him without holding anything back.
Naturally, Taiyi had engraved that kindness in his heart and had long since come to regard him sincerely as his master.
He had even thought that, if an opportunity arose in the future, he would find a way to obtain a medicine king or a Sacred Fruit to prolong his master's life.
"Foolish child, say no more... My allotted time has come. Being able to take you as my disciple was already a blessing from heaven. I have no regrets!"
Looking at Taiyi, whose sincere feelings were laid bare...
Danyangzi was filled with gratification as he said, "Over the years, I took several disciples. They are all your senior brothers, and they have all become elders or Supreme Elders of the Yaoguang Holy Land!"
At this point...
He handed a Treasure Box to Taiyi and said, "Besides my lifetime's collection, this Treasure Box contains the true blood and Precious Medicines I prepared for your remaining transformations in the Other Shore Realm... I also specially refined a Great Power-level Forbidden Weapon to safeguard your path!"
"I have also left several letters. You may take my letters to your senior brothers when the time comes, and they will look after you... One is addressed to the Yaoguang Holy Lord Li Daoqing. It will prove that you are my Personal Disciple, allowing you to compete for the position of Holy Son as the successor of a Supreme Elder from the hidden lineage!"
"In addition, the Yaoguang Holy Land has outposts throughout the Eastern Wasteland. The Supreme Elder token I have left you will allow you to directly command Yaoguang Disciples of lower cultivation. I believe it will make things more convenient for you..."
Naturally, the Yaoguang Holy Land Interior was not a single solid block internally.
Its factions were complicated, and open struggles and hidden rivalries were commonplace. He worried that someone might deliberately suppress Taiyi.
Thus, he had already made thorough preparations for him.
Furthermore, after this disciple broke through to the Other Shore Realm, he obtained a special secret method recorded in the Sun True Scripture.
Although it was not some great killing art, it could directly alter the user's appearance, build, voice, and more, even concealing his origin and aura.
Through repeated cultivation and study over these past days...
This disciple, whose talent, comprehension, and aptitude were all rare throughout the ages, had already mastered most of it.
After testing it personally, even he, a living-fossil-level Great Power, could not easily detect anything unusual.
Unless someone had cultivated a special heavenly eye or possessed vastly superior strength, even Great Powers and Holy Lord-level powerhouses could not see through it directly without making personal contact and conducting a careful, thorough examination.
Thus, Danyangzi was not worried that his disciple would readily expose his identity after entering the Yaoguang Holy Land.
"Your disciple bows in thanks, Master-"
Holding the Treasure Box...
He gazed at the aged man before him.
Taiyi trembled, his eyes reddening slightly.
He knelt there and kowtowed heavily three times.
Although he had initially become Danyangzi's disciple partly out of necessity and partly for selfish reasons, and had inevitably harbored some wariness...
Over these days, Danyangzi had truly done everything he could to teach him, holding nothing back and genuinely treating him as his Personal Disciple.
Otherwise, he would not have left Taiyi his entire lifetime's collection.
"Go..."
Looking at this prized disciple of unrivaled talent...
The exceedingly old and frail Danyangzi shakily extended his right hand.
He lightly touched Taiyi between the brows, transmitting information directly through his divine sense.
He told Taiyi everything about the Yaoguang Holy Land Interior, as well as all the discoveries he had made over the years.
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