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Chapter 265: Myriad transformations
Jade Purity Immortal Sect, library.
Heavenly Gang Mysterious Beast compendium section.
A young man sat cross-legged before a jade table, his divine sense sweeping over "A Study of the Temperaments of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Mysterious Beasts."
The Five-Qi Vine undergoes myriad transformations and delights in those Complete in the Five Phases. Its markings resemble binding cords; its nature resembles a thief.
After reading the material on the Five-Qi Vine in the temperament study, the One-Guarding Mirror in Chen Beiwu's spiritual terrace glimmered, washing away dust and purifying his thoughts, clearing the surprise from his mind.
Although the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect's exclusive treasure beast, the Azure-Luo Pine, was excellent and suited practitioners of the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book, it still fell short of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect's Five-Qi Vine by more than a small margin.
What did myriad transformations mean?
The Five-Qi Vine could suppress the five elements and freely transform its own elemental attributes according to the elemental counters applicable to its opponent, thereby seizing every advantage and countering its foe.
Second, the Five-Qi Vine could break off its vines during battle to parasitize opponents, turning its hosts into parasitic puppets it could control at will. They could also bear damage transferred from it, and even die in its place at a critical moment.
In the Primordial Era, the Five-Qi Vine had been formed from a branch of the divine tree that guarded the Jade Purity Grotto-Heaven. It was an extremely dangerous, top-class Heavenly Gang Mysterious Beast whose very name struck terror into cultivators.
Cultivators with insufficient aptitude and strength could forget about contracting a Five-Qi Vine; they might instead be parasitized and turned into human puppets.
But in the Immortal Alliance era, powerful cultivators of the Jade