Li Yan had succeeded in advancing this time by slowly integrating the Sacred Soul Transformation's teachings on the yin and yang of heaven and earth into the five elements.
Although he was not proficient in teachings such as the three powers, four images, six harmonies, and eight trigrams, he had a rough understanding of their paths to immortality.
As Li Yan contemplated them, his thoughts constantly shifted between these teachings, and his Gui Water True Scripture would sometimes change along with them.
The flow of magical power within his body no longer followed the Gui Water True Scripture's fixed routes as it circulated through a full cycle.
Whether the five elements or yin and yang, every teaching seeks a balance that sustains itself without end. My Gui Water can be yin or yang, life or death.
For longevity, yang energy must flourish without cease; to bring death, yin energy must grow fierce and sever all vitality! Why are the three souls and seven spirits divided into yin souls and yang souls? It is nothing more than another means of attaining balance.
The Sacred Soul Transformation's incantation says, "While sun and moon endure, the original soul endures. Reincarnation and rebirth all become part of oneself. The sun can give birth to the moon, and the moon can transform into the sun..." This is precisely how the five elements endlessly nourish and restrain one another!
The moment this thought came to Li Yan, his intent stirred his mind, and ten spectral figures immediately flew out through the crown of his head.
The instant they appeared, all ten blurred and fused into a single figure.
This spectral figure was black from head to toe, but three faintly flickering red points marked its brow, the center of its chest, and its dantian.
It was