A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 179

Chapter 176 Xuan Gu pays respects to the Lord

Neither plan could be neglected.

Therefore,

before the Void Heaven Palace opened,

he erased the demonic aura and Xuan Gu’s mark from the Golden Thunder Bamboo Arrow, and then refined it anew.

During this time, he stripped the warding-off divine lightning from the arrow and stored it entirely into the Thunder Absorbing Pearl.

Without this warding-off divine lightning, the Golden Thunder Bamboo Arrow’s power immediately diminished, rendering it largely useless.

It was almost indistinguishable from an ordinary magic weapon.

He didn’t care much about this.

What he valued wasn’t the Golden Thunder Bamboo Arrow itself, but the warding-off divine lightning it could produce every few months.

Therefore, the Golden Thunder Bamboo Arrow, which could only unleash 70% of its original power and had temporarily lost its warding-off divine lightning ability, wasn’t particularly favored by him afterward. It was merely used as a charger, constantly recharging the Thunder Absorbing Pearl. It was

recharged once every four months.

With the remaining time, he could replenish the Thunder-Absorbing Pearl with four or five more doses of Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder.

Whether it was enough or not, it was still much more reliable than Xuan Gu Shangren Xiao Cha relying solely on a single dose of Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder to fuse with the Asura Sacred Flame.

Meanwhile, on the Xuan Yin Scripture side,

Han Li used the Yin energy carried by the Soul-Gathering Bowl and other magical artifacts to open a bone.

The Soul-Gathering Bowl was originally a special magical artifact used by the Yue Emperor to collect souls after hunting down rogue cultivators of the Yue Kingdom; it contained hundreds of vengeful spirits and Yin spirits. Although these Yin spirits had long since become food for the Howling Souls, the Soul-Gathering Bowl still contained a considerable amount of Yin energy .

Using this Yin energy, he successfully opened Xuan Gu’s treasured possession, a white jade-like rib.

Though called a rib, it was actually a magical artifact similar to a jade slip.

The toughness of this rib was beyond imagination.

Even the Azure Ice Flame could not damage it.

Inside were recorded the complete Xuan Yin Scripture and various secret techniques.

While he wouldn’t abandon the *Azure Origin Sword Art* and the *Five Tribulations Wind Control True Art* to cultivate some kind of Profound Yin Demonic Qi, he could focus on cultivating the *Dream Guiding Technique* and the *Soul Separation Technique*, and supplement them with the *Shape Transformation Technique* and the *Yin Demon Slash*. The

Shape Transformation Technique is a top-tier technique for altering one’s appearance.

It can not only lengthen or shorten various parts of the body at will, but also control muscle relaxation, instantly change skin color, and even mimic true essence attributes. For example, his original body could make his Giant Spirit Root even larger and longer.

Compared to the *Great Luo Thousand Illusions Technique* of the Thousand Illusions Sect, one of the six major sects of the Southern Demonic Path, it seems to be even more effective.

Combined with the Breath Concealment Technique from the Nameless Daoist Book for specialized stealth, even a Nascent Soul cultivator would find it difficult to detect its flaws.

The Yin Demon Slash is an upgraded version of the Blood Spirit Diamond.

Normally, a portion of the body’s essence is condensed, and then released all at once during combat, making it indestructible.

The power of this secret technique is closely related to the cultivator’s strength.

The higher one’s cultivation level, the purer and more concentrated one’s true essence, and the greater the power of the Yin Demon Slash.

The jade slip records that if a Nascent Soul cultivator can refine their true essence to the highest level, their Yin Demon Slash can even tear through space and shatter the void. It can

achieve something similar to the Crescent Moon Slash from the Forbidden Land’s wind-element inheritance—a true power surge.

It can only be said that

in the ancient war ,

gods fought, and mortals suffered.

“Fellow Daoist Xiao, your fate is certainly unchangeable. I just wonder if you’d be willing to cooperate with me to accomplish something?”

Li Feiyu, the murderer and arsonist.

Inside the cave, Han Li took out a ball of light and asked.

The ball of light was Xuan Gu’s soul.

His powerful magic hand tightly gripped the ball of light, imposing all sorts of restrictions.

“Heh, since my fate is already sealed, why should I help you achieve it?”

Xuan Gu was completely calm at this moment.

There were no obstacles in their communication.

The special nature of ghost cultivators allowed him to maintain his state even after his soul was searched. The Xuanhun Body allows for relatively easy fragmentation of memories into separate souls, meaning it can also relatively easily share memories or even allow others to search and read them.

Even a Nascent Soul cultivator wouldn’t be so easily subjected to days of soul searching.

Han Li was aware of this,

and therefore, his vigilance deepened.

He paid even more attention to Xuan Gu Shangren Xiao Cha.

He even maintained a degree of suspicion regarding the memories he personally read.

After all, the Barbarian Beard at most wouldn’t allow soul searching.

But if this guy got ruthless, he could drastically alter even his own memories.

He had to be cautious.

“Fellow Daoist Xiao, you can’t say that. Helping me now is actually helping yourself. Who knows if I’ll change my mind later? And my request is very simple: you just need to cooperate and divide your soul into five parts. The main soul only needs to retain one-third of its soul power and divine consciousness,”

Han Li said with a faint smile.

This time, Xuan Gu did not refuse. After a moment of silence, he asked telepathically,

“What can I gain if I cooperate with you?”

“One of your two traitorous disciples, Ji Xuan, was reduced to ashes by me. Is this small gift satisfactory, Fellow Daoist Xiao?”

Han Li was not lying.

Ji Xuan’s remains had indeed been reduced to ashes.

Several five-colored beads, detached from the Heaven-Mending Pill, had also exploded.

“Ji Xuan, he’s dead?” “Yes

, he’s dead, utterly dead.”

Upon hearing this, Xuan Gu’s soul twitched, seemingly moved by something.

“Furthermore, if you actively cooperate with me, you will be treated well. By the way, I can also promise you, Fellow Daoist Xiao, that if we capture the Extreme Yin Old Demon of Extreme Yin Island in the future, I can hand him over to you for disposal. Fellow Daoist Xiao, what do you think?”

This time, Xuan Gu remained silent.

Han Li waited a long time for a reply, then immediately took out a set of needle-like magical artifacts.

Xuan Gu’s soul trembled violently for a moment upon seeing this set of special silver needles.

This set of needle-like magical artifacts is nothing other than a special artifact used in conjunction with the Soul Separation Technique. It can gradually weaken and dissipate the target’s consciousness. It

is even more effective against the soul.

“Fellow Daoist, do you still want to consider it?”

Han Li asked considerately.

If Xuan Gu truly refused to cooperate, he would have no choice but to use the secret techniques within the Xuan Yin Scripture to experiment on Xuan Gu himself.

“Well, if you could hand over that rebellious disciple Ji Yin to me for disposal, I would naturally cooperate fully with this small suggestion.”

Discretion is the better part of valor.

Xuan Gu was certainly being pragmatic.

After all, even if he didn’t cooperate, the other party could still use the Soul Separation Technique to slowly sever his soul.

Rather than passively weakening, it was better to actively divide himself.

Therefore, under Han Li’s witness, Xuan Gu’s soul was divided into five parts.

The largest part became the main soul, occupying one-third of the total, its strength plummeting from the Nascent Soul level to the late Core Formation stage.

The other four parts each occupied one-sixth of the total,

their strength only reaching the peak of the mid-Core Formation stage.

Han Li carefully sealed each of the five soul beams.

Afterwards

, having mastered the Dream Guiding Technique, he simply attacked Xuan Gu’s fragmented souls. He

used these fragmented souls as guinea pigs to practice the techniques of sealing, deleting, and altering memories using the Dream Guiding Technique.

Anyway, damaging the fragmented souls wouldn’t be a big deal;

it wouldn’t harm the core of a ghost cultivator.

“Li Feiyu, is this what you meant by ‘cooperating well and being treated well’?”

one of the fragmented souls angrily questioned.

“Isn’t this treating you well?”

Han Li said innocently.

“Fellow Daoist Xiao, look, by using your fragmented souls as experimental subjects, your main soul won’t suffer. Isn’t that good enough for you?”

Xuan Gu: “…”

He wanted to curse, but he didn’t dare.

More than half a year later.

Xuan Gu’s main soul:

“Li Feiyu, is this what you mean by treating me well?”

His main soul, too, began to have its memories sealed and altered.

Only now did he truly realize the terror of the person before him.

This person’s spiritual sense far surpassed his own at his peak, completely at the late Nascent Soul stage. His spiritual sense was terrifyingly powerful.

Faced with a memory seal at the level of a Nascent Soul Grandmaster, he had no chance of recovery.

Therefore,

this time,

his resistance was exceptionally

fierce. “Fellow Daoist Xiao, you misunderstand me. I did say I would treat you well. Look, I’ll test your divided soul first, and only after I’ve mastered the technique will I attack your main soul, to prevent it from suffering unnecessary torment. See, see, I’ve gone to such lengths, isn’t that good enough for you?”

Xuan Gu: “…”

He wished he could tear the person before him apart.

Unfortunately,

he couldn’t.

“My memories…”

Those happy past moments, those heartbreaking memories…

No!

Don’t lose them!

Alas, this was not Xuan Gu’s decision.

What Han Li needed was a ghost cultivator’s soul loyal to him.

“Who are you?”

“Your subordinate, Xuan Gu.”

“Who am I?”

“Master! Xuan Gu…pays homage to Master!”

The strange soul, burdened with various divine restrictions, respectfully bowed.

“To demonstrate your loyalty to me, swear another inner demon oath.”

“Yes.”

Subsequently, Xuan Gu Shangren Xiao Cha, whose memories were mostly sealed and a small portion altered, swore an unequal inner demon oath according to Han Li’s wishes. If he broke it, he would immediately suffer the backlash of the inner demon, his soul scattered and he would die. Whether

the inner demon oath was effective against ghost cultivators was unknown for the time being, but it was still a form of insurance.

…

More than two years passed quickly.

He had reached the age of 161!

During this time,

Yuan Yao received the secret technique inheritance and also cultivated the Yin Demon Slash, condensing such an attack within her body.

As for Yan Li, although she had been cultivating diligently, she had been delayed by too many miscellaneous matters in her earlier years, and in the past few years, she had not been able to break through the bottleneck of the peak of the mid-stage of the Core Formation realm.

This girl, who had previously devoted herself to helping him, had fallen far behind Yuan Yao. Even with Han Li providing abundant resources, her efforts to catch up over the years were far less effective than the top-grade spirit mines of Biling Island.

Han Li didn’t say anything about this.

He could sense that Yanli was now somewhat anxious, uneasy, and…cautious.

She could improve further on her own after returning from the Void Heaven Palace dungeon.

Han Li, Wind Spirit Root, early Nascent Soul stage.

Pseudo-Spirit Root Body, late Core Formation peak.

Qu Hun, late Core Formation peak.

Yuan Yao, late Core Formation.

Yanli, mid-Core Formation peak.

In Han Li’s spirit beast pouch:

Also:

Sixth Black Flood Dragon, level 7 peak.

Four Blood Jade Spiders, level 7 peak.

Ice-Fire

Wolf, level 7 peak. Wind Howling Eagle, level 6 peak.

Over a hundred level 6 Gold-Eating Insects, honed with a large amount of resources.

Over 60,000 level 4 Gold-Eating Insects.

Several other spirit beasts.

Xuan Gu, a late-stage Core Formation Ghost Cultivator

…

On this day,

the fragment of the Void Heaven Map in his arms suddenly stirred.

The Void Heaven Map could sense whether the Void Heaven Palace was open within an eight million li radius.

Once opened, it would change,

displaying an arrow.

Han Li took it out and examined it; indeed, an arrow indicator had appeared.

It had finally arrived.

“Follow me to battle.”

At the same time

, on the sacred mountain of Tianxing City, many cultivators possessing fragments of the Void Heaven Map opened their respective secluded cultivation caves.

The entire Chaotic Star Sea was now even more chaotic.

(End of Chapter)