Chapter 437 ·The Five Aggregates Inheritance
Chapter 437: The Five Aggregates Inheritance
“没问题，主上。”Heartmound agreed without hesitation.
Unless a cultivator possessed extraordinary talent or had profound attainments in formations, reaching the level of a Fourth-Rank Supreme Mystical Formation Master, it was extremely difficult to master a Fourth-Rank Supreme-Grade Mystical Formation.
But mastering a formation and teaching someone a formation were two different matters.
As the artifact spirit of the Heavenly Evolution Star Dipper Disk, it excelled in the Dao of Formations and could inherently assist its host in controlling the Fourth-Rank Supreme-Grade Mystical Formation【Star Dipper Life-Breath Seven Killings Grand Formation】.
“Just call me North Martial.” Chen Beiwǔ corrected her.
“Okay, North Martial.”
As soon as she finished speaking, the Heavenly Evolution Star Dipper Disk obediently floated before Chen Beiwǔ.
Chen Beiwǔ's eyes were slightly closed. The Primordial Origin True Qi and vast divine sense within his body surged forth in full force, completely enveloping and permeating the Heavenly Evolution Star Dipper Disk.
“Buzz!”
The Star Dipper Disk radiated brilliant light. Not only did it show no resistance whatsoever, it instead voluntarily opened its origin, allowing Chen Beiwǔ to leave his mark.
In an instant, a sense of seamless fusion, as though it were an extension of his own limbs, arose within Chen Beiwǔ's heart.
“Collect!”
With a thought from Chen Beiwǔ, the Heavenly Evolution Star Dipper Disk immediately transformed into a streak of flowing light and entered his dantian sea of qi, slowly revolving around the Primordial Origin Golden Core while enjoying the nourishment of Primordial Origin True Qi.
Seeing this scene, the four little fellows—Golden Egg and the others—were not stingy with their congratulations.
However, at this moment, Chen Beiwǔ's mind was more deeply immersed in understanding the might of the Heavenly Evolution Star Dipper Disk.
‘Not bad.’
Chen Beiwǔ opened his eyes and revealed a smile.
The Heavenly Evolution Star Dipper Disk was indeed a Fourth-Rank Supreme-Grade Formation Dao Mystical Treasure. It possessed numerous effects, including borrowing stars for positioning, forming formations in the void, a thousand transformations with a single thought, formations moving according to the mind, the artifact spirit replacing the formation master, evolution of stellar phenomena, formation amplification, and using the Star Dipper as a domain.
Without exaggeration, a Formation Dao Mystical Treasure of this level would be like adding wings to a tiger in the hands of a Fourth-Rank High-Grade Mystical Formation Master such as Bitter Soul True Lord. Even a late-stage Nascent Soul True Lord would have to avoid its edge and would not end up dying hastily at his hands without even having the chance to unleash the formation's might.
“North Martial, I have the 《Essential Secrets of the Celestial Stellar Trajectory Arrangement and Transformation》, 《Heavenly Evolution Great Wilderness Starfall Formation Record》, 《Void Firmament Star Dipper Domain-Reflecting Sealing Art》, and 《Ten Thousand Reversed Star Life-and-Death Formation Diagram》 here. These four are all Formation Dao inheritances compatible with the Heavenly Evolution Star Dipper Disk. Which one do you want to learn?” Heartmound enthusiastically introduced.
“What is the difference between these Formation Dao cultivation methods?” Chen Beiwǔ asked.
“《Essential Secrets of the Celestial Stellar Trajectory Arrangement and Transformation》 and 《Heavenly Evolution Great Wilderness Starfall Formation Record》 are high-level Formation Dao inheritances left behind by the Primordial Void Formation Sect.
It is said that if one comprehends them to the utmost limit, one can comprehend Fourth-Rank Heaven-Piercing Mystical Formations from them, glimpse the mysteries of Formation Dao's transformation into the Divine Transformation Realm, and attain the Dao of a Half-Step True Venerable.”
“《Void Firmament Star Dipper Domain-Reflecting Sealing Art》 and 《Ten Thousand Reversed Star Life-and-Death Formation Diagram》 are Formation Dao inheritances left behind by my previous host, Heavenly Evolution True Lord, after he comprehended the secret arts of the Primordial Void Formation Sect.
Within them are one or two Absolute Formations, thirty-one Upper Formations, sixty-four Middle Formations, and ninety-nine Lower Formations. All of them are Fourth-Rank Mystical Formations compatible with the Heavenly Evolution Star Dipper Disk, possessing boundless might.”
At this point, Heartmound paused slightly. “The first two Formation Dao inheritances are far too profound and obscure. Even I cannot teach them to you, but I can teach you the basics of the latter two Formation Dao inheritances.”
To be fair, with its active cooperation with the Heavenly Evolution Star Dipper Disk, Chen Beiwǔ only needed to grasp the basics of formations to set up formations in the void and unleash Fourth-Rank High-Grade Mystical Formations, or even Fourth-Rank Supreme-Grade Mystical Formations, though the price was a substantial reduction in formation power.
Of course, if Chen Beiwǔ were a Fourth-Rank Supreme-Grade Mystical Formation Master and his cultivation reached the late Nascent Soul Realm, with the two working together, it was confident it could perfectly unleash the might of a Fourth-Rank Supreme-Grade Mystical Formation. Even if a Nascent Soul Perfection True Lord attacked, it could defeat them.
Back then, it was precisely with its assistance that Heavenly Evolution True Lord, relying on his late-stage Nascent Soul True Lord cultivation, had established such a great reputation in the Heavenly Evolution Realm that even Nascent Soul Perfection True Lords and major cultivation sects would not casually provoke him.
“If that's the case, I'll learn all four.” Chen Beiwǔ became interested.
To transform into the Divine Transformation Realm through formations and attain the Dao of a Half-Step True Venerable—the Southern Wasteland actually possessed such an extraordinarily powerful Formation Dao inheritance!
The more skills, the better.
Even though Chen Beiwǔ possessed the Jade Clarity Immortal Art inheritance and knew how to attain the Dao through the Four Origins and cultivate to the Divine Transformation True Venerable Realm, he would not miss an inheritance of this level.
Of course, the greater reason was that high-level Mystical Formations of the Immortal Alliance were extremely valuable and required considerable resources to exchange for.
At present, Chen Beiwǔ already had to expend considerable effort merely accumulating his own cultivation resources and covering the daily cultivation expenses of Golden Egg and the other four little fellows. How could he waste a large amount of resources for no reason to exchange for high-level Mystical Formations of the Immortal Alliance?
‘Learn all of them?’
Heartmound froze for a moment, almost thinking she had heard wrong.
Even with Heavenly Evolution True Lord's monstrous aptitude, he had been unable to penetrate 《Essential Secrets of the Celestial Stellar Trajectory Arrangement and Transformation》 and 《Heavenly Evolution Great Wilderness Starfall Formation Record》, and could only take another path, creating 《Void Firmament Star Dipper Domain-Reflecting Sealing Art》 and 《Ten Thousand Reversed Star Life-and-Death Formation Diagram》.
But she did not object. Instead, she happily nodded and accepted.
Go ahead and learn!
Even she could not see through those two Formation Dao inheritances. He would learn one and be left speechless!
Chen Beiwǔ only needed to study for a year or two before he would understand what it meant for something to be impossible.
While Chen Beiwǔ and Heartmound were communicating through divine sense, Snow Le relied on its bloodline perception and found a treasure hidden extremely deeply among the many Mystical Medicines.
“呐!”
After obtaining this treasure, Snow Le immediately trotted over to Chen Beiwǔ and held it up with both hands.
Smelling the strange fragrance, Chen Beiwǔ's eyes stirred. He saw a crystalline fruit in Snow Le's palm.
It was about the size of a fist. The fruit had ridged edges and five faces, with each face bearing a membrane as thin as a cicada's wing. It looked quite peculiar.
‘This... this is a Five Aggregates Fruit!’
Chen Beiwǔ's breathing stopped for a moment, and his delight was difficult to conceal.
The Five Aggregates Fruit was no ordinary resource. It was a fifth-rank low-grade Origin Medicine. When consumed by a Divine Transformation True Venerable, it could increase cultivation, nourish the primordial spirit, alleviate Dao Decline, and maintain peak condition.
Therefore, although the Five Aggregates Fruit was a fifth-rank low-grade Origin Medicine, in the eyes of Divine Transformation True Venerables of the Immortal Alliance, its value was sufficient to rival a fifth-rank mid-grade Origin Medicine. Bounties were issued year-round to purchase it externally; otherwise, Chen Beiwǔ would not have recognized this item.
However, more importantly, Chen Beiwǔ knew that the Five Aggregates Fruit possessed all five elements and could serve as an introduction for harmonizing the Great Dao, tempering a cultivator's physical body and Nascent Soul, helping a Nascent Soul Perfection True Lord complete the Five Elements Cycle and comprehend the Five Qi Returning to the Origin.
In short, the Five Aggregates Fruit was not merely an Origin Medicine usable by Divine Transformation True Venerables. It was also a supreme treasure for a Nascent Soul True Lord seeking to break through to the Divine Transformation Realm and attain the Dao of a True Venerable, enough to increase the probability of attaining the Dao of a True Venerable by a full ten percent.
‘Such a supreme treasure actually appeared in the Heavenly Evolution True Realm!’
The light of the One-Guarding Mirror flickered within Chen Beiwǔ's spiritual platform, suppressing the distracting thoughts in his heart as he subconsciously looked toward the Battle Demon Ape.
Without exaggeration, merely possessing this Five Aggregates Fruit was enough for him to invite a Divine Transformation True Venerable from the Jade Clarity Immortal Sect to act and easily gather the cultivation resources required for Four Origins Dao Attainment.
Of course, there was no way he would take such a supreme treasure out to exchange for resources. He would only keep it for himself, preparing for his future attempt at the Divine Transformation Realm.
“It's only a fruit. If you like it, take it.” The Battle Demon Ape's expression remained unchanged.
Possessing the Battle Demon Physique, it could sense the vast spiritual energy contained within the Five Aggregates Fruit.
Unfortunately, its bloodline was powerful, it was naturally endowed with all five elements, and its cultivation had already reached the limit of the Demon King Realm, possessing nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years of Dao cultivation. Even consuming the Five Aggregates Fruit would be completely useless.
Simply put, there were only two things that could move its heart now: one was an opponent evenly matched with it, or even one with hope of defeating it; the other was the Creation Dao Rhymes lacking from this secret realm.
The Five Aggregates Fruit was neither, so it was better used to cultivate an opponent.
“Gulp.”
Snow Le stared intently at the Five Aggregates Fruit and swallowed, yet saliva continued dripping from the corner of its mouth.
The Battle Demon Ape was a Creation Origin Beast and could resist the temptation of the Five Aggregates Fruit, but it found it difficult to resist.
Its intuition told it that eating the precious fruit before it could greatly increase its Dao cultivation and break the bloodline shackles within its body, but it was also possible that its own Dao cultivation was insufficient and it would squander a precious treasure.
Seeing Snow Le like this, Chen Beiwǔ felt somewhat moved.
As a great thief, it was truly not easy for Snow Le to restrain the greed in its heart.
At this moment, it was not only Snow Le. Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and Zhi Ling's gazes also focused on the Five Aggregates Fruit.
“Are you confident you can properly nourish this fruit?” Chen Beiwǔ asked through thought.
After the passage of countless years, although this Five Aggregates Fruit looked crystal clear and emitted a rich strange fragrance, it had actually already lost some vitality and suffered some loss of medicinal efficacy.
“呐。”
Snow Le nodded, then shook its head, indicating that it could give it a try but was not necessarily capable of nourishing it properly.
“It's fine to give it a try. I'll leave this Five Aggregates Fruit to you to cultivate.” Chen Beiwǔ smiled.
After spending so much time together, he understood Snow Le's temperament very well.
Compared to consuming Mystical Medicines and Origin Medicines, cultivation was Snow Le's true hobby. There was no need to fear the little fellow secretly eating it!
“I also found a treasure here.”
Golden Egg leaned its head over and handed over the jade bottle in its claw.
The label on the jade bottle clearly bore three large characters: “Nascent Soul Formation Pill”.
Chen Beiwǔ opened the jade bottle and took a sniff, then had Snow Le inspect it. He could confirm that the jade bottle contained a Nascent Soul Formation Pill. There was no fake.
“汪。”“嘤。”
Iron Egg and Zhi Ling exchanged a glance and began organizing the remaining heavenly treasures and earthly treasures, seeing whether they could find the Four Origins Dao Attainment resources North Martial lacked.
Especially the Clear Heart Marrow, Condensed Truth Heavenly Dew, and Soul Sand of Fixed Sight required for One-Origin Dao Attainment.
“Senior, do you know of the Primordial Void Formation Sect?” Chen Beiwǔ looked toward the Battle Demon Ape and asked about the main matter.
He had three purposes for entering the Heavenly Evolution True Realm: first, to spar with the Battle Demon Ape and roughly determine his own strength;
second, to attempt to obtain Heavenly Evolution True Lord's inheritance and prepare the resources for One-Origin Dao Attainment in advance; third, to inquire about information from the Battle Demon Ape.
“I know of it.” The Battle Demon Ape answered concisely.
Chen Beiwǔ waited for a while and found that the Battle Demon Ape had no intention of continuing, so he could only press on with another question: “Senior, are you interested in the ruins of the Primordial Void Formation Sect?”
The Battle Demon Ape's combat strength was unparalleled. If it was interested in the ruins of the Primordial Void Formation Sect, they might be able to join forces and develop them together.
“Not interested.” The Battle Demon Ape glanced at Chen Beiwǔ.
“What if there are many experts within the ruins of the Primordial Void Formation Sect whose strength far surpasses mine?” Chen Beiwǔ probed.
“I'm not going out.” The Battle Demon Ape shook its head, its tone pausing slightly. “Going out means death.”
Hearing this, Chen Beiwǔ's heart skipped slightly.
Going out meant death?!
Were the waters of the Southern Wasteland really that deep? Even a powerhouse like the Battle Demon Ape had to hide within the Heavenly Evolution True Realm!
“Senior, do you have enemies outside?” Chen Beiwǔ slightly furrowed his brows.
“No, the outside world is a land of great calamity.” The Battle Demon Ape spoke each word distinctly.
Heavenly Evolution True Lord had once said that fighting to the death and actively seeking death were two entirely different concepts.
It was not afraid of death. What it feared was failing to find an opponent capable of validating the intent of battle.
Compared to dying for nothing, it was more willing to follow the instinctive intuition of its bloodline: ‘Stay within the Heavenly Evolution True Realm, and sooner or later I will find an evenly matched opponent, undergo rebirth, and advance to the Fifth-Realm Demon Venerable Realm.’
“So Senior plans to stay in the Heavenly Evolution True Realm for your entire life?” Chen Beiwǔ was somewhat surprised.
According to the temperament of the Battle Demon Ape clan, the more dangerous the outside world was and the more powerful experts there were, the more excited the Battle Demon Ape should become.
“No, my Prison Demon Dao is nearing perfection.” The Battle Demon Ape turned its head toward the exit of the secret realm.
Once its Prison Demon Dao reached perfection, it would possess the strength to battle even a Divine Transformation True Venerable, allowing it to freely venture outside and enjoy the pleasure of battle.
Hearing this, Chen Beiwǔ glanced at the chains around the Battle Demon Ape and became thoughtful.
To draw closer to the relationship, he had naturally prepared something.
“Senior, do you need a cultivation art for battle?” Chen Beiwǔ asked softly.
“What cultivation art?”
The Battle Demon Ape instinctively sensed something unusual. It was the spiritual intuition that arose upon encountering something good.
“《Great Freedom Chaotic-Heaven Battle Immortal Art》.” Chen Beiwǔ spoke solemnly.
The Great Freedom Chaotic-Heaven Battle Immortal Art was also known as the 《Heaven-Surpassing Ten Thousand Transformations Battle One-Qi True Scripture》. It was a fragmentary cultivation art recorded in the Jade Clarity Immortal Sect's library, suitable for cultivation by the Battle Demon Ape clan.
“Can.” The Battle Demon Ape nodded slightly.
With a thought, Chen Beiwǔ took out a jade slip and inscribed the cultivation art.
The Dao was not lightly transmitted!
Although the Great Freedom Chaotic-Heaven Battle Immortal Art only had fragmentary immortal art remaining, it was still not something ordinary cultivators could read.
Even though Chen Beiwǔ was the Jade Clarity Chief Disciple and a permanent sect lecturer, he could only view the first layer of the Battle Immortal Art.
“If Senior is interested, I'll find a way to gather the remaining cultivation art.”
Chen Beiwǔ flicked his finger, and the jade slip landed before the Battle Demon Ape.
The Battle Demon Ape accepted it and took a look, its eyes faintly lighting up.
Compared to the Prison Demon Dao taught by Heavenly Evolution True Lord, this cultivation art was more compatible with the bloodline of the Battle Demon Ape clan. Unfortunately, only the first layer of the cultivation art remained.
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Black Stone Gorge.
Shu You stood quietly outside the cave dwelling, waiting.
As the sky grew increasingly dark, the cave dwelling suddenly opened, and a voice came from within.
“Come in.”
“Yes.” Shu You cupped her hands in salute and quickly entered the cave dwelling.
“How are the sect cultivators being deployed? Has any follow-up intelligence arrived regarding the ruins at First Heaven?” Chen Beiwǔ went straight to the point.
Seven days passed in the blink of an eye. Tomorrow was the day he would lead the army to attack Severing Dragon Cliff.
But during this period, he had been in secluded cultivation comprehending the formations of the Primordial Void Formation Sect. His information had been cut off, and he had not had time to learn the latest intelligence.
“The sect cultivators can depart at any time. They only need the Patriarch to give the order.”
Shu You lowered her head slightly and replied, “As for First Heaven, the sect sent word that the Flame Mountain spanning ten thousand li is truly extraordinary. Even Nascent Soul True Lords have difficulty entering within one thousand li of it.”
“One Supreme Elder of the Azure Spirit Sect refused to believe it and forcibly entered the Flame Mountain, ultimately meeting the fate of death and falling. As a result, seven days have passed, yet no one has been able to activate the gate of the Primordial Void Formation Sect and open it.”
“Which Supreme Elder of the Azure Spirit Sect died?”
Chen Beiwǔ raised an eyebrow, keenly sensing that something was wrong. How could a Nascent Soul True Lord perish so easily, dying at the outskirts of the Primordial Void ruins?
This person had either deliberately faked his death to escape or had fallen victim to an expert's ambush.
“Floating-Li True Lord Jiang Buyao. He was previously the Nascent Soul True Lord responsible for guarding Severing Dragon Cliff.” Shu You answered.
“Oh, so that means Severing Dragon Cliff now has only two Nascent Soul cultivators stationed there.” Chen Beiwǔ revealed a faint smile.