Beast Taming: I Have an Immortal Mansion

"In my ignorant youth, I stumbled upon a Cultivation Method and tried it out of curiosity, only to realize it was a Soul Dao Technique. I destroyed the tome afterward and ceased my practice. If that’s a crime, then by all means, Senior, go ahead and report me."

Fang Qingyuan was gambling on Tu Wuzhao’s pride. As the leader of Black Wind Valley, if she were to go running to the Great Zhou Academy with a complaint, word of it would make her a laughingstock to Black Wind Valley’s rivals for a hundred years.

’Besides, when it comes to the rampant practice of Soul Dao Techniques, isn’t your Black Wind Valley the worst offender?’

Sure enough, Tu Wuzhao had only been trying to intimidate him. Seeing that Fang Qingyuan was not afraid, she continued:

"What’s the big deal about practicing a Soul Dao Technique? If you’re truly interested in this path, our Black Wind Valley has far more profound tomes to offer you."

"And another thing. You used to practice the Beast Taming Sect’s *True Manual of the Five Spirits Transforming Baleful Qi and Refining Form*, didn’t you? That Zuo Changsheng fellow tended to get bogged down in trivialities. He was a decent person, but it’s a pity he never reached Divinity Transformation."

"That Cultivation Technique has a clear ceiling. It was created by a Nascent Soul Cultivator who couldn’t even reach Divinity Transformation. No matter how well you cultivate it, the best you can hope for is to become a Nascent Soul Cultivator yourself. And now that you’ve left the Beast Taming Sect, you can forget about their core techniques."

"So, what do you say? Just give the word, and I can teach you the *Six Desires Celestial Demon Transformation*, a part of one of Black Wind Valley’s core tomes, the *Unhindered Celestial Demon Soul Capturing Sutra*. This is a foundational text that leads directly to Divinity Transformation. If you join our sect, it’s not out of the question that you could receive the entire *Unhindered Celestial Demon Soul Capturing Sutra* in the future."

Her words made Fang Qingyuan’s heart race. Just as Tu Wuzhao’s perceptive gaze had discerned, he had already modified the *True Manual of the Five Spirits Transforming Baleful Qi and Refining Form* he practiced beyond recognition.

Zuo Changsheng’s original technique for the Nascent Soul Realm was now a completely different beast from the version of the *True Manual of the Five Spirits Transforming Baleful Qi and Refining Form* that Fang Qingyuan was currently cultivating.

Ever since his five spirits had merged with the Five Directions Star Realm in his Immortal Mansion, Fang Qingyuan’s current cultivation path had little to do with Zuo Changsheng’s original design.

In other words, Fang Qingyuan’s primary Cultivation Method had shifted from relying on the wisdom of his predecessor to being a product of his own research. This was what was commonly known as creating one’s own technique.

If Fang Qingyuan could condense all the insights from his practice, he could establish his own lineage. Unlike the branches sanctioned by the Great Zhou Academy, this would be the founding of a truly new and independent sect.

But the path of creating one’s own Cultivation Technique was incredibly arduous, fraught with uncertainty and covered in thorns. It was nowhere near as stable as following the wide, open road paved by one’s predecessors.

And as a core tome of Black Wind Valley, the *Unhindered Celestial Demon Soul Capturing Sutra* represented one of the broadest and most established of those paths in this realm.

According to the information Fang Qingyuan had gathered, Black Wind Valley’s origins lay with the Ten Thousand Laws Sect, one of the eight ancient sects. The Ten Thousand Laws Sect, in turn, was one of the eight great powers that had migrated to this realm from the outside in ancient times, with its ultimate source being the Great Thousand Realms.

By that logic, the *Unhindered Celestial Demon Soul Capturing Sutra* wasn’t created by some Divinity Transformation expert from the original Ten Thousand Laws Sect or the current Black Wind Valley. Instead, it was a foundational text brought over from a "mother realm," making its value incalculable.

’Offering to teach me such an important tome... Is Tu Wuzhao really that generous?’

Seeing the distant look in Fang Qingyuan’s eyes as he was lost in thought, Tu Wuzhao reached out and rapped him on the head before asking:

"It’s the *Six Desires Celestial Demon Transformation*, not the entire *Unhindered Celestial Demon Soul Capturing Sutra*. Don’t get it twisted. Never mind. I’ll give you some time to consider it. I have to go back now. I’ve been possessing her for too long, and the girl can’t handle it."

The moment her voice faded, Tu Dai’Er’s own presence returned to her body. She gasped desperately for breath, like a drowning person breaking the surface for their first gulp of fresh air. Her chest heaved so violently that it sent faint, trembling ripples through the surrounding air.

"What was my Master like just now?"

Once she had somewhat caught her breath, Tu Dai’Er immediately asked her question. Only after Fang Qingyuan, still a bit puzzled himself, recounted what Tu Wuzhao had done and said did Tu Dai’Er let out a sigh of relief.

"Good. She was in her most reasonable form. If she had descended in one of her other forms, you would’ve been in for some serious trouble."

At this, Fang Qingyuan’s curiosity was piqued. ’Listening to Dai’Er,’ he wondered, ’does practicing this *Six Desires Celestial Demon Transformation* give you split personalities or something?’

So Fang Qingyuan asked Tu Dai’Er about it. Since her master had opened the door to recruiting him and offered to teach him the *Six Desires Celestial Demon Transformation*, Tu Dai’Er didn’t hold back, candidly explaining the mysteries of the Cultivation Technique.

As it turned out, cultivating the *Six Desires Celestial Demon Transformation* involved six form transformations and nine Divine Techniques.

The first six transformations required one to conquer the six desires of one’s consciousness. Conquering each desire would grant a corresponding Divine Technique.

The final three Divine Techniques, however, could only be obtained after entering the Divinity Transformation realm. The process of conquering the six desires had to be completed during the Nascent Soul Stage.

Each of the six desires and their corresponding Divine Techniques was bizarrely and shockingly powerful. The combat prowess they granted was enough to place a Cultivator among the top tier of all Nascent Soul experts.

However, Tu Wuzhao later integrated these six desires into a Divine Spirit incarnation she was also cultivating. That was why her possessing spirit had six different forms. An ordinary Cultivator practicing the *Six Desires Celestial Demon Transformation* would not have this issue.

Hearing this, Fang Qingyuan felt much more at ease. ’Wait a minute,’ he thought, ’I haven’t even decided to switch techniques. What am I getting relieved about?’

’But still... the prestige of the *Unhindered Celestial Demon Soul Capturing Sutra* is on another level. It’s an offer that’s almost impossible to refuse.’