Myriad Daos of the Heaven

For this seclusion, Jiang Jichen chose the altar in the Poison Prison.

It was the same Poison Blood Medicine Pool where Youu had been submerged before.

The bodies in the Poison Prison had been cleared out, but a grim aura still lingered.

After all, far too many people had died here.

Jiang Jichen sat cross-legged on the Ancient Teleportation Altar and entered his deepest state of cultivation.

First, he began to stir the pieces of the Two-cornered Sky Killing Array within his body, attempting to fuse them.

If he could fuse them, the Azure Heaven Killing Array would be more complete, and its power would naturally be even more terrifying.

It would become another one of his ultimate trump cards.

Right now, his ultimate moves included the fused Poison-Devouring Pearl Fragment, the Sky-reaching Sword, the Slay Me Enlightenment Sword, and the Dao-Slaying Eternal Saber.

But against the true top-tier experts of the Six Paths Illusion Realm, these techniques were simply not enough.

For example, these moves would likely be ineffective against the top thirty Cultivators on the Six Paths Illusion Realm’s expert rankings.

Therefore, Jiang Jichen needed even stronger ultimate trump cards.

Of course, if he unsealed his Seven-Colored Spiritual Vein, he would have no reason to fear these people.

But the Six Paths Illusion Realm had existed for countless ages. How could the true peerless masters be found on some list?

For instance, Youu was a perfect example.

He alone could probably defeat everyone on the Six Paths Illusion Realm’s expert rankings.

It was only after seeing Youu that Jiang Jichen understood the Six Paths Illusion Realm was far more complex than it appeared on the surface.

Perhaps this world still concealed Nascent Soul Fusion masters who had reached the Invincible Realm.

Such beings, though they were at the Nascent Soul Fusion stage, had already reached the level of a Saint.

Perhaps... even stronger!

After all, the Six Paths Illusion Realm was a space that couldn’t be judged by common sense.

Jiang Jichen focused his mind, cleared all distracting thoughts, and began to stir the Two-cornered Sky Killing Array inside him.

Upon reaching the Spirit Infant Realm, one could actually carve out a space within their own body, inside the Qi Sea.

However, this space was very small and could only store Spiritual Objects.

For example, even a Storage Bag could be placed inside.

And if a person died, this internal space would collapse, and the Storage Bag would fall out.

The space was extremely limited and wouldn’t expand much even upon reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.

Only by stepping into the Saint Realm could one carve out a true internal space in their Qi Sea.

At that point, the space would be as vast as a typical Low-Level Storage Bag.

It was said that true Divine-Demon Great Powers could carve out a Human Body Cosmos within themselves.

But that only existed in myths and legends.

Even in his past life, when he was in the Invincible Realm, Jiang Jichen had never even touched upon this domain.

Right now, the Two-cornered Sky Killing Array was stored within the small pocket of space Jiang Jichen had carved out inside his body.

However, the Killing Intent from the Azure Heaven Killing Array was too shocking and terrifying; he had never dared to refine it into his body before.

This time, Jiang Jichen was going to fuse the two pieces of the Azure Heaven Killing Array, making them one.

Furthermore, he would refine it into his body.

And as for the Poison-Devouring Pearl, Jiang Jichen felt he could try refining it into his body like he did with the Sinking Mountain.

After all, both the Azure Heaven Killing Array and the Poison-Devouring Pearl were legendary treasures of the Six Paths, true Spiritual Objects.

As long as his physical body could withstand it, he could refine them into himself.

Jiang Jichen dared to do this because he possessed the Weapon Refining Technique.

This technique, when cultivated to the highest realm, could refine ten thousand weapons into one’s body.

But his realm wasn’t high enough yet, so he could only attempt to refine Spiritual Objects that were easier to process.

Ultimately, as long as his body could endure without collapsing, he would succeed.

Step one: the fusion of the Two-cornered Sky Killing Array!

Jiang Jichen used his Divine Thought to guide them until they touched.

BUZZ!

But in the next moment, boundless killing intent erupted. The Void shattered, and the steel bars of the prison cell turned to ash.

Jiang Jichen’s body trembled, blood seeping from his skin as his face turned pale.

But he didn’t stop. He used his Divine Thought to connect the Array Patterns on the two pieces of the Azure Heaven Killing Array, then fuse them together.

This was an incomparably dangerous process. If the Array Patterns connected or fused incorrectly, an unparalleled Power of Destruction would erupt.

This entire Poison Prison would probably be reduced to nothingness.

At this moment, his Divine Thought was like a thread, guiding the connection of the lines of the Array Patterns.

This was the ultimate test of one’s Divine Soul Power.

Fortunately, Jiang Jichen possessed a Seven-Colored Perfect Realm Divine Soul Thought, which was absurdly powerful.

But even so, he still had to grit his teeth and endure.

Sweat poured from him, mixing with blood as it dripped to the ground, silently seeping into the Teleportation Altar beneath him.

「Time passed quietly.」

One double-hour, two double-hours...

One day, two days...

It wasn’t until the tenth day that Jiang Jichen’s body went limp, and he collapsed onto the altar, exhausted to the point of death.

The two pieces of the Azure Heaven Killing Array had finally become one, growing even more powerful.

This was also the fusion of the Two-Horned Desolate Heaven Beast Hide, and the power it now emitted was even more unimaginable.

But Jiang Jichen had no energy to care about any of this.

His face was pale, without a trace of color.

He just wanted to fall into a deep sleep and never open his eyes again.

But he knew he couldn’t!

’If I fall asleep now, I might never wake up.’

This was the moment that tested his willpower.

He had to use his immense willpower to keep himself from drifting into sleep.

He painstakingly and slowly activated the Source Character Qi Condensing Technique.

Each Circulation felt like he was trying to move a great mountain forward.

But gradually, the technique began to operate more smoothly and easily.

「Three days later, Jiang Jichen recovered.」

And now, he discovered that his Divine Soul Thought had become even stronger and purer.

He continued without stopping, beginning the second step: refining the Azure Heaven Killing Array and the Poison-Devouring Pearl into his body.

This was the final step, and it was even more dangerous and unpredictable than the first.

The slightest mistake, and his physical body would be turned to ash.

"Weapon Refining Technique, use the body as a furnace, refine ten thousand weapons..."

Jiang Jichen circulated the Weapon Refining Technique and began to refine the Azure Heaven Killing Array into his body.

BOOM!

However, with just the slightest trace of fusion, countless cracks appeared on Jiang Jichen’s body, as if he were about to disintegrate.

Jiang Jichen pushed the Weapon Refining Technique to its limits, fusing it with his physical body bit by bit. The feeling of it merging with his very flesh and blood gradually emerged.

Of course, the Demon Phoenix Technique and the Undying Scripture were also operating at the same time.

In truth, the reason Jiang Jichen dared to take such a risk was that he had cultivated the Demon Phoenix Technique to the first cycle of reincarnation. Even if his physical body was destroyed and his Spirit Infant was shattered...

...as long as his Divine Thought remained, he had a chance to revive and be reborn.

Of course, that was the worst-case scenario.

Right now, things were far from that point.

But it was close. Endless Killing Intent flooded his body.

It was just like being struck by a blast from the One Corner of the Sky Killing Array.

The difference was that he could now control the amount of Killing Intent entering his body.

Then, he could slowly let it fuse with his body.

The Weapon Refining Technique, the Demon Mountain Phoenix Technique, the Undying Scripture, and the Source Character Qi Condensing Technique—all four operated in unison.

But this was still a process that required slow, grinding effort.

Fusing, destroying, refining his body, and repairing it all at once...

Another twenty days passed. Jiang Jichen’s body trembled.

The Azure Heaven Killing Array vanished from his palm, having completely merged into his body, truly becoming one with his flesh and blood.

But Jiang Jichen’s body was now in a tattered, broken state. He spent another ten days recovering, consuming countless Six Paths Spirit Stones.

Finally, he was fully healed once more.

This time, he could feel that he had become much, much stronger.

In particular, his physical body had once again undergone a baptism of Killing Intent, one even more thorough than the time in the Life Pure Land Space.

He could faintly feel that his physical body was showing signs of another breakthrough.

After recovering, Jiang Jichen once again began to circulate the Weapon Refining Technique, this time to refine the Poison-Devouring Pearl Fragment.

BOOM!

Five days later, Jiang Jichen succeeded in refining it. At the same time, his Body Cultivation Realm also broke through, and he stepped into the Golden Body Sixth Layer.

Powerful!

At this moment, that was the only sensation Jiang Jichen could feel.

This seclusion had taken Jiang Jichen over a month in total.

He had spent almost the entire time in life-or-death danger and heart-devouring pain.

At every single moment, his physical body had been on the verge of disintegration.