Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

"If you're truly set on cultivating, I happen to have the Secret Patterns for Lesser Yang, True Yang, and Spiritual Yang right here. You've already obtained the Pure Yang Secret Pattern, and if you add the Fiery Yang Secret Pattern and what seems to be the aura of the Greater Yang Secret Pattern from you, that makes six types of Yang Secret Patterns, doesn't it? The Six Yang Celestial Skill might not be as good as the Nine Yang Celestial Skill, but if you could fuse them all into one, it would be far more powerful than the Profound Sun Scripture created by the Great Emperor."

Just as Yang Xiao was racking his brain for the best solution, the Emperor's Weapon Spirit spoke calmly.

Upon hearing this, it was as if Yang Xiao had a realization. His eyes suddenly lit up!

'Six Yang, Nine Yang... the most crucial point is fusion. Within the Nine Yang Celestial Skill, the so-called Nine Yang is the Dao of fusing nine types of Yang Power, but it doesn't specify nine types of Secret Patterns. And if, just as the Emperor's Weapon Spirit said, I cultivate the Six Yang Celestial Skill, I would also have to find a method to fuse these six types of Yang Power...'

The more he thought about it, the more Yang Xiao felt he had grasped the key.

'The foundation of the Nine Yang Celestial Skill is its seventy-two Small Divine Techniques and thirty-six Great Divine Techniques. They are all Divine Marvelous Techniques that can be perfectly integrated, transforming into nine and pursuing the absolute limit of the Dao of Yang. But... if I treat the Divine Pills and Divine Aspects condensed from these Divine Techniques as mere vessels, then why must I be confined to the Dao of Yang?'

'I have the Dao of Yang in my body—the paths of Pure Yang, Greater Yang, and Fiery Yang. But I also have the Dao of Fire. My Heaven and Earth Origin Fire is supremely noble, far stronger than Greater Yang or Devouring. Beyond those, I also have the Star Dao, Time Dao, Void Dao, Dao of Metal, Dao of Wood, and the Devouring Dao. With so many Great Daos at my disposal, why should I limit myself to just the Dao of Yang? Can't I walk every single one?'

The moment this thought surfaced, Yang Xiao's eyes blazed.

The more he considered it, the more certain he became.

He couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"What's wrong with you, little one?"

The Emperor's Weapon Spirit was startled.

It thought Yang Xiao had lost his mind.

But when it heard Yang Xiao's thoughts, it too was stunned.

'How can such a crazy human exist in this world? If he cultivates like this, and actually succeeds, wouldn't that mean...'

Even the Emperor's Weapon Spirit.

It couldn't help but gasp at the thought.

'If he cultivated all his Secret Patterns into Divine Pills and Divine Aspects, and then fused them all together... that power would be simply unimaginable.'

'One must understand that Mortal Martial Artists, in their cultivation, never even touch upon the level of Secret Patterns. Even geniuses must reach the True Intent Stage—a Pseudo Divine Power Realm—before they can begin to perceive them. Thus, anyone who can cultivate a Secret Pattern to Great Success and merge it with a Divine Pill *before* reaching the Small Divine Ability Realm is, without exception, a peerless genius.'

'Furthermore, Secret Patterns are difficult to cultivate and require a vast amount of time.'

'Even for a genius, spending a thousand years to cultivate a single Secret Pattern to its limit is an incredible feat, enough to step into the Demigod Realm. Yet now, Yang Xiao actually wants to cultivate *all* the Secret Patterns he possesses to their limits, and he wants to accomplish this and fuse them into Divine Pills before even reaching the Small Divine Ability Realm.'

Such an individual, on such a cultivation path... even the Emperor's Weapon Spirit was secretly astounded.

But upon careful consideration...

It wasn't entirely impossible.

'Ordinary people, even typical geniuses, can't cultivate so many Great Dao Secret Patterns for two simple reasons: not enough time, and not enough wisdom. This little one before me has plenty of time, with the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion accelerating it for him by a thousandfold. He also has boundless wisdom. He may look young, but his wisdom seems endless, not like a teenager at all, more like an old relic who has lived for millions of years. If he's the one doing the cultivating, it might actually be possible for him to succeed.'

'However, the most formidable aspect of the Nine Yang Celestial Skill is its fusion of the Nine Yang into one, forming a power of Supreme Yang and Firmness. The nine types of Yang Power are all, by nature, Yang, so they naturally have common ground. But the Great Dao Secret Patterns he's cultivating are varied and complex, with no shared characteristics. In the end, how could they possibly be fused?'

At this thought, the Emperor's Weapon Spirit once again felt the task was simply too difficult.

But after a moment of contemplation, Yang Xiao began to laugh.

He had found a solution.

He immediately spoke up.

"Human Emperor Xuanyuan's Void Sword Manual is a Supreme Technique that uses one Dao to contain the Ten Thousand Dao. That's why when he struck with his sword, it carried the might of the Ten Thousand Dao and was so incredibly powerful. Even though his Innate aptitude was inferior to the previous four Human Emperors, his strength was in no way inferior, and he held the Human Emperor Position for nearly a million years. I also have the Void Sword Manual. How could I not follow his example?"

The Emperor's Weapon Spirit's mind reeled upon hearing this.

A divine light flashed in its eyes.

After a long while.

It finally sighed, "Back then, if the Great Emperor had your wisdom and opportunities, perhaps he wouldn't have needed to create the Profound Sun Scripture himself."

For the first time.

In the eyes of the Emperor's Weapon Spirit, Yang Xiao's talent and wisdom surpassed those of its master and creator, the Profound Sun Emperor.

Yang Xiao, however, didn't feel the least bit honored.

In fact, he found it perfectly natural.

He had the accumulated experience of three lifetimes.

'If I can't even surpass Junior Brother Xuan Yang, what was the point of living this third life?'

'Besides, my enemy is so powerful, an existence possibly on par with Celestial Emperor Yuan Shi. He even plotted against my own Master, the one hailed as the second greatest saint in the universe.'

'He might not have perished, but the destruction of the Nine Yang Celestial Palace was an undeniable fact.'

'It just went to show how formidable that enemy was.'

'If I can't forge a completely new path and cultivate an unparalleled Cultivation Technique, how could I possibly contend with such an opponent in the future?'

Of course, he only came to this realization thanks to the Emperor's Weapon Spirit's reminder.

If it hadn't pointed out the flaw in the Nine Yang Celestial Skill—explaining that the so-called Nine Yang Secret Pattern he'd received was actually just the Fiery Yang Secret Pattern—he would have likely already condensed a Supreme Divine Pill by now.

And his future achievements would have been severely limited.

However, he didn't blame his master, Nine Yang Supreme. 'For a master and senior to hold something back... isn't that perfectly normal?'

But while he could understand it.

He still found the act somewhat distasteful.

'So be it. I'll just abandon his path entirely.'

'And now it seems that, even if the Nine Yang Celestial Skill had no flaws, this path of mine, which combines the advantages of both the Void Sword Manual and the Nine Yang Celestial Skill, seems to be even more powerful than purely cultivating the Nine Yang Celestial Skill.'

'Of course, it would also be far more difficult.'

However, the Void Sword Manual's path of using one Dao to contain the Ten Thousand Dao.

It was a Technique he had comprehended in his second life.

It was naturally more suited to him. No matter how much more difficult it was, Yang Xiao was confident he could cultivate it to Perfection.

'To use one Dao to contain the Ten Thousand Dao, the most important thing is the foundation of that one Dao itself. My foundation is the Heaven and Earth Origin Flame. Therefore, before condensing the Divine Pills, I must cultivate all my Secret Patterns to their highest level, then fuse them with my Heaven and Earth Origin Flame before finally condensing the Divine Pills. This will take a lot of time, but once I succeed and fuse the power of all the Divine Pills through the Heaven and Earth Origin Flame, the resulting power will surely be terrifying.'

A thought sparked in Yang Xiao's mind.

This was his method of fusion. And with Human Emperor Xuanyuan's precedent, it promised to be even more formidable than fusing nine types of Yang Power.

And far more difficult.

But Yang Xiao was not afraid.

For this was his Dao.

Only by doing this could he truly contend with the one who had plotted against him.

'The path is set. Next is cultivation. The first challenge is the fusion of the Secret Patterns...'

A glint in his eyes, Yang Xiao closed them.

Just as Yang Xiao immersed himself in cultivation, attempting to fuse his Secret Patterns with the Heaven and Earth Origin Fire...

「On the Holy Celestial Continent.」

A terrifying presence descended.

Within Shenghua Palace, a will Clone created by Elder Long, which had been awaiting the arrival of the Holy Celestial Divine King, instantly snapped open its long-closed eyes.

"The Holy Celestial Divine King... has finally arrived."