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Chapter 322: Chapter 319: Divine Beast
"No wonder Ying Wuqing was able to attain the title of War God by cultivating the Chaos True Demon Body."
Gu Jinlai put down the Chaos True Demon Body he was holding in his hands.
Compared to the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Method, the Chaos True Demon Body has a most noticeable feature, which is its inclusiveness.
It encompasses all streams!
The powers they absorb are not limited to Demon Blood Essence.
Other things, such as spiritual energy, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Fierce Beast Blood and Flesh, and so on, all fall within their scope of absorption and refinement.
It is precisely because they are not limited to Demon Blood Essence, and with the neutralization of other Spiritual Objects, that those who cultivate the Chaos True Demon Body are able to live for more than ten years.
However, at the same time, the energies contained within their bodies are too mixed and too chaotic; no matter how ingenious their Cultivation Technique, they ultimately cannot fully digest and refine all energies.
It’s like a person eating, no matter how good their body or appetite may be, if they eat without restriction, they will eventually upset their stomach.
"Compared to the Great Sun Demon God that is limited to demons, the concept behind the Chaos True Demon Body is much more ingenious. Moreover, it can even store the absorbed and refined entities within the body, nurturing a type of bloodline, thus strengthening this bloodline to the utmost and finally transforming it into Divine Skills."
There was a touch of admiration in Gu Jinlai’s eyes.
There were notes on the Chaos True Demon Body he held, along with several examples.
Their Sect Hierarch, Ying Wuqing, had refined a variety of Fierce Beast Blood and Flesh, Demon Blood Essence, and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, nurturing a Fierce Beast known as the Leech Emperor.
This type of Fierce Beast has extremely strong Recovery abilities. Ying Wuqing had faced several death-defying crises, and it was relying on this trait that he pulled through.
Moreover, this bloodline endows the body with incredible flexibility and extensibility, often catching the target off guard during combat.
For example, although Ying Wuqing is about three meters tall, he could stretch his body to seven or eight meters, and his arms could extend to three or four meters.
He can even employ constricting maneuvers like a python.
He once strangled an Upper-level Great Demon of a smaller size to death using this method.
Zhao Wuya was the same.
By constantly consuming various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and flesh, he nurtured a Fierce Beast within his body known as Black Beak.
This type of Fierce Beast possesses astonishing defensive power and life force.
With this bloodline, his combat power is no less than that of Upper Great Demons who have cultivated defensive Undying Demon Bodies.
"Compared to Demon Martial Artists, those from the Demon God Sect follow a path more fittingly described as Bloodline Warriors."
Gu Jinlai remarked.
However...
The path of the Bloodline Warrior is not an easy one to tread.
For instance, Zhao Wuya’s body had obviously become deformed.
Moreover, in the Demon God Sect, most members have features similar to those of Fierce Beasts, and some are even half-human, half-beast.
This is also why the Demon God Sect is regarded as one of the Ten Major Sects of the Demon Path.
In reality, their actions, aimed only at devils, often cause harm to the innocent, simply because they cannot control themselves.
Still, this does not serve as an excuse for them to whitewash their actions.
The fact that the Demon God Sect belongs to the Ten Demonic Sects won’t change because of their intentions.
"In this world, in addition to the naturally grown Fierce Beasts and Sea Beasts, there are spirit beasts cultivated by Heavenly Masters and... those Divine Beasts that receive favor from the heavens and earth, possessing immense power."
Gu Jinlai said.
Fierce Beasts lack intelligence and are powerful, mutated wild animals—with only a very few reaching the level comparable to Upper Great Demons.
Sea Beasts refer to those large mutated creatures in the ocean, influenced by their living environments, and their growth limit can reach the level of a Demon King.
As for spirit beasts...
Heavenly Dragon Wood falls within the category of spirit beasts.
Even Ruins Beasts, to some extent, are considered a type of spirit beast.
They are powerful War Weapons evolved through successive spirit coalescence by Heavenly Masters.
And Divine Beasts...
They can be called a wise species.
Every Divine Beast even has a special method akin to "Memory Inheritance," allowing them to analyze information from their own genes and gain a wealth of wisdom and memories, far beyond the comprehension and experience of humans.
These naturally favored Innate Divine Beasts are often very powerful.
The "True Immortals," legendary among cultivators since ancient times, are actually achieved by emulating the Cultivation of Divine Beasts.
The primary material of Gu Jinlai’s Qiankun Ring is the legacy left by the Innate Divine Beast "Mirage" after its death.
Weapons like Tian Ji Sword, Star Heart, Void, Light, and World Sword are considered Divine because their primary materials are crafted from the remains of Divine Beasts.
Therefore, Divine Weapons have spirit, life, and thoughts of their own.
In certain cases, Divine Weapons can be considered a type of man-made Divine Beast.
"Figures such as Emperor Tianji and Master Wushi became exceedingly powerful because they gained the recognition of Divine Weapons. These weapons, akin to man-made Divine Beasts, bestowed some of the Divine Beasts’ memory inheritance to their Warlords, much like an old sage accompanying them, instructing their Cultivation and enabling them to advance to inconceivable realms, trivializing their peers of the same rank..."
Gu Jinlai explained.
Anyone who can earn the recognition of a Divine Weapon has the qualification to become a protagonist of the heavens and the earth.
Unfortunately...
Getting a Divine Weapon to acknowledge one as its master is not an easy task.
For those top powerhouses, it is not about choosing the heir to a Divine Weapon from among their disciples, but rather the Divine Weapon choosing who it will, and only then does one become their disciple, to be cultivated with all their might.
The chance for a Divine Weapon to acknowledge its master is virtually akin to ascending to the heavens in a single step for an ordinary person.
"I think I’ve roughly figured out the next evolution of the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Method,"
said Gu Jinlai.
He had thought of the methods that Devas and Demon Kings used to confront each other.
The momentum of Heaven and Earth.
Divine Skills.
Especially Divine Skills, whether for Devas or Demon Kings, having Divine Skills or not is an entirely different concept.
Moreover, the word ’Divine’ in Divine Skills originally came from cultivators imitating the innate abilities of Divine Beasts to derive powerful Killing Moves.
In other words, Divine Beasts are the source of all Divine Skills.
Of course, some Divine Skills have been modified by countless humans over thousands, even tens of thousands of years, and have long surpassed their original forms. However, as Innate Divine Beasts with inherited memories, the Divine Skills they possess can only be described as inconceivable.
"If the Chaos True Demon Body is nurtured with various nutrients for a particular bloodline... and this bloodline suppresses the riot of other bloodlines, then as long as this bloodline is strong enough, it could break the shackles and evolve from a Fierce Beast into a Divine Beast..."
Even without invoking Qingguang, Gu Jinlai could already see the relationship between the two.
Just thinking about Fierce Beasts, whose growth ceiling was only at the Great Demon Level, and Earthly True Immortals who sought inspiration from Divine Beasts to comprehend the True Immortal Dao Fruit...
The gap seemed a bit large.
"I can only take it one step at a time, first acquiring a trace of a Divine Beast’s might to derive Divine Skills. If Demon God Warriors have Divine Skills like Devas and Demon Kings, they might well be able to compete with them,"
thought Gu Jinlai.
If the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Method were to follow the path of the Chaos True Demon Body, the most suitable Innate Divine Beast...
He immediately thought of the Great Sun Golden Crow.
Regrettably, though...
He had never heard the name of this Innate Divine Beast.
The many books he had read mentioned Innate Divine Beasts like Willow, White Tiger, Suan Ni, Phoenix, Vermilion Bird, Huashe Snake, Qilin, Azure Dragon, Qiongqi, Bai Ze, Xuanwu, Bifang, Bashe Snake, Chongming Bird, and so on.
But the Golden Crow...
Was not among them.
"Since ancient times, according to some texts and legends, there are a total of one hundred and twenty-eight named Innate Divine Beasts. Yet, less than half of these one hundred and twenty-eight Innate Divine Beasts have been confirmed to exist. More than half remain in obscurity within legends due to their exceedingly mystical nature, such as the Candle Dragon, Chaos, Kunpeng Bird, Di Jiang, Yinglong, and so on."
Although even the mythical Divine Beasts do not include the Golden Crow, who knows if these Divine Beasts simply have not appeared yet?
One hundred and twenty-eight Divine Beasts were slowly added and supplemented over tens of thousands of years to reach that number.
"There’s no need to rush. Let’s see if the True Understanding of Celestial Immortals, which directly points to the Earthly True Immortal, can inspire further insights when I review it. Nothing could be better than that,"
mused Gu Jinlai as he quietly digested the insights he had gained from comprehending the Chaos True Demon Body.
Time flowed on.
On the last day before the opening of the Divine Sword Tournament, the followers of the Earth Mother Divine Sect arrived belatedly.
However, unlike the Devas of other forces who had not yet arrived, the Earth Mother Divine Sect was exceedingly ostentatious.
Not only did Gaia, who was worshipped as a deity and called the Earth Mother within the sect, arrive, but she also brought many elites.
There were sixteen Monarchs of Primordial Spirit alone.
Although they could not rival the Human Immortal Hall, this force was enough to make anyone take note.
Especially before the Earth Mother Divine Sect’s arrival, Purple Night Sword Sect, which had come a few hours earlier, also brought four Monarchs of Primordial Spirit.
Among them was Mu Yun, Sword Master Yi Yun’s senior disciple and the next designated Purple Night Divine Sword Master, prompting speculations if the Earth Mother Divine Sect and Purple Night Sword Sect were prepared to contend against the Earth Immortal Palace and Human Immortal Hall.
Soon enough, Gu Jinlai’s guess was confirmed.
Through the mediation of Lu Zhanxian, the Sect Hierarch Gao Lun communicated the Earth Mother Divine Sect’s resolve to advance or retreat together with Lingxiao City, Purgatory Sect, Cold Moon Sect, and Netherworld Sect, preventing the Earth Immortal Palace and the Human Immortal Hall from swallowing up their seven great forces in one go.
This hierarch even subtly hinted that they had already made contact with Imperial Advisor Tai Yuan.
If the Earth Immortal Palace and Human Immortal Hall dared to make a forceful move, they would not hesitate to let the wolf into the house and fight a destructive battle with them.
In response, Gu Jinlai did not refuse.
After all, his biggest threat in the Divine Sword Tournament was from the Earth Immortal Palace and Human Immortal Hall.
...
Several hours later, the time for the official start of the Divine Sword Tournament arrived.
The powerhouses from the Seven Great Sects, including those from the Human Immortal Hall and Earth Immortal Palace, gathered together in the largest palace of the Human Immortal Hall.
It was also at this moment that Gu Jinlai saw Wu Tiandi, the Hall Master of the Human Immortal Hall.
He looked like an unremarkable middle-aged man who would be hard to identify in a crowd.
Yet, with the nickname "Human Slaughter," it was clear that nobody would dare to see him as an ordinary person.
While he was sizing up Wu Tiandi, this Peak Heavenly Being also perceived something, turned around, and smiled nodding his head at him.
Before they could greet each other further, a broad-built man in a blood-red robe emerged from the inner hall and, without any preamble, placed a tome on a high platform in the center of the hall.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I know you have your guard up against me, thinking that I convened the Divine Sword Tournament with the intent to swallow up your sects, but you underestimate my ambition,"
said the man in the blood-red robe. Amidst the expectant and speculative gazes of the crowd, he made a beckoning gesture, "This is the True Understanding of Celestial Immortals, please feel free to peruse it."
