"The Five-Tooth Heavenly Tome, this is truly a good thing, it can supplement the power of the five elements, nurture a world and form within a person, and perhaps at a profound level, it can even help others change their constitution and cultivate spiritual roots."
Spiritual roots are immortal bones, originating from the roots of heaven and earth obtained by Ji Xiang from the Jiajing Emperor's elixirs. They are the source of all immortal bones.
This powerful force nourishes the flesh and spirit. The teachings of Primordial Heavenly Venerate do not stop because someone below has obtained a treasure; it is merely an unfeeling repeater, constantly repeating the same or similar words for thousands of years, having expounded upon various immortal scriptures countless times.
The form and spirit of the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate seem to be exerting their power. The golden lights he has summoned are becoming more numerous, none of them below single digits. These insights from the golden lights quickly transform into various spells and incantations, but the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate appears to ignore them, showing no interest in learning the appearing immortal scriptures, or perhaps he has already learned them. Occasionally, he will proactively reach out and erase the materialized immortal scriptures.
Yan Jingzhu often sighs at this action of the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate.
"The rich, sitting on a mountain of gold, claim to have no desires, while those by the side of the gold mountain can only hold a few taels of silver and gaze enviously at the pile of gold. This describes me now."
No matter how hard she tried, she could not comprehend the fifth-grade immortal scriptures, so she could only watch intently from behind, no longer actively seeking comprehension. Instead, she quickly glanced at the scriptures materialized by the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate before they disappeared, circulating them in her mind and memorizing them, fearing she might forget.
This astonished Ji Xiang.
"You don't need to compete; you can directly leech off the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate's scriptures?"
Ji Xiang had seen people leeching off books, fire, and ink, but this was the first time he saw someone leeching off immortal scriptures.
"If she were participating in the imperial examinations, wouldn't she copy the names from the neighboring papers?"
Of course, even so, Ji Xiang also noticed that the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate was largely indifferent to most of those scriptures, clearly searching for something. Combined with Yan Jingzhu's unusual behavior earlier, this gave Ji Xiang an idea.
Is the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate searching for the true Donghua Jade Scripture?
But Yan Jingzhu said she wouldn't teach him the Donghua Jade Scripture. At first, he thought she knew about it.
So, to make a bold guess, Yan Jingzhu might not have seen that page of immortal scripture at all.
If this assumption holds true, then many of the things she said before would be lies.
"She deliberately mentioned her status as someone from Shangqing multiple times because only those from Shangqing could obtain the Donghua Immortal Scripture. Is that why she said that even if I came, I wouldn't be able to comprehend anything?"
"What is the origin of this form and spirit of the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate, and even whether you are truly the Donghua Fairy, now it seems I cannot entirely believe your one-sided account."
Ji Xiang silently glanced at her, then broadened his mind and continued to comprehend. Golden lights continuously emerged. Following the Five-Tooth Immortal Scripture, two more scrolls of scriptures descended.
"The 'Dao Ji Scripture,' a person takes the body as the state, the spirit as the ruler, essence as the minister, and qi as the people. Qi transforms into essence, essence transforms into spirit, and spirit transforms into an infant... This is the Nascent Soul technique!"
"The infant is unharmed and returns to the Heavenly Gate! The Four Realms forge the sacred fetus, the Seven Realms attain the Three Flowers, the Nine Realms achieve the Five Qi, and the Tenth Realm condenses into a Golden Core. Then, in the Eleventh Realm, the Primordial Spirit departs the body. At this point, the formless Nascent Soul is already lost, transforming into the Primordial Spirit. In reality, the Nascent Soul is merely a formless state and does not truly exist!"
"But this scripture can reverse the Primordial Spirit, transform it into an infant, and recreate the immortal body. Even if the Primordial Spirit is damaged, it can return from a single strand of innate qi, transforming back into a Nascent Soul, and resuming cultivation!"
"Furthermore, the appearance of the Nascent Soul will strengthen the power of the Primordial Spirit! The 'Dao Ji Scripture' has four realms. By cultivating one more Nascent Soul, one can obtain one more Yang God!"
This was the first immortal scripture. Of course, Ji Xiang only obtained the first realm of the 'Dao Ji Scripture.' Each time, he could only condense one Nascent Soul, reverse his life once, and protect his Primordial Spirit.
As for strengthening the Primordial Spirit, cultivating a Yang God, and even higher-level transformations, Ji Xiang could not see them.
The second immortal scripture was an offensive spell.
"The 'Heavenly Cavern Scripture,' it has the Three Capital Seals, the Three Sovereigns Seals, and the Nine Heavens Great Seal. The Three Capital Seals require the cultivation of the Qi of the Three Talents, which are heaven, earth, and humanity. The Three Sovereigns Seals require the cultivation of the Qi of the Three Treasures, which are the sun, moon, and stars. The Nine Heavens Great Seal requires the cultivation of the Nine Heavens Gale Wind. I once saw the Bi Xiao Heavenly Gale Wind in Shuntian Prefecture."
"I only obtained the Three Capital Seals."
Golden lights flowed like a waterfall. Clearly, the teachings of Primordial Heavenly Venerate had reached a critical point. The form and spirit of the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate were almost enveloped by the golden light. Every time an immortal scripture appeared before him, there were at least two, but they were quickly erased and vanished without a trace.
Ji Xiang took a casual glance.
"The Middle Scripture of Immortals."
Ji Xiang's pupils trembled. Just as he was about to look closely, that scripture disappeared without a trace. He only managed to catch a glimpse of one sentence, which greatly annoyed him. From behind, he also heard the Donghua Fairy's soft exclamation:
"It's actually the 'Middle Scripture of Immortals' from the upper echelon of the fourth-grade immortal scriptures!"
The Donghua Fairy had turned into a shocked monster. Besides staring at the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate, she paid no attention to anyone else. The Lingbao Heavenly Venerate also did not react to her exclamation. The two maintained a subtle distance; as long as you don't provoke me, do whatever you want.
The 'Middle Scripture of Immortals' is a legendary scripture, dating back to the Warring States period. When Laozi passed through Hangu Pass to the west, he wrote five thousand words for Yin Xi, explaining them in fifty-five chapters. This 'Middle Scripture of Immortals' is the commentary by the True Man of Wen Shi!
A treasured immortal scripture of the Louguan Sect's legends!
"Of course, it might not be that miraculous. After all, at that time, Yin Xi had not truly entered the Dao. The Middle Scripture of Immortals was merely his superficial annotation of the Dao De Jing. However, its status is extremely important, hence its ranking as fourth grade, which is acceptable."
"What a pity, only managed to leech one sentence. Truly unlucky. I consider myself never to have cheated during exams in the past, and now I can't even leech immortal scriptures. It's hard to be a good person!"
"It must be Feng Menglong, that fellow who repeatedly failed exams. His bad luck is affecting me!"
Ji Xiang was very displeased.
He could only continue to comprehend.
Fortunately, soon appeared the "brother scripture" of the Five-Tooth Heavenly Tome, also part of the Five Talisman Sutras. The "Middle Jade Book" was obtained by Ji Xiang.
"The Dao gives birth to form, and form establishes name. The great name is heaven and earth."
"Using names to condense the five elements of heaven and earth and shape the desired state is the birth of a form and spirit. This book can be used to shape heavenly soldiers and divine generals! Unfortunately, there is no more profound part. It seems I need to continue comprehending!"
Manually shaping heavenly soldiers and divine generals is the legendary ability of the Taiping Dao leader, who could summon wind and rain, and scatter beans to create soldiers, summoning heavenly soldiers and generals with a mere gesture. Formless forms and spirits are created, imbued with the changes of the five elements to become tangible things, attached to metal, stone, wood, and earth!
Even more so, it can alter others' "origins" by creating forms and spirits corresponding to the five elements!
If a fish were given the form and spirit of a dragon, supplemented by water and wood qi, then that fish could truly leap over the dragon gate and transform into a divine dragon!
If a chicken were given the form and spirit of a phoenix, supplemented by fire qi, it could truly shed its feathers and transform into a young phoenix!
However, reaching this point is too profound. What he possesses now is merely a little bit of an introduction. This scripture is listed as fifth grade, which Ji Xiang believes is definitely too low.
Moreover, the origin of this book made Ji Xiang feel even more vigilant and fearful.
The immortal scripture was only a section, but the opening read "As stated by Yuan Huang"!
"Yuan Huang! Is he the Heavenly Heart expert who secretly influenced me last time? He is Yuan Huang, and the Tai Xu Bao Guang also came from him. I didn't expect the immortal scriptures here to be related to him. I thought this Heavenly Heart expert would be from the Song and Jin dynasties, but I saw his title in the True Spirit Rank Chart. It seems he ascended at least by the Jin Dynasty."
Perhaps the other party didn't know that a portion of the immortal scriptures he left behind would appear in the True Spirit Rank Chart, or perhaps the page of immortal scripture in the True Spirit Rank Chart recorded their scriptures?
Ji Xiang had many speculations in his mind. After all, the blank divine tablet could "update in real-time." Even if the True Spirit Rank Chart couldn't "update immortal scriptures in real-time," at least delayed updates should be possible, right?
"This ability is somewhat similar to the blank divine tablet. My guess should be correct, but there is still a huge gap compared to the blank divine tablet. The core of this thing lies in that page of the Donghua Immortal Scripture."
"In short, for Heavenly Heart realm immortal scriptures, it is necessary to learn their subtleties. Knowing yourself and your enemy allows you to counter their moves!"
The scripture that appeared next was interesting.
The Lingbao Heavenly Venerate suddenly reacted. Three immortal scriptures appeared before him. He ignored two and erased them, then took the one on the far right.
At the same time, the Donghua Fairy Yan Jingzhu also reacted.
She struck the Xi Ying Bell, slowing down the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate's movements. She was also very nervous at this moment. The Lingbao Heavenly Venerate slowly turned his head and confronted her.
She took a deep breath. Regarding the operation of snatching food from the tiger's mouth at this moment, she was extremely cautious and fearful, but she still refused to retreat. This made Ji Xiang somewhat surprised, as she had appeared particularly fearful of the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate just moments ago.
Yan Jingzhu gritted her teeth, "The Ling Shu Scripture, formed from the qi of the Eastern Nine Heavens, is the scripture transmitted by Primordial Heavenly Venerate to the Green Boy Lord. It is a third-grade immortal scripture, also known as the Green Jade Treasure Casket, which can derive the Nine Qi of Primordial Heaven, formed from a passage of the Donghua Jade Scripture."
"I didn't expect you to finally comprehend it... But you cannot take it. This truly cannot be allowed!"
The Lingbao Heavenly Venerate raised his hand, and the entire world began to shake as if to re-establish the five elements. Yan Jingzhu struck the small bell again, but the Xi Ying Bell was like scrap metal in the hands of the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate, unable to serve any significant purpose.
Golden light descended before Ji Xiang, and the power of the Five-Tooth Heavenly Tome began to operate, undisturbed by the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ji Xiang consumed the golden light around the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate.
A large amount of golden light disappeared. The Lingbao Heavenly Venerate looked towards Ji Xiang, but since Ji Xiang did not touch that immortal scripture, he did not attack Ji Xiang.
At this moment, Ji Xiang once again gained comprehension.
However, the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate disdained to pay attention to those golden lights. Seeing Yan Jingzhu confronting him, the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate made a move that left her stunned and helpless!
The Lingbao Heavenly Venerate pointed at Ji Xiang, and the Ling Shu Scripture he had just obtained fell into the golden light before Ji Xiang and vanished without a trace!
Lost scriptures would be re-sorted and transformed into new classics by the teachings of Primordial Heavenly Venerate!
The Lingbao Heavenly Venerate's gaze was devoid of joy or sorrow, but it could be felt that he was provoking the Donghua Fairy at this moment, and the Donghua Fairy was powerless against this provocation.
Furthermore, the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate was drawing upon the power of heaven and earth, and in the depths of the void, a voice seemed to resound in the Donghua Fairy's ears!
Since I cannot obtain it, neither should you!
The control over this world does not lie with you, but with me!
The Ling Shu Scripture disappeared, and Ji Xiang, with the help of the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate, gained comprehension. The three scriptures that were about to appear were all immediately replaced, and a stream of Primordial qi was born, named the "Yuqing Hidden Scripture"!
Within this book, a monstrous demonic qi brewed, containing the voices of ten thousand demons!
"The Azure Profound Two Qi, a third-grade immortal scripture, the true inherited immortal scripture of the Yuqing Heaven!"
"Hmm... yes, Hidden Scripture!"
Although Yan Jingzhu had long known that such a thing might happen, she did not expect it to happen so quickly. In fact, if the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate had not confronted her just now, Ji Xiang would not have seen even a corner of the Donghua Immortal Scripture's true appearance!
However, it seemed the Hidden Scripture had appeared.
"The Yuqing Hidden Scripture has cultivation methods of four chapters, eight stages, and twenty-four lessons. In terms of classic level, this is undoubtedly an immortal scripture unseen in the world, obtainable only by the highest saints. Moreover, because the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate infused the Ling Shu Scripture into the golden light, the resulting Yuqing Hidden Text is more substantial, likely containing more than one chapter, but less than two."
"This scripture is for cultivating the Heavenly Demon Annihilation Technique, absorbing the Dao of Life into the ten directions, and controlling heavenly demons in the northern酆. However, this method can never be cultivated by mortals, as humans cannot cultivate the Heavenly Demon Scripture for trial. Furthermore, if even a sliver of this cultivation method is accidentally leaked, one's life will be forfeit, and they will never achieve immortality."
"It can be said that ordinary cultivators would flee upon seeing this classic, and only reckless fools would rush to learn it and be overjoyed."
Yan Jingzhu exhaled a breath as she saw this true scripture materialize. The Lingbao Heavenly Venerate also seemed to be staring at Ji Xiang, looking at that scripture. Meanwhile, Yan Jingzhu apologized, saying:
"It seems your methods have gone slightly awry. He cannot cultivate this scripture. For his own good, it would be best to quickly disperse this scripture."
As she spoke, her expression was somewhat conflicted.
The status of the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate seemed higher than hers in this world.
However, the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate did not heed the Donghua Fairy's admonition. He waved his hand again, and streams of golden light descended, as if to complete the second chapter. This made Yan Jingzhu hesitate to speak but she did not continue to stop him, only sighing:
"If one learns this Yuqing Hidden Text, with the slightest carelessness, the immortal path will be severed. How can the things of Yuqing Heaven be so easily taken? Why have there only been twelve Yuqing true inheritors throughout history."
"What a pity."
She retreated, feeling regret for Ji Xiang's impending fate.
However, as soon as she sat back down, a condensed demonic qi made her suddenly startled. At this moment, myriad demonic illusions materialized around Ji Xiang and were all absorbed into Ji Xiang's body. In an instant, the myriad demonic illusions merged with Ji Xiang, all sitting cross-legged together!
The Yuqing Hidden Scripture, first chapter, first lesson, Heavenly Demon Refinement, complete!
Yan Jingzhu could no longer hold back and rushed forward, but was repelled by the demonic qi. Her immortal power dissolved like soft ice and snow encountering a blazing sun. She murmured blankly:
"How is this possible! How can a cultivator learn the art of heavenly demons? This was never meant for people to learn!"
Only the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate seemed to be fanning the flames from the side, even preparing to... increase the intensity!
He waved his hand, and all the golden light comprehended by the surrounding gods was seized by him, stealing the creation of heaven and earth and all gods. Then, he pressed a finger down upon Ji Xiang!
Primordial Heavenly Venerate transmits the scripture, Lingbao bestows the scripture, just like the legends of the Shangqing Sect back then!