The Three Great Sects, truly none of them are easy to deal with...
The foundation of the Demon Palace is exceptionally profound. Even though the world is in chaos to such a degree, there are still countless capable heroes supporting the foundation of the world. Whether it’s a constable, a Huang Sect member, or a shopkeeper, even a random passerby can hit you with a fist of Gang Fist, turning the tides and upholding the crumbling edifice!
The scheming of the Demon Sect is breathtaking. The gambit they played in Kun Country was ingenious, with everything meticulously planned and interlinked, taking every advantage. Even if they ultimately failed, it actually caused no damage; they managed to shift the blame entirely, staying well-hidden behind the scenes!
Moreover, they were really just a bit short of success! Just a little more, and they wouldn’t only have overthrown the court of Kun Country, but perhaps even seized Senior Brother Yue’s body. And those two from the Shen Family, they too would have become mere puppets for others! The secret arts of the Sword Sect might truly have been entirely exposed!
It’s just that in the end, it will still be us, the Mystic Sect, who wins.
Hmm, all those schemings are useless. In the end, we have to win by chopping, don’t we?
"Hiss——"
Sitting cross-legged in the spiritual vein of the deep mountains, Tie Dan circulated Qi and controlled his breath, deeply inhaling and exhaling.
A red glow flickered on his face, with a mist of blood essence steaming from his entire body, as if he was cloaked in an ethereal red silk.
This was actually tiny blood pearls seeping from the Qi acupoints and pores all over his body, rapidly evaporated by the high temperature, the blood breath rising and manifesting.
This mist of blood rolled, condensed, gathered, finally accumulating with the flow of True Qi into the forehead.
An upright red line formed between the boy’s brows, appearing akin to a sword scar at a glance.
Then, Tie Dan slowly opened his eyes.
Blood light circled in his pupils, then True Qi condensed inwardly,
Silently, a sudden great wind arose!
The Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth gathered towards him like a cyclone! The spiritual pond of the entire mountain’s Dao Meridian was, in that instant, completely extracted and refined by him!
"Whew——"
Snap, snap, snappity-snap.
With a long breath out, Tie Dan stood up, his entire musculature explosively resounding, his height soaring by a foot as if suddenly pulled upwards like a young onion sprout.
Mm, Foundation Establishment achieved.
Indeed, borrowing the mountain spiritual cave’s Dao Meridian, cultivating day and night, Tie Dan ‘again’, ‘achieved Foundation Establishment’.
After all, Tie Dan had already confirmed that the Blood Jade Technique, being of the same root and origin, was indeed a cultivation method of the Demon Sect.
And the Demon Sect, didn’t they just lay out their cultivation method right before his eyes?
In the Spirit Gourd and Treasure Bead, they conveyed the Demon Sect’s Qi Refining Method, one Returning Dust Technique, one Returning Dust Mysterious Double Qi Technique; though both are basic cultivation approaches, they also direct towards Core Formation.
And these cultivation techniques are essentially for recruiting newcomers, naturally including detailed guidance for Foundation Establishment and Core Formation.
With the three basic Demon Sect cultivation techniques in front of him, cross-referencing each other, Tie Dan naturally deduced the Foundation Establishment Method of the Blood Jade Technique.
Actually, it’s not difficult at all, even compared to the Mystic Sect, it could be considered relatively simple.
Furthermore, it must be said, this Demon Sect’s cultivation methods feel slightly better. The ordinary and extraordinary meridians are complementary, without recklessness or neglect, rather more attuned to the human body’s structure.
By comparison, the Mystic Sect’s Qi Refining Method, prone to demonic possession and deviation, appears somewhat extreme.
Of course, the Demon Sect’s cultivation methods are not without flaws. After all, their fundamental purpose is to attract Loose Cultivators into the sect, so they also conceal some intentions.
For instance, the Foundation Establishment and Core Formation Method they taught all lead to the formation of the Divine Storage Golden Core.
Hmm, various sects and schools within the Inner Elixir Dao can largely be divided into Divine Storage and Qi Storage.
Qi Storage Inner Core is placed three inches below the navel, within the Dantian Qi Sea. And the Divine Storage Inner Core condenses in the forehead within the Mud Pill Palace.
Theoretically, there is also the Heart Storage Method, which refines the heart like an inner core, compressing with heartbeats to rapidly inject True Qi Essence Blood into the muscles and tendons throughout, leading to transformation and eruption.
Yes, this is essentially the foundational principle of Gang Fist Body Refinement, no need to elaborate here.
In short, the two Demon Sect Qi Refining Methods, although they refine different meridian Qi Paths, ultimately lead to unique, unconventional cultivation, pioneering the Mud Pill Palace, preparing the Dan Position for the Divine Storage Pill—essentially, starting from Refining God.
Yet, Tie Dan recalls how his senior brother taught that Spirit Platform Refining God is the most exquisite yet perilous step, due to the delicate and intricate blood vessels in the brain, making it very difficult to execute properly. A slight deviation can easily lead to irreparable brain damage, so within Mystic Sect practice, this is the final step, absolutely not to be tampered with rashly.
It’s only natural, given that Mystic Sect’s refining Qi is so dominant and volatile, often leading to immediate demonic possession and death. Therefore, Refining Qi and Body Both are done initially, leading eventually to Refining God, by sequentially unblocking the entire body from bottom to top.
So in simple terms, the Demon Sect’s techniques seem flipped, who knows what madness the Divine Lord is on to create such distinctive cultivation methods. Yet, surprisingly, he has indeed devised a viable path...
Yes, initially, Tie Dan was merely experimenting according to instructions, experiencing how Demon Sect’s general techniques differed from his Blood Jade Technique.
But as he was already at the Sword Embryo Foundation Stage and the Blood Jade Technique had long reached its consummate peak, his extraordinary meridians and ordinary meridians were already unblocked. Thus, with a casual refining, he effortlessly completed the Qi-circulation, causing True Qi to reverse flow along the meridians, opening up the Divine Court at his forehead.
Well... since I’ve started refining, shall I just keep going?
Thus initially following two Qi Refining Technique tutorials, and then abiding by personal comprehension, Tie Dan fully unblocked the Eight Meridians, gathering the Essence Blood throughout his body into the Divine Court, condensing into a core.
Foundation Establishment at the Divine Court!
Complete!
The effect is undeniably remarkable.
Aside from further bodily enhancement, the meridians and Qi Sea expanded eightfold, enabling Tie Dan to perceive his sight and sense with unprecedented clarity and breadth. This mere sensory enhancement could elevate his combat prowess significantly.
Moreover, post-Divine Court establishment, the circulation and refinement rate of True Qi Dao Breath within the internal landscape of meridians became extraordinarily rapid!
It felt as though there was merely one Qi pump in the abdomen before, now the forehead has gained another one! Two Qi pumps combined! Turbocharged! Exploding with power—undeniably potent!
In fact, there’s more than just two!
Because prior, Tie Dan had already developed a routine combining ‘Blood Jade Technique’ with the eruptions of ‘Boxer’.
Theoretically, once he simultaneously activates the Body Refining Technique and goads the heart into full throttle!
That is Essence! Qi! Spirit!
Triple Turbo Boost!
Outburst of power!
Divine Skill perfected!
No!
No way!
Tie Dan hadn’t even begun refining God Skill ah!
He’s just in the Foundation Establishment ah!
It’s overly exaggerated ah!!
Yet Tie Dan did not appear particularly thrilled, not even considering testing his newfound capabilities.
After all, nobody knows his body better than himself.
The limits of these three turbines, though theoretically immeasurable, Tie Dan’s body is yet too frail to sustain such outbursts.
Earlier, simply the enhancements from Qi Sea and heart, those two turbines, had already pushed his entire blood to steam out, muscles to their limits.
Even after consuming a Spirit Fruit erasing all fatigue, the physical burden and damage remain visibly visible, not vanishing.
If he were to engage all three turbines simultaneously now...
He would die.
Yes, Tie Dan sensed this strongly at heart.
Unbearable, leading to death.
Neither Blood Jade Technique nor Kun Bubble could save him.
Hence, it can’t be used; he still needs to grow, requiring nourishment, still needing to absorb more resources and nutrients for this Dao Body.
Nurturing it well, reinforcing it robustly, can then unleash true strength.
Mm, just one turbine should suffice for now...
Also... what’s a turbine anyway...
Tie Dan pondered for some time but came up blank, so he shook his head, stood up and continued northwards.
After all, there’s no time to be delayed here, there’s a Demon Sect in the city awaiting to be slain.
Needless to say, post-ascension in Divine Court, the enhancements were enormous, Tie Dan felt his perceptual range had expanded considerably.
Previously only able to blindly wander among mountain paths, now Tie Dan could faintly sense directions where people might be, indicating sure paths, entirely using passing people as road signs.
After crossing several mountains, eventually relying on robbing mountain bandits blocking the way, he found his way back to Chidao.
Only then did Tie Dan exhale in relief, determined not to detour this time. Carving his way along the plank road, he finally sighted the Fenglin of Guangxia Mountain before nightfall.
"Master..."
Then Tie Dan halted.
Something was amiss.
The Mountain Protection Array Talisman of Guangxia Mountain was gone.
The sword light of Yanzi Cave was also absent.
Pushing open the medicine garden at the foot of the mountain.
Senior Brother Zhou Feng was likewise missing.
Tie Dan silently, wordlessly, gripped the Eight Services Green Frost sword in hand, looked towards the mountain top, and walked up the stone steps, step by step.
With each step, True Qi condensed.
With each step, murderous intent accumulated.
With each step, sword light shone brightly.
Finally, he reached the summit.
At the mouth of Yanzi Cave, stood two swordsmen in green robes, carrying swords on their backs, wearing wide-brimmed hats concealing their faces, silently awaiting him on the platform cleaved by sword light.
"..."
For a moment, the three gazed at each other, no one spoke, only the mountain wind howled, sword energy surged.
Then someone walked out from the cave.
This person stood nine feet tall, similarly donning a Sword Sect green robe, with a face like a jade crown, eyes like brilliant stars, two sword eyebrows slanting into the temples, a head of white hair like frost or snow, a halo shimmering behind his head, a dazzling five-colored divine light starlight, brilliantly illuminating the sky dome.
In the dim twilight, he stood there, like a pillar of light, illuminating the mountain gorge.
The Sword Master of the Ninth Peak.
That person gazed fascinatingly at Tie Dan’s forehead.
"You killed the Demon Sect’s people?"
Tie Dan remained silent.
That person was not bothered, slightly smiling,
"You’re impressive, come back to the mountain with me."
Tie Dan clutched his sword, glaring at him.
"Where’s my master?"
The person looked down at Tie Dan, his smile unchanged, only slowly said,
"Chen Tianku has died."

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