Chapter 875 The Seven Wonderful Techniques and Deva“s Five Decrepit Phenomena
The device spirit of the Pool of Thunder Tribulation signed the contract without any second thoughts.
Yes, a new contract with Zhou Bao.
In order to have absolute control over the Heavenly Fairy Weapon, it was not enough to merely refine the weapon. The surrender of the device spirit was also necessary. But this couldn’t be achieved only through a contract. It also had something to do with the spirit. The device spirit had its own spiritual intelligence and could not be forced. Therefore, the contract could only be signed when it was willing to. That was what Zhou Bao was doing right now.
The contract didn’t guarantee absolute submission from the device spirit. What Zhou Bao could do now was to make sure they signed an equal contract, which would protect his interests. Even when they met the Thunder Emperor, the real creator of the Pool of Thunder Tribulation, the device spirit wouldn’t change sides.
This was enough!
Before entering the Treasure-s.n.a.t.c.hing Rock, Zhou Bao valued the Pool of Thunder Tribulation very much. But now, after seeing so many powerful Heavenly Fairy Weapons at the Treasure-s.n.a.t.c.hing Rock, he had become more discerning. The Pool of Thunder Tribulation was just above average when compared to those weapons. He gave the Crimson Thunder to it only to improve its strength. Besides, it was a relief for him to restrain it with the ten-thousand-year contract.
For the Pool of Thunder Tribulation, ten thousand years was only a short period during its long life. It was worthwhile to exchange it for the opportunity of advancement within such a short time.
Similarly, Zhou Bao believed he was the Tribulation Taker of the Dharma Ending Tribulation. Everything was meaningless if he couldn’t survive the tribulation. But if he did, there was nothing to regret and worry even if the Pool of Thunder Tribulation combined the two supreme thunderbolts. At that time, he would have become a Celestial Immortal.
Both of them were happy with the new contract. It satisfied their needs.
Zhou Bao released the Pool of Thunder Tribulation back into Azure Big World so that it could gradually comprehend the Crimson Thunder. He then took back the Supreme Fairy Weapon and the Primordial Poison Spirit, showed up in his real body, and stood silently beside the Chaotic Poisonous Sea.
Vast black poisonous gas swirled around, as if trying to swallow him up.
His real body had been severely hurt during the fight with Emperor An. It was not a good thing for him to be in the most insidious place among the Void Universe.
This was true. In the beginning, it was not a good thing. With the permeation of the poisonous gas into his body, his skin started to wither. Patterns resembling cracks in china plates appeared on his skin. They extended and expanded. More exquisite patterns evolved from the old ones and continued to spread all over his body. After a short while, the cracks began to peel off. Fragments of skin drifted in the air, looking as if it would turn into dust at any moment.
Such a phenomenon was not common now. But initially when the Immortal Realm began, it happened frequently. Some bold Earthly Immortals came here to look for treasures. They were poisoned to death and their bodies turned into dust. That was how the Chaotic Poisonous Sea became famous.
It seemed that Zhou Bao would be repeating the tragedy that affected those powerful and ancient Earthly Immortals.
But that was not the case.
When his skin was about to detach from his body, the third eye between his eyebrows suddenly opened.
In a flash, a dazzling red light shot out from the eye and covered his entire body.
His lost breath reappeared and became lengthier than before. He sucked in all the poisonous gas around him with just one inhalation, like what his Primordial Poison Spirit had done, but with less ease. He inhaled for one hour and then began to exhale, releasing all the gas he had taken in. But it was much thinner than before.
Yes, much thinner. Most of the gas had been refined by his body.
Meanwhile, his body began to recover. The fine cracks gradually disappeared and his withered body filled out again. The poisonous gas, although still eroding his body, was not as intense as before. The damage incurred was also less.
The Yin and Yang Transformation Skill! Right enough! It could transform all the spiritual Qi and pneuma into the most basic Yin and Yang pneuma. The poisonous gas in the Chaotic Poisonous Sea, a kind of essence of the world, could also be transformed. Due to the gas being too toxic, the transformation process was slow and difficult.
It was not easy for Zhou Bao to do that based on his cultivation of the Yin and Yang Transformation Skill. That was why his body almost collapsed at the beginning. But he got what he paid for. At least, he could practice in this deathly place from now on. With the improvement of his Transformation Skill, all the poisonous gas here would become his source of pneuma. The stronger the gas was, the faster his improvement would be. Gradually, the Chaotic Poisonous Sea would certainly become his sanctum of practice and not a death spot.
“The Yin and Yang Transformation Skill and the Heaven and Earth Secret Technique complement each other like the Heavenly Jade Technique and the Snake-like Breath Holding Skill, but are more profound than the latter. I know the practice way of the Heaven and Earth Secret Technique, but I cannot comprehend it in such a short time. Just now, when I was performing the Yin and Yang Transformation Skill, I might have figured out some secrets about it. If I continue practicing here, I will surely comprehend the power of the Heaven and Earth Secret Technique very soon. At that time, my Seven Wonderful Techniques would reach the Advanced Level and I won’t need to be afraid of anyone!” Zhou Bao secretly planned all this. Now, his Seven Wonderful Techniques was complete. Although he couldn’t comprehend all the secrets of the Heaven and Earth Secret Technique in such a short time, he now had a more profound understanding about the other skills of the Seven Wonderful Techniques. The secrets about this ancient and mystery technique was gradually revealed.
The Snake-like Breath Holding Skill and the Heavenly Jade Technique both required strength. The key to this kind of skill lay in the gathering and release of strength. In fact, just as all the pneuma could be transformed into Yin and Yang, all the mysterious skills and techniques also evolved from the gathering and release of strength. The Dharma Power-restoring Skill, the Immortal Body Technique and the Red Centipede Mind-concentrating Skill were combinations of Qi, essence and spirit, which were gathered by immortals. Essence referred to the body of pract.i.tioners, which was the base for everything. Qi was not the pneuma, but the energy of the body after transforming the pneuma for one’s own use. Spirit referred to the spirit of the soul. Those three were the foundation of pract.i.tioners and the origin of all lives. The Ying and Yang Transformation Skill and the Heaven and Earth Celestial Tactic required control of all the energy outside the body. The former transformed everything for one’s own use, while the latter, as its name suggested, integrated everything in the world.
After a profound comprehension of the three skills, he would become a Celestial Immortal. He could even go further by surviving the destruction of eras and becoming an ancient Celestial Immortal like Taoist Jin. Only then, would he have complete freedom and eternal life.
While practicing the Seven Wonderful Techniques, the seed formed in his Dantian was the seed of the Tree of Seven Wonders. This was not only a weapon, but also the result of evolvement of all the Great Ways in the world.
The Tree of Seven Wonders was a result from the evolvement of the Seven Wonderful Techniques in the Dantian. All the Great Ways, strength and techniques formed into a tree in the end. It was the Seven Wonderful Techniques in human’s Dantian, but became the World Tree after evolvement in the universe!!
The World Tree was the foundation for the existence of universe. Every new era started when the Thunder of Fate split the World Tree and ended when all the things in the universe turned into dust and evolved into a World Tree again.
Each era repeated the same procedure.
The Seven Wonderful Techniques could evolve into a World Tree. In fact, it was the projection of the World Tree. That was why it was invincible and indefectible.
Any technique or Divine Sense was rendered useless in front of the Tree of Seven Wonders and would be destroyed by its light. It was also the nemesis of all fairy weapons and magic weapons. In front of it, they were unable to release their power, and could only wait to be smashed.
Of course, this was the ideal situation. Only a complete Tree of Seven Wonders could possess such power. What Zhou Bao had refined in his Dantian was only a young seedling. It had some powers but was far in comparison from the Tree of Seven Wonders and the World Tree. This time, Zhou Bao’s biggest goal for practicing in the Chaotic Poisonous Sea was to help the seedling evolve to gain better combat capability so as to prepare for the coming Dharma Ending Tribulation.
The Tree of Seven Wonders turned all power into its original state. It protected people from being destroyed, a feature especially important in the Dharma Ending Tribulation.
In the Dharma Ending Tribulation, all pract.i.tioners with a power beyond the ability of ordinary people would face tribulation. Pract.i.tioners with stronger powers would face bigger tribulations. Those with Dharma powers would also have to endure the Deva’s Five Decrepit Phenomena. This was how the Dharma Ending Tribulation got its name.