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After nearly a day of effort, the cultivators cleared all the anomalies from the first-tier battlefield.

The cultivators were all wounded, and quite a few died as a result, but that wasn't important.

In war, sacrifices are normal, at least that's how the Metal Element Master saw it.

In the second and third-tier battlefields, due to Ji Zhongfu's withdrawal, the remaining anomalies began to devour and merge fiercely.

By the end of the day, nearly eighty second-tier anomalies had been reduced to only six or seven third-tier anomalies.

The strongest of them had even reached the late stage of the third tier and was still continuously devouring and merging.

Anomalies are just so unreasonable, worthy of being the children of the first version, able to quickly devour, merge, and evolve without any cost.

The main focus was still on the third battlefield. After a day of devouring, the ten third-tier anomalies were now only three top-tier third-tier anomalies.

They were a pair of dark eyes, a seemingly ordinary stone, and a blood-red windmill.

The black eyes existed between the virtual and real, with profound spatial laws permeating them. They seemed to be right in front, but were actually separated by countless spaces.

The amazing thing was that its gaze could penetrate layers of space, lock onto enemies, and attack them, while the enemies could not directly and effectively attack it.

To attack it, one needed to break through infinite spaces.

Of course, the world of anomalies is magical. Many anomalies have locking abilities, even causal locking and fate locking.

Abilities that seem inconceivable in the outside world are commonplace here among anomalies.

The reason why these black eyes couldn't be locked onto was because of their even more powerful ability to break free from locks.

Just like the double helix of evolution between predators and prey in nature: if you have poison, I resist it; if your attack speed is fast, I'll stack armor to make you unable to break through my defense.

The logic in the anomaly world is the same: if you have a locking ability, I'll break the lock.

The black-eyed anomaly has this ability. It can lock onto others, but others can't lock onto it. This is its trump card.

Moreover, wherever the black pupils' gaze reaches, whether it's an anomaly or a living being, it will fall into a state of confusion and sluggishness.

Not just ordinary confusion and sluggishness, but a substitutive confusion, meaning that once covered by its gaze, one will become a lamb to be slaughtered, broken down from the inside out.

The bewildered beings will sacrifice everything in their lives, offering everything they have to the black eyes.

This is its overbearing nature.

Without even touching you, its gaze can make you sacrifice yourself.

The seemingly ordinary stone and blood-red windmill were also not ordinary.

If they were ordinary, they wouldn't have survived to this point.

No matter what means you use, you can't break through my defense.

Even more heaven-defying is its ability to evolve and stack armor.

After receiving an attack, as long as the attack doesn't break its defense, it can easily generate the ability to resist that attack.

Saying it has ultimate defense is not as accurate as saying it has ultimate evolution ability.

If you can't defeat it once, it will evolve a defense against your attack, able to evolve and strengthen itself without even devouring enemies.

This is almost unsolvable.

The blood-red windmill, on the other hand, seems to be the weakest, without any limit attack ability or the heaven-defying defense of the stone.

But it was the one that remained until the very end.

Its ability was something that even the Metal Element Master found unbelievable.

It was the rule of forgetting, or to put it bluntly, the rule of being a nobody.

It causes all living beings to forget its existence, naturally believing it doesn't exist even when they see it.

The ultimate way to survive.

Surviving until the very end.

And the more it is forgotten, the stronger its ability becomes. This rule is really a bit unreasonable.

Because of special reasons, the Metal Element Master had locked onto it with his will from the beginning.

He personally witnessed it going from a nobody in the early stage of the third tier to its current existence as a limit of the third tier in just one day.

It relied on being forgotten. The less attention it received and the more it was forgotten, the stronger its ability became.

Starting from being invisible to the eyes, then inaudible to the ears, and finally completely forgotten in the heart.

A progressive forgetting. If the whole world forgot it, then it would be invincible.

Fortunately, the Metal Element Master always remembered it.

On the third-tier battlefield, the stone and the eyes had already locked onto each other, as if sensing a call of destiny.

A voice was telling them that devouring each other would allow them to achieve the fourth tier and become true living beings.

Little did they know that there was still a sneaky anomaly watching all of this, forgotten by both of them, spinning aimlessly in the wind.

......

"Senior, are you alright?"

After the end of the first-tier battlefield, the golden sword light disappeared on its own, and the cultivators walked out of the first-tier battlefield.

Everyone came to Ji Zhongfu's side.

Ji Zhongfu was standing on one leg, with his other leg next to him.

This leg was obviously beyond saving, already withered and black. The attack of the blood-red broken blade carried a corrosive ability.

"It's fine, it's just a broken leg. I can cultivate it back."

Ji Zhongfu waved his hand, saying indifferently.

For the cultivators of Qingyun Mountain, losing a head, an arm, or even their head is really nothing.

They can just cultivate it back.

The reason why the three fundamental techniques are invincible is that they are comprehensive. There is no such thing as being incomplete and congenitally flawed. This is purely a rumor.

If that were the case, wouldn't the bodies of cultivators be wasted after each advancement and transformation?

If they had to maintain their initial integrity, what would be the point of transforming again and again?

Explaining cultivation from a scientific perspective, it is the infinite growth and rapid self-healing of evolved genes and cells.

Compared to heaven and earth, does heaven and earth collapse if there is a slight damage?

What's the problem with a crack appearing on the earth?

Time will restore everything, and sometimes destruction leads to creation.

Moreover, Jianmu's signature skill is the conversion of life and death, and vitality can flawlessly repair the body's functions.

A new thigh is just around the corner.

"That's good. As long as there's no essential damage, a leg is nothing," Sun Hui said reassuringly.

This sounds strange to the average person. Is that how you comfort people?

But here, the cultivators thought it made perfect sense.

It's just a leg, they can cultivate it back.

Qingyun Mountain is so competitive that there are all kinds of people, such as those who self-mutilate.

After self-mutilation, they work hard to cultivate it back. Believe it or not, it's actually useful. Quite a few people use this method.

They're already used to it.

"Senior, is this a Xuan Master's clone?"

Yan Lai asked uncertainly.

After all, they haven't come into contact with second-tier techniques yet, so they don't need them.

"That's right. I can say with certainty that it's the Xuan Master's great divine ability, the Five Viscera Gods?"

Ji Zhongfu's previous brainstorming wasn't for nothing. He can provide an explanation.

"Five Viscera Gods Divine Ability, what kind of divine ability is that? Does Five Viscera refer to the divine abilities born from the human body's five viscera?" Yan Lai continued.

"Not accurate, but that's what it means... It's called Five Viscera Gods Divine Ability because that's how the Xuan Master recorded it, but everyone knows the Xuan Master's style. They don't deliberately give it a name, focusing on practicality and simplicity... If we were to say it, we could call it 'The Great Divine Ability of the Five Emperors'."

“《Five Emperors Great Divine Power》, like the previous 《Heaven and Earth Transformation Great Divine Power》, is a type of great divine power. However, unlike the others, 《Five Emperors Great Divine Power》 is the ultimate divine power for us humans.”

“Ultimate divine power?!”

Everyone exclaimed in unison.

“The reason for saying this lies in its universality and particularity... It's universal because it's the most suitable divine power created for us humans. It's particular because, despite its universality, it's also invincible. The Xuan Master has achieved something both universal and invincible for humans, hence its special nature.”

“Please enlighten us, Senior!”

Everyone respectfully said.

Ji Zhongfu smiled slightly, waiting for this moment.

“These are just my personal views, and there may be inaccuracies. Please take them as mere entertainment. It goes like this…”

Ji Zhongfu was missing a leg, but his demeanor remained undiminished.

He briefly described the Five Viscera Gods to everyone.

“In other words, after the second level, we can all cultivate the Five Viscera Gods. As for what level of achievement we reach, it all depends on ourselves.”

Ji Zhongfu summarized.

Not one mistake, one head, one hair, one inside, one appearance, one in, one look!

After his explanation, everyone understood.

“As a body refiner, is the opening of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and Twelve Regular Meridians the second level?” Sun Hui muttered to himself.

“The cultivation of the Divine Nine Palaces?” Minghui, as the strongest soul refiner, said.

Ji Zhongfu said, “If my deduction is correct, it should be so. What I can confirm is that the second level for qi refiners involves opening acupoints. For example, I am currently in the acupoint opening stage.”

“How is Senior's cultivation progressing?” Yan Lai and Jiu Tong asked with great interest.

They were qi refiners and were most concerned about this.

“It's not that simple. I've been converting to the 《Constructed Wood Returning Truth Method》 for a year, and I've only opened twelve acupoints so far. I haven't even completed a small cycle. It's difficult, difficult, difficult.”

Ji Zhongfu said with emotion.

There are three hundred and sixty-five acupoints for qi refining. Thirty-six acupoints form a small heavenly cycle. He opened twelve in a year, which means it would take three years to complete one cycle.

And completing all three hundred and sixty-five acupoints in the ten layers would take thirty years.

This thirty years is without considering the increasing difficulty later on, and without any bottlenecks.

If there were bottlenecks and the difficulty of opening acupoints increased later on, fifty years would only be the beginning.

The crowd didn't feel much upon hearing his words.

They were all adults with adequate intelligence.

How could they not know that cultivation becomes more difficult as one progresses? It would be strange if it were as fast as entering the initial stage or as fast as the first level.

The first level grants a lifespan of two hundred years, the second level nearly a thousand years, and it is said that the third level grants nearly ten thousand years of lifespan. Is fifty years too much?

Even one or two hundred years, or even four or five hundred years, is not much.

Moreover, there is another reason.

There are too few at the second level, and only one person is exploring, so progress is naturally slow.

With more people, it will accelerate greatly.

For example, with a second-level alchemist, they will study second-level elixirs.

With a second-level talisman maker, they will study second-level talismans; spirit plant masters, beast tamers, formation masters, weapon refiners, and so on.

When there are more second-level cultivators, accumulating little by little will definitely be faster than Ji Zhongfu exploring alone.

Previously, the Profound Transformation Stage and the Profound Connection were distant and profound terms.

But now, with more first-level Profound Transformations, cultivators have explored faster ways to cultivate.

No need to worry.

“We greatly admire Senior's exploration alone… Senior, according to what you said, doesn't the Xuan Master have five major avatars, with the Metal Aspect being just one of the Xuan Master's avatars?”

Yan Lai, having achieved his goal, quickly skipped the topic of second-level cultivation.

Truly efficient and ruthless, squeezing out Ji Zhongfu's reserves as quickly as possible, worthy of being one of the Four Great Sect Leaders.

Ji Zhongfu wasn't angry, not to that extent.

Nor did he dare to be truly angry. If he truly formed a feud with the Four Great Sects, he would be the one to suffer.

The Four Great Sects, especially the Four Great Sect Leaders, may not be as good as him now, but surpassing him wouldn't be difficult.

The Xuan Master's personal disciples were one reason, and being the leaders of the Four Great Sects was another. With such strong luck, what could he compare with?

Even if he hadn't disbanded the clansmen of the God-Demon World before, it wouldn't have worked.

Because if he hadn't disbanded them, the Four Great Sects would have torn him apart. It's better the way it is now.

“That's for sure. The Five Viscera Gods are the Xuan Master's great divine power, so there are naturally five avatars. It's just that they haven't appeared yet. Everyone is more familiar with the Xuan Master's style than I am,” Ji Zhongfu said.

Hearing this, everyone nodded in understanding.

Everyone was too familiar with the Xuan Master's style. He had done too many earth-shattering things and didn't like to be ostentatious.

To the point that no one was worthy of him being ostentatious, so he remained ordinary.

“Everyone, the Five Viscera Gods have even greater uses. Having one more is equivalent to doubling your cultivation speed, including the enhancement of comprehension of mysteries, tempering of will, and enlightenment of the mind, which is incomparable to Dao Soldiers,”

Ji Zhongfu added.

“Hiss!” Everyone was shocked by this ability.

It actually doubled the cultivation speed. What a powerful divine power, worthy of being a great divine power.

Dao Soldiers were simply incomparable.

Everything about Dao Soldiers is bestowed by their master. They cannot comprehend on their own.

“In that case, 《Five Emperors Great Divine Power》 must be cultivated at the second level.”

A cultivator said with emotion.

Hearing this, Ji Zhongfu knew it wasn't said by one of the Four Great Sect Leaders, so he wouldn't be polite.

“What are you youngsters thinking? Great divine powers are not so easy to cultivate. You have no idea of the difficulty involved. To put it bluntly, the size of the dantian opened during transcendence directly determines whether you can cultivate the Five Emperors Great Divine Power.”

“If your dantian isn't big enough and doesn't produce enough spirituality, it's impossible to nurture the Five Viscera Gods. I ask you, what have you used your dantian's pitiful innate spirituality for?”

Asked by Ji Zhongfu, this person, a qi refiner, said, “I used the spirituality born from opening my dantian to nurture my Dao Tree.”

After he spoke, several others also said:

“I used it to forge the Qi Sea Spring Eye.”

“I used it to nurture the Purple Mansion Divine Mountain.”

Ji Zhongfu said, “Let me ask again, do you think there is enough spiritual intent to open up the dantian?”

“This?” Everyone was stunned, unsure how to answer.

This… this, how could it be enough?

Too much is needed. The spirituality of opening the dantian is actually the spirituality of creation.

It's the same as when the heavens and earth were created, except that the essence doesn't reach the level of the true heavens and earth.

“Naturally not enough. If I had more innate spirituality, the speed at which I nurture my Dao Tree would be faster, and my comprehension of mysteries and cultivation speed would also be faster.”

This person honestly replied.

Ji Zhongfu: “So where do you get the confidence to nurture the Five Viscera Gods? The Five Viscera Gods are nurtured by the spirituality of creation and the will after shattering and melting. Your spirituality of creation is not enough for cultivation, and you still want to nurture the Five Viscera Gods? Who gave you the courage?”

This person blushed.

But he didn't dare to refute.

Ji Zhongfu continued: “You see, this is a vicious cycle. The dantian you opened isn't big enough, so the innate spirituality born isn't enough. It's not enough for cultivation, so how can you nurture the Five Viscera Gods?”

“This?”

Some people felt a little despair upon hearing this.

There was such a big threshold. Those of them with small dantian worlds that they opened, wouldn't they be unqualified to cultivate the Five Emperors Great Divine Power for the rest of their lives?

“Senior, is there no way to compensate?”

Yan Lai asked.

Ji Zhongfu: “…There is!”

… (End of this chapter)