Nightmare Immortal Era

Chapter 125: Pure Yang True Soul

"The Ghost Blood Curse Soul Technique," "The Death Sacrifice Soul Descending Technique," "The Soul Sacrifice Great Law."

Yang Ning looked at the names of these techniques in front of him and felt that something was off.

"These don't seem like legitimate technique names!"

"Techniques involving souls, blood, and sacrifices may not necessarily be sinister, but when it comes to the Physical Body Realm, there is a high probability of them being unorthodox," Deep Blue said.

Yang Ning was speechless, but he had to admit that Deep Blue was right. There were many methods that could be used in the Physical Body Realm, but they were far from involving souls, as at this stage, it was still difficult for cultivators' souls to leave their bodies.

For techniques involving the separation of the soul from the body, curses, voodoo, and methods of suppressing spirits were the only options.

Deep Blue had already pre-screened them, so the techniques that appeared in front of Yang Ning were all ones with relatively minor side effects and could be used.

Yang Ning picked up the first one: "The Ghost Blood Curse Soul Technique" and read through it.

This was a ritual Dao technique. It involved setting up a complex ritual and then reciting targeted incantations to produce a special effect. This type of Dao technique would most likely be directed towards a powerful existence, such as a demon god, ghost god, or Heavenly Demon.

Legitimate Immortal Dao cultivators didn't need to resort to such methods. They would establish sects and have countless disciples and grandchildren to help them with their tasks.

The same applied to this curse soul technique. The materials required for casting the spell were the blood of ninety-nine ghost infants. After setting up the Ghost Infant Formation, one could summon an entity called the Ghost Infant Demon God. This entity could extract the soul of the person designated by the caster from their body and hand it over to the caster.

Because the Ghost Infant Demon God only required the blood of ghost infants, the entire transaction process was relatively fair and wouldn't have any adverse effects on the caster.

If Yang Ning were to use it, he would essentially be cursing himself.

"The blood of ghost infants." Yang Ning looked at this material again and felt a chill run down his spine.

This referred to the blood of infants who had died before birth but had been in formation for more than nine months.

In theory, this material wasn't difficult to collect, and there was no need for any killing. After all, it was still a feudal era, and there were great risks involved in childbirth. One wrong move could result in the death of both mother and child.

Thinking of this, Yang Ning immediately said, "Deep Blue, create a new account for me on Deep Blue Video. Let's call it Doctor Xiao Yang."

"The account has been created. What's next?"

"Upload a video introducing the production and usage of forceps!" Yang Ning said.

"Alright!"

The emergence of forceps, while certainly resulting in many babies having their heads crushed or their arms broken, is a rare occurrence. On the other hand, there are more babies who are successfully born thanks to the invention of forceps.

Overall, it is a success rate of ninety percent, with ten percent being unsuccessful. The merits are immeasurable!

Of course, Yang Ning is aware of the existence of forceps, but those memories are deeply buried in the recesses of his mind. He never paid attention to this aspect of information before, so it wasn't until now that he remembered it when it came to things related to this!

"For this account, you should focus on anatomy, pathology, pharmacology, and surgical popularization. Update it daily!" Yang Ning said.

Mobile phones have already started to flow from cultivators to ordinary people. The videos he now posts on his phone will naturally be seen by doctors in the mortal world. As long as enough videos are posted, the medical level in the mortal world will gradually improve.

Spreading knowledge and receiving disciples is already a meritorious deed. Moreover, the improvement of medical standards in the mortal world will lead to an increase in population, which will in turn lead to an increase in Extreme Eternal's luck. Naturally, Yang Ning's luck will also increase.

After thinking for a moment, Yang Ning added, "Don't call yourself Doctor Xiao Yang anymore, change it to Doctor Immortal Mu Yi!"

This is because some doctors have a high opinion of themselves. If you dare to call yourself Xiao Yang, they will dare to look down on you and not take your videos seriously. They might even make derogatory comments under your account.

It's better to call yourself Doctor Immortal. The word "immortal" is not a term that ordinary people can use. With this title, even if it's an old doctor with white hair, they will take this account seriously and listen attentively, seeking advice humbly.

If you dare to insult someone in the comments, the immortal will dare to confront you face to face!

"Yes!" Deep Blue nodded.

Yang Ning is not worried about Deep Blue's teaching ability. If education levels were graded, Deep Blue would undoubtedly be above the ceiling!

Putting aside the "Ghost Blood Curse Soul Technique," he didn't want to summon unfamiliar demons or go through the trouble of collecting the blood of ghost infants.

The "Death Sacrifice Soul Descending Technique" is also a curse technique, but it has nothing to do with other demons.

Using one's own blood to carve the Death Sacrifice Formation, sacrificing one's own soul, and perishing together with the enemy.

Of course, the difference between the two parties cannot be too great. Mortals can curse other mortals, and mortals can curse the physical body of someone in the Second Layer. However, it is difficult for a Third Layer cultivator to curse the physical body of a Third Layer cultivator because the Third Layer cultivator has already developed blood and their blood energy field has resistance to curses.

A Physical Body Realm cultivator can curse someone one realm higher, but a Fifth Layer physical body cannot curse a Sixth Layer physical body, and an Eighth Layer physical body cannot curse a Ninth Layer physical body.

There is a problem with this curse technique: once it is used, the user will definitely die. However, if the opponent receives timely treatment or is protected by a higher-level cultivator, they will not die.

In short, it is a very mediocre technique.

But it can indeed allow one's soul to Astral Project.

Yang Ning studied the death sacrifice formation and discovered that the sacrificial formation and runes are actually the same thing, a circuit of spiritual energy.

The difference is that the sacrificial formation is a circuit of low-grade spiritual energy, while runes are circuits of middle-grade or high-grade spiritual energy.

The sacrificial formation can be drawn with blood, while runes must be drawn with spiritual materials.

Since they are both circuits of spiritual energy, they can be integrated using the rune rules discovered by Jiang Boming.

Before long, Yang Ning sorted out the sacrificial formation and divided it into several functional blocks, including energy supply, soul capturing, attracting curse energy, finding targets, and cursing.

Yang Ning only needed the energy supply and soul capturing functions, not the other three.

After some research, Yang Ning drew a greatly reduced but still complex pattern.

The overall shape of this pattern is circular, with several polygons, circles, and droplet-shaped lines inside. Although the curse part was removed, it still looked eerie.

In Yang Ning's imagination, once this formation is drawn with blood, it will immediately activate and unleash the power of soul capturing, extracting his own soul.

The soul and the physical body naturally have a strong attraction, so as long as the power of soul capturing is weak, the soul will automatically return, provided that the soul does not leave the body for too long.

As for whether there will be any problems or impact on future cultivation if the soul briefly leaves, Yang Ning said he didn't know. After all, there were no predecessors who demonstrated it, and he himself only theorized that it should work, but he had not personally practiced it.

It is impossible for him to try it himself, but it's not a big problem. This world lacks everything except cultivators stuck at the Tenth Layer of the physical body realm, who are afraid to cultivate their Qi.

Of course, he definitely wouldn't ask cultivators from his own sect to try it. If something went wrong, Yang Ning couldn't afford the consequences.

So...

Yang Ning closed his eyes and when he opened them again, he found himself in a primitive forest.

Just less than a meter away from him, a group of four men and two women were cautiously moving forward.

Of course, they couldn't see Yang Ning because he used virtual projection to project their images next to him. Besides the dense primitive jungle around them, there was only a dense Cloud Mist Information Matrix.

But the forest was filled with smoke and dust, so they naturally wouldn't pay attention to these mists.

"The ruins are just ahead!" The leader of the group was a young man with black hair and black clothes named Luoxing Haixing, a disciple of the Ancient Shang Sect.

The five people next to him are all his teammates from the Gu Shang Zong, each of them at the Tenth Layer of physical cultivation.

"Let me first tell you about the situation of that relic. It is a relic with only a history of three thousand years. Inside, there should be the remains of a senior cultivator. This senior cultivator may have practiced puppet beasts, so he left behind three puppet beasts. These puppet beasts have gradually weakened in combat power over time, but they are still very powerful. When the time comes, two people will form a team and must not be careless!"

"Yes!"

"The Great Puppet Art?" Yang Ning had already arrived at the relic ahead of everyone else. Puppets only defend against humans, not against water droplets.

After using his spiritual sense to examine the jade slip left by the senior cultivator, Yang Ning was startled.

This broken relic is even worse than the cave where he, a poor person, lives. There is actually a Supreme Divine Ability?

However, after reading it once, he shook his head speechlessly. It's just a fart of a Supreme Divine Ability. It's a method of manipulating puppets with mana.

This is still an Earth Level Divine Ability. However, the senior who left behind the inheritance said that as long as the puppets created are strong enough and numerous enough, it would not be a problem to counter the Supreme Divine Ability.

I remember that the Heaven Rushing Earth Transform technique of the Earth Heaven Gate seems to be described like this too. As long as you practice well, you can counter the Supreme Divine Ability.

Yang Ning copied the Divine Ability. There are other things stored here, but after three thousand years, most of the things that could be damaged have already been damaged. Several cultivation methods written in books have all been corroded into ashes by time and cannot be restored at all.

However, obtaining an Earth Level Divine Ability in one expedition is also a good harvest for the Scattered Immortals of Yingzhou.

"I'll give you something else!" With a thought, Yang Ning gathered countless droplets of mist and then emitted electric sparks. Gradually, tiny characters appeared on a flat stone slab next to him.

Two hours later, the six people who had defeated the puppets finally entered the cave.

"There's a jade slip!" Luo Haixing rushed forward and grabbed the jade slip, then stuck it to his forehead. His eyes immediately lit up.

"How is it, senior brother?"

"An Earth Level Divine Ability!" Luo Haixing said excitedly.

"Amazing!!" The junior brothers and sisters next to them became happy.

Although they can't practice the Earth Level Divine Ability for now, they can sell it for money. With money, they can buy elixirs that enhance the chances of breakthroughs. It's still a gain!

"Huh!" One sharp-eyed junior brother seemed to have discovered something and reached out to brush away the dust on a nearby stone slab.

"This is... characters? It's dragon script! But why is it hot?"

Of course, it's hot. I just used lightning to create it.

"Dragon script? I can decipher it, let me take a look!" A female cultivator immediately approached and five others followed suit.

As everyone knows, the Dragon Race is wealthy and powerful, and they never pass on trash. Various Dragon Race-related relics that have been excavated contain Divine Abilities ranging from Supreme Divine Abilities to Heaven Level Divine Abilities, with even Earth Level Divine Abilities being rare.

The existing Earth Level and Human Level Divine Abilities are mostly derived from Dragon Race Divine Abilities or created by later generations.

To find a stone tablet with Dragon script written on it here, the things recorded on it must be extraordinary!

"'Pure Yang True Interpretation'?" The female cultivator first read the title and her expression immediately became more excited. "It's a cultivation technique!"

"Hurry, continue reading!"

"Yes, yes!" The female cultivator hurriedly continued.

Yang Ning and Deep Blue have translated countless cultivation techniques, even Supreme Divine Abilities, translating them from plain language into the Immortal Cultivation World's characteristic language filled with hidden meanings. Translating the classical Chinese "Dao Canon" is naturally not a problem either.

The female cultivator looked at this stone tablet full of ancient charm without any doubt. While reading, she interpreted the meanings of the hidden language to everyone. She read from beginning to end, forcefully and fluently.

These hidden meanings were also the same as those used in the past. With the great decryption by the First Heaven Sect, many hidden meanings have been written into dictionaries, so they naturally couldn't stump this girl who is proficient in Dragon script.

Some cultivators with stronger comprehension began to comprehend this cultivation technique.

"This is a soul refining technique. By enduring three calamities, one can refine their own soul into a Pure Yang True Soul, and then..."

Luo Haixing's eyes lit up. This is actually a cultivation technique that can allow a person to break through the Qi Refining Stage from the Physical Body Realm?

This is simply unbelievable. He has been cultivating for so many years and has never heard of such a cultivation technique. Everyone can only endure time, accumulate spiritual power, and then break through when they feel that their foundation is almost there!

Now he finally understands that above the Divine Sea realm, there should be the Pure Sun Realm. By cultivating the Pure Yang True Soul, one can naturally break through the Qi Refining Stage as a matter of course!

No wonder it's so difficult. It turns out that there is a whole realm missing in all the cultivation techniques obtained by the sects!

So, as long as I cultivate this technique, I can break through the Qi Refining Stage?

If the sect obtains this technique, wouldn't it be able to instantly increase the number of Qi Refining cultivators by dozens?

Thinking of this, Luo Haixing's face suddenly darkened.

No, it's enough for me to break through the Qi Refining Stage. If everyone else breaks through as well, then what's the point for me?

Moreover, the effect of this technique on a sect is so powerful that the correct usage is definitely not to offer it to the sect, but to establish one's own sect.

Unless I am the inheritor of this sect.

But am I the inheritor of the Ancient Shang Sect?

No!

Thinking of this, and seeing that his junior and senior martial siblings around him were still blissfully unaware of the profound meaning behind this technique, Luo Haixing silently tightened his grip on the long sword at his waist.

After a while, accompanied by a loud explosion, a sorrowful-looking Luo Haixing walked out of the cave.

"I need to report to the sect as soon as possible. The relic is too dangerous. I lost five junior and senior martial siblings! Fortunately, I obtained an Earth Level Divine Ability, which can also be considered as an explanation to the sect!"

Yang Ning clicked his tongue. As expected, in the cultivation world of Yizhou, a black-market-like society, once they see this cultivation technique, they will definitely make the decision to keep it for themselves!

Fortunately, he had arranged hundreds of similar scenarios.

Including, but not limited to, relics on stone tablets, secret manuals in auction houses, garbage piles in treasure pavilions, hidden compartments in swords, inscriptions on the back of senior's spine, and coffin lids with engravings.

And the names of the techniques are also incredibly unique, but absolutely top-notch.

Including, but not limited to, "Pure Yang True Interpretation," "Great Sun Scripture," "Nine Yang Divine Technique," and so on.

Ensuring that everyone who picks them up believes themselves to be the absolute chosen one!

As for whether they would doubt the authenticity of the techniques?

How could they doubt it? This world is simple and honest, and no one has ever thought of using fake techniques to deceive others!

Moreover, even if there were fake techniques, cultivators would not think it's a problem with the techniques themselves, but rather a problem with themselves. For example, they would think their aptitude is not good enough, they are not working hard enough, they lack talent, or they don't have a Pure Yang body, and that's why they couldn't cultivate successfully.

Because they were all selected as cultivators at the Tenth Layer of the physical body, someone drew a formation that day, projected their own soul, and someone even attempted to undergo the tribulation of the demonic path that night!

Three days later, Yang Ning received the first batch of data.

A total of 365 people practiced this cultivation technique, and 64 people died on the first day.

Among these 64 people, 22 were affected by external interference and their souls couldn't return in time. Another 14 people didn't carefully read the instructions and chose to separate their souls on a scorching hot day, resulting in immediate death.

There were also 28 people whose cultivation level was not high enough, and their souls were directly eroded by demonic energy and died.

This is also Yang Ning's fault. He didn't expect that the body he chose was already an old Tenth Layer cultivator, so why are there still 28 souls so fragile?

There are 301 people left, and 15 of them have not tried the technique. There are 26 formation drawings that were done wrong, and even after multiple reviews, the idiots still didn't notice.

The remaining 260 people have all successfully captured their souls and, according to the requirements of the technique, refine their souls once every night. They have tried three times and all succeeded!

Yang Ning activated the Cloud Mist Information Matrix and focused on observing these 260 people.

On the fifth day, someone had a problem again.

This time, it was because the soul and demonic energy integrated, resulting in a mutation. The whole person turned into a demon, not recognizing anyone, and was killed by the sect leader.

The technique he practiced was also discovered, and after the sect leader studied it, he felt that there didn't seem to be any problems. But seeing the disciple's miserable state, he didn't dare to let the disciple try it rashly. In the end, he could only set a seal and store the technique away.

On the sixth day, the number of people with this condition increased to 12.

On the seventh day, there were 35 people who went astray!

On the eighth day, 57 people!

On the ninth day, 114 people!

When Yang Ning thought that the technique had failed, Luo Haixing gave him a surprise.

He could already ignore the demonic spiritual energy!

So that night, he began the Rank Two cultivation, with his soul three zhang above the ground, starting to adapt to the five elements spiritual energy!

And his soul already showed signs of transitioning from virtual to real, and even the naked eye could see a dark phantom, but there were no signs of demonic energy erosion.

This means that he only used demonic energy to temper his soul, but the demonic energy did not enter his soul.

He really achieved Yang Ning's vision!

The five elements spiritual energy caused Luo Haixing's soul to disperse directly into a group. After Luo Haixing's soul returned to its place, he screamed in pain and fainted for three days.

Yang Ning thought he was going to give up, but he didn't expect that he would spend all his money to buy soul-nourishing pills and continue his cultivation after resting for two days.

And he went straight to the area with the five elements spiritual energy!

"This guy is ruthless!" Yang Ning didn't know the extent of Luo Haixing's soul injury, but judging from this rest time, it shouldn't be serious.

Come to think of it, the bodies he found were all old Tenth Layer cultivators. In theory, their mental cultivation was already very high, and they had a certain resistance to spiritual energy.

They were probably just one step away from spiritual energy entering their bodies, so it was natural that they wouldn't disperse with just a blow of the five elements spiritual energy.

Sure enough, it only took Luo Haixing three days to adapt to the five elements spiritual energy.

Finally, on the fourth day, the 18th day of practicing the technique, he began the Rank Three stage!

On the day of Mingyue, he tried the Primordial Spirit Astral Projection.

At this time, the world was filled with the purest star power: the power of the moon!

The power of the moon was not as hot as the power of the sun, but its power was still not to be underestimated. However, Luo Haixing persisted.

And Yang Ning found that the time of his Astral Projection was getting longer and longer, and his body not only didn't deteriorate, but became full of energy, and his condition became better and better!

"This is the improvement of the spiritual essence, which drives the improvement of the physical body?" Yang Ning thought of a term, the half-step Qi Refining!

So, this technique not only had no harm to the body, but it was beneficial?

As for those who failed in their cultivation, Yang Ning didn't care at all. Obviously, it was a problem with their aptitude, not the technique.

Cultivation is like mathematics, it has never been suitable for everyone.

On the 20th day, Luo Haixing's cultivation shifted from night to daytime, in a cool and shady place.

His soul became more and more solid, more and more clear, and closer to a Perfected Being!

Until the 27th day, Luo Haixing could already walk freely in the sunlight.

His soul had become substantial, and if you only looked with the naked eye, there was no difference between it and his true body.

Perhaps he had already cultivated what Yang Ning envisioned - the Pure Yang True Soul!

And then, as expected.

On the 30th day, Luo Haixing smoothly guided the Qi into his body and succeeded!

(End of this chapter)