Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

The demon race's decision to transform was quite decisive. After that, they stopped sending demon beasts to the arena. Clearly, the two transformed great demons saw that Zhang Yuanjing's strength far exceeded that of ordinary Great Perfection cultivators. He was using the battles to comprehend some kind of technique. Sending more demon beasts would be purely sending them to their deaths and allowing him to exploit them.

Zhang Yuanjing had anticipated this day, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly. It had only been less than three months, and he hadn't even killed more than ten demon beasts.

Without opponents, the comprehension of spells lacked some impetus. Relying solely on hard thinking was ultimately separated by a layer.

He waited for a few days, but no demon beasts appeared. So, he simply retrieved the Nascent Soul chapter of the Thick Earth Skill from the depths of his sea of consciousness and carefully pondered it.

If a cultivator at a low realm could comprehend the techniques of a higher realm and successfully cultivate them, they could use this to break through their current realm. This was a medium-level breakthrough.

To follow this path, comprehension was one hurdle, an extremely difficult one, but many talented cultivators could manage it. However, to cultivate according to it was incredibly difficult.

Zhang Yuanjing's usual technique improvements, whether changes in realm or advancement in level, always involved successful cultivation first, followed by understanding the principles of the technique.

This time, on the arena, because he had already created a spell of his own, he had gained some understanding of the principles of Nascent Soul techniques. He could use this to study the Thick Earth Skill, seeking a breakthrough to trigger a change in the technique.

Nascent Soul techniques differed from Core Formation techniques. Their essence lay in the mastery of the Dao. Because they had a deeper understanding of the Dao and profound laws, they were more powerful in attracting and utilizing the power of heaven and earth. Nascent Soul cultivators could turn rivers and overturn mountains with a mere gesture. With powerful spiritual treasures, they could even create their own domain and demarcate boundaries.

The essence of the Thick Earth Skill emphasized "thickness," the so-called "thick earth carries all things." In the Nascent Soul realm, it connected with heaven and earth. Below, it used the earth as a covering; above, it rolled up earth to form a domain. In attack, it was a heavy, crushing force; in defense, it was immovable as a mountain.

This was, of course, what Zhang Yuanjing needed to comprehend the Thick Earth Transformation Skill. But in addition to this, his technique also needed a "life" aspect. Only with continuous growth could he accumulate thickness into power and spread it widely, instead of simply relying on the surrounding environment.

Where did this "life" aspect come from? In the Thick Earth Transformation Skill, it came from using wood to ignite fire and using fire to scorch water and earth. The key was fire. This was the transformation of the five elements.

Zhang Yuanjing thoroughly reviewed all chapters of the Thick Earth Skill from Qi Refining to Nascent Soul, progressing step by step, fully understanding its grand principles, and gaining much. Especially the Nascent Soul techniques, which discussed the methods of internal and external communication, described the principles of seeking truth and consolidating the origin, and clarified the path of refining Qi into spirit. This was the most crucial link for cultivators to transform from mortal to profound. Its essence lay in one Qi connecting to all transformations, that is, using pure earth spiritual power to fuse with all other things to achieve thick earth. The universal principle of the Thick Earth Skill was to combine vastness to achieve its thickness and weight, but to control all things, one ultimately needed a force, which was the dominating earth force.

One Qi connecting to all transformations actually had something in common with his Thick Earth Transformation Skill, but it was much more profound in principle.

Zhang Yuanjing used the technique of covering earth to form mountains to comprehend this principle. After several days, he gradually entered a state of thorough understanding.

The original arena battle turned into one person's cultivation, which bored the cultivators and demon beasts on the mountain to death. So, they went to the small arenas to compete or watch the excitement.

The demon race's transformed demons ultimately couldn't save face. More than ten days later, they sent another demon, attempting to interfere with Zhang Yuanjing's comprehension of the technique. However, he easily killed it with the technique of covering earth to form mountains. After that, they completely gave up and no longer sent demons to fight.

Without actual combat to test it, Zhang Yuanjing's comprehension progressed slowly, but he was constantly leaping toward that clear realm.

Soon, half a year passed. The Enforcement Hall's decision on the Profound Sky Sect was delayed. According to Lu Tianying, one sect consistently opposed it. This sect was not one of the three sects in the Southern Domain, but the Profound Quiet Palace in the Central Domain. Lu Tianying speculated that the Profound Quiet Palace might have unknown connections with the Jixia Academy.

Zhang Yuanjing was very puzzled. If the Profound Quiet Palace received instructions from that remnant soul, they should know that he and Yu Hanyan had obtained the silver lotus. If they wanted to seize this object, wouldn't it be more beneficial to kick them when they were down? As for obeying the Jixia Academy, it was somewhat unlikely. After all, it was one of the top ten sects in the Central Domain, so there was no need to be driven by a sect in the Eastern Domain.

The situation was complex, mixed with many factors, making it difficult to sort out. In any case, the Profound Sky Sect not being punished was ultimately a good thing.

Another half a year passed. The situation seemed to have reached a stalemate. There was no change in the Enforcement Hall. Although a few more Core Formation Great Perfection demon beasts came, they never restarted the arena battle.

After more than a year of comprehension, Zhang Yuanjing had roughly understood the various essentials of One Qi Connecting to All Transformations. Next was only the most important and most difficult step—the unity of knowledge and action, the formation of a fixed law.

Regarding this step, he had long had an idea, which was to use the cultivation of the S煞雷 Bamboo as a guide, absorbing thunder power to replace the method of scorching water and earth with fire, to achieve a new path of annihilation and life.

Originally, his S煞雷 Bamboo was damaged while resisting the thunder tribulation with Hu Tiancong, but he had already cultivated a new sprout. At that time, he thought that when the new sprout grew, it would produce a strange power to help the Thick Earth Transformation Skill improve its level, but unexpectedly, it was just ordinary wood power.

Now that he thought about it, the S煞雷 Bamboo seedling did not yet have 煞雷 power. It needed to mature before it could generate thunder power within itself. This was exactly what he needed to break through his technique, it could be said that everything was destined by heaven.

So, he took out the porcelain pot containing the S煞雷 Bamboo seedling, held its tender stem, absorbed wood power, and began to circulate earth power to cultivate this grass.

The S煞雷 Bamboo was of very high grade, at least above the Profound Grade fifth rank. With his sixth level Thick Earth Transformation Skill, cultivating it for a year could only promote its age by about sixty years.

Fortunately, the demon race did not come to disturb him, allowing him to sit on the arena for more than two years.

During this period, the two races fought fiercely in the small arenas, and countless Core Formation late-stage and below cultivators and Core Formation late-stage and below demon beasts died, which made up for the lack of battles in the main arena.

Lu Tianying came to him many times, but the things he said were not of great importance. There was no progress in the Enforcement Hall, and Daoist Fire Crow had not been able to escape and return. Hu Tiancong, another True Person of the Profound Sky Sect, had been with several True Persons from Spirit Martial Mountain in the western foothills of the Hengduan Mountains and had not returned.

After much deliberation, Zhang Yuanjing asked him to seek the protection of True Person Li Fengyu of Embrace Moon Valley, leading a group of Profound Sky Sect disciples to avoid the eyes and ears of the Enforcement Hall, return south to the mountain gate, and inform True Person Tong about the Jixia Academy's coercion of the Enforcement Hall and the Enforcement Hall's possible severe punishment of the Profound Sky Sect, so that he could prepare early.

After Fan Chongshan informed him that Lu Tianying had safely led the disciples and sect members back south, Zhang Yuanjing completely let go of his worries and put all his mind on cultivating the S煞雷 Bamboo.

Another three years passed. The demon race was probably fully prepared and once again sent demon beasts to the arena.

The first to appear was the 虓虎, known for its ferocity in the Hengduan Mountains. This beast completely ignored his technique of suppressing with heavy mountains and launched a frenzied attack on him as soon as it stepped onto the stone platform.

Learning from the previous lesson, Zhang Yuanjing did not immediately use his killer moves, but used the various transformations of covering earth to form mountains to fight defensively.

On the arena, Zhang Yuanjing was seen controlling a ten-zhang golden mountain, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, dissolving the 虓虎's fierce and brave attacks into nothing. Apart from leaving a mess of claw marks on the golden mountain, Zhang Yuanjing was unharmed. After this beast exhausted its means and its strength waned, he used the move of heavy mountains pressing down from the top to crush it into mud. For the next twenty days, the demon race sent up nine beasts in a row, all of which Zhang Yuanjing used to test his moves. After squeezing out their value, he casually killed them.

The two transformed great demons watched with red eyes, but there was nothing they could do. In the end, they had to suspend the arena battle and send demon beasts to Demon Saint Mountain to ask for help.

Zhang Yuanjing was happy to have peace and continued to cultivate the S煞雷 Bamboo. In a hurry, three years passed, and this plant was nearly five hundred years old, and was about to mature.

On this day, a demon beast finally appeared on the arena from the demon race, it was actually a White Peacock from the Demon Saint clan.