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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 3: [Qiu Prefecture Lantern Festival]
Chapter 70 (214): [Perfection]
(70th of Volume 3)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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The banquet was held at noon.
Only Li Weiyi and Li Ling attended.
After today's battle, the two were destined to become renowned throughout the world among the younger generation.
Tang Wanqiu took this matter extremely seriously, personally introducing them to the various masters of the Northern Territory, showcasing the extraordinary strength of the Snow Sword Tang Court with the intention of recruiting them.
The Northern Territory, once rivaled by the Heavenly Cliff Ridge, now saw the Demon King of Yin Mountain, alongside the Three Northern Barbarian Bandits - the Yuezhi, Wanyan, and Tuoba clans - all submitting to the Snow Sword Tang Court.
After a decade of warfare, the north was nearly unified.
Of the seven prefectures, only You and Feng Prefectures remained under Imperial Court control, separated by the Mist Grassland.
The dense fog that perpetually shrouded the area, coupled with spatial distortions, made both sides hesitant to advance, fearing ambush.
Tang Wanqiu already held eight of the ten invitations to the Top Ten of the Northern Territory.
Only Chen Ziliang, the leader of Qilin Terrace, and Feng Yin, the top Martial-Mystic Cultivator of Feng Prefecture, remained.
As for the Second and Third Class Martial-Mystic Cultivators, Tang Wanqiu didn't need to worry. Her subordinates would handle them, delivering their heads to her as trophies.
The mutual defeat of Ge Xiantong and Zuoqiu Hong presented the perfect opportunity to eliminate Chen Ziliang and Feng Yin, completing the unification of Northern City.
After the banquet, Li Weiyi and Li Ling returned to their residence.
Tang Wanqiu received a secret report from her hidden agents.
"Jiang Ning has arrived in Northern City!"
"Ge Xiantong is injured. While the Imperial Court adopts a defensive stance, it is shifting its focus north to prevent the Snow Sword Tang Court from unifying Northern City."
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Tang Wanqiu pulled the white fox fur around her neck tighter, gazing at the jagged icicles hanging from the eaves of the tiled roof.
She chuckled softly: "Ge Xiantong is truly laughable. He crippled himself in the very first battle! The Imperial Court should possess the strength and ambition to unify the realm, yet now it can only focus on one of the four territories."
In the darkness, someone asked, "Should we seize this opportunity to cripple them completely?"
Tang Wanqiu shook her head: "Not yet! The Imperial Court is teeming with powerful figures, far more than just Ge Xiantong. The eight provinces are home to countless heroes. Phoenix Terrace and Qilin Terrace have cultivated countless elite Imperial guards. Even just Jiang Ning alone is a formidable opponent. Rumor has it she has achieved minor mastery of the Dragon Awakening Technique and can now wield the power of the Dragon Soul."
"Here's what we'll do. Spread a rumor that the Imperial Court is already past its prime. At this Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, they won't even be able to secure a single territory, let alone claim the top prize. It's utterly ridiculous!"
The person in the darkness replied, "Are you trying to divert the conflict eastward?"
"Do you want the Two Insects of the Eastern Territory to win by default?" Tang Wanqiu said calmly, "As things stand, Luan Sheng Lin You will likely focus on either the Western or Southern Territory, most likely the Western Territory, which is his stronghold. The Southern Territory, on the other hand, is defended by Zuoqiu Hong. Although the Zuoqiu Sect has suffered heavy losses among its high-ranking Martial-Mystic Cultivators, they are still the hosts and retain considerable military strength."
"If the Imperial Court wants to secure a territory, the Eastern Territory is the best choice."
....
Li Weiyi and Li Ling walked along the rain corridor, returning to their residence.
"I recall you once said my blood could revive the dead?" Li Weiyi asked through spiritual energy transmission.
Zen Hai Guanwu's voice, emanating from Li Ling's mouth, replied, "Want to save someone? Forget it. You can't. Do you really think you're the judge of life and death? That you can decide who lives and who dies?"
Li Weiyi's gaze turned somber. He had worn a forced smile throughout the earlier banquet, his heart heavy with worry.
Zen Hai Guanwu continued, "How long have you been cultivating? After a hundred or a thousand years of practice, you'll have witnessed a hundred or a thousand times more deaths than you have now. Do you think you'll be able to save everyone then?"
"The three from Shaoyang Star retained their memories and became Dead Spirits because they were already highly skilled cultivators in life, and their extraordinary power preserved their remnant souls and consciousness."
"But look at the Dead Spirits in the Nether Realm of the Dead. How many of them retain their memories and consciousness? They're all just Demonic Specters."
"I was revived by your blood for two reasons: first, the lingering resentment in my bones hadn't dissipated. Second, the Bronze Ship itself possesses unfathomable divine and demonic secrets."
"In reality, a proper Yang Marriage involves incredibly complex rituals and sacrifices to inform your ancestors. Reviving a corpse isn't as simple as a drop of blood."
"I estimate that once your Blood Qi becomes sufficiently powerful and you delve into Soul Cultivation, you'll master the secret technique of reviving corpses with blood. However, this will only temporarily reanimate the corpse to fight for you, not for long."
Li Weiyi sighed, "It was a foolish notion of mine!"
"Rather than dwelling on the past, cherish the living."
"How is your physical cultivation progressing?" Zen Hai Guanwu asked.
Li Weiyi replied, "My Blood Qi is nearing completion, but shaping my muscles and internal organs still requires time. Master Coffin said that absorbing a pound of Immortal Soil will bring me to completion. I've absorbed about six or seven ounces so far."
"Have you found the Divine Cauldron Wood?"
"The paper that bears the Golden Talisman Swords is made from Divine Cauldron Wood," Zen Hai Guanwu said.
Finally, some good news.
Li Weiyi asked, "Should we make more Golden Talisman Swords?"
"With Li Ling's Psychic Power at the Calamity Fire Realm, she can only control a maximum of three hundred Golden Talisman Swords simultaneously. Moreover, the Spiritual Light Flame consumes energy rapidly," Zen Hai Guanwu said.
"I'm also a Great Spiritual Master!"
"You're only at the Earthly Flame Realm. How many can you control? It's not very useful."
The three realms of a Great Spirit Master are: Earthly Flame Realm, Heavenly Fire Realm, and Calamity Fire Realm.
Beyond that lies the Spiritual (Telekinetic) Masters, who possesses the ability to refine pills and forge weapons.
The Golden Talisman Swords and the Divine Cauldron Wood were both significant: the former involved the Heavenly Talisman Sword, while the latter related to Li Ling's movements over the past month.
Clearly, they needed to keep this hidden to prevent any traces leading to Zen Hai Guanwu.
That would be counterproductive.
Therefore, Li Weiyi didn't let Li Ling craft more Golden Talisman Swords for other Great Spiritual Masters to use.
After giving Cang Li and Yin Jiu the healing pills and instructing Bai Shu to keep an eye on Yang Zhiyong and Yang Yun, Li Weiyi returned to his room.
After setting up a Formation, he entered the Blood Mud Space.
Zen Hai Guanwu followed him in, while Li Ling remained outside.
Divine Cauldron Wood is a type of jade-hard, core-of-the-earth divine wood that erupts to the surface with magma. It's named after the Divine Cauldron Earth Abyss, the only place it can be found, and is a treasure for Martial-Mystic Cultivators seeking to strengthen their muscles and skin.
Zen Hai Guanwu gave Li Weiyi a piece of the Divine Cauldron Wood and then flew to the Jade Boat to refine and absorb it herself.
'She's going to cultivate her physical body too!'
"She said we'd celebrate the New Year together when she returned! But as soon as she got back, she just buried herself in cultivation again."
Li Weiyi stared at the red-robed figure meditating at the bow of the ship. He suddenly understood why she had reached the level of an Emperor. She was completely unburdened by emotional ties, always putting cultivation first.
He temporarily put away the Divine Cauldron Wood in his hand.
Li Weiyi sat beside Master Coffin's coffin and took out the Dao Fruit: "I must quickly cultivate this Fourth Qi Sea to Great Perfection. Otherwise, I'll have no chance of competing with the true young masters of this generation."
The terrifying cultivation of Luan Sheng Lin You had left a deep impression on Li Weiyi.
Without the help of his seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors, Li Weiyi would still be far behind Yang Qingxi, who was not even yet at the Inheritor-level. And even if he had been an Inheritor-level expert, how many moves could he have lasted against Luan Sheng Lin You?
"Do you remember the risks I told you about?" Master Coffin asked.
"I'll be careful," Li Weiyi replied.
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Master Coffin proceeded with utmost caution. He lifted the coffin lid, and the fragmented corpse rose from within, radiating ten thousand beams of blood-red light and exuding an otherworldly aura.
The Nine Emperors Banner in his hand unleashed a surge of Spatial Power, driving the Dao Fruit into Li Weiyi's Fourth Qi Sea, located within his lung.
"Whoosh!"
Space rippled violently.
Li Weiyi's lungs immediately erupted in searing pain.
He hastily gathered his consciousness and turned inward to examine his Qi Sea.
The Dao Fruit, anchored at the center of the Qi Sea by Master Coffin, hung suspended like a divine sun, its radiant light illuminating his entire chest cavity.
"Boom!"
The Dao Fruit spun rapidly, its spiritual Qi gushing outward like a torrent, forming an ever-expanding vortex of terrifying intensity that threatened to tear the Qi Sea apart.
With each passing moment, the vortex grew by two or three thousand cubic units of spiritual Qi.
If Master Coffin could use this technique, other top-tier forces could certainly employ it as well, helping their disciples accumulate spiritual Qi more rapidly.
Normally, however, a Qi Sea needed to reach ten thousand cubic units before a Dao Lotus was used.
As for the Dao Fruit, it was reserved for Inheritor-level geniuses cultivating Ancestral Fields.
Inheritor-level geniuses could typically expand their Ancestral Fields to tens of thousands of cubic meters. Only after filling such a vast Ancestral Field with spiritual Qi could they achieve Great Perfection of the Five Seas Realm, also known as "Five Seas Great Perfection Realm."
Li Weiyi's Fourth Sea was only about eight thousand cubic meters in size. Injecting a Dao Fruit into such a small Qi Sea carried inherent risks, making Master Coffin extremely cautious.
Using a Dao Lotus wouldn't have been much safer either.
Within mere seconds, Li Weiyi felt his lungs swell to the point of bursting, and the spiritual Qi within his body began to run amok.
His Fourth Sea was already full...
"Whoosh!"
Master Coffin's arm trembled, and the Nine Emperor Banner spun.
Space quivered slightly.
The Dao Fruit was pulled out by the banner and immediately placed back into its iron box, which was then sealed for preservation.
A single Dao Fruit contained tens of thousands of units of spiritual Qi, but only ten thousand had been released so far.
"Quickly begin the Breathing Technique and Qi Tempering Technique," Master Coffin instructed.
Li Weiyi's face flushed crimson, his heart pounded wildly. He struggled to maintain the state of the Jade Void Breathing Technique, using the technique to exert every ounce of his strength to restrain the chaotic spiritual Qi within him.
He had to remember that his first three Qi Seas combined held only a few hundred units of spiritual Qi.
Suddenly having eight thousand units of foreign spiritual Qi surging through his body was far beyond his control.
This Qi had originally belonged to a Dao Seed Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivator and was once pure and refined.
Now, however, it was rapidly dissipating, approaching Fourth-Level Qi.
The most essential energy was being wasted.
After half a day of effort, Li Weiyi's breathing finally stabilized, and the flow of spiritual Qi within his body returned to normal.
The spiritual Qi surged from the Fourth Sea, coursing through 120 String Meridians before entering 120 Golden Vein Meridians that crisscrossed his entire body.
Foreign spiritual Qi was highly incompatible and required repeated circulation within the body to gradually integrate.
Having reached this stage, Li Weiyi finally had the energy to use the Qi Tempering Technique from the Heavenly Demon Manual, refining the 8,000 cubic meters of foreign Qi strand by strand.
Time flew by.
Just before the seventh day, Li Weiyi finally completed the initial integration of the spiritual Qi within his body.
Now, with a mere thought, the spiritual Qi from the Fourth Sea flowed forth, transporting itself to every part of his body - no longer like the stagnant Dead Sea it had been a week ago.
"Master Coffin, it seems I've completely mastered the spiritual Qi in the Fourth Sea. Can I attempt to break through to the Fifth Sea now?"
Master Guan, speaking from beneath the ground, replied, "Don't be reckless; it'll kill you. You've only just integrated the Qi. It'll take at least two or three months to fully master it and eliminate the Dao Fruit spiritual Qi's incompatibility."
"Until then, I won't allow you to attempt the Fifth Sea."
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END OF CHAPTER
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