Chapter 64: Shaoyang Star
This incomparably primitive and dense Jungle, towering ancient trees, Thorns old vines, bushes and wild grass… including the thick layer of Withered Branches and fallen leaves beneath Li Weiyi, were gradually torn apart and smeared like a painting, disappearing in the blood-red Mist.
The Ground beneath him was bare, leaving only a vast expanse of brownish-red Soil.
The Soil was not hard and dry, like a parched Seabed, soaked in Blood through thousand years of Time.
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Li Weiyi sat cross-legged, eyes tightly closed, meditating quietly, unaware of the changes in the outside world.
Spirit Tablet Senior explained the Spiritual God Path Meditation Method like this when teaching it:
“Light can Penetrate indestructible Metal, boil the sea and burn the sky, illuminate the Universe. It is the most inconceivable thing between Heaven and Earth, the source of all energy, the root of Consciousness Be Born.”
“Mind Power is Power cultivated from soul Consciousness. It is completely different from Magic Power cultivated from the Physical Body, two distinct paths.”
“Soul Consciousness is the mutation phenomenon of light particles.”
“Cultivating Mind Power means absorbing light particles from Heaven and Earth, converting them into Spiritual Light Particles within the body. When enough Spiritual Light Particles gather, they form a cluster of Spiritual Fire, which then rushes open the Forehead Spirit Realm located at the Brow.”
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Li Weiyi could understand the greatness and mystery of light in nature, just like all energy on Earth, whose initial source almost all came from the Sun.
That massive star suspended in the Void could be said to be the most shocking sight visible on Earth, possessing domineering energy that surpassed all Spirit Gods. But because it had always been there, people felt it was ordinary, merely a light spot in the sky.
The Meditation Method taught by Spirit Tablet Senior was called “One Grass Meditation Method”.
Imagine oneself as a small plant, with the ability to continuously absorb light particles.
Li Weiyi wanted to imagine himself as a grass, but in his mind, the grand scene of gazing at the Fusang Divine Tree from afar on the Bronze Ship that day always appeared.
So, he simply followed his heart.
Imagine himself as two Fusang Divine Trees, capable of pulling all light particles from Heaven and Earth into his Body, forging his own Golden Crow or Sun.
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Under the blazing sun, Xue Zheng held a Long Saber, standing at the top of a hill in the Mang Mountain Range.
He had tracked Li Weiyi’s escape traces all the way here.
Due to the misguidance of Yang Yun’s Blood aura, he indeed took a detour. After turning back, he discovered Li Weiyi’s true escape traces on the opposite bank of the Sui River, delaying quite some time.
By the time he chased here, it was already noon.
In his vision, mountains towered, with vast forests between Mountain Peaks, clouds and mist rising.
Many huge strange birds flew in flocks through the clouds and mist.
Deafening roars of unknown beasts came from deep within the great mountains, inspiring awe and preventing rash actions.
There were too many legends about the spiritual anomalies, dangers, and strangeness of the Mang Mountain Range. Even for the resolute and confident Xue Zheng, after venturing deep inside, the pressure in his heart was immense.
Dozens of miles away in the distance, a large area suddenly turned dark.
There were clearly no clouds above or mountains blocking, so how could such a strange thing happen?
“Swish!”
Murong Xiao caught up, retracting her black wings and landing beside Xue Zheng. The arrows in the Quiver on her back had been refilled: “Chang Lin Gang Gang Leader Xu Changlin, eager for merit, has personally sent Yang Yun back to Jiu Li City. Deputy Gang Leader Tang Yan will arrive here in at most one more quarter of an hour.”
Xue Zheng said in a metallic clanging voice: “Li Weiyi is severely injured and can’t escape far. We must find him before he recovers, or killing him will become an extremely troublesome matter again.”
Murong Xiao knew well the prowess of Xue Zheng, the Fourth in Seven Springs Hall, known as the “Invincible Swordsman,” who truly had never been defeated.
Although three old guys ranked ahead of him, even those three could not break the Defense of his Silver Half Immortal Body. It was just that their battle records were more brilliant and they had lived longer, so they ranked higher.
Xue Zheng was far younger than them. The reason he had not yet reached Five Seas Realm was to Impact Nine Springs Supreme Person.
Although Murong Xiao ranked twenty-first, she knew that in a one-on-one fight on the Ground, Xue Zheng could slay her with a single saber strike.
She said: “Yang Family Young Lady has raised the Bounty amount several times and added the news of Li Weiyi possessing multiple Magic Tools to the Killing Notice. This will surely trigger a not insignificant uproar. I expect some Five Seas Realm cultivators might even be drawn here. We need to hurry!”
“Swish! Swish!”
The two tracked the remaining traces of Li Weiyi and disappeared from the top of the hill.
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Countless light speck particles from between Heaven and Earth gathered from all directions toward the Forehead acupoint at Li Weiyi’s Brow.
More and more.
They condensed into larger, brighter light spots, filling the entire acupoint, followed by a swelling pain sensation.
“Boom!”
The acupoint trembled.
A small Space about the size of a Square Inch was suddenly torn open at the Brow, with a grain-of-rice-sized Spiritual Light Flame suspended inside. Countless Spiritual Light Particles swirled around the flame, merging into it.
“The Inner World within the Brow, the human Body is indeed a mysteriously unfathomable treasure trove.”
“I’ve only just had my Spiritual Light emerge, and I’ve already accumulated enough Spiritual Light Particles to open the Forehead Spirit Realm? Isn’t this speed of absorbing light speck particles too outrageous?”
Li Weiyi remembered that after Cai Yutong’s Spiritual Light emerged, it took her seven days of accumulation to open her Forehead Spirit Realm.
Even so, it made a figure like Spirit Tablet Senior praise endlessly, calling her a heaven-defying genius of the Spiritual God Path multiple times.
Although Li Weiyi had his eyes closed, he could clearly see the tiny world below his Brow and the Spiritual Light Flame suspended at the center of that world. The walls of the world flowed with radiant light, extremely divine.
This was the first layer Realm of the Mind Master’s three Realms — “Square Inch Flame”.
Square Inch referred to the size of the Forehead Spirit Realm.
Flame referred to the size and Strength of the Spiritual Light Flame.
The second and third Realms of Mind Master were: Square Inch Blazing Fire and Square Inch Bright Fire.
As for Li Ling’s Earth Fire Realm, it belonged to the first Realm of the Great Mind Master’s Square Foot three Realms.
The combat power of Great Mind Masters corresponded to the Five Seas Realm of Martial Arts Cultivation.
Further up were the Square Zhang three Realms of Spirit Mind Master, corresponding to the Dao Seed Realm of Martial Arts Cultivation.
Square Inch, Square Foot, Square Zhang…
Mind Master, Great Mind Master, Spirit Mind Master…
It was said that only upon reaching the Spirit Mind Master level did the true Spiritual God Cultivation and Mind Power transformation begin. The previous two Realms were merely Absorb Light Nourish Fire.
Li Weiyi opened his eyes and let out a long breath.
Just as he felt the fatigue, pain, and weakness in his Body seemed greatly alleviated, he was instantly stunned by the drastic changes in the scene before him. He looked around and immediately stood up.
“What is this place?”
Everywhere was blood-red Mist, wisps like gauze and smoke.
The muddy Ground underfoot left a Footprint with every step, Blood Water seeping from the Footprints.
He felt a chill run down his spine. He clearly remembered sitting in a primitive Dense Forest before meditating, with a big tree of iron-hard bark just three steps away, the Ground covered in thick fallen leaves emitting the scent of decaying vegetation.
It couldn’t be…
That he encountered something strange?
The Mang Mountain Range itself was a cluster of Emperor tombs, with extremely heavy Yin Energy, and countless bizarre tales of Departed Spirits and ghosts circulating from it. Moreover, on the other side of the Mountain Range was connected the boundless, endless Darkness of the Nether Realm of the Dead.
Li Weiyi had specifically inquired about it because he knew Cang Wang Tomb was in the Mang Mountain Range. Knowing too much only made him more uneasy.
“Swish! Swish! Swish!”
He hurriedly took out the Evil Camel Bell and retrieved the Stone Coffin, Spirit Tablet, and Blue and White Ash Jar from inside the Bell.
These three definitely understood the Mang Mountain Range. If he had accidentally entered some Taboo place, perhaps they could help him escape.
The Blue and White Ash Jar, upon landing, seemed to Smell some aura and became extremely excited, bouncing around on the Blood Mud Ground: “How is it here? How did you do it, how did you do it… haha, I thought you’d need to reach Longevity Realm in Cultivation to bring us here. This is too sudden. Am I dreaming?”
Seeing Jar Master so excited and familiar with this place, Li Weiyi immediately relaxed and asked: “Jar Master, stop bouncing. What exactly is this place?”
Spirit Tablet Senior puzzled: “You don’t know what this place is? Then how did you get here?”
Li Weiyi recounted how his Spiritual Light had emerged and he had opened the Forehead Spirit Realm in one breath.
The three had long grown accustomed to his heaven-defying Cultivation talent, but still fell into a sullen silence for a moment.
Stone Coffin Senior spoke first: “It seems that for the master of Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish to enter Shaoyang Star is not too difficult; one only needs to cultivate Spiritual Light.”
Spirit Tablet Senior said: “This is too inconceivable!”
“What’s there for you two to sigh about? A supreme treasure like Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish is beyond our comprehension. Besides, his ability to become its master means he already has some connection with it,” Jar Master said.
Listening to their conversation, Li Weiyi pondered. His fingers touched his neck, pulling out the Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish from his collar.
The Fish Eyes of the two Bronze Yin and Yang fish only had that pale cyan Dao Ancestor Brow Bone left. The other light red Buddha’s Sarira was lost again, leaving a bean-sized hole in the Fish Eye.
He couldn’t believe it and tentatively said: “We are now… on the Buddha’s Sarira? The Buddha’s Sarira is the Shaoyang Star you mentioned?”
Li Weiyi had heard Zhao Meng describe in detail that under a Microscope, the Buddha’s Sarira was a Mars-like light red Planet, with towering Mountain Ranges and dried ancient riverbeds, as well as a vast deep-red dry sea.
The Bronze Ship had parked at the edge of that dry sea back then.
Spirit Tablet Senior gave an affirmative answer: “Shaoyang Star is that Fish Eye! The Blood Mud Ground under our feet should be a corner of the Planet. The reason we three know is that on the eve of that great battle a Thousand Years Ago, all Participants gathered on this Planet. Its wonders, or rather the wonders of Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish, far exceed your imagination.”
Stone Coffin Senior said: “You can try walking outward to see if you can walk out of the Blood Mist.”
If they were truly on a bean-sized Buddha’s Sarira right now, how utterly unbelievable would that be?
Li Weiyi forced himself to calm down and walked forward seven steps in a row, arriving under the Blood Mist, reaching out to touch forward.
