Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter 691 The Seven Transformations of Heaven (Part 1)

The sunlight was gentle, and the atmosphere was peaceful.

Inside the council chamber, everyone's eyes were fixed on what was in front of them.

The seven manuals of true martial arts were neatly arranged together. Like a dream, they gave one a hazy, unreal, and illusory feeling.

"I previously promised that the Seven Transformations of Heaven would be practiced by everyone," Han Yi said in a deep voice. "Thanks to the great assistance of all parties, the Seven Techniques of Heavenly Mirror have been fully collected. If you are interested, you may choose any of them to practice and deduce the profound techniques together!"

His words immediately caused a stir in the hall.

Zhong Yunxiu, Gongsun Jing, and other elders had indeed heard him mention this matter.

He said that one day he would find a way to reclaim the Seven Arts of Jingtian and reunite the Seven Transformations of Tianyan.

But at that time, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect had just been established, and everyone just thought he was saying it casually, so they listened to it casually and didn't take it seriously.

Now, with the seven genuine martial arts techniques laid out before me, I can't help but feel a little dazed, restless, and incredulous.

Why have the strength of these academic leaders remained stagnant?

It's simply because the true skill has reached its limit, leaving no further path.

Who could have imagined that one day they would have the opportunity to learn the sect's secret martial arts, a skill usually reserved for the sect leader...

If these elderly people are like this, one can only imagine how the others are.

Le Changzhen stared wide-eyed at himself, "Sect Master, does that mean we can do it too?"

The three of them were merely guest elders of the Myriad Beasts Sect, and they had only recently joined; one could even say they were forced to join. Yet, they were qualified to access the sect's most core cultivation techniques?

“Yes… Sect Master… it would be more appropriate for the three of us to avoid this matter…” Lan Mei also smiled bitterly and declined repeatedly, “We have not yet made any contribution, yet we have received such an honor. We are truly unable to eat or sleep peacefully.”

Although, apart from the three of them, ** is also considered an outsider.

But everyone knows about his close relationship with Han Yi. And his help to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect is also obvious to all.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he's practically one of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect's own people.

Besides, they have other advanced skills passed down through generations, so when they say they don't care and just want to take a look, they really are just taking a look.

"Who says you have to make contributions to receive a reward?" Han Yi laughed immediately. "The three of you, as guest elders of my Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, are also members of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. What's wrong with enjoying the benefits set by the sect?"

Furthermore, since the overall outline of the inheritance is now missing, and only seven martial arts manuals remain, truly recreating the Seven Transformations of Heavenly Evolution requires everyone's collective effort.

According to the original plan, the Seven Transformations of Heavenly Evolution Mystic Art also had a general outline for its inheritance.

The fundamental principles of inheritance must be known only to the manor lord.

This allows one to integrate the Seven Arts of Jingtian and learn the unique skills of Jingtian Manor, including the Seven Transformations of Heavenly Evolution.

What Han Yi has completed so far is merely the most basic groundwork: collecting all the true skills from the Seven Academies.

That's why he gathered everyone together, and even called Lan Mei and the other two over.

The goal is to gather everyone's strength and work together to deduce the solution.

"This..." Lechang Town was about to speak, but suddenly lowered his head and couldn't say anything.

However, her eyes were already a little moist.

He glanced at the other two, Lan Mei and Zhang Lan.

He noticed that both of them had tears welling up in their eyes, deeply moved. The three of them had fought for so many years, risking their lives for Kou Hu and the government troops, making great contributions, but what was the result?

It was merely used as a large mansion for guarding the house and property.

Compared to now.

They had only just surrendered to Han Yi and joined the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect; some of them were even unfamiliar with each other's names, yet they were already enjoying this kind of treatment.

The three men, weathered by hardship and suffering, were immediately flattered. A surge of patriotic fervor welled up within them.

The three of them looked at each other.

Le Changzhen bowed respectfully and said sincerely, "Sect Master, the three of us are willing to offer up our complete knowledge to serve as the sect's inheritors and teach the disciples!"

As soon as they finished speaking, the way everyone in the hall looked at them changed instantly, showing a hint of approval.

Guest elders, to put it bluntly, are high-level thugs. Their connection with the sect is not close. They can leave at any time; it's purely a matter of self-interest.

But the three people from Lechang Town said this, and the tradition was passed down and they taught their disciples.

Clearly, the three of them have decided to consider the Myriad Beasts Sect as their true home.

It should be noted that the three of them had served in the government army for many years and had never done such a thing.

"Alright, if you're willing, I can make the decision. Within the Myriad Beasts Sect, the three of you can freely recruit disciples." Han Yi smiled. "I reiterate once again, regardless of the past, once you enter my Myriad Beasts Sect, you are family."

This is also another purpose of having the three of them participate in deduce the Seven Transformations of Heaven.

Increase the loyalty and cohesion of the three individuals.

The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect already lacked experts.

This can be seen from the siege of Jinxia. After all, Elder Fu and the Grand Secretary are both quite old. Fighting on the battlefield would easily deplete their lifespan and leave them with aftereffects.

The most important factors for both of them are their rich management experience and the network of contacts they have built up over decades or even centuries.

It's not really appropriate to talk about pure combat strength.

But if you remove those two, all that's left are four women: Zhong Yunxiu and her daughter Zhong Han, Zhang Ruoning, and Gongsun Jing.

Zhong Han, in particular, has only recently broken through to the next level and lacks experience and foundation.

Therefore, their combined fighting strength is only that of Zhong Yunxiu and two others.

In such a large sect, there are only three people who can be considered useful, and they are all senior experts.

For any faction, this means a shortage of skilled personnel and manpower.

The three men from Lechang Town were in their prime, strong and powerful, with formidable fighting abilities. Even if they joined forces, they could withstand several rounds against Han Yi, making them the best choice to supplement the fighting strength.

Therefore, this is also an important reason why Han Yi spared no effort to win the loyalty of the three.

Furthermore, the three's martial arts skills were already fixed. The Seven Transformations of Heaven were only used as a reference and could not be changed so that they could start cultivating from scratch.

Moreover, there's no guarantee that this deduction will be successful.

"Enough with the small talk. Everyone, please feel free to share your thoughts on the Seven Transformations of Heaven." Han Yi waved his hand, indicating that the three of them didn't need to be so polite. "I believe that by pooling our wisdom and discussing together, we can first determine a direction and surely achieve something."

There was a long silence in the hall.

Zhong Yunxiu was the first to speak, giving her full support to her most outstanding disciple in history.

"Since the Seven True Skills of Jingtian Academy belong to the same origin and are differentiated by the Seven Transformations of Heaven, they must have some characteristics that complement each other."

Taking the Nine-Bend Cold Yin Palm as an example, regarding the selection of the true body and the inscription of bone patterns, I believe that the seven techniques must have a specific order. Only by refining them throughout the entire body can they be called the sect's ultimate martial art…”

As everyone listened to her eloquent speech, they all nodded in approval.

Han Yi also thought that his master Zhong Yunxiu had made a good consideration on this point.

He has now mastered several Jing Tian True Skills.

The Cold Yin Nine-Bend Palm, the Dancing Willow Heart Method, and the Lotus Leap True Skill, which greatly enhances his speed.

Although the latter two have not cultivated for a long time, with the addition of demonic energy consumption, they have barely entered the late-stage mastery stage.

Comparing the three together...

Indeed, in terms of engraving bone patterns, different locations have different strengths.

However, Han Yi did not find any special pattern in it.

That means there are several possibilities.

Either he hasn't cultivated enough of the Seven Arts of Jingtian to discover the underlying patterns.

Alternatively, it could be that bone patterns are not the focus of the Seven Arts of Jing Tian, ​​and there is no synergy or complementarity among them, so it is just a coincidence.

After all, if you want to inscribe bone patterns in different locations, you can achieve the same effect by practicing various fist and foot techniques and weapon skills.

“I have a different opinion,” Gongsun Jing said calmly. “The true skill of Piaoxue Academy is the Cloud Piercing Palm. After becoming a Grandmaster, it is extremely difficult to condense evil energy, and the subsequent progress is also difficult. Although I don’t know about the other six skills, I guess they can’t be much stronger either.”

Upon hearing this, Zhong Yunxiu, Zhang Ruoning, and the others nodded repeatedly.

Let's take the Cold Yin Nine-Bend Palm as an example. During the martial arts master period, various auxiliary techniques and secret skills are constantly being introduced, and breakthrough tips are also being provided one after another, in great detail.

However, once the topic turns to grandmasters, the explanations become vague, consisting of only fragments and lacking key information.

In particular, the training on cultivating malevolent energy—how to select it, how to condense it, and how to integrate true energy—was completely unexplained. This is also related to the fact that the cultivation of these academy leaders has stagnated for many years.

"Therefore, in my opinion, the key to the recurrence of the Seven Transformations of Heavenly Evolution lies in finding the common aspects of the condensation of evil energy. Perhaps, the lost general outline of inheritance contains methods for becoming a Grandmaster, or even for breaking through to the Venerable realm," Gongsun Jing said calmly.

"Grandmaster..." Han Yi picked up his main martial art, the Cold Yin Nine-Bend Palm, and examined the levels beyond Martial Master.

"The transformation of 'empty strength' into 'real strength' is called 'true strength' or 'true qi.' It originates from within and flows outwards, with the 'qi sea' (lower abdomen) as its source."

'Choose a suitable malevolent energy, let it resonate internally and externally, connect with true strength, slowly seep in, and condense into one. This can become true malevolent energy, or malevolent force, or malevolent energy, with different names. However, they all have one thing in common: initial signs of activity appearing…'

“It condenses without dispersing, showing signs of activity…” Han Yi pondered.

The path of martial arts is a process of gradually transcending the mundane and elevating oneself.

In the early stages, it was at most just martial arts, which was still within the realm of ordinary people's imagination.

But now it sounds like the evil energy can actually be active, which is almost like the legendary divine power that can regenerate from a drop of blood and create all things from a hair, gradually getting closer to it.

"There isn't actually a very clear distinction between the so-called Grandmaster and Grandmaster," Gongsun Jing said. "Generally speaking, as long as one condenses a bit of malevolent energy, one can call oneself a Grandmaster. The amount of malevolent energy condensed can be regarded as the difference in strength between Grandmasters."

"In that case, why not gather as much evil energy as possible and condense it into your own power? Wouldn't that make it easy to surpass others?" Zhong Han couldn't help but ask.

After all, she had just broken through to the Grandmaster level, and she was still not very familiar with many of the secrets and hidden stories involved.

"Of course it's not that simple." Gongsun Jing shook her head and chuckled. "To condense the baleful energy, you need to release your core defenses and directly use your pure inner strength to merge it one by one. Only when the baleful energy permeates your true energy and complements each other can you be considered to have succeeded."

This involves considering the degree of tempering one's true body. After all, malevolent energy is inherently fierce and belongs to turbid energy, while the true body is light and agile. Once the two collide, a violent reaction will occur, eroding true energy and devouring flesh and blood. If the foundation is weak, this step is simply impossible to succeed.

Once the true body has weathered the storm, what's needed is the talent of a grandmaster. How to balance the malevolent energy and true strength, how to subdivide yin and yang, how to harmonize the internal and external... Everyone is different, and each person's constitution is unique. This is a kind of inheritance that will not be found in any master's guidance or in any classic text; it can only be explored by oneself.

This is only the first form of malevolent energy. Imagine if you wanted to condense another one; whether your true body could withstand it is another matter. The relationship between the different forms of malevolent energy needs to be clarified. The balance between malevolent energy and true energy also needs to be maintained. The order in which the first form of malevolent energy merged with the true energy and the second form of malevolent energy were also troublesome…

It can be said that each additional element of malevolent energy adds not just one more possibility, but dozens, or even hundreds, of possible outcomes.

"So... to condense three portions of malevolent energy, there must be tens of thousands of possible variations..." Zhong Han muttered to himself.

Han Yi couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

He actually only had a superficial understanding of the cultivation process after becoming a Grandmaster.

Now that I hear it this way, every additional bit of menacing aura means an exponential increase in trouble.

Given the life-threatening danger and the immense trouble involved, it's no wonder that encountering a grandmaster is so rare.

"Speaking of which, what is the essence of a malevolent aura, or rather, what is its unit of measurement here?" he suddenly asked curiously.

Although he was extremely knowledgeable about things like Yin energy and demonic energy.

But he had never even seen the kind of malevolent energy that a true grandmaster would need to use. Upon hearing this, Elder Fu immediately laughed: "One unit of malevolent energy... is just one unit. There's no specific unit of measurement... like this yellow smoke malevolent energy in my hand, it belongs to one of the five elements of malevolent energy..."