Chapter 17

Seeing Zhao Shuo destroy two corpses, Zhao Luan's eyes lit up as if she had an idea, and she said excitedly, "Second Brother, I didn't expect that you can now release your qi externally. You must have already unblocked all your meridians, and even your physical body must have been tempered to be quite powerful, right?"

Zhao Shuo pinched Zhao Luan's nose and smiled, saying, "Just a grand completion of body tempering. Perhaps I can barely compare to the elite descendants of those families."

Zhao Luan said, "Second Brother, you achieved the grand completion of body tempering in just one day. How can those family descendants compare to you?"

Reaching out to rub Zhao Shuo's head, Zhao Shuo looked at Zhao Feng and said, "Big Brother, let's proceed according to our previous plan."

Zhao Feng nodded excitedly and said, "Don't worry, be careful. I'll head back now."

Watching Zhao Feng leave, only Zhao Shuo and Zhao Luan remained in the narrow space. Holding Zhao Luan's hand, Zhao Shuo smiled and said, "Come, Big Brother will take you to a good place."

Releasing his qi externally, Zhao Shuo protected Zhao Luan as they slowly entered the blue dragon's lair. It was the first time Zhao Luan had come to the blue dragon's lair, and she couldn't help but marvel at the night pearls along the way.

Entering the main chamber of the underwater cave, Zhao Luan smiled and said, "This place is indeed where an ancient great adept practiced, the blue dragon could never have created such a cave."

Sitting on a cushion that the blue dragon had moved, Zhao Shuo pointed his hand, and the celestial map he had obtained earlier appeared in the air, emitting a hazy starlight like a broken scroll.

Zhao Luan took a look and exclaimed, "A celestial map of the heavenly level, I didn't expect we could obtain a celestial map of the heavenly level."

Zhao Shuo said, "Alright, sit down quickly. Fortunately, I have already refined this celestial map, otherwise, with my current cultivation, I wouldn't be able to help you open your spirit orifices."

As Zhao Luan sat down, she smiled and said, "It's not that easy to activate a celestial map of the heavenly level!"

Once Zhao Luan was seated, Zhao Shuo focused his mind and spat out a mouthful of essence blood. The essence blood merged into the celestial map of the heavenly level, and it suddenly seemed to erupt. The countless stars on the map quickly lit up, each star emitting a beam of starlight that converged into the drop of essence blood. Gradually, the drop of essence blood became blurry, as if points of starlight were seeping through it.

Zhao Shuo fully activated the *Beiming Swallowing Heaven and Earth* to absorb primordial energy and channel it into the celestial map to activate the inheritance. His entire strength was mobilized and poured into the celestial map. However, despite this, the celestial map seemed like a bottomless pit, voraciously consuming Zhao Shuo's strength. If this continued, Zhao Shuo would be drained dry before he could complete the celestial map inheritance for Zhao Luan.

However, as the saying goes, those who survive great calamities are blessed. Zhao Shuo and his companions had even managed to kill a blue dragon at the Dharma Phase level, clearly indicating they had great fortune. Just as Zhao Shuo was about to give up, the Yin-Yang Wheel in his dantian, which had been slowly rotating without much change, suddenly accelerated. Immediately, the primordial energy in the surroundings converged towards Zhao Shuo at ten to a hundred times the speed.

Feeling the massive power flowing into his body, even his grand completion of body tempering caused a slight pain, indicating how fast the primordial energy was flowing into his body.

Zhao Shuo endured the pain spreading throughout his body, slightly relieved, and focused all his attention on channeling his strength into the celestial map. Gradually, the originally blood-red essence blood transformed into a crystal-clear star, shining brightly. Seeing this, a hint of joy appeared on Zhao Shuo's face. He let out a low shout, and the brilliant blood bead merged into Zhao Luan's flawless forehead.

The moment the blood bead merged into Zhao Luan's forehead, her body trembled. In Zhao Luan's mind, a process similar to Zhao Shuo's celestial map inheritance was taking place. However, Zhao Luan did not have a fragment of the celestial map of the heavenly level to support her; she only had a drop of essence blood containing the inheritance of the celestial map, so its effect was far inferior to Zhao Shuo's.

When Zhao Luan's spirit orifices opened, the star pattern in her mind formed, and a faint image of her primordial spirit appeared in her dantian, beginning to gather a trace of primordial energy, slowly preparing for the formation of a dantian dharma image in the future.

The star pattern in the mind, also known as the star phase, is a sign of entering the ranks of cultivators and also a manifestation of the level of spirit orifices.

The primordial spirit, also known as the ancestral image, is the source of a cultivator's essence. It can be real or illusory, roaming the void, comprehending the great principles of heaven and earth. As long as the ancestral image remains, life is eternal.

The dantian dharma image, also known as the dharma image, is formed by gathering the primordial energy of heaven and earth, capable of suppressing the spirit orifices of the heavens, and is the source of a cultivator's strength.

With a pale face, Zhao Shuo absorbed the fragment of the celestial map inheritance into his mind, slowly entering a meditative state. The *Beiming Swallowing Heaven and Earth* began to circulate, and the primordial energy in the world slowly converged towards Zhao Shuo.

After an unknown amount of time, when Zhao Shuo opened his eyes, the feeling of weakness in his body had disappeared, and he felt full of strength.

A pair of bright eyes were staring at Zhao Shuo. Seeing him awake, Zhao Luan said happily, "Second Brother, you're awake!"

Zhao Shuo looked Zhao Luan up and down and smiled, saying, "Yes, the star phase and the ancestral image have formed, and the dharma image is in the process of being conceived. All three phases are complete, and your spirit orifices have reached the eighth level of the heavenly level. How far you can go in the future depends on you."

As he spoke, Zhao Shuo transmitted the *Beiming Swallowing Heaven and Earth* and various secret techniques and cultivation knowledge to Zhao Luan.

Zhao Luan clenched her fists and said, "Second Brother, don't worry. I will practice diligently and won't let you down."

As she spoke, Zhao Luan released the Starry Ten Thousand Phenomena Map, which she had just undergone a simple consecration and absorbed into her body. The Starry Ten Thousand Phenomena Map floated above Zhao Luan's head, emitting a mysterious aura.

"Second Brother, look, this magical tool is really powerful!"

Zhao Shuo smiled lightly and said, "Of course, this is a top-level magical tool. With this treasure in hand, most cultivators at the body tempering and primordial dan stages will hardly escape the Starry Ten Thousand Phenomena Map's capture. However, a man without fault is envied for his treasure, and even cultivators at the dharma phase and dharma power stages would be tempted by a top-level magical tool. Don't show it off casually."

Zhao Luan nodded heavily and said, "I know, I will practice hard and will definitely become an immortal existence like those at the dharma phase in the future."

Hearing Zhao Luan's words, Zhao Shuo's gaze became profound, and his voice floated, saying, "Achieving the dharma phase stage means immortality, but even great adepts like the Dao Lord, who can reverse the heavens and earth, are not immune to destruction. To become a truly immortal existence, one must achieve the supreme Dao Lord stage..."

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