Chapter 5

The floating corpses stretched for a hundred miles, the blood flowing and washing away the pestles!

In ten steps, one person is killed, and for a thousand miles, no one dares to stay!

When the sun in the sky sets and the evening glow spreads across the sky, this deep mountain forest is already filled with over ten thousand corpses, the blood flowing over the mountains.

The dense smell of blood attracted bloodthirsty monsters from a hundred miles around, but they were intimidated by a terrifying aura of killing intent. They only circled around, devouring the flesh and corpses, not daring to step into the center of the battlefield.

In front of the battlefield, Ling Daotian stood silently in a blood-soaked robe, his eyes tightly closed. The vast and mighty Taiyin True Qi surged within him, like a mighty river, carrying waves of external essence and spirit energy that circulated wildly through his meridians. His meridians ruptured and repaired, repaired and ruptured, in a continuous cycle, like an inexhaustible spring that never ceased to flow.

An hour later, night fell, and the entire forest fell into a deathly silence. Countless nocturnal creatures moved about, rustling through the underbrush. The moonlight shone brightly, and beams of moon essence energy fell from the sky, absorbed by all living things in the forest.

At this moment, the Taiyin True Qi within Ling Daotian's body, after several hours of refinement, had become completely solid, heavy as water and dense as lead. In just one day, the Taiyin True Qi had transformed from a gaseous state to a solid state, greatly advancing his cultivation and achieving the second stage of the Qi Induction Realm—the initial formation of Taiyin True Liquid.

"This is the Taiyin True Liquid! I never thought that in just one day, I could achieve the results of a hundred years of cultivation in my previous life!"

Although he had anticipated this outcome, the reality of it happening to him still gave Ling Daotian a dreamlike feeling.

The Heavenly Lust Sect's Taiyin True Scripture, also known as the Taiyin Primordial Demon Heart Scripture, is a top-tier demonic cultivation technique. However, its cultivation progress is extremely difficult, as it is an ancient immortal cultivation method. The scripture encompasses a vast array of knowledge, with thirty-six major magical techniques and seventy-two secret and forbidden methods. It also includes the methods for refining one hundred and eight major and minor demonic treasures. One could say that this scripture contains more than half of the Heavenly Lust Sect's inheritance.

Such a top-tier demonic cultivation technique naturally has a difficult and arduous cultivation process. In the Earth timeline, ten years of hard cultivation yielded almost no results. On one hand, the Earth timeline lacks sufficient elemental energy, and on the other hand, the cultivation itself is inherently extremely difficult.

The Taiyin Heart Scripture has thirty-six levels, each level being vastly different from the next. The first sixteen levels correspond to the four major realms below the Immortal realm, and the first step of cultivation—Qi Induction—covers the first four levels of the Taiyin Heart Scripture.

At this moment, the Taiyin True Qi has transformed into True Liquid, advancing from the initial stage of Qi Induction to the peak of the middle stage. With this step, various minor and major secret techniques can now be cultivated. Imagining the numerous descriptions of these secret techniques in his mind, Ling Daotian's cheeks flushed, and he could not help but feel excited.

"Xuan Yin Beast Banner, Tianyi True Water, Xuan Yin Kui Water Essence, Black Shadow Silk, Ice Soul Cold Light Sword, Heavenly Demon Blood Transformation Divine Blade, Yin Soul Locking Needle, Life-Stealing Soul Chasing Rope..."

These countless demonic artifacts, either malevolent or deadly, flashed through his mind one by one. However, after a short while, he put aside these unrealistic thoughts and shifted his gaze to a distant, shimmering spot in the forest.

"Tianyi True Water and Xuan Yin Kui Water Essence! These two are probably the only ones that can be refined now and the only ones for which I have the conditions to refine."

Looking at the river not far away, which shimmered under the moonlight, Ling Daotian quickly walked over. In no time, he reached the riverbank.

This river was nearly a thousand zhang wide, and at night, it looked like a vast lake. The giant trees on both banks cast long shadows, and under the bright moonlight, the water reflected the light, creating a mesmerizing scene.

Ling Daotian walked along the riverbank for a few steps, feeling a chill from the ground. His expression changed, "The water of this river is extremely cold, making it an excellent place to refine Tianyi and Kui Water Essence. The situation at night in this world is unclear, so it's better to stay hidden and refine some True Water for defense."

Tianyi True Water, known as the mother of all waters, can dissolve anything. It is formless and is also known as the thief of all waters. A single drop weighs as much as ten thousand catties and can turn into a lake or river.

According to the calculations in this world, a single drop of initially refined Tianyi True Water has an attack power of at least a hundred points. If I can refine a thousand or more drops of Tianyi True Water, then no matter what kind of monster it is, as long as I use this, I can deal with it. Hehe, one shouldn't be too drunk on victory.

"However, before refining the True Water, I should set up a maze array first. Otherwise, if two monsters come to disturb me during the refinement, I'll be in deep trouble."

"System, exchange for five pieces of Postnatal Five Elements Gold Essence ore!"

"Postnatal Five Elements Gold Essence ore, fifty soul points required, confirm exchange!"

"Thud!..."

After five muffled sounds, five stones glowing with red, white, yellow, green, and blue light landed in front of Ling Daotian.

"Damn, just five pieces of ore, and it's more expensive than exchanging for a cultivation technique. System, you really are a money-grubber!"

Seeing the soul points on the system interface decrease by five hundred, Ling Daotian's expression changed. He muttered a few words, then picked up the five fist-sized pieces of Gold Essence ore and held them in his hands. He pondered for a moment and then surveyed the surrounding terrain.

The art of array formation is vast and boundless. In the Earth timeline, he had only dabbled in it, knowing only some ordinary maze-type arrays with little defensive power. However, such a maze array is suitable for the current situation. After a brief consideration, he threw the five colored stones in different directions, landing them at five different heights within a hundred meters.

As soon as the five stones landed, a strange magnetic field arose, and a thin mist began to rise around them. The mist grew thicker and thicker, eventually enveloping the entire area near the riverbank.

"Small Five Elements Maze Array, indeed powerful! Unfortunately, the elemental energy in the Earth timeline is too thin, and there are no Five Elements Gold Essence ores. Otherwise, I could have used this maze array to claim a small island at sea and wouldn't have had to bow to others for a living!"

Seeing the maze array set up, Ling Daotian did not rush to the river to refine the True Water. Instead, he waited until the thick fog completely enveloped the riverbank, then found a green stone near the river and sat down in a meditative posture.

To refine Tianyi True Water and Xuan Yin Kui Water Essence, one must first cultivate the Taiyin True Qi to the liquid stage. More importantly, one must also open up a space within the body called the Taiyin Thirty-Six Acupoints to store the True Water and accumulate the True Liquid.

Now, with the unique transformation in this world, and especially after his 'level' increased to seven, the space in his dantian had expanded by more than ten times, making it sufficient to store some True Water. However, this does not mean that the technique of opening acupoints is unnecessary. The first four levels of the Taiyin Demon Scripture are the foundation of demonic cultivation. If the foundation is not solid, it will affect the subsequent cultivation of techniques and secret methods. Ling Daotian was well aware of the importance of a solid foundation, as the scripture itself warns about it.

In the Earth timeline, due to the extreme lack of elemental energy, the True Qi refined in a day was barely enough to temper the body, so it was not wasted on opening acupoints. However, now that his Taiyin True Qi has completely transformed into Taiyin True Liquid, which is profound and thick, he could use it to open the acupoints. As soon as he sat down and entered a meditative state, he began to use the True Liquid to vibrate and open the thirty-six Taiyin acupoints recorded in the first level of the Taiyin Heart Scripture.

These thirty-six acupoints are distributed throughout the body and are crucial for demonic cultivation. Ling Daotian did not dare to be negligent, focusing all his mind and using the Taiyin True Liquid to slowly open them.

The thirty-six Taiyin acupoints, though called 'opening,' are actually 'activating.' The human body naturally has countless acupoints, like stars in the sky or spirit veins in the earth. Regardless of the cultivation technique, the first step is usually to open the acupoints, connect with the heavens and earth, and sense the power of the celestial stars.

Only by sensing can one cultivate. Humans are born with nine major acupoints, and their bodies naturally align with the principles of heaven and earth. Therefore, among all living beings, only humans can further cultivate after transforming their bodies. At this moment, Ling Daotian was using the Taiyin True Liquid to connect and open these acupoints.

Each acupoint opened leaves a trace of True Liquid to nourish it!

The three acupoints of the spirit platform, the twelve acupoints of the Guanyuan, the six acupoints of the Qihai... slowly, as the acupoints opened under the Taiyin True Liquid, a sense of clarity and freshness arose. This unprecedented clarity and freshness allowed him to clearly sense everything within a hundred meters, from ants moving to earthworms wriggling and plants growing. Every tiny movement in the surroundings was felt in his mind.