Zhou Qing bit her finger, walked to the Golden Silkworm, and knocked on its golden shell-like exterior. "Wow, it's actually comparable to the Taiyi refined gold! My god, this hasn't even evolved into four wings yet it's so powerful, I wonder how strong it will be when it evolves into six wings!" Zhou Qing drew a symbol on the Golden Silkworm's head with her own blood, and suddenly, a feeling of being connected by flesh and blood transmitted to Zhou Qing's body.

  "Haha, this combination of ancient witchcraft is indeed amazing, and I've already got a feeling about it. Ah! This book 'Practitioner's Compendium' seems like a big mess, with everything in it - even ancient secrets, various magical artifacts, array methods, heavenly materials and earthly treasures are all recorded clearly... but there's no cultivation method? Is this book incomplete? Or is there an upper or lower volume? It looks like our sect was quite complex in the past, unfortunately that old ghost Lingyun didn't pass down anything clearly. But I think he himself might not have known either." Zhou Qing shook his head and threw away his confused thoughts.

  "One life, two, Taiji gives birth to two instruments, yin and yang differentiate, blood vessels inherit, urgent like a law! Go!" Zhou Qing's bitten finger burst out with a pea-sized drop of blood, and the blood flowed with green light, but it was Zhou Qing who had separated a bit of divine thought from the blood using a secret method. "Practicing sword energy has been going on for too long, even my blood has turned green!" Zhou Qing thought. "Unfortunately, that 'big big' guy over there cut off my flying sword, looks like I need to start practicing again. Anyway, I'm not satisfied with that Green Silk Sword, this is good." As he spoke, Zhou Qing glanced at the Blood God Knife stuck in the ground, "This 'big big' guy is fierce, but it's hard to control, if you're not careful, you'll be sucked dry. If I use it as my second yuan god...". Zhou Qing fantasized for a moment.

  His hand trembled, and a pea-sized drop of blood entered the body of the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm. A faint, extremely weak divine thought quickly circulated within the silkworm's body, and Zhou Qing grasped the structural characteristics of the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm in an instant. The divine thought then stopped at the silkworm's brain, slowly cultivating and strengthening it.

  Left! Right! Attack! A large golden light flew back and forth in the sky, with two wings as big as a winnowing fan stirring up strong winds that blew sand and dust everywhere, scaring away countless nocturnal creatures, including snakes and poisonous scorpions. As Zhou Qing shouted out her attack, Jin Can opened its mouth and shot out a golden, arrow-shaped beam of light over a foot long. With a loud "whoosh", it pierced into the ground. Zhou Qing rushed forward to investigate. Good grief! The ground had been penetrated by an unknown depth, with a black hole that was several feet in diameter. The sand and gravel at the entrance had all been vaporized, and as the cold wind blew, the vaporized sand and gravel condensed into blocks of crystal that shone like top-quality rubies.

  "It turns out that this golden silkworm is of the fire attribute, no wonder it likes to absorb soul energy. Only with such a strong true fire aura can it refine and transform yin souls into its own magical power!" Zhou Qing's entire spirit entered the golden silkworm's body, "Wow! The feeling of flying in the air is too cool!" At this time, the golden silkworm was Zhou Qing himself, looking at his insect-like body, Zhou Qing also felt incredible. "The mysterious fruit of creation is indeed not something that ordinary people like us can comprehend. Look at this second yuan god, it's simply too wonderful! It's as if I have two bodies, two identical selves, haha! This golden silkworm body is too powerful, but it's just a bit ugly. It seems that I need to work hard and cultivate diligently, and soon transform into a human form, then it will truly be the second yuan god."

  As he willed it, the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm transformed into a tiny size and flew into Zhou Qing's mouth. With his eyes closed, Zhou Qing saw that the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm was now suspended in his dantian, where threads of spiritual energy from his lingtai were merging with his true yuan through the meridians, dissolving into the silkworm. The silkworm's head was becoming increasingly indistinct, vaguely taking on the appearance of Zhou Qing's own face.

  Zhou Qing had already grasped the cultivation method of the second yuan god, so he wasn't surprised at all. "Cultivating the second yuan god requires a huge amount of spiritual energy! Hehe, yin souls are the embodiment of spiritual energy. If this golden silkworm absorbs a large number of yin souls and combines with Liao Xiao Jin's Jiuli Holy Blood, I'm confident that I can cultivate the second yuan god within a month. I think I'll be the only one from ancient times to the present! Haha!" Zhou Qing thought proudly.

  "It seems it's time to deal with this big guy." Zhou Qing muttered to himself, looking at the Tian Luo Hua Xue God Sword surrounded by his own North Dipper Seal Array. "You big shot, just help out a bit, don't be naughty, okay? I only need a tiny bit, just a tiny bit of the yin souls you've absorbed is enough!" It seemed to have understood Zhou Qing's words. The sword body of the Tian Luo Hua Xue God Sword suddenly shook violently, emitting bursts of sharp cries, like a night cat suddenly shrieking in the night. Zhou Qing's entire body was covered in goosebumps.

  "Could it be that this sword has its own consciousness? Impossible, since ancient times, there have been no legendary artifacts with their own consciousness, not even a rumor! Even the super legendary artifacts from the ancient era of sealing gods didn't have it! Although you are also from that era, but you can't compare to the likes of the Divine Whip, the Heaven-Defying Seal, the Primordial Golden Cauldron, the Ocean-Pacifying Pearl, or the Heavenly Central Wuji Flag. None of them had their own consciousness, so how could you possibly have it?" Zhou Qing expressed his inner doubts.

  As soon as Zhou Qing's voice was heard, the blade trembled even more violently, and the seven large stones around it also began to shake. The four green eyes of the double-headed wolf on the hilt shone brightly, like a real entity, emitting a cold aura that stirred up the sand and gravel around it. Zhou Qing finally changed color and hastily took out the bottle containing Liao Xiao Jin's blood, dipped his finger in the blood, and quickly drew seven mysterious symbols on the seven large stones. The symbols flashed with golden light and disappeared, and an invisible golden light shot towards the sky, suddenly making the North Dipper Seven Stars shine brightly. A faint, ethereal light illuminated the seven stones, which then reflected the power of the North Dipper Heavenly Star, emitting seven bright rays of light that shot towards the Tian Luo Hua Xue Shen Dao stuck in the direction of the North Pole star.

  The seven bright lights and the green light of the Tian Luo Hua Xue Shen Dao clashed, unleashing an invisible pressure that shook the air. Dong! Dong! Dong! Zhou Qing was forced back three steps, but he wasn't surprised. If the Tian Luo Hua Xue Shen Dao were so easy to deal with, it wouldn't be a Taigu ancient evil. He took advantage of its true body being sealed and then struck by heavenly lightning, using the "North Dipper Demon-Sealing Array" passed down by the True Martial Emperor of Xuantian Beidou to activate the unique evil-slaying power of the North Dipper Seven Stars. With this, he hoped to suppress the malevolent spirit within the sword and study the secrets of the "Twelve Heavenly Gods' Killing Array", one of the three great evil arrays of the ancient times, along with the "Heavenly Execution Sword Array" and the "Two Principles Microcosm Array".

  This Heaven's Blood God Knife was made by a master of the demonic path during the ancient era of sealing gods. This master of the demonic path used nine heavenly mysterious irons, first mountain red copper, and added 81 kinds of rare materials from heaven and earth, taking over 300 years to forge the knife body. In the end, he was still not satisfied, and with a method that defied the heavens, he actually infused the ancient evil array "Twelve Heaven-Sealing God-Killing Great Array" into the knife body, creating this unparalleled demonic soldier. This demonic soldier shone brightly during the war of sealing gods, killing countless demons, immortals, and devils. If it weren't for being defeated by the "Seven Treasure Mysterious Tree Staff", who knows how many fresh blood souls would have been consumed. The records of the "Twelve Heaven-Sealing God-Killing Great Array" are not detailed in the Practitioner's Compendium, only briefly mentioning it, and even the methods of arranging the "Heavenly Exterminating Sword Array" and "Two Principles Microcosm Array" are not included. Zhou Qing may not be considered a master of array formations, but he has made some achievements, and has always been fascinated by these legendary three great evil arrays. Now that he has the opportunity to take a glimpse, how can he bear to wait? It's like a sincere Buddhist suddenly seeing the Buddha, a thousand-year-old color demon suddenly seeing a beauty, or a starving ghost suddenly seeing roasted chicken.

  Originally, treasures were inanimate objects, and no matter how powerful a treasure was, without human control, it posed no danger. However, the Blood God Knife was an exception. After accumulating for many years, the Twelve Heaven-Sealing Gods' Array within the knife had absorbed too many vengeful spirits, to the point where even the knife's body couldn't contain them. It gradually developed a hint of consciousness and could control some basic uses of the knife. Zhou Qing took advantage of this, planning to use the North Dipper Sealing Demon Array to suppress this consciousness, understand the mysteries of the Twelve Heaven-Sealing Gods' Array within the knife, then use the array's power to disperse this consciousness, allowing his second yuan god, Golden Silkworm, to absorb the remaining spiritual energy from the residual soul, and condense it into its body, achieving the ultimate mysterious skill.

  Zhou Qing's face was covered in sweat as he gestured wildly, and with his movements, the seven stars of the Big Dipper - Tian Shu, Tian Quan, Tian Xuan, Tian Ji, Yu Heng, Kai Yang, and Yao Guang - shone brighter, their crystal clear light columns growing thicker and gradually overpowering the green glow of the Tian Luo Blood God Knife. "Damn it! How can this consume so much energy? If I hadn't practiced the 'Sword Qi Ling Kong Jue', my energy wouldn't have increased, how could I possibly sustain this formation for so long? Although its power is still inferior to the 'Four Phase Absolute Kill Formation', but its unique evil-destroying divine might is now extremely useful!" As he watched the green glow grow dimmer, yet remaining stubbornly resilient, Zhou Qing's heart suddenly sank into a state of extreme subtlety and mystery. Everything around him seemed to have come to a standstill in his perception, and with a sudden burst of energy, he bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood. This was the culmination of five years of bitter cultivation, as he unleashed his ultimate technique - a mouthful of blood containing his primordial energy - into the starlight. The green glow was shattered, and Zhou Qing's vital energy combined with the seven-star light to launch a fierce attack on the knife.

  The blade emitted a pained wail. Originally, it had suffered heavy damage from the heavenly thunder, and with the vengeful spirit's malevolent energy not having formed for long enough, most of its spiritual energy was tightly bound by the "Twelve Heavenly Gods' Killing Array", only able to control the basic functions of the blade itself. Otherwise, even if Zhou Qing were ten or a hundred times more powerful, it would still be impossible to break through the green light's defenses. In the instant that the starlight struck the blade's body, Zhou Qing's spiritual energy quickly found the location where the demonic predecessor had set up the "Twelve Heavenly Gods' Killing Array" in the double-headed wolf on the hilt. Countless mysterious symbols and talismans flooded into Zhou Qing's mind. Even with his exceptional composure, he was truly frightened out of his wits. "Luckily! If this Blood-Transforming Divine Blade hadn't been injured by the 'Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree Staff', and the 'Twelve Heavenly Gods' Killing Array' hadn't suppressed the pure and gentle energy left behind by the 'Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree Staff' within the blade, I wouldn't have had a chance to react. My spiritual energy would have been completely absorbed by the array, and I would have lost myself forever." "I said that when the vengeful spirit entered the 'Twelve Heavenly Gods' Killing Array', it would be erased of its divine consciousness and transformed into basic spiritual energy. How could it still retain its own awareness? It turns out it's like this! Heh heh, now I've figured out the array's fundamental uses. Although I still can't fully control the array, it's enough to eliminate consciousness and extract the remaining spiritual energy. With time, once I completely understand the array's operational principles, controlling this 'Twelve Heavenly Gods' Killing Array' will be a piece of cake. Driving out the energy left behind by the 'Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree Staff' within my body won't be difficult either. At that time, I can make this Blood-Transforming Divine Blade into my own magical treasure, and nothing in the world will be able to match me!" Zhou Qing couldn't help but feel a sense of wonder at his own good fortune, which was truly burning brightly.

  "The Northern Dipper Seals the Demon, Collect!" With that, the last wisp of consciousness from the vengeful spirits outside was also dispersed by himself and merged into the "Twelve Heavenly Spirits' Great Formation". In that case, there was no need to continue with the "Northern Dipper Demon-Sealing Formation" anymore. Zhou Qing stepped forward and grasped the hilt of the knife, relying on his newfound understanding of the "Twelve Heavenly Spirits' Great Formation", he circulated his true yuan and activated the formation's soul-refining function in one go. The formation was incredibly powerful, although 90% of its power was needed to suppress the pure and gentle energy within the knife, but refining the wisp of consciousness from the vengeful spirits was still a trivial matter? He felt streams of pure spiritual energy that were invisible to the naked eye emanating from the knife. Zhou Qing immediately summoned his Golden Silkworm True Body, which took a full incense stick's worth of time to fully absorb it.

  Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! The six-winged golden silkworm absorbed the massive spiritual energy, and its head began to crack open. The outer shell, which was as thin as gold foil but harder than Taiyi's refined gold, sank into its body. Its head gradually grew into Zhou Qing's face, and finally, its entire head transformed into an exact replica of Zhou Qing's head. Witnessing this bizarre event, Zhou Qing felt no surprise, only joy. "Haha! The head has formed!" Zhou Qing had only allocated a small portion of his spiritual energy to the golden silkworm's head, which combined with the remaining energy he left behind. He discovered that the energy he stored in the golden silkworm's brain for slow cultivation and growth had increased by more than a hundredfold! It was even stronger than his own main body's consciousness by several times. "Once it fully condenses into its true form, this second yuan soul will be able to cast spells, set up arrays... I'm afraid it will be ten times more powerful than my main body!" Zhou Qing thought that he must continue to cultivate diligently and not slack off because of the second yuan soul's strength. After all, if he wanted to achieve immortality in the future, he would still have to rely on his main body. Looking down at his human-headed insect body, Zhou Qing felt even more incongruous. He looked up at the sky and saw that the morning star had appeared. Dawn was breaking!

  In one night, Zhou Qing felt that his gains were too great. Not to mention the condensation of the second yuan god, but just the simple comprehension of the "Twelve Heavenly Gods' Great Array" had brought him immense benefits. His previous understanding of the various talismans and the methods of arranging them had become clear, allowing Zhou Qing's grasp of array techniques to reach a new level. Although his own cultivation had not advanced, the most troublesome thing for Zhou Qing remained unsolved. However, his current combat strength had increased several times over. It was as if an ordinary person had suddenly obtained a submachine gun. "Ah! It seems that once my second yuan god is fully condensed into its true form, I'll probably be at the level of a nascent soul cultivator! At that time, I can use the three flavors of true fire to forge a top-notch flying sword by combining the Qing Suo Sword and the Zi Xuan Sword. This will allow me to cultivate the 'Sword Qi Soars the Skies' technique! Now that my flying sword is destroyed, it's not good if I encounter any trouble. Although I can use my second yuan god to deal with enemies, if I'm not careful and harm my physical body, it won't be good. My body isn't as tough as Jin Can's!"