Chapter 7: The Undying Heavenly Art

  Tang Yan gritted his teeth, enduring the intense pain of his wound, and fled wildly in the depths of the dense forest. At this moment, he felt an indescribable sense of suffocation, unexpectedly reborn in this world, where killing and fleeing were his only options, without a single moment of peace. Was it because he had dug too many graves in his past life? Was it karma?

  "Heaven, I swear I'll never dig graves again! Just spare me this time, okay?!" Tang Yan muttered to himself as he quickened his pace, not caring about direction, just wanting to shake off the pursuing soldiers.

  Half a day passed, and Tang Yan didn't know how far he had run or where he was until he couldn't run anymore. He stopped, leaning against an ancient tree, panting heavily, and it took him a long time to catch his breath. First, he used the bloodstains on his body to create the illusion of continuing deeper into the forest, then returned to find a relatively sturdy and lush ancient tree, using his last bit of strength to climb up and carefully hide himself.

  After everything was ready, she endured the dizziness and took out the Spiritual Origin Liquid to swallow it down.

  Refine!! Breakthrough!!

  A dense spiritual energy suddenly filled his entire body, like a clear spring flowing through, and his spirit trembled slightly. But this time the spiritual energy was relatively enormous, and soon it lost control and rampaged wildly, bringing wave after wave of piercing pain, growing stronger and stronger. For Tang Yan, who was already weak, this destruction almost took half his life.

  The spiritual liquid had been wreaking havoc inside his body for a long time before it finally calmed down slightly, gradually gathering into streams of fine currents that flowed rapidly through the various meridians throughout his entire body.

  Tang Yan made an effort to calm his mind and guided a few strands of spiritual energy to nourish the severe wound.

  The third-grade martial artist's refined spiritual liquid contained rich spiritual energy, and under deliberate guidance, the wound was recovering at a visible rate to the naked eye. Even the pale face slowly revealed a few hints of rosiness, and the heavy breathing gradually subsided.

  Injuries and energy are recovering, pain and fatigue are disappearing, finally... everything is restored to its original state...

  Tang Yan continued to sit cross-legged, refining the remaining spiritual energy. Soon, the spiritual power in his meridians became more abundant and flowed faster, like a galloping river rushing through them. The major acupoints faintly formed whirlpools, pulling the spiritual power to accelerate its circulation.

  Tang Yan felt his spirit more condensed, his dantian and qihai slightly expanded, and his consciousness clearer.

  Puff!! Under the traction of the mind, the spiritual power once again condensed into a cyan flame at the fingertips, this time it was obviously more intense than before, the 'cyan' color was brighter, and there was a hint of faint green.

  "Second stage?" Tang Yan silently sensed, slightly excited but also somewhat sentimental. He had consecutively absorbed the entire spiritual energy of a second-level demonic beast and a third-stage martial artist, yet he only broke through to become a second-stage martial artist. This showed that cultivating martial arts was not as simple as imagined. How much spiritual energy would it take to transcend to the realm of Martial Spirit? And how much more terrifying spiritual energy would be needed to break through to an even higher realm?

  Tang Yan carefully surveyed the surroundings, confirming that there was no one nearby for the time being. He continued to concentrate and calm his mind, adjusting his body, circulating his spiritual energy, and carefully guiding the spiritual energy to accumulate at the cyan mark on his wrist.

  The black coffin that was originally found at the bottom of the lake has always lingered in his mind, and the thick blood-colored smoke with a strange golden light made Tang Yan feel somewhat uneasy.

  This time, no matter what, it must be determined what it is.

  BOOM!! Under the impact of spiritual power, the eerie and dull sound rises again, the shadow of the black coffin floats in the mind, the evil aura quickly spreads and expands, as if to devour one's own soul.

  My heart is racing with fear, and my whole body feels icy cold.

  Tang Yan gritted his teeth, stubbornly holding back the evil aura's spread, continuing to condense his spiritual energy to strike the pattern. At the same time, he concentrated his mind and looked inward, wondering what this black coffin was. Slowly, with the impact of his spiritual energy, the black coffin creaked open with an eerie scraping sound.

  Clang, clang, the sound of chains echoed in his mind like a dream, every vibration was like an electric current sweeping through his soul, causing Tang Yan's body to tremble slightly.

  Blood-colored fog!! The black coffin once again diffuses a blood-colored fog, as if smelling the thick smell of blood, flowing with an evil aura, and then... Illusory shadows appear and disappear in the fog...

  In a daze, Tang Yan saw a strange smile, saw a huge demon shadow, and also saw a blurry... baby? Was it really a baby?

  BOOM!!! A deafening roar like a thunderclap suddenly exploded in his mind, dispelling all illusions. Tang Yan was as if struck by lightning, with fresh blood seeping out of his seven orifices, but the unyielding will he had cultivated in his past life stubbornly supported him, preventing him from fainting.

  A deafening roar lingered on, Tang Yan gritted his teeth and continued to focus inwardly. In the depths of his dark and hazy mind, a bloody mist seemed to be drawn out, gradually forming dense and strange symbols that looked like pictograms, yet also like codes. Tang Yan was certain he couldn't understand them, but for some reason, it seemed as though he did recognize them, and they were becoming increasingly clear.

  Undying Heavenly Technique!

  Exorcise the gloomy fire and burn all things, condense the spiritual source and refine the divine soul.

  By refining the derivative key, absorbing the breath of life, gathering into infant cinnabar, refining the evil soul's thoughts, and urging the extinction.

  Infant Dan is the root of life, the pulse of immortality, and extinction is the illusory world of the eyes, piercing the power of heaven and earth.

  At this moment, Tang Yan's ocean of consciousness was shrouded in endless crimson characters, his thoughts came to a halt, and he sank into them, like a bewildered child listening to a teacher's teachings. The characters flashed by one after another, silently enlightening him, as if a sharp axe was deeply carving into the depths of his soul.

  It wasn't until the blood mist slowly dissipated, and the dreamlike runes disappeared, that Tang Yan woke up from his daze. However... he stared blankly ahead, his eyes lifeless, frozen in a long, stunned silence.

  Undying Heavenly Art! Using the ghostly green fire to burn the living, it can be a martial artist, a demon beast, or a demon spirit. All things condense their essence and accumulate spiritual liquid. The spiritual liquid that has been tempered by the green fire not only contains pure spiritual energy but also has a hint of life's essence, as well as the resentment, cruelty, and killing intent of living beings before they die.

  The Undying Heavenly Key is born to assist the Ghostly Azure Flame, and can perfectly separate the three types of 'power'. The pure spiritual energy serves as the foundation for enhancing one's true strength, while the evil negative emotions are used to trigger the martial technique 'Extinction Eye', and the most miraculous thing is... the Essence of Life!

  The initial Undying Heaven's Technique is only a mortal-level martial skill, simply serving to assist the Azure Flame and separate 'force', able to form a chaotic 'Life Mist' in the main body's Dantian. The more 'Life Mist', the more it can provide rich Life Qi, accelerating wound healing and physical recovery.

  This is the first stage of the Undying Heavenly Sutra!

  As the "Primordial Qi of Life" continues to accumulate and increase, it prompts the transformation and advancement of the "Undying Heavenly Key". The dense "Misty Qi of Life" will transform into a phantom image of an infant, immersed in the boundless Sea of Dan Tian. Upon reaching this stage, even if one's body is crippled by injury, they will rapidly regenerate their skeletal structure and flesh.

  "This is the second stage of the Undying Heavenly Art! It can be considered a Spirit-level martial skill!"

  In the third stage, the virtual shadow condenses and transforms into a blood-colored yuan dan. The Undying Heaven Technique will take a leap forward to enter the earth-level martial skill! As long as the yuan dan is not broken and the soul is not scattered, even if the body is crushed and bones are shattered, it can still condense the flesh and bone to rebirth, or be reborn by parasitizing an infant's body.

  In the fourth stage, the Blood Essence Pill is fully matured, bursting into an endless sea of blood, providing the host with unparalleled vigorous vitality. The sea of blood will never dry up, the soul will not perish, and life will be eternal.

  The Undying Heaven's Technique will successfully enter the ranks of Sacred-level Martial Arts!

  In the later stage of the fourth stage, the blood sea almost fills the entire Dantian and spontaneously condenses into a blood fetus, equivalent to the second life body of the main body. As for what role it plays, there is no introduction.

  In the fifth stage, with the Blood Sea Bridge connecting the Nether River, the divine soul hooks up heaven and earth, forever living and never dying or being destroyed.

  At this stage, the Undying Heavenly Technique is enough to become a heavenly martial art! The master will transform into an indestructible... Indestructible Heavenly Body!

  “……Fearsome……” Tang Yan was stunned for a long time, although he didn't have a special concept of martial skills, he could still see that this skill was extraordinary. Although it is now just a very ordinary mortal-level skill, it only promotes wound recovery. Once entering the third stage and condensing into a blood dan, there will be a chance to rebirth!!

  Rebirth? What a terrifying skill!!

  After entering the fourth stage or the fifth stage, the subject will become an indestructible heavenly body! Eternal and indestructible, forever preserved!

  What surprised Tang Yan the most was that each evolution of the Undying Heavenly Sutra came with a derived martial skill, just like the one currently floating in his mind - the Annihilating Eye!

  Using the evil energy in Lingyuan Liquid, tempering the pupils into a formidable killing tool, those with great power can even pierce through heaven and earth!

  If it's already accompanied by such a terrible martial skill in the first stage, then what kind of derivative martial skills will emerge after transforming into the second stage? What kind of surprises will it bring!

  Tang Yan was thrilled, never expecting such an opportunity. However... as he thought about it... Tang Yan's eyebrows slowly furrowed, his eyes becoming increasingly strange.

  The fundamental advancement of the Undying Heavenly Sutra lies in condensing enough Life Essence. The magnitude of the power of the Extinction Eye depends on how much evil energy is condensed!

  That is to say... slaughter!! Endless slaughter!! Only in endless slaughter, with azure flames burning billions of lives, can the Undying Heavenly Slaying Technique continuously advance, achieving a terrifying Undestructible Heaven Body!

  "What kind of monster is sealed inside that black coffin?" Tang Yan swallowed hard, his usual bravery replaced by a creeping sense of dread and unease, as an eerie chill slowly spread through him.

  In the endless slaughter, will I lose myself? Will the evil intentions gathered in the eyes of destruction affect my mind? Will I eventually become a demon or just a killing machine?

  Tang Yan wanted to force himself not to recall the mantra, to forget it directly. But he found that they had already been deeply imprinted in his mind like a branding iron, with detailed descriptions of each stage of cultivation.

  Practice? Or not practice?

  If one doesn't cultivate this martial skill, its temptation is truly too great, great enough to drive the world's people mad!

  What is...the abyssal coffin? What are those roaring demonic shadows? And what is the golden radiance?

  After a while, Tang Yan's pupils slightly contracted, and his expression showed cruelty and determination. When did he become indecisive? When did he become timid? In his past life, he dared to venture into ancient tombs alone, why can't he pioneer the martial way alone in this life?!

  Grow stronger! As long as I can grow stronger, what's the big deal about this danger? Even if there's a conspiracy behind it, even if that magical shadow has ulterior motives, I'll definitely find a way to break through!

  "Bring it on!! I'd love to see what kind of surprises you can bring me when you're cultivated to the extreme, and whether you can make me stand at the pinnacle of this alien world!" Tang Yan finally made up his mind, his blood boiling with a faint heat, getting stronger, I must get stronger!

  After a long silence, after a long surge of emotions, Tang Yan recovered from his trance-like state, his attention drawn to the package in front of him, which was the same one he had forcibly snatched from the white-clothed man.

  What's in the bag? Curious, slowly unpacking, inside neatly stacked two pieces of clothing, some crystal coins, not much use, except for these there is a strange black token and two cards!

  "Huh? Is this a talisman card?" Tang Yan picked up the blue card, about two palms in size, with dense and mysterious symbols etched on both sides, emitting a faint blue glow.

  According to Tang Er Gongzi's memory fragments, this thing was called a talisman card. After being driven by spiritual power, it would burst out with tremendous lethality.

  What principle? What person is connected? Tang Er Gongzi's memory of this aspect is very confusing, or it simply only knows that it was said by someone else when drinking flower wine, and the rest are not clear.

  Tang Yan struggled to summarize it, explaining that... it was a bomb?! A must-have treasure for evil people.

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