Chapter 100: The Leader of Tianlang Mountain Gathering

Throughout the entire process, his true body was completely out of control. The chaotic flow of time rendered him utterly unable to sense his own form.

There must be a flaw in the cultivation method.

Once the method of extension is perfected, along with the techniques for nurturing qi and refining the spiritual realm, it should be possible to gain control over one’s own body. In the future, it might even allow control over the host body.

Although this technique has significant defects,

Cao Chengyu’s foundation in the Purple Mansion Realm increased by about one-tenth in a single attempt.

Repeated ten times, it could double, with surprisingly effective results.

Of course, whether it is a cultivation method or a pill, the first use often yields the best results.

The Floating World Observation Technique is an exceptionally rare method of soul enhancement, far more valuable than he initially imagined.

Correspondingly, his spirit had weakened considerably and needed a period of recuperation before he could continue cultivation. This was the perfect opportunity to devote himself fully to refining and completing the extension calculations.

The supreme-grade arts have been successfully derived!

Opening his status sheet, various abilities fused with new concepts—so altered by him they were barely recognizable—surfaced.

[Cao Chengyu]
Age: 16.11
Cultivation: Early Stage of Purple Mansion Realm (3%)
Methods: Yellow Court Scripture, Azure Dragon Yin-Yang Taoist Treasury, Floating World Observation Technique (Incomplete)
Skills: Mysterious Yin Pill Scroll (Peak Grade 3, 99%), Radiant Sun Artifact Scroll (Peak Grade 3, 99%), Spirit Plant Codex (Early Grade 3, 5%)
Arts: Twin Dragon Coiling Disk (Supreme Grade 1%), Five Elements Dragon Control Technique (Supreme Grade 1%), Life-Giving Heavenly Water Shield (Supreme Grade 1%), Cloud Soaring and Mist Riding Technique (Supreme Grade 1%), Proud Nine Songs (Supreme Grade 1%), Hundred Beasts Thunder Roar Body Tempering Method (Supreme Grade 1%)
Secret Arts: Lifeless Poisonous Eyes (Supreme Grade 1%), Devouring Flame (Supreme Grade 1%), Mysterious Gate Eight Trigrams (Supreme Grade 5%), Heavenly Locking Technique (Supreme Grade 1%), Yin Seal Condensed Sword Walk (Supreme Grade 1%)
Divine Powers: Extension Method (?), Five Elements Yin-Yang Divine Wheel (Incomplete)
Artifacts: Mysterious Ice Sword (High Grade 2), Pure White Jade Lotus Platform (High Grade 2), Jade Pearl Zither (Mid Grade 2), Yin-Yang Dragon Needles (High Grade 2), Six-Eyed Flying Snake Belt (Mid Grade 5)

[Evaluation]: The dormant dragon has awakened with a roar that shakes a thousand mountains!

With a swift array of supreme-grade spells, provided sufficient mana, Cao Chengyu is confident he can face a Golden Core stage battle.

In this wave of derivations, he improved the Hundred Beasts Thunder Roar and Cloud Soaring techniques. The former discarded offensive applications completely, transforming into a pure body-tempering art. The latter’s derived yellow smoke escape method was also abandoned.

It has become a pure flying technique, specialized, and thus more powerful.

The Twin Dragon Coiling Disk sacrificed stealth to enhance speed and strangulation power.

The Five Elements Dragon Control Technique was specially developed based on his Taoist body nature.

The five elemental dragons, each with distinct functions, integrate the five internal organ spirits, far surpassing previous strength.

Proud Nine Songs combines all his sword technique secret seals, though his accumulation there remains somewhat insufficient, barely reaching supreme-grade level.

The Heavenly Water Shield is an enhanced version of the primordial heavy water technique, with the Lifeless Poisonous Eyes secret art following a similar pattern.

Devouring Flame evolved from the Burning Body Blaze Art, with improved effects in consuming unusual heavenly flames.

The Mysterious Gate Eight Trigrams is similar but adds direct combat capability and a slight predictive function.

Compared to seven days ago, his strength has increased several levels, giving him much more confidence to thwart Chi Jiuxiao’s transcendence plan.

As for the most important divine power slot:

The Five Elements Yin-Yang Divine Wheel is a phenomenon that emerges after perfecting the Taoist body, as recorded in the Yellow Court Scripture.

He recognized the formation within the Sea of Consciousness—a Yin-Yang Divine Wheel base enshrining five flames of different colors.

This phenomenon is unique to cultivators of the Purple Mansion Realm. Each perfected Taoist body type manifests a different phenomenon.

Once a cultivator breaks through to the Golden Core stage, the phenomenon transforms into their innate divine power. Even the lowest-grade phenomenon’s power surpasses that of supreme-grade spells, operating on a principle similar to the bloodline talents of demon clans.

This explains why the Golden Core stage cultivator is known as a true immortal; a single divine power can rival hundreds of Purple Mansion cultivators—unreasonably powerful.

Humans are ultimately favored by Heaven and Earth, born with the constitution for cultivation.

As cultivation advances, weaknesses in various aspects gradually fill in. The higher the realm, the stronger the human cultivator becomes.

Otherwise, how could they suppress the ancient demon clans?

The mere name Five Elements Yin-Yang Divine Wheel sounds formidable. Mastering it early would provide a deadly trump card against Golden Core opponents.

Having just concluded his cultivation,

a small green bird flew into the cave.

Perching on Cao Chengyu’s hand, it transformed into a stream of characters:

“Tianlang Mountain!”

Luo Yuzhu had finally sent word. It seemed that the Mysterious Pill True Immortal had indeed reached some unknown agreement with Xiao Yan.

One could hardly blame him for being the protagonist.

He had even turned over Golden Core cultivators while hiding right under others’ noses.

“The most dangerous place is the safest place?”

“A strange philosophy.”

Muttering, Cao Chengyu thought that sometimes reverse maneuvers indeed worked wonders, but only if one was truly the protagonist.

Villains’ intelligence, aside from being significantly inferior to the protagonist’s, was otherwise quite formidable.

Having obtained Xiao Yan’s whereabouts, Cao Chengyu promptly set out.

The newly enhanced Cloud Soaring and Mist Riding Technique was now five times faster, and he replaced the yellow little cloud with a white one.

Being surrounded daily by yellow clouds was prone to accidents.

Riding his beloved little cloud, Cao Chengyu flew towards Tianlang Mountain.

Tianlang Mountain lies south of Luo Prefecture, adjacent to Yun Prefecture.

Situated at the junction of the east and south borders, Xiao Yan had previously obtained a ghostly flame there—the Mountain Demon Ghost Flame.

Unexpectedly, he had returned after plundering treasures in the capital city.

The little white cloud flew straight at an incredible speed. Cao Chengyu spent only three days traveling from Chizhou to the border of Yun Prefecture—a remarkable pace.

Tianlang Mountain loomed close.

Black, bare rocks jutted outward; vegetation was extinct. The rising yin energy earned it the nickname Black Mountain. No wonder such an environment could nurture ghostly flames.

Approaching closer,

Cao Chengyu scanned with his divine sense and found the mountain’s interior resembled a network of mining tunnels, branching in all directions.

The pervasive yin energy obscured the presence of cultivators, making detection difficult.

A natural fortress for war.

“No wonder hiding here gives one a chance to escape if things go awry.”

Clearing his throat, he projected his voice to resonate throughout Black Mountain.

“Xiao Yan, come out and meet me.”

“……”

Receiving no response, Cao Chengyu called out several more times.

Inside the Black Mountain cave,

Xiao Yan, observing covertly through his ghostly subordinates, felt a flash of anger upon recognizing the visitor as Cao Chengyu.

If he hadn’t heeded Cao Chengyu’s advice to investigate that Reverse Life Formation, he wouldn’t have ended up like this.

The Xiao family, a clan without familial bonds, could perish without regret, but his beloved Xiao Xue had been severely injured. He carried her along, prolonging her life with pills, uncertain when she would recover.

After the resentment subsided, a new doubt emerged.

Regardless of personal feelings, he was involved now and had to resolve the issue.

Any act tainted by personal emotion was unwise.

After a moment’s thought, he transmitted a voice message.

“Come in. I want you to give me an explanation.”