Chapter 23: Wordless Heavenly Book
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Ling Xiao who was dressed in white stood on a mountaintop as his black hair blew in the air. With a pair of dazzling eyes, he overlooked the world as if he was above all beings.
The initial crystallization of Sky Devouring Spiritual Seed was done using the Diversified Golden Lotus Fire and the Black Heavy Water. Although it was a semi-finished product, it was enough to exert the threatening power of Sky Devouring Secret Technique.
Ling Xiao's body was enveloped in cloud mist and accompanied by flashes of divine light. As he breathed, spiritual energies of Heaven and Earth gushed toward him.
He had been cultivating every moment since the crystallization of Sky Devouring Spiritual Seed as it was also beneficial to his combat ability in many ways.
In fact, his combat powers before and after he had crystallized the Sky Devouring Spiritual Seed were Heaven and Earth apart.
Boom!
The vigor in Ling Xiao's body surged to all of his meridians like a river, and he felt renewed. His disposition became as pure as a baby's, it was as if all beings in Heaven and on Earth were full of life.
This was the gift of creation, which allowed Ling Xiao to feel more of Heaven and Earth's vastness.
All of a sudden, an extremely pure aura rushed toward his head and a ray of light was emitted from the center of his eyebrows. With that, clean spiritual power was released.
"I've activated my mental power!"
Ling Xiao was elated. If one were to follow the martial art cultivations step by step, they would only be able to awaken their mental power in Grandmaster Boundary — a power capable of influencing Heaven and Earth.
Nevertheless, some were gifted enough to awaken their mental powers in an early stage. Those people were very valued by pill alchemists, tool alchemists, and strategists, thus they had already been recruited by various sects.
Having professional knowledge was secondary for those who wanted to become a pill alchemist, a tool alchemist, or a strategist. Instead, mental power was the most important.
Many pill alchemists and tool alchemists were very adept at alchemy but could not progress to high levels due to their lack of mental power.
"I didn't know that advancing to Pinnacle state of Pulse Unsealing Boundary has this benefit too. This means that my current mental power is probably above a superior pill alchemist's!"
Ling Xiao was very pleased.
He had initially thought that he could only awaken his mental power after advancing to True Qi Boundary, which would likely be at a level equivalent to an inferior or a moderate pill alchemist, yet he had awakened the mental power of a superior pill alchemist.
A superior pill alchemist could refine superior spiritual pills. Even in Longevity Sect, only the most powerful Great Elder was a superior pill alchemist.
Ling Xiao's mental power was concentrated between his eyebrows where it drifted like mist. Right then, a golden light shone and an extremely quaint book appeared between his eyebrows.
"What's this?"
He was taken aback.
"Wait! This is… This is the scripture in the Crimson Dragon War God's grave! How did it appear between my brows?"
In a blink, Ling Xiao could immediately recall as the scroll looked familiar.
Ten thousand years ago, Ling Xiao had explored the Crimson Dragon War God's place of legacy along with True Dragon Supreme. After many difficulties, they found the Crimson Dragon War God's divinity, which was placed on top of this ancient book.
However, since the ancient book looked very ordinary back then, and Ling Xiao and True Dragon Supreme were only focused on the divinity, they did not notice it.
In the end, True Dragon Supreme sneaked an attack on Ling Xiao to steal the divinity, causing his supreme body to detonate. It was that incident that had caused him to be born again ten thousand years later.
The ancient book actually followed him to ten thousand years later!
"Was I reborn again due to this book?"
Ling Xiao made a guess, then attempted to move the ancient book with his mental power.
Swish!
A nine-colored ray shone as the ancient book opened up, but it was wordless. All one hundred and eight pages were empty, but they emitted bright rays. It was extremely mysterious.
"Strange. What exactly is this?"
Ling Xiao was confused. There was no response from the ancient book even when he tried to activate it with his spiritual power or physical force; it simply floated between his eyebrows.
It was only until he executed the Sky Devouring Secret Technique that he noticed a slight movement from the ancient book.
"Something's happening!"
Intrigued, he operated the Sky Devouring Secret Technique's profound meaning and went through the lection in his heart. Then, the ancient book began to glow, and the lection of Sky Devouring Secret Technique appeared.
It appeared on the fourteenth page of the ancient book, whereby a row of words could be seen below the words Sky Devouring Secret Technique.
Fourteenth Heavenly Spirit!
"Fourteenth Heavenly Spirit? Is this Sky Devouring Secret Technique's ranking? Does this ancient book record secret techniques' ranking?"
Ling Xiao was startled as he tried to figure out the ancient book's origin.
"I'll call you Wordless Heavenly Book from now on! I wonder if True Dragon's secret technique will appear too!"
Later, he was struck with an idea. He had exchanged secret techniques with True Dragon Supreme, who cultivated Ancestral Dragon Secret Technique, in the past but it was incomplete. Moreover, after he was set up by True Dragon Supreme, he dared not cultivate it.
Although True Dragon Supreme was ranked second among the top ten Supreme titles, his physical body was unsurpassed as he refined a True Dragon's body. Through physical force, he was able to brew storms on rivers and seas, and he could destroy the stars, which was so daunting that even Ling Xiao considered himself weaker than him.
If Ling Xiao could cultivate both Sky Devouring Secret Technique and Ancestral Dragon Secret Technique successfully, he could surpass his past self!
He was quickly aroused.
Boom!
As expected, the words 'Ancestral Dragon Secret Technique' appeared on the Wordless Heavenly Book once Ling Xiao recited the secret technique.
First Earthly Fiend!
He was right about the Ancestral Dragon Secret Technique's ranking because it appeared on Wordless Heavenly Book as well.
"Heavenly Spirit and Earthly Fiend? Thirty-six Heavenly Spirits and seventy-two Earthly Fiends amount to a hundred and eight, which corresponds to the number of pages in Wordless Heavenly Book. Are there a hundred and eight secret techniques in Heaven and on Earth?"
Ling Xiao hypothesized before he immediately flipped to the page that recorded the Ancestral Dragon Secret Technique.
"It's complete!"
He was absolutely delighted. The Ancestral Dragon Secret Technique was so mysterious, it was as if a ten-thousand-miles-long ancient ancestral dragon was drifting on the Wordless Heavenly Book, and was constantly transforming from one bizarre form to another.
There were seven tiers in Ancestral Dragon Secret Technique. They were Legendary Dragon's Body, Earthly Dragon's Body, Flying Dragon's Body, Heavenly Dragon's Body, True Dragon's Body, Divine Dragon's Body, and Ancestral Dragon's Body!
One's physical force would be elevated by a hundred times with every successfully cultivated tier!
True Dragon Supreme only acquired five tiers of Ancestral Dragon Secret Technique, which was why his title was True Dragon Supreme, not Ancestral Dragon Supreme.
Ling Xiao clucked when he read the description of the Ancestral Dragon Secret Technique.
Since his physical force was already very formidable, he wondered how different it would be if he were to cultivate Ancestral Dragon Secret Technique to Pinnacle state.
He was eager to find out.
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