Chapter 193 — Revealing the True Form
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Imperial Teacher Jingping casually traced one straight line in midair and said serenely, "I am this. No matter how powerfully other people cultivate, their angle is still smaller than mine."
He dared to say this because it was founded upon his heaven-defying aptitude and understanding. He had virtually no flaws whatsoever. Other people had seven parallel lines, whereas he had seven lines added together—he was simply meant to be stronger than everyone else.
"You may consult the techniques on the Five Luminaries Divine Vault recorded in the Celestial Records Tower—for instance, Elder Mystic Zither's 'Saturn Star Notes,' Monk Yuankong's 'Five Elements and the Dipper,' Duke Weiguo's 'Five Methods of Jupiter,' and the Supreme General of Heavenly Strategy's 'Five Essentials of Military Records.' Once you have read them, you will be able to lay a firm foundation for the Five Luminaries realm."
The men he named were all first-rank officials of the current court. Elder Mystic Zither was a woman who held the post of Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince; Monk Yuankong held the post of Grand Commandant; Duke Weiguo went without saying; and the Supreme General of Heavenly Strategy was the celebrated master of the Shen family. Whether from aristocratic lineages or established renown, they were all existences at the Divine Bridge realm—masters of the sect-founder level.
Everyone hastened to note down the names of these arts. Shen Wanyun, however, was torn. He had originally planned to advance directly into the Six Harmonies realm during this training expedition, but after hearing these words from Imperial Teacher Jingping, he hardened his heart and continued to suppress his cultivation level, resolving to return to the Grand Academy and only break through the Six Harmonies barrier once his foundation was made firm.
Shen Mu stood blank, then suddenly recalled that some techniques in the Great Nurturing Dark Demon Sutra seemed specifically intended to cultivate the Five Luminaries Divine Vault. The arts in the Great Nurturing Dark Demon Sutra were numerous and varied; many of them appeared unimpressive, hardly top-grade arts, and such arts were often passed on to disciples of the Dark Demon Sect. Nearly all the techniques and divine powers in the Great Nurturing Dark Demon Sutra had been spread abroad—the sect did not hoard what it had—only some were so abstruse and hard to follow that one could easily cultivate them wrongly, and so the sect bore the name of a demonic cult.
Shen Mu had not formerly studied these arts in any depth, but now, prompted by Imperial Teacher Jingping, he suddenly saw the light: the seemingly one-sided and independent techniques of the Great Nurturing Dark Demon Sutra were none other than the very keys to cultivation! These seemingly scattered and unremarkable arts included not only methods of cultivating the Five Luminaries Divine Vault, but very likely also arts for the Six Harmonies realm, the Seven Stars realm, and even the Heavenly Man, Life and Death, and Divine Bridge realms!
Shen Mu had earlier treated these arts as chicken ribs, not integrating them into his Great Unification technique. But now Imperial Teacher Jingping, perhaps in an offhand remark, had pointed him toward a bright road.
"The Dark Body Three Elixirs Art has its practical functions but lacks its deeper method—a considerable deficiency. Combined with the Great Nurturing Dark Demon Sutra, it may form a perfect match."
Shen Mu was fired with enthusiasm and immediately began contemplating the cultivation methods of the Five Luminaries realm. These five methods were: the Saturn Star Lord, Earth Marquis True Art; the Jupiter Star Lord, Wood Marquis True Art; the Mercury Star Lord, Water Marquis True Art; the Mars Star Lord, Fire Marquis True Art; and the Venus Star Lord, Metal Marquis True Art. Before long, he began trying to fuse these five true arts into the Five Luminaries realm technique of the Dark Body Three Elixirs Art.