Chapter 561 — The Tyrant Body First Revealed
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
His mind was unconventional. He thought what others did not think, dared to think what others dared not, and was unbound by tradition. That was how he could create all manner of strange and wondrous arts and divine abilities—the Primordial Spirit Guide, the Eighteen Sword Forms, the Three Primes Divine Convergence Formula—and how he could build great metal constructs like the Spirit Energy Transference Bridge that connected two worlds.
But it was also precisely because his mind was so unconventional that his cultivation art was deficient.
"I have already solved the problem of bringing my sword technique into the Dao. If I continue to comprehend along the path of the Tribulation Sword, then what I must now solve is the problem of bringing my cultivation art into the Dao!"
Shen Mu did not stop walking, but his expression seemed somewhat vacant, dazed and lost in thought.
Suddenly, his vital essence overflowed and rapidly sketched before him his Primordial Fetus Divine Treasury, outlining the shape of the Spirit Fetus, constructing the sun and moon. Then his vital essence flowed outward, raising the five stars of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The Spirit Platform expanded, taking the form of the earth, establishing the Six Directions. The five stars and the twin stars of sun and moon revolved around one another, forming the Seven Stars.
Using this as his foundation, Shen Mu's ten fingers danced, refining his vital essence into threads, continuously constructing the pathways of his vital essence circulation around the Spirit Platform, the Five Luminaries, and the Six Directions.
After a moment, he had built an incomparably complex network of vital essence circulation. Like blood vessels, the network formed the shape of a human body around the three great Divine Treasuries.
This was the vital essence circulation pathway of his Mystic Body Three Cores Art.
His cultivation art was extremely complex, and so the vital essence circulation network he built was also extremely complex.
Shen Mu measured it, corrected some errors, and then vital essence flew out continuously, shaping bones, heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys within the incomparably complex human network, then shaping flesh, sinews, and blood vessels.
He spread his five fingers, his vital essence swelled, and the human figure before him instantly grew to over three zhang tall, still perfectly clear.
As he advanced, Shen Mu removed redundant and repetitive minor details, merged some vital essence circulation pathways to make his Mystic Body Three Cores Art less complex, then used his divine consciousness to add places where vital essence circulation could not reach during body refinement.
He modified more and more, and removed more and more.
Shen Mu grew more and more excited. The Spirit Fetus sped through his body, examining his physical structure, while he himself continuously modified and adjusted the vital essence human figure.
After a long while, the Spirit Fetus returned to the Divine Treasury and settled upon the Spirit Platform. Shen Mu parted his hands, and the flesh and bones of the vital essence human figure all dispersed, leaving only the vital essence circulation network and the structures of the three great Divine Treasuries.
His demonic essence flew out, constructing the Demonic Path Primordial Fetus Divine Treasury, corresponding to and mirroring the Primordial Fetus Divine Treasury, and he continued to modify.
When he believed it was already perfect, Shen Mu immediately activated this new Mystic Body Three Cores Art, which had undergone drastic modification, carefully experiencing its deficiencies in operation, then modifying the vital essence human figure, constantly experimenting, striving for greater perfection.
His vital essence circulation gradually became less complex but more efficient. After the improvements, a single cycle of vital essence circulation could essentially temper every corner of his body.