The jade-like shrine was faintly translucent. Just by walking into it, one's heart would unconsciously grow calm.
There were pitifully few things within the shrine. The only thing that could be seen was a prayer mat that glowed with golden light at the very center of the shrine. Not too far away from the prayer mat was a slender, three-foot-long sword that was completely blood-red in color. The sword was covered with cracks, and there were even three clear nicks in the blade.
Clearly, this was a damaged sword that could shatter at any moment.
Despite that, however, the sword still emanated a powerful aura of majesty. The aura of majesty which Linley had sensed outside the shrine had come from this sword.
"Dao weapons. Weapons that are above Chaos treasures. Weapons used by World Gods and Chaos Immortals!" Zhou Tong understood the origins of this weapon.
Whoosh!
Right at this moment, an invisible ripple of power emanated from the shattered sword. A woman dressed in golden armor flew out from the shattered sword, landing in front of Zhou Tong.
"Empyrean God Tribulation Flame?" The woman looked at Zhou Tong.
Zhou Tong nodded, then said, "Sword-Spirit?"
"You've got good eyes. I am the sword-spirit of Violetjewel. You can just refer to me as' Sword-Spirit '," the golden-armored woman said.
The golden-armored woman then explained a few things to Linley, such as how World God Northrest had possessed Fuju Daozu's body before dying, and how he had wandered the Three Realms afterwards. She also explained the requirements for entering this place. One had to become an Empyrean God as a Fiendgod Body Refiner, as well as master the [Five Treasures] sword-art.
The Sword-Spirit then explained to Zhou Tong the arrangements World God Northrest had made, as well as the legacies he had left behind.
There were four important things which World God Northrest had left behind.
The first was Violetjewel, a Dao weapon. Generally speaking, only World Gods and Chaos Immortals were capable of binding it. However, World God Northrest had left behind a technique which allowed one to use heartforce to bind a weapon, the 'Heartseep' technique. This allowed one to bind this weapon even without reaching the World God level of power.
The second was a [Nameless] sword-art. This was a sword-art which World God Northrest had accidentally acquired. The ninety-eight sword-arts on the stairs to the void had been created by World God Northrest after he had gained insights into the [Nameless] sword-art.
Third, Vastheaven Palace's talisman of welcome. Only by acquiring such an item would one be qualified to join Vastheaven Palace. This was an incredibly rare opportunity in the outside Chaosverse.
Fourth, there were countless secret arts and secret arts. These were the most important treasures which World God Northrest had left behind. Other than some of the things that could not be left behind due to the binding of the lifeblood oath, everything else that could be left behind was here.
These four items had been left behind by World God Northrest for his successor. Every single one of them was far more valuable than the rewards for clearing Undermoon Lake, such as the [Solitary World God] and the [Nine Elements Annihilation].
"What follows is a relatively long period of time …" Zhou Tong said softly as he looked at the divine sword in front of him.
This divine sword was very hard to take away. He had to bind at least 50% of it before he could take it away. Thus, Zhou Tong had to bind at least 50% of it before he could take it away from this place.
"I just so happen to have many things I need to meditate on, as well as many goals I need to achieve. I'll use this period of time to carefully organize them. In addition, this place has countless techniques which World God Northrest left behind. They'll be of some use to me in accomplishing my goals." Zhou Tong couldn't help but say to himself.
Zhou Tong had always had several problems which he needed to solve.
The first was the problem of his divine body.
Zhou Tong had always wanted to create a divine body technique which was unique to his phoenix body. Thus, over the past few years, he had been collecting the various Fiendgod Body Refining techniques of the Three Realms, often meditating on them as he cultivated.
This time, in Undermoon Lake, he had acquired the [Solitary World God], a technique which detailed the various stages of Fiendgod Body Refining. More importantly, the [Solitary World God] was extraordinarily suited to Zhou Tong.
Phoenixes were famous for their ability to undergo nirvanic rebirth. The most powerful ability of phoenixes was their ability to undergo nirvanic rebirth. In addition, the [Solitary World God] focused on searching for the light of life while in a state of nirvanic rebirth. This technique was incomparably close to the phoenix's concept of nirvanic rebirth.
By using this technique as a guide, Zhou Tong would be able to unleash all of the knowledge which he had accumulated in the creation of his divine body, allowing him to successfully create a brand new divine body which belonged solely to him.
Next, Zhou Tong had another problem which he needed to resolve. The [Thousand Bodies Sutra].
This was a technique which Zhou Tong had acquired from Chi Ming Daozu prior to entering Undermoon Lake. It was also a secret technique which the Three Realms had acquired from alien Outsiders in the Primordial Chaos. Upon mastering this secret technique, one would be able to create a thousand clones which were identical in power to the original body.
The only problem was that this technique required a treasure like the 'World Core' just to get started. Zhou Tong did not have such a treasure. Thus, he had to think of a way to circumvent this requirement.
The third problem which he needed to resolve was the issue of the energy of fire.
After entering Undermoon Lake, Zhou Tong had always had an idea in mind. He wanted to fuse the energy of the saber and the sword into his energy of fire, allowing his energy of fire to possess the power of the saber and the sword, allowing it to be fast and fierce!
"Let's put aside the issue of the divine body for now. I can't rush this. Let's first resolve the issue of the [Thousand Bodies Sutra]. I've been stuck as a Ki Refiner for so many years. Only by resolving the issue of the [Thousand Bodies Sutra] can I advance further," Zhou Tong silently said to himself.
A long time ago, Zhou Tong had taken a fancy to the [Thousand Bodies Sutra] technique.
The Golden pill which a Ki Refiner could create at the Celestial Immortal stage was divided into three tiers. As Ki Refiners in the Three Realms were very weak, the Golden pill here was the lowest tier, the third-tier Golden pill.
However, the third-tier Golden pill didn't mean that it couldn't be upgraded to the first-tier Golden pill.
In the original work, Ji Ning had used a special method to upgrade the third-tier Golden pill to the second-tier Golden pill. After that, his eighteen doppelgangers fused together, and the eighteen second-tier Golden pill overlapped, officially upgrading the second-tier Golden pill to the first-tier Golden pill.
According to this calculation, to upgrade the eighteen doppelgangers by one tier, from the third-tier Golden pill to the first-tier Golden pill, it would require 18 × 18 = 324 doppelgangers.
Not only did the [Thousand Bodies Sutra] perfectly meet this condition, there were even more.
However, the only problem which needed to be resolved was how to bypass the restrictions of the Heart of the World so that he could cultivate this secret technique without the Heart of the World.
"The runes of the [Nine Elements Annihilation] are similar to the runes of the Yang God World and some of the runes of the Shrouding Heaven World. I can refer to the Human Immortal martial arts of the Yang God World to solve this problem … There's also the doppelganger technique which evolved from the Kun Peng Dao. I can also refer to it …"
After immersing himself and carefully deducing, Zhou Tong's comprehension of this technique was continuously advancing …
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