Chapter 584: Chapter 559 Five Elements True Body
While the bald elder was speaking, a flash of light and shadow crossed Lu Yan’s body, and a burly figure appeared in front of him.
Clang!
The figure drew a sword, and its light shocked the heavens, splitting the universe and the starry sky in two.
The terrifying sword light directly slashed at the bald elder.
"Ah... boundless as the sea..."
The bald elder screamed in terror, desperately trying to block it.
But the sword light passed by, and the bald elder’s body exploded on the spot, turning into the tiniest particles.
His Primordial Spirit also dissipated like smoke.
Not only that, but his subordinates behind him could not escape either. Swept by the sword light, they turned to ash without even having the chance to react.
"This strong?"
Lu Yan was shocked himself.
The one who had made the move was, of course, the puppet given to him by Lu Ming.
He was only at the Tao Fifth Layer, which was far inferior to the Creator Realm, and only a fool would take action personally.
Therefore, facing someone of the Creator Realm, he did not hesitate to use the puppet.
However, the strength of this puppet had somewhat exceeded his expectations.
An existence of the Creator Realm was annihilated before him with a single strike.
"It seems the puppet given to me by the Alliance Hierarch isn’t just an ordinary second-step Creator, it’s probably among the stronger ones within that step," Lu Yan thought to himself.
Now, his Cultivation Level had reached the peak of the Tao Fifth Layer, not far from the Creator Realm, and naturally he had specifically learned about the mysteries of the Creator Realm.
Before coming to space, he had asked the experts of the Dragon Alliance about the mysteries of the Creator Realm.
The second step of the Creator Realm involves the materialization of the body and Primordial Spirit.
The more materialized they are, the stronger one’s power becomes.
Even among those at the second step of the Creator Realm, the disparity in strength can be vast.
"This this this..."
Sect Leader Liu and the others stood there with their mouths agape, unable to regain their senses for a long while.
A powerful figure from the Creator Realm was just... killed?
They felt as if in a dream.
Lu Yan reached out and grabbed the Sumi Mustard Seed Bags left by those people, holding them firmly in his hand.
"Who... who is this senior?"
Sect Leader Liu began to tremble as he spoke.
"This is a senior I met on my path of cultivation. He will stay at the Five Elements Heavenly Arch for a while," Lu Yan casually fabricated a reason.
It was obviously not the time to tell them that this was a puppet, which could possibly shake them to their core.
"We pay respects to the senior,"
Sect Leader Liu and the others promptly paid their respects to the puppet.
Like Mr. World, this puppet seemed no different from a real person, nodding with an expressionless face.
"Let’s go, the crisis is resolved, let’s go back," Lu Yan said, turning around to return.
After several rounds of drinks.
"By the way, Sect Leader, this is the Five Elements Heavenly Skill’s method of cultivation. Take it and choose disciples with high talent to pass it on,"
Lu Yan took out a Jade Talisman and handed it to Sect Leader Liu; it contained the method of cultivating the Five Elements Heavenly Skill.
Sect Leader Liu trembled with excitement as he received it.
The Five Elements Heavenly Skill had been lost for more than a hundred thousand years; they could only cultivate some incomplete remnants, which led to slow progress, danger, and insufficient power.
After so many years, it was finally restored.
"Thank you, Supreme Elder,"
Sect Leader Liu solemnly saluted Lu Yan.
Feeling somewhat undeserving, Lu Yan waved his hands and changed the subject, saying, "I’ve heard that our Five Elements Heavenly Arch also possesses a body refining method, as famous as the Five Elements Heavenly Skill, known as the Five Elements True Body. Does it still exist?"
"No, the Five Elements True Body was lost alongside the Five Elements Heavenly Skill. Supreme Elder, didn’t you obtain the true inheritance from the former Sect Leader?"
Sect Leader Liu asked with some suspicion.
"Sigh,"
Lu Yan shook his head and sighed, "My master was too seriously injured back then, only a Remaining Soul was left, and many memories were lost, including the Five Elements True Body. Fortunately, the Five Elements Heavenly Skill was still preserved."
Lu Yan felt a bit disappointed; one of his goals for coming here was the Five Elements True Body.
"By the way, the cultivation world is retreating, soon entering The End of the Dharma Era. The Five Elements Star region will inevitably face The End of the Dharma Era, have you thought about an escape route?" Lu Yan inquired.
Upon this matter, Sect Leader Liu, the Supreme Elder, and the others again wore gloomy expressions.
"In this great era, what power do ordinary Cultivators have to resist or struggle? We can only drift with the tide, submitting to stronger forces, hoping they will bring us into the Origin Continent," said Sect Leader Liu.
"It’s said that the starry sky and the Origin Continent are negotiating, each sending out strong cultivators for a showdown. If the starry sky wins, they will have the opportunity to enter the Origin Continent. As soon as the news spread, countless smaller forces wanted to cling to those major powers to follow them into the Origin Continent."
"We wanted to seek refuge with Taiyi Palace before. Taiyi Palace is a pseudo-supreme power that once birthed a True One, but has long since fallen. However, they still have a third-step Creator sitting in power. We intended to offer up everything from the Five Elements Heavenly Arch and ask them to bring our people into the Origin Continent, but they said they could only bring three people inside, delaying our decision," reported Sect Leader Liu.
"Only three people?" Lu Yan asked.
"Yes, but as Sect Leader, how could I abandon my disciples and choose life for myself alone? I will never agree to this," Sect Leader Liu shook his head but then added, "So later, I tried contacting another pseudo-supreme power, but I haven’t received a reply yet."
Lu Yan nodded but said nothing more.
In truth, he had just made a casual inquiry.
If he represented the starry sky in battle and secured victory, taking some people into the Origin Continent would indeed be an easy matter for him.
The group was drinking and chatting, and Lu Yan understood more about the Five Elements Heavenly Arch and the boundless starry sky.
In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.
At the back of the Five Elements Heavenly Arch, Lu Yan stopped under an ordinary cliff.
This cliff was an ancient relic of the Five Elements Heavenly Arch and a symbol of spirit for it was said that when the old Sect Leader was alive, he would often meditate under this cliff.
In this half month, Lu Yan had browsed through various ancient texts of the Five Elements Heavenly Arch and examined various ancient relics without discovering anything unusual.
It was only this cliff that he felt was somewhat out of the ordinary.
"Tao Soul Pupil."
With a thought, complex patterns filled Lu Yan’s pupils.
He stared unwaveringly at the cliff.
Nothing was discovered.
Lu Yan observed carefully for a while longer and still found nothing. Just when he was about to give up, suddenly, he saw a pattern flash within the cliff.
The pattern was extremely subtle, and if it were not for his constant attention using the Tao Soul Pupil, it would have been very difficult to detect.
Lu Yan’s spirits uplifted as he continued to focus.
Sure enough, under the influence of the Tao Soul Pupil, he saw more and more patterns on the cliff, intertwining with each other, flickering in and out of visibility.
"Five Elements Heavenly Skill."
Lu Yan took a step forward, landing right beneath the cliff, and pushed the Five Elements Heavenly Skill to its limit, pressing his palm against the cliff.
Hum!
Suddenly, the entire cliff trembled, radiating five-colored rays of light that became increasingly intense, and finally transformed into a five-colored pillar of light that shot up into the sky and pierced into outer space.
"That’s..."
At this moment, the people of the Five Elements Heavenly Arch were shaken and looked towards the back of the mountain with shock.
"That’s... the Ancestral Cliff. Could it be that the Supreme Elder has made an astonishing discovery within the Ancestral Cliff?" Mr. Liu, the Sect Leader, said excitedly.
"Let’s go and have a look."
Shadows flickered like lightning, heading towards the back mountain.
Sure enough, when they arrived, they saw Lu Yan standing under the Ancestral Cliff, his palm pressed against the wall, his eyes unfaltering as he stared at the cliff.
"Don’t come any closer," Lu Yan’s voice rang out in everyone’s ears.
Mr. Liu, the Sect Leader, and the others immediately came to a halt.
At this very moment, in Lu Yan’s eyes, the cliff underwent a huge transformation. Deep within the cliff, lines interwove to form a number of figures cultivating a certain technique.
As Lu Yan watched, the technique automatically imprinted itself into his mind.
"Five Elements True Body."
Lu Yan was delighted.
It was serendipity that, without any strenuous effort, he found the Five Elements True Body, which had been hidden in this cliff and which required the powerful stimulation of the Five Elements Heavenly Skill to reveal itself.
A moment later, Lu Yan had completely understood the cultivation intricacies of the Five Elements True Body.
He withdrew his hand and instantly the colorful radiance of the cliff disappeared, returning to normalcy.
"Supreme Elder..."
Mr. Liu, the Sect Leader, whispered with anticipation.
"Within the Ancestral Cliff lies the Five Elements True Body. However, the prerequisite to cultivating the Five Elements True Body is to have cultivated the Five Elements Heavenly Skill to a certain degree."
"First cultivate the Five Elements Heavenly Skill. After I have pondered it a little longer, I will engrave the Five Elements True Body and hand it over to you," Lu Yan said.
"Five Elements True Body!"
Mr. Liu, the Sect Leader, and the others trembled with excitement.
The Five Elements Heavenly Skill and Five Elements True Body were the most powerful techniques of the Five Elements Heavenly Arch, both of which had been lost. But now, with Lu Yan’s arrival, they were miraculously recovered.
If it weren’t for the impending end of the Dharma Era, the Five Elements Heavenly Arch truly would have hopes of rising to prominence.
Lu Yan sat cross-legged under the cliff, contemplating the Five Elements True Body.
Mr. Liu, the Sect Leader, and the others quietly retreated to avoid disturbing Lu Yan.
"This Five Elements True Body is similar to the Saint Soldier’s Formula in that both are methods of body refining, yet they take completely different approaches," Lu Yan pondered.
The Saint Soldier’s Formula requires absorbing the essence of weapons, constantly tempering oneself, like forging a Divine Weapon. Ultimately, one shapes oneself into a Supreme Treasure.
On the other hand, the Five Elements True Body is based on cultivating the Five Elements Heavenly Skill, absorbing the qi of the five elements from heaven and earth to temper oneself.
Moreover, it does not have as many stages as the Saint Soldier’s Formula.
The Five Elements True Body is divided into five stages, known as the Five Elements Transformation.
They are: One Element Transformation, Two Elements Transformation, Three Elements Transformation, Four Elements Transformation, and Five Elements Transformation.
It does not correspond to each cultivation level as the Saint Soldier’s Formula does.
With each breakthrough of the Five Elements True Body, the strength of the body greatly surges.
A day later, Lu Yan had fully grasped the method of cultivating the Five Elements True Body and then began to cultivate the Five Elements Heavenly Skill.
In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.
His Five Elements Heavenly Skill became more refined, and thanks to the Fusion of the Five Elements Rules, his foundation was not something the ordinary Five Elements Heavenly Skill could compare with.
As a result, he cultivated the Five Elements True Body at an extraordinary pace. In just one month, he had already made a successful entry, with an Avatar congealed upon the Dao Book.
Indeed, the Dao Book had a special fortune when it came to Body Refining Martial Arts.
"Dao Book, enhance my power," Lu Yan took out the Ancestral Immortal Blood for the Dao Book to consume.
Instantly, the Five Elements True Body began to advance rapidly.
In just two days, he successfully broke through to the One Element Transformation, and his body underwent a dramatic transformation. The surface of his skin glowed with a five-colored radiance, resembling a multi-colored Divine Stone.
