Chapter 24 The Gold Light's Grace

The overwhelming golden light seized the fortune of the gods, yet the gods dared not utter a word of dissent. They could only lower their heads and chant scriptures, continuing to listen to the Primal Celestial Venerable at the head of the table, constantly expounding the scriptures, and then endlessly comprehending the boundless golden light.

The Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable pushed the golden light towards Ji Xiang, helping Ji Xiang to undergo transformation. Only Ji Xiang's three flowers appeared above his head, and then they were burned by the divine fire.

His physical body advanced to the Eighth Divine Fire Realm.

At this moment, divine fire refined his body, and the sacred embryo exhaled, advancing towards the next step: Five Qi Towards the Origin!

The Heavenly Devil's form and spirit were added to Ji Xiang's body, and the Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable's stimulation caused the phantoms of the Four Sages of the North Pole to constantly manifest on Ji Xiang's body.

Heavenly Devil's Extinguishing Scenery, the second lesson, Heavenly Devil's Transformation, complete!

The first lesson forged the form, and the second lesson transformed the devilish Qi. At this time, the Qi of Ten Thousand Devils around Ji Xiang gradually dissolved. This devilish Qi originated from the Jade Purity Esoteric Scripture, transformed from the classics. Legend has it that the Primal Celestial Venerable once transformed into a ghost-slaying general,震killing thousands of world's fierce devils in the ancient Eight Heavens. This devilish Qi came from these devils, and then the Five Heavens and Eight Emperors Great Devil King appeared, as the tribulation for those who attempted Dao ascension, under the general administration of the Northern Emperor's Devil-Eliminating Great King.

Ji Xiang's devilish Qi carried a kind of solemnity. The secret classics of the Jade Purity Heaven manifested their unique power at this time, just like when Ji Xiang peeped at the Azure Heaven Devil King, the label of the Great Devil also carried a God-King marker.

That foreshadowed the other party's true identity; the Dao-testing Great Devil was also a God-King, listed among the myriad gods. This devilish Qi originated from the heavens, untainted by human malevolence, upright and grand. This was far different from the sinister and evil Qi of human demons, monsters, and ghosts.

"The devilish Qi is complete!"

The Eastern Flower Fairy, Yan Jingzhu, watched this scene in a daze. The Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable had helped Ji Xiang cross the second step: the transformation of devilish Qi, meaning that the other party could really cultivate this Heavenly Devil magic!

And she had never thought that she could see the appearance of a Jade Purity Heaven cultivator here again!

At this moment, Yan Jingzhu suddenly thought of the sentence Ji Xiang had said before—"I have a bit of acquaintance with the Primal Celestial Venerable."

"It can't be true, right? He said he offended a Primal Dao Child, and also said he had a bit of acquaintance with the Primal Celestial Venerable, and now he can actually cultivate the Jade Purity Esoteric Scripture. The one he calls 'a bit of acquaintance' is probably another Primal Dao Child."

This was the best answer Yan Jingzhu could think of. Just like the Azure Child Lord, they were both true disciples of the Primal, belonging to Jade Purity cultivators, so their struggles were more intense, which also explained why the other party had the Grand Void Precious Light.

Yan Jingzhu couldn't help but feel a little worried about herself.

She had originally thought that this person was just a bit of a weirdo, impetuous and liked to move his hands and feet everywhere. She had originally thought that a powerful young man from the Highest Clarity Sect had finally arrived, and she could use his power to completely control this True Spirit Rank Chart, but she didn't expect that the one who came wasn't from the Highest Clarity.

So, at the very beginning, she lost interest in him, but who could have thought that it would turn into what it is now?

The Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable would rather give the scriptures to this person than let her obtain the Spiritual Scripture, what kind of thing is this? It seems that her battle with the Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable will continue.

Moreover....

"He can cultivate the Heavenly Devil Scripture, is it because the Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable is helping him, or does he himself have problems? Or... is there a problem with the scripture?"

"Could it be that the complete Heavenly Devil Scripture can be cultivated by mortals? Is the part of the Jade Purity Esoteric Scripture passed down by the Primal Celestial Venerable in the human world actually incomplete?"

For immortal scriptures, missing a single word can lead to vastly different cultivation techniques, or even complete interruption and self-damage to cultivation. Therefore, one can cultivate a section of the immortal scripture and obtain great benefits, but if this scripture is incomplete, it's best not to cultivate the incomplete parts.

"I'll try it too?"

Yan Jingzhu retreated a little, distancing herself from the Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable, and then recalled the Heavenly Devil Scripture she had just seen, to cultivate the first lesson of the Jade Purity Esoteric Scripture.

She circulated her power according to the scripture. Because she didn't have direct transmission of the immortal scripture, the speed of condensing the Ten Thousand Devil Form and Spirit was much slower. After a while, Ji Xiang had already completed the third lesson, Heavenly Devil's Generating Scenery. At this time, scenery was generated from Qi, further enhancing the compatibility between the immortal scripture and the cultivator.

And here, Yan Jingzhu also completed the preliminary of the first lesson. The Ten Thousand Devil phantoms heavily overlapped and manifested on her body. She was immediately overjoyed, feeling that this time there was a chance.

"Is it really that the previous Jade Purity Esoteric Scripture was incomplete?"

The first lesson condensed, and the Ten Thousand Devil Form and Spirit began to merge with her, but the next moment, before her joy had passed, those devilish Qi entered her soul, almost tearing her entire soul apart!

"Haa!"

Yan Jingzhu suddenly spat out a mouthful of soul Qi. Her appearance became more illusory, a little frightened, and she hurriedly began to disperse her power. But the devilish Qi accumulated in her body was already about to severely tear her soul!

"This, this still can't be cultivated. Is it because I don't have a physical body?"

"Not good, fire, devil fire has been generated!"

She couldn't figure it out, so she could only give up cultivation, and knew that something big had happened to her state. Traces of devilish Qi flames actually appeared on her soul and body. This was the price for cultivators cultivating the Heavenly Devil Scripture!

Of course, at the same time, her curiosity about Ji Xiang became even stronger!

And just at this time, the Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable suddenly appeared in front of her, and unexpectedly, attacked her for the first time!

In just an instant, before Yan Jingzhu could even raise the Western Ying Bell to resist, she was choked by the Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable, and then thrown towards Ji Xiang's side!

During this process, the Ten Thousand Devil Form and Spirit she had condensed suddenly disintegrated, and even she was sucked into Ji Xiang's form and spirit!

Jade Purity Esoteric Scripture, the fourth lesson, Heavenly Devil's Carrying Yin!

The Ten Thousand Devil Form and Spirit re-entered Ji Xiang's body, completing the fourth lesson of the Jade Purity Esoteric Scripture. Extreme Yang met Extreme Yin, the Ten Thousand Devils melted and returned to the Chaos Primal, and then entered the fifth lesson!

Jade Purity Esoteric Scripture, the fifth lesson, Heavenly Devil's Clear Understanding!

With the success of the fifth lesson, Yan Jingzhu transformed into a wisp of spiritual smoke from Ji Xiang's body, returning to her original appearance, but this time, her soul had something more. It turned out that she had obtained the heavy Yang Qi and the power of the Five Elements from Ji Xiang's body, allowing her to continue her form and spirit, and even strengthened her.

"He melted and devoured all the devilish Qi from my cultivation deviation, and then, and then....!"

Yan Jingzhu touched her body. Although she was transformed from a soul, she had never felt so good as she did now!

Yin and Yang were balanced, the Five Elements appeared, which meant that she only needed to walk out of the True Spirit Rank Chart and find a corpse or body to return to life, and her soul would be extremely powerful, able to use the power contained in the soul to transform that body, thereby giving birth to the root of the Five Elements. This was a qualification sufficient to become an immortal!

"This.... he, who exactly is he?"

Yan Jingzhu was extremely happy, which meant that she finally had the conditions to return to the human world, but immediately afterwards, after the joy in her heart gradually disappeared, all that remained was shock and some fear.

The Five Elements were complete, Yin and Yang were present, and even the Qi of the Three Talents and Three Treasures all appeared. Moreover, there were two intertwined remnants of divine fire in the other party's body, both immortal Dao fire, not fire that could be achieved by earthly immortals.

Among the people she had seen, even the Azure Child Lord did not have such a powerful physical constitution. What exactly was going on?

The Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable was not far away at this time, quietly watching her and Ji Xiang.

It seemed that at this time, the Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable also noticed the abnormality of Ji Xiang's body. Those Qi brought out by Yan Jingzhu and scattered in the world were absorbed by the Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable, and these Qi injected into his eyes, because his form and spirit had no mouth or nose.

Afterwards, he made a new move, which was to continue helping Ji Xiang write the Jade Purity Esoteric Scripture!

New lessons appeared!

And after receiving Yan Jingzhu's "help", those devilish fires were swallowed by Ji Xiang, and the Ten Thousand Devils melted and returned to himself. From then on, the devilish form originated from himself, not from external objects. The cultivation of the sixth lesson was also completed at this time.

At the same time, the Divine Fire Realm broke through after repeated compression of Yuan Qi!

Another scene that made Yan Jingzhu feel incredible appeared!

"He, he dropped realms?!"

Ji Xiang's realm began to decline, from Five Qi Towards the Origin to the Divine Fire Realm, and then broke through to Five Qi Towards the Origin again, followed by a continued decline. This happened repeatedly nine times, as if an immortal pill was undergoing nine revolutions.

After nine revolutions, the Divine Fire Realm finally broke through to Five Qi Towards the Origin for the last time. At this time, there was only one step away from condensing the Golden Elixir, and he could step into the ranks of earthly immortals who could summon wind and thunder.

Yan Jingzhu watched blankly from beginning to end, her entire face filled with disbelief.

This was too outrageous.

"Entering the next stage of cultivation means that the previous stage of cultivation has been completed. If it is not completed, there is no way to enter the next stage. How is it possible to break through and then fall back to the current stage after completing the current stage of cultivation?"

"This, is he not satisfied with his own cultivation, and can start over from the beginning???"

This was a very serious question.

There was no doubt that the other party's physical body was different from ordinary people.

"This physical body is really not right!"

Yan Jingzhu stayed further away from Ji Xiang, and no longer looked at the Jade Purity Esoteric Scripture.

And for Ji Xiang, his consciousness was still clear, but he couldn't be distracted during the cultivation lessons.

Similarly, Yan Jingzhu's questions also raised some doubts in Ji Xiang's heart.

Although Emperor Jiajing's elixirs were very useful, they were ultimately only one-twentieth of their effectiveness, and Emperor Jiajing's elixirs were only equivalent to Lunar Essence. Even if they contained two divine fires and constantly refined the body, it was impossible to bring such extraordinary changes.

Previously, he thought that Emperor Jiajing was more prominent in alchemy than others.

But the Eastern Flower Fairy, if she wasn't lying, existed in the Jin Dynasty, which was an era when alchemy was popular. Many great alchemists came from that era. Even she praised the changes in the body. Was this really brought about by Emperor Jiajing?

Just by relying on that one-twentieth elixir efficacy?

If there were such powerful elixirs, wouldn't Emperor Jiajing keep them for himself, instead of taking them out to win him over?

"It seems that there is still a part of the reason that may lie in the physical body of this little Daoist himself."

This added some questions to Ji Xiang's heart.

The little Daoist's physical body was weak, and his talent for cultivation was not high. There was no doubt about that, but he opened the doors to the lower realm for himself. The Primal Celestial Venerable sent himself down to the lower realm along with the Scripture of Universal Salvation. Afterwards, he began his fleshly rebirth....

"It's the Scripture of Universal Salvation, that Scripture of Universal Salvation."

Ji Xiang himself had recited the Scripture of Universal Salvation once. The little Daoist only recited the first time, which was only enough to summon his soul down. To revive withered bones required reciting it ten times, so....

"The voice I heard back then, it wasn't the little Daoist, but the Primal Celestial Venerable, helping me recite the scriptures."

Although this idea was a bit strange, it might not be true. In short, there shouldn't be any major problems with this body. Ji Xiang still trusted the Primal Celestial Venerable. He was just a divine tablet, and everyone had known each other for a long time.

What harm could he do to himself? It was just death, but the Primal Celestial Venerable didn't have such hobbies, unless it was his Primal Dao Child, that was more like it.

At this time, Ji Xiang broke through the seventh lesson of cultivation.

Then, the eighth lesson, the ninth lesson, the tenth lesson.

The Heavenly Devil's Scripture.

The first lesson was refining form; the second lesson was transforming Qi, the third lesson was generating scenery, the fourth lesson was mixing Yin, the fifth lesson was penetrating and understanding, the sixth lesson was pushing and carrying thoughts, the seventh lesson was possessing an unretreating heart, the eighth lesson was hearing a hundred spirits, the ninth lesson was bewitching people, and the tenth lesson was generating the three corpses of man.

With the completion of each lesson, the Heavenly Devil Form and Spirit obtained from the first lesson would become more condensed, and its power would be greatly enhanced, merging more perfectly with Ji Xiang himself. And each lesson was something that the Heavenly Devil had to learn.

And after breaking through the tenth lesson, the subsequent cultivation suddenly became advanced, breaking away from the basic ranks!

"The eleventh lesson, Chapter of Subduing Devils!"

From the eleventh lesson onwards, one possessed the great power to give birth,攝 to subdue the ten directions, and to subdue demons and heretics!

Ji Xiang suddenly opened his eyes, reciting the Chapter of Subduing Devils. At this time, the true devilish Qi rose from his body, giving birth to a crimson divine banner!

"The Dust and Labor Great Sin Subduing Devil Banner, can subdue ninety kinds of heresies in the human world, and one hundred and eighty types of demons!"

"Whenever the Subduing Devil Banner appears, those whose names are recorded on this banner will fall three realms upon encountering it, and all demonic Qi will be restrained by it. All techniques for summoning evil ghosts, if not three realms higher than the banner holder, cannot be used!"

Ji Xiang was overjoyed. This was the weapon to deal with the Song court. Although he did not obtain a killing formation in Mount Mao, with the treasure transformed from this Heavenly Devil lesson, he could still compare with those killing formations!

Ji Xiang clenched the crimson divine banner, on which were the sun, moon, stars, and clouds. The words "Celestial Venerable" were written on it, representing the heavens, and the name of the Heavenly Emperor was written on the banner, attesting to the earth!

The Celestial Venerable was the heavens, and the Heavenly Emperor was the earth!

Ji Xiang's body was surrounded by devilish Qi, and the Heavenly Devil Form had completely merged with Ji Xiang's own form and spirit, and had been refined into a source of power. When this banner appeared, the gods lowered their heads and chanted the Primal Celestial Venerable's holy name.

"Anticipating the raising of the banner, hearing the vastness, universally proclaiming the myriad spirits, revealing and hidden, jointly witnessing, ghosts and gods remotely gazing!"

The gods played together, the scene was extremely spectacular, Yan Jingzhu once again exclaimed, reminiscing about her teacher obtaining the position of Primal Celestial Venerable and becoming a true disciple of the Primal, when there was also a celebration from the immortals!

"Jade Purity Heaven cultivator, reappearing in this world, is shocking."

The Eastern Flower Fairy only cared about sighing, while Ji Xiang did not dare to be negligent and continued to cultivate the twelfth lesson!

In the remaining lessons, the twelfth lesson was the Chapter of Elimination, the thirteenth lesson was the Chapter of Mighty Spirit, the fourteenth lesson was the Chapter of Insight, the fifteenth lesson was the Chapter of Reception, and the sixteenth lesson was the Chapter of Dao Testing!

In other words, only after cultivating to the sixteenth lesson would one have the qualifications to welcome others to test the Dao!