All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 384 - 32 Disembodiment and Return to Truth Spell (2/3)

Chapter 384: Chapter 32 Disembodiment and Return to Truth Spell (2/3)

It is a common sight to see a ranger who can sever the roof beams with a single sword strike, an archer who can slay a fierce tiger with one arrow, and a strongman who can lift a huge cauldron and run through a bustling market—these individuals are indeed deemed ’strong’.

However, in the eyes of true martial practitioners, they are merely country bumpkins, at best considered talented amateurs.

Only those who have cultivated their Inner Breath and acquired the Qi Sensation, allowing them to perform feats beyond the capability of ordinary people, can be considered to have truly embarked on the path of cultivation, rightly called martial disciples, and officially begun their Martial Arts practice!

And only those who have developed Divine Abnormalities, possessing various special abilities, performing feats that ordinary people find unimaginable, can truly be considered to have made significant progress and be revered as martial masters and become leaders in their own right!

Wu Qi was such a martial master. Decades ago, his family spent all their fortune to send him and a brother to the Martial Arts Academy in hopes of gaining an opportunity for advancement.

Within a few months, his brother was kicked out of the academy for being lazy in his cultivation, while the slightly more talented Wu Qi gritted his teeth and persevered for ten years. However, during a mission, he awakened his Fate Pattern "Mountains Wind Catcher" and through this, he consolidated the Divine Abnormality "Thousand-Mile Eye," which allowed him to discern various Qis and gather them for his use.

After that, Wu Qi left the academy, returned to his ancestral home at Hunting Manor, and took over from his uncle, becoming the leader of that generation in Hunting Manor.

But that was all.

A truly talented martial practitioner might naturally progress through the first three stages of Inner Strength, thanks to the techniques taught at the academy, and as a seed, be chosen to enter the inner school of the Prefecture Government, or even better, sent to the True Martial Academy in Shenjing for further study—But Wu Qi couldn’t. Not by a long shot.

With the resources and talent at Wu Qi’s disposal, he might have been able to slowly develop a few more Divine Abnormalities but after three Divine Abnormalities, he found himself stuck, unable to make any progress let alone complete all five stages of Inner Strength and transform his flesh and blood Essence Qi into True Qi and True Fiend that permeated his whole body, forging the Ascension Martial Vein, and becoming a ’Martial Meridian Grandmaster’ even in the Prefecture Government.

He suffered, he was unwilling, he was resentful!

Why couldn’t Wu Qi become a Grandmaster? He clearly also had a Fate Pattern, he was also blessed by heaven, so why could he only loiter in the mountains of Hunting Manor for a lifetime!

A thought of evil.

Wu Qi joined the True Demon Sect and secretly plundered merchant caravans and manors, looting resources for his cultivation.

People believed that it might be the True Demon Sect that had stolen and led the teams astray, little did they know, from the beginning, he, the core leader of Hunting Manor, was a member of the True Demon Sect!

But even so, he was still stuck in the same place.

Later on, Wu Qi learned from elsewhere that the few Divine Abnormalities he learned at the academy conflicted due to the Five Elements Generation and Restraint, and didn’t envelop his entire body. After achieving them, his path in martial arts was broken, there was absolutely no chance to advance further... It could even be said that the reason he was stuck and couldn’t move forward was because he had been sabotaged and had mistakenly cultivated the wrong Divine Abnormalities!

This was an ironclad fact that could not be changed by joining the True Demon Sect, obtaining several archery techniques, several Breathing Skills, and taking Blood Pills and potent medicines!

However, the Disembodiment and Return to Truth Spell could break these shackles!

"Using flesh and blood as the fuel, refining the essence of flesh and blood, pouring it into the bones and marrow, and then regenerating the whole body’s bones and blood, changing the physique—if successful, could leap over the dragon gate and reshape the path of Martial Arts!"

"But this is truly an Evil Skill, once cultivation begins, one would become a skeletal freak just like me, with all flesh dried up... unless during cultivation it is paired with taking ’Blood Marrow Pill,’ otherwise, even if breakthrough is achieved, one would turn into a Silver Jade Flawless Treasured Skeleton Statue, becoming material for cultivation and training by senior masters in the sect."

Staring at the scriptures in his hand, Wu Qi muttered to himself.

As someone formally educated at the academy, he was literate, could gather information, and understood official documents from various local governments, which is why he had not been exposed as a True Demon Sect member for decades... thus, he knew, the differentiation of the Five Elements Generation and Restraint in Divine Abnormalities of Inner Strength was the method by which large families and government controlled rural martial artists, preventing them from achieving Grandmaster status.

And the Disembodiment and Return to Truth Spell along with the Blood Marrow Pill were one of the methods the True Demon Sect used to control its martial artists! As long as he wanted to continue cultivation, he had to keep working for the True Demon Sect!

But honestly, it was funny, once he obtained the Immaculate Marrow, why keep risking his neck for them? He could easily find a place to hide his identity and thanks to his Martial Meridian strength, get whitewashed and become a local martial academy’s Grandmaster!

What about the other brothers of the True Demon Sect in Hunting Manor? Sorry, gents, better to die early and be reincarnated, talk again after eighteen years!

"With the resources I’ve plundered recently, cultivating this technique is easy... Immaculate Marrow, it seems to be a part of an even stronger combination of Divine Abnormalities, indivisible from bones and marrow; if I want to advance to Grandmaster, I absolutely must not cultivate recklessly..."

Just as Wu Qi subdued his surging emotions and settled down to meticulously study the texts,

He suddenly changed his expression, his figure flickered, and he disappeared from the small building, gazing towards the distant Linjiang City.

The surrounding hunters and demon disciples were clueless as they followed their leader to the wall of the Hunting Manor, peering into the distance, but they could only see the blizzard and hear the rumbling cold thunder.

Only Wu Qi, with the aid of the "Thousand-Mile Eye," could clearly see that the yuan qi abruptly changed in the distance and many bolts of Golden Yang Thunder Qi suddenly appeared in Linjiang City. Then, a fiercely burning, sun-like Blood Fiend Light was speeding towards them at an unimaginable pace!

—Trouble was coming!

Wu Qi was at first stunned and then shouted in alarm and anger, "Bring me my bow!"

Boom! The small tower in the Hunting Manor collapsed with a loud noise as a one-horned giant snake clad in black scales burst out with a bow on top.

It had been dwelling inside the small tower, hiding from the cold air, but as it leapt out today, its boiling Blood Qi melted all the snow within the manor.

This Great Hui had a sinister Demonic Qi, its eyes transformed into deep abysses seemingly leading straight to the Netherworld, yet it still possessed spiritual wisdom, obeying Wu Qi’s commands. This was the result of the True Demon Sect exploiting the migration of the Beast Tide to capture and experiment on the beasts, the true intention of the True Demon Sect.

This Great Hui had indeed fallen into demonhood, devoid of divine consciousness, retaining only the instincts of a Heavenly Demon, but inside its brain, there was still a human brain embedded!

Incorporating beasts into demons, the smaller beasts would also turn into demons, albeit a bit later. If one could isolate the Divine Intention and simply manipulate with flesh and blood, perhaps they could use human intelligence to control the demonic bodies and create a controlled army of mighty demons!

In the underground dungeons behind the mountains of the Hunting Manor, the bones of many passing merchants and civilians wanting to leave Linjiang City had piled up into mountains. They hunted passersby and captured coming and going demon beasts, finally creating these slightly clouded humanoid demons!

Wu Qi flipped onto the head of the Great Hui, drew his bow with all his might using the "Thousand-Mile Eye," the "Supporting Beam Hand," and the "Withered Wood Body" simultaneously. Instantly, his body became like dead wood, with green qi undulating around his body, the seven orifices utterly still and silent, as his gaze locked onto the distance and then let the arrow fly fully drawn,

Instantly, a streak of black light shot from the bowstring, vanished with a shriek, and pierced through the air, creating a vacuum. The arrow flew straight towards the rushing Blood Fiend Light in the distance.

But there was no result.

On the contrary, a flash of light suddenly shone within the Blood Fiend Light, which even the many demon disciples in the manor could see. They stared in astonishment, pointing at the sky, not understanding what that mysterious flash was.

The answer was simple: it was a sword!

As the light shone, the Sword Box was charged, An Jing was reluctant to use Tianyuan Realm firepower to avoid destroying Linjiang City and affecting the civilians.

As for dealing with the True Demon Sect?

Ha, to combat evil demons and heretics, there’s no need to talk about morality!

Wu Qi shot an arrow skyward without effect, but with a flash of brilliance above, a peerless white light descended and struck the Hunting Manor!

This stroke, condensed from the Spirit Qi Furnace’s Spirit Qi and pooled from Gold Fiend and Blood Fiend, hit in front of the Hunting Manor. The ground collapsed like a bowl, heavy rocks and dirt, along with metallic fragments, rose with the rock face, shattered, and were swept by the blast wave, sweeping across the entire manor.

The demon disciple hunters had no time to evade and were instantly blown away by the blast’s aftermath, their heads smashed by the rocks and debris, as if struck by a thousand arrows, killing them outright, some even blasted into half, completely turned into flesh paste and pulp.

"Damn it, what kind of evil skill is this!"

Wu Qi did not feel sorrow for the death of those ’old brothers’ he had known for years. From his seven orifices, billowing blue-black poisonous smoke spilled out, merging with the Great Hui’s Blood Qi. The flying dirt and metallic fragments that touched their Protective Gang Qi were instantly shattered into pieces.

And these fragments did not fall but instead orbited the Protective Gang Qi, slowly settling and solidifying, forming a rocky armor on the Great Hui and himself, turning into a body of petrified wood and fossils.

With this spiritually connected demon joining forces, Wu Qi’s momentum instantly increased by several or even more than tenfold! Waves of Demonic Qi flowed, even covering the entire manor.

This True Demon Sect local demon chief asked solemnly, addressing the fast-approaching blood light in the sky, "Who are you?!"

There was no reply, the will that came rolling in with the blood fire just calmly declared through firepower.

—I am taking your heads for use.

Next, what descended was not Sword Light but a barrage of gunfire!