Dao Equaling the Heavens
Chapter 219 - 157: Immortal Sword and Immortality Pill

Chapter 219: Chapter 157: Immortal Sword and Immortality Pill

"This damn bird."

Chi Yu Zi turned into a streak of golden light that shot up into the sky, as the Fire Bird flapped its wings and fire light filled the sky.

Boom!

With a punch, the force of his fist shattered the flames and landed solidly on the Fire Bird, its fiery body exploding and scattering across ten miles like fireworks.

In an instant, the Fire Bird reformed, a hint of surprise in its eye.

This successor from the Sword Control Sect was much stronger than it had anticipated.

In his normal state, Chi Yu Zi’s combat power had already reached the Fifteenth Level, able to withstand hits from the Sixteenth Level, which put him at the opposite extreme from Gu Wen. However, it was only the tip that differed; he still possessed strength surpassing two levels in his normal state.

The golden light clashed against the Fire Bird once more, and as flames struck him, Chi Yu Zi showed no sign of retreat. Instead, using the Angri True Fire within his body, he absorbed the invading True Fire.

Another punch, and the Fire Bird, strong in attack but weak in defense, disintegrated into a sky full of flames again. Then it reformed, compensating for its weak defense in other ways.

Chi Yu Zi took advantage of his victory and transformed into a golden stream of light, chasing after the Fire Bird.

Flames bloomed across the sky, like twelve firecrackers of the New Year.

Below, Gu Wen suppressed the Angri True Fire within himself, his gaze steady, and asked, "Is he the Demon Saint from Heavenly Spring Mountain?"

"The Angri Demon Saint, but just a doppelganger. The Angri Demon Saint is proficient in fire skills, specializing in doppelganger transformations—one feather can turn into a Fire Bird."

Yu Hua watched quietly, with no intention of intervening.

She had stepped in previously because, at Gu Wen’s current stage, he stood no chance of defeating the opponent. But now, with Chi Yu Zi’s help, a single doppelganger of a Demon Saint was no longer a threat that required her intervention.

Otherwise, if a great power’s doppelganger descended, she would need to intervene each time; then, when the Immortality Pill truly appeared, her lifespan might not be enough to overpower everyone.

Gu Wen furrowed his brows and asked, "Are these doppelgangers of Demon Saints so powerful?"

Just a doppelganger possessed the strength of the Fourteenth or even Fifteenth Level. Setting aside what would happen to the doppelganger, what if these Demon Saints used their doppelgangers to exhaust Yu Hua?

Yu Hua understood Gu Wen’s concern and patiently explained, "The most superior doppelganger skill requires both flesh and Divine Soul. Basically, anyone who can enter the Immortal Land possesses a Divine Soul. Loss of any of the three souls and seven spirits would halt cultivation progress, and even with an abundance of Spiritual Medicine, it may not be curable."

A doppelganger formed of Mana from a Golden Core can be condensed, but it’s like a projection that will fail beyond a certain range.

To have a genuine external incarnation requires a tremendous amount of resources and the cultivator’s most important Divine Soul. Splitting the Divine Soul is a form of self-castration; an Immortal in pursuit of enlightenment wouldn’t practice the doppelganger skill.

"However, the Immortal Skill of the Upper Pure Sect, ’One Qi to Three Pure Ones,’ can create incarnations as real as True Men and even allow them to exist independently."

"How do you tell who’s the primary and who’s the secondary?"

"There’s no primary or secondary; only when the three are one is the true form complete. However, most people do not use the most primitive method of cultivation, and will base it on gender, forming one male and one female body, and one Heavenly Person body."

"What if one became defiant and killed the other two?"

"They could still survive, and this situation is quite common. The sect’s records show multiple ancestors internal strife among their doppelgangers. A perfect doppelganger skill divides the Yin and Yang, Heavenly aspects, and as time goes on and experiences differ, there might be a drifting apart of the ego."

"If all three cultivate to the ultimate level and are willing to give up their ego, they can unite once again."

Gu Wen blinked, wanting to say what kind of heaven-defying Immortal method this was.

Given the cultivators’ lifespans of thousands of years, how could three separate individuals willingly give up their ego? Internal strife and absorption seemed more plausible.

Then he thought of Chi Yu Zi and Xiao Yunyi, and even Jun Yan. It seemed like Immortal skills were quite extreme, so it was pretty normal for one of ’One Qi to Three Pure Ones’ to become independent.

"Actually, there’s another method—that is to be Dao companions with the female incarnation." Ao Tang revealed his love for gossip, lowering his voice slightly: "There are many Dao companions in the Upper Pure Sect, and a part of them are actually a result of ’One Qi to Three Pure Ones,’ leading to this situation."

"In the division of the Three Pure Ones, by manipulating Yin and Yang, they plant the seeds of affection, known as a celestial marriage."

Daoists are really the most playful, creating their own wives.

Gu Wen asked, "I wonder if these incarnations look exactly like oneself, or can they be modified?"

"They’re not controllable, but generally, because Three Pure Ones’ Qi is an alternative form of Innate, the appearance tends to be more perfect than normal people." Ao Tang chuckled, "A peerless figure born from one’s ego is the most irresistible opposite gender in the world."

"Second Ancestor, are you interested?"

Yu Hua’s gaze was profound, and Gu Wen spoke righteously, "Junior respects women and has no interest in forming doppelgangers."

He actually did want to know what his female aspect would look like, but truly for Gu Wen to practice ’One Qi to Three Pure Ones’—he definitely didn’t want to.

Wasn’t that the same as killing himself?

"Red Dust, come help!"

Chi Yu Zi’s voice came through, and immediately a golden light descended, sweeping Gu Wen away. A thirty-foot golden figure held Gu Wen, enveloping his body in golden light.

Her Golden Light Spell had grown stronger.

"This dead bird is tricky; my attacks can’t harm him, and he can’t harm me either. Try your Immortal Sword."

Gu Wen nodded, drawing the Immortal Sword, and in an instant, his Mana diminished by a small half, as the surrounding void bristled with sharpness.

Seeing this, the Fire Bird did not hesitate to turn and fly high, escaping with such speed that Chi Yu Zi couldn’t even catch its tailwind, and vanished over the horizon in the blink of an eye.

Chi Yu Zi, towering over a thousand feet high, suddenly sank. The energy of the earth’s veins seemed to transform into a pair of invisible hands dragging it downward.

Boom!

The golden light fell, collapsing a mountainside, with half the mountain suffering a massive landslide.