Refining the Dao into Godhood: A Tale of the Jie Sect
Chapter 157 - 155 [Pangu’s Nine Transformations, Kunpeng Bloodline] (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 157: Chapter 155 [Pangu’s Nine Transformations, Kunpeng Bloodline] (Please Subscribe)

With the presence of the Tongtian Sect Master, a Heavenly Dao Saint, the two returned as swiftly as they came. In no time at all, they were back at Golden Turtle Island.

Daoist Duobao saw their radiant treasures and approached them immediately: "Master, and Brother Xuanqing, have you come across some good fortune again? If you have acquired any Innate Spiritual Treasures, do not forget to lend them to me for research."

As a transformation of the Treasure Dividing Rock, Daoist Duobao was as devoted to treasures as life itself, fond not only of collecting various Innate Spiritual Treasures but also of refining imitations of them.

The Spiritual Treasures held by the disciples of the Jie Sect, including those Innate Spiritual Treasures which Xuanqing had chanced upon, had all been borrowed by him for thorough research.

"Indeed, we’ve made quite a haul!"

Seeing this, Xuanqing did not conceal the truth: "This time, both Master and I found the Fierce Beast Taotie, and inside its stomach, we discovered over a dozen Innate Spiritual Treasures, including one of the legendary top ten Innate Spirit Roots, the Five-Needle Pine!"

"Really?"

Daoist Duobao’s eyes immediately lit up.

It was then that Xuanqing noticed Daoist Duobao seemed to have cultivated the "Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill" to perfection, his body transformed into Primordial Chaos with a Primordial Golden Immortal physique!

"Naturally, it’s true!"

Xuanqing nodded without hesitation: "Why don’t you ask Master to bring them out, then you’ll know?"

Daoist Duobao, with his powerful Innate Origin, also seemed to be cultivating both the path of the Primordial Golden Immortal and the Slash Three Corpses method, approaching the brink of a breakthrough in both.

Xuanqing, too, was on the edge of a breakthrough and intended to engage in deep discourse with him.

The Spiritual Treasures they had acquired this time were of little use to Xuanqing, serving mostly as trinkets. However, the "Five-Needle Pine" could aid him in comprehending and perfecting the Five Elements of Daluo Heaven, nurturing the "Innate Five Elements Qi"... Therefore, he directly refined several pine cones from the "Five-Needle Pine" in front of both the Tongtian Sect Master and Daoist Duobao!

Though the name "Five-Needle Pine" may not be well-known, its branches strike skyward, its 48,000 pine needles sharply incomparable, and its precious efficacy is no less than that of the Innate Ren Water Flat Peach. Each cosmic year it transforms once, and it matures only after three cosmic years, with its fruit divided into the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, with ten of each type making a total of fifty fruits.

Of course, for cultivators below Daluo, the "Five-Needle Pine" has the greatest benefits. For Xuanqing, it’s slightly better than nothing.

While refining the Five-Needle Pine, he discussed the Dao with Daoist Duobao, who had gained insights from cultivating the "Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill" and reaching a semblance of Primordial Chaos.

This could save him a significant amount of time.

However, Xuanqing did not intend to simply copy the "Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill." He planned to integrate "Tai Chu Nine Refinements", as well as the "Pangu’s Nine Transformations" that Zhi Ming had discussed with him.

He then took out the true blood and skeleton of Taotie for careful study, intending to comprehend the path of devouring from them and incorporate it into his own Refining Dao.

The two Great Daos of refining and devouring all things share common ground.

As for the Primordial Spirit of Taotie, he had no plans to use it for crafting anything yet. At the moment, he was not in need of Spiritual Treasures, nor did he have anything he wished to refine.

He was, however, immensely interested in the stomach of Taotie, which he directly requested from the Tongtian Sect Master and merged into the "Mountain River Tripod," an Innate Spiritual Treasure containing a Qiankun World.

After refining the auspicious qi of the Five Mountains and Four Rivers, the "Mountain River Tripod" had evolved into a Top Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. Now, with the refinement of another multiverse, this Innate Spiritual Treasure would be elevated another level in quality.

Additionally, he trimmed some branches from the "Five-Needle Pine" and handed them to his Spirit Dao Avatar to research methods of grafting Spirit Roots and cultivating entirely new Spirit Roots.

As for the other Innate Spiritual Treasures, he did not keep them, but instead imprinted a portion of their artifacts and integrated the essence of Dao they contained into his own Daluo Heaven.

"Pangu changed nine times a day, divine in heaven and sage on earth. As a descendant of Pangu, the physical bodies of the Witch Clan are immensely powerful, naturally, Pangu’s body is even more so!"

"Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Xuanwu, Qilin, I have refined an essence from each of them. As for the Golden Crows, my Ghost Dao Avatar has nine little Golden Crows!"

"The tricky ones are actually Kunpeng and the Primordial Lion. Kunpeng dwells in the Beiming region and does not get along with the Human Race. As for that Grand Saint of Nine Spirits... if possible, it’s best to avoid incurring debt or karma with him!"

After briefly discussing the Dao with Daoist Duobao, Xuanqing calmed his mind to contemplate how to merge "Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill," the "Tai Chu Nine Refinements" taught by Candle Dragon, and the "Pangu’s Nine Transformations" mentioned by Zhi Ming.

The former two, having been described by Daoist Duobao and Candle Dragon who had personally cultivated them, were already well-understood by him as methods suited for Primordial Golden Immortals.

As for the latter, he also had some ideas.

Pangu’s nine daily transformations, respectively, are the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Xuanwu, Qilin, Golden Crow, Primordial Lion, Kunpeng, and the final Innate Taoist Body.

He was the Innate Taoist Body himself, and as for the remaining eight, he had either directly or indirectly encountered them and even refined some of their evolutionary essences.

The Primordial Lion was the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits; although Xuanqing had seen it only once, the Feathered Immortal, who was its descendant, served among the Six Saints, so he could infer the Grand Saint’s Great Dao and integrate it into "Pangu’s Nine Transformations."

However, Kunpeng was a different story, as Xuanqing had no contact with it, which was somewhat troublesome.

"This will be easy!"

When Daoist Duobao heard of Xuanqing’s troubles, he laughed and said: "Brother Feathered Immortal of the Jie Sect’s external sect is a descendant of the Kunpeng Ancestor! If Brother wishes to observe the transformations of Kunpeng, it would be best to seek out Brother Feathered Immortal."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Xuanqing was overjoyed.

He knew that among the external sect disciples of the Jie Sect, there was a Feathered Immortal with the true form of a Roc, but he had been unaware that it was a descendant of Kunpeng.

This Feathered Immortal, belonging to the lineage of Penglai Island among the external sect disciples of the Jie Sect, was quite powerful.

And the reason why Xuanqing remembered him vividly was that after the death of the long-eared Dingguang Immortal, the Tongtian Sect Master intended to promote another external sect disciple of good virtue to fill the position among the Seven Attendant Saints... and this Feathered Immortal, with his noteworthy strength, was one of the few favored by the Tongtian Sect Master!

However, due to his unpredictable nature, the Tongtian Sect Master planned to observe him for a longer period.

Of course, there was also a reason that this Feathered Immortal, according to the original trajectory of the Heavenly Dao, would become the mount of Daoist Randeng during the Sealing God Tribulation.

"Just that, I haven’t heard that the Kunpeng guy has any bloodline descendants?"

Xuanqing was quite puzzled.

Upon hearing this, Daoist Duobao immediately explained: "Being both among the three thousand guests of the Purple Cloud Palace and having briefly sat on the meditation cushion, nearly obtaining the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and the creator of Demon Text, he is naturally not of the common lot! Lady Nuwa could create the Human Race, and Minghe Ancestor could evolve the Asura clan. Kunpeng is of the same generation as them, possessing the Mediation Creation Skill. To use essence blood to transform a few descendants is not a difficult matter!"

"That is also true!"

Xuanqing nodded in agreement.

He too had learned the "Mediation Creation" skill. With his current level, transforming a few creatures was still possible; it’s just that he hadn’t yet decided what kind of race to create.

The creation of a race is not something to be done lightly; it must conform to the needs of the Heavenly Dao.

Otherwise, if the created race brings about controversy and karma, that would not be merit but karma!

"But I remember that the Feathered Immortal seems to be just a great Roc, and cannot freely transform between Kun Fish and Roc forms like the Kunpeng, right?"

Xuanqing continued to ask.

This time, however, Daoist Duobao shook his head: "That, I do not know! If Junior Brother is interested, you might as well go and ask the Feathered Immortal yourself!"

"Good!"

Xuanqing nodded again.

Soon after, he visited Penglai Island, found the Feathered Immortal, and made the excuse of discussing Escape Skills, hoping the other party would reveal the Roc’s true form for his observation.

"This..."

The Feathered Immortal hesitated.

But thinking that Xuanqing was a direct disciple of the Tongtian Sect Master, he nodded his head in agreement.

Then Xuanqing took the opportunity and asked: "I heard from Senior Brother Duobao that Junior Brother Feathered Immortal is a descendant of Ancient Kunpeng. Why can’t Junior Brother transform freely between Roc and Kun Fish true forms like the Ancient Kunpeng?"

Upon hearing this, the Feathered Immortal let out a long sigh: "Brother Xuanqing, this is a long story to tell! In fact, I was just an experiment of the Ancient Kunpeng! I have an older brother who inherited the blood of the Kun Fish!"

"You know, Lady Nuwa created humans from clay and attained sainthood with merit. Minghe Ancestor created the Asuras and also gained the merit to ’Slash Three Corpses’... Our ancestor naturally wanted to emulate them!"

"However, his skill in the Creation Technique was not perfected, and he only created my brother and me. My brother and I inherited different bloodlines."

"My brother, who self-proclaims as Grand Saint Xu Kun, had much better talent than me. While inheriting the Kun Fish bloodline, he also inherited a wisp of the innate Origin Power of Bi Feng from our ancestor."

"As for me, my talents are inferior, so I thought of joining Jie Sect. Through the guidance of the Saint, I aimed to narrow the gap between my brother and me."

Then the Feathered Immortal continued to talk about his brother, praising his astonishing talent and how he had quickly achieved the Daluo Golden Immortal realm in several eons... while he himself had been stuck in the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm for a long time!

Xuanqing pondered thoughtfully; from the Feathered Immortal’s account, it seemed very likely that the situation between him and Xu Kun was caused by the incomplete skill in Kunpeng’s Creation Technique.

It wasn’t that the other party hadn’t thought of creating a race; it’s just that the creatures produced were not very successful!

"This matter is easy!"

Xuanqing said with a smile: "To be honest, I learned the Creation Technique from Lady Nuwa for a while. How about I take a look for Junior Brother?"

Without waiting for the Feathered Immortal’s refusal, he immediately discharged a stream of Creation Energy, transforming into a "Creation Furnace" and enveloping the Feathered Immortal’s entire body.

Indeed, there was a trace of the Kun Fish bloodline inside him, but it was too faint. Ordinary methods couldn’t stimulate this bloodline power.

"World Purification Divine Light!"

Ordinary methods wouldn’t work, but Xuanqing had extraordinary means - the "Top Grade Purifying World White Lotus" could discard the impurities in the bloodline.

A single person of the Human Race, Fu Min, could become "Little Fu Xi"; thus, for the Taiyi Golden Immortal Feathered Immortal to turn into "Little Kunpeng," across the Four Seas and stimulate the bloodline power, wasn’t it an easy matter?

"Ah!"

Under the cleansing of the "World Purification Divine Light," the Feathered Immortal felt his bloodline continually improving, as if transformed into an Innate Spirit Embryo, letting out a comfortable moan.

As the Kun Fish bloodline revived, his Primordial Spirit constantly switched between the Roc and Kun Fish forms, and even imperceptibly influenced the power of Heaven and Earth.

Being Innate Sacred, Kunpeng naturally controlled the Great Daos of both wind and water. The Roc belonged to the wind element, and the Kun Fish belonged to the water. At this moment, the Feathered Immortal was converging towards Kunpeng.

Half a day later, as the "World Purification Divine Light" and the Creation Energy dispersed, the Feathered Immortal felt as if the clouds were scattered and the fog had lifted, reborn, his bloodline brimming with boundless power.

"Thank you, Senior Brother!"

The Feathered Immortal immediately thanked Xuanqing with a bow.

Initially, he felt that Xuanqing’s actions were presumptuous, but after feeling the change in himself, he thought such presumption could occur a few more times.

"You’re welcome!"

Xuanqing smiled in response.

Observing the Feathered Immortal’s bloodline transformation had greatly benefited himself. Through close contact, he had come to understand the transformation of Kunpeng within Pangu’s Nine Transformations.

He looked at the Feathered Immortal and said earnestly: "You should have heard, our teacher plans to select a disciple of good virtue from the outer disciples to fill the position of the attendant to the Seven Immortals; you must try hard!"

Upon hearing this, the Feathered Immortal’s eyes lit up: "Thank you for the guidance, Senior Brother. I will work hard!"

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