Twin Dimension Yin-Yang Mirror: Attaining immortality through the martial path
Chapter 383 - 343: Blessed Spiritual Heart, Shimmering Light Conquers the Army

Chapter 383: Chapter 343: Blessed Spiritual Heart, Shimmering Light Conquers the Army

"I’ve been here for seventeen days now; there shouldn’t be any urgent matters back in modern society. Although senior sister is rather aggressive in her actions, after seeing the situation at Madame Zhao Yue’s ancient tomb outside the city, she should become more cautious."

Zhou Ping’an knew Tang Tang’s personality very well.

That night, after their exploration outside the city, they ended up witnessing a massive upheaval involving experts from three different parties at the tomb site.

All three factions suffered heavy losses, with several masters being beaten by the eerie Yin spirits emerging from the tomb and forced to flee in disarray...

Having tried dealing with the troublesome Ox-heads and Horse-faces that emerged from that cave, Zhou Ping’an temporarily lost all interest in poking the hornet’s nest further.

Because Yin Cai’er had said, unless one reaches the True Martial Realm and cultivates True Elemental Mana-level strength, dealing with Zhao Yue’s ancient tomb was simply not feasible.

He was aware of this.

But the Eternal Life Group, as well as the Dongjiang Wild Battle and Hongguang Group, were not aware of this at all.

Zhou Ping’an figured that these three factions would likely think they had stumbled upon a great treasure soon and would subsequently rally their allies to conquer the tomb. By then, who knows how many lives would be lost, and how many experts would be sacrificed.

For the moment, they certainly had no interest in paying attention to him, the local tyrant of Dongjiang.

Being distracted was one concern.

Another reason, of course, was that seeing such big fish and meat, why would they care about the small fishes and shrimps on his side?

This was a rare moment of leisure for him, allowing him to sit by and watch the tigers fight, observing how the situation would develop.

"In this way, there probably won’t be any major changes back in modern society for another three to five days; there’s no need to rush back just yet."

Glancing at the Broken Mirror mark on his wrist, which was already full of energy and ready for his return to the modern era, he had no intention of going back yet, though.

"The main issue is the extremely perilous situation currently in the Three Counties of Liyou, with movements of the Red Lotus experts remaining a mystery; it is not to be taken lightly..."

Here, unlike in modern society, conflicts do not require any reason to ignite—there are no constraints like the law or humanitarian considerations, none whatsoever.

In the minds of those experts, the law of the jungle, ’the strong prey on the weak,’ mostly prevails.

They could easily travel hundreds of miles overnight, from East Mountain County or Pinghu County, and launch a lightning raid directly into Qingyang County.

Just like the last time, he had only returned for a visit, stayed for ten days, and then came back.

Here, only about ten hours had passed.

As a result, simultaneous upheavals inside and outside the city shook everything, and it almost led to a major disaster.

In light of this,

Zhou Ping’an was not ready to make a move until Qingyang City was stable.

He did not want to go back to modern society for a spin, stay for more than ten days, and upon returning, be greeted by a scene of total disarray or, worse, find the corpses of Lin Huaiyu and the others.

"I’m still not strong enough."

Zhou Ping’an sighed inwardly.

Back in modern society, his reputation was enough to deter petty criminals; anyone wanting to target him or his forces had to think carefully.

Here, it was a completely different story.

The local forces, confident in their superiority over him, did not regard the small power of Qingyang City seriously at all.

Just any expert in the Martial Intent Realm could dare to set their sights on Qingyang City.

Unfortunately, if he wasn’t present, and a formidable Martial Intent expert did come, Lin Huaiyu and Green Lady really couldn’t handle it.

This was indeed a tricky situation.

...

Countless thoughts raced through his mind, endlessly cycling.

Zhou Ping’an closed his eyes, took a gentle sip of aromatic tea, and glanced at the faint light of dawn breaking through the eastern sky, suddenly feeling a sense of calm.

"No matter what, boosting my own strength is always the most important thing. All unease stems from lack of power; once I become stronger, there will be nothing to worry about."

True Qi cultivation proceeded in an orderly manner, medication was taken, and circulation was worry-free.

"Starlight Body Refining Technique," after Zhou Ping’an used hundreds of Wish Power Threads for overclocking analysis of his brain, he gradually understood what this cultivation technique was all about.

"To absorb starlight into the body and temper the bones. This section of the Starlight Body Refining Technique is originally part of ’Sun, Moon, and Stars Three Elements Life Illumination Sequence,’ specifically the ’Star Bone Tempering Section.’"

"First is to refine all 206 bones in the body, turning the bones into what is called ’Starry Jade Bones.’ How does this differ from the initial bone tempering like steel?"

Once Zhou Ping’an had thoroughly analyzed the incantation and the Star Guiding Technique, he was no longer doubtful.

However, regarding the effects of tempering the bones again through the Starlight Body Refining Technique, he again had some reservations...

It wasn’t a doubt about the power of this technique.

During a trial in the Illusory Realm, Lady Feng Jiu, merely by channeling star force into her body, concentrating that power in the second and third fingers of her left hand and using them as a sword, delivered a thrust.

The result was Zhou’s blade shattered, his arm broke, and almost half of his body was destroyed.

If not for that temporary body, which had undergone the Five Desires Body Refinement and was extremely robust with substantial life force...

An ordinary body would likely have been shattered into countless pieces and would be dead beyond the possibility of death.

But then again,

His robust body, along with mastering the Microcosmic Boundary of force deployment and deflection, and even employing the Completion Realm of the Unbreakable Subduing Waves Nine Transformations Blade Technique, was still directly smashed by the simple force of the other’s two fingers.

From this, one can see just how powerful the Starlight Body Refining Technique truly is.

How much greater can the attack be amplified?

Zhou Ping’an was not questioning the power of the Starlight Body Refining Technique.

Instead, he wondered why his trial within the Prison Subduing Demon Sect had yielded the Starlight Body Refining Technique as the prize for passing, which also served as the introduction to the next stage?

What if cultivating this Body Refining Technique conflicts with the [Five Desires Evil Art] Body Refinement Method?

"Could it be that this Body Refining Technique is the physical Cultivation Method that follows after tempering with the Five Desires?"

Was it that the ancestors of the Prison Subduing Demon Sect had hidden their legacy within it, letting future generations of cultivators advance step by step, until at last, inheriting the complete Prison Suppressing Demon Subjugation Scripture?"

Zhou Ping’an thought this instantaneously.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was indeed the case.

The Prison Subduing Demon Sect, though referred to as one of the three Demonic paths by the world.

The entry-level technique, the [Five Desires Evil Art], is full of Demonic Qi and seems extremely malicious and evil.

However, in Zhou Ping’an’s view, this technique doesn’t actually follow a path of indulging desires but rather one of "restraint" of desires.

It very much has a flavor of "subduing the mind monkey and the sensory horse, upholding the Eight Precepts, and exterminating the six thieves."

Those who practice this technique and become neither human nor ghostly demons are simply those who have not practiced properly and have strayed from the path.

Of course, all roads lead to Rome.

Sometimes, even if you take the wrong path, a mistake might still lead to success; it doesn’t mean it can’t be cultivated.

As the Buddhist sect says, "Lay down the butcher’s knife and instantly become a Buddha."

Taking a detour is not to be feared, self-awakening and seeing the true nature can also yield great power.

Therefore, Zhou Ping’an felt that this technique might have been misunderstood by the world.

It was not only not a Demonic cultivation but a righteous technique specifically targeting the Demonic path.

This idea seemed absurd.

But it was not impossible.

Zhou Ping’an delved deeply into the grandiose "Starlight Body Refining Technique" and the more he reflected on it, the more he felt his thoughts were correct.

"Okay, let’s first try to cultivate this... With nearly two hundred thousand Wish Power, wasting a bit on cultivating this intriguing technique to see where the magic lies?"

Zhou Ping’an was sometimes very cautious, but once he made a decision, he would not hesitate any longer.

Immediately, he ignited his wish power to draw upon the starlight.

At first, he felt nothing.

It seemed he could not sense the presence of the starlight at all, to say nothing of drawing upon it. Everything around him was empty, and not even a hint of Spiritual Mechanism was sensed.

He could only clearly sense within himself the roaring Blood Essence like a long river.

Besides that, there was the flow of True Qi that was close to completing the Great Completion Cycle.

"Master Su Lianxue once said that the world nowadays lacks Spiritual Mechanism, making it extremely difficult to open the Divine Aperture.

Would that mean this Starlight Body Refining Technique is also ill-timed?"

Just as he thought this, Zhou Ping’an felt something was amiss.

This Starlight Body Refining and the Daoist Qi Refinement seemed to follow different paths... The stars in the sky have existed since antiquity, and regardless of whether Spiritual Mechanism exists in the world, those vast starlights, unwaning by day or night, always hang in the void.

Since they’ve always been there, shining on all living beings, why differentiate between the ancient times and now?

Just like the [Five Desires Evil Art] Body Refining Technique, it uses human desires, thoughts, and emotions as fire to burn through the spirit and flesh, tempering the smallest aspects of the body, like steel and iron, thus laying a solid foundation.

As long as human hearts harbor desires and thoughts, there are no thresholds that can’t be overcome by this technique.

If "Starlight Body Refining Technique" truly is an advanced Body Refining Technique from the Prison Suppressing Demon Subjugation Scripture, then by that inheritance, it shouldn’t need any exceptional threshold.

It could be cultivated anytime, anywhere...

Anyone could cultivate it.

"So, did I follow the wrong path in my cultivation?"

Zhou Ping’an gritted his teeth and suddenly invested five thousand strands of Wish Power Silk Money to accelerate his brain’s operation. At that moment, he seemed like a supercomputer, considering all variables, analyzing whether his thinking had any flaws.

"That’s it. My current biggest issue with cultivating the Starlight Body Refining Technique is that I can’t draw in the starlight, not that I can’t refine the body.

In such a case, it must be because I haven’t found my Destiny Star. Without a reference in my mind, how could I even begin to aim, let alone draw in anything?"

Sometimes, sudden enlightenment comes in a flash.

In that instant, Zhou Ping’an suddenly recalled the trial illusion when he clashed with the lady in the red robe, Lady Feng Jiu. His mind had been influenced by her martial intent, and he produced the star map of the seven stars of the Big Dipper and that brilliantly shining Shimmering Light Star.

Just upon this thought,

Zhou Ping’an felt a movement in his heart.

Silently, in the Sea of Consciousness, the Karmic Fire Red Lotus swayed slightly. Next to this red lotus, a star appeared.

The star was so white it seemed blue, at times as vast as the heavens and at other times as minuscule as dust, ethereal, not clearly visible.

As this blue-white star appeared deep within the Sea of Consciousness, a strange force manifested from afar in the sky...