165: The Great Five Elements Birth and Death Sutra

Chapter 164: Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture

Xuan Yuan Return to Earth Formation.

A large defensive Formation, a Tier 3 Formation, rumored to have been the grand Sect-protecting Formation used to guard the Sect thousands of years ago.

It could be activated by consuming a large number of Spirit Stones, and when presided over by a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, it could form a giant Formation sufficient to withstand the full-strength attacks of a Golden Core Cultivator.

Zheng Yi carefully checked the coverage range of this Xuan Yuan Return to Earth Formation, and it was unexpectedly enough to shroud Tianshou Mountain and the entire capital within it.

At the very bottom of the Grand Ancestor's mausoleum on Tianshou Mountain lay the Formation core of the Xuan Yuan Return to Earth Formation.

Regrettably, the path of immortality in Great Yu was now severed; let alone Spirit Stones, even spiritual sand was extremely scarce.

Even if Zheng Yi concentrated the seven strands of innate spiritual energy in the capital now, it would still be impossible to form Spirit Stones in a short time, and he could only rely on long-term accumulation over time.

Seen in this light, these three Formations in the Grand Ancestor's mausoleum were all completely for show.

Without Spirit Stones, they could not take effect.

Shaking his head, he put away this Jade Slip.

No matter what, these three Formations were extremely useful to him.

When he had Spirit Stones in the future, with the protection of the Xuan Yuan Return to Earth Formation, he would fear no one, as there were currently no Golden Core Cultivators in the Great Yu realm.

Does that not mean that with the protection of the Xuan Yuan Return to Earth Formation, he would be in an invincible position?

As for Spirit Stones...

Great Yu did not have them, but that did not mean other worlds did not.

In the three thousand worlds, Spirit Stones would definitely exist!

The third Jade Slip was pressed against his forehead, and he meditated carefully.

Soon, rows of text appeared before his eyes once more.

"Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture"!

"This is... a Cultivation Technique!"

Zheng Yi's heart stirred violently, and he quickly began to examine it.

["Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture": Restricted to Cultivators with Five Elements Spiritual Roots. Single-attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root Cultivators find it extremely difficult to master; the more complete the Five Elements Spiritual Roots, the more suitable it is to Cultivate this Cultivation Technique. Cultivators with Perfection in all five attributes are the most suitable to Cultivate this Cultivation Technique!]

[After successful cultivation, one can control the power of the Five Elements. The Five Elements rotate, ceaselessly regenerating. Generation and restriction all arise from the mind. Earth, fire, wind, and water obey the mind's intent!]

He quickly browsed downward; the content was complex and sprawling with tens of thousands of words.

Most importantly, this "Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture" was actually a Cultivation Technique that led directly to the Golden Core Stage!

In other words, by cultivating according to this "Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture", one could directly reach the Golden Core Stage.

Aside from the Cultivation Technique, this "Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture" also recorded a massive number of Spells.

Among them, the most important and fundamental Spell was called: Five Elements Life and Death Spell!

According to the instructions, after a Cultivator mastered the Five Elements Life and Death Spell, they could cause Spells of any different attribute to continuously transform according to the mutual generation of the Five Elements, controlled by themselves, and subsequently attack the enemy.

For example, when others released a fire-attribute Spell, he could use the Five Elements Life and Death Spell to transform this fire-attribute Spell into an earth-attribute Spell.

Wood is the beginning of the Five Elements; water is the end of the Five Elements; earth is the center of the Five Elements. This is their natural sequential order.

Wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, water generates wood; this is their parent-child relationship.

In addition to the Five Elements Life and Death Spell, this Cultivation Technique also recorded a massive number of Five Elements Spells, all of which he could Cultivate!

Zheng Yi continued to browse downward and unexpectedly discovered some annotations.

He did not know whether they were annotations left by the Grand Ancestor Emperor Zheng Mingsen or by the creator of this "Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture".

The content was very simple, consisting of only a few dozen words.

"This method is restricted to Cultivators with Five Elements Spiritual Roots to Cultivate. Five Elements Spiritual Roots are pseudo Spiritual Roots, and the cultivation speed is extremely slow. It requires consuming a massive amount of resources and Spiritual Qi to Cultivate."

"However, after successful cultivation, there are numerous Spells, and the Dharmic power is mellow, being several times more than ordinary single Spiritual Root, dual Spiritual Root, and triple Spiritual Root Cultivators."

"This Cultivation Technique was left by the fleeting Cultivator from a thousand years ago, 'Five Elements Immortal Master'. Five Elements Immortal Master advanced to the Golden Core with the "Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture", capable of rivaling a Nascent Soul cultivator."

"Regrettably, although Five Elements Immortal Master possessed peerless talent, after all, as a Golden Core Cultivator with little Lifespan remaining, he perished due to the exhaustion of his Lifespan mere ten years after advancing to the Golden Core."

"If there are Cultivators with Five Elements Spiritual Roots within the clan, they may Cultivate using this method. After becoming a Cultivator, immediately marry and have children, give birth to children with Spiritual Roots for the clan, and then switch to cultivating other methods."

Looking at the subsequent annotations of the "Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture", the corners of Zheng Yi's mouth subconsciously twitched.

In the Cultivation World, Five Elements Spiritual Root Cultivators were called pseudo Spiritual Roots, and their cultivation speed was extremely slow.

And this "Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture" looked as if it was prepared by numerous cultivation families for the pseudo Spiritual Root Disciples among their descendants.

To have them hurry up and bear children after becoming Cultivators, giving birth to children with Spiritual Root Aptitude?

This...

Zheng Yi's consciousness withdrew from the Jade Slip, but his eyes were extremely bright.

Although the annotations recorded in the Jade Slip were stern, for Zheng Yi, they were completely unnecessary to care about.

His Lifespan was endless, and he could completely Cultivate this "Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture" slowly.

And most importantly, ordinary Five Elements Spiritual Root Cultivators had Low Grade Spiritual Roots, evenly distributed.

Meanwhile, Zheng Yi's Five Elements Spiritual Roots could be obtained from other women through the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror, constantly growing.

In other words, Zheng Yi could completely rely on the bodies of thousands of women to grow all of his Five Elements Spiritual Roots to the level of Heavenly Spiritual Roots!

Five Elements Heavenly Spiritual Roots!

Looking at the Jade Slip in his hand that recorded the "Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture", Zheng Yi solemnly put it back into his bosom.

"Your Majesty, this old servant has finished reading it."

Chen Liancang respectfully handed this Jade Slip to Zheng Yi with both hands, his eyes somewhat calm.

Zheng Yi said, "Old Chen, this method is not suitable for you, unless it is some Cultivators who want to make a desperate gamble before death that would transform their own bodies into spiritual corpses."

"Furthermore, the Myriad Spirits Corpse-Feeding Grand Art requires blood-sacrificing tens of thousands of people born in the Yin year, Yin month, and Yin day. The slaughter is too excessive, and it damages the harmony of heaven!"

Chen Liancang respectfully said, "Your Majesty, this old servant knows, so this old servant will never choose this method."

"Everything shall be decided by Your Majesty's command."

"Good."

Zheng Yi said, "The second Jade Slip records the map of the Grand Ancestor's mausoleum and the three Formations. Familiarize yourself with them, and then send people to clean up the entire Grand Ancestor's mausoleum, deploying heavy guards at important nodes."

Chen Liancang took the Jade Slip from Zheng Yi's hand and said, "This old servant obeys the decree."

"There is also the third Jade Slip, which also records a Cultivation Technique, but it is only suitable for Five Elements Spiritual Root Cultivators to Cultivate, and is not suitable for you."

Zheng Yi said, "We shall check the other two Jade Slips later. If there is a corresponding Cultivation Technique, We will certainly not be stingy."

Chen Liancang respectfully said, "This old servant humbly obeys Your Majesty's imperial decree!"

Zheng Yi pressed the fourth Jade Slip against his forehead once more, and rows of text appeared again.

"Hmm?"

The content in this Jade Slip was also not a Cultivation Technique, but rather... the "Strange Insect Record".

This was a book recording the appearance, habits, names, and sacrificial refining methods of over a hundred different spiritual insects, resembling cultivation notes.

He checked it carefully; most of the spiritual insects among them he had never even heard of.

And the Moonlight Gu presented by the Nanyue Tribe was also quickly found by him.

"Moonlight Gu: A Tier 1 Low Grade spiritual insect that can absorb moonlight essence to form moon blades within the body, capable of advancing at most into a Tier 1 Low Grade spiritual insect, the Full Moon Moth."

"A Tier 1 Low Grade spiritual insect, is it?"

Zheng Yi recalled the scene when he blood-sacrificed the Moonlight Gu that day and slowly shook his head.

According to the records of the "Strange Insect Record", the Moonlight Gu could be promoted to a Tier 2 Low Grade spiritual insect, the Full Moon Moth.

However, under his blood sacrifice disregarding Lifespan, the Moonlight Gu actually advanced into the Blood Moon Gu!

Whether it was strength or potential, both had received immense enhancement.

Who knew what level it would grow to in the future?

The fifth Jade Slip, Zheng Yi pressed it closely against his forehead, and soon another piece of content appeared before his eyes.

A Cultivation Technique!

Another Cultivation Technique!

Among the five Jade Slips, there actually appeared a full two Cultivation Techniques.

Moreover, this Cultivation Technique...

He checked it carefully, and his heart stirred slightly.

"Yellow Springs Scripture"!

At the very front of the Cultivation Technique content, there were annotations.

Judging by the content, it was precisely from the hand of the Great Yu Grand Ancestor, Zheng Mingsen.

"My Zheng Clan ancestor was an Inner Sect Disciple of the Yellow Springs Sect, one of the top ten ancient demonic Sects. I specially passed down the "Yellow Springs Scripture" to remain in the world, but due to years of wars and unfilial Disciples within the clan, only the Cultivation Technique from the Qi Refinement Phase to the Nascent Soul Stage of the "Yellow Springs Scripture" remains."

"Furthermore, the Spells of the Nascent Soul Stage are also lost. If descendants within the clan are fortunate, they may collect the complete "Yellow Springs Scripture", hold the Yellow Springs Sect Inner Sect Disciple token, and return to the Yellow Springs Sect!"

"Yellow Springs Sect?!"

Zheng Yi suddenly opened his eyes, carefully recalling the contents recorded in the fifth Jade Slip.

The Great Yu Zheng Clan imperial Family was actually established by an Inner Sect Disciple of the Yellow Springs Sect.

Yellow Springs Sect...

Just hearing the name, it did not sound like any reputable, righteous Sect.

One of the top ten ancient demonic Sects!

That its Sect possessed secret techniques to transform human bodies into zombie forms did not surprise Zheng Yi in the least.

Where on earth was this Yellow Springs Sect...?

Did it vanish into the long river of history like the Fu You Sect, or was the entire Sect annihilated, crossing oceans to go elsewhere?

He checked the content of the "Yellow Springs Scripture" once more. According to the records of the Cultivation Technique, this "Yellow Springs Scripture" required taking an extreme Yin location as the cultivation ground, producing a near-death state during cultivation, and the extreme Yin spiritual power cultivated possessed boundless might.

Furthermore, it would convert one's own Dharmic power into extremely chilly, freezing Dharmic power, possessing tremendous might when releasing ice-attribute, water-attribute, wind-attribute, poison-attribute, and other Spells.

The various sinister and evil Spells regarding the Yellow Springs Sect recorded within it were also readily available, making Zheng Yi frown slightly as he read.

"Yellow Springs Sect, Yellow Springs Sect..."

Zheng Yi murmured, "According to the records of the Cultivation Technique, the Divine Ability that this Yellow Springs Sect Cultivation Technique excelled at the most was life-and-death transformation, corpse manipulation and soul control. I wonder if anyone has lived to the present day?"

Himself, which Cultivation Technique should he Cultivate?

Right now, there were two choices placed before Zheng Yi.

The first one, the "Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture".

This method was upright and peaceful, without any danger during cultivation.

Although the progression was slow, he possessed nearly endless Lifespan and could Cultivate it slowly.

Regrettably, this Cultivation Technique only reached the Golden Core Stage; subsequent Cultivation Techniques would still need to be found by himself or developed by himself.

And the second one, the "Yellow Springs Scripture".

Not only did it contain all the content from the Qi Refinement Phase to the Nascent Soul Stage, but it also recorded a massive number of high-power Spells.

However, the shortcomings were also very obvious.

Cultivating this Cultivation Technique required staying in an extreme Yin location all year round, which would gradually corrode one's own flesh and blood.

Furthermore, extreme Yin locations contained Yin Fiendish Qi, which affected the Cultivator's mind and soul, making the Cultivator's personality extreme and turning them into neither human nor ghost.

Just as he was thinking, Zheng Yi's eyes suddenly stirred.

Not right!

He still had a third Cultivation Technique!

"Spirit Eating Art"!

A strange Cultivation Technique obtained from the spirit pool within the Illusionary Truth World.

This Cultivation Technique progressed rapidly, and it could also nourish flesh and blood, filling the entire body with Spiritual Qi; it was extremely strange.

Most importantly, it was obtained from the Spirit Pool World, having only the Qi Refinement Phase with no subsequent Cultivation Technique.

Zheng Yi's previous cultivation was merely to give it a try.

Ghost knows what weaknesses this Cultivation Technique, originating from the Spirit Pool World and derived from demons farming the Human Race, might have that he did not know about.

"Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture", "Yellow Springs Scripture", "Spirit Eating Art"!

Among these three Cultivation Techniques, Zheng Yi's eyes burned with intensity as he finally looked toward the "Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture".

His Lifespan was endless; there was no need to Cultivate some Cultivation Techniques with major flaws and dangers.

As for the "Yellow Springs Scripture" and "Spirit Eating Art", they could just right be given to Chen Liancang to Cultivate.

Even for his own Shadow Guards, Imperial Guards, Jinyi Guards, imperial army, Emperors Party members, etc., as long as they possessed Spiritual Roots, they could all Cultivate!

"Alas, the subordinates are still far too few. Nowadays, in the entire court, even counting Zheng Yuhuan and others, those possessing Spiritual Roots are only five or six people..."

"Hmm?"

Zheng Yi frowned, suddenly thinking of something: "Something's not right."

"Why are there so many Mortals with Spiritual Roots in the Spirit Pool World?!"