113: The Great Five Elements Glazed Tile Technique

“New Master! Please reconsider!”

The hall spirit watched Shen Yuanmo sit cross-legged, his aura instantly becoming ethereal and distant, and anxiously paced in circles.

Its body, made of light and shadow, flickered erratically, clearly indicating extreme mental agitation.

“Fusing Cultivation Techniques is the first taboo in the Immortal Realm! For tens of thousands of years, every single person who attempted it has met the same end: death, Dao dissipation, and the complete annihilation of their Divine Soul! With your Heaven-Defying talent and a Foundation rarely seen in eons, why take such a perilous risk?!”

“As long as you follow the steps, refine the source of bing fire, and forge a fire-attributed Supreme-grade Golden Core, your future achievements will surely far surpass the Old Master! Nascent Soul is within reach, and Soul Transformation is promising!”

The hall spirit's voice was filled with anxiety and confusion.

In its view, Shen Yuanmo's actions were utterly foolish.

There was clearly a golden, broad road laid out before him, yet he insisted on choosing a perilous cliff path, never before trodden, covered in thorns and death traps.

However, no matter how it tried to persuade him, Shen Yuanmo seemed not to hear, remaining quietly seated, unmoving.

His mind had completely immersed itself in the Sea of Consciousness world, which outsiders could not peek into.

Within the Sea of Consciousness, winds and clouds surged!

The scriptures of the Crimson Sun Glazed Scripture transformed into a burning golden sea of fire, tyrannical and scorching, filled with a destructive aura that could incinerate all things.

Meanwhile, the scriptures of the Five Elements Rotation Scripture evolved into five nebulae of different colors—gold, wood, water, fire, and earth—mutually generating and overcoming each other, rotating endlessly, filled with the profound Dao mysteries of perfect harmony and all-encompassing inclusivity.

Two distinctly different forces stood in clear opposition within his Sea of Consciousness, like sworn enemies.

“Deduction, begin!”

Shen Yuanmo's will transformed into the sole Dominator of this Sea of Consciousness world.

Insight into Origin and Perfect Deduction, his two great talents, were pushed to their limits!

“First step: dismantle!”

With a thought, the burning golden sea of fire and the five rotating nebulae were instantly broken down by an invisible force into their most primitive, fundamental energy runes!

Billions of runes, like billions of twinkling stars, densely covered his entire Sea of Consciousness!

This was an incredibly vast and intricate project.

For any other Cultivator, just a glance at these runes, as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, would likely cause their Divine Sense to collapse on the spot, turning them into an idiot.

But Shen Yuanmo, relying on his powerful Divine Soul that far surpassed ordinary people, and the augmentation of his two Heaven-Defying talents, forcefully dismantled these two supreme Cultivation Techniques!

“Second step: analyze and categorize!”

Shen Yuanmo's Divine Sense was highly concentrated.

He began to analyze which of these billions of runes represented the circulation of magical power, which stimulated the Meridians, which tempered the Divine Sense, and which were the core concepts of the Cultivation Technique... He categorized these runes, rearranged them, and constructed an unimaginably vast knowledge base.

This process was tedious and complex, consuming a tremendous amount of Divine Sense.

Even after just completing this step, fine cold sweat had already seeped from Shen Yuanmo's forehead, and his complexion had turned somewhat pale.

“Third step: Fusion!”

Shen Yuanmo took a deep breath and began the most crucial and perilous step!

He intended to fuse the most core and essential parts of these two Cultivation Techniques!

This was a process a thousand, even ten thousand times more difficult than before!

The core of the Crimson Sun Glazed Scripture was “tyranny” and “purity,” emphasizing refining all energy into the purest Glazed True Yang Fire to incinerate all things.

The core of the Five Elements Rotation Scripture, on the other hand, was “balance” and “harmony,” emphasizing the mutual generation and overcoming of the Five Elements, endless rotation, and embracing all phenomena.

Two fundamentally different concepts, like water and fire, light and darkness, simply could not coexist!

Forced Fusion could only lead to one outcome!

That was... explosion!

“Boom!”

The moment Shen Yuanmo attempted to fuse the first rune representing “fire” with the first rune representing “gold”.

A small-scale energy storm violently erupted in his Sea of Consciousness!

The two runes, upon contact, exploded like two unstable bombs!

A piercing pain that tore at his Divine Soul instantly spread throughout his entire body!

“Pfft!”

Outside, the cross-legged Shen Yuanmo's body trembled violently, and a mouthful of fresh blood spurted from his mouth, staining the ground before him.

“New Master!”

The hall spirit was greatly alarmed by this sight and immediately wanted to step forward.

“Don't come over!”

Shen Yuanmo's weak but resolute voice echoed in its mind.

“I'm fine!”

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes.

Did he fail?

No!

This was just the beginning!

Under the ultra-high-speed simulation of Perfect Deduction, all the processes and data of that failed Fusion were clearly recorded by him.

He knew why it failed.

He knew what intense conflicts would arise when two energy runes of different attributes fused.

What he needed to do was find a... critical point that could bring these two conflicts into a delicate balance!

“Again!”

Shen Yuanmo gritted his teeth and started another attempt.

Failure... “Boom!”

Another failure... “Boom!”

Yet another failure... “Boom! Boom! Boom!”

His Sea of Consciousness seemed to have turned into a brutal battlefield.

Each failed simulation triggered violent energy explosions within his Sea of Consciousness.

His Divine Soul was repeatedly torn apart and reassembled in these explosions.

The pain was beyond description.

His body trembled violently, and even fine bloodstains began to appear on his skin, as if he could collapse at any moment.

Blood continuously oozed from his seven orifices; he looked like a blood-soaked person pulled from a pool of blood, utterly wretched.

The hall spirit, watching this scene from the side, was so anxious its heart nearly leaped out.

It wanted to stop him but dared not.

It could only watch helplessly as its newly recognized New Master frantically walked down a path leading to death, never to return.

“Madman... he's a complete madman...”

The hall spirit's voice trembled.

It couldn't understand what kind of will could sustain a person to endure such terrifying, Soul-deep pain and still refuse to give up.

Time slowly passed in the torment of pain.

One day... two days... ten days... a month... Shen Yuanmo's Divine Soul had gone numb.

He couldn't even feel the pain anymore.

In his mind, there was only one, and only one, thought left.

That was... deduce! Deduce! Keep deducing!

He was like a tireless machine, frantically performing billions of calculations, simulations, and combinations.

The third and fourth-grade Medicinal Pills specifically used to restore Divine Sense, which he had obtained from the Five Elements True Lord's treasure vault in his Storage Ring, were popped into his mouth like candies, one after another.

Finally.

After countless failures.

Just before Shen Yuanmo's Divine Soul was about to completely collapse.

“Om—!”

In his Sea of Consciousness, those billions of shimmering runes, at a certain moment, seemed to have all found their most perfect, unique point of resonance!

All the runes suddenly fused together!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no world-destroying power.

All the runes quietly merged into a brand new, complete scripture, shimmering with five-colored glazed treasure light!

That scripture was ancient, vast, profound, and perfect!

Every character seemed to have been personally written by the most fundamental Laws of the Great Dao between heaven and earth!

It possessed both the tyranny and purity of the Crimson Sun Glazed Scripture!

And the harmony and balance of the Five Elements Rotation Scripture!

Two fundamentally different concepts, at this moment, were perfectly unified in an inconceivable way!

It was done!

A brand new Cultivation Technique, surpassing all known Cultivation Techniques in this realm, the true number one Cultivation Technique of all ages, was finally... born!

Outside, the cross-legged Shen Yuanmo's tightly closed eyes suddenly snapped open!

Two streaks of five-colored divine light, containing the endless rotation, generation, and destruction of the Five Elements, flashed from his eyes, piercing two bottomless black holes through the space in front of him!

He slowly exhaled a breath of turbid Qi.

That turbid Qi, in the air, actually condensed into a small, five-colored lotus flower, slowly rotating, lingering for a long time.

“Cough... cough cough...”

He coughed violently, and with each cough, large mouthfuls of fresh blood gushed from his mouth.

His body was at the brink of exhaustion.

But his eyes shone with terrifying brilliance!

So bright, they seemed capable of illuminating all the myriad worlds!

With a thought.

The name of the new Cultivation Technique appeared in his mind.

The Great Five Elements Glazed Art!