Chapter 1698: The Forbidden Kung Fu of the Tongyuan Clan

“Oh, this is interesting.” Xu Yang seemed stunned by the scene before him. He truly hadn't expected such an intriguing secret hidden within the forbidden area of the Pupil Clan of Primordial Origin. He didn't rush to use his powerful Cold Hound Master Divine Weapon to shatter the skeleton. Instead, a playful mood came over him, and he simply put the Cold Hound Master Divine Weapon behind his back, choosing to use his physical body to withstand the attacks from the skeletal figure.

With a loud bang, Xu Yang felt the power emanating from the skeleton itself—clear and pure, though still far from being able to harm him. However, the force released from that collision, by Xu Yang's estimation, was comparable to a full-force punch from Long Kun. This indicated the immense power this being once possessed when it was at the peak of its cultivation. It must have been a true prodigy of the human cultivation world in its time.

Sadly, all of this became a memory as this being lost its complete physical body. No matter how powerful this skeleton's innate talent is, it can never return to its former state. Unless Xu Yang is willing to use the immense life force of the Immortal Divine Lotus to help it reshape its physical body, it will forever remain a skeletal form.

“You damned fool! You actually interrupted my plan to reshape my body! Do you know that by shattering this stone statue prematurely, you made me awaken 100,000 years too early? I can never again recover to the state of a perfect physical body in this lifetime. You destroyed my plan and made me sleep pointlessly in this place for 100,000 years!” Xu Yang heard the hoarse voice of its soul and only then realized what he had done.

“So that’s it. The special energy that sealed your skeleton earlier was the energy you intended to use to reshape your physical body, requiring 200,000 years to facilitate one revival. Am I correct?” The skeletal figure, still seething with anger, nonetheless gritted its teeth and nodded. However, this response only raised more questions for Xu Yang.

“That’s a bit strange then,” Xu Yang continued. “This stone statue guarded you, using special life force to reshape your physical body—that much I can understand. But your physical body no longer exists; only a skeleton remains. Even if you possess incredibly powerful spiritual energy to sustain yourself, it would be difficult to revive successfully without external assistance. Is there some secret hidden within this?”

The hoarse voice suddenly fell silent for a moment, deep in thought, then slowly spoke. “If you truly wish to know the secret, it is hidden within this skeletal body of mine. If you are willing to help me reshape my physical body, then I can give you an opportunity: enter my body and discover the secret you desire on your own. My soul will not offer any resistance.”

Hearing this, Xu Yang couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, a half-smile playing on his face. “That’s debatable,” he said. “Aren’t you afraid I’ll forcibly seize your skeletal body and tear it into pieces?”

The other party indeed burst into hearty laughter. “I’m already in this state now,” it said. “Even if my strength were ten or a hundred times greater, I couldn’t possibly survive your methods. If we can find another way to cooperate, I would naturally be happy to change this fated outcome.”

Hearing this, Xu Yang couldn't find any obvious flaws in its reasoning. He nodded gently, agreeing to the idea. “Alright then,” he said, “I’ll enter your skeletal body and search for the true secret.”

Xu Yang tapped his glabella, and a faint, almost imperceptible soul outline slowly detached from his physical body, moving towards the skeletal figure before him. Soon, the two perfectly merged. Xu Yang used his main body's spiritual power to control the soul that had entered the opponent's skeleton, observing its physical body through the soul’s aura within it, but he found no clues whatsoever.

“Something’s wrong; this must be a trap.” Xu Yang instinctively had this thought. His main body’s eyes suddenly snapped open, only to see a blood-red soul essence, glowing ominously, revealing a terrifying, ghastly smile as it charged towards Xu Yang’s original body.

In an instant, it entered Xu Yang’s soul world. A dense, blood-red aura immediately spread and exploded within, forming endless red light particles that frantically moved through every dark corner of Xu Yang’s soul world.

Simultaneously, these blood-red energy bodies began to frantically occupy every part of Xu Yang’s physical body, using every possible means. Xu Yang was struggling to purge this power when he heard the opponent’s soul voice echoing throughout his soul world.

“Hahaha, kid, you are still too young after all! This is our Pupil Clan of Primordial Origin’s lineage, representing another fundamental manifestation of Sacred Law cultivation, one that has long been sealed by history. What you don’t know is that, theoretically, each of the Six Human Spirit Lineages possesses its own unique and most powerful forbidden cultivation method. For instance, there’s the Immortal Sacred Law of the Misty Rain Imperial Clan. The Pupil Clan of Primordial Origin, naturally, also possesses its own Sacred Law system.

“However, over the hundreds of thousands of years of our imperial clan’s propagation, two entirely different Sacred Law systems emerged consecutively. The former is the cultivation method I am now employing on you, possessing an extremely domineering and powerful soul-possession ability. Later, because this cultivation method practiced by our Pupil Clan of Primordial Origin was deemed too overbearing and intolerable by the other five lineages, it was finally, under their combined pressure and by command of the Supreme God’s consciousness, forcibly abolished from our lineage’s Sacred Law inheritance.

“And I was the strongest practitioner of this lineage’s most domineering soul-possession cultivation method. What you see of me, attempting to reshape my physical body in this manner, is also one of the abilities of this lineage’s cultivation method. However, after our lineage’s cultivation method was completely abolished, no one in the Pupil Clan of Primordial Origin ever practiced this method again.

“Instead, they all began cultivating the path you are now familiar with, which focuses solely on the realm of mental illusions. Little do you know, in my era, the comprehensive strength of the Pupil Clan of Primordial Origin’s imperial clan should have ranked second among the Six Lineages. Unfortunately, later, to comply with the command of the Supreme God’s will,

“…our most powerful cultivation system was abolished, forcing us to turn to that utterly useless path of illusions. This is what caused the comprehensive strength of our Pupil Clan of Primordial Origin’s imperial clan to decline with each succeeding generation. However, from this day forward, that situation should cease to exist, because today, I shall succeed.

“Indeed, if I successfully seize your powerful physical body and acquire your bodily energy, I believe I will undoubtedly become the strongest in the entire Kunlun Divine Dao. Your physical body, young one, is truly an unparalleled vessel, unique through the ages. I can smell the most perfect bloodline aura of the Angel Clan in the blood flowing through your meridians.”