Chapter 572: Zulong Tai Xuan Gong

Within the True Dragon Lair, Qin Mu finally achieved his desire, having thoroughly deciphered all the dragon language present.

Elder Qinghuang himself was a divine dragon and recognized virtually all of the dragon language. His power was immense, reaching a realm beyond Qin Mu's comprehension.

However, as the master of the Azure Dragon Palace, one of the Four Great Heavenly Palaces of the Kaihuang Heavenly Court, his capabilities must have surpassed those of the Woodcutter Sage and King Yama.

The constellations of the heavens were divided into five great Heavenly Palaces, collectively known as the Heavenly Court. These five palaces were: the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace, ruling the sixty constellations of the East; the White Tiger Heavenly Palace, ruling the twenty-seven constellations of the West; the Vermillion Bird Heavenly Palace, ruling the thirty-nine constellations of the South; and the Black Tortoise Heavenly Palace, ruling the forty constellations of the North.

At the center was the Heavenly Emperor Heavenly Palace, governing the Heavenly Emperor constellations.

Among the four great Heavenly Palaces, excluding the Heavenly Emperor Heavenly Palace, the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace was the most prominent. Elder Qinghuang's abilities were thus formidable.

When interpreting the True Dragon Lord's cultivation art, he didn't decipher it word by word like the young dragon Jiang Miao. Instead, he directly transformed all the texts within the dragon lair into the art itself, transmitting it to both of them, progressing from basic to profound levels.

This cultivation art was called the Ancestral Dragon Grand Profound Art. It utilized all dragon language, vibrating the physical body and primordial spirit amidst dragon roars. Its methods for cultivating vital qi, divine abilities, and refining the physique were all hidden within the dragon language.

For cultivators, this art offered comprehensive improvements. The profoundness of its vital qi, the intricacy of its divine abilities, and the formidable strength of its physical body refinement were all top-tier methods, earning it the reputation of a Dao Realm-level art!

If one could fully comprehend it, achieving Dao through this profound art would not be difficult.

This was the first complete cultivation art Qin Mu had ever encountered that reached such a high level.

The Dao Sect's Fourteen Dao Swords, due to the falsity of the celestial stars, had a severed path; the fourteenth chapter remained inscrutable, thus the Fourteenth Sword could not directly reach the Dao Realm.

The Great Thunderclap Temple's Tathagata Mahayana Scripture could only cultivate one's state of mind to the Dao Realm, while the cultivation realm itself could only reach the Twentieth Heavenly Layer, culminating in the Great Brahma Heaven Realm. The subsequent parts of the art were missing.

The cultivation art of Little Jade Capital only allowed one to cultivate to the Divine Being realm, with no further path beyond that.

The Heavenly Saint Cult's Great Nurturing Demonic Scripture showed greater mastery in divine abilities, but it also lacked subsequent methods for achieving godhood.

Yankang Kingdom's cultivation arts suffered from inherent deficiencies due to historical discontinuities, and the arts of various holy lands also had significant shortcomings.

However, even in Taihuang Heaven, which boasted complete inheritances, Qin Mu had seen many divine beings and demonic gods, but he had never seen or even heard of a cultivation art that could directly lead one to the Dao Realm.

Even for the true gods of Taihuang Heaven, their cultivation arts could at most allow one aspect to reach the Dao Realm. To cultivate all aspects to the Dao Realm, one required personal comprehension and refinement.

The cultivation arts of Taihuang Heaven could not directly lead one to the Dao Realm.

The only cultivation art that could directly reach the Dao Realm was the Ancestral Dragon Grand Profound Art. Cultivating this art allowed one to form an Ancestral Dragon Primordial Spirit, elevate comprehension of dragon divine abilities to the Dao Realm, and even achieve that level in physical body comprehension. This was truly a heaven-defying art!

"It even surpasses my Hegemon Three Elixirs Art!" Qin Mu couldn't help but exclaim.

After bidding farewell to Zhe Huali in Taihuang Heaven, he had entered a state of 'art achieving Dao,' reorganizing various techniques and divine abilities within his Hegemon Three Elixirs Art to reach their most perfect state. Unfortunately, a group of high-ranking devils interrupted his process of fusing divine eyes.

Even so, he had preliminarily achieved 'art achieving Dao.'

However, 'art achieving Dao' was different from a Dao Realm art. His 'art achieving Dao' allowed his physical body, primordial spirit, and divine abilities to reach the state of a young true god.

A Dao Realm art was superior, enabling divine abilities, physical body, and primordial spirit to all reach the Dao Realm, and also providing cultivation methods for after entering the Divine Realm.

"While this art is excellent, it's more suited for dragon cultivation. If I were to practice the Ancestral Dragon Grand Profound Art, my achievements would certainly be inferior to Jiang Miao's. For me, only what suits me best is the best art."

Qin Mu felt relieved. Despite the excellence of the Ancestral Dragon Grand Profound Art, he still chose his Hegemon Three Elixirs Art.

Nevertheless, the Ancestral Dragon Grand Profound Art still offered him great benefits. He could learn from its refining methods to temper his physical body, primordial spirit, and divine abilities, thereby perfecting his own Hegemon Three Elixirs Art.

This refining method was called the Ancestral Dragon Eight Tones, an extremely potent technique divided into: Adhering Tone, Killing Tone, Seizing Tone, Capturing Tone, Drawing Tone, Whirling Tone, Hammering Tone, and Refining Tone.

Qin Mu immediately began to experiment. His vital qi circulated, vibrating with a peculiar rhythm. As the Adhering Tone erupted, his vital qi instantly became incredibly sluggish, vibrating at an extremely high frequency. In just a moment, Qin Mu felt a miraculous change in his body: his blood thickened, and its circulation produced astonishing roars, like a mountain avalanche!

Yet, his vital blood surged even more powerfully, like an overwhelming avalanche from a myriad-layered snowy mountain. When his vital blood reached his palms, they expanded to the size of cattail-leaf fans, and the vital qi within his palms moved, emitting thunderous roars.

He used the Adhering Tone to temper his blood vessels. After a full circulation, he dispersed the Adhering Tone, immediately feeling refreshed.

Qin Mu then activated the Killing Tone, which vibrated his spirit, refining it to an incomparable purity.

When he activated the Seizing Tone, his three souls were nearly dispersed by the vibrations.

The Seizing Tone refined the soul, the Capturing Tone refined the corporeal soul, the Drawing Tone refined the heart, the Whirling Tone refined the spirit, the Hammering Tone refined muscles and bones, and the Refining Tone refined the Dao Heart.

Qin Mu tested each tone, gaining an understanding of the Ancestral Dragon Eight Tones. Immediately, with great enthusiasm, he channeled his vital qi to construct the circulation path of his Hegemon Three Elixirs Art, attempting to integrate the Ancestral Dragon Eight Tones into it.

Before him, various vital qi circulation paths formed a human-like shape, but upon closer inspection, a more complex structure could be seen.

These were his Spirit Embryo, Five Luminaries, and Divine Treasures. Vital qi circulated within these Divine Treasures, forming an incredibly intricate system, with the circulation paths in each Divine Treasure being distinct.

Furthermore, if one were to observe each organ in his body, they would discover that vital qi circulated in the heart with a peculiar trajectory, in the kidneys with a different trajectory from the heart, and in the legs with a trajectory distinct from the five zang and six fu organs—truly a marvel of intricate design.

He tried to integrate the Ancestral Dragon Eight Tones into his vital qi circulation. Not many modifications were needed; he merely had to apply the Drawing Tone technique when vital qi reached the heart, the Adhering Tone technique when it reached the blood vessels, and the Whirling Tone technique when it reached the Spirit Embryo, and so on.

While modifying his art in the True Dragon Lair, he ignored everything around him. Elder Qinghuang and Jiang Miao were immediately drawn by the commotion of his art modification, their gazes fixed on the cultivation art diagram before him.

"Don't look," Elder Qinghuang shook his head and said to Jiang Miao, "You can't learn that. This person is too intelligent, almost like a demon. His foundation and wisdom are beyond your comprehension. Let me explain the profound mysteries of the Ancestral Dragon Grand Profound Art to you instead, to clear your doubts."

Jiang Miao whispered, "Maha."

Elder Qinghuang smiled, "You don't need to fear me."

Jiang Miao bravely transformed into human form and stood respectfully by his side.

Elder Qinghuang explained the Ancestral Dragon Grand Profound Art to him, trying to keep it simple so he wouldn't struggle to understand.

This explanation lasted four or five days, during which Qin Mu finally integrated the Ancestral Dragon Eight Tones into his Hegemon Three Elixirs Art. When he activated the Hegemon Three Elixirs Art, the Ancestral Dragon Eight Tones naturally emanated during vital qi circulation, tempering his physical body, primordial spirit, vital qi, and Dao Heart.

Even when he unleashed divine abilities, the Ancestral Dragon Eight Tones were in operation, refining his divine abilities!

Qin Mu moved about the True Dragon Lair, unleashing divine abilities one after another. Dragon roars echoed ceaselessly, and the power of his techniques grew stronger and stronger, filling him with immense joy.

*Clang—*

He drew two pig-slaughtering knives and wielded them to perform "Night Battle, Continuous City, Wind and Rain." However, just as the knife art was unleashed, the two knives in his hands shattered into pieces!

Qin Mu stared in astonishment. He pulled out a bamboo staff from his Taotie Pouch, thrust it forward, and the staff disintegrated into dust.

"The power of the Ancestral Dragon Eight Tones is too strong; ordinary spirit weapons are simply unusable."

He took out his Sword Pellet. Within the pellet, flying swords flowed like water, forming a long saber. Qin Mu grasped the saber, split it in two, and unleashed "Horizontal and Vertical, Vast, A Glimmer of Sky!"

Saber glints intertwined, their power far exceeding before, nearly severing the dragon pillars in the lair. Qin Mu hastily retracted his move, narrowly avoiding dismantling the dragon lair.

He examined the two long sabers, then abruptly tossed them into the air. The sabers disintegrated into individual flying swords, which slowly circled around him.

Qin Mu carefully inspected them, exhaled a cloudy breath, and said with relief, "Fortunately, my flying swords are well-tempered, otherwise I'd truly have no weapon to use."

He fell into contemplation again. Besides the Ancestral Dragon Eight Tones, the divine abilities within the Ancestral Dragon Grand Profound Art could also be learned from and adapted.

The Ancestral Dragon Grand Profound Art contained many unpredictable divine abilities that could be transformed into Buddhist divine abilities, some into Daoist divine abilities, and even be used as demonic divine abilities—which would also be effective!

He also felt that many divine abilities could be evolved into sword techniques, and would possess great power if adapted into saber techniques.

Moreover, the movement divine abilities contained within were exceptionally subtle and profound, and the eye-technique divine abilities were also astonishing.

The deeper he researched, the more he felt the Ancestral Dragon Grand Profound Art was extraordinary. He could only lament that he wasn't a dragon, unable to unleash the divine abilities within this art to their full potential.

When he next awoke, he found neither Elder Qinghuang nor Jiang Miao in the True Dragon Lair. He quickly leapt out of the lair, only to see Jiang Miao cultivating the Ancestral Dragon Grand Profound Art outside the village.

The young man had transformed into a sapphire-blue hornless dragon, roaming while activating his art and displaying the combat techniques from the Ancestral Dragon Grand Profound Art. In just a few days, Jiang Miao's cultivation and strength had greatly improved, his agile transformations proving formidable.

Qin Mu exclaimed in admiration. He noticed many young men and women in the small village also watching Jiang Miao practice, cheering repeatedly.

Qin Mu walked forward and noticed a young girl who seemed to be about his age, perhaps a year or two younger. He smiled and asked, "How should I address this young lady?"

The girl's face immediately flushed. She said, "My name is Qingya. Don't call me 'young lady'; I'm already three hundred years old this year. How old are you?"

Qin Mu's face reddened. He looked at a nearby young man who seemed to be about his age and tentatively asked, "This esteemed brother..."

"I'm six hundred thirty-seven years old this year," the young man said, blinking.

Qin Mu grunted in exasperation. Every one of these "young" men and women was terrifyingly old.

A middle-aged man nearby chuckled, "I'm twenty thousand, eight hundred years old."

Qin Mu stopped asking about their ages. Suddenly, he perked up and said with a smile, "Have any of you been to Yankang? I am the Cult Master of the Heavenly Saint Cult in Yankang, and we are currently in need of talent..."

Elder Qinghuang walked over, his face dark, carrying a fishing net. "Don't even think about our village! I've transmitted the art to you; now you should leave!"

Qin Mu hastily said, "Senior, Taihuang Heaven is currently at war, and my master has also gone to help..."

Elder Qinghuang said, "Qingya, see them out."

The girl named Qingya reached out. An incredibly terrifying burst of vital qi instantly immobilized Qin Mu, rendering him unable to move.

With her other hand, Qingya grabbed Jiang Miao. "Don't move, both of you. I'll send you a thousand miles away!" With that, she opened her mouth and exhaled, instantly filling the sky with clouds. Qin Mu and Jiang Miao, engulfed in the mist, rapidly flew away.

"Such terrifying cultivation?"

Qin Mu was startled and exclaimed loudly, "Senior, I still have something to say..."

Suddenly, the clouds dispersed, and they landed on a mountaintop. Qin Mu paused, gazing into the distance, but the small mountain village was no longer visible.

He hadn't even finished speaking when the girl, who appeared to be around his age, had sent him a thousand miles away.

"Maha!" Jiang Miao said, his face full of envy.

"You'll become that strong too," Qin Mu sighed. Suddenly, the True Dragon Lair came whistling through the air, arriving before them in an instant. Qin Mu's expression changed drastically; the True Dragon Lair was incredibly heavy. Just as he was about to dodge, he saw the lair halt, then gently settle on the mountaintop. He breathed a sigh of relief, his heart even more shocked: "Could Qingya have thrown the True Dragon Lair too? Her magic power is simply too immense, isn't it? My magic power can only propel a two or three hundred jin flying sword up to two hundred miles away, but she can propel the True Dragon Lair a thousand miles..."

"Maha!" Jiang Miao said, full of envy.

Qin Mu shook his head helplessly. Turning to Jiang Miao, he said, "Daoist Jiang, you can speak human language now. It's strange, I'm not a harbinger of disaster, so why is Elder Qinghuang unwilling to let me stay...?"