Chapter 77: Ancient Secret

  After sweeping the battlefield, Chen Xuan didn't stay for a moment. After half an hour of rushing, he had already returned to his own cave mansion.

  Back at the cave mansion, it was already midnight. None of the disciples in Dan Xuan Gate saw Chen Xuan return at midnight. Once they reached the Ling Wu realm, they could recover all their energy by just sitting and not sleeping. However, there were still a few disciples who came out at night, closed the stone door of their own cave mansion, went to the main bedroom, sat cross-legged on the bed, and entered their own soul sea with their divine sense.

  "Lai Lao, where did you get this 'Swallowing the Sky' manual? You've never cultivated it before, have you? Was there anyone on the mainland who practiced this set of skills in the past?"

  Chen Xuan arrived at Hun Hai and asked Lao Li several questions. The method was his life, not allowing any mistakes. Once an error occurred, the meridians would be abandoned, and he would go crazy. Although this method had brought him extraordinary strength so far, Chen Xuan now wanted to understand its origins. He told Lao Li about the changes in his Tianxu Decision, including that passage of text.

  Lao Li fell silent for a moment before speaking up.

  "This set of skills has never been heard of anyone practicing before, this 'Swallowing Heaven Manual' was found by me in a small abandoned mine cave, the above writings are all ancient texts, at that time also didn't pay attention, later found someone to translate it once, knew this set of skills is called 'Swallowing Heaven Two Words', felt the name written quite domineering, always felt lacking something, finally added a 'Decision' word, myself also practiced for a period of time."

  "But no matter how I cultivated, there was no progress, and in the end, I could only give up. What you said about the changes that have occurred with the Heaven Swallowing Technique now, this should be the real Heaven Swallowing Technique. Only then can it form the Heaven Swallowing Furnace in your dantian. Now it seems that this Heaven Swallowing Technique has no bad effects on you at all. You can continue to practice first, and one day you will thoroughly understand it. The sentence you mentioned, I suddenly thought of something, he said the first transformation, yin-yang transformation, if I'm not mistaken, the second transformation should be the "Five Elements Transformation".

  "As for the changes later on, I'm not very clear about them either. The yin-yang and five elements are connected, with the five elements coming after the yin-yang. As for what comes after the five elements, I don't know yet, but we'll figure it out slowly later on. Your Heaven-Devouring Furnace absorbed Bi Shaoqing's yin-yang energy and underwent a change. Next, you should go find the five-elemental energy. Only by absorbing the five-elemental energy will your Heaven-Devouring Furnace undergo another transformation, and your strength will experience another huge boost. However, finding the five-elemental energy isn't that simple. Each one is a rare and precious thing, even if you know where they are now, I'm afraid it's still difficult for you to obtain them with your current strength," said Lao Dao.

  "Does cultivating the Devouring Heaven Technique really require a special physique? I've been cultivating it myself without any hindrance, so why did Old Man Li say that his cultivation hasn't made any progress?"

  Now I know the next step in the evolution of Tianyan Furnace, but these materials are all heavenly treasures, how can I get them just by saying so?

  Everything is about strength, but don't worry, you still have a lot of room for improvement now, wait until your own strength comes up, and then go out to find the five elements of Qi. Chen Xuan thought to himself.

  Chen Xuan took out the ancient scroll he had bought today and absorbed Bi Shaoqing's memories. He now knew a thing or two about classical Chinese literature. As he opened the scroll, the first two characters that caught his eye were "war" and "qi". The first character was familiar to Chen Xuan, but the second one looked like "qi" yet wasn't quite it. As he flipped through the pages, each one recorded various techniques for refining instruments, but they were completely different from the methods Chen Xuan currently used. This was simply impossible to achieve. His current demonic aura was already of a very high level, but according to the introduction in the scroll, his demonic aura quality was considered the lowest. Was this kind of instrument refinement technique still practiced on the mainland? Chen Xuan wondered silently.

  "Lai Lao, Chen Xuan's divine consciousness once again entered his own soul sea."

  Chen Xuan still couldn't understand the technique of refining equipment, and Lao Li, who had seen and heard a lot, wanted to hear what Lao Li meant. Chen Xuan translated some of the text he read earlier for Lao Li to listen to again.

  "What you said is like a word, is it like an axe?" Lao Li asked with some excitement.

  "Yes, how did you know?" Chen Xuan asked.

  "Chen Xuan, you've sent it, I'll tell you a story, and then you'll understand what's in your hand;"

  Lao Li didn't say it directly but wanted to recount a piece of history

  "What Chen Xuan said below, I only knew from some miscellaneous notes or through other places. Now, the Tianling Continent, except for some ancient antiques that have lived for tens of thousands of years, almost no one knows this history."

  "In the ancient continent, you know that it was tens of thousands of years ago. At that time, there were dragon tribes, demon tribes, magic tribes, and spirit tribes, as well as barbarian tribes and many small tribes. However, over 10,000 years ago, a heavenly demon invaded the continent, almost wiping out many small tribes. But before the ancient continent, there was also an ancient continent that existed hundreds of millions of years ago. At that time, the universe was not like this, the heavens were not open, yin and yang were not separated, day and night did not exist, and everything was a chaotic mess. Humans found it difficult to survive in such an environment. However, humans also went through tens of thousands of years of reproduction and growth. At that time, people didn't know how to cultivate their powers. From the ancient times, there were demonic beasts, which were 100 times stronger than those of today. Humans almost couldn't survive, but for the sake of survival, they gradually invented cultivation methods. Starting from using stones to fight against demonic beasts, humans eventually invented the first weapon - an axe. And that's how humans started to take control of their own territory."

  At that time, not all planes were suitable for human survival. Some planes had a reverse flow of air that completely enveloped the entire plane, making it impossible for humans to survive. If they absorbed this reverse flow of air, their meridians would be reversed, and they would be unable to cultivate, eventually becoming useless people.

  At that time, there was no spiritual energy, and humans could only absorb the chaotic energy. After tens of thousands of years of development, two cultivation systems emerged: one was called Daoxiu, which absorbed the energy of chaos and refined it into law power through cultivation. They also collected some spiritual herbs to refine elixirs.

  At that time, they began to invent some methods for refining instruments. The successful refinement of these instruments by Daoxiu cultivators was called a "law instrument." Another cultivation system was called Zhanshu, where all cultivators absorbed the energy of war from the chaotic energy. Zhanshu also had its own method for refining instruments, and the refined weapons were called "war instruments."

  Both systems had their strengths and weaknesses. Warriors were suitable for close combat, with unparalleled strength that could split heaven and earth. Cultivators could fly through the sky, traverse the seas, and turn the world upside down.

  After tens of thousands of years, a war god appeared, wielding a giant axe that split heaven and earth. The chaotic energy disappeared, and countless planes began to become clear. The war god's giant axe transformed into a light ball that illuminated the entire land, marking the beginning of heaven and earth.

  The war god fell after opening up the universe, possibly due to exhaustion from using all its power. From then on, humans could no longer absorb chaotic energy for cultivation. As time passed, these planes began to appear with another type of energy, which is now known as spiritual energy.

  People started to transform again and invent new cultivation methods, continuing until the present day. Lao Li has been around since hundreds of millions of years ago, witnessing everything up to the present moment.

  Almost all human development and reproduction have been described by Chen Xuan.

  "The little one now knows what you're holding in your hand, this should be a manual for refining a war artifact."

  Chen Xuan is now completely immersed in Lao's story. Hundreds of millions of years ago, the entire universe was not like it is today. He had learned on Earth that Pangu opened up the sky and earth, holding a giant axe to separate the sky from the earth.

  "Could it be that what Lao Li said is precisely this Pangu, which means that the Earth only gave birth to humans more than 5,000 years ago? It's also possible that these humans came from other dimensions and finally took root on Earth, forming the current Earth. The Earth may have been the last to lose its spiritual energy, so humans can no longer cultivate it, resulting in the current state."

  "Lao Li, what's the name of that war god you mentioned?" Chen Xuan asked.

  "Pangu War God." Lao Li spat out four words.