Chapter 286: Great Sun Demon Crow

What a marvelous cultivation technique....

The more he comprehended the[Mystic Duplication Technique], the more astonished he was by his ancestors' intelligence.

[Mystic Duplication Technique], the crux of this technique lied in the 'Duplication'. The principle was to duplicate a functionally identical clone that was independent of the true self.

In the rumors, when the[Mystic Duplication Technique]was cultivated to the end, one could make his skins, flesh, hairs and any other parts of his body into a new existence, a new being; but this was only achievable when one has cultivated to the level of Pangu God, the creator of the universe.

Of course, that was only theoretically possible and practically improbable, it was just a rumor, a legendary tale. However, the[Mystic Duplication Technique]could indeed replicate the blood essence, cultivation base, and spirit to form a replica of the true self. The[Mystic Duplication Technique]could be cultivated once one reached Atman body. It could enhance the cultivator's prowess and cultivation base, but only slightly. Their prowess would only receive a significant boost upon entering the Inner Core level!

Moreover, when in the Heavenly Dharma level, the Yuan Shen could be duplicated and made into an incarnation!

Zhong Yue carefully comprehended the[Mystic Duplication Technique]and tried his best to understand all of the totem patterns; the[Mystic Duplication Technique]given to him by Xin Huo was way more complete and abstruse than Xiao Chushan's. Xiao Chushan had cultivated the three inner cores and had assigned one attribute to each of them and used them together. But according to Xin Huo, any of the three inner cores could contain all three attributes; every one of the inner cores could control the dimension, Yuan Shen, and body.

And when all three inner cores were used together, their powers would be three times stronger than Xiao Chushan's!

The true and complete technique was capable of suppressing any Qi Practitioner of the same level, and even those of higher cultivation levels would be heavily suppressed in their speed and strength, as well as their comprehensive battle prowess!

It seems like the Xiao Mang Celestial Race ancestor only taught Xiao Chushan a small part of the whole cultivation technique, even separating the true cultivation technique for the three inner cores. Xiao Chushan seems to have only gotten a simplified version of the[Mystic Duplication Technique]instead of the real one.

If Xiao Chushan were given the true quintessence of the[Mystic Duplication Technique], then Zhong Yue would have been the one dead on the ground!

He couldn't even defeat me

when cultivating the simplified version. And to think that he believed he could beat Zuo Xiangsheng, who possessed the fire spark of the Shen Ya Celestial Race ... this Xiao Chushan is too conceited. But this Xiao Mang Celestial Race ancestor knows of the[Mystic Duplication Technique]. He must be incredibly strong, would he be the one in the moon?

Zhong Yue thought of the godly spirit that was hidden in the moon, and a chill was sent down his spine; whoever that god was, his power was unfathomably strong!

He would be one that stood on par with the Kun Peng ancestor that crafted the Divine Wing Saber and the Ancestral Dragon that forged the Coiling Dragon Sword. However, what puzzled Zhong Yue was why the Xiao Mang ancestor was still here. Why hadn't his spirit gone to the Void World, but instead, remained in Ancestral Star?

The Atman Body cultivators would have to replicate his spirit, and nurture it with the arcane energy and psyche. It was a rather complicated process, and the biggest obstacle to the whole process was the bloodline in the Yuan Shen.

As long as there was a bloodline in the Yuan Shen, with the power of the bloodline, the replication and duplication process would proceed much more smoothly.

In the[Mystic Duplication Technique], there was an abstruse technique to refine the bloodline in the Yuan Shen, which was precisely why Xiao Chushan had met a dead end in his cultivation progress. He had spent too much time on it, and it impeded his cultivation progress. His frustration must have eventually lead to his fiasco against Zuo Xiangsheng.

However, this obstacle that was virtually insurmountable for Xiao Chushan was basically nonexistent to Zhong Yue. He already had the bloodline flowing through his Yuan Shen, making the whole cultivation process much easier for him.

"Brat Yue, you can try and refine the demonic aura and demonic Qi into one of the emulated inner cores," Xin Huo suddenly spoke.

"Refining the demonic aura and demonic Qi into the emulated inner core? Xin Huo, you are asking me to cultivate a demonic inner core?" Zhong Yue was stunned, the demonic aura and demonic Qi was exactly what Tian Myriad Mother had used against him in the Seal Suppression Hall. They were at the level of gods and were not easy to get rid of, stubbornly rooting themselves in his body, where he was unable to eradicate it. He ultimately had to resort to sealing it in the corner of his psyche ocean.

All this while, as the days passed by, the demon god's demonic aura and demonic Qi have been siphoning away at his essence, gradually evolving into a round moon, that was darker than black itself, hovering above his psyche ocean.

The demonic aura and demonic Qi have been hampering his prowess, all the while strengthening themselves. Sooner or later, they would evolve into something he will no longer be able to deal with.

Xin Huo bestirred himself and flew out of Zhong Yue's Yuan Shen secret realm. He laughed and said, "Rather than fighting so hard with the demonic Qi and demonic aura, why don't you just turn them to your own benefits? Cultivate one of the emulated inner core with the demonic affinity, and the other with the monster affinity. With this, you will be able to possess the advantages of all three races - the celestials, demons, and monsters!"

Zhong Yue was moved by the suggestion, but he then frowned and said, "The monster inner core is still fine as I have the[Monster God Ming King Art]. It wasn't hard to cultivate a monster inner core; but I don't have any demonic arts. To refine the demonic aura and demonic Qi into a demonic spirit is still fine, but to cultivate a demonic inner core requires a demonic art, something I don't have...."

All of a sudden, Xin Huo's eyes lit up, "Just go on with it. I know the exact place we can get a demon god's demon cultivation art. I'll take you there after we leave this Lesser Void World!"

Zhong Yue was puzzled, "Xin Huo, is it alright for the humans to cultivate a demon god's cultivation art? Is there any precedent of it being done successfully?"

Xin Huo pondered in earnest for a few moments, before he said diffidently, "I don't think so, the celestials and demons are long-standing rivals, archenemies since the start of time. For a celestial to cultivate the demonic arts is just volunteering for a suicidal death ... But don't you worry, the Fuxi Celestial blood in you is faint and weak, the natural repulsion between the celestial blood and the demonic art shouldn't be that serious. If you succeed, you will be the first of your kind!"

Zhong Yue then became apprehensive as he thought, Xin Huo's words are as unreliable as ever. I can't solely rely on him, I need to have a backup of my own ... If things take a turn for the worse, I'll sever the emulated demonic inner core. My strength may suffer, but at worst, I'll have to spend more time recuperating it. At the very least, my solid foundation will remain intact. However, if I can refine the demonic aura and demonic Qi into a demonic spirit to turn a curse into a blessing, then I might just be able to enter the Godlike Board.

Little did he know that he had already entered the Godlike Board after killing Xiao Chushan.

When Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er reached the planet that was connected to the mountaintop, Zhong Yue had already started replicating and nurturing his blood essence, prowess and spirit.

With the totem patterns of the[Monster God Ming King Art], he replicated the Six-Eyed Star Toad moon spirit into a spirit; not only that, but he also replicated the Great Sun Golden Crow sun spirit while trying to infuse the demonic aura and demonic Qi into it to transmute it into a demonic spirit.

The exquisite monster spirit and demonic spirit was begotten from the Star Toad and Golden Crow. They gradually grew stronger as he carefully nurtured them; however, Zhong Yue felt an eerily sensation every time he looked at the demonized Great Sun Golden Crow, or more precisely, the Great Sun Demon Crow that embodied the demon god's demonic aura and demonic Qi.

If a backlash were to come at me from this demonic spirit ... Anyhow, it has increased my prowess significantly, and its impediment to my strength has reduced. Zhong Yue comforted himself in that fact as he thought in his heart.

The planet was connected by a mountain to the earth beneath; it was utterly bizarre. Standing on the planet itself, Zhong Yue looked up and saw a flat, broad, spacious continent floating above his head. There was a sun and moon in the distance, and he could vaguely distinguish the ocean, woods, mountains, and Qi Practitioners moving around the continent in search of treasures.

Such a bizarre and yet astonishing view could never be seen anywhere else other than this place.

"Senior martial brother, Senior Martial Sister Ao's claw mark!" Qiu Jin'er suddenly said.

Zhong Yue looked over and saw the mark of a dragon's claw. He was between laughter and tears; he never thought that Ao Shanshan would be so daring to come to such a strange planet. Perhaps, it was because of the divine wine that affected her decision-making?

He cast his gaze afar and glanced at the surrounding. There were palaces and camps strewn about the landscape, as well as tattered flags and rugged banners fluttering in the wind. It was clear to him that this was a military planet, a planet on which the Heavenly Monarch's armies were stationed!

Zhong Yue stood steadfastly on the spot while his heart palpitated in shock. Looking carefully at the palaces and camps, he realized that they were meticulously arranged to form an array formation — The Azure Dragon Camp in the east, the White Tiger Camp in the west, the Vermillion Bird in the south, and the Xuan Wu Camp in the north. The center camp was the command center for the other four camps, and although there were no more gods in the camps, the array formation still effused a suffocating aura suffused with a sharp killing intent.

Only an army of gods could create such an appalling auric field. Ao Shanshan was nothing more than a mere Atman Body Qi Practitioner. Drunk or not, she wouldn't even survive a split second in the face of such an array formation.

Qiu Jin'er was also aware of the danger, the beautiful maiden locked her brows and said, "Senior martial brother, this army camp array formation is extremely dangerous. It is a god-level array formation; although Lord Xia was a lord under the godly emperor, it's still impossible for his Lang Ya Board to affect the array formation. That should mean that we wouldn't be revived later on if we are to die in there."

Zhong Yue nodded in agreement; it was, after all, a military camp, it wasn't a random place that could be taken lightly.

However, the four camps weren't as deadly as they once were, seeing that they were now reduced to dilapidated ruins. The walls that once stood majestically high, and had once shielded millions of miles across the mountain ridges, were now nothing but crumbled rocks and crushed stones. Only a few segments of broken walls remained standing, scarred with the battle marks left behind from the bone-rattling war!

Clearly, whatever happened her had nearly torn down all of the walls!

Ordinary gods were not capable of wreaking damage of this magnitude. It was highly probable that it was the work of the Xia family's ancestor, Lord Xia himself, single-handedly tearing down the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird and Xuan Wu camps!

"These four camps are now destroyed, the Lang Ya Board's power could barely affect this place now. Although the aftermath impact of the battles between the gods is incredibly dangerous to us, there is still a glimpse of hope to us. As long as we precisely follow the trail left behind by Lord Xia, we should be able to stave away from danger as much as possible."

Zhong Yue gazed at the four wrecked camps. Silhouettes and shadows were looming in the camps; those would be the Qi Practitioners that came in search of treasures. "Junior martial sister, let's us also go over!"

Qiu Jin'er nodded in response, and they tracked Ao Shanshan's dragon marks to the Azure Dragon Camp. The city was deserted; rubble and debris still littered the silent streets, and traces of the skills employed during the battle of the gods 50000 years ago still lingered around the city, seemingly frozen in time.

One of the traces

came in the form a bottomless ocean that seemed to be drowning innumerable god corpses beneath its waters.

Others came in the form of dazzling light rays that shone from one end of the world to the other. The sight of corpses fading into nothingness, and divine weapons disintegrating into dust was still visible everywhere they looked.

There was a roaring volcano that caged an unknown existence beneath it. A white, bright, sharp claw extruded out from underground, trying to make its way up to the surface.

Some were eerily peculiar like a world of ghosts, and some were blazing with sunfire. Others were legendary creatures formed from totem patterns, broken divine weapons, and secret realms scattered all over the place. All in all, the whole Azure Dragon Camp was a place fraught with countless perils - it was a place where death was the rule and life was the exception!

The only safe path here was the trail Lord Xia had walked!

Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er were standing in a footprint on the ground, it was miles long and belonged to a dragon, between this footprint and the next was a steep precipice that was created as the dragon stomped across the Azure Dragon Camp!