Chapter 423 – The Soaring Dragon Emerges, the Heavenly Secrets Change (1/2)

The Phoenix’s Scripture of Nirvāṇa entered Li Qingshan’s head. At the same time, he comprehended its spirit, the phoenix’s dignity and its noble, pure heart. It was different from the spirit turtle’s clear, reflective mental state, more like a virtuous sage of the past.

The arrival of the phoenix ushered peace.

As a result, Li Qingshan obtained the fourth mantra—The Phoenix Undergoes Nirvāṇa Rebirth, with an Undying Heart.

Daoism possessed techniques of praying and aversion, which were split into two streams of thought. Those who prayed prayed for blessings and those who averted averted disasters, which had to do with the dispelling and elimination of disasters. The phoenix possessed the power of nirvāṇa, or rebirth, possessing an undying heart. Even in the face of life-threatening danger, it was fearless, let alone mere disasters.

As Li Qingshan was touched by the mantra, he could not help but sigh over how the mantras for the ox demon and tiger demon both sounded like depressing curses, while the mantras for the spirit turtle and phoenix were pleasant blessings. Brother ox, who created these supernatural abilities, was still a demonic daemon after all!

And, these eight supernatural abilities corresponded to four gods and four demons, so what would the final one belong to?

Dismissing his various doubts, Li Qingshan settled down to comprehend the Phoenix’s Scripture of Nirvāṇa, but he opened his eyes again before long. Sure enough, it was not that simple.

The spirit turtle lorded over water, and Li Qingshan’s cultivation was completely oriented towards water. Yet, the phoenix happened to lord over fire. As the spirit turtle sunk into the deep sea, the phoenix danced in the nine heavens. One was peaceful, while the other was vigorous. Their natures were complete opposites.

The concept of a balance between fire and water, the unity of movement and peace, was nothing rare in the cultivation world. However, that was only for regular cultivators. The special nature that these two divine beasts possessed was extremely pure. He would basically be dreaming if he wanted to make them exist in harmony.

After cultivating for a few hours, Li Qingshan gave up temporarily. The wilderness was not a place to cultivate. He would be better off finishing what he needed to do and returning to the academy!

Li Qingshan’s thoughts became directed at the sumeru ring again. His eyes gradually lit up, shining brightly.

Just the pills inside were probably more than enough for him to increase his cultivation by a single layer, let alone everything else.

Li Qingshan and Xiao An exchanged glances. Li Qingshan channeled his spiritual energy and extended his soul sense into the ring. The sumeru ring swung open, and an unbelievably large space appeared. There was too much to see inside, where everything glowed or flickered. Before Li Qingshan could even properly see what was in there, a golden streak of light shot towards him.

The Soaring Dragon sword!

Li Qingshan had an extremely deep impression of this sword. The blade of the sword was like a dragon’s body, while the hit was like a dragon’s head. It was covered in golden scales, glistening brightly. It seemed like a living dragon.

And now, the sword actually sprang alive, flying out of the sumeru ring and shooting towards Li Qingshan. It was like a golden bolt of lightning, wanting to avenge its master. The sword thrummed like a dragon’s roar.

Everything happened right in his face, such that even Li Qigshan was rather flustered. Xiao An was a few steps away, which made it even less possible for her to assist him.

Clang!

At that critical moment, the Spirit Turtle’s Profound Shell rose up and blocked the Soaring Dragon sword. Before Li Qingshan could even let out a sigh of relief, he saw the Soaring Dragon sword bounce off and take off into the sky like a startled dragon.

“Capture it! It wants to run!” Li Qingshan called out and leapt up, but he was still a beat slower than the Soaring Dragon sword. It was just about to penetrate through the formation and the cavern.