Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 1020 - 104: The Seven-Chapter Arcane Scripture of the Mystic Lord in "Reality

In front of the Yin Yang Stele at the gate of Luochen Sword Palace, two disciples were engaged in a fierce duel.

Within Luochen Sword Palace, both were naturally comparing their swordsmanship in their duel. As the sword lights and shadows intertwined, their figures would meet and instantly separate. The sound of their swords clashing wasn't continuous or consistent, but rather echoed following their sword moves. Their sword moves were so similar that the sound of their swords striking bore a semblance to precepts, almost like music.

Wang Qi's Sword Qi dispersed like mist and clouds, rolling in, yet gathered without dispersing, concentrated without bursting. The Sword Light flickered within the cloudy mist of Sword Qi, as if entering and exiting Azure Darkness. His spirit, strengthened through the simultaneous practice of Divine Tao Skills, extended outward, viewing this sword duel from a third-person perspective. The various flaws in his opponent's swordsmanship were completely visible to him.

"Is this the ability to see through the essence granted by the Outer Saints?" Wang Qi was neither saddened nor delighted. Obviously, he was in a sword duel, and his entire mind was focused on swordsmanship. Yet, for some unknown reason, he could spare some attention to consider this matter, with room to spare.

Unreasonably powerful, lacking any logic!

According to the records in the "Seven Chapters of the Mysterious Monarch's Secret Scripture," this symbolized having accomplished a Divine Body, constructing a sacred body outside oneself, transforming towards the realm of the Outer Saint.

Wang Qi had only heard that in ordinary Divine Tao, it was necessary to collect Incense Fire Power to forge a Divine Spirit's divine body. However, the "Seven Chapters of the Mysterious Monarch's Secret Scripture" was the supreme mental method of the Divine Tao, an absolute skill of learning from the Outer Saints, thus did not require collecting Incense Fire Power. Its core essence lay in seizing the power of the defeated ghosts of the Six Heavens to the power of many Outer Saints, replacing the power of Incense Fire to forge one's own Divine Body.

Wang Qi, having never practiced proper Divine Tao Skills nor been exposed to related theories, naturally could not see how absurd this notion was.

Meanwhile, his opponent Song Zhongqiao could not perceive this level of phenomena. He always regarded himself as the backbone among his peers at Luochen Sword Palace. Now surpassed by an unknown disciple, he felt very uneasy!

Angered in his heart, he disturbed the dust, violating the core principles of Luochen Sword Palace's "Great Freedom Brushing Heart Mysterious Truth," and consequently diminished the subtle uses within the Unstained Snow Technique by a level.

In combat between equally matched opponents, a single miscalculation can lead to a massive disadvantage. Song Zhongqiao, having fostered a shadow that should not have been in his heart, made a mistake that should not have occurred. Wang Qi did not overlook this error. His Sword Light leaped from his long sword, like a Spirit Snake darting and leaping in mid-air, with nimble maneuvers, it pinpointed the guard of Song Zhongqiao's long sword. A surge of substantial power suddenly erupted, a flash of blood, and Song Zhongqiao's tiger's mouth burst open, unable to grip his sword.

"Hmph, do you think that disarming my sword makes it safe?" Song Zhongqiao snorted coldly, instead of clasping his long sword, he hurled it away. Lifting his hands above his head, he forcefully brought them down. Instantly, all muscles and tendons of his body exploded with Essence power, and Sword Qi surged from his hands like a circular blade.

"Vengeance, Swallowing Ring!"

Vengeance, being a lifeform belonging to the dragon species, is indeed a fierce beast, its nature brutal, fond of combat and slaughter. The "Vengeance Swallowing Ring" move aims to gather the world's killing and fierce Qi, transforming it into a weapon of warfare!

A colossal dragon shadow flickered past. It was as if a Giant Dragon capable of easily tunneling the earth suddenly pounced out to feed. Wang Qi only felt a bloodthirsty maw looming ever closer from above, seemingly about to swallow him along with the earth. Song Zhongqiao's fists and palms had become the Tusk-like blade ring of the vicious dragon!

A fleeting illusion flashed before his eyes, indicating that he was completely overwhelmed in terms of momentum, being influenced by the intangible Martial Arts Will of the opponent.

"Hmph…" Wang Qi was rather disdainful. Clearly in a disadvantageous position, he remained calm. In the Reincarnation World, he had witnessed the filthy, bizarre, and giant Avatar of the Ancestor of Water, as well as the Yellow Robed King's power that traversed distant galaxies. He would not be easily intimidated by the mere threat of a Golden Core Stage.

Only to see Wang Qi's figure turn, and the vast, profound, all-encompassing Sword Qi surged upward. This time, his Sword Qi was no longer mist-like, mysterious and illusory. It was imbued with accommodating firmness and weight, resembling the waves of a vast ocean, surging towards the illusory dragon's maw and towards Song Zhongqiao's ring blade.

"Shuixi—Nagou!"

Water accommodates everything, all filth in the world can be dissolved in water, washed by it. However, this doesn't mean water is clean, or gentle. Water itself implies descent, containment, harbouring filth.

This was what Wang Qi comprehended during his brief bout with the Ancestor of Water under the guidance of the Yellow Robed King.

Vengeance, being a fierce beast, the hostile intent traced by the "Vengeance Swallowing Ring" move was perfectly encapsulated by Wang Qi's Nagou Method!

The Abyss-like Sword Qi of "Shuixi Nagou" collided with the fierce Dao Artifact of the Vengeance Swallowing Ring the moment they touched, thrusting and resisting. The True Intent of Martial Arts in "Nagou" transformed into gigantic waves, overturning the blade ring, consuming it, turning it into dissolved bones of a dragon beast!

However, the power of "Shuixi Nagou" didn't stop there. For a moment, Song Zhongqiao felt as if he, a mere mortal, were facing the Canghai, suffocating, and drowning. It seemed as though he were about to be drowned in this Sea of Hospitality. After breaking through his opponent's Protective Gang Qi, Wang Qi's Sword Qi swiftly transformed into fine threads, piercing into Song Zhongqiao's acupoints, and laid in ambush.

At this juncture, even if Song Zhongqiao had the strength to counterattack, he dared not act recklessly. Now, if he were to mobilize his Mana, the Sword Qi lurking within his acupoints could explode at any moment.

Wang Qi nodded slightly: "Senior Brother Song, your kindness in letting me win."

He quickly turned around and left, suppressing the wild joy in his heart.

"It's done... It's done... It's really done!"

"I actually managed to defeat that Song Zhongqiao!"

"Just twenty days ago, I was nowhere near being a match for Song Zhongqiao. But now, I actually managed to defeat him!"

"Those ten years of exchange, really were worth it!"

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Long before Wu Qi and Song Zhongqiao determined victory or defeat, Wang Qi had already predicted the outcome of this duel.

In his view, it would be strange if Wu Qi didn't win.

Thanks to the nature of the Ancient Method Practitioners. During the ten years Wu Qi exchanged, nine and a half years were spent in seclusion. This allowed Wang Qi to apply a "nine and a half year" sticker, which greatly reduced the burden on Wu Qi's soul. And for the remaining half year, Wu Qi traveled across various places, battling against strong opponents in the "instance".

The "AI" of those strong opponents was not scripted, but portrayed by real people. Some of these actors were Nascent Soul Stage cultivators from Luochen Sword Palace, while others were true experts of the Modern Immortal Path. Regardless of which group, any casual guidance they offered in martial arts could benefit Wu Qi immensely.

In the final month, Wu Qi participated in the epic quest of "Sealing Cthulhu" and faced the ancient rulers directly.

Though those "six-day-old ghosts" were merely creations of Wang Qi, due to the effects of the Suggestion Technique, Wu Qi was deeply convinced of their reality. And at the moment the "Ancestor of Water" avatar appeared, Jarvis used the Divine Plague Curse Technique to severely stimulate his mind, immersing his psyche entirely in negative emotions. This extreme negative heart demon at that moment was perceived as an external force by him and was mimicked into Martial Arts Fist Intent!

Under Wang Qi's deliberate guidance, "Shuixi Nagou" was thus born.

Additionally, according to Wang Qi's plan, the cultivation of the "Xuanjun Seven Chapters Secret Scripture" is akin to registering a large V account on the Heart Network. The stronger the "Xuanjun Seven Chapters Secret Scripture" becomes, the more authority he gains in the Heart Demon Mysterious Net.

The "entity" Wu Qi sensed just now was naturally the part of the Heart Demon Mysterious Net that belonged to him. At that moment, he was even using the Heart Demon Mysterious Net to enhance his own aura and increase his computational power.

Furthermore, Wang Qi also felt that his moves, especially the move "Shuixi Nagou", truly tapped into the power of the Heart Demon Mysterious Net.

That final strike far exceeded Wu Qi's original strength, which was the reason for Song Zhongqiao's defeat.

"Martial Arts Fist Intent is a mix of intense suggestion blended with real, physical essence, mana, and other such forces. Because he personally believed that 'the Ancestor of Water is real and not illusory' and 'water is a vessel for impurity', he could cultivate the related Martial Arts Fist Intent... The key lies in personal perception..."

"And human thinking is inevitably influenced by 'culture', conversely, culture is merely the sedimentation of 'a group's' thinking..."

As Wang Qi was pondering, Ru Tianqi sighed next to him: "Now the trump card of the Sword Palace disciples isn't swordsmanship, it's really... pitiful."

"Who cares." Despite Wang Qi's nonchalant tone, he stood with proper decorum. Right now, he was standing formally beside Ru Tianqi. Anyone who saw him now would only think, "Xia Li is such an obedient and filial disciple."

However, there was no trace of reverence in Wang Qi's voice. With an impassive expression, he asked, "Have you recorded it?" 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

The precision of a high-order cultivator's senses is no less than that of experimental instruments. However, a person's subjective intentions can always introduce bias in what they observe. Therefore, the physical phenomena perceived directly by a cultivator generally cannot serve as core experimental data, though they can serve as supporting evidence.

Moreover, what Wang Qi wanted to know now was the "perception of a high-order Ancient Method Practitioner towards the Xuanjun Seven Chapters Secret Scripture."

Ru Tianqi knew what Wang Qi called him over for. He summoned a jade slip without saying much. Wang Qi took the jade slip, scanned through it with his Spiritual Sense, and roughly reviewed Ru Tianqi's perceptions. This jade slip carried everything Ru Tianqi discovered while observing Wu Qi's combat just now. In general, it matched Wang Qi's perception, but in the details, Ru Tianqi far surpassed Wang Qi. Ru Tianqi detected many subtle aspects of the swirling mana.

Wang Qi put away this data, preparing to compare it with instrument-collected data.