Chapter 301: Chapter 234: Recuperating on the Immortal Mountain, a Storm Brews in His Absence (Part 1)

The first thing he had to undo was the Perfect State. It was a truly life-threatening Secret Technique.

Yi Beidou sat cross-legged before the Spiritual Spring, reaching into the stone pool that shimmered with a rosy glow.

As he scooped, he realized something was off. This Spiritual Spring didn’t seem to be ordinary water formed by a condensed magnetic field. It was as heavy as mercury, though he had no idea how it had been created.

He scooped up half a palmful of the Spiritual Spring Water and gently licked it with his tongue.

The Spiritual Spring Water was cool and sweet. The next moment, the cells in his body seemed to rejoice, creating a feeling of intense craving. His Physical Ability also recovered slightly.

This Spiritual Spring not only shared some properties with Penglai Power but also contained potent nutrients, on par with the Peacock Pill he had taken earlier.

He hesitated no longer. Bending down, he began to drink directly from the stone pool. The water level in the small pool started to drop at a rate visible to the naked eye.

After the water level had dropped by about a fifth, Yi Beidou stopped drinking. He sat cross-legged and focused his mind on the Life Magnetic Field within his body.

He deactivated the Celestial Demon Disintegration Skill. Guided by biological inertia, the completely reversed magnetic field in his body violently snapped back, returning to its normal state.

The resulting damage was terrifying, like the world itself was collapsing, and far exceeded Yi Beidou’s expectations.

POP! POP! POP! POP! POP!

It was as if several grenades had gone off inside Yi Beidou’s body, producing a series of scalp-numbing pops.

His body was strong enough to withstand bullets, his muscles like steel, yet now they were spontaneously bursting open, forming gruesome wounds.

Blood and shredded flesh flew everywhere, splattering his surroundings. The Spiritual Spring, once filled with ethereal Immortal Qi, was now tainted by his blood, its sacred aura shattered, taking on a grim appearance.

In a single instant, there was barely an inch of unscathed skin left on Yi Beidou. Blood oozed from his pores.

COUGH! COUGH! COUGH!

At the same time, Yi Beidou started coughing up mouthfuls of blood, which seemed to contain fragments of something.

His internal organs had suffered immense damage.

The pain was so intense that even Yi Beidou couldn’t stop his face from twitching.

He felt as if his body had been completely hollowed out in an instant.

The strength he had felt moments ago in his Perfect State was matched only by the weakness he felt now.

In his entire life, he had never been this weak, never this gravely injured.

’So this is the terror of completely reversing one’s Life Magnetic Field?’

Yi Beidou gave a wry, helpless smile. Without the support of the Penglai Power, his condition would have been even worse.

His body probably would have exploded, scattering flesh, bone, and organs all over the ground.

When a completely reversed Life Magnetic Field is deactivated, it collides with the inertia of its normal function, creating a monstrous backlash that affects every part of the body.

It was as if every cell, every organ, and every muscle had been thrown into chaos, crushing and attacking one another, causing his body to disintegrate from within.

’If it weren’t so devastating, how could this Secret Technique be worthy of the name "Celestial Demon Dissolution"?’

The ultimate state of this Secret Technique was truly the most forbidden of all Forbidden Secret Techniques.

HUMMM!

Fortunately, his Blood-Colored Demon Flame was still piercing the Void, continuously devouring Penglai Power to fuel his body and stimulate its regenerative abilities to the fullest. The Spiritual Spring Liquid he had just drunk was also taking effect, replenishing his Physical Ability and speeding up his recovery.

Yi Beidou forced his broken body to sit upright and began the process of recovery. Most importantly, he needed to calm his mind to fight off the influence of the Power of Tribulation.

’A thousand tribulations, a hundred hardships, yet I remain free.’

Yi Beidou chanted this silently in his heart. ’To think that even after suppressing my Demon Nature and mastering the Freedom Technique, I’d still have to face a mental Demon Tribulation. Life is truly unpredictable.’

「Seven days passed in a flash.」

Beside the Spiritual Spring, Yi Beidou sat cross-legged, eyes shut tight. His Blue-White Demon Flame burned, connecting with and devouring the omnipresent Penglai Power.

On the surface, his body appeared to have mostly recovered. He had drunk nearly half of the Spiritual Spring from the stone pool beside him.

Without the aid of the Spiritual Spring, a full recovery would have likely taken more than twice the time.

Yi Beidou, still sitting cross-legged, suddenly snapped his eyes open.

He rolled his neck, and with a slight tremor of his frame, a series of pops like firecrackers echoed from his body.

ROAR!

His chest and abdomen then swelled, producing a terrifying resonance. The sound that erupted was like the roar of a tiger and the cry of a dragon, its waves causing the surrounding jade-like bamboo to tremble violently.

"My physical functions have mostly recovered. This Penglai Power is truly miraculous. It stimulates the body’s cells at a deep level and unlocks incredible potential. Is this the power left behind by a so-called Earth Immortal?"

Yi Beidou mused to himself. These past few days, in addition to healing his wounds and suppressing his demonic thoughts, he had been trying to comprehend the true mysteries of the Penglai Power. But the more he experienced it, the more abstruse and difficult to grasp it seemed—not something he could master in a short time.

His previous ability to wield the Penglai Power didn’t mean he had truly mastered it; he had simply been using the unique properties of his Demon Flame to brute-force it.

’It’s like food. It’s easy to find a way to eat it. The hard part is learning the recipe to cook it yourself.’

’Even the Alchemist, after so many years here, never mastered its essence. He was only ever borrowing it. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have had to wait for me to enter Penglai Immortal Mountain; he could have just borrowed the Penglai Power and killed me back in Japan.’

’If that had been the case, I truly might not have survived.’

"A pity."

Yi Beidou shook his head slightly.

The Penglai Power only existed within the Immortal Mountain Realm. If he couldn’t truly master it, he wouldn’t be able to use it once he left.

Without this power, the Perfect State was an illusion, completely out of reach. To use it would mean certain death, with no hope of being saved.

Forget the Perfect State; even using the Eighth Layer of Reverse Chaos would be a challenge now. He had underestimated the backlash of Celestial Demon Dissolution from the Sixth Layer onward. If he hadn’t been on the Immortal Mountain, unable to borrow the Penglai Power, he would have suffered irreversible injuries even if he had survived using the Eighth Layer of Reverse Chaos, leaving him far weaker than before.

’The Perfect State... it’s just an "Experience Card" that I can only use here on Penglai Immortal Mountain.’

’If I could stay here and meditate for a while longer, I might make some real progress. Even if I can’t use the Perfect State, it would be great to be able to use the Seventh or even Eighth Layer of Reverse Chaos and eliminate the backlash from the lower levels of Celestial Demon Dissolution.’

"But now isn’t the time," Yi Beidou said softly as he slowly rose to his feet.

He hadn’t forgotten the promise he had made in Japan not long ago.

He had given the government of Japan three days to send a suitably qualified representative to apologize to him in person.

He had been gone for a full seven days now, and he had no idea what the situation was like outside.

He had to leave the Immortal Mountain and pay a visit to Japan.

It was time to give an answer—to Japan, and to everyone across the globe who was watching him, whether with concern or with hatred.

He would let them all know that he was still alive and would continue to move forward, just as he always had.

And just as Yi Beidou expected...

His every move now drew the attention of countless eyes. Some even saw his actions as the dawn of a new revolution for human society, on par with the Industrial or Information Revolutions. An incalculable number of people across the globe were watching.

After all, for a single individual to force the leader of a nation to bow their head in apology was a world-shaking event.

To put it bluntly, Tokyo was now swarming with international media, related professionals, and curious onlookers, all waiting to witness this historic moment for themselves.

However, the deadline had passed, and there was still no sign of Yi Beidou.

This, without a doubt, sparked heated debate among the public.