Chapter 445: Chapter 227: Five Fire Stone Banner Condenses Blazing Flames, Yama Dominating Blood Battles the Heavens (Part 2)

Zheng Yi immediately recognized that the array inscribed was the most powerful superimposed Flame Array among the fire attribute arrays.

Compared to before, Zheng Yi had now absorbed Wei Xu’s array achievements, gained his Tier Four inheritance, and further comprehended it step by step with the help of the Super Brain Main God.

He was already a far cry from his past self.

It can’t be said that he had reached Wei Xu’s level.

But in terms of Array Dao, he had carved out his own path.

Unlike other arrays, he had a unique advantage, particularly with the Super Brain Main God deduction, allowing him to save an infinite amount of time compared to others.

The Flame Array, one of the Four Extremes Array Maps, contained extremely terrifying accomplishments in Array Dao.

According to Zheng Yi’s estimation, even Nascent Soul Stage True Monarchs could not encompass its entirety.

With this inheritance, he could take a commanding position, combining it with the Tier Four Array Dao, and delve step by step from the superficial to the core.

After all, the Dao of arrays varies in levels, but the principles inherent are the same.

Simply put, given Zheng Yi’s current magical power and array attainments, fully manifesting the true essence of the Flame Array was impossible, but absorbing its superficial aspects and a sliver of the power of rules contained within it, using the single fire attribute of the Five Fire Stone Banner, might be feasible.

Moreover, this represented the culmination of all of Zheng Yi’s comprehension of Array Dao during this period.

As a special array, the Flame Array, with its ferocious power, could be tamed by the Five Fire Stone Banner, working in harmony to allow Zheng Yi a better understanding of the true essence.

It might even lead to comprehending a Divine Technique belonging to the fire attribute.

In Zheng Yi’s view, the Four Extremes Array, with the Four Great Array Maps inherited from ancient times, belongs to a relatively secret inheritance array, and the power of rules contained within it can serve as a key to understanding the divine techniques of the four major attributes.

However, how far he could go still depended on his own fate.

After all, a master opens the door, but cultivation depends on the individual.

Though, ever since learning about the Ninth Grade Core Formation, Zheng Yi had to redesign his entire system, and he also wanted to comprehend more Divine Dao Seeds.

But such matters require long-term accumulation rather than a moment’s effort, and he already had substantial accumulation, ahead of others; the next step was slow research.

Since the Five Fire Stone Banner contained detailed flame superimposition arrays, merging with the array map of the Flame Array was only natural for Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi could glean a part of the array map from it, better understanding the Flame Array, one of the Four Extremes Array.

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After storing away the Five Fire Stone Banner, Zheng Yi took out another inherited treasure.

Dragon Slayer Silver Horn!

Unlike the Fallen Soul Treasure Mirror and the Five Fire Stone Banner, this was not a finished magical treasure.

Instead, it’s an extremely precious body refining material.

It’s a bloodline treasure from a now-extinct variant dragon species.

Legend has it that during the Ancient Era, countless fearsome beings and various terrifying beasts were born in the world, and one such being was the Dragon Race.

The Dragon Race, as one of the inherently most powerful species, had strong physiques and a formidable essence envied by all beings, favored by the Heavenly Dao.

Later, with the rise of ancient cultivators and drastic changes in heaven and earth, the terrifying wars among these beasts ensued.

Over the historical flow, many beast species perished, each disappearing, making the Dragon Race quite rare.

Although some strong beings inherited the ’dragon’ bloodline later on, most are serpent-like or carp-turned-flood-dragons, vastly differing in bloodline and essence compared to the true Ancient Dragon Race.

Indeed, they are entirely different groups.

These flood dragon entities, while still powerful, are not even one percent as precious as ancient dragon species.

The Dragon Slayer Silver Horn in Zheng Yi’s hand should be the most valuable item of an adult Ancient Dragon Beast, the source of its bloodline horn, containing the life essence of the ancient dragon species, qualifying as a powerful body refining treasure.

"Though most of the Daoist Canon within the Celestial Demon Relic is magic inheritance, it doesn’t lack fine body refining techniques, given the Divine Thought Patriarch left this Dragon Slayer Silver Horn, there must be high-end body refining techniques preserved..."

Zheng Yi was determined to pursue dual cultivation of body and magic.

During combat, the advantage of a cultivator in the dual cultivation of body and magic was immense, something he was unwilling to easily give up.

The only regret is the consumption of massive resources required for body refining.

For ordinary cultivators, this is a barrier.

But for Zheng Yi, matters solvable with resources were never a problem.

He was pondering whether the Daoist Canon within the Celestial Demon Relic left by the Divine Thought Patriarch contained a top-tier body refining technique!

If so, that would be a great boon for him.

The Daoist Canon within the Celestial Demon Relic was akin to a miniature library, vast and boundless; it was unclear how many sects the Divine Thought Patriarch had destroyed to acquire so much inheritance.

Incredibly, within, Zheng Yi also discovered other Tier Four arrays and alchemy inheritance.

Their quality was no less than the inheritance imparted by Wei Xu.

After a thorough search by Zheng Yi, flipping through all the body refining books, aided by the Super Brain Main God deduction, he finally found a body refining technique most fitting to himself.

It was a Divine-Demon Body Refining Technique.

Yama Dominating Blood!

The so-called Divine-Demon Body Refining Technique does not refer to a single cultivation technique but is a collective term for various body refining techniques passed on by ancient cultivators, belonging to a category of refining techniques.

However, this type of special body refining technique from ancient cultivators often required a lot of resources to perfect oneself.

Yet, the ancient environment was special, and now many resources are exhausted or extinct, causing many Divine-Demon Body Refining Techniques to become obsolete, useless, and gradually disappear.

Even if some Major Sects still retain some remnants, they’re often shelved with no practitioners, as meeting the required cultivation resources is challenging.

Moreover, as matters develop, the Immortal Cultivation Technique evolves constantly, and modern techniques may well be on par with or superior to ancient techniques, adapting to different environments being the secret to cultivators’ enduring prosperity.

However, after meticulously researching this ancient cultivator’s Divine-Demon Body Refining Technique, Yama Dominating Blood, Zheng Yi discovered that it required the essence blood of Wild Beasts to refine, gradually transforming oneself to form the Yama Dominating Blood.

When cultivated profoundly, ordinary magical treasures can’t even harm its body, making it the most formidable body refining technique Zheng Yi has ever known.

Furthermore, during the cultivation of this Divine-Demon Body Refining Technique, the so-called Yama Dominating Blood develops within, emulating the bloodline of Innate Divine Demons, belonging to one of the lower-tiered Exotic God Bloodlines.

If combined with the Little Five Elements Yin Yang Dao Embryo he has, it would mean possessing both the Divine-Demon Body and Daoist Embryo, capable of unleashing even more powerful effects and combat power.

Imagining this scenario is thrilling.

It would certainly give enemies an extraordinary feeling.

However, each Divine-Demon Body Refining Technique requires vastly different cultivation resources; the Yama Dominating Blood requires the blood of Wild Fierce Beasts for entry-level, and needs extremely powerful body refining treasures.

Coincidentally, the Dragon Slayer Silver Horn is perfect for this purpose, signifying that Zheng Yi can embark on this profound and robust body refining technique.

Storing away the two inherited treasures, a satisfied smile appeared on Zheng Yi’s face.

Although this exploration encountered setbacks, the harvest was substantial, holding extraordinary significance for him.

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Doomsday World.

Outside the Incense Fire Dharma Realm.

Fengdu City had already become an economic and military hub.

The strategic plan formulated by the Soul Hall’s high-level authorities took effect, swiftly expanding outward with strong military support, encompassing dozens of surrounding cities.

Gradually incorporating the entire Western Pole Alliance into their territory.

In this process, all obstructing forces, all demons and ghostly entities, were thoroughly annihilated in one sweep.

A massive influx of residents moved into the Soul Hall-controlled area, continually providing a source of vitality for Fengdu’s power expansion.

As the Soul Hall’s influence spread outward, the territory expanded continuously, with numbers swelling by more than tenfold compared to before.