Chapter 785
Chapter 785
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>Translator: Ryuma
>Chapter: 785
>Chapter Title: Chopping Dragon and Slaying Immortals
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Li Huowang had already returned from Zhengde Temple. In the simple bedroom, he stared at his own reflection before him.
He looked at the seven eyeballs on his forehead in the reflection, and those eyeballs seemed to possess consciousness at this moment, staring straight back at Li Huowang just as intently.
These were seven privy eyes. Li Huowang understood the value of these things.
Back then, just a single one had been enough to divine the position of the Sitting Oblivion Dao leader Dice. And now, with a full seven, as long as Li Huowang wished it, he could use these seven privy eyes to uncover any secret in the world that he desired.
However, what Li Huowang wanted to know most right now was naturally how Xuan Pin had helped the other Si Mings within White Jade Capital back then.
Although the issue had been resolved, Li Huowang still harbored lingering doubts about the origin of this thing.
As Li Huowang recalled everything that had happened before, his expression grew extremely grave.
Such a precious item had been casually bestowed upon him by that certain existence, and the only impression Li Huowang had of it was the sensation of slender, hair-like tendrils.
The memories in Li Huowang's mind had now vanished. The only way for him to understand what had truly occurred before was through the notes he had written down on the table in front of him while his memory was still intact.
Looking at the records he had penned himself, Li Huowang felt a profound sense of unfamiliarity.
"The Si Ming who commands all secrets...?" From Li Huowang's personal experience, this Si Ming's abilities not only allowed for the effortless unveiling of any secret but also its concealment.
Anything concealed could become a secret—even a period of one's own time, an object, or even an entire timeline completely different from this one!
Unlike Ji Zai, and even unlike Ba Hui, this nameless Si Ming was evidently extraordinarily Siming and powerful.
The only thing that gave Li Huowang even slight reassurance now was inferring from the entity's actions that, at least for the moment, It was not aligned with the Dharma Sect.
"However, with such a powerful Si Ming as an ally, and they still can't overcome the Dharma Sect... just how formidable is that side?" Li Huowang fell silent.
"Forget it. Do what one can and leave the rest to fate." Li Huowang shook his head vigorously and stared intently at the reflection before him. "Back then... how exactly did Xuan Pin help the Si Mings?"
The moment Li Huowang's words fell, he saw the seven eyeballs on the forehead in the watery reflection slowly close.
In the next instant, Li Huowang's vision blurred, and various images flashed rapidly before his eyes.
As he clutched his head in agony, the things Xuan Pin had done in the past slowly surfaced in his mind, as if they were a segment of memory from before.
"Sir Supervisor of the Celestial Observatory, everything is prepared." Hearing the Forbidden Army's response, Xuan Pin slowly set down the brush in his hand, turned around, and walked out of the room into a massive ritual altar piled high with torches at its edges.
At the center of the altar were the others who had followed Xuan Pin to their deaths.
And at the very center of this circular altar stood a colossal bronze tree, dozens of zhang tall.
But just as Xuan Pin positioned himself under the tree with his six hands forming a mudra, he suddenly halted.
"What's wrong?" Huangfu Tiangang, the Great Liang National Advisor holding the Star-Mansion Sword and preparing to perform the rite beside him, asked Xuan Pin.
Xuan Pin shook his head. "Someone's here."
"Someone?" Huangfu Tiangang's expression darkened instantly. He pulled out a Dao bell and shook it violently. The echoes of the bell, near and far, rang out one after another around the entire altar.
Once the bell sounds ceased, Huangfu Tiangang turned back to Xuan Pin in confusion. "Where? I've set up a grand formation outside. Not even a bug could get in. Impossible for anyone to be here."
Xuan Pin offered no further explanation. As if noticing Li Huowang's gaze, he peered through the pitch-black hole in his red Daoist robes in the direction of Li Huowang's line of sight. "I don't know who you are, nor why you seek this Chopping Dragon and Slaying Immortals Array."
"But since you wish to learn it, the world must be in dire peril. I'll teach you now—watch closely."
"First, step the astral pattern. This is the Supreme Lingering Over the Three Realms Gang. It is the ancestor of the Yu Steps. With the Reversal Step, nothing is impossible. The steps need not be overly complex, but the mind must connect to the Nine Stars, the feet intimidate the Nine Spirits, and the body complete with Nine Qi to achieve fluency."
With that, Xuan Pin began demonstrating for Li Huowang. "For men in Yu Step, left foot first. For women in Yu Step, right hand first. Left one overlays right two above pinching the Taiyi Mudra. Left two overlays right three in the middle pinching the Longevity-Seeking Si Ming Mudra. Left three overlays right one below pinching the Heavenly Pass Mudra."
As Xuan Pin explained, his three pairs of different hands extended from his Daoist robes, pairing and forming various mudras.
"Enter the Yang Dou traces. Now recite with me."
The incantation from Xuan Pin's mouth was profoundly obscure and difficult to comprehend, yet Li Huowang instantly grasped its meaning. "Among the Twenty-Eight Mansions hidden within the body, Purple Tenuity forms the golden beam framing the jade pillar."
As Xuan Pin proceeded step by step, this so-called Chopping Dragon and Slaying Immortals Array was gradually etched into Li Huowang's mind.
Next, the National Advisor beside him raised his Star-Mansion Sword and pointed it forcefully at the sky. Two dragon veins flew in from afar, coiling directly onto the massive bronze tree—one of them was Gao Zhijian.
As the two dragon veins settled onto the tree, the colossal bronze tree instantly grew much brighter, its color shifting toward gold.
The clouds in the sky parted in an instant, revealing the starry points above. As Xuan Pin and those around him continuously chanted incantations and performed rites, accompanied by ceaseless dragon roars, the dragon veins linked to the earth veins. The mountains, rivers, and feng shui of the entire world shifted dramatically. The stars scattered, exposing a pitch-black void.
Li Huowang finally understood why this secret required seven privy eyes in exchange. Amid that ultimate darkness, he saw the massive jade gate—the Lü Gate.
A boundless, enormous multi-pupiled eye peered down from beyond the Lü Gate.
As Xuan Pin stepped the astral pattern and intoned the mudra, the barefooted National Advisor raised his Star-Mansion Sword, lifting three Nine Dragons Bright Valley Birth Light Talismans.
"All forms barefooted, swiftly tread the heavenly gate. Yin demon qi invades Southern Yang. Nine Dragons soar in light, bursting forth yang radiance. Instantly the heavens clear, great thousand glows. Yin evil delusions scattered afar. Om, U Lun Shen, heavenly light pierces yang. Hasten and obey the decree to seize!"
As the golden talismans on the National Advisor's sword ignited instantly, dragon roars echoed one after another. Golden dragon bodies rapidly climbed along the bronze tree onto everyone within the altar.
Immediately after, dragon scales, horns, and other mutations appeared on everyone's bodies. Many clothes tore open, revealing patches of malformed dragon scales. Dragon qi manifested on them.
Conversely, the dragon veins on the bronze tree detached powerlessly, with various withered, aged corpses draping the entire tree.