Simulation of the Heavens: Starting from the Age of Desolation

Chapter 114 The Way of the Demon Ancestor's Cave Formation

In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed since Zhou Yu left the world of Flame and Fire.

The war in the Xia Clan world has ended. Dongbo Xueying, who has comprehended several second-grade divine hearts, is ready to become a god at any time. However, on Zhou Yu's advice, Dongbo Xueying did not choose to break through, but instead prepared to try to break through to the first-grade true meaning.

However, Zhou Yu did not tell Dongbo Xueying which first-grade true meaning he was suited to comprehend; everything depended on his own comprehension.

And on the other side——

The Six Paths Heavenly Wheel, within the Blood Demon Cave.

Zhou Yu arrived at a hall shrouded in endless crimson mist. The hall was stained with blood and exuded an ancient aura.

Above the palace gate were three ancient characters—Blood Melting Palace.

After seeing everything clearly, Zhou Yu also showed a slight smile on his face.

"I'm really lucky. I've only been in the Blood Demon Cave Heaven for about ten years, and I've already encountered the Blood Demon Palace, one of the Three Demon Palaces," Zhou Yu remarked.

Just now, he was flying around in search of treasure in the Blood Demon Cave when he was suddenly enveloped by a mysterious bubble and then teleported into a blood pit.

He underwent a series of trials in the blood pit, mainly targeting his physical and mental well-being, and after passing them, he arrived here.

Zhou Yu did not hesitate and went straight into the main hall.

Wow!
Light gathered in the main hall, quickly forming a figure in blood-red robes. The figure glanced at Zhou Yu, then pointed to the wall and said:

"This contains the secret technique of blood dissolving. If you can learn it within a million years, you will have the opportunity to fight against the Blood Beast. If you can defeat the Blood Beast, you will obtain the Three Demon Palace Token. With this token, you can go to the other two Demon Palaces."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu nodded. He already knew these things before he came; the information given to him by the Blood Blade God Emperor contained detailed information.

"The Blood Melting Secret Technique is a test of comprehension and willpower. Only those with high comprehension can hope to master this technique within a million years. The process of cultivating this technique becomes increasingly painful as one progresses. Many Venerables cannot withstand this pain and want to stop and take a break. However, in reality, the best way to master the Blood Melting Secret Technique is to complete it in one go," the figure in the blood-red robe said again.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu was taken aback; he hadn't expected the other party to remind him.

"Thank you very much."

Zhou Yu thanked him, then sat down cross-legged and began to look at the secret technique on the wall.

"It is indeed very difficult, more difficult than any of the secret techniques I have ever seen before." Zhou Yu understood after a little study.

Of course, he had only seen one unique skill, "The True Power of the Destruction of Micro-Dimensional Spacetime," while the others were all World God-level secret techniques.

However, no matter what, it's absurd that a secret technique can be more difficult than a supreme martial art.

"Of course, there are reasons why it's difficult. After all, this Blood Melting Secret Technique is part of the Demon Ancestor's ultimate technique, 'True Body of Ten Thousand Demons,'" Zhou Yu thought to himself.

Even though they are both unique skills, their power varies drastically.

The "Micro-Dimensional Spacetime Annihilation True Power" that Zhou Yu obtained is already quite good. At only the fourth stage, its power is comparable to that of an ordinary top-tier Venerable.

However, the "True Body of Ten Thousand Demons" is so powerful that even the first level of cultivation can rival the power of a top-tier Venerable. Moreover, it can temper the physical body to an extremely terrifying degree, and even Venerables would probably be unable to harm such a physical body.

Such a unique skill, if cultivated by an ordinary Heaven and Earth Realm cultivator, relying solely on brute force and physical strength, could also reach the Venerable level, and even then, one would be among the more formidable Venerables.

Of course, even if a powerful being at the Heaven and Earth Realm has the opportunity to learn the "True Body of Ten Thousand Demons," they may not be able to master it.

Zhou Yu sat cross-legged in the Blood Melting Hall, intently studying and practicing the Blood Melting Secret Technique, while the man in the blood-red robe waited quietly beside him.

According to his experience, even the fastest Venerable would need about ten thousand years to master this secret technique. Most Venerables would spend hundreds of thousands of years to master it, and a few would not be able to.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, 102 years have passed.

At this moment, Zhou Yu, who was sitting cross-legged, also got up.

"What, you've given up?"

The man in the blood-red robe frowned as he looked on. He had seen people who couldn't complete their cultivation in a million years, but this was the first time he had ever seen someone give up after only a hundred years.

"I've succeeded."

Zhou Yu said something, and then he activated his power.

Boom.

Behind him, a blood-red phantom of a strange beast materialized, a sign that the Blood Melting Technique had been perfected.

This secret technique mainly tests one's comprehension and mental will. Zhou Yu, after all, has a hundred times the thinking speed and high comprehension. He spent decades to completely understand this secret technique, and then he began to cultivate it.

The process of cultivating the Blood Dissolving Secret Technique was indeed extremely painful, but Zhou Yu's mental fortitude made it seem not too difficult. Thus, it only took him 102 years to master the Blood Dissolving Secret Technique.

"This"

The man in the blood-red robe looked on, feeling incredulous.

"Could it be that he has seen a similar secret technique before?" the man in the blood-red robe wondered to himself.

There are many people in this universe who have learned the secret art of hemolysis, and perhaps some have even created their own unique skills based on it.

Of course, he didn't think too much about it, after all, he was just a spirit and would only follow the rules.

"Now that you have mastered the Blood Dissolving Technique, the next step is to challenge the Blood Beast."

As the man in the blood-red robe spoke, drops of dark red blood began to fall within the Blood Melting Hall. These drops of blood condensed and eventually formed a scaly beast that stood upright with a pair of incredibly thick claws.

"It's been so long since I've encountered an opponent. Finally, someone has come to challenge me again." The beast roared, and immediately, circles of black ripples spread out.

Zhou Yu could sense that these black ripples emanated a terrifying destructive power, and it was not a stupid power; this destructive power was extremely profound.

According to intelligence, although this blood beast is a manufactured biological weapon, it can still perform some profound moves at the Opening Realm level, and its power is extremely strong, completely comparable to an ordinary Venerable level.

"Take my sword."

Zhou Yu didn't stand on ceremony at this moment, and a divine sword appeared in his hand.

Enveloped in a deep blue, destructive divine power, Zhou Yu unleashed his strongest move, "Time-Space Tribulation."

Tear!

Spacetime was easily torn apart. The blood beast was shocked and quickly stretched out its claws to defend itself.

Boom!

The powerful energy collided, and the blood beast was blasted away, crashing heavily into the wall of the Blood Melting Palace, leaving a huge gash on its body.

"Damn it!"

The blood beast roared and pounced. As it approached Zhou Yu, the black ripples also enveloped him. Even though Zhou Yu was hiding in the deep space-time, the black ripples still managed to penetrate him.

Of course, even if it could penetrate, its power would be much weaker than in normal spacetime.

With a swift movement, Zhou Yu manipulated spacetime to avoid the ripples and dodge the claw of the attacking blood beast.

Wow!
With a flash of sword light, Zhou Yu unleashed another sword strike, easily injuring the blood beast once again.

The outcome of Zhou Yu's battle with the blood beast was actually quite predictable. The blood beast had little chance of harming Zhou Yu, who had opened up the spacetime passage, while every sword strike from Zhou Yu inflicted massive damage on the blood beast.

In less than ten breaths, the blood beast had vanished.

Only a single drop of blood remained on the spot. As a biological weapon crafted by the Demon Ancestor, it would not die; it could be restored to its original state after rest.

"You are very strong and qualified to receive the Three Demon Palace Token."

The figure in the blood-red robe beside him waved his hand and handed a token to Zhou Yu.

After receiving the token, Zhou Yu smiled.

Arriving at the Blood Melting Palace was by luck, but with the Three Demon Palaces Token, one can actively sense and search for the other two Demon Palaces.

. . .

Zhou Yu quickly left the Blood Melting Palace, and he followed closely behind, leaving the Blood Demon Cave Heaven and heading to the Black Rain Cave Heaven, one of the three lower cave heavens, where the Bone Erosion Palace, one of the three demon palaces, was located.

With the help of the Three Demon Palace token, Zhou Yu easily sensed the location of the Bone-Eroding Palace and entered it.

The Bone-Corroding Secret Technique of the Bone-Corroding Hall is similar to the Blood-Dissolving Secret Technique, which Zhou Yu mastered after more than a hundred years.

Afterwards, he went to the Ice and Snow Cave Heaven, where he found the last demon palace, the "Heart Refining Palace". The Heart Refining Palace's Heart Refining Secret Technique is the most difficult of the three demon palaces.

Many Venerable Ones can master the first two secret techniques, but they just can't get past the Heart Refining Hall.

Therefore, although many Venerable Ones have visited the Three Demon Palaces, very few have actually learned the ultimate technique, "True Body of Ten Thousand Demons," through the three Demon Palaces.

However, the difficulty of this stage lies in the mental and physical will. If one's mental and physical will is strong enough from the beginning, it will not be difficult to master the secret technique of refining the mind.

Like Zhou Yu, who, after arriving here, passed the test in less than a century. In a hidden place within the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel, there is a very small landmass with only an inconspicuous little tower on it.

At this moment, Zhou Yu arrived here with an old man with a white beard.

The old man was the spirit of the Heart Refining Hall. After Zhou Yu mastered the Heart Refining Secret Technique, he brought Zhou Yu here.

"follow me."

As the old man spoke, the two quickly stepped into the tower.

"There are two great opportunities through the Three Demon Palaces. One is the first volume of 'The True Body of Ten Thousand Demons,' and the other is to randomly grab a treasure from the treasure vault left by the Demon Ancestor. Whatever you grab is what you get," the old man said, and Zhou Yu nodded in agreement.

"The True Form of Ten Thousand Demons" is indeed the most advanced martial art; mastering it will immediately increase one's strength.

The Demon Ancestor's treasures are also highly anticipated; it is said that with enough luck, one might be able to draw a servant of the Overlord level.

The original "True Form of Ten Thousand Demons" was a green crystal surrounded by many characters, which was quite peculiar.

After learning the secret techniques from the Three Demon Palaces, Zhou Yu already had the foundation to cultivate the "True Body of Ten Thousand Demons," so he easily memorized this ultimate skill.

"Draw your treasure."

The old man led Zhou Yu to try and retrieve the treasure. They saw a dark hole in the wall, but they couldn't see or feel anything inside.

After Zhou Yu reached his hand inside, he suddenly felt as if he had grabbed something.

"A token?"

Zhou Yu saw the treasure he had pulled out: a triangular, jet-black token with an ancient character on it, which should be the character "demon".

"The Demon Ancestor's Decree?"

The old man next to him immediately recognized the token.

"What's the use of this token?" Zhou Yu asked.

"The Six Paths Heavenly Wheel was originally the residence of the Demon Ancestor," the old man said, looking at Zhou Yu.

"With the Demon Ancestor's Token, you can go to the Demon Ancestor's Cave. It is said that the Demon Ancestor secluded himself there for hundreds of millions of years before creating the 'True Body of Ten Thousand Demons'. Many people went there during the Demon Ancestor's universe era, but you are the first one to obtain this token in the subsequent universe eras."

"I see." Zhou Yu nodded. He didn't ask any more questions. He would find out what was going on once he went to see for himself.

However, since the Demon Ancestor threw this token into his treasure vault, it means that there must be some fortuitous encounters inside the Demon Ancestor's Cave.

. . .

The Ice and Snow Cave is shrouded in ice and snow all year round and possesses an incredibly terrifying cold.

After leaving the Refining Heart Hall, Zhou Yu appeared in the Ice and Snow Cave Heaven.

He was standing on a snow-capped mountain, holding the Demon Ancestor Token in his hand. Zhou Yu had already refined it, so he knew that as long as he activated the token, he could be teleported to a certain place.

"This should be the Demon Ancestor's Cave that the Spirit of the Refining Heart Hall mentioned. Let's go take a look." Zhou Yu thought to himself, and with a thought, he poured his power into the token.

In a moment——

hum!
A bubble enveloped Zhou Yu, then burst with a bang, shattering Zhou Yu into countless pieces.

But in reality, he traversed the void in that instant.

hum!
Zhou Yu appeared in a chaotic space, at the center of which was a majestic mountain peak with a huge platform on top.

call!
Zhou Yu landed on the platform and looked up. He saw an ancient stone gate standing there, with three large characters above it: Demon Ancestor Cave.

"This is it."

With that thought in mind, Zhou Yu stepped forward as well.

There was a groove on the stone door. After Zhou Yu put the Demon Ancestor Token into it, the stone door opened with a rumble.

What came into view was a deep passageway, filled with a strong stench of blood.

Zhou Yu carefully entered and ventured deeper into the space. He soon arrived at an incredibly vast area. At the center of the space was a stone platform, surrounded by towering stone walls, each inscribed with numerous textual messages.

"There are still some treasures."

Zhou Yu also noticed that there were many treasures scattered on the ground. These treasures had survived for an incredibly long time and were still well preserved.

"It seems this cave is excellent at preserving treasures." Zhou Yu thought to himself as he put away the numerous treasures. He quickly discovered that he had gathered all the treasures needed to cultivate the "True Body of Ten Thousand Demons".

“However, what’s truly precious here isn’t the treasures, but the information on these stone tablets.” Zhou Yu stood before a stone tablet and carefully read the inscription.

After looking at it for a while, Zhou Yu turned to another stone tablet.

As Zhou Yu looked at the stone tablets one by one, he quickly realized that most of the texts on these tablets were the Demon Ancestor's thoughts and ideas when he created his ultimate techniques.

Creating a unique skill may only require one approach to succeed, but countless approaches can be explored during the process, and all of these approaches are recorded here.

A small number of stone tablets also contain various secret techniques, which are the prerequisite secret techniques created by the Demon Ancestor for his ultimate skills.

"Since I'm already here, I might as well see how the Demon Ancestor created the 'True Body of Ten Thousand Demons'." Zhou Yu quickly made his decision.

Being able to fully understand the process of a terrifyingly powerful figure creating a unique skill was quite an important opportunity for him. Zhou Yu understood that he would eventually create a unique skill that suited him as well.

Zhou Yu sat down on the stone platform in that space. He was pleasantly surprised to find that there were many magic arrays on the platform, and activating them made his mind clearer.

There are also time acceleration arrays, which can accelerate time by an astonishing ten thousand times.

"Although I can't comprehend the Dao under accelerated time, viewing the contents of these stone tablets doesn't affect it," Zhou Yu thought to himself.

Time passed, and five hundred years had gone by when Zhou Yu arrived at the Demon Ancestor's Cave.

Five million years of accelerated time, coupled with his hundredfold increase in thinking speed, allowed Zhou Yu to examine all the stone tablets left by the Demon Ancestor, and he also comprehended most of those secret techniques.

"The Demon Ancestor has mastered six paths, all of which are related to the physical body. No wonder he was able to create a unique skill like the 'True Body of Ten Thousand Demons'," Zhou Yu thought to himself.

"The Demon Ancestor created a unique skill by studying every part of the physical body to the extreme—blood, bones, skin. He studied every part of the physical body to the extreme, starting from the basic level of microparticles and constructing it little by little, ultimately forming an incomparably powerful physical body."

"But obviously, I can't follow his path."

Zhou Yu shook his head inwardly. After spending a long time reading through the Demon Ancestor's research ideas, Zhou Yu had also accumulated a deep understanding of physical body techniques. Under these circumstances, if he were willing to spend the time, he could probably open up a few paths to physical body techniques.

But Zhou Yu felt that this was not suitable for him.

"The Demon Ancestor started from the microscopic level, while I should start from the overall perspective," Zhou Yu thought to himself.

Zhou Yu actually has a foundation in tempering the physical body as a whole.

He also created his own Tribulation Realm physical body in the world of "Cang Yuan Tu", which was to temper it from the overall level by using the concept of array Dao.

"Consider the physical body as a massive magic array, with blood, flesh, bones, skin, and so on forming the array's foundation."

Zhou Yu pondered.

Having witnessed the Demon Ancestor's thought process in creating his ultimate techniques, his understanding of the physical body had reached an extremely profound level.

His knowledge of array formations is quite profound, but he hasn't studied it in this world, mainly because he doesn't have a good direction.

But once he found the direction, Zhou Yu immediately incorporated many of the mysteries into it.

With a speed increase of ten thousand times, Zhou Yu created a physical body secret technique in less than a year in the outside world. After more than a hundred years, he created a second volume of this secret technique.

At this point, Zhou Yu felt he had exhausted all his insights.

Wow!
Time acceleration stops.

In Zhou Yu's eyes, the rules of heaven and earth had finally returned to normal.

Over a long period of time, under the distorted rules of heaven and earth, Zhou Yu had studied how to temper his body using formations, and he had already accumulated an incredibly formidable amount of experience.

Once the rules of heaven and earth returned to normal, Zhou Yu saw even more things.

“Tempering the physical body is clearly just one application of this path. Its true power lies in triggering more rules.” Zhou Yu understood that although he had not opened up a path in the direction of the physical body, he was still able to create extremely sophisticated body-refining techniques because his combination and utilization of physical body-related rules had reached an extremely high level.

This combination of rules is clearly not limited to physical rules; many other rules can also be combined and utilized.

"The Way of Formations." Zhou Yu's many insights coalesced, and he finally understood this path.

P.S.: I had some writer's block, so it's quite late. Sorry. That's all for today; I'll add more tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)