Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 356 Lord of the Spiritual Land
Inside the sacred cave, the firelight shimmered, reflecting its extraordinary nature.

"I have never seen such a strange method before."

After digesting the inheritance that had been imprinted in his mind, various thoughts flashed through Jiang Chen's mind.

The Secret Record of Possession in Mountains and Rivers is essentially a kind of possession technique, but it is different from the conventional possession techniques. Its target is not living beings, but sacred mountains and treasure lands.

All things have a spirit, and mountains and rivers are no exception. The Secret Manual of Possessing the Body of Mountains and Rivers allows cultivators to replace the original natural spirituality with their own spirit, becoming the new soul of a sacred mountain or treasure land. Once successful, the cultivator can transform the sacred mountain or treasure land into a body and become the spirit of the land.

"Compared to the normal method of possession, this Secret Record of Possession of Mountains and Rivers ultimately creates something more like a local god or a spirit bound to the earth."

"Once a cultivator uses this method to replace the spirituality of mountains and rivers, he will be permanently bound to these mountains and rivers and will find it difficult to leave their territory. However, once he succeeds, his lifespan can indeed be greatly extended."

As his thoughts collided, Jiang Chen pondered the essence of the Mountain and River Body Seizure Secret Record. This inheritance did indeed have drawbacks, but it was undeniable that it had its own unique advantages.

It is known that the spirit of mountains and rivers is mingled with all things, hidden in every grain of sand and every stone. It seems to be everywhere, but when you really try to find it, you have no way to do so. You can't see it or grasp it. However, the Secret Records of Mountains and Rivers contain secret methods for finding and fixing these spirits.

"If you want to cultivate the Secret Manual of Possession by Mountains and Rivers, ordinary mountains and rivers are of little use. The spirituality of these mountains and rivers is not only weak but also extremely dull. Only those spiritual mountains and treasure lands have strong and active spirituality, making them the best targets for possession."

"Most importantly, after mastering the secret techniques in such sacred mountains and treasure lands, although one becomes a spirit bound to the land, one also becomes the master of the sacred land. One can use the land's resources to unleash powerful strength. In that small area, ordinary immortal cultivators are probably no match for one."

"Of course, once you leave that small plot of land, the divine power of the Lord of the Spirit Land will be greatly diminished."

After careful study, Jiang Chen gained a deeper understanding of the mysteries of the Mountain and River Body Seizure Manual.

"The secret realm of the mountain fire, no, to be precise, that ancient volcano was probably chosen as the place for possession, but judging from the result, it should have failed."

With a thought in mind, Jiang Chen pulled himself back to the jade tablet in front of him.

Compared to before, after the fusion was completed, the jade plate showed even stronger activity. The reason why the Secret Record of Seizing the Body of Mountains and Rivers was recorded in it was not because someone deliberately left it, but because it was a trace left naturally.

“This jade tablet is not jade in the ordinary sense. In a sense, it is alive. I can feel that there are some chaotic thoughts hidden inside it.”

With his keen insight, Jiang Chen saw through what was hidden in the jade tablet.

In the next instant, his divine soul power erupted, and Jiang Chen forcibly extracted the wisps of his will from the jade tablet.

"The lingering thoughts left behind by a Purple Mansion cultivator after their fall, although they no longer have true consciousness, can still affect ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators if they are not careful."

Sensing the potential danger, Jiang Chen activated the Kanli Soul Forging Secret Technique, throwing these remaining thoughts into the Water and Fire Furnace. Under the erosion of the water and fire power, these remnants completely dissipated in a short time. In the end, these remnants had long since become empty shells under the erosion of time, without even self-awareness, and were completely incomparable to the remnant soul of the demonic ape from before.

As the residual consciousness was completely refined by Jiang Chen, some secrets from the past surfaced before his eyes. These were the memories of the Lord of Remnant Will. Although they were severely incomplete, Jiang Chen still had a general idea of ​​what had happened in the past.

"I never imagined that the fire cores had such an origin. No wonder I thought they had life."

After sorting through the fragments of memory in his mind, Jiang Chen looked at the jade tablet again, and his expression underwent a subtle change.

The treasure land created by the Purple Mansion cultivators is no ordinary place. The so-called fire core is essentially the remains left after the treasure body of a Purple Mansion cultivator collapses, which are eventually formed through some kind of wonderful transformation. It is precisely because of this that these fire cores can create those fire spirit beings.

Similarly, it makes sense that the Secret Record of Mountain and River Body Seizure was carried by the jade tablet, because the jade tablet is essentially a part of the precious body of a Purple Mansion cultivator. A very important step in cultivating the Secret Record of Mountain and River is to imprint the true method, integrating one's own physical body into the mountains and rivers, so as to achieve the purpose of communicating with the mountains and rivers.

Only by abandoning their physical body and establishing contact with the mountains and rivers can cultivators possibly achieve the goal of possessing another's body.

However, the Purple Mansion cultivator, True Person Nine Flames, failed to seize the body back then. Not only was his precious body shattered, but his soul was also devoured by the spirit of the ancient volcano, causing his soul to be scattered. Only some remnants of his precious body were left behind, which, by chance, were transformed into the current fire core under the melting of the ancient volcano's power.

These fire cores can only reveal their mysteries and the hidden secrets of the Mountain and River Body Seizure when they are gathered in a certain number and re-fused into one. However, before the secret realm collapsed, most of the fire essences were hidden deep within the fire veins, making them difficult to hunt even for Dao Foundation cultivators, let alone gather in such large numbers.

"The Purple Mansion is not human; today I finally have a relatively clear understanding of this statement."

"Putting everything else aside, the precious body forged by a Purple Mansion cultivator is extraordinary. To some extent, the flesh and blood of a Purple Mansion cultivator can be used as a spiritual object. The reason why the Chen family was able to cultivate the Flame Sparrow Spirit Tea is because they used the fire core as fertilizer."

"According to the fragmented memories I have obtained, True Person Nine Flames cultivated the Fire Essence Nourishing Spirit Scripture and eventually obtained a treasure, forging the Three Tribulations Flame Marrow Body. Although it has many mysteries, it is not considered top-tier among the many treasure bodies. I don't know how powerful those truly powerful treasure bodies really are."

Having glimpsed only the tip of the iceberg, Jiang Chen saw more and more the gap between Foundation Establishment cultivators and Purple Mansion cultivators.

Although the two are only one step apart, no matter how powerful a Dao Foundation cultivator is, they are still a human being in the conventional sense. Putting aside other things, at the very least, their bodies still retain many human weaknesses. If their head is cut off or their heart is removed, they will most likely die without special means.

However, cultivators of the Purple Mansion are different. Their bodies are completely spiritualized, giving rise to mystical forms and transforming into precious bodies, making it difficult for ordinary methods to harm them.

“Earthly treasures are a manifestation of the power of heaven and earth. When a Purple Mansion cultivator refines earthly treasures and achieves a treasure body, he can be considered to have truly mastered the power of heaven and earth. This is perhaps the biggest difference between Purple Mansion cultivators and Foundation Establishment cultivators.”

"Although Dao Foundation cultivators can also sense the existence of the power of heaven and earth, they can only borrow a little bit of it at most. This is completely different from how Purple Mansion cultivators can transform the power of heaven and earth into their own use."

Touching the jade tablet with his palm and sensing its inner essence, Jiang Chen gained some understanding of the power of Purple Mansion cultivators.

(End of this chapter)