Primordial Era: Exceptional Comprehension, Destroying Buzhou Mountain at the Start

Chapter 49 Dijiang Severes His Body and Dao, Experiencing Weakness; Dijiang's Old Body; The Witch Clan Can Choose a Path

"Alright, then I'll cultivate it!" Dijiang immediately stepped forward, not giving the other Ancestral Witches a chance to speak.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jiuyin and the others exchanged glances, wanting to say something. However, Di Jiang had already begun cultivating, so they could only give up.

At the place where Di Qing was in seclusion, Di Jiang did not hesitate at all and immediately began to cultivate the Body-Severing Enlightenment Method.

The Emperor's Scripture, through its power to sever the body and illuminate the Dao, caused his own blood and energy to surge, his physical body to boil, and the Great Dao to manifest. As it circulated, the bloodline of the Witch Clan intertwined with the Great Dao, gradually transforming into a divine axe.

The divine axe resembled the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe, intertwined with the aura of the Buzhou Heavenly Pillar, and also imprinted with the aura of the Three Treasures of Heaven-Opening, making it look like a real Heaven-Opening Divine Axe.

This divine axe, having been condensed over thousands of years, finally gathered the vast and boundless aura of Buzhou, attracting a wisp of the will of the Father God Pangu.

At that very moment, Dijiang roared, "Slay..."

In an instant, the divine axe fell, instantly slicing through Dijiang's flesh and blood vessels.

Even the mighty currents of the Great Dao and the endless river of spiritual treasures could not shake Dijiang's physical body in the slightest, yet now, with the fall of the divine axe, it was instantly severed.

That's right. This divine axe is a wisp of the will of the Father God Pangu. It's similar to the Heaven-Opening Axe of Destiny that severely injured Luo Lian back then.

As the divine axe fell, Dijiang's flesh and blood were torn apart. His boundless, powerful blood and terrifying body all fell into one place, transforming into an existence exactly like Dijiang.

Di Qing watched, observing and comprehending the changes. Especially when he saw Di Jiang split from one into two, his eyes gleamed with wisdom.

There were two Dijiangs, one of whom looked exactly like Dijiang before he cultivated the Body-Severing Enlightenment Technique. He possessed a similarly powerful physical body and an aura to Dijiang.

Originally, Dijiang's physical body had reached the half-step Hunyuan realm, and the physical body he had severed was also at the half-step Hunyuan realm. At most, his aura had decreased slightly. However, this Dijiang's eyes were dim and listless, as if he had no mind, merely a physical shell.

The other Dijiang had bright, intelligent eyes, full of emotion. Yet his physical body was incredibly weak; it seemed Diqing could annihilate him with a single breath. At this moment, all the Ancestral Witches looked towards the frail Dijiang.

Dijiang clenched his fists, feeling his frail body and a sense of unease: "Such a weak body, such a feeling of being weakened. This is absolutely a feeling I've never had since I was born. Is this what it feels like to be weak? It's truly uncomfortable, and I'm truly not used to it."

"Yes. This is what it feels like to be weak. Our Wu clan's innate powerful physique has prevented us from ever experiencing weakness. To be able to experience it now is a special kind of understanding. At the same time, cultivating from weakness will be a new experience and a new understanding of cultivation." Di Qing said, feeling more and more certain in his heart that the method he created was correct.

Having never experienced weakness, or the process of growing from weakness to strength, I was ultimately lacking in my cultivation practice. Now, however, I can make up for that.

Di Jiang naturally understood Di Qing's meaning, smiled slightly, and continued cultivating: "Such understanding is very interesting. However, next, I should also cultivate the second part of the Body-Severing Enlightenment Method: the Dao-Severing Method! However, the Great Dao imprinted within our Wu Clan is related to our physical body. When I sever my powerful physical body, the imprinted Spatial Great Dao also goes with the old body."

"The spatial Dao imprinted within my current weak body is also weak and thin. It's easy to sever!"

Having said this, Di Jiang's mind stirred, and the spatial Dao imprinted within his weak physical body was instantly severed. He then flew into the old body he had just severed.

As the severance was made, the old body didn't change much. However, Di Qing's expression changed: "It seems that there are some problems with the 'Severing the Body to Understand the Dao' method I deduced. I shouldn't sever all physical cultivation first, but rather sever one's own Great Dao first, then sever one's own bloodline, and finally sever one's own physical body."

Di Jiang awoke from the severing of the Great Dao, feeling himself weakened, but then heard Di Qing say, "A change is needed. For now, I will act as a practitioner. The third method of the Body-Severing Enlightenment Technique: The Severing of Witchcraft!"

Having said this, the condensed Heaven-Opening Axe slashed down once more. The bloodline imprinted within Dijiang's weak body was instantly severed.

The overwhelming force severed Dijiang in two. Ling Dijiang could barely maintain his human form and was instantly reduced to two drops of blood essence.

A drop of essence blood is pure and flawless, while another drop contains a few impurities. However, those impurities only apply to Di Jiang. To other cultivators, it is absolutely pure.

But in Dijiang's eyes, those were impurities, filth in his bloodline. After being slashed out, they flew into his old body.

Immediately, the old body, resembling a puppet, carried 99% of Dijiang's cultivation and strength from his peak. However, the focus of the Ancestral Witches' attention was on Dijiang, who had transformed into a drop of pure essence blood, rather than on this puppet-like old body.

Meanwhile, Dijiang, who had transformed into essence blood, contained his true spirit within it, and began to cultivate, intertwining with the essence blood. A torrent of spiritual energy surged like a tide, seeping into the essence blood, gradually boiling and changing.

In Di Qing's eyes, this drop of essence blood exuded a rich and extreme life force, and with it, life propagated and created.

Suddenly, a faint spatial Dao rhythm began to rise within his essence blood. As that Dao rhythm formed, it grew and evolved into the Great Dao of Space.

This change caused Di Qing to frown: "It's still the Great Dao of Space. Has Di Jiang chosen the Great Dao of Space again, or has the Great Dao of Space re-emerged within Di Jiang's bloodline?"

Di Qing was puzzled, as were Zhu Jiuyin and the others; they were filled with doubts about this outcome.

...

In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of years have passed.

With the abundance of endless resources, Dijiang, who had transformed into a drop of essence blood, finally took on a new form.

The moment of transformation was not in human form, but in the form of the Great Dao of Space. This form was similar to the Great Dao True Body of Dijiang in the past. However, the Great Dao of Space imprinted within Dijiang at this time was thin, and the Great Dao True Body he transformed into was relatively weak.

Dijiang maintained his Great Dao True Body posture, sensing the changes within himself: "Is this what it feels like to be reborn, to be transformed again? Although I am weak, the bloodline within me is pure, and the spatial Great Dao that drives reproduction is extremely profound. I can feel that with this new body, I will grow extremely fast in my cultivation. Moreover, when I cultivate to the half-step Primordial Realm again, I will definitely surpass my former self. Furthermore, I will be able to break through many of the bottlenecks of the half-step Primordial Realm."

Looking at the excited Di Jiang, Di Qing asked, "Di Jiang, is the spatial Dao within you the result of your new choice or the result of your own reproduction?"

"It is both the result of my re-selection and the result of automatic reproduction." Di Jiang said, his eyes filled with excitement: "Di Qing, when I was reborn with a drop of essence blood, the pure bloodline, along with the characteristics of the Wu Clan, began to automatically reproduce the Great Dao. However, in the process of this Great Dao reproduction, the Space Great Dao was instinctively reproduced."

"I consciously restrained the propagation of the Great Dao of Space. I discovered that I am able to restrain the propagation of the Great Dao of Space, and I can choose a new Great Dao, imprint it in my bloodline, and become a new Great Dao propagation."

"But in the end, I still chose the Path of Space. After all, this path suits me, and I'm familiar with it."

Upon hearing this, Di Qing's many doubts were instantly resolved: "It can be changed! The Great Dao imprinted within our Wu Clan can truly be changed."

"It is possible to change. But change is meaningless. We, the Ancestral Witches, have already adapted to the Great Dao we were born with. If it were to change suddenly, not only would we feel uncomfortable, but it would also be difficult for us to surpass our former selves with the new Great Dao," Dijiang said, expressing his insights.

"Of course I know that. However, all I need to know is that the Great Dao inherent in the Witch Clan can be altered. Besides, this alteration doesn't bring much benefit to us Ancestral Witches. But for those Great Witches and Lesser Witches, it's an improvement."

"After all, the personalities of many great and lesser shamans do not align with the Dao imprinted upon them. In particular, many of the clansmen influenced by the Luo Alliance back then disliked the Dao imprinted within them."

"That's true!"

Dijiang and Zhujiuyin were well aware that many lesser witches today possessed complex and intertwined Daos within their bodies, making it difficult to find a Dao that suited them or that they preferred. Now that they had the opportunity to choose again, they were naturally willing to accept it.

As Di Jiang cultivated the Nine Revolutions Dao Body Technique, he also cultivated the Di Jiang Void Scripture, which Di Qing had improved and modified for him several times, and his cultivation level increased rapidly.

In a short period of time, his physical body reached a level comparable to that of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

At this moment, Di Qing also passed on the newly perfected Body-Severing Enlightenment Method to the other Ancestral Witches: "Based on Di Jiang's insights from cultivating the Body-Severing Enlightenment Method, I have perfected it to make it more suitable for our Witch Clan to cultivate. As for when to cultivate it next, that is up to you."

As Di Qing spoke, his gaze swept over the many Ancestral Witches beside him. After they had all comprehended and perfected the Body-Severing Enlightenment Method, they looked at each other, and one by one, a desire to cultivate arose within them.

Of course, they were also mindful of their limits. They allocated resources beforehand. They couldn't all thirteen Ancestral Witches cultivate simultaneously; if something unexpected happened, it would be difficult to handle.

So he spends half his time cultivating and the other half continuing to protect the current Wu tribe.

(End of this chapter)