Desolate Devouring Art

Chapter 731 - Devouring Sun Poison

In two hours, Everything Liu Wuxie required was ready. To ensure enough materials were available, Liu Dashan brought seventy to eighty different materials, each in multiple quantities. Meanwhile, Liu Dayue prepared the medicinal bath as instructed.

“Third Uncle boil the water and make it as hot as possible,” Liu Wuxie instructed.

Liu Dayue complied after a brief hesitation. If the patriarch had been in his prime, even molten lava would have posed no threat, let alone boiling water. But they had no choice but to take this desperate gamble for even the slightest chance of success.

Elder Li entered the room and seemed tempted to intervene several times, but he ultimately held back.

“Grandpa Li, no one is to come within a hundred-meter radius for the next three days,” Liu Wuxie said as he stood up.

“Very well. I’ll join you in this madness,” Elder Li nodded. Doing nothing meant the patriarch would only live another half month at best. If there was even a slim chance of success, it was worth pursuing. Besides, he had little reason to continue without the patriarch.

“Third Uncle put grandfather into the bath,” Liu Wuxie said. It was a giant wooden tub with fire blazing underneath and water bubbling furiously. He crushed the prepared spiritual herbs and mixed them into the tub.

Once he had finished everything, Liu Wuxie removed his clothes and jumped into the tub. He had refined the Fire Spiritual Bead back in the mundane world, which had given birth to the Fire spirit, and this much heat couldn’t affect him.

“Third Uncle, channel your true essence into me if I start to run out of true essence, and our success depends on this moment!” Liu Wuxie sat in the tub with his legs crossed as he turned to look at Liu Dayue. This was because he didn’t have enough true essence to force the poison out of his grandfather.

“Okay,” Liu Dayue nodded. Liu Dashan and Liu Dazhi retreated ten meters away, careful not to disrupt the treatment.

Liu Wuxie sat opposite his grandfather with a row of silver needles in his hand. He began inserting the needles into his grandfather’s primary acupoints one by one, and the last two needles were stuck directly into Liu Xiucheng’s eyes, which nearly made Liu Dayue lose his composure.

“The poison has sealed grandfather’s soul sea, and the only way is through his eyes,” Liu Wuxie explained to ease everyone’s concerns.

As he circulated the Desolate Devouring Art, the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron began to appear. Liu Wuxie planned to use the power of the ancient divine avatar. In truth, he wasn’t just extracting the poison from his grandfather, but he was absorbing it.

The poison had seeped into his grandfather’s bones, and even someone in the Heaven Profound Realm couldn’t expel it. This meant Liu Wuxie wasn’t an exception, but he had comprehended She Bishi’s Poison Art.

As long as he could comprehend a wisp of Poison Art’s essence, he could harness all the poison in the surroundings.

When he injected his true essence into his grandfather’s body, his consciousness delved into a mysterious space, isolated from the outside world. His primordial spirit shuttled through his grandfather’s body, trying to sense the poison.

Once his true essence entered his grandfather’s body, it was swiftly corroded by the poison, gradually turning Liu Wuxie’s body black when they returned to his body.

Seeing this from a distance away, Liu Dashan staggered and nearly fell to the ground. Even Liu Dayue and Liu Dazhi were dumbfounded. They could tell Liu Wuxie was trying to use his body to absorb the poison from their father’s body.

This was an exchange by transferring the poison to himself to cleanse his grandfather’s body—a gamble using his life to save his grandfather’s. In a nutshell, Liu Wuxie was putting his life on the line as he had no other choice. If he couldn’t save his grandfather, he would be dead after three days.

But if he could seize this opportunity and comprehend She Bishi’s Poison Art, it could become another one of his trump cards.

“Big brother!” Liu Dazhi grabbed his eldest brother’s shoulder.

The black poison miasma burrowed into Liu Wuxie’s body and soon reached his soul sea. Sensing the intrusion, the Heavenly Dao Book released a dazzling radiance, wanting to expel the poison.

“Heavenly Dao Book, analyze!” Liu Wuxie condensed a droplet of poison that hovered above the Heavenly Dao Book to analyze the poison.

Though he had found some clues on his way to the Liu Clan, he still needed confirmation. His true essence was like a tidal wave, but the rapid consumption took a toll, and he had depleted half of it in mere minutes.

Liu Dayue could only stand by the side anxiously, not daring to make a move.

The golden radiance released from the Heavenly Dao Book enveloped the black poison. Even as time passed, the black poison had no sign of diminishing from Liu Xiucheng’s body.

As Liu Wuxie circulated his true essence, he wanted to send the liquified spiritual energy into his grandfather’s body. This was an immense trial on his primordial spirit.

Another five minutes later, the Heavenly Dao Book finally descended with a black mark on it. This was the rune representing poison, and much information appeared in the book.

“Devouring Sun!” Liu Wuxiei saw the two names and verified his speculation. It was the Devouring Sun Poison. It was an infamous poison that could even poison deities, and one could imagine its power.

The Devouring Sun Poison had long gone extinct and could only be born in the netherworld. This made Liu Wuxie wonder where Liu Xiaotian had managed to get it from. He suspected Liu Xiaotian had colluded with an outsider to covet the Liu Clan’s assets.

The poison was unimaginably insidious and far beyond what Liu Xiaotian could wield.

Liu Wuxie’s body began to turn black except for his head. His body gradually became stiff as the Devouring Sun Poison began to corrode it. He circulated the ancient deity’s power to neutralize the surging poison instantly.

Now that he had identified the poison, the detoxification process would become much easier.

“Third Uncle, lend me your strength!” Liu Wuxie roared.

Liu Dayue was already waiting anxiously for his moment. He immediately touched Liu Wuxie’s back to inject his true essence into the desolate world.

When true essence poured into Liu Wuxie’s body, it left Liu Dayue inwardly shocked. He didn’t expect the purity of Liu Wuxie’s true essence to be so high, far purer than cultivators in the high levels of the Nascent Transformation Realm.

But what struck him the most were Liu Wuxie’s bones and dantian, which seemed as though they could contain a boundless true essence.

With his uncle’s support, Liu Wuxie could finally start detoxifying his grandfather, and his divine sense barged into his grandfather’s soul sea.

“Soul Spear, it’s on you now!” Based on Liu Wuxie’s soul energy alone, it wouldn’t be easy for him to penetrate the barrier, so he could only resort to Soul Spear. This was a dangerous gamble; the slightest mistake would spell doom for both.

The Soul Spear began to materialize before Liu Wuxie, and Liu Dayue could only feel a ripple of soul energy. With an unstoppable momentum, the Soul Spear pierced into the barrier formed by poison. Liu Wuxie summoned the Heavenly Dao Book to protect his grandfather’s soul sea from further damage.

Liu Wuxie heard a thunderous boom as he began to sway along with his grandfather, and the water in the tub started to rumble.

“Add more firewood!” Liu Wuxie ordered, noticing the water wasn’t hot enough, and his progress in forcing out the poison was too slow.

Liu Dazhi hurried over and began adding more firewood. This was the very little thing he could do.

Liu Wuxie retracted his soul energy and continued to venture deeper into his grandfather’s soul sea, only to realize the seal locking the soul sea had loosened. He protected his grandfather’s soul sea from further damage with the Heavenly Dao Book’s protection.

This greatly boosted Liu Wuxie’s confidence. He knew it wouldn’t be easy for him to force the poison out by himself, which was why it was essential for him to receive his grandfather’s cooperation.

Summoning the Soul Spear again, Liu Wuxie increased his strength this time, making the spear almost tangible.

This time, Liu Dayue could sense a terrifying surge of soul energy flashing past him. When the Soul Spear struck the seal with immense force, Liu Xiucheng trembled even more violently and nearly overturned the tub.

As the crack grew in size, Liu Wuxie’s soul energy was greatly exhausted. But he didn’t have to worry for now as his third uncle replenished his true essence.

A cultivator in the True Profound Realm was inexhaustible. To Liu Wuxie’s surprise, his third uncle’s true essence carried traces of the True Profound Realm’s laws. These laws, infused into his body, nourished him and held significant benefits. As his cultivation would progress in the future, the laws of the True Profound Realm would gradually merge with him, strengthening his foundation.

This meant Liu Wuxie could easily reach the True Profound Realm as long as he lived.

The Soul Spear struck for the third time. With even more power this time, Liu Wuxie had now expended half of his soul energy.

The seal finally shattered with a crack, opening a gap. This allowed Liu Wuxie’s divine sense to enter his grandfather’s soul sea.

His grandfather’s soul sea was in a mess and had nearly dried up. At the center, a primordial spirit was barely breathing. He navigated through the devastated soul sea and stood before his grandfather’s primordial spirit.

“Grandfather...grandfather...” Liu Wuxie called out. He had to awaken his grandfather’s primordial spirit to dispel the poison with their joint effort.

However, the primordial spirit remained motionless with no signs of awakening, no matter how Liu Wuxie called out. Cold sweat began to drip down Liu Wuxie’s forehead as time was pressing, and the Devouring Sun Poison had started to corrode his meridians.

If his grandfather still didn’t wake up, there would be no time for him to cultivate the Poison Art. Even if he managed to save his grandfather, his grandfather would be left in a vegetative state, his primordial spirit in an eternal slumber.

“The Heavenly Dao Book! I believe it can help to wake up grandfather!” Liu Wuxie came up with a desperate idea. He immediately summoned the Heavenly Dao Book’s power that left his soul sea, appearing above his grandfather’s soul sea.

The moment it appeared, the entire soul sea lit up in golden radiance, and the Heavenly Dao Book descended before Liu Wuxie to engulf his grandfather’s primordial spirit.

“Grandfather...grandfather...” Liu Wuxie called out. The powerful surge of soul energy released from the Heavenly Dao Book began pouring into the primordial spirit. The dried-up primordial spirit finally moved under the sacred light.

A wave of joy swept over Liu Wuxie’s face. It seemed his grandfather’s primordial spirit hadn’t been entirely lost. Instead, it had entered a self-protection state, a kind of hibernation, to safeguard itself until the danger passed.

Liu Xiucheng’s consciousness had sunk into a boundless abyss, sinking deeper and deeper. But golden light had appeared, accompanied by a voice calling out to him.

“Who’s calling out to me?” Liu Xiucheng’s consciousness grew stronger as he reached for the golden light. The surrounding darkness began to recede, and he finally heard the voice after grabbing the golden light.

“My grandson...which of my grandsons?” Liu Xiucheng’s consciousness wasn’t clear, but he climbed out of the abyss, striving to escape it.

“Grandfather...I’m Wuxie! Wake up...” Liu Wuxie’s voice became more hurried as the Heavenly Dao Book shrunk and returned to his soul sea. This was because his soul sea was nearing exhaustion.