Monster Chronicles: My Daoist Skill Comes from Mythology

Under the Fusang Wood, Song Lin absorbed an even denser amount of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi.

The Fusang Wood was a miraculous tree of heaven and earth, possessing the purest solar Qi.

On this day, the Middle Realm Eight Gods reached completion.

In the skies, gigantic Eight Diagram-shaped figures appeared, grotesque and monstrous in appearance, resembling demons.

Compared to the Five Qi Jungle Taoist Fei Hong, there was a significant difference.

The divinities of a Five Qi Taoist at least resembled humans, while Song Lin's divinities took on forms akin to monsters.

They were the Throat God, Lung God, Heart God, Liver God, Gallbladder God, Left Kidney God, Right Kidney God, and Spleen God.

The throat endowed sound-related Divine Skills, the lungs provided Five Metals Divine Skills, the heart manifested Samadhi True Fire Divine Skills...

The completion of the Middle Realm Eight Gods signified stepping into the Purple Mansion Realm.

At the moment of entering the Purple Mansion, all of Song Lin's cultivation techniques returned, and he could now utilize his artifacts.

Song Lin inwardly examined himself, reviewing his status panel.

Name: Song Lin

Realm: Purple Mansion Middle Stage (Lead Flower, Silver Flower)

Taoist Realm: Six hundred years.

Divine Skills: Donghua Three Flowers Gathering at the Top Flying Immortal Scripture, Heavenly Escape Sword Scripture, Donghua Taoist Soldiers Mystical Character Secret Book, Shenxiao Thunder Skill.

Yuan Shi Venerable's Pill Refinement, Nine-Transformation Rejuvenation Pill Secret Technique, Nine-Transformation Copper Skin Iron Bone Immortal Technique, Five Qi Chaoyuan to Life Spirit Scripture, Supreme Heavenly Shu Spirit Pill Refinement Treasure Disc, Three Great Pills, Qimen Spirit Illusion Creation Spirit Official Technique, Five Qi Yellow Court Twenty-four Nerve Secret.

Blessings: [Emperor Seal], [Moon Cultivation Great Witch], [Temple Blessing], [Golden Crow Yang Pattern], [Emperor's Qi Observation Skill]...

Artifacts: Supreme Elder's Eight Trigrams Furnace, Octagonal Purple Gold Furnace, Emperor Sword, Dragon Mansion Jade Gourd, Five Thunders Heavenly Master Order, Taiji Thunder Seal, Temple Emperor Seal, Eight Sceneries Key, Sun Jade Carriage...

"Phew, I've finally returned."

Song Lin exhaled deeply.

Although the alliance with the two Qimen forests last time enabled him to gain their foundational secret techniques, the core still had to rely on his own foundation.

In this story world, one must also study the Five Qi Chaoyuan technique, particularly the Five Qi Chaoyuan to Life Spirit Scripture listed above.

Perhaps it might be possible to fully analyze this spell using methods from the Five Qi Jungle.

Of course, the prerequisite is achieving perfection in the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top.

After his cultivation reached its peak again, Song Lin stood up and stepped outside the great hall.

The Imperial Palace of Wuchang Country had transformed into a temple.

Both the inner and outer Imperial City had become the Pure Yang Sect's headquarters.

Now, there were over three hundred disciples.

It was the eightieth year of the "Western Ocean Record."

Several disciples were on the verge of breaking through to the Core Formation Realm.

Aside from their original magic veins in sword mastery, cultivation, Medium Immortal Arts, alchemy, Taoist soldiers, and corpse Gu, they had added Qimen Forest's mechanism techniques and Five Qi Jungle's divinity practices.

On this day, Dao Tong came to pay his respects.

Dao Tong was a talent meticulously selected by Song Lin, currently the top disciple of the Pure Yang Sect.

He excelled in sword mastery and Qimen Puppetry Technique.

"Master, your disciple has a question."

"Speak."

"Why is the Undying Mechanism Technique impossible to practice?" Dao Tong asked.

The Undying Mechanism Technique was a high-level secret technique of the Qimen Forest. Its undying mechanism puppets could self-repair without needing human intervention.

Puppets created by such advanced mechanism techniques each carried cultivation levels above Divine Establishment.

However, crafting these puppets required using materials to infuse them with life energy like a living being.

Blood from executed prisoners or evildoers could be utilized for this purpose.

But once this path was opened, it would inevitably spiral out of control in the future.

In the pursuit of stronger mechanisms, people would undoubtedly take extreme risks.

Song Lin expressed his thoughts, intentionally omitting the Blood Sacrifice Technique.

However, Dao Tong, having followed him for years, possessed a commendable character, prompting Song Lin to teach him the complete technique.

At the same time, Song Lin shared his reasoning.

"The Five Qi Jungle's cultivation of internal divinities, in a certain sense, might serve as a substitute for blood sacrificial materials."

This had been Song Lin's idea for quite some time.

The Qimen and Five Qi jungles both originated from the Yin Fu Dharma lineage.

There could not be absolutely no connection—perhaps there was some overlap.

"You all should return and research this further."

Song Lin instructed.

He only proposed the idea—the rest was left to the disciples to implement.

The methodology had been developed through research across multiple worlds.

If everything required his personal attention, time would never suffice.

Dao Tong seemed to ponder briefly; this method might be feasible.

"By the way, Master, I have found some clues regarding the Mystical Character deductions you spoke of."

"Oh?"

Song Lin replied, surprised.

The Mystical Character Jade Scripture had long remained stagnant in exploration.

It was a magic skill that delved into the Great Dao.

In the real world, deducing it was exceedingly challenging; the only one capable of doing so was Zhi Xin, but Zhi Xin could not devote time solely to its development.

In some story worlds, the Great Dao did not manifest, thus the deduction was stuck on the seventh Mystical Character.

The later Mystical Characters became increasingly difficult to unveil, and the Divine Skills derived from them grew ever stronger.

If the eighth Mystical Character pertained to Taoist Soldiers, it may very well produce Purple Mansion-level Taoist Soldiers.

"Since you've found a lead, proceed according to the Two-Division Skill I've taught you."

"Understood!"

With everything arranged, Song Lin intended to return to seclusion.

Boom!

At that moment!

A violent explosion echoed from beyond the island.

Two enormous figures emerged from beneath the ocean's surface.

One was a three-hundred-zhang tall black-spotted toad, the other a thousand-zhang green-eyed, green-scaled Jiao-Dragon.

The Jiao-Dragon stirred up towering waves, crashing one after another against the toad.

Aside from the waves, the Jiao-Dragon exhaled wafts of toxic gas.

The toad spat out a red bead, which expanded into an invisible barrier, blocking wave upon wave of assaults.

The bead emitted crimson light, dissolving the toxic fumes.

Despite this, the Jiao-Dragon's attacks continued to narrow the toad's defensive perimeter; the toad grew visibly strained.

Boom!

The surging waves pierced through the defense of the toad.

The water currents transformed into blades, spears, swords, and halberds, aiming for the toad's vital spots.

Under immense pressure, water proved to be an exceptionally sharp force.