Chapter 82: Refining the Eight Sceneries, Taking the Lead
Heaven and earth were ablaze with gold and red, the Flame Energy filling every corner.
Inside the Divine Farmer's Cauldron, Jiang Li's Divine Thought transformed into a human form, overlooking below where he could only see a massive iceberg that was just the tip of a colossal spherical mass.
The sphere was boiling with Flames, circulating a golden-red Flame Flow that resembled the sun, yet also like a surging sea of fiery waves.
A vertical crease materialized between the brows of Jiang Li's human-formed Divine Thought, and as his Heavenly Eye gazed at the Flame Flow through the True Fire flames, he saw a massive bird-shaped Divine Beast at the center of the fiery sphere.
Its feathers reflected the gold and red hues, the intense heat transforming into tangible golden light, enveloping its entire body. Beneath its closed double wings, three visible claws were strikingly evident.
It was indeed the Three-legged Golden Crow.
It appeared as though it was sleeping, whether it was the True Sun Fire on its body or the supremely yang radiance, all demonstrated the terrifying power contained within, not at all resembling a lifeless corpse.
"The true Three-legged Golden Crow, the core of the Divine Farmer's Cauldron!"
Jiang Li couldn't help but sigh at the sight of this magnificent Divine Beast.
In today's world, Cultivators could replicate ancient God Demons and spirits through Dao Fruit, but however much they recreated, it was difficult to possess the exact same strength as the original. The more powerful the Dao Fruit, the harder it was to approach the original form.
Even if someone could accommodate the Dao Fruit of a Three-legged Golden Crow, the power contained within their body would not compare to that of this Golden Crow's corpse.
"Hm?"
Just as Jiang Li was about to examine more closely, he suddenly found that his Divine Thought had begun to burn.
Merely gazing at the corpse of the Three-legged Golden Crow ignited his Divine Thought.
"This is… refining! My Divine Thought is being refined. This corpse of the Three-legged Golden Crow not only acts as the core of the Divine Farmer's Cauldron but has also been transformed into a vessel carrying some Essence, making it an 'Qi Tomb.'"
His Divine Thought was refined into the purest Spiritual Power, even attempting to refine his sentient incarnation and dissolve his consciousness.
Perceiving his surroundings, Jiang Li instantly understood.
The flames were just an appearance; the real core was the tyrannical True Sun Fire that had already been sublimated into a higher Dao, a Dao of refining all things.
"The 'Qi Tomb' should be divided into two parts, one part being born from the most pure and refined Qi, giving rise to the Nine Great Qi Seas within the body, forming the Nine Palace Eight Trigram Formation. That part has the Yiqi Turns into Ten Thousand Qi, likely created by the Divine Farmer's Sect based on their unique constitution."
"The other part should be what he created after obtaining the corpse of the Three-legged Golden Crow and forging the Divine Farmer's Cauldron. Combining the True Fire of the sun, the Qi of all things, all to be refined by the Flame Energy, tyrannically unparalleled, nearly destructive."
"There's no hierarchy between the two, just a difference in tendencies. When combined, the 'Qi Tomb' could both create and destroy all beings like the Great Sun, capturing the mysteries of Qi in full."
Understanding this, Jiang Li's Divine Thought incarnation swiftly began to grow more robust, his original body outside the cauldron infused Divine Thought and Innate Qi, and in the blink of an eye, his humanoid form transformed into a body of light.
The Nine Great Qi Seas manifested within the body, each containing one type of Primordial Qi, while the Qi Sea at the central palace fostered Yin and Yang forming Taiji.
After a day and night of cultivation, Jiang Li gained a deeper understanding of the essence of Taiyin, reaping considerable benefits. At this moment, cultivating Yin Yang, Innate Qi turning into Ten Thousand Qi, caused the Divine Farmer's Cauldron to faintly tremble.
Suddenly, Jiang Li unleashed a towering Sword Qi, shooting straight towards the sun-like sphere, containing the mysteries of the Eight Qi, and striking the boiling Flame Flow, immediately triggering a drastic change.
The corpse of the Three-legged Golden Crow seemed as if it had come back to life, its folded wings unfolding, and the bird's head slowly rising, revealing red eyes.
The True Sun Fire blazed violently, reacting with the Sword Qi, and exploded fiercely.
Countless bursts of Golden Flames and Sword Qi reacted, the Innate Eight Qi being burned and refined into the purest Qi.
As Jiang Li exerted his power to sustain the Sword Qi continuously reacting with the True Sun Fire, countless vortices appeared on the surface of the Great Sun, burning and refining various Primordial Qi, transforming into the original Innate Qi.
The mystery of "Qi Tomb" was embodied in this process; the longer it sustained, the more Jiang Li gained.
And for Jiang Li, what he had in abundance was True Qi, the least of his concerns was exhaustion.
As the Innate Qi reached a certain level of refinement, it began to gradually transform, converting into Ten Thousand Qi, and intertwined with the Sword Qi emitted by Jiang Li. The aura of refining all things also resonated with Jiang Li through this process.
"Hmm..."
Outside the Divine Farmer's Cauldron, Jiang Li's original body suddenly issued a low moan, his body igniting transparent flames of light, with light emitting from all his facial orifices.
The circulation of True Qi was ignited from Innate Qi into various Qi, then refined, and returned to Innate, cycling endlessly, causing his flesh to undergo metamorphosis. The law of "Qi Tomb" and the Warlord's Cultivation Technique "Innate True Body" began to resonate, merging Qi Body, making his physical body further strengthen.
Although he had long achieved Three Elements Combined, making his Qi Body homogenous, the transformations brought about by these two Cultivation Techniques still brought Jiang Li some benefit and were quite helpful for further evolution of the "Emperor's Pole Worldly Book."
"The key to achieving 'Qi Tomb' lies in the endless cycle of Yiqi and Ten Thousand Qi, in the cycle of life and death. However, within this cycle of creation and destruction, Emperor Yan should focus more on birth, and Warlord more on destruction. He bases it on 'Qi Tomb' to create the 'Chi You Three Disks Scripture,' among which the 'All Heaven Divine Sha' is the sublimated product of extreme destruction."
Thinking of the All Heaven Divine Sha which devastated all physical forms, Jiang Li had his guesses.