The main hall was a triangular structure, a bit similar to a pyramid. It was made of a golden metal, but it wasn't gold. Instead, it was a very soft and malleable unknown material. The texture was very tight, and stepping on it was like stepping on clay. Moreover, it was able to isolate the perception of spiritual force. It was very strange.
There were also rows of round holes in the surrounding walls, like a kind of compartment. There were corpses lying inside, all of them were eminent Buddhist monks who had passed away in meditation. These Buddhist ascetics had been dead for an unknown number of years, but they were still vivid and lifelike, just like living creatures.
The main goal of the evil cult was to obtain these perfectly preserved corpses. The corpses of human physique masters were the same as those of vicious beasts. Even if they had died long ago, their bodies were still extremely strong. If they were made into dark creatures, then they would be a tyrannical army. Their bodies were hard, they didn't know death, and they didn't fear pain. As long as the dark energy wasn't cut off, they could infinitely regenerate. They were natural war machines.
Luo Kai carefully looked around. In addition to the corpses, there were also many precious Buddhist scriptures in the compartment. The Mighty Dragon Fist that he had once cultivated was also among them.
Today's body techniques were basically derived from the essence of Buddhism and Daoism. They emphasized destruction and creation. The difference was that Buddhism's body refining methods were more extreme. They followed pain to temper the body, and suffering to temper the mind.
Spiritual suffering couldn't be actively pursued, but physical pain could. For example, the most basic stage was called bone refining. It was like an eagle learning to fly. One needed to constantly injure one's bones and muscles, causing the body to become more and more resilient under the stimulation of pain. As the body's strength increased, the nerves' endurance would also become stronger. It wouldn't be easy to reach the point where one's consciousness would be cut off because of pain. In the end, one would even be impervious to fire and water, and all things would be repelled. This was the legendary indestructible diamond body.
Luo Kai quickly flipped through the scriptures. He even found the Mind's Eye technique that Zakun cultivated. He was immediately entranced. Unlike body refining, the Mind's Eye technique was a spiritual power. It wasn't something that could be achieved through hard work alone. It required a firm will and an understanding of the laws of things.
Spiritual cultivation focused on tempering oneself. In other words, one had to observe the myriad states of the world and taste the myriad flavors of life. It required the growth of one's mind and a thorough understanding of how all things operated.
To put it simply, one's body and mind had to be one with all things. Only then would all things be open to you.
The mind also contained all the changes in the external world. When the mind was deeply in tune with all things in nature, it could move at will. Everything in the external world would not move according to "my" will. Heaven and earth were me, and I was heaven and earth!
After skimming through all the Buddhist scriptures, Luo Kai sat quietly where he was. The essence of Buddhism could be summed up with one word, 'emptiness'. The essence of Taoism could also be summed up with one word, 'nothingness'.
His heart faintly touched the direction of his future. The world was as big as his heart. The end of his evolution might be a path of the Heavenly Axiom that cut off all emotions and desires, but it did not mean that he would completely lose his humanity. Instead, it was a kind of magnanimity.
When the magnanimity was as broad as the stars and the universe, all things would no longer be differentiated by size. A life was not more precious than a stubborn stone. Naturally, there would be no attachment, no entanglement, and no karma. This was the true meaning of the Buddhist's pursuit of "detachment" and the Taoist's pursuit of "inaction".
He heaved a long sigh of relief and got up to rearrange the Buddhist scriptures. Then, he dragged the bodies out of the compartment one by one. When he dragged out the body of a handsome monk, a piece of paper with a six-pointed star pattern floated out with the body.
He reached out to take it. The paper was incomplete, as if it was torn out from a book. On the front, there was a six-pointed star pattern, and on the back, there were densely packed small words introducing a strange life form.
The more he read, the more surprised he was. This life form belonged to a kind of extraterrestrial life form called "star spirit". The way it was born was very strange. The energy emitted by the stars directly formed a consciousness.
Any consciousness needed a carrier. The carrier of their consciousness was a group of circulating particle energy flow. They were born as a kind of energy life form.
In addition, star spirits would also find and condense their own flesh and blood. Because the universe's environment was complex, there were some places where the energy body was not as strong as the tyrannical flesh.
Earth's creatures were carbon-based life forms. They condensed flesh and blood at birth and formed consciousness at birth. Then, through the study of the operation of all things, they found a way to use it. Star spirits were the opposite. They formed consciousness at birth and condensed flesh and blood at birth. They were born with a very high understanding of the operation of energy.
The conditions for the birth of star spirits were very harsh. They were few in number, but they were born with a clear understanding of matter and mathematics. They developed a strong scientific and technological civilization and had a deep understanding of biological civilization. They claimed to be the defenders of order and patrolled the universe all year round to eliminate some existences that threatened the balance …
The words on the paper stopped there. The universe was vast and infinite. Everything would become possible with infinite probability. The existence of extraterrestrial life had become inevitable.
Luo Kai stood quietly in place as a beautiful face flashed through his mind. He felt a little disappointed in his heart. In the past two years, he had rarely recalled the women he had met in his previous and current lives. It was only because with the improvement of his spiritual realm, the past had become indifferent. The love between men and women in the secular world had become a beautiful memory for him.
He returned to the corpse of the monk. This monk was the previous generation Saint of the Sky Thunder Temple, Zen Master Meng Shen. He had a smile on his face. His palms were in the shape of flowers. A bright crystal bottle was placed in front of his chest. Inside the bottle was an extremely faint purple flame. Unlike other flames, this purple flame did not seem to be burning. Instead, it seemed to be in a frozen state.
Luo Kai reached out with his mind and touched it. He immediately felt a piercing pain, as if his soul was being roasted. He hurriedly withdrew his mind.
This flame was the Limitless Hellfire that Zakun had mentioned. It was very similar to the purple flame that had killed him. The Limitless Hellfire represented the flames of hell that burned sinners. It was a manifestation of the power of the soul.
After pondering for a moment, he took out the small bottle and tilted it slightly. The purple flame fell onto the corpse and immediately began to burn.
What was strange was that this purple flame did not ignite anything else. It only burned the corpse.
Luo Kai wanted to study it, but he didn't know where to start. This flame was not a material flame, but a condensation of the power of the soul. It was extremely terrifying and could even ignite the intangible power of the soul.
He dragged the corpses one by one and roasted them. Logically speaking, the flame should have grown larger and larger. However, this purple flame became smaller and smaller. Towards the end, there were still four or five corpses before it was completely extinguished.
Luo Kai had no choice but to use the Severing Edge to completely destroy the remaining corpses.
The Severing Edge had a trace of the power of space and could separate space. Its power was naturally unparalleled. However, the power of space also had to abide by the law of conservation of energy. The power of space was completely dependent on Luo Kai, who was connected to it.
After expending so much energy today, his mind was already somewhat withered. This was especially true at the critical moment when he had to stimulate his mind to the limit and slow down the flow of time.
Whether it was the power of time or the power of space, they were both powers that subverted the laws of matter. Although Luo Kai could only slow down the flow of time by a thousandth of a second, it was still a heaven-defying existence.
This thousandth of a second was enough for him to dodge attacks that he could not dodge, and it was also enough for him to kill enemies that he could not kill.
The only problem was that his attack methods were limited. The only thing that could truly threaten a physical master was the Severing Edge.