The Senluo Temple cultivators who were chasing after Feng Feiyun stopped. They sensed the disturbance of the birds and beasts. The birds in the mountains flew into the air and let out cries that pierced through the night sky.
"Could it be that one of the Spirit Beast Kings in the outskirts of the Hundred Thousand Lands has come to this area?"
A black-robed evil cultivator from Dark Asura Hall had an uncertain look in his eyes. Only the appearance of a spirit beast king could make so many birds and beasts go crazy.
The beast kings in the outskirts of the Endless Land were overlords that had cultivated for more than two thousand years. They rarely left their nests and would attract tens of thousands of beasts if they did.
Another cultivator said angrily: "Let's not enter this area for now. It's too dangerous. It won't be too late to go after the birds and beasts calm down."
"I think so too."
The black-robed evil cultivator saw a huge claw flying across the sky. Just the claw alone was more than 30 meters long, and it was covered in green scales. It was very frightening. It was definitely an extremely powerful ferocious bird.
Even such a terrifying beast was alarmed. It seemed that this area really couldn't be entered. Feng Feiyun probably wouldn't hide in such a dangerous place.
The two black-robed Senluo Hall cultivators quickly retreated and left the area.
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Feng Feiyun's body was wrapped in a ball of fire shaped like a divine phoenix. It shone brightly and dyed the lake crimson under the night sky.
Above his head, there was a piece of bone that shone like a magic lamp, interwoven with fine patterns.
The Heavenly Witchcraft Goddess watched from afar. She was both curious and surprised. Just what kind of cultivation method did this man cultivate?
It actually attracted so many colossal creatures, alarming the strongest exotic beasts within a thousand kilometers. They all rushed over and surrounded the lakeside.
The Heavenly Witchcraft Goddess stood up but didn't dare to move. Many powerful beasts were watching her, making her nervous.
Above her head was a huge shadow the size of a mountain. It kept circling and didn't leave. It let out thunderous cries from time to time.
"Who is he?
His aura is getting stronger, so strong that it's scary. He said he can protect me, but maybe … he really does have that ability. "
No matter what, she couldn't associate the man in front of her with the idiot Young Master Feng who had committed all sorts of evil deeds. The difference was too great.
She had been staying at the Witch God Temple for years and didn't pay much attention to the outside world. She didn't know that the evil young master who almost slept with her was now a famous Divine King.
She wanted to deduce the origins of the man in front of her, but just as she deduced a trace of the Heavenly Dao, it was cut off by another force, and her finger was bounced off.
"This is a person who can't be divined. I can't divinate his origins, nor can I divinate his name. Everything about him has been blocked by a powerful force of the Heavenly Dao."
She became even more curious. Her bright eyes blinked as she stared at Feng Feiyun. Every now and then, she would furrow her pretty brows.
At this moment, she forgot all her worries and sensed the fiery energy from Feng Feiyun's body. The divine tree inside her grew a little bit. Its crystalline leaves slowly unfurled to absorb the thin heat in the air.
The Heavenly Witchcraft Divine Tree was growing ever so slightly under the phoenix's heat.
Although it was still a long way from awakening, the Heavenly Witchcraft Goddess was overjoyed. She quickly sat down and began to cultivate according to her master's teachings. She controlled the tree to absorb the light and heat from Feng Feiyun's body.
The divine tree's leaves were indeed absorbing the heat and light.
In order to absorb more light and heat, the Heavenly Witchcraft Goddess moved closer to Feng Feiyun.
After an unknown amount of time, the spirit core in Feng Feiyun's hand entered his body and rushed to the wisdom bone on top of his head. The bone became even more dazzling. More than 100,000 phoenix patterns intertwined inside. His entire body made a crackling sound.
It was like a furnace was tempering his body.
"Boom!"
An inexplicably tyrannical energy rushed out of Feng Feiyun's body. The Heavenly Witchcraft Goddess, who was closest to him, was blown away. She floated hundreds of feet away. Because the energy was gentle, she wasn't injured.
Immediately afterward, the surrounding spiritual energy rushed to the wisdom bone on top of Feng Feiyun's head. It flowed from the wisdom bone to every part of Feng Feiyun's body. It was as if it was washing away the impurities in his body.
The energy slowly receded and eventually returned to Feng Feiyun's body.
Feng Feiyun became ordinary again. He wore a blue robe and sat on a stone platform under the waterfall. After a while, he opened his eyes. They were as bright as two stars as he murmured: "The second phoenix bone is complete."
Feng Feiyun stood up and placed both hands on his dantian. More than ten dragons made of violet energy rushed out of his central palace. Each dragon was more than three meters long. This was a representation of Feng Feiyun's cultivation.
"Peak fifth-level Heaven's Mandate, just a bit more and I'll be at the sixth level."
Feng Feiyun felt a bit regretful. The second phoenix bone took shape earlier and absorbed the worldly energy. Not only did it refine his physique, it also increased his cultivation. Just a little bit more and Feng Feiyun would have reached the sixth level already. Alas, it was still a hair's breadth away.
Everything was heaven's will, there was no need to force it. He was at peak fifth-level anyway, only one step away from the sixth-level. Even the slightest change could allow him to break through and become a half-step Giant.
"Physique refinement" and "dantian". One focused on the physique while the other focused on cultivation. These were two different paths of cultivation.
Human cultivators mainly focused on cultivating their dantian, while demons and beasts mainly focused on tempering their bodies.
In the cultivation world of the Godly Jin Dynasty, the so-called realms, "Spirit Realm", "Immortal Foundation", "God Base", "Heaven's Mandate", "Nirvana" … These realms were used by cultivators who cultivated their dantian to determine the level of power, and they had nothing to do with the power of the body.
Body Refiners also had different levels of strength. For example, those who could use their bodies to strike out with a strength of 10,000 Jin would be called the strength of a Qilin, or "the strength of a Qilin".
Twenty thousand pounds of force would be the power of two qilins.
Forty thousand pounds of force would be the power of three qilins.
Eighty thousand pounds of force would be the power of four qilins.
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So on and so forth, and so on.
Ten qilins was the power of one tiger.
The power of one tiger referred to a dragon-tiger, capable of carrying a mountain on its back.
At this moment, Feng Feiyun could unleash the power of nine tigers. One palm attack could create nine dragon-tiger images, enough to destroy a small city.
Feng Feiyun could take on an early Giant with his physique alone. Even if the opponent used a first-ranked spirit treasure and unleashed an attack eight times stronger than their cultivation, Feng Feiyun still had a chance of winning.
If the opponent didn't have a spirit treasure or a supreme technique to increase their attack, then Feng Feiyun could easily defeat or even kill them.
Of course, Feng Feiyun was still quite a bit weaker than an early Giant at peak fifth-level Heaven's Mandate. However, his physique was powerful enough to suppress them. These were two different paths of cultivation. The latter was far ahead of the former.
"The two paths of cultivation actually complement each other. Increasing one's level can subtly temper one's body. I've cultivated the second phoenix bone, so my level has increased by a lot."
"The two paths shouldn't be separated into primary and secondary in order to achieve the best results."
A cultivator who only focused on the dantian would have a stronger physique. For example, a seventh-level Heaven's Mandate Giant could unleash the power of seven tigers with his body alone.
On the other hand, Feng Feiyun only cultivated the Immortal Phoenix Physique and still managed to open his dantian to reach peak fifth-level Heaven's Mandate.
Feng Feiyun understood something. "I need to find a scripture to cultivate the dantian so I can increase my cultivation to a level that matches my physique. Cultivating both qi and energy at the same time will be more beneficial for the Immortal Phoenix Physique."
Feng Feiyun had always thought that cultivating the Immortal Phoenix Physique was the best and correct path. But now, he had a new idea.
He wanted to cultivate both qi and energy at the same time.
Feiyun's memories contained countless cultivation manuals. The majority of them were demonic physique arts. Of course, there were a few dantian merit laws but they weren't the top ones. After all, the demonic phoenix race didn't train their dantian so they didn't have a lot of merit laws for it.
Feiyun didn't take out a random one. In his opinion, in order to cultivate his dantian, he needed a merit law that was compatible with the Immortal Phoenix Physique. Otherwise, it would be better to not cultivate at all.
"The Mu Palace Treasure-seeking Record is extensive and profound. It's not inferior to the Immortal Phoenix Physique. The Law of Dao and the Golden Silkworm Scripture are on par with the Mu Palace Treasure-seeking Record. They're definitely the best cultivation techniques in the human world. If I can cultivate these two techniques, I should be able to increase my cultivation level even faster."
Although Feng Feiyun had the Eight Arts Volume of the Grave Palace Treasure-seeking Record, it was only a technique, not a merit law.
He didn't know why a small dynasty like the Jin Dynasty would have the Grave Palace Treasure-seeking Record, the Dao Scripture, and the Golden Silkworm Scripture. However, the Jin Dynasty had many secrets and was not as simple as it looked on the surface. Perhaps it played an extremely important role in the human world, just that ordinary people didn't know about it.
There were many strange things about the Jin Dynasty. For example, Feng Feiyun was reborn here; Shui Yueting was born here as well; the Evil Woman was reborn here after her death to ascend the heavenly path again. Also, why did Feng Feiyun's mother, a top demon expert, appear in the Jin Dynasty and marry his father?
Wait a minute.
There were many other inexplicable things, such as the Heaven's Emergence Teleportation Platform at the Heaven's Emergence Cemetery, the broken Saint Artifact at the Immeasurable Tower at the Wanxiang Pagoda, and the Eight Great Ruins of the Jin Dynasty. Were there more secrets?
Feng Feiyun felt that the Jin Dynasty was not ordinary.