The Demon Lord of All Forms

Chapter 64 Choosing a Dao Embryo

According to the "Black Emperor's Great Ruins Book", only three people were able to open up a top-level Great Ruins at the beginning of their cultivation. The first was a person with an innate Dao body and heaven-defying talent. He could cultivate Qi in an instant, form a Dao embryo in three days, refine the spirit in half a month, and reach the Golden Core in a year. His talent was terrifying. The second was the direct descendant of a Great True Person, who had the help of his elders with great magical power. The third was someone who, for some unknown reason, also opened up a Great Ruins with a diameter of seven zhang and seven chi.

Gu Changyuan's nine zhang and nine chi height surpasses that of these three, enough to be recorded in the cultivation history of this Heavenly Technique.

The instant the Great Ruins were successfully opened, all the acupoints in Gu Changyuan's body suddenly opened up, endless clouds and mist surged in the Flowing Cloud Palace, and rolling spiritual energy of heaven and earth rushed in from all directions, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea. It seeped into Gu Changyuan's body through every pore and fell into the Great Ruins in his dantian along the meridians.

The Great Ruins churned, and an invisible vortex suddenly appeared in the void, slowly rotating like a nebula in the night sky, drawing in all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that surged in.

The inspiration was tempered, compressed, and purified in the vortex. Impurities were stripped away, and dross was eliminated, leaving only the purest and most refined strands of inspiration flowing out from the other end of the vortex, like strands of silvery-white silk floating in Gu Changyuan's meridians.

A faint, ethereal light emanated from Gu Changyuan's body. This was spiritual energy that had been refined to its extreme. In just a moment, he had achieved the Qi Refining Realm. The spiritual energy flowed unimpeded through his meridians like silk threads, cleansing each meridian until it was crystal clear.

The eerie light continued to surge, overflowing from his meridians and seeping into Gu Changyuan's internal organs and physical body.

On Gu Changyuan's skin, a jade-like light flowed, making it appear crystal clear, as if it were carved from the finest mutton-fat jade. A continuous stream of spiritual energy flowed into his flesh and blood, tempering every inch of skin, every bone, and every tendon. His body was repeatedly tempered, and impurities were expelled from his body. Gu Changyuan's body became purer, stronger, and more resilient.

With spiritual energy tempering the body, the five internal organs are elevated, the blood and qi become like a dragon, and the muscles and bones become like steel, thus achieving the realm of longevity.

The next morning, the morning light streamed in through the window and shone on Gu Changyuan's face.

Opening his eyes, a glint of light flashed in Gu Changyuan's eyes. He stood up and walked to the window, looking at the scenery of the Xuanwu Palace complex outside.

The sea of ​​clouds surged, palaces stretched endlessly, and distant mountain peaks appeared and disappeared in the morning mist, like a traditional Chinese ink painting.

The Great Void within Gu Changyuan's body slowly rotated, with spiritual energy surging within it. He had completed the Qi Refining and Longevity realms overnight, but he knew this was only the beginning.

The next step is the most crucial one: forging the Dao embryo.

The Black Emperor's Great Ruins Book records seven top-level Dao embryos, each with its unique power and cultivation path.

The Myriad Manifestations Absorption Embryo, with its core being the absorption of all things, can transform any power in the world into its own, making it extremely domineering.

The Qianxuan Luanwei Daotai is adept at altering the trajectory of things, turning things upside down, twisting and turning them, making them extremely strange.

The Thousand-Threaded Dao Embryo is known for its killing power; its spiritual energy transforms into an invisible noose, capable of tearing opponents apart silently.

The Eternal Night Void Dao Embryo cultivates the power of nothingness, which can conceal its form and devour light, making it most suitable for assassination and stealth.

The Taiye Hanguang Dao Embryo is most compatible with the water-attribute techniques of the Xuanwu Palace. Once mastered, it can control the water-based spiritual energy between heaven and earth, transforming it into rivers and whirlpools, vast and powerful.

The Danxue Mountain and River Dao Embryo combines spiritual energy with the body's blood and qi, granting it physical strength and resilience far exceeding those of its peers.

The Ice Soul Frost Embryo is known for its coldness; its spiritual energy transforms into ice that can freeze everything, even cracking the opponent's supernatural powers.

Su Qinghe has already tested these seven Dao Embryos through countless incarnations, and each one is strong and has its own strengths.

In particular, the Taiye Hanguang Dao Embryo, according to the records in the later part of the "Black Emperor's Great Ruins Book", if one can obtain a wisp of innate true water and integrate it into the Dao Embryo during the Refining Spirit Realm, then at least one can forge a Golden Core of the Upper Three Grades, with unlimited potential.

Gu Changyuan stood by the window, pondering for a long time. Each of the seven Dao Embryos had its own merits, and he was somewhat undecided. After all, this avatar of his was going to stay in the Yellow Heaven Sect for a long time, unlike those experimental subjects in Lin'an City, which could be wasted at will.

A moment later, Gu Changyuan turned and walked out the door, deciding to go see Qin Youwei.

In the Northern Heaven Palace, Qin Youwei was sitting on a soft couch reading an ancient book when she heard footsteps. She looked up and saw Gu Changyuan walking in.

Qin Youwei's gaze swept over Gu Changyuan, and her expression suddenly changed. She put down the book in her hand, stood up, and stared at Gu Changyuan from head to toe before asking, "You've advanced to the Longevity Realm?"

Gu Changyuan nodded, his tone calm: "I roughly figured out the 'Black Emperor Great Ruins Book' and started cultivating it, which took me one night."

Qin Youwei's expression remained calm, but her heart was in turmoil. For the past month, Gu Changyuan had made no progress. She thought that Gu Changyuan was unable to understand the profound meaning of this incomplete Heavenly Art, and that she had overestimated Gu Changyuan's aptitude. She even secretly regretted letting him choose such an obscure and difficult technique as the "Black Emperor's Great Ruins Book". Unexpectedly, Gu Changyuan had only silently studied it for a month, and then suddenly made great progress. Overnight, he went directly from a mortal to the Longevity Realm. This speed was extremely rare in the history of the Yellow Heaven Sect.

Suppressing her surprise, Qin Youwei looked at Gu Changyuan and asked, "Are you asking me which Dao Embryo I'll choose?"

Gu Changyuan nodded and said, "The seven top-level Dao Embryos in the 'Black Emperor Great Ruins Book' each have their own strengths, and I'm a little undecided."

Qin Youwei pondered for a moment before speaking, "Actually, there's no need to choose. All seven top-tier Dao Embryos are quite good. However, the essence of the 'Black Emperor Great Ruins Book' is devouring. Whether it's twisting, strangulation, darkness, water, blood and qi, or ice and snow, they are all merely appendages of devouring. Devouring is the foundation and core of this Heavenly Technique. If you choose the Myriad Manifestations Void Absorption Dao Embryo, and you need the characteristics of other Dao Embryos in the future, you can use the devouring power of the Great Ruins to plunder, assimilate, and fuse them, and you can still possess them. But if you choose other Dao Embryos and want to go back to cultivating devouring, it will be difficult."

Gu Changyuan nodded upon hearing this, having already made up his mind.

Afterwards, Qin Youwei explained to Gu Changyuan in detail the many key points of forging the Myriad Manifestations Void Embryo, from the circulation path of spiritual energy to the fusion method of the soul, from the gestation of the Dao Embryo in the Great Ruins to its nurturing after forging, she talked about everything in detail.

Gu Changyuan kept everything in mind. After Qin Youwei finished speaking, he bid her farewell and turned to leave Beitian Palace.

It was noon when Gu Changyuan returned to Liuyun Palace. Sunlight streamed through the windows, casting warm dappled patterns on the ground. He went up to the second floor, sat cross-legged on the soft couch, and closed his eyes.

The great void within his body trembled, and the surging spiritual energy within surged like a raging tide.