novelraw Chapter 89 : 《Heaven-Swallowing Dao Technique》
Chapter 89 : 《Heaven-Swallowing Dao Technique》
After slaying the Four Blackhearted Ghosts, Lu Xueqi nodded in satisfaction.
Her spiritual sense swept over the corpses in an instant, and with a wave of her right hand—
A book flew out from within the eldest ghost’s robes.
Lu Xueqi glanced briefly at the book titled 《Bride Attire Sutra》 and stored it away without hesitation.
With a flicker of her figure, she returned to her room.
As for the corpses of the Four Blackhearted Ghosts, Lu Xueqi had no intention of dealing with them.
The others at the inn would inevitably discover the bodies. It might even bring the innkeeper of Shanhai Garden a stroke of unexpected fortune.
After all, in Heyang City, several major clans had jointly posted bounties for the Four Blackhearted Ghosts.
Now that they had died within Shanhai Garden, the reward would be enough to sustain an ordinary person for several lifetimes.
Meanwhile, as Lu Xueqi executed the Four Blackhearted Ghosts, in a distant mountain cave—
A man dressed in black, with a sinister and grotesque face, suddenly opened his eyes. A flash of shock and fury passed through his gaze.
“Who dared to kill my blood bags?”
As this thought crossed his mind, he shot to his feet. A surge of aura erupted from his body, shaking the entire cave with a deep rumble.
He abruptly looked toward the direction of Heyang City, muttering:
“Though the Four Blackhearted Ghosts were the least valuable of my blood bags, they were still experimental subjects for my 《Bride Attire Divine Art》. Their deaths are suspicious—I must investigate.”
With that, his figure flickered and he flew out of the cave, heading toward Heyang City.
Back in her room, Lu Xueqi took out the 《Bride Attire Sutra》 once more with a wave of her hand.
After flipping through it briefly, she frowned slightly.
She discovered that the technique was surprisingly effective. Overall, its cultivation speed surpassed that of the Qingyun Sect’s 《Tai Chi Profound Purity Dao》, and breakthroughs in realm were also easier to attain.
However, after carefully reading through the manual, she discerned its fatal flaws.
This technique was evidently a subsidiary scripture—a “Sutra”—of another cultivation method.
While it allowed for rapid improvement in cultivation, the resulting progress was hollow and unstable, making it difficult to reach advanced realms.
Worse still, once a cultivator began practicing it, their life force would gradually be drained.
As cultivation deepened, it would also corrupt the soul.
Even more sinister, the Sutra was clearly designed to be consumed by a practitioner of its “parent sutra.” Once cultivated to a certain degree, the practitioner could be directly devoured, turning into nourishment for the parent sutra user.
Seeing all this, Lu Xueqi immediately deduced that the Four Blackhearted Ghosts were likely pawns—blood bags—set up by someone else.
She frowned slightly. She hadn’t expected that the four small-time thieves she casually killed would be connected to a greater scheme.
Staring at the 《Bride Attire Sutra》 in her hand, Lu Xueqi entered a state of deep enlightenment.
Thoughts raced through her mind as countless insights and information flowed.
Using this Sutra as a foundation, a brand new cultivation method began to take shape.
This new technique retained the rapid advancement of the Sutra but eliminated its hidden dangers. It also bore profound intent—once cultivated, the practitioner could become like a black hole, capable of devouring everything.
Upon comprehending the new method, Lu Xueqi murmured to herself,
“This technique has completely evolved. I shall call it the 《Heaven-Swallowing Dao Technique》.”
Her spirits lifted as she spoke. She then began integrating the 《Heaven-Swallowing Dao Technique》 into the 《Tai Chi Profound Immortal Scripture》.
With her Heaven-Defying Comprehension, the two techniques began to merge seamlessly.
The next morning, Lu Xueqi awoke slowly. A flash of dark lightning flickered in her eyes.
A smile tugged at her lips—she had successfully integrated the 《Heaven-Swallowing Dao Technique》 into the 《Tai Chi Profound Immortal Scripture》.
The resulting technique combined the strengths of both.
She retained the name 《Tai Chi Profound Immortal Scripture》 for the newly forged method.
This new scripture would offer even faster cultivation speed, while also granting the devouring power of the 《Heaven-Swallowing Dao Technique》.
It could draw boundless spiritual energy from the void, rapidly enhancing her cultivation.
Moreover, the spiritual power cultivated through this method was far more substantial—several times denser than that of the original 《Tai Chi Profound Immortal Scripture》.
Lu Xueqi couldn’t help but feel immensely pleased.
Without delay, she activated her internal cultivation technique, converting it fully into the revised 《Tai Chi Profound Immortal Scripture》.
As the transformation continued, a miniature black hole suddenly emerged within her body. From this black hole, a terrifying devouring force quietly formed, gradually drawing in the surrounding spiritual energy.
Instantly, the spiritual energy within a ten-li radius around Shanhai Garden was pulled toward Lu Xueqi’s room and swallowed by the force erupting from within her.
In the blink of an eye, she devoured all the ambient spiritual energy in the surrounding area.
After refining this immense amount of energy, Lu Xueqi’s eyes gleamed faintly—she realized her cultivation had advanced once more, reaching the mid-stage of the First Level of the Supreme Purity Realm. A small breakthrough.
This cultivation speed was several times faster than what the original 《Tai Chi Profound Immortal Scripture》 could offer, and her spiritual power had grown far denser and more solid.
The new 《Tai Chi Profound Immortal Scripture》 even contained body-tempering effects, strengthening and refining her physical form, making her body tougher and more resilient.
However, the disturbance caused by Lu Xueqi’s cultivation did not go unnoticed. Within the span of a breath, it caught the attention of many cultivators in Heyang City and the ten-li surrounding area.
Yet the devouring force was so fearsome that it drained all spiritual energy in an instant, leaving no clear trace of its origin. None could determine who was responsible.
Even Qi Hao and the others, who were resting in Shanhai Garden at the time, failed to sense anything.
Just as Lu Xueqi was still experiencing the internal changes brought by her surging spiritual power—
A commotion suddenly erupted outside Shanhai Garden.
It turned out that the corpses of the Four Blackhearted Ghosts had been discovered by some early-rising guests.
After notifying the innkeeper, the latter quickly led a group of servants to the scene. Upon confirming the identities of the dead, the entire inn erupted in excitement.
Qi Hao and the others awoke at once, left their rooms, and went to see what was going on.
Lu Xueqi, however, paid it little mind. She knew that if she went out, her appearance alone would likely cause an even greater stir. So she had no intention of joining the crowd.
Instead, she recalled that she hadn’t checked the chat group in some time, and thus turned her attention to it.
“Daily sign-in.”
As soon as she spoke—
Lu Xueqi nodded in satisfaction upon seeing the result. She glanced at her current points: 107,321.
Her mood lifted instantly.