The Demon Lord of All Forms

Chapter 63 Opening Up the Great Ruins

Here stands a solitary jade pavilion, far less majestic and magnificent than the Northern Heavenly Palace. It appears quite ordinary, but its charm lies in its tranquility. The pavilion is surrounded by clouds and mist, and its structure is made of crystal-clear white jade, which gleams with a warm luster under the starlight. Several clumps of green bamboo grow on the stone steps in front of the pavilion, their leaves rustling in the night breeze.

The lintel of the Jade Pavilion is inscribed with three characters: Flowing Clouds Palace.

Meng Nanyi stopped and turned to look at Gu Changyuan, her tone calm: "This will be your residence for the next three years. Although Liuyun Palace is not as grand as the cave dwellings of other true disciples, it is full of spiritual energy and has a quiet environment, which is sufficient for your cultivation. There is a simple magic array in the palace to isolate external interference. If you need anything, you can go to the steward disciple."

After saying that, Meng Nanyi turned and left, her pace quickening as if she didn't want to stay a moment longer.

Gu Changyuan watched Meng Nanyi's retreating figure and smiled. He knew Meng Nanyi didn't like him, but he didn't care why, since he was already inside.

Pushing open the door of Liuyun Palace, Gu Changyuan walked in. The interior was simply furnished. The first floor was a hall with only a stone table and a few wooden chairs. A bronze incense burner stood in the corner, burning an unknown incense. Going up the wooden stairs to the second floor, there was a bedroom. A large soft couch was placed by the window, covered with dark blue bedding. The window faced the distant sea of ​​clouds, and moonlight shone through the window, casting dappled shadows on the floor.

Gu Changyuan lay down on the soft couch, put his hands behind his head, and closed his eyes.

Deep within his consciousness, countless Su Qinghes were deducing the cultivation method of the "Black Emperor's Great Ruins Book." This heavenly technique was completely different from ordinary profound techniques. The first step in its cultivation was to open up a great ruin within one's own body.

This Great Ruins is different from the Dao Embryo Cave Heaven of Dao Embryo Realm cultivators. It is a void space that can contain all primordial energy and spiritual energy. It has no boundaries, no shape, and no restrictions. It is just a pure void.

Afterwards, all cultivation in the "Black Emperor Great Ruins Book" will be based on this Great Ruins. Even when he reaches the Dao Embryo Realm, the opening of the Dao Embryo Cave Heaven will also take place in this Great Ruins. Therefore, the size and foundation of this Great Ruins will determine Gu Changyuan's future cultivation progress and upper limit.

Su Qinghe needs to find the safest and most efficient way to open up the Great Ruins as soon as possible.

For the next month, Gu Changyuan did nothing but go to the Xuanwu Palace's dining hall for meals at the same time every day.

Gu Changyuan never said much when he went there. He would take the food, find a corner to sit down, eat, and then leave without talking to anyone.

Occasionally, Meng Nanyi would come and take Gu Changyuan to see Qin Youwei. Qin Youwei would explain to Gu Changyuan the key points of cultivating the "Black Emperor's Great Ruins Book", from the opening of the Great Ruins to the operation of spiritual energy, from the formation of the Dao Embryo to the evolution of supernatural powers, explaining it in great detail.

Qin Youwei and Meng Nanyi were both concerned about Gu Changyuan's cultivation progress, but unfortunately Gu Changyuan had not started cultivating. Every time they asked Gu Changyuan, he would only say that the time was not right. Although Qin Youwei was a little puzzled, she did not force him, after all, it was only a month.

Late at night a month later, Gu Changyuan sat cross-legged on a soft couch, closing his eyes and concentrating. Su Qinghe had thoroughly studied the first three layers of the "Black Emperor Great Ruins Book" after countless deductions and experiments. The best path to open it, the most reliable method of operation, and the most efficient way to temper spiritual energy were all sorted out.

Gu Changyuan took a deep breath, and the soul that had been dormant within him for a month began to stir.

The cultivation of the "Black Emperor's Great Ruins Book" has officially begun.

Gu Changyuan's soul power surged out of his sea of ​​consciousness like a flood bursting its banks, flowing down his meridians and converging and compressing at his dantian.

The clusters of soul power grew thicker and thicker, like a star about to collapse.

Following the cultivation technique, Gu Changyuan guided this power to tear open a rift in his dantian. The rift slowly expanded, and a great ruin was born in his dantian.

This great ruin was initially only three feet in diameter, like a bubble that had been stretched open, suspended in the dantian, surrounded by boundless darkness.

A diameter of three feet is considered top-grade according to the records in "The Great Ruins of the Black Emperor". After all, Gu Changyuan's soul is far beyond that of ordinary people, comparable to thirty mortals combined. It is not surprising that he was able to open up a Great Ruins of this scale. As his cultivation deepens in the future, this Great Ruins can slowly expand. The book records that after a sage passed the Twenty-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, the Great Ruins had grown into a vast ocean, boundless and swallowing all things.

But Gu Changyuan was not satisfied with this.

Three feet is too small.

Deep within Gu Changyuan's consciousness, endless darkness began to writhe, and a colossal wheel slowly emerged from the deepest part of the darkness.

The giant ship was entirely black, yet it was surrounded by endless stars, with countless starlight flowing around it, like a dazzling galaxy winding through the night.

This is the Wheel of Rebirth, the embodiment of Su Qinghe's soul essence, the source of three million incarnations, and the destination of a million souls.

After advancing to the Refining God realm, Su Qinghe also awakened a new divine ability, Tiger and Wolf. This divine ability granted Su Qinghe an extremely domineering power: as long as it is an avatar of Su Qinghe, he can infuse his own power into its body; at the same time, Su Qinghe can also easily retract the power of many avatars through this divine ability, just like a tiger or wolf devouring its prey, coming and going freely.

The rebirth wheel slowly rotated, and countless stars lit up on it at the same time.

The immense power of the soul transformed into a sky full of starlight, cascading down from the Wheel of Rebirth like a waterfall, directly penetrating the Great Ruins within Gu Changyuan's body.

Su Qinghe and Gu Changyuan are the same person, with identical soul essence, so these external soul powers will not cause a backlash from the Great Ruins.

The great ruins trembled.

The moment the starlight poured in, the entire Great Ruins began to tremble violently. The void rifts were torn apart by the violent force and expanded in all directions. Three feet, four feet, five feet, the boundaries of the Great Ruins kept retreating under the impact of the soul power, like a lit torch, dispelling more and more darkness.

Although Su Qinghe's cultivation level was not high, only at the Refining Spirit Realm, this power was already as vast as the sea to Gu Changyuan at this moment.

The Great Ruins expanded from three feet to three feet, and from three feet to five feet. The speed of expansion did not slow down at all. Starlight continued to pour in, and the boundaries of the Great Ruins retreated wildly.

Finally, when the Great Ruins reached nine zhang and nine chi, it slowly came to a stop. Nine zhang and nine chi was only a hair's breadth away from ten zhang, but this hair's breadth was like an insurmountable chasm.

In any case, Gu Changyuan could not exceed this limit. This was the limit that Gu Changyuan's avatar's physical body could bear. If the Great Ruins grew any larger, his dantian would explode.

The Great Ruins, standing at nine feet nine inches tall, is undoubtedly among the top-tier of the seventy-six cultivators recorded in the "Black Emperor's Great Ruins Book."