In the Lanruo Temple within the Northern Yin Mountains, a realm of illusion exists.

With a flick of his white sleeve, Bai Cang caused the black earth to crack open, revealing the details within.

A huge tree stump, so large that it would take dozens of people to encircle it, appeared before his eyes.

The tree stump, like a dragon's claw, gripped the ground, and upside down lay an altar with a base of red gold and inlaid with spirit jade.

Inside the altar is a space, with a round sky and a square earth, decorated with spiritual pearls in the shape of the stars in the heavens. Below is a futon, facing the position of the Azure Dragon constellation in the east of the heavens.

With just one glance, Bai Cang knew that this was the place where the thousand-year-old tree demon offered the Five Sacred Mountains True Form Map and refined the "Wood Emperor's Dharma Body".

"Unfortunately, that tree demon was also a poor wretch; even the wooden stake was corroded by the Spirit-Eating Turbidity!"

With a thought, Bai Cang flashed in, sat upright on the futon, held the golden crystal in his palm, and took out ten Xuan Lei Mu Sha, which swirled around his body.

Then he silently chanted in his mind, "Ranking, promotion!"

Before the words were even finished, a roaring sound arose.

A magnificent and grand Daoist chant resounded, and Bai Cang, riding his Yin spirit, effortlessly arrived at the mysterious void, which was boundless and without distinction of up or down, or of any direction.

The boundless Daoist scriptures of the heavens suddenly filled his vision.

An ancient aura, as if from the beginning of time, also lingered and enveloped us.

"Disciple Bai Cang humbly requests the Ancestral Master to bestow the title!"

Bai Cang bowed to the sky, and the imperial edict of the Great Dao resounded once more.

[Four ordinations, followed by the bestowal of the Supreme Rank Seven: True Ordination of the Supreme Spiritual Treasure Cave, granting the following enhancements: Swordsmanship (incomplete), and awakening the talent: Deception]

Swordsmanship: All the techniques of swordsmanship are contained within it; the ultimate technique is close to the Way!

[Talent: Deception] Deception allows one to die in place of another, transcend physical death, receive a staff and ascend to immortality, and cannot be harmed.

"Swordsmanship, feints, the cheat system is indeed powerful, you get what you pay for."

Upon seeing this, Bai Cang was overjoyed, his heart surging with excitement.

My swordsmanship needs no further explanation; from now on, please call me the Sword Immortal.

Although there is no method to attain enlightenment, there is an incomparably powerful technique for protecting one's path.

With the enhancement of his swordsmanship, Bai Cang instantly transformed into a sword genius. Whether it was ordinary sword techniques or sword control skills, they were all as easy as reading lines on the palm of his hand, and he immediately activated the "easy" mode.

[Heavenly Strike Water Sword Technique: Unparalleled Mastery]

In a mere instant, the originally incomplete "Heavenly Strike Water Sword Technique" was completely mastered and supplemented by Bai Cang's own foundation. The nine basic sword techniques had all become his instincts.

Even the wonders of the "Three Peaks of Flying Sword" were only just beginning to emerge in his mind.

However, what Bai Cang values ​​more is the "talent: false form," or more precisely, the ability to "use false form to take someone's place in death."

By simply designating one object, you can completely transfer the damage you receive to that object.

Even if Bai Cang suffers complete annihilation or is shattered to pieces before the corresponding item is completely destroyed, he will remain unharmed.

This is practically a bug-level survival ability!

Without hesitation, Bai Cang immediately bound the designated item of the "false form" to the "Pot Heaven World".

For Bai Cang, what might be an attack or damage that would lead to his utter destruction might be nothing when transferred to the "Pot Heaven World." There is no more perfect "substitute" than this!

In that instant, Bai Cang had already devised countless tactics to maximize the effect of the "Illusion" talent.

For example, when you are ambushed, you can use a counter-strategy to confuse the enemy, making them think they have succeeded and lower their guard, then strike back and kill them.

For example, when encountering an invincible enemy, the smooth combo of "damage transfer" + "Five Elements Escape Technique" + "hiding in the Pot Heaven World" is probably unbreakable even by a Golden Core True Monarch.

"From now on, please call me the Celestial Venerable of Extinction, the Immortal Sword Immortal!"

Bai Cang was overjoyed, his emotions surging and swirling, unable to calm down for a long time.

However, he did not get carried away. No trick is unsolvable; the thousand-year-old tree demon is the best example of what not to do.

"After being promoted to a higher rank, the accumulated Daoist energy can be put to some use again."

Thinking of this, Bai Cang raised his eyes again to look at the vast and profound void. The four blessings—"Phoenix Manifestation," "Penetrating the Netherworld," "Heavenly Pot," and "Sword Technique"—transformed into stars, or like golden seals, surrounding the Heavenly Dao Register.

Besides the newly acquired "Swordsmanship", "Phoenix Embroidery", "Tongyou", and "Hutian" are all shining brightly, indicating that they are in an upgradable state.

"Advanced Talent: Five Tones of Music!"

With a thought, Bai Cang felt an invisible Daoist aura rise within him.

The stars that "Phoenix" transformed into dimmed, intertwining to form ancient seal script with the talent of "Five Tones of Music," which suddenly became even more complex and exquisite.

[The Five Tones of Music: A Review of the Nine Virtues]

In an instant, Bai Cang felt the spiritual energy in the world spontaneously converging on him, as if it had come to life and was cheering and jumping around him.

The nine elements of heaven and earth—metal, wood, water, fire, earth, yin and yang, wind and thunder—seemed to be paying homage to him.

Compared to "The Five Tones of Music", "The Nine Virtues of Observation" is not a transformation, but simply an additional talent for controlling the four major attributes of "Yin Yang Wind Thunder".

But Bai Cang had a premonition: this might be the opportunity for him to achieve enlightenment in the future!

"Continue, advance your talent: Ghostbane!"

With a thought, the stars formed by Bai Cang's "Tong You" talent dimmed.

[Demon Slayer Advancement: Divine Command]

【Imperial Decree: Conferring titles upon spirits and deities, establishing a pantheon】

As the saying goes: the fewer the words, the bigger the story.

The description of the "Divine Command" talent is simple and clear, and it doesn't make much of a fuss.

It merely transformed into a profound imperial seal, imprinted in the vast and mysterious heart of Bai Cang.

But after gaining power, Bai Cang's smile stretched so wide it almost reached his ears.

Putting everything else aside, the entire cultivation system of Longhu Mountain, a major Xuanmen sect, is based on the four words "imperial decree conferring titles upon ghosts and gods".

That's a major Xuanmen sect that has produced more than one Nascent Soul Dao Lord!

Now that Bai Cang has also gained the power to "confer titles upon ghosts and gods," how could he not be overjoyed?

"Next, advance your talent: Qi Forbidden!"

An invisible Daoist aura rises, and the ancient seal script undergoes another transformation.

[Suppressing Qi to Advance: Forbidden Techniques]

[Forbidden Technique: Within a single realm, all techniques are forbidden]

Compared to the comprehensiveness of "forbidden Qi", "forbidden methods" are more "specialized". Simply put, it means prohibiting Taoist methods, or even transcendent ones, within a certain range.

As for this certain range, it refers to the scale of the "Pot Heaven World".

Essentially, it means using the power of the "Pot Heaven World" to exert absolute suppression on the enemy.

After these several promotions, Bai Cang had figured out some of the tricks of the trade, but it was like looking at flowers through a fog, and he couldn't see them clearly at all.

Some blessings, such as "Phoenix Demeanor," are a consistent and complete system, progressing from "quality of food" to "proper drinking," and then to "the five tones" and "the nine virtues," all of which are progressive.

However, some blessings complement each other. For example, in the "Pot Heaven," the prohibition of Qi and the prohibition of Dharma represent two different directions.

"Tongyou" is another type, and its core lies in the words "ghosts and gods".

As for "swordsmanship" and "deception," they are completely unrelated.

"It seems I still need to advance several more times to better master the wondrous uses of the Heavenly Dao Talisman!"

Bai Cang's face lit up with joy, and with a thought, a semi-transparent light screen appeared before his eyes.

[Lord of the Azure Heavens]: Bai Cang

[Catalogue Title]: Supreme Lingbao Cave True Register

[Rank]: Upper Seventh Rank

[Blessings]: Phoenix Grace (Flaw), Netherworld Insight (Slight), Heavenly Vessel (Incomplete), Swordsmanship (Flawed)

Fengyi (Xia): The phoenix arrives, a humble gentleman, a blessed family, auspicious energy arises naturally, and innate talents are blessed with the five tones.

Tongyou (Wei): Penetrating the netherworld, profound and divine, able to communicate with the nine netherworlds, and also able to break through illusions, and enhances the talent [Ghost Capture].

The Heavenly Pot (Missing): The universe is vast within a sleeve, the sun and moon are long within a pot. It can open up the void, contain Mount Sumeru within a mustard seed, and even the universe is vast, the whole world exists in the palm of one's hand, and is blessed with the innate [Forbidden Qi].

Swordsmanship (Incomplete): All swordsmanship techniques are contained within this; the ultimate mastery of technique approaches the Dao. Enhanced with the talent [False Form].

Promotion requirements: 10,000 spirit pearls, 1,000 pieces of spirit jade, 100 strands of evil energy, 10 strands of qi, and 1 primordial elixir.

Looking at the requirements for the next promotion, Bai Cang couldn't help but have a strange expression.

"It doesn't seem that difficult!"

[Thank you again to the "Sijunshan" big shot, please give me a free gift]