His body was instantly injured. Huang Taiji coughed up blood, knowing that further fighting was futile. He took out the spiritual medicine from his ring and began to consume it voraciously, his internal energy circulating wildly. The Shu Mountain Sect Leader frowned after unleashing his attack, then laughed. His Taiqing Divine Thunder hadn't killed the boy, only causing him to cough up blood; this proved the power of this innate spiritual treasure. Seeing Huang Taiji healing and consuming the spiritual medicine, he shook his head with a smile. This kid was consuming top-grade spiritual medicine so voraciously; it would be strange if he didn't burst from overeating. He didn't make a move, simply waiting for Huang Taiji.
Huang Taiji devoured spiritual medicines and frantically circulated his cultivation techniques. Finally, he actually broke through, successfully entering the Nascent Soul stage. He closed his eyes, focusing on his primordial spirit. Entering the Nascent Soul stage meant he could use powerful Daoist techniques. Furthermore, by employing secret methods to enhance his cultivation, he increased his level by two stages in a short period, entering the late Nascent Soul stage. At that point, with Golden Immortal magic treasures for offense and Innate spiritual treasures for defense, he might be able to escape this predicament. The Shu Mountain Sect Leader frowned. He didn't understand the use of Huang Taiji's advancement to the early Nascent Soul stage. A Nascent Soul cultivator against a Void Returning stage cultivator was like a child against an adult—utterly useless. He couldn't figure it out either. "Does this kid have some hidden trick up his sleeve?"
Huang Taiji stood up, wielding a large sword, and unleashed a lightning spell at the Shushan Sect Leader. He then used a secret technique to drastically increase his cultivation to the late-stage Nascent Soul realm. His sword trembled; having just entered the late-stage Nascent Soul realm, his control over spiritual power was still imperfect, but he had no choice. He channeled his energy and slashed at the Shushan Sect Leader. The Shushan Sect Leader, seeing Huang Taiji's attack, immediately laughed. Who in the world could compare to the Three Pure Ones Daoist Sect? Huang Taiji was simply showing off his limited skills. He casually unleashed a lightning bolt, only to find Huang Taiji charging towards him. Moreover, Huang Taiji's cultivation had suddenly increased to the late-stage Nascent Soul realm. The Shushan Sect Leader knew perfectly well that this was a secret technique similar to the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique. Huang Taiji was gambling with his cultivation to the late-stage Nascent Soul realm. The Shushan Sect Leader dared not take this attack head-on. If it had been before, it would have been fine, but now he dared not. He released his Purple and Green Twin Swords, slashing at Huang Taiji. The swords clashed, producing a series of metallic sounds, and Huang Taiji was forced back.
"This knife is also a treasure; I'll snatch it later." The Shu Mountain sect leader's mind raced, and he launched a sword attack on Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji dodged and weaved, growing increasingly anxious. His secret technique, though powerful, was short-lived and wouldn't last long. "It seems this old Taoist is plotting against me, but there's no other way. I'll risk it all!"
Huang Taiji knew that the Shushan Sect Leader was stalling for time. Once the effects of his secret technique wore off and his body weakened, killing him would be as easy as turning his hand. Therefore, he could only use this last resort while he still had the chance: to self-destruct the greatsword forged by a Golden Immortal. He believed that the effect of this magical weapon's self-destruction would be no less than a blow from a Void Returning stage expert. Although he himself would not survive, he would fight desperately to make sure the old man on the other side had a good time.
While dodging the attacks, Huang Taiji circulated his profound energy, channeling spiritual power into his weapons. Once the energy was fully charged, he disregarded the Purple and Green Twin Swords and charged straight at the head of the Shu Mountain Sect.
"You old bastard, you want my life? I'll fight you to the death and make sure you don't get away with it!" With that, Huang Taiji detonated his weapon. The Shushan Sect Leader, who had been toying with Huang Taiji, suddenly saw Huang Taiji charging towards him and knew he was in trouble. Unfortunately, Huang Taiji had already detonated his weapon, and he had no choice but to take the hit. With a deafening roar, the area within several miles was blasted into chaos, and the Shushan Sect Leader coughed up blood, suffering serious internal injuries.
After the lingering effects subsided, Huang Taiji was nowhere to be seen. The head of the Shu Mountain sect regretted not acting sooner. Now he was seriously injured and had not obtained the treasure. He was furious and slowly flew back to Shu Mountain.
Meanwhile, Huang Taiji, after his self-destruction, should have died, but the power was too great. The self-destruction tore a rift in space, which absorbed the innate spiritual treasure and the true spirit attached to it into him, and then shut it down.
He returned to the state of chaos, rebuilt his primordial spirit, refined his cultivation techniques, and prepared to undertake a great undertaking.
The story goes that Huang Taiji was forced to self-destruct his primordial spirit by the old Taoist priest of Mount Shu, but unexpectedly, a rift was torn open in space, sucking in his true spirit and the innate spiritual treasure. But where did he end up? After an unknown amount of time, Huang Taiji finally awoke. At this point, he only had a wisp of his true spirit left, and he knew he was inside the innate spiritual treasure gourd. The details of this gourd are probably unknown to most of you. Let me explain in detail.
The story goes that Nuwa created humans. At that time, Nuwa was on the top of Buzhou Mountain, shaping people from clay. After shaping dozens of people, she felt it was too slow. Suddenly, she saw a gourd vine next to her. This gourd vine was the famous Innate Gourd Vine, one of the six great innate spiritual roots that grew on the top of Buzhou Mountain. Originally, it was supposed to bear seven gourds, and the spiritual root would perish once the gourds were formed. However, only three gourds were formed. One was picked by Taiqing Laozi and refined into a gourd for holding elixirs. Another was picked by Hongyun Laozu, which later became Hongyun Laozu's famous magic weapon, the Nine-Nine Hongyun Soul-Scattering Gourd. The last one was picked by Donghuang Taiyi, who mixed the great witch essence of Houyi and Kuafu into it and refined it into the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife, which was eventually given to Lu Ya.
Before the gourd could fully form, Nuwa plucked it off. She used the gourd's root to stir up the Nine Heavens Breath Soil and then flung it out. The Nine Heavens Breath Soil rolled upon landing and formed human figures, proclaiming themselves the Holy Mother of Mercy. The creation of humans was a great achievement, and the heavens bestowed upon them great merit. Nuwa used eighty percent of this merit to become a saint, one-tenth was taken by the gourd, and the whereabouts of the remaining tenth is unknown. At that time, Nuwa had become a saint and needed to comprehend the Heavenly Dao and consolidate her cultivation, so she did not investigate in detail. Later, a series of major events occurred, causing her to forget about it. In fact, when Nuwa tore off the gourd vine, she left a bit of root in the mud. Later, when humanity was successfully created, Heaven bestowed merit upon it. Because the gourd root participated in the creation of humanity, it lost its own opportunity. Heaven is impartial, so it naturally gave it one-tenth of its merit. Later, this bit of root grew into a spiritual root, but its vital energy was greatly depleted, and it only formed one gourd. But this one gourd is even more extraordinary. This innate gourd vine has a characteristic that each one is more powerful than the last. These four gourds contain 34 layers of restrictions, making them spiritual treasures of the Great Luo Golden Immortal level. They have boundless space, can trap and imprison people, and can nourish the things stored inside. This is the most useful aspect for Huang Taiji at present. In addition, he received one-tenth of the merit from creating humanity, which can also suppress fortune. It is a sacred artifact of acquired merit. However, at this time, Heaven's way is not manifest, and the human race has not yet emerged. This one-tenth of the merit from creating humanity will only be revealed after the human race emerges. This merit cannot be revealed at this time.
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