Chapter 4: Extremely Perilous

  "The Divine Wheel is the wheel of divine power. One Divine Wheel carries all that you have learned before, carries your understanding of martial arts, and on the Divine Wheel, transforms into the first kind of divine power in your life!"

  Jiang Xue explained seriously: "Your current cultivation realm is still a distance away from breaking through to the Divine Wheel realm and cultivating the first type of divine ability. After you cultivate the Divine Wheel, you will come into contact with divine abilities and naturally understand more. Zi Chuan, today I have already absorbed 40% of your yang energy, it's best for you to intensify your cultivation."

  Jiang Nan's heart tightened, he had an agreement with Jiang Xue, Jiang Xue guided him in his cultivation, and he provided four-tenths of his yang energy for Jiang Xue to absorb every day to recover her divine soul.

  "Take one's body as a prison, with eyes, ears, mouth, nose, tongue and mind as the gates of the prison. Lock up the gates of the prison, transform the body into hell, and true energy becomes the seed of demons!"

  In the south, a thought stirred, urging the Xuan Tai Jing to move. The five senses of the eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and tongue were closed, as if looking but not seeing, listening but not hearing. He had already made some progress in cultivating the Jiang Yue Po Lang Jue, refining his skin, flesh, tendons, and bones into four major realms. Closing all the acupoints on his body was not difficult at all; with just a thought, he could close all 108,000 pores on his body, without a single thread of true energy or primordial energy leaking out!

  In the end, he even closed his consciousness, as if thinking and not thinking, not thinking and not not thinking, entering a state of mind that had never been seen before.

  Jiang Xue nodded repeatedly, thinking to himself: "My younger brother's talent is not bad at all, and his comprehension is also excellent. Unfortunately, I don't know much about the human tribe's mental methods, otherwise I could have cultivated a top-notch expert..."

  Unconsciously, the sun rises, and the morning glow from the east shines on Yangchuan River, bringing a hint of warmth to this early winter morning.

  Few people come here, and it's rare for anyone to be in this place at this time.

  The Demon Prison Mysterious Fetus Scripture operates, the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind are closed. Jiangnan's body is like a sealed hell, his true energy is like the demonic energy of hell, unparalleled and overbearing.

  In his lower abdomen, many true energies converged and transformed into a black bell, which was the demon seed.

  The black clock is like a seed, floating in the center of Dantian, only as big as a mustard seed, continuously absorbing the subtle and delicate true energy, emitting a crisp sound that can only be heard in Jiangnan.

  This demon seed resembles an inverted black bell, small and delicate, constantly ringing. The true energy of Jiangnan surged into the demon seed, shaking inside the bell, and transformed into a thread of black air that immediately disappeared completely.

  He seemed to have turned into a bottomless pit, with sunlight shining on his body, and the sun's energy mixed in the light was absorbed by his body!

  "Taking his body as a prison, he only moves forward and never retreats. The demonic prison's profound womb scripture is indeed overbearing!"

  Jiang Xue was also slightly shocked by this scene. Although she possessed the remnants of the Demon Prison Heart Scripture, she had never cultivated this technique before. When she saw Jiang Nan's cultivation state, she suddenly understood the terrifying aspect of this technique.

  Before his eyes, the scene was that of Jiangnan's activation of the Mystic Fetus Scripture, where 108,000 pores on his body transformed into prison gates opening up to absorb the solar primordial energy while not allowing even a hint of essence to leak out.

  Absorbing the solar yuanqi, Jiangnan's yangqi is rapidly replenished, and the qi and blood become more and more vigorous, even the true qi surges like a flood, making rapid progress!

  Boom! Boom! Boom! Bang!

  A sound of drawing a bowstring echoed within Jiang Nan's body, his muscles were like strings, tightened and then released, capable of bursting out with the powerful force of a strong crossbow, instantly unleashing this power.

  After the great shock, his body transmitted a humming sound again, which was the vibration of his limbs and bones, two hundred and six skeletal bones being swept by the true energy, with a slight buzzing!

  "The realm of refining one's bones..."

  Jiang Xue's eyes revealed a different color, in this short period of time Jiang Nan had already crossed the boundary of refining his muscles and entered the fourth heavy realm of refining his body: "In such a short time, he broke through to the fourth heavy realm of refining his bones... Zi Chuan's talent is even better than I imagined..."

  Jiangnan confines himself to a prison, true qi nourishes the skin, muscles, and tendons. As the true qi gradually deepens, it penetrates deeper into the body, washing away impurities from the bones like a tide, making the skeleton stronger and more resilient, forging copper sinews and iron bones!

  The Bone Refining Realm is the foundation of the fifth layer of bone membrane realm. The human body has a total of 206 skeletal bones, all connected as one, with bone membranes, tendons and muscles linked together to form an integral whole. To cultivate the fifth layer of the Martial Dao realm, it is necessary to thoroughly open up all the bone membranes, allowing the true qi to flow unimpeded within the bone membranes!

  Only by refining the body to have copper muscles and iron bones can one withstand the extremely powerful impact of true energy when breaking through the bone membrane; otherwise, it will be impossible to break through the bone membrane, and one's own muscles and skeleton may even be shattered by the violent true energy!

  In many internal martial arts, the practice of "tempering the bones" involves infusing the true energy into the skeletal system to strengthen it, making one's own bones hard enough to withstand this violent impact. For example, Jiangyue Poranquan is a technique where the true energy transforms into a great river, flowing down and flushing the skeleton along the way, with the bright moon rising from the river's heart, illuminating and tempering the skeleton, thereby achieving the goal of tempering the bones.

  When the great river and bright moon have washed all the bones, it can be considered a small achievement, which is already an extremely superior kung fu!

  The Demon Prison Heavenly Womb Scripture, on the other hand, uses one's own body as a hell, tempering all 206 bones in the body with the aura of hell, tempering skin, flesh and bones to achieve an unprecedented level, its cultivation speed is faster than Jiang Yue Broken Wave Scripture by countless times!

  At this speed of cultivation, within ten days, Jiang Nan will be able to break through the Bone Refining realm and enter the Membrane Refining realm!

  The sun rose to its peak, and the yang energy in the sunlight suddenly became extremely intense. Jiangnan felt his true qi almost instantly boiling up inside him, his blood and energy churning, and his yang energy becoming overwhelmingly dominant. He couldn't help but let out a stifled groan as his face turned bright red in an instant!

  All he heard was a faint crackling sound coming from within his body, but it was the excessive yang energy of the sun in the sunlight that caused an accumulation of excess yang energy inside him, forcing open the prison gates transformed from the 108,000 pores all over his body!

  His every pore opened up, and fine flames darted out from these pores, igniting his clothes, turning him into a human torch in an instant!

  "Zi Chuan, quickly stop your Heart Technique!"

  Jiang Xue's face changed slightly, and the white fox jumped up and came to Jiang Nan's front. It opened its mouth and sucked in one breath, and the flames that were sprayed out of Jiang Nan's 108,000 pores were instantly absorbed by it. At the same time, the excessively strong yang energy and heat inside Jiang Nan's body were also absorbed by it.

  At the same time, Jiang Nan made a decisive move and immediately stopped operating the Demon Prison Xuan Tai Jing. He opened his mouth and let out a burst of air, and the excessively inflated true energy in his body was suddenly released by him in one breath, transforming into a long arrow of energy that shot towards the distance!

  This arrow of air was extremely hot, and as soon as it left his mouth, it ignited with a whooshing sound, burning fiercely. With a loud crackling sound, it pierced through a willow tree by the riverbank that two people could barely wrap their arms around, flying more than ten zhang away before finally burning out and disappearing into thin air!

  Only a hole as thick as an arm was left on that weeping willow, as if it had been pierced by a strong crossbow!

  In the south of the river, his heart still had lingering fear, a sinister voice in the dark passage, just now in that brief moment, he was almost incinerated on the spot by the boiling Yang energy and true energy!

  If it weren't for Jiang Xue's timely reminder to stop his Heart Method, he would have been drained of his overly abundant yang energy and fire again, and this time he would surely be doomed!

  Jiang Xue's eyes gleamed with a different light, and he exclaimed repeatedly, "This is indeed the unparalleled heart method of the Demon Gate! It's overbearing and fierce, unmatched in the world! This is the foundation stage of martial arts. If one goes crazy and enters the demonic state, they will be burned to ashes. And if they cultivate to the realm of spiritual powers or the Daoist platform, wouldn't going crazy and entering the demonic state be even more terrifying?"

  Jiang Nan's face turned dark. His fox sister actually had such a dangerous idea, wasn't she being quite irresponsible?

  As it concerns his own life, Jiang Nan also had to be careful and asked: "Sister, the Devil's Prison has undergone a violent transformation, do you have any way to reduce the risk of walking into madness?"

  "Your body is too weak and cannot withstand the intense solar energy at high noon. It's normal to get possessed by the fire devil. From now on, when practicing this mental technique, stop immediately at high noon and wait until your body is strong enough before attempting to extend the time."

  Jiang Xue sank into thought for a moment before smiling and saying, "But sister, there's still another way..."

  In the south, a movement in his heart, only to see the white fox's eyebrows open and smile, eyes curved into two crescent moons: "Like just now, when you're on fire and enter the devil, I'll come to absorb the excess yang energy and true energy from your body. This can not only save you from death but also allow me to quickly recover my spirit. Isn't this a win-win situation?"

  The south is in a hurry to make a decision. Playing with one's own life will never end well, and being careless for even a moment can lead to death or disability!

  "What a pity..." The fox demon sighed, full of regret.

  "The Dharma Gate, the Dharma Gate, with a heart method, there must also be a gate that allows the heart method to go out, and this gate is the form, divine ability, and skill of application! Unfortunately, the Demon Prison Mysterious Fetus Scripture is incomplete, having methods but no gates, only having the unparalleled heart method, but no corresponding forms. This is equivalent to guarding a mountain full of treasures, yet being unable to take out a single treasure."

  Jiang Nan no longer cultivated the Demon Prison Mysterious Fetus Scripture, and thought to himself: "I wonder if the moves I learned before can be stimulated by the Demon Prison Mysterious Fetus Scripture?"

  "Primordial Opening Seal!"

  His body suddenly moved, a palm chopped down, and the black bell transformed from the demon species in his body suddenly rang out with a "ding" sound. The surface of the black bell suddenly floated with dense and dense words, which was exactly the essence of Hunyuan Opening Monument, perfectly natural.

  Hmph!

  His palm was like a hundred and ten kilograms heavy axe, fiercely chopping down. Before his palm had even fallen, the ground already showed an axe mark, as if there really was an invisible large axe that cut through the ground!

  Jiangnan was both shocked and delighted, transforming his palm into a fist. His fist was like a large hammer, striking out with a single blow!

  His fists struck the air with a loud thud, like beating a big drum!

  "It's powerful, really too powerful!"

  He stamped his foot heavily, and the countless fine gravel beneath his feet shook violently, crackling and splitting open with a series of loud pops. The grains of gravel were actually shattered by his single stomp!

  "The Demon Prison Mysterious Fetus Scripture can actually stimulate the Primordial Opening Seal Hand, and its power is five or six times greater than that of the real Primordial Opening Seal Hand! I wonder what kind of power it would have if this technique were to stimulate the Jiangyue Eighteen Forms?"

  Jiang Nan's movements suddenly changed, his fists and feet slowing down, as if pulling out a great river from the mountains. On the surface of the black clock formed by the demon species in his body, patterns and dense texts appeared, which was the heart method of Jiang Yue Po Lang Quan, extremely mysterious.

  This situation is as if this black bell has become the overall hub of Jiangnan's internal energy, able to change the way internal energy flows and evolve into other martial arts techniques.

  The great river emerges from the deep valley!

  Between his hands, a sudden surge of waves burst forth, as if he had really pulled out an invisible great river from the formless depths, with roaring waves and surging currents, its power greatly increased!

  "The bright moon is suspended in the vast sky!"

  He held his hands in a circular shape, embracing a bright full moon between his palms. His true energy condensed between his hands, and a powerful force burst forth from between them, striking forward with a loud whooshing sound towards the Yangchuan River ahead!

  The Yangchuan River is seven or eight zhang wide, and the opposite bank is a mountain forest. The force of this strike from Jiangnan crossed over the river surface, and all that could be seen was a large tree on the opposite bank swaying violently once, with only a few leaves falling from its branches.

  A gentle breeze blew, and wood powder danced in the air. On the trunk of that big tree, a round hole suddenly appeared, piercing through the inside and outside. This move was called "Hanging Moon in the Vast Sky", with an incredible display of internal energy and soft power. Wherever his palm passed, the tree had already been pierced by his hidden force, but it couldn't be seen from the outside!

  Jiang Nan unleashed a series of moves, including "Great River Accompanies the Tide" and "Bright Moon Illuminates the Great River", with an astonishing display of power that far exceeded his expectations, surpassing the actual power of Jiang Yue's Breaking Wave Fist by two to three times!