Chapter Twenty-Four: The Collapse of Senstar

  The master of the secret mansion stood up from his chair and looked at Kong Fang with a serious expression, saying: "Although the inheritance you are about to receive is only a small part, it can also be considered as half of my successor. Therefore, you must make an oath not to reveal the inheritance to others. Moreover, after you have enough power in the future, you will help me do one thing."

  Such a requirement is normal, and even if the master of the secret mansion doesn't say it, Kong Fang won't leak it out. With such a powerful inheritance, not making a fortune in secret would be stupid. Moreover, once the news leaks out, various strong factions will constantly pursue and kill each other for the inheritance, and at that time, even one's life cannot be guaranteed.

  Hence, Kong Fang readily made a vow.

  However, the only thing that made Kong Fang somewhat puzzled was what kind of matter would make a strong Jie Butterfly Realm like the owner of the secret mansion go and do? Fortunately, the owner of the secret mansion clearly said to wait until he had enough strength later to do something, and now it's not necessary to consider such distant things.

  "You possess the innate talent of Earth Element, so I'll teach you two Earth-based Dao techniques."

  The master of the secret mansion stretched out his hand and pointed to Kong Fang's brow, and the information about the inheritance of the earth-based Taoist method instantly flooded into Kong Fang's mind, and later it was even branded in Kong Fang's mind.

  This is the Soul Engraving Inheritance, which uses the powerful soul's power to directly engrave the inheritance in the mind of the inheritor, allowing them to remember it forever. Moreover, the Soul Engraving Inheritance has another great benefit: the stronger the soul's power of the person who performs the inheritance, the less likely other strong people are to discover the secrets in the inheritor's mind. This not only protects the inheritance from being leaked out but also ensures the safety of the inheritor.

  The master of the secret mansion said while displaying the divine soul inheritance: "These two earth-based dao methods, one is mainly attacking and the other is mainly defending. The defensive earth-based dao method is called 'Great Earth War Armor'. By casting 'Great Earth War Armor', you can cover any position on your body or even your entire body with a layer of war armor formed by the power of the earth, with an extremely astonishing defense power. Moreover, as your realm improves and your magical powers grow stronger, the defensive power of this 'Great Earth War Armor' will also increase accordingly."

  "'Dadi Zhanjia' may not be my creation, but it is a rare and powerful Taoist technique. Back then, I was able to obtain it from..." The master of the secret chamber suddenly stopped speaking and fell silent.

  Tens of thousands of years ago, when the master of the secret mansion was still only in the realm of Ming Shen, he roamed all over the Hei Ming continent. At that time, the master of the secret mansion met a cultivator at the peak of the Huā Líng realm, and this cultivator was an extremely rare genius.

  At that time, this person's realm was lower than the master of the secret mansion, but relying on the powerful defensive power of the "Earth War Armor" method, he actually consumed a day and night with the master of the secret mansion before falling into defeat. The master of the secret mansion coveted the strong defensive power of this method and coerced his opponent to hand it over.

  The master of the secret mansion did not have the earth element talent, and could not cultivate directly. He had wanted to refer to this Taoist method to recreate a Taoist method that could use the power of fire to display, but unfortunately, the fire element and the earth element had essential differences. The master's creation was ultimately unable to succeed. This is not to say that the master was unable to create a defensive Taoist method using the power of fire, but rather that all the Taoist methods he created were not as powerful as the "Great Earth Battle Armor", and therefore could only be abandoned.

  This matter is not very glorious, and the master of the secret mansion naturally did not want to say much to Kong Fang.

  Kong Fangzheng wholeheartedly accepted these legacies and didn't pay much attention to what the master of the secret mansion said.

  "The Earth War Armor" was a very complex technique, but the speed of the divine soul's inheritance was extremely fast. In just a few minutes, this technique had already been completely imprinted in Kong Fang's mind.

  "The next move I'll pass on to you is called 'Nine Expansions, Nine Fold Decision'." As he said this, the master of the secret chamber's voice actually underwent a slight change.

  "'Ninefold Ninefold Decision' is even more mysterious than 'Earth War Armor', this Taoist method can cultivate to the peak, one attack will have eighty-one heavy power explosion, the power is getting stronger and stronger, extremely terrifying." The owner of the secret mansion recalled a scene from that year, still with some horror.

  This Taoist method was obtained by the master of the secret mansion from another cultivator with earth attribute heavenly gift, at that time the master of the secret mansion had already reached the peak of Tongshen realm, only one step away from breaking through to Huadie realm, but his opponent was just in the initial stage of Tongshen realm.

  The master of the secret mansion is confident that he can easily take down his opponent, after all, the two men's strengths are vastly different.

  To know the boundary is higher, even if two monks are in the same realm and both are beginners, their strength is absolutely strong and weak. Moreover, at that time, the master of the secret mansion had already reached the peak of Tongshen Realm, and was stronger than his opponent by more than one star.

  It was under such circumstances that the master of the secret mansion was severely injured, and if it weren't for the extraordinary power of his self-created life-saving technique, the master would have fallen into the hands of that cultivator.

  This is the strongest opponent that the master of the secret mansion encountered on his way to the Butterfly Boundary, and also the most demonic one.

  After a painful and brutal fight, the owner of the secret mansion recovered from his injuries and took the most important step, successfully breaking through to the Butterfly Transformation Realm. Afterwards, the owner of the secret mansion searched for hundreds of thousands of miles around and finally found that cultivator.

  That cultivator was extremely evil, but he couldn't resist the owner of the secret mansion who had broken through to the Butterfly Transformation Realm. It's worth noting that the power from the Unity Realm to the Butterfly Transformation Realm is a qualitative improvement, and the owner of the secret mansion, whose power surged violently, directly crushed his opponent.

  The thought that it was because of the opponent's oppression that he broke through to the Butterfly Boundary, so the master of the secret mansion did not kill him mercilessly. He just let that demon repair hand over his Taoist methods and then let him leave.

  Kong Fang heard wave after wave of heart-pounding sounds.

  "This Taoist method is actually so powerful that an attack can have eighty-one times the power explosion, and what's even more terrifying is that these eighty-one powers are not weakening one by one, but instead getting stronger one by one. How can there be such a terrible Taoist method?" Kong Fang was shocked in his heart, this Taoist method gave him too much impact.

  If Kong Fang knew what had happened to Cang Ye, the master of the secret mansion, back then, he would have thought it was normal. A cultivator in the early stages of Tongshen realm could use this dao technique to severely injure and force the master of the secret mansion, who was at the peak of Tongshen realm, to retreat. If it didn't have such terrifying power, how else could it be achieved?

  After the initial shock, Kong Fang's heart was filled with great joy. The Taoist method now belonged to him, and the stronger it was, the better. He even wanted to let out a loud shout, allowing the powerful Taoist method to come even more fiercely.

  This time, the master of the secret mansion spent more than ten minutes before finally branding this powerful Taoist technique into Kong Fang's mind.

  The master of the secret mansion stopped and did not continue to pass on the teachings.

  The master of the secret mansion looked at Kong Fang and said, "Next, I will teach you the Soul Refining Method. This is the foundation of a cultivator, without the Soul Refining Method, a cultivator cannot cultivate at all. You passed the first part of the test, so you can only get the Thousand Star Soul Refining Method. When you have the opportunity to pass the second part of the test in the future, you will get a Soul Refining Method that is many times stronger than this one. You must work hard."

  Kong Fang nodded, but didn't say much. Although he had obtained a very high-level soul refining method, this matter couldn't be told to others.

  "I see that you have already opened the Zi Fu, so you must have obtained a soul refining method. However, with your current strength, it's unlikely that you can get a good soul refining method. Alright, now I will teach you the Thousand Star Soul Refining Method."

  The master of the secret mansion this time did not use one finger to point at Kong Fang's brow, but instead used his entire palm to grasp Kong Fang's forehead.

  The method of refining the soul is different from the Taoist method and the cultivation method. The Taoist method and the cultivation method do not require the power of the spirit and soul to be transmitted, and can also be transmitted through other methods, but the method of refining the soul must use the method of spiritual inheritance.

  A thousand stars with infinite profundity appeared in the Purple Mansion, under the endless starry sky that occupied the entire heavens. One after another, they emerged, until a thousand had appeared before stopping. By the time the master of the secret mansion finished all this, half an hour had passed, which was even longer than the time spent on 'Ninefold Nine- Layered Decree'.

  After passing on the Soul Refining method, a hint of fatigue involuntarily appeared on the face of the Secret Mansion's master. After all, what existed now was only a wisp of residual soul, which couldn't compare to his true body.

  The master of the secret mansion moved his palm on Kong Fang's forehead slightly, and another piece of information entered Kong Fang's mind.

  "This cultivation technique is called 'Mountain Return', although it's not a particularly precious one, but it can refine the heavenly power absorbed by the Thousand Star Soul Refining Technique into spiritual energy, so that your cultivation speed won't be affected by a poor cultivation technique." After finishing the transmission of the cultivation technique, the master of the secret mansion waved his hand with some fatigue, "Alright, I'll send you off now, hoping you can break through to the Ascending Spirit Realm soon."

  A powerful force suddenly enveloped Kong Fang, and before he could react, it had already sent him out of the secret mansion, directly to a place not far from the Qi Sect.

  As soon as Kong Fang appeared, he hastily observed his surroundings and found that he had indeed arrived near the Qi Zong. He let out a sigh of relief. But just at this moment, Kong Fang's face suddenly changed, and his consciousness immediately entered the Zi Fu.

  In the imperial palace,

  The highest place is occupied by endless stars, and under the endless stars is the true shadow of the thousand stars imprinted by the master of the secret mansion, with a thousand stars occupying a small area. Further down is the earth-traversing divine soul that is nearly one zhang high.

  Kong Fang was shocked to see the thousand stars in the middle, only to see that under the starlight of the endless stars, the thousand stars were rapidly collapsing, and one by one, the stars disappeared directly from the Purple Mansion, as if they had never appeared before.