The news spread extremely swiftly.

The next day, that Demon Cultivator was already renowned.

He even ranked eighty-third on the Xinyi Continent's list of a hundred young prodigies.

He was known as the Demon Cultivator Rice Disaster.

This prodigy list only includes young talents under a hundred years old.

Bone divination determines age, and the flourishing degree of the Three Flowers can also determine soul age; the older the Three Flowers, the older the person, and withered Three Flowers basically represent that this Three Elements Realm cultivator's life is nearing its end. Gui Pu can identify those under a hundred years old, yet his combat power is not clear, mostly relying on weapons, hence the relatively low ranking.

What truly became famous, was that weapon.

Almost during this night's fermentation, it already shocked the entire Xinyi Continent.

From the top-tier families of Xinyi State, Holy Lands, Major Sects, down to young scholars who slightly pay attention to worldly affairs, all were astounded.

Everyone was discussing.

"Nowadays, some rare powerhouses in the world stumbled into tombs when they were young, or engaged in grave-robbing, acquiring ancient burial divine weapons before rising."

"Is this Gui Pu perhaps another future top-tier powerhouse?"

"If I obtained this Divine Weapon, I could single-handedly slaughter a city."

After all, each Divine Weapon has a very legendary story, inherently possessing strong topical value.

However, due to the Sword Fairy's misleading claim of being a peerless Demon King in life, the general populace couldn't discern the human embers as the Artifact Spirit and believed it retained the consciousness of a Demon King as the Artifact Spirit.

A top-tier weapon must have passive abilities and active divine powers.

Today, it's evident that the opponent's active ability is Rice Straw Poison.

This is a dual poison of flesh and soul, extremely terrifying.

Even Three Elements Realm Great Cultivators cannot resist much attack.

Analyzing the combat footage estimates that cutting several thousand times will achieve large-scale flesh metamorphosis, the flesh-body used as nourishment gets hollowed by rice straw growth, turning into scarecrows.

This talent is very bizarre and powerful!

The higher the level cultivator, the stronger their undying nature; in combat, cultivators with small cultivation differences rely on water-milling techniques.

Thus, slow poison is currently recognized as one of the most lethally potent toxins!

One must carry a magical artifact with anti-poison attributes, or possess resistance divine techniques themselves, to withstand.

As for the second passive divine power,

clearly, it involves dual absorption of flesh and soul, feeding back to the master.

This is why that cultivator suddenly broke through their bottleneck; the value of this Divine Weapon is immense!

It holds tremendous strategic significance.

Of course, such external breakthroughs may potentially exhaust your potential.

According to some academy great scholars, cultivators spoke of this during lectures to students.

They analyzed that the sword-wielding Demon Cultivator might forever stay at the first realm of Three Elements Realm, Essence Realm.

But for most who cannot break through, achieving the next great realm is already quite good.

Yet many saw deeper inner meanings.

"These are two variant spirit roots? Beyond conventional Five Elements Spirit Root, extremely rare Yin Spirit Root and Yang Spirit Root, simply incredible!"

"Is it a divine weapon similar to Yin Yang Double Rings, crafted by Twin Qilin Beast? After all, Yin Yang Double Rings also have similar feeding back spiritual blood and qi capabilities, given Yin attribute is soul, Yang attribute is flesh."

"Impossible! Yin Yang Double Rings are a pair of rings, essentially two separate weapons, whereas the mysterious Artifact Spirit before us has Yin Yang Spirit Root; her Dual Spirit Roots completely merged together!"

"Dual Spirit Roots, has this ever happened in history?"

"A magical artifact with two spirit roots, how is this achieved?!"

"This is a miracle! How could one person possibly have Dual Spirit Roots; could it be, that the Artifact Spirit Banshee Queen was innately a Yin Yang person?"

"Perhaps we are witnessing a piece of history."

...

In Xinyi State's teahouses and taverns, discussions continued.

Solely in terms of combat power, it's not considered extremely formidable among Divine Weapons.

But how does a creature simultaneously have two spirit roots, especially the rarest Yin and Yang ones?

This simply overturned their cognition, refreshing their worldview of magical artifacts.

The Immortal Path era has updated countless versions, still undergoing rapid updates.

Because standing on the shoulders of giants in historical corridors tombs, discussing ultimate skills with the past sages, opening peace for all ages, various family talents always renew with each passing time.

However, this time's change is somewhat grand.

This weapon possibly contains some entirely new elements, causing numerous people to engage in heated discussions.

This is without them realizing it's an Ash Artifact.

If knowing it's a growth-type permanent weapon.

That won't be damaged by age and use, taking root in the Earth Vein continually self-repairing like ancestor Earth-bound Spirit, that will surely stir up an earth-shaking storm.

...

Xinyi Royal City.

In a tributor courtyard of the Prince's Mansion.

The courtyard filled with Immortal Qi, enveloped by vast Spiritual Qi.

A handsome young scholar, dressed in white, sat motionless in the courtyard, expression unchanged, like an eternal wax statue.

A gust of wild wind swept by.

The cloud layer above the Prince's Mansion seemed like something was madly plummeting.

Boom!!!

Like a mighty deity shattering the nine heavens descending to the mortal realm.

That giant figure gradually became clear.

The entire world seemed to be dyed in platinum color.

What appeared before my eyes was a towering lotus dais forged from three exquisite lotus flowers, upon which sat a majestic giant divine being, entirely grand and sacred, seemingly the one true god above and below the heavens.

Swish.

The immense and magnificent divine being descended, and the lotus dais forged from the three flowers returned.

Jian Xin withdrew the three flowers on the top, sat in the courtyard holding a book, suddenly frowned slightly:

"That weapon reminds me of an experiment by the Yin Yang Family in the past."

The Yin Yang Family is a major sect and academy; their core Spirit Roots are various Yin Spirit Roots and Yang Spirit Roots.

"Lord Jian Xin, what experiment?" a young girl beside him whispered.

"The noble families are incredibly mad, they spare no extremes; anything we've ever considered possible, they have tried to research."

"Planting Dual Spirit Roots within one person is also within their range of experiments."

The young girl's eyes sparkled brightly: "Did that experiment succeed then?"

"No."

Jian Xin shook his head with a smile, his expression gentle: "If it had succeeded, our era would have taken a giant leap forward; by that time, the Spirit Roots we plant wouldn't just be one."

"Although all experimental subjects died, they obtained a theoretical possibility."

"What theoretical explanation?" the young girl asked curiously.

"Do you know what the essence of our cultivation is?" Jian Xin suddenly smiled and asked.

The young girl's voice, though tender, was extremely firm as she replied:

"The essence of cultivation is Cycle! In each Realm, we are establishing various cycles, which lead to the immortality of flesh and blood and our undying nature."

"The Five-Body Realm is the outer shell cycle."

"The Four Viscera Realm is the inner shell cycle."

"The Three Elements Realm is the Essence, Qi, and Spirit cycle through the brain."

"The Two-Phase Realm is the Yin Yang Two Phases cycle."

"The One Heart Realm condenses the four rings of the previous four Realms all into a single core—the heart, One Heart is our Seven-orifice Exquisite Heart."

"The Mortal Heart, is tempered only in the One Heart Realm, as if illuminating the eternal core of Immortal-Becoming!!"

Jian Xin nodded; this is the essence of cultivation.

Yet the everyday scholars outside couldn't possibly know this clearly.

Jian Xin gave a faint smile, softly speaking:

"Cycle is the undying essence of our Immortal Path cultivators, the fundamental Rational Technique for our transformation into immortals!"

"Their theory of multiple Spirit Roots is to simultaneously plant Spirit Roots in mutual cycles, then allow mutual checks and balances."

"This is possibly, theoretically, the sixth cycle!"

Jian Xin showed a look of desire: "We haven't cultivated, who knows if there exists... the cycle of Spirit Roots."

"Currently, two known possible Spirit Root cycles are the Yin Yang Spirit Root cycle and the Five Elements Spirit Root cycle."

"But compared to simultaneously planting five Spirit Roots and establishing a cycle... these two Spirit Roots of Yin Yang are the simplest, theoretically most feasible."

Jian Xin's gaze looked off into the distance: "That Artifact Spirit, it's not a Demon Beast, I can see at a glance she's a person! She can bloom the Three Flowers on the Top!"

Demon Beasts, born with Divine Techniques, naturally possess Spirit Roots, naturally able to cultivate, exceptionally advantaged.

The Human Race, born without Divine Techniques, infinitely weak yet with limitless potential, able to choose their own Spirit Root, bloom the Three Flowers and step onto the Immortal Path.

He secretly speculated,

"Was she perhaps planted with two types of Spirit Roots in her lifetime, then captured by some power and used for forging?"

After all, compared to someone dying twice and two Ghosts fusing together, doesn't it sound far more improbable.

He was more inclined to believe that someone succeeded in planting two Spirit Roots.

He quietly researched, feeling quite leisurely: "This world, constantly undergoing ever-changing transformations."

He's been busy lately, still chasing Jiao Wuyu, that Jiao Dragon truly runs fast, keeping him in a great rush.

That one is the King of Ash Disaster.

Born with the authority to command all unawakened malevolent Ghosts.

If fully grown, it could threaten the entire Nine-State, even potentially rebel and seize power, endangering the foundation of Nine-State.

The entire world's Yin Yang reversal, now the hierarchy between humans and Ghosts has flipped.

And reportedly, other continents have seen similar Kings of Ash Disaster appearing, not as easily handled as in past years, also being hunted.

This cycle of Red Sun is quite unpeaceful.

All of a sudden, Jian Xin received a message from above in the Xinyi Royal Mansion, and after reading the contents: "Wanting me to chase that Demon Cultivator wielding the Demon Weapon?"

"Do they truly believe I can split myself?"

Jian Xin was somewhat silent.

He first gained fame battling in the Red House at the age of ten as a mortal, was brought back to the mansion thereafter and served as a Tributor, relaxing for hundreds of years.

He knew only eating, drinking, and cultivation, never working, essentially freeloading at the mansion for hundreds of years.

Because who dared to cause trouble?

No one ever mobilized someone of his level; for individuals of his level of prodigy, time could not be squandered, dedicated entirely to cultivation, freely provided resources.

Yet at present, never in these hundreds of years had there been as many events as this past month.

But he couldn't refrain from taking action; the incidents occurred in the area he was responsible for overseeing as a Tributor.

His gaze settled on a location: Pingchang City.

Why is it Pingchang City again?

This Jiao Wuyu, this Ghost King of Ash Disaster, seems to have originated from Pingchang City last month.

The new target for pursuit, Rice Disaster, seems to have emerged from Pingchang City this month.

Both of his pursuit targets, starting the game of hide-and-seek with him, originated from the same city.

This Pingchang City seems to be crawling with hidden dragons and crouching tigers.

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