Chapter 263: Chapter 29 Countless Incarnations of the Supreme Qingtian
Indeed, as Li Mo had predicted, the news of the No-Life Mother’s thirteenth disciple spread like wildfire.
The key catalyst was that some Demon Sect cultivators noticed a sudden addition of a Supreme Qingtian divine statue in the No-Life Mother’s temple.
The divine statue appeared extremely crude, bearing no refined craftsmanship, and even lacked any discernible characteristics of Supreme Qingtian.
Yet, regardless, it symbolized an indescribable and profound meaning.
One must understand, the No-Life Sect boasts thousands of Immortal Gods, most of whom were fabricated subordinate gods created by No-Life Demon Cultivators.
Thus, being enshrined as a divine statue in the No-Life Mother’s temple has always been reserved solely for the Twelve Immortals.
Now, without a sound or trace of when it was added, the sudden appearance of a Supreme Qingtian statue naturally drew attention from the Demon Sect, even catching the interest of the Taoist factions.
The No-Life Sect had always been divided and fragmented internally.
The Twelve Immortals seldom revealed themselves, and the active No-Life Demon Cultivators were mostly ordinary temple priests, frequently engaging in overt and covert infighting.
This sudden sign of the No-Life Mother intervening in the No-Life Sect naturally caused trepidation among outsiders.
However, despite the whirlpool of speculation surrounding the No-Life Sect, there were no outward actions taken, no trace that the No-Life Mother had appeared.
Five years later.
The influence of Supreme Qingtian’s temple had stagnated, and talk of the so-called Thirteenth Immortal seemed more like a rumor passed around the streets.
After several rounds of purges targeting the No-Life Sect, the Taoist factions ceased paying it attention.
Only those Demon Cultivators who had witnessed events at the Skywell Inn knew the truth—the Thirteenth Immortal was real, and a major reshuffling within the Demon Sect was inevitable.
Even the No-Life Mother had once envied this unparalleled talent—who exactly was Supreme Qingtian?
Li Mo remained unaffected by the outside world. He stayed diligently within the Taiyin Law Heaven, devoting himself to the Primordial Dao Seed.
During his time at Skywell Inn, he had acquired five Nascent Soul stage corpses and nearly twenty elixirs.
These were exceedingly precious resources.
He kept one Nascent Soul corpse for emergencies, while the rest of the resources were thrown into the Melting Furnace. He simultaneously activated the End-of-the-World Dao Seed and the Hidden Phase Dao Seed.
Surging spiritual energy flooded into the Corpse Mountain Mini World, exceeding even Li Mo’s expectations. The spirit veins at the base of the mountain were gradually expanding into a mid-sized network.
Following this were various magical techniques with varying degrees of completeness.
For a span of five years, Li Mo focused mainly on digesting his gains from the Skywell Inn.
The four Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators had distinct cultivation systems, and what intrigued him most was the Poison Cultivation Technique. Unfortunately, it lacked content for the Divine Separation Stage.
It seemed that the various factions were deliberately withholding techniques for the Divine Separation Stage.
However, within the storage bags of these Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators were collected fragments of Divine Separation methods—albeit mostly sinister and unconventional.
One such method was the "Nascent Soul Technique."
It involved wrapping the Nascent Soul in a resilient vestment robe and, with the protection of a Magic Artifact, continuously feeding spiritual energy to forcibly push the Nascent Soul past its bottleneck.
Another was the "Fetus Nourishing Technique."
Through secret methods, a parasitic fetus would be nurtured within the Nascent Soul. Then, using a magical technique, this parasitic fetus would be refined into a Fake Nascent Soul. The symbiosis between the two would slowly lead to the parasitic fetus consuming the Nascent Soul.
Success was uncertain, and even upon breaking through, eighty percent of cases stagnated at the Divine Separation Stage.
The Primordial Dao Seed absorbed everything indiscriminately, tweaking Li Mo’s three primary cultivation techniques into a more complete form.
Most content remained unchanged, but it forcibly assembled a "Divine Separation Skill."
The "Fetus Nourishing Technique."
The Primordial Dao Seed seemed to have integrated and modified these sinister techniques, creating a new method where three Nascent Souls would repeatedly battle one another.
The victor would devour the defeated, advancing to the Divine Separation Stage.
Li Mo found this idea outrageous, yet at the same time discovered that the method could indeed work.
"The odds with three Nascent Souls are 30%. If replaced with five Nascent Souls, at least 60%," he mused. "The Primordial Dao Seed truly is omnipotent."
Crucially, even if his Nascent Souls were damaged, the Heavenly Saint’s innate nature ensured he could rebuild his foundational cultivation.
"No need to practice the Fetus Nourishing Technique. Surviving the Uncertainty Period Death Disease gives me several centuries to seek proper Divine Separation Stage techniques."
Li Mo suppressed distracting thoughts, locking away all information about the Fetus Nourishing Technique deep in his mind.
As for the elixirs refined by Mou Miaoqing, the Creation Book revealed a bizarre Alchemy Method hidden within them, known as the "Rebirth Alchemy and Rooting Secret Method."
The Rooting Secret Method was a live-alchemy technique. First, raw materials were refined into liquid form and injected into the Middle Dantian of a Perfect Core Formation stage cultivator.
The cultivator might not even notice—until the moment of Breaking the Golden Core and becoming an Infant. At that instant, the Golden Core would transform into a top-quality elixir.
Li Mo suspected that prior to joining the No-Life Mother’s sect, Mou Miaoqing likely delved deeply into alchemy, to the point of madness.
Memories relayed by the Creation Book showed that Mou Miaoqing initially tested on live humans before escalating into even more unscrupulous methods.
The "Prosperity Through Grain" experiment led to its evolution—Corpse Wine gradually reached the Nascent Soul level.
Once Li Mo noticed the post-evolution state, he immediately used Innate Essence to nurture a Nascent Soul-level Corpse Wine recipe.
The formula gave rise to "Fetal Heart Wine."
"Using the lungs of a Nascent Soul cultivator as a medicine guide, add three ounces of Deceitful Object brain matter. Let it ferment within a Corpse Belly for a century to produce wine mash, capable of promoting Nascent Soul growth and suppressing mental distractions."
"Hiss..."
Li Mo sucked in a cold breath. Judging by the Fetal Heart Wine’s effects, it far exceeded conventional elixirs.
Though it required a century to brew, within the nutrient-rich Corpse Mountain Mini World, the process could be shortened to about seventy years.
The issue, however, was that the mash produced in the Corpse Belly was only a precursor, not true Corpse Wine.
To refine this precursor into actual Corpse Wine, Li Mo himself must serve as the wine vessel, nourishing the mash for fifteen years.
"Wine mash? It might as well be a cursed object."
Li Mo sighed helplessly. Nascent Soul-level Corpse Wine already felt tremendously eerie; delving deeper into this art was unthinkable.
Another formula introduced "Bone-Growth Wine."
"Using the spine of a Nascent Soul cultivator as the guide material, combined with thirteen finger bones of Golden Core cultivators. Ferment within a Corpse Belly for a hundred and fifty years to produce wine mash, which will promote bone regeneration."
Bone-Growth Wine seemed underwhelming at first glance. However, it was essential for combating the Uncertainty Period Death Disease, which primarily dissolved all bones in the body.
There were resources to make one batch each of the two Corpse Wines. Li Mo chose the finest corpse container, burying it atop the main peak of the Corpse Mountain Mini World.
He indeed wanted to visit the White Bone Cave to source materials and techniques for Corpse Wine brewing.
Yet, the turbulence caused by the Thirteenth Immortal had not subsided. Even at the ports controlled by the Sub-Device Sect, whispered rumors could still be heard.
The name "Supreme Qingtian" led many cultivators to associate it with Daoist Qingtian.
But the Sub-Device Sect offered no response, merely claiming that Daoist Qingtian was in secluded meditation—with no connection to Supreme Qingtian whatsoever.
According to Daoist Zi Yan, although the White Bone Cave was simply an underground market, its concealed location made it home to quite a number of Nascent Soul cultivators.
Nascent Soul Stage techniques were indeed obtainable but came at considerable difficulty.
Li Mo dedicated himself to seclusion, also meditating on Nascent Soul Stage techniques.
His battle with Wang Jinyong taught him that the "Soul Waning Soul" technique perfectly complemented the Soul-devouring Demon Infant, briefly severing an opponent’s control over their Nascent Soul.
However, due to its incomplete nature, Li Mo nearly failed to suppress Wang Jinyong.
With a concrete goal before him, Li Mo’s retreat was both focused and productive—something few cultivators could fathom when juggling cultivation with numerous affairs.
He used the birth of a Fake Soul every twenty years to measure the passage of time.
After feeding the Soul-devouring Demon Infant for two decades, the Nascent Soul emerged from its initial phase, with diminishing spiritual energy demands as its form grew larger.
From then on, it was a matter of painstakingly nurturing the Demon Infant to maturity.
Only when the infant was strong enough could it merge with one of his Three Souls.
Freed from the need to heavily feed the Demon Infant with Turbid Blood Spiritual Power, Li Mo redirected his energy toward wearing down the shell of his Mist Fog Golden Core.
This significantly accelerated its formation into a Nascent Soul. The piercing cries of an infant began to echo louder and louder, radiating a dreadful and beast-like aura.
Li Mo suddenly realized that the Tattooed Beast had remained dormant for so long likely because it was waiting for the Breaking of the Golden Core and the formation of the Infant.
"What kind of Nascent Soul could emerge—one strong enough to even influence the Tattooed Beast’s transformation?"
Under the innate clarity of the Heavenly Saint effect, Li Mo calmed his abruptly agitated mind.
The Soul-devouring Demon Infant actively joined the effort to wear away the Golden Core’s shell.
What he thought might take fifty years ultimately showed signs of Breaking the Golden Core and forming the Infant after just thirty years.
Li Mo’s face lit up with excitement as he decisively retracted the Turbid Blood Spiritual Power.
Then, the Mist Fog Spiritual Power tethered around the Golden Core initiated the final push.
The wailing cries grew increasingly grating.
"Quite the bellow—this Beast Artifact Dual Golden Core’s quality is indeed unparalleled compared to Demon Golden Cores."
Li Mo focused entirely, eagerly awaiting the Mist Fog Golden Core’s promotion to the Nascent Soul stage. Already, fine cracks webbed across the surface of the Golden Core.
What he had not anticipated was that an anomaly was also occurring at the Heart Beast Sect at that very moment.
The mountains resounded with the roars of wild beasts.
"What’s happening?!!"
Tian Changwen floated mid-air, his body already half-rotted. Corroded heavily by Death Disease, he should have been taking elixirs to rest and repair his injuries.
However, his concern for the Heart Beast Sect outweighed any personal recovery, even at the cost of his complete cultivation base.
After enduring a century of struggle, Tian Changwen had fallen to the Fake Core Stage. If his cultivation were completely lost, only death and the termination of his path would await.
"The Ancestor Master’s remnant, or is this Li Mo’s arrangement using the remnant?"
The Heart Beast Sect’s vast beast herds were all undergoing metamorphosis, and the yield of spiritual materials surged exponentially.
Spiritual energy grew increasingly dense.
Amid the disciples’ stunned gazes, a divine statue more than a hundred meters tall began to emerge from the mountainside, standing proudly atop the summit.
The statue bore a dragon’s head and a human torso, with a tiger’s claw for its right arm and a fox’s paw for its left. Its left leg was entangled by roots, while dense scales covered its right leg.
At its feet sat two childlike figures—a Golden Toad and a Mountain Demon.
A tangible, oppressive aura emanated outward, and from the mountain gate came the unanimous chant of "Welcome, Ancestor Master!" None of the Beast Cultivators had ever doubted the existence of their Ancestor Master.
"Li Mo has formed the Nascent Soul!!!"
Reverence flickered in Tian Changwen’s eyes, though his awe was directed not at Li Mo, but at the overwhelming beastly presence emanating from the divine statue.
"The Heart Beast Sect has found its path."
Tian Changwen fell to the ground, with the long-suppressed Death Disease erupting as his mental state relaxed.
He lay at the foot of the statue, his expression devoid of regret. Fantasizing about the future prosperity of the Heart Beast Sect, he slowly closed his eyes.
At the same time.
Li Mo opened his eyes.
"As expected of the Heavenly Saint effect—multi-Nascent Souls can even create interconnections."
The No-Life God Statue had been sent to the Heart Beast Sect earlier through the Nearby Array, a hidden contingency to prevent the temple’s destruction from halting its growth.
Now, Li Mo sensed the devotion of ten thousand believers emanating from the Heart Beast Sect.
"The incarnations of Supreme Qingtian are as numerous as the sands, materializing wherever its name is spoken."
Detachment Jiazhu activated.
Tian Changwen suddenly awakened, incredulously touching his chest.
A Lifeless Elixir Field had replaced his necrotic Middle Dantian, and his cultivation restored to the Core Formation Stage.