Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

”The Holy Spirit Body. It begins as a Spirit Body and culminates in a Sacred Body! This young girl... she is truly blessed with great fortune!”

After confirming Yun’Er possessed the Holy Spirit Body, Yang Xiao’s face was filled with joyous surprise.

In this world, there were only two people he considered his closest kin.

One was his father, Yang Zhentian, who had always cared for and protected him.

The other was Yun’Er. Though she was his servant in name, she was in truth the young girl he had grown up with, his childhood companion.

Now that Yun’Er possessed such a powerful constitution, how could Yang Xiao not be overjoyed?

This was one of the most powerful constitutions in the entire world.

With proper planning, it could even be cultivated into the Five Elements Sacred Body.

This was an unparalleled constitution, in no way inferior—and perhaps even superior—to the Nine Yang Nine Yin Sacred Body or the Greater Yang and Taiyin Holy Body.

The Holy Spirit Body possessed this potential because it could evolve.

It could evolve into a constitution of any element.

’The little girl is already on the verge of forming a Water Treasure Body, and she’s cultivating the Gui Water Divine Technique. Next, I should teach her the Wood God Technique. Water gives rise to wood; a Dual Treasure Body would be mutually reinforcing!’

The more Yang Xiao thought about it, the more excited he became.

He grabbed her by the arms, gently pushing her back to look into her eyes, and said with fiery enthusiasm, ”Little Yun’Er, you’re a true genius!”

Yun’Er was taken aback by his words, completely at a loss.

She didn’t understand what had come over her Young Master to make him praise her so suddenly.

But soon, after Yang Xiao explained everything about the Holy Spirit Body to her, a joyful smile bloomed on the young girl’s face.

However, unlike Yang Xiao, her happiness didn’t stem from the Holy Spirit Body itself, but from his excitement and the value he placed on her.

At the same time, she clenched her small fists and made a vow in her heart.

’I have a Holy Spirit Body, one of the most powerful constitutions in the world. I must cultivate with all my might so that one day, I can protect the Young Master!’

Although Yang Zhentian had already taken Yun’Er in as his adopted daughter, she still addressed Yang Xiao as ’Young Master’.

Because in her heart, no matter how she changed, Yang Xiao would always be her dearest and most beloved Young Master.

Before, she had always felt insecure, believing she could never be of any help to the Young Master. But things were different now. She had a constitution that even he held in such high regard.

Yun’Er felt that as long as she worked hard, she would one day be able to help him.

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For the next few days, Yang Xiao spent all his time with Yun’Er and the others.

In addition to guiding Yun’Er’s cultivation of the Gui Water Divine Technique, he also passed on the remaining four Divine Techniques to her one by one, meticulously explaining the key points and precautions for her training.

Meanwhile, since Yang Ying had cultivated the Seven Evils Life and Death Technique to the point where his Evil Qi had reached Great Success, Yang Xiao began teaching him the true Seven Evils Divine Technique.

As for the others, including Yang Biao, none received personal instruction from Yang Xiao.

He simply instructed Yang Ying to teach the others in the future, should they also reach the stage of Great Success with their Evil Qi.

With this, the center of power among the Yang Family’s seven adopted sons began to shift.

It moved from the eldest, Yang Biao, to the younger Yang Ying.

However, as Yang Ying currently possessed the greatest strength and the best talent, no one objected.

Besides, with Yang Zhentian watching over them, Yang Xiao wasn’t worried.

Yang Zhentian himself, however, was another matter.

He presented a bit of a dilemma for Yang Xiao.

He had originally intended for his father, Yang Zhentian, to cultivate the Starburst Skill and eventually advance along the path of the Star Dao.

However, after fully mastering the Starburst Skill, Yang Xiao discovered that the Star Secret Pattern he had obtained was only the First Layer. No matter how thoroughly he studied this Secret Pattern, he couldn’t comprehend the Star Divine Technique from it.

This left Yang Xiao feeling conflicted.

Should he have Yang Zhentian continue cultivating the Starburst Skill, or should he teach him a different Divine Technique?

”Xiao’Er, your father is getting old. I don’t have the same lofty ambitions as you young people. This Starburst Skill was left behind by your mother. I’d rather just stick to cultivating this one technique.”

Seeing Yang Xiao’s conflict, Yang Zhentian was quite philosophical about it.

Of course, deep down he couldn’t bear to abandon the Starburst Skill.

Yang Xiao could only accept this. However, after examining the Cultivation Technique his father was practicing, he discovered it was merely an ordinary technique, not even reaching the level of what was called Saint Grade Martial Arts in this region.

It was no longer of much use to Yang Zhentian.

Thus, Yang Xiao began to extrapolate and improve upon this Cultivation Technique. With his past life’s knowledge combined with his current Spiritual Power, he was just barely capable of such a feat.

Seeing how much his father cared for the Starburst Skill, he deliberately integrated all the Star Secret Patterns he had comprehended, including the Star Divine Technique he had previously encountered, into the new technique.

He created a new Cultivation Technique: the Ice Star Technique.

It was a fairly decent Cultivation Technique.

In the entire Celestial Cloud Region, there was likely no Saint Grade Martial Arts that could compare to it.

In fact, even some ordinary Small Divine Techniques were probably not as strong as the Ice Star Technique, though it couldn’t compare to the five major Divine Techniques that Yun’Er was cultivating.

Reaching the Martial Saint Peak with it would be no problem.

Breaking through to the Divine Power Realm, however, would be difficult.

Yang Zhentian was satisfied with this, however.

For the time being, Yang Xiao didn’t bring up the matter of the Cultivation Technique again. He believed that once he obtained more Star Secret Patterns, he could create an even better and more suitable technique for his father, helping him form his own Innate Divine Techniques and ascend to the Divine Power Realm.

Three days had passed by the time he finished sorting out the Cultivation Techniques for his father, Yun’Er, and his adopted brothers.

This left only a month until the Nine Sects Grand Competition.

Yang Xiao decided it was time to assess his own progress. He practiced the Nine Yang Celestial Skill and had already completed the Basic Chapter. To begin the next stage, the Divine Power Chapter, his Origin Fire would first have to reach the Green Flame Realm.

He could set that aside for now.

The four fundamental Secret Patterns that formed the True Greater Yang Fire, however, did require some attention. He already had the complete sets for two of them: the Fire Origin Secret Pattern and the Nine Yang Secret Pattern. He was only missing the Greater Yang Secret Pattern and the Star Secret Pattern.

The Greater Yang Secret Pattern was the most difficult to acquire, but with Lu Fangliang present—a walking encyclopedia of the Greater Yang Secret Pattern—Yang Xiao wasn’t worried about being unable to learn its higher levels in the future.

The Star Secret Pattern, on the other hand, was a bit of a headache.

Fortunately, the Star Secret Pattern wasn’t absolutely essential for increasing the intensity of his True Greater Yang Fire.

For instance, now that he had entered the Yellow Flame Realm, his Fire Origin Secret Pattern and Nine Yang Secret Pattern had both reached the Second Layer. Combined with the First Layer and the incomplete Second Layer of his Greater Yang Secret Pattern, the intensity of the True Greater Yang Fire within Yang Xiao’s body had already reached the Upper Eighth Grade.

Its power was impressive.

Therefore, even with his Star Secret Pattern only at the First Layer, as long as Yang Xiao continued to improve the other three Secret Patterns, he had a good chance of advancing his True Greater Yang Fire to the Seventh Grade, the Sixth Grade... and even the terrifying First Grade.

’The Dao of Secret Patterns is divided into the Nine Layers of Heaven and Earth. In my first life, I already comprehended the Fire Origin Secret Pattern to the Ninth Layer. The Nine Yang Secret Pattern also contains the mysteries of all nine layers. Even if I fail to comprehend the Greater Yang and Star Secret Patterns by then, advancing to the Realm of Dominator won’t be difficult. Besides, I still have my Sword Dao!’

Speaking of the Sword Dao, Yang Xiao’s eyes suddenly lit up.

He was reminded of something.

Magical Artifacts.

When he destroyed the Purple Sun Sect, he had obtained a large piece of Meteorite and a vast quantity of Black Obsidian Gold. When he annihilated Medicine King Valley, he had likewise acquired a wealth of resources and materials.

Some of these were useful to him.

The rest would be very useful for his father, Yun’Er, and the others.

Yang Xiao made his decision at once.

He would spend the coming days refining Magical Artifacts.

First up was his Lifebound Magical Artifact: a longsword to be forged from Black Obsidian Gold.

(PS: Chapter two is here. Thanks to reader ”星☆辰” for the tip once again. As for Yun’Er’s character, we can’t push her story in *that* direction just yet. But in the future... you know what I mean. 😉 Thanks to reader ”旧人不复.” for the tip as well, I’m very grateful for your support. I also want to thank everyone who enjoys this book. Thank you.)