The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 428: Chapter 428: Another Skill Added_1

The Bloody Fiend’s Three Patriarchs came from their ancestral land, traversing the one-million-mile Immortal Burial Sea, and descended upon the old capital of the Bright Sand Country!

Moved by the tyranny of evil cultivators and the suffering of the masses, the three patriarchs made a grand vow to establish the Bloody Fiend lineage. They slew the Priests, imparted their cultivation methods, and their might awed the Wando Archipelago, their benevolence touching the heavens.

On that day, a celestial anomaly occurred, and countless auspicious omens descended...

Shen Mo’s descendants and disciples would likely use such prose to describe the three of them.

It wasn’t surprising; after all, the phenomena triggered after achieving Godlike mastery of their techniques were indeed bizarre and magnificent! Calling them auspicious omens was accurate.

However, this was not a blessing for the Bloody Fiend Sect, but rather a blessing for... cultivators who had cultivated their magic and cultivation methods to the pinnacle of Extremely Perfection!

With three successive celestial phenomenons, Shen Mo, as he had wished, obtained three Skills.

They were: [Rebirth from the Residual Body], [Spirit Devouring], and [Cloud Transformation]!

The [Rebirth from the Residual Body] Skill, as its name suggested, was the insight gained after cultivating the ”Three-Heads Six-Arms True Immortal Technique” to Extremely Perfection!

Originally, the healing effect of the True Immortal Technique was already incredibly potent.

Even if Shen Mo’s vital points were grievously injured, as long as he didn’t die instantly, he could leverage the unique properties of this cultivation method to stimulate the vast blood essence primality within his Dao Body and recover from his injuries.

Apart from his head, if any other part of his Dao Body were severed, it could regenerate using this blood essence primality!

However, if his head was shattered, or if most of his Dao Body was destroyed... in such a situation, even the ”Three-Heads Six-Arms True Immortal Technique” could not save his life; he would still perish.

Now, with the [Rebirth from the Residual Body] Skill, the life-preserving aspect of the True Immortal Technique was undoubtedly elevated to its utmost limit!

As long as even a finger-sized piece of his Flesh and Blood remained during a deadly battle, he would not die.

Even if his head was shattered, the rest of his Dao Body crushed to dust, and his soul shattered...

Shen Mo could still rely on this Skill to regenerate from that finger-sized piece of Flesh and Blood, bit by bit, until his entire Dao Body was reformed!

The shattered soul would also gradually coalesce as the Dao Body regrew.

Without knowing the specifics, even a Golden Core Realm powerhouse, after killing him, likely wouldn’t go through the trouble of meticulously collecting his ruined Dao Body and grinding it to dust.

However, if Shen Mo’s soul had been captured by an enemy’s Spell before this...

The reborn Dao Body would essentially be a living dead without a soul!

This wasn’t a major concern, as Shen Mo had cultivated the ”Divine Soul Contemplation Scripture” and the ”Great Sun Tathagata Heart Scripture.”

Once the latter Scripture had progressed further, his soul would be illuminated by the Scorching Sun Soul Phase and sheltered by the pure soil of Green Cloud Peak... Even a Golden Core Realm patriarch might not be able to successfully capture his soul!

Furthermore, if the enemy who shattered his Dao Body attempted to use a Soul Curse, Shen Mo could counterattack with his formidable soul and numerous Spells.

In that scenario, who would live and who would die would be an open question!

Of course, this Skill could only be activated when the majority of his Dao Body was destroyed.

As for trying to activate the ”True Immortal Technique” to grow three heads and six arms, then preemptively cutting off an arm or a head to hide somewhere—that would be utterly useless!

But regardless, the [Rebirth from the Residual Body] Skill elevated Shen Mo’s survival capabilities to an entirely new level.

It was even more miraculous and practical than things like the Scapegoat Puppet or Wang Yuanxing’s soul-splitting rebirth method!

A level beyond that would be the legendary ”Blood Rebirth”—a Realm Shen Mo couldn’t even fathom or speculate about. In any case, Golden Core Realm experts should be incapable of it.

He wondered if Divine Bridge Realm Heavenly Monarchs could achieve such a feat.

”I hope I’ll never have to use this Skill,” Shen Mo thought, a smile on his face, despite the solemn thought.

If it truly came to that, it would mean he was facing an enemy at least one major Realm stronger than him.

With Shen Mo’s current strength, if he faced figures like Zhou Shili, a Peak Master from a major sect, even if he couldn’t win, he could still escape with his life.

Only an expert on the level of the Riverside Sect’s Supreme Elder could beat him to the point where only a tiny remnant of his Dao Body was left... Even if he could regenerate his Dao Body thanks to this Skill, he would definitely lose all the spiritual items on his person, an extremely grievous loss!

Having this Skill as a final life-saving measure was good, but he hoped it would never be necessary!

The [Spirit Devouring] Skill, on the other hand, was derived from the Heavenly Origin Technique cultivated to Extremely Perfection!

This Skill was rather interesting: it allowed Shen Mo to absorb the nature’s spiritual energy contained within all things and refine it into his own Mana.

Almost all cultivators could only increase their Mana by breathing in the nature’s spiritual energy or consuming spiritual medicine. Even Spirit Stones, rich in pure Spiritual Qi, could typically only be used to set up Spirit Gathering Arrays!

With this Skill, Shen Mo could literally chew on Spirit Stones, mineral deposits, or even dirt to absorb the Spiritual Qi within and advance his cultivation.

Of course, the effect would certainly not compare to breathing exercises or consuming Elixirs.

It could only be said that with this Skill, even if Shen Mo fell into an environment more extremely harsh than the far seas of the Immortal Burial Sea, with all his Elixirs depleted, he could survive by eating dirt. It was just that the taste wouldn’t be very pleasant.

He had worked so hard to advance his three auxiliary professions and earn Spirit Stones; it certainly wasn’t so he could resort to cultivating by eating dirt.

To ignore elixirs and herbs, to refrain from absorbing the nature’s spiritual energy, and instead choose to gnaw on dirt—wouldn’t that make him an utter fool?

”Having many Skills isn’t a bad thing!”

”In the future, if I were to fall into a spirit-severed land, a place cut off from the heavens and devoid of Spiritual Qi, at least I wouldn’t starve to death...”

Thinking this, Shen Mo shifted his attention to the final Skill.

The [Cloud Transformation] Skill was derived from the Lightness magic ”Immortal Wind Cloud Physique,” cultivated to Extremely Perfection!

This Skill was similar to [Control Wind], as both enhanced movement techniques and Escape Skills. With a mere thought, even an incredibly heavy body could become as light as a cloud, drifting with the wind.

Immediately, Shen Mo activated this Skill’s effect, though he didn’t circulate any Lightness magic.

In the next instant, he felt his body become incredibly light; with a gentle pat on the bed, he floated into the air like a wisp of white cloud.

”Not bad. With this Skill, my escaping light speed can increase by several more tenths!”

Shen Mo’s figure continuously flickered and teleported within the seclusion hall. Still not quite satisfied, he flew out of the hall, activated his escaping light, and soared straight beyond the Nine Heavens.

A moment later, he returned to the great hall that had been named the Ancestor Hall.

”My body is much lighter. When using the Ascending Cloud Immortal Method, my speed is twenty-five percent faster than before.”

Shen Mo thought, ”This Skill is merely icing on the cake for me. But if it were someone whose body had become cumbersome from cultivating peculiar techniques, obtaining this Skill would likely make them overjoyed for more than half a year!”

He recalled several cultivators he had encountered, such as Lou Feng, who practiced the Gold Sand Pagoda Magic, and Li Zhong, who cultivated the Heavenly Fire Body Refining Mantra.

If such cultivators could comprehend the [Cloud Transformation] Skill, their combat power would undergo a qualitative leap!