vstars Chapter 4 The Last Words of the First Qilin
Chapter 4 The Last Words of the First Qilin
Mo Yuan took a deep breath and stepped into the gate with a mix of trepidation and excitement. The strong smell of blood filled the air, and the malevolent energy of heaven and earth even condensed into mist.
Inside the portal was a stone staircase gleaming with dark golden divine light. This staircase extended into the depths of the Qilin Cliff's earth veins. As Mo Yuan gradually went deeper, he sensed that the Earth Law was becoming increasingly concentrated, and the smell of blood became extremely viscous, as if it were suffocating him.
The throbbing in his blood never disappeared; his blood was restless. A natural affinity enveloped him, and his magical power was slowly increasing.
The Qilin True Fire illuminated the path ahead, and the stone walls on both sides and above the steps shone with a mysterious yellow light. He could clearly see the essence of the Earth element flowing within the stone walls.
"Perhaps if I could cultivate steadily in Qilin Cliff, my cultivation level could gradually improve. Unfortunately, due to the sins of killing and karmic consequences, I must seek to gain merit from the Heavenly Dao and break free from its shackles."
"Otherwise, my cultivation level can only reach the peak of Golden Immortal at most. No matter how hard I try to cultivate beyond that, it will be in vain and I will only waste my Earth Essence."
"Most importantly, the struggle for supremacy between the Witch Clan, the Demon Clan's Heavenly Court, and the Purple Mansion Continent's Immortal Court is intensifying. I don't know when the decisive battle of the Witch-Demon Calamity will break out. If I sit in a well and look at the sky from the bottom of my own pocket, I will only miss the general trend and opportunities."
In Mo Yuan's view, there is nothing wrong with cultivating steadily and being cautious, but it is unrealistic to completely avoid karma. Compared to staying out of the world, he prefers to enter the world and compete for the Dao.
There are three thousand great paths, but the journey is long and arduous.
Blindly pursuing stability and completeness will only lead to being abandoned by the tide of the times. The way Mo Yuan pursues is to seek opportunities while conforming to the natural order.
The bold get rich, the timid starve.
To become a disciple of the Primordial Celestial Venerable and a future elder of the Heavenly Court, one must possess a high level of cultivation and also make a name for oneself in the primordial world.
In short, risks and benefits coexist, and Mo Yuan will not regret choosing this path.
Exhaling a breath of stale air, Mo Yuan's Dao heart became even clearer.
Suddenly, the view opened up before him. The order of the earth veins and the laws of Wutu were intertwined and intertwined, clearly indicating that he had arrived at the depths of Qilin Cliff.
The surrounding space is vast, spanning tens of thousands of miles, with numerous dark yellow veins leading to deeper depths. The place where these dark yellow veins converge is the earth vein of Qilin Cliff.
Mo Yuan could clearly see that those Xuanhuang veins were tainted with the evil energy of heaven and earth and obscure rules. The originally pure Xuanhuang energy seemed to have been polluted, giving people a violent feeling.
Originally, these primordial and yellow energies should have been extremely peaceful.
"Untangling the spiritual veins and earth veins of Qilin Cliff is a huge project. Fortunately, I obtained the Pure Heart Golden Thunder Bamboo. I hope this mid-grade innate spiritual root can have a good effect."
Mo Yuan did not rush to seek opportunities, but followed his heart and transplanted the Pure Heart Golden Thunder Bamboo to the land not far away. As the Pure Heart Golden Thunder Bamboo took root, the surrounding evil energy and other obscure rules of heaven and earth completely disappeared.
"It really worked."
"The Pure Heart Golden Thunder Bamboo can absorb the Xuanhuang Qi and the essence of Wutu to enhance itself. At the same time, it can also clear away and refine the evil Qi and obscure rules of heaven and earth here, achieving a harmonious state of mutual support."
"The refined evil energy and obscure rules of heaven and earth are essentially a kind of energy in the primordial world. They will help the Pure Heart Golden Thunder Bamboo stabilize its origin, and most of them will also be absorbed by the earth."
"I wonder if the grade of the Pure Heart Golden Thunder Bamboo can be improved in the future..."
Mo Yuan looked at the Pure Heart Golden Thunder Bamboo and said with a smile.
The grade of an innate spiritual root is fixed from birth. Without a heaven-defying opportunity, it is impossible to transcend the shackles of heaven and earth. But what if a miracle happens?
Withdrawing his gaze, Mo Yuan strode toward the center of this space. From a distance of nearly ten thousand miles, he saw a blazing flame suspended in the air more than a hundred feet above the ground.
The dazzling golden light was like the sun.
Mo Yuan knew that this flame was the only thing left behind after the fall of the First Qilin.
The Qilin True Fire, belonging to the Primordial Qilin, did not disappear even after its demise. Instead, it was sealed by the Earth Law and remained immortal and indestructible for countless years.
At this moment, Mo Yuan also understood the terrifying nature of the Qilin True Fire.
A moment later, Mo Yuan arrived below the Qilin True Fire. He looked up at the Qilin True Fire, which was reddish-gold in color, his eyes filled with both joy and sorrow.
With a sense of awe, Mo Yuan knelt and kowtowed once more before the Qilin True Fire.
"Boom!"
The restrictions formed by the Earth Law collapsed, and the Qilin True Fire burned the void, its scorching light falling on Mo Yuan's body, causing his magic power to circulate automatically.
The Qilin True Fire descended upon Mo Yuan, and upon contact with him, excruciating pain overwhelmed him.
The flesh and blood, meridians, and even the soul were being scorched by the Qilin True Fire.
Before the Qilin True Fire of the Primordial Qilin, Mo Yuan's Qilin True Fire was merely a firefly. Many inheritances appeared in his mind, including the classification of Qilin True Fire.
The Qilin True Fire is divided into four grades: Spiritual Flame Transformation, Auspicious Flame Reaching Heaven, Holy Flame Returning to Truth, and Chaotic Origin Fire. The Qilin True Fire of the Primordial Qilin has reached the grade of Chaotic Origin Fire, which is why it has been able to withstand the erosion of time without being extinguished.
As for Mo Yuan, his Qilin True Fire is only at the stage of spiritual flame transformation. After refining the Qilin True Fire of the Primordial Qilin, his Qilin True Fire will advance and transform, reaching the level of auspicious fire reaching the heavens.
The Sacred Flame Return to Truth requires attaining the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, while the subsequent Chaos Origin Flame has only been successfully cultivated by two individuals in the history of the Qilin clan: the Primordial Qilin and the Fire Qilin.
For Mo Yuan's Qilin True Fire to reach this level, he not only needs the Qilin True Fire left to him by the Primordial Qilin, but also his own enlightenment, and only then will he have the opportunity to achieve ultimate sublimation.
"I wonder if the progenitor had any last words, sigh..."
Mo Yuan endured the pain and sighed softly.
By accepting the Qilin True Fire from the First Qilin, he meant that he had inherited the fortune of the entire Qilin clan and the mission of protecting the clan. He didn't know if the First Qilin had anything to say before it died.
Perhaps because of Mo Yuan's words, a phantom appeared in front of him, its figure as majestic as a mountain, standing with its hands behind its back, exuding a grand and imposing aura.
Although he couldn't see his face, he could sense his resolute expression and the gentle, kind light in his eyes, and he could feel that the person was gazing at him.
"Mo Yuan pays respects to the Ancestor!"
Mo Yuan realized that the phantom was the Primordial Qilin. Without hesitation, he immediately bowed respectfully.
The First Qilin ignored him and slowly said, "In the past, I led my people to contend with the dragons and phoenixes for the heavens, but all three clans perished, and my path was not yet complete. However, my heart is unrepentant."
"With the Great Dao before us, why should we avoid it because of fortune or misfortune? Even if the river of time were to flow backward, I would still raise an army to contend for the position of the overlord of heaven and earth, and seek the method of proving the Dao through destiny."
"I am now bestowing upon you the True Fire of the Qilin, not to avenge my humiliation, nor to continue my path! I only wish that you understand that unwavering faith in the Dao is the essence of life, and knowing regret is the true nature of existence. You should understand this balance yourself."
"Protect yourselves and strive to secure a safe haven for your people!"
The voice of the First Qilin stopped abruptly, and his phantom slowly disappeared. Mo Yuan seemed to sense that before the First Qilin disappeared, he had touched the top of his head with a relieved smile on his face.
"Mo Yuan respectfully bids farewell to the progenitor!"
He bowed again, tears welling in Mo Yuan's eyes.
They contend for the right of way, they contend for crossing.
Mo Yuan was not grieving the fall of the First Qilin and the decline of the Qilin clan, but rather saddened by the tragic, indomitable, and resilient spirit on the path of the Great Dao.
The First Qilin failed, but he had more than just regrets.
Mo Yuan pursued the Dao, and he would not regret it whether he succeeded or failed.
A sense of open-mindedness and a transformation of his Dao heart enveloped Mo Yuan. Perhaps in his future cultivation, his Dao heart will not change, and inner demons or other obsessions will not affect him.
The Qilin True Fire of the Primordial Qilin is very precious, but in Mo Yuan's view, the improvement of his state of mind and the transformation of his Dao heart are the greatest opportunities he has had in coming to Qilin Cliff this time.
"It's time to accept other traditions from our ancestors."
"The contents recorded in the Qilin True Fire are vast and numerous. The Qilin clan's innate cultivation techniques, secret methods for communicating with the earth's veins, and various supernatural powers are all explained in detail. The day I learn and master them all will be the day I attain the quasi-sainthood."
Mo Yuan relaxed his mind and body, allowing the Qilin True Fire of the Primordial Qilin to envelop him.
He experienced both pain and pleasure, greedily absorbing the endless stream of knowledge and skills passed down through generations.
As time passed, Mo Yuan only remembered that several hundred years had gone by. His cultivation had somehow reached the peak of the Xuanxian realm, and he had memorized all of the Qilin's legacy.
The Qilin clan's innate cultivation technique is called the Earthly Dao Ancestral Qi Scripture. It draws upon the essence of the Earth and the Xuanhuang Qi within the earth to temper the body, allowing the bloodline to return to its ancestral origin and achieve a Dao body that is impervious to all laws.
As for the secret methods of communicating with the earth's veins, they are all recorded in the Earth Ancestral Qi Scripture. Currently, the techniques that Mo Yuan can use are the Thick Earth Resonance Technique and the Earth Vein Transformation Technique.
The former allows one's divine sense to resonate with the rules of the earth, perceiving the operation of mountains and rivers.
The latter can transform the earth's primordial energy into vibrant life, bringing withered trees back to life and turning barren land into fertile soil.
As for supernatural powers, there are even more.
The Qilin stomps the sky, five-colored light collapses the heavens, auspicious beasts roar to slay evil, the nine netherworlds tremble and their souls crumble, and all things return to nothingness.
Among them, the Return of All Things to Nothingness is the ultimate divine power of the Qilin Clan. It can recreate the earth, fire, wind, and water, causing a world to return to chaos. Its power is unimaginable.
However, the arts of array formation, weapon crafting, and alchemy are relatively rare in the inheritance of the First Qilin, and they are all quite profound, requiring the Golden Immortal realm to barely activate.
Therefore, the most basic principles of array formation, weapon crafting, and alchemy must be comprehended by Mo Yuan through his own abilities. Of course, the best shortcut is to get to know the disciples of the three sects of Kunlun Mountain and obtain them from them.
This matter needs to be put on hold, since Mo Yuan's cultivation level is relatively low!
"Unfortunately, the Qilin Seal is not on Qilin Cliff. According to the clues left by the Ancestor, this top-grade innate spiritual treasure was hidden in the ley lines of Buzhou Mountain. It will probably not be easy to obtain it."
"One should not be overly ambitious and should know how to be content. My Qilin True Fire has reached the level of auspiciousness and heaven-reaching power, while the ancestral Qilin True Fire is dormant deep within my bloodline and will not actively protect its master unless I encounter a life-or-death calamity."
"But it's all for the best. This is also my biggest trump card, and it serves as a reminder to act within my capabilities and protect myself. After all, when the Ancestor's Qilin True Fire is exposed, I'm afraid I'll be seen as prey by those powerful figures..."
Mo Yuan's tone was cautious; he had already figured out what to do.
They began preparing to analyze the earth's veins and spiritual energy of Qilin Cliff, transforming it into a true blessed land for immortals.
This matter will take nearly a thousand years, but it is also the first step for him to gain merit from the Heavenly Dao.
After using the merits of Heaven to resolve some of the sins of killing and karmic consequences, the shackles of Heaven that he bears will also disappear somewhat. At that time, he can achieve the true immortality and his own fortune and luck will also increase.
Things are finally getting better!