Chapter 1661: 11: Primordial Hidden Treasure Wood

Chapter 1661: Chapter 11: Primordial Hidden Treasure Wood

Forty-nine years ago, the first Great General of the Bright Mirror Army in the Great Wilderness, Gu Yeqi attained the Life Immortal Realm, advancing to become a Manifest Saint True Monarch. Her cultivation in the Pocket World Technique also reached the “Immortal Creation Pivot” stage, even touching the fringes of “Show Supreme.”

“Divide Without Beginning,” “Yin Yang Harmonization,” “Four Extremes Pact,” “Immortal Creation Pivot,” and “Show Supreme” — these five realms of the Pocket World Technique roughly correspond to the levels from Inner Strength Martial Master to Pure Yang Heavenly Lord, but they don’t precisely align, particularly for An Jing. His Pocket World Technique had already achieved “Show Supreme” and even further, he was preparing for Harmonization. This was why Huai Xu Heavenly Dao chose him.

As the pivotal power directly controlled by the Desolate Alliance within the Tri-World Alliance, Gu Yeqi received substantial resources and support in Daoist Scriptures. Apart from her cultivation of the “Great North Dipper Snake Heart Hundred Refinement Method” and the diverse skills inherited from An Jing, both the Heavenly Mother Palace and Ancestral Dragon Hall transmitted two ancient Daoist Scriptures to her: “Hongyuan World-Embracing Holy Embryo True Skill” and “Pure True Heavenly Evolution to Spirit Nine Transformations.”

Now, the Hanhai True Chai had already attained Heavenly Venerable, becoming the Little Undying Tree. The essence of the Snake Heart Hundred Refinement Method was fully revealed: it is the righteous method that transforms oneself, becoming the central equilibrium of heaven and earth. The cultivation methods from the Heavenly Mother Palace and Ancestral Dragon Hall supplemented the details, aiding Gu Yeqi in the Great Wilderness Realm, as she continually grew through battles and ultimately achieved her True Spirit Body.

“Primordial Hidden Wood”

Primordial Hidden means primordial, mysterious, and the domain where all souls return. Hidden treasure signifies secret preservation, storing timelessly to anticipate future developments.

Primordial Hidden Wood precisely preserves soul spirits, awaiting future developments from the Divine Wood. Gu Yeqi achieved this method, transforming her body into a seed, taking root in the central thirty-six islands of the Desolate Alliance. The Divine Wood transforms nine times within a day, reaching perfection after nine days, becoming a towering Evergreen Wood, resonating with the forest of Evergreen Woods she planted for over fifty years. The tree tops break through the void, ascending the Great Void.

Since then, Gu Yeqi’s Divine Wood Dharma Body remained in the Great Wilderness Realm as the core central pivot of the Desolate Alliance, hosting many crucial departments and key industrial facilities. Her soul spirit carried countless souls lost by the Desolate Alliance’s war, preserving those saved souls and scattered souls throughout the world, and ascended together, condensing into a Dao Fruit Pocket World in the Great Void, now known as “Ghost Sun Heaven.”

All those souls were conserved by Gu Yeqi, transforming into Primordial Hidden Guangchen, coalescing into one, transforming into Ghost Sun.

Through this method, Gu Yeqi achieved “Immortal Creation Pivot,” transforming her human body into the Pocket World Body, Pocket World Spirit, beginning her cultivation in “Show Supreme.” As for the nuanced cultivation of the Pocket World Technique step by step, among many of An Jing’s former comrades, she is the first.

Of course, when discussing realms, You Ruhui is unmatched. She received the essence of An Jing’s Pocket World and part of the Huai Xu Heavenly Dao’s entrustment. Now, she is even touching upon part of the Daoist calamity. This is the realm beyond “Show Supreme,” named “Endure Billion Calamities” by You Ruhui.

Receiving the blemishes of the nation is to be the Master of the Nation, receiving the nation’s inauspiciousness is to be the King of All Under Heaven. To aspire for Heaven and Dao, one must endure the billion calamities of the extinguishing disaster of all beings. Only by surpassing this can one prepare for the final readiness, which is the peak of Heavenly Venerate… awaiting and preparing for the realm of Harmonization.

Presently, Gu Yeqi communicated with her Primordial Hidden Wood Dharma Body still in the Great Wilderness, effortlessly learning the specific conditions on the front lines from the mouths of the souls lost there.

Undoubtedly, Bai Qinghan’s intelligence was correct: the Eldest Senior, or at least fragments of him, had revived. Although it’s unclear why now, since the awakening, she will begin to act.

“You, you, you, mm, you and you… revive.”

Raising her gaze, Gu Yeqi turned her head towards Ghost Sun, seemingly casually picking out a few souls. These souls’ guangchen flew out from Ghost Sun, manifesting into five hazy human forms in front of Gu Yeqi.

These forms soon became solid under Gu Yeqi’s power. They were souls sheltered by her after perishing in battles from the past, who had agreed to return when called upon, to complete Gu Yeqi’s tasks.

This agreement, this pact, originally stemmed from the Bright Mirror Sect.

Before the heaven collapsed, after the Nirvana War, almost all the Dust Li people governed by the Bright Mirror Sect perished due to the Upper Sect’s battle. Even though some later resurrected, the lands were virtually left empty, silent for miles.

The souls of the majority of the afflicted populace were gathered, sealed by Taiming Sect’s secret technique, awaiting the Bright Mirror Sect to use Feather Transformation Dao puppetry as a body to revive them.

This secret technique became notably useful after the heaven collapsed, when all Heavenly Venerables and peoples, along with souls perished in the collapse and previous calamities, arrived in the Great Void—at that time, the Great Void was empty, and the Heavenly Venerables of the Three Realms could only settle people within the Void, then collectively created the Methodless Realm.

During this process, the Divine Soul Chip from the Tianyuan Realm, the True Spirit Armament from the Great Wilderness Realm, with the Creation Technique and Pocket World Technique from the Huai Xu Realm, Feather Transformation Dao produced an incredible reaction. It appeared human life forms need not be constrained by a physical body but could entirely exist purely within the realm, within the spiritual network. When needed, they could be downloaded into material form, shaped out, or infused into pre-prepared skeletal puppetry, or even steel armored bodies.

Currently, within the Tri-World Alliance, those possessing flesh and blood bodies basically have completed soul spirit cultivation, receiving permission to have bodies as ’True Persons.’ Others operate within the spiritual network mystic space for education and learning.

For those ascending cultivators from the Great Wilderness Realm, the Methodless Realm truly resembles the Immortal Realm, where everyone seen is a True Person, and True Lords of equal stature abound.

Here, the boundary between life and death is completely shattered. As long as the soul spirit isn’t destroyed, the demise of the flesh isn’t considered death. The Tri-World Alliance can resurrect mighty fallen souls anytime, anywhere, to let them fight again.

What Gu Yeqi is doing now is similar but differs because she isn’t driving these five souls to action.

“I need you to help carry our emblem vessels to enter the Great Wilderness Realm.”

As she spoke, Gu Yeqi waved a hand, revealing six bodies in front of the five souls. These bodies only consisted of bones and muscles, without wholly formed skin, and the base data is identical, apparently derived from the same mold: “These are six remains housing my soul spirit emblem and those of five other companions. Once your soul spirits reside within, disguise with your aura, then you may descend to the Great Wilderness.”

“There is a risk; the Great Wilderness may discover our emblems and expel you back to the Great Void, possibly damaging the remains and harming your soul spirits. But the risk isn’t significant. I will protect you with the True Spirit Body—you may refuse, I’ll replace you, don’t feel burdened.”

With these words, everyone knew Gu Yeqi’s intention. Her five subordinates understood this clearly—it was apparent that the Great General and her five partners planned to use the secret technique to enter the Great Wilderness for some grand scheme, to strike against evil demons, or to undertake some other significant measures, requiring the use of their souls.

What’s left to say? Of course, there’s nothing more to discuss.

“I’m at your command!” “At the General’s order!”

Together they responded, clearly all former subordinates of Gu Yeqi. Even if they were only to have their souls act as concealment and faced the risk of descending and potentially becoming scattered spirits, they showed no signs of hesitation, though one among them, who used to be Gu Yeqi’s deputy and had a close relationship, couldn’t help but voice concern: “Sister Gu, we only have five people, don’t you need concealment?”