Even though Ling Xiao cannot yet comprehend the profound meanings beyond the tenth one for the time being, his combat power will still increase significantly. This is absolutely beyond doubt.
Although cultivating the Crimson Sun Nine Transformations will involve a great deal of pain, and comprehending it is extremely difficult, none of this poses any problem for Ling Xiao.
He has experienced too much hardship already. It has become a habit for him, and he is even skilled at finding joy amid suffering.
As for comprehension, with the Mountain and River Martial Soul and the Tai Chi Eyes, comprehending a top-grade jade-rank martial art is well within his capabilities.
If someone were standing nearby at this moment, they would surely notice that inscriptions were leaping rapidly within Ling Xiao’s eyes.
The characters formed by the light in front of him were also constantly changing.
A moment later, the characters vanished, and Ling Xiao closed his eyes.
All the secrets had been fully integrated into his mind. From now on, he only needed to cultivate with full concentration.
His method of cultivation was naturally quite different from that of ordinary martial artists.
Others had to follow the guidance of the cultivation method step by step.
But he needed to fuse these with the Radiant Divine Sword and combine them with the Light Profound Meaning.
Although the process of integration was rather difficult, once successful, cultivation would proceed smoothly and effortlessly.
Domain elemental power circulated continuously between the meridians in his body and the cave heavens outside.
The crimson sun in the sky and the crimson sun in the Mountain and River World echoed each other. The two kinds of light constantly poured into Ling Xiao’s body, where they were absorbed by his limbs and bones and devoured by his spirit sea.
At this time, Moon Maiden was cultivating nearby.
She still could not feel completely at ease about Ling Xiao.
Seeing the strange state around him, as if the God of the Crimson Sun had descended, she felt quite astonished.
The Human King back then overlooked the idea of using other martial arts to enhance the power of the Nine Cauldrons martial arts. Yet you actually thought of it. It seems your future may turn out even more glorious than the Human King’s.
Moon Maiden gave a sweet smile, then closed her eyes and began her own cultivation.
On the mountain peak, light radiated from Ling Xiao’s entire body. He was enveloped by his cave heaven, resembling a small sun. The soil and sand on the ground were scorched one after another, then turned into something like molten lava. The sight was extremely eerie.
Inside Ling Xiao’s body, there were originally two completely opposing types of domain elemental power.
One represented the Light Profound Meaning, blazing hot and radiant.
The other represented the Shadow Profound Meaning, evil and terrifying.
Now, he temporarily suppressed the power of shadow and released the power of light.
The light power fused with the radiance of the crimson sun, causing the temperature to rise sharply.
Ling Xiao’s five viscera and six bowels felt as though they were being roasted under intense heat.
From his throat burst out cries of pain.
At this moment, he felt as if he had been thrown into thick molten lava. That kind of agony was truly not something ordinary people could endure.
But Ling Xiao endured it.
He had experienced similar pain before, when it had also made him wish for death.
Now, it was merely reliving that pain once more. To him, there was nothing frightening about it.
During the day, Ling Xiao endured scorching agony.
When night came and he cultivated the Heavenly Demon World-Destroying Art, he endured an utterly bone-chilling cold agony.
This Heavenly Demon World-Destroying Art was also divided into nine stages: Destroy Body, Destroy Heart, Destroy Soul, Destroy Spirit, Complete Destruction of Body and Soul, Destroy City, Destroy Nation, Destroy World, and Annihilate Heaven and Earth!
The first five stages targeted the destruction of a person!
The latter four stages destroyed everything, whether human, beast, or object!
When Ling Xiao comprehended this cultivation method, a violent aura naturally arose within him. Fortunately, he had the Mountain and River Martial Soul, which prevented him from completely falling into the demonic path and becoming an evil demon.
He liked to act according to his own heart, measuring good and evil by his own conscience rather than blindly pursuing kindness or evil.
He did not know what kind of trauma the creator of this cultivation method had suffered, but this set of martial arts was truly vicious and wicked.
Most orthodox martial artists would probably disdain to learn it. Even if they did learn it, they would likely not reveal it easily.
But Ling Xiao was different.
He never considered himself an orthodox martial artist. His actions were neither purely righteous nor purely evil. They were guided entirely by his own heart. Therefore, he dared to learn even such an evil martial art.
As long as he kept the martial art firmly under his control, whether good or evil, he could make use of it.
Cultivating the Crimson Sun Nine Transformations during the day to absorb the heat of the crimson sun produced excellent results, but the damage and pain to the body were also greater.
Cultivating the Heavenly Demon World-Destroying Art at night brought even stronger yin-cold energy. The cultivation effect was equally outstanding, but the pain endured was even more terrifying.
In other words, during day and night, Ling Xiao was simply enduring the torment of alternating cold and heat.
Originally, he could have rested a little to ease the pain on his body.
But he did not do so.
His time was limited. He had to seize every possible moment to continuously increase his strength.
For three full days and nights, Ling Xiao sat motionless on that mountain peak. During the day, he resembled a blazing crimson sun, dazzling and brilliant.
At night, he was like a demonic domain, sinister and terrifying, freezing cold.
On the mountain peak below him, Feng Ming Lian also did not open her eyes.
The scene there was completely different from where Ling Xiao was.
It was a world of ice and snow. The entire mountaintop had turned into a landscape of pure white snow and ice crystals.
Some disciples of Qingxu Academy who happened to pass by noticed this strange phenomenon, and word spread from one to ten, then ten to a hundred.
Almost every day, someone would come by to admire this wondrous sight.
Cold Plum had also come. After that, she stood guard on the path, forbidding anyone from disturbing Ling Xiao and Feng Ming Lian’s cultivation.
On the dawn of the fourth day, Ling Xiao opened his eyes.
One eye shone with blinding, piercing light. The other eye was deep and sinister. Anyone who dared to meet that eye would surely have their soul shaken in terror.
Top-grade jade-rank martial arts are indeed profound and unfathomable. In three days and three nights, I could only comprehend the first layer.
Ling Xiao sighed with some emotion.
But overall, he was still satisfied.
The Radiant Divine Sword had risen one level, having comprehended the Dawn Sun Transformation.
The Dark Demonic Sword had also risen one level, having comprehended Destroy Body.
Although it was only a small advancement, the difference in power was absolutely incomparable.
Back then, even the most ordinary Radiant Divine Sword could kill Shangguan Hong with one strike. Now, with the Dawn Sun Transformation, the power of the Radiant Divine Sword was probably more than twice as strong as before.
If this cultivation speed were told to the people of the Ice Phoenix Clan, it would likely frighten those old fellows until their faces turned pale.
By then, the tragedy of Ji Lingyue might very well repeat itself.
Ling Xiao felt a surge of confidence. Once he fully mastered the Crimson Sun Nine Transformations and the Heavenly Demon World-Destroying Art, and combined them with the Day Wandering and Night Wandering from the Primordial Spirit Remnant Scroll,
he would truly become the dual sovereign of night and day.
In the daytime, he would shine brilliantly and dazzlingly like the crimson sun!
In the night, he would descend like a heavenly demon, filling all living beings with fear.
He stood up and looked toward the mountain peak below.
Feng Ming Lian was still in closed-door cultivation there.
