BXBX NOVEL Chapter 174 - 174: Dual Cultivation
Cheng Lingzhu spoke softly.
She tilted her head, leaning on Lu Xuan.
“I’m lucky that when I want to see the stars, you’re here with me.”
Lu Xuan wrapped his arm around her shoulder, drawing Cheng Lingzhu’s hand into his palm.
“I feel the same way,” he said.
Days passed inside the Demon Emperor’s Palace.
As the saying goes, time flies, and …
In short, on this particular day.
“Come on, let’s test the results of our joint efforts over this period.” Lu Xuan, holding Cheng Lingzhu’s hand, led her to a grand hall.
This hall was unique, spacious and empty, with no furniture or lamps.
The ceiling was embedded with 108 special jade stones, forming an array that locked the space inside the hall and also provided illumination.
The most distinctive feature was the walls of the hall.
The hall was an octagon, with eight walls, each dark and constructed from a special kind of stone.
Each wall was engraved with intricate patterns that came together to form totem-like murals.
These were the eight “Walls of Gods and Demons.”
Demon Emperor Mie left information about these walls on a stele at the entrance of the hall.
Each Wall of Gods and Demons contained the sealed true spirit of a real deity, eight in total.
These were the strongest eight beings Demon Emperor Mie encountered in her life.
After defeating them, she sealed their true spirits in the walls.
Only by defeating the projections of their true spirits could one formally inherit the palace.
True spirits are eternal; immortals and gods never truly perish.
Great powers can preserve a strand of their soul, enabling them to be reborn from a drop of blood.
For beings at the level of gods and immortals,
Even if their souls are destroyed, as long as the imprint of their true spirit remains, they are not truly dead.
In other words, these deities were still alive.
Cheng Lingzhu’s task was to defeat each one of them.
Even under the hall’s suppression, reducing the deities’ strength to the same realm as the trial-taker, this trial was extremely difficult.
Because the deities possessed not only great power but also the “essence” of being innate holy spirits.
Just like disciples of great sects, even when a realm behind, can overpower independent cultivators.
The cultivation techniques and resources bestowed upon them allow them to exert a dimension-lowering assault on independent cultivators, from physical body to magical power to soul.
Innate deities, by contrast, are born at their essence’s peak.
But…
Lu Xuan was very confident in his partner.
It was now their eighth day in the Demon Emperor’s Palace.
Lu Xuan could probably write a few diary entries. “First day, dual cultivation with my wife.” “Second day, dual cultivation with my wife.”
“Third day, dual cultivation with my wife.”
“Fourth day, Lu Xuan, oh Lu Xuan, how can you be so diligent?! After so many days of cultivation, it’s time to rest!”
“Fifth day, dual cultivation with my wife in another palace.”
Under their continuous and rigorous efforts of day and night cultivation,
Cheng Lingzhu finally achieved minor completion in the Great Slaughter Method.
Lu Xuan, of course, had also mastered this art of killing.
Although they had formally learned it for only seven days.
His comprehension was decent. Lu Xuan estimated…
His understanding of this technique…
Should probably reach the level of Demon Emperor Mie.
But surpassing it was out of reach. This method of killing had its limits. To break these limits, Lu Xuan would need to deconstruct the technique and integrate his own understanding to reform and extrapolate it anew.
Lu Xuan’s master, a former head of the Dao Evolution Sect, once told him, every technique, battle skill, and spell in the world has its limits.
But cultivation does not.
Even if one reaches the end of a path, there are those who can elevate it further, creating new paths.
Even the most perfect things can be replaced by new creations when the force of innovation appears, unable to adapt to the times.
Lu Xuan thought this was some kind of qualitative and quantitative theory, a kind of philosophical thought in the world of immortals and martial arts. These words were told to Lu Xuan by his master after one of his Nascent Soul escape attempts, when he was disheartened.
Their purpose was probably to strengthen Lu Xuan’s Dao heart, telling his good disciple that even as a Golden Core cultivator, one could still carve out a unique path.
Lu Xuan felt lucky to have met such a guide in cultivation, who never gave up on him even when he became a “failure.
But the problem was…
After saying these words, the Dao Evolution Sect head, who had perfected every realm, shattered the heavenly tribulation with a single sword strike and ascended to the higher realms.
Watching his master’s departing figure, Lu Xuan suddenly felt even more heartbroken.
Indeed, motivational speeches were deceptive.
Back to the Demon Emperor’s Palace.
The Great Slaughter Method was profoundly complex. With this method,
Demon Emperor Mie had slaughtered numerous gods, ushering in a new era.
But under Lu Xuan’s… “full guidance”, Cheng Lingzhu did not find it difficult to cultivate.
She was a peerless genius herself. With the bonus of dual cultivation and Lu
Xuan’s guidance, her progress was rapid.
“Are we really starting?”
Cheng Lingzhu hesitated.
“Let’s start.”
Lu Xuan said, “Don’t worry, I’m here.”
Hearing this, Cheng Lingzhu couldn’t help but smile.
In the past, she used to take Lu Xuan on adventures, always providing him with backup.
Now, he had grown into a towering tree, and she had someone to cover her as well.
“Then let me show you the results of my cultivation these past few days.” Cheng Lingzhu smiled slightly and took out her Phoenix Blood Sword. A strange Dao Tune began to emanate from her, and her eyes gradually turned icy cold.