Checking In for Sixty Years, From Puppet Emperor to Heavenly Emperor – Chapter 28

Ch 28: Innate Universe Art

Zhou An looked at the two people kneeling in front of him and asked calmly, “Who are you? How did you find this place?”

“I am the Master of the Crimson Soul Sect. I am good at controlling ghosts, so I was able to find this place, and then I used a magic treasure to break the ground and dig out a passage,” the man in the brown cloth coat quickly replied, and the person next to him also stated his identity as the vice president.

“Hand over all the cultivation secrets of your Crimson Soul Sect,” Zhou An said.

The two looked at each other, showing hesitant expressions, but when they saw the Son of Heaven Sword flying towards them, the Master immediately said, “The cultivation method is in the secret room of our sect and is not with us.”

“Well, where is the Crimson Soul Sect?” Zhou An asked again.

“Within Kun Valley,” the Master said helplessly.

Zhou An sighed. With a thought, the Son of Heaven Sword turned into a crimson light and pierced through their necks in the blink of an eye, and two heads rolled to the ground.

He did have a small thought just now, wanting to take the Crimson Soul Sect as his subordinate, but the two people’s eyes flickered when they answered, and the two people’s faces were not the kind of loyal people, so Zhou An lost the last trace of trust in them and directly killed them.

Walking to the two people, when Zhou An asked about the cultivation method just now, the Master glanced at the leather bag on his waist.

Searching these people’s bodies, he found various different cultivation methods, almost all of which were Ghost Path cultivation methods.

After he took all these away, he looked at the stone coffin in the middle and reached out to push the coffin lid open.

It was actually empty inside, but he saw words carved by sharp blades on the inner wall of the coffin lid.

Unfortunately, most of the words had been crossed out with a sword, and only a small part of the words could still be seen clearly.

From the words that could be seen, he roughly analyzed that Qianyuan Emperor was in seclusion here to comprehend the Vast Universe Art, plus the secrets collected from various places, and the information he asked from the Demon Suppression Agency, he created the Innate Universe Art.

Taking the Vast Universe Art as the foundation, he converted his own Internal Force into Innate True Energy.

There was also a sentence at the end reminding that the Sun Moon Universe Pearl is an Immortal Treasure. Without the cultivation of Innate Fourth Level, do not let it appear in the world, otherwise it will definitely bring disaster to the Imperial Family.

After reading these contents, Zhou An scanned the area, circled the stone coffin, and found that the fine seams of the ground stone slabs formed a peculiar pattern, which coincided with the surrounding stone wall patterns to form a Bagua diagram.

Seeing similar runes on both sides of the stone coffin and on the top of the tomb chamber, Zhou An said with a smile, “Great Ancestor Emperor is still a Formation Master. He actually combined the Bagua diagram with the mechanism. If I hadn’t learned the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady Records, I really wouldn’t understand it.”

He walked over and grabbed a corner of the stone coffin and pushed it. After the stone coffin rotated to a certain position, it stopped. After waiting for three seconds, he pushed the stone coffin again to reach another position.

Pushing it eight times in a row, as if rearranging the Bagua positions, and there was no hint in the middle whether it was correct or not.

When the eight pushes were completed, red and blue lights emerged from the fine seams of the floor tiles and flew to Zhou An.

The two colors of light formed a Yin-Yang Fish light ball, forming a formation light pattern, and then actually tore open a small space, revealing the stone box inside.

After he reached out and took out the stone box, the space crack disappeared, and then the red and blue light also disappeared.

He opened the stone box, and two beads, one golden and one white, appeared inside.

“This is the Sun Moon Universe Pearl!” Zhou An was overjoyed. Suddenly, he sensed that this Immortal Treasure was about to trigger a celestial phenomenon, so he immediately put it into the system space. The heaven and earth anomaly that had just been attracted by the Immortal Treasure dissipated before it could take shape.

Zhou An smiled and controlled the Son of Heaven Sword to fly towards the hole opened by the Crimson Soul Sect. The blade of the sword spun and the stone wall of the passage was cut open. Soon the stones and soil collapsed, blocking the passage. Then the Son of Heaven Sword penetrated the soil and flew back.

Jumping back to the original place, he immediately sat down cross-legged and used the Innate Universe Art he had obtained from the check-in. This was a cultivation method rewarded by the system, and he could use it directly to learn it.

At this time, the 300 years of Internal Force in his body was quickly condensed and transformed into Innate True Energy by the mysterious power of the system.

Originally, from Houtian Tenth Level to Innate First Level, this Innate True Energy transformation process was relatively slow. Under normal circumstances, if there were no bottlenecks, it would take about a year.

Zhou An only took one hour, and all the Internal Force was transformed. This was because his Internal Force was too huge. People who reached Houtian Tenth Level generally had about 60 years of Internal Force. Those with adventures would have 70 or 80 years, and those who could reach 100 years were rare.

When the transformation was completed, Innate True Energy surrounded his body, and two strands of red and blue appeared.

After he finished his practice, the two strands of True Energy returned to his Dantian. He felt the new power and quickly understood that Internal Force was his own power, while Innate True Energy was about to borrow the power of nature.

It’s no wonder that most spells require Innate True Energy to be cast. Now this Vajra Demon Subduing Seal should be usable. The Buddhist spells that restrain demons should have a good effect.

When Innate Cultivators reach the peak of the Third, Sixth, and Ninth Levels, they will attract Heavenly Tribulation, and the higher the cultivation level, the stronger the Heavenly Tribulation will be. At the same time, it will also be accompanied by Heart Devil trials. The more things you have done against your will, the stronger the Heart Devil will be.

This is also why Cultivators want to subdue demons and eliminate demons, in order to temper their hearts. To put it bluntly, it is to make themselves feel that they have done great good deeds and make themselves feel at ease, so the Heart Devil will be weakened.

As for why the Heretical Path and even the Demonic Path are not afraid of these, he doesn’t know. He hasn’t practiced it, so he naturally doesn’t know.

Reaching Innate First Level, he once again drove the Son of Heaven Sword. The crimson Mystic Light flowed on the sword body, and the speed and power were raised to a new level, which was completely different from the original simple blade flying.

“The words that were crossed out on the inside of the coffin lid should be the secrets of the Innate Universe Art. Qianyuan Emperor himself carved the magic formula, so there is no need to cross it out again, and Qianyuan Emperor has already created an Innate-level cultivation method. With his talent, the Innate Realm should not be difficult. If he is still alive, then the emptiness inside the stone coffin can be explained.”

If he is still alive, why would he leave the Sun Moon Universe Pearl, an Immortal Treasure, here? Wouldn’t he be stronger after refining it himself?” Zhou An was puzzled and couldn’t see through it.

After thinking for a long time, he couldn’t guess what Qianyuan Emperor was thinking, so he simply didn’t think too much and went to the Universe Underground Palace.

As soon as he arrived here, Great Imperial Concubine, along with other Imperial Concubines and palace maids, came out to greet him: “Greetings, The Emperor.”

Zhou An nodded and walked inside. After sitting down above the hall, he asked, “Great Imperial Concubine, I remember you said last time that you were born as a member of the Imperial Family and died as an Imperial Ghost.”

“That’s right,” Great Imperial Concubine nodded.

Zhou An took out the secrets obtained from the Crimson Soul Sect and placed them on the table, saying, “These are the Ghost Path secrets that I just obtained. They are suitable for you to cultivate. From today onwards, you will be the Ghost Path secretly cultivated by the Imperial Family, responsible for secretly monitoring the situation in the Immortal Cultivation World to ensure national security.”

Great Imperial Concubine showed joy. If they could cultivate, they wouldn’t have to be lonely ghosts, living in a daze. They immediately knelt down and happily shouted, “We are willing to serve The Emperor.”

Zhou An nodded and said, “Very good. When you have achieved something in your cultivation, I will take you to Kun Valley to destroy the remnants of the Crimson Soul Sect and seize their cultivation resources. There should still be many secrets and magic treasures for you to use there.”

“Yes,” Great Imperial Concubine responded.

“Okay, you can comprehend it yourself later. I don’t understand the Ghost Path lineage either. The Universe Underground Palace will be used as a national institution and managed by Great Imperial Concubine. Establish a complete institution and give me the roster when the time comes.” After Zhou An finished speaking, he got up and left.

“Understood, respectfully sending off The Emperor.”

Under the gaze of a group of Female Ghosts, Zhou An returned to the Imperial Palace. Now the Imperial Palace can be considered to have a bit of appearance, at least it won’t be easily attacked by villains and be unable to fight back.

After the Internal Force was transformed, he already possessed a hundred years of Innate True Energy. The accumulation of Innate True Energy is much slower than Internal Force. It needs to absorb the energy between heaven and earth and transform it into its own True Energy.

His starting point for the Innate Realm is a hundred years, while the True Energy that other cultivators start with in the Innate Realm is generally around ten years. The peak of Innate First Level is also a hundred years of cultivation.

That is to say, the Innate True Energy that Zhou An can accommodate in each subsequent cultivation level will be much more than others. How much more specifically, he needs to cultivate before he knows.

What is recorded on the Innate Universe Art is all based on the information collected by Qianyuan Emperor himself. Even when Qianyuan Emperor himself was at the peak of Houtian Tenth Level, he only had 120 years of Internal Force, so there is naturally no way to explain Zhou An’s situation.

Now the elixirs that increase Internal Force are useless. Those natural treasures that increase Innate True Energy are very rare. Almost everyone has only seen them in books, and very few have even seen them, let alone eaten them.