Chapter 1681 Yin-Yang Fusion （2）
Of course, had the Witch Clan known Sun Hao wasn’t actually a barbarian, but a Human Clan cultivator, they likely wouldn’t have been so generous, allowing him to directly sit before the inheritance light sphere to comprehend the cultivation art.
Within the secret chamber, Nvli reappeared. The witches asked with concern, "Is Little Lan alright? She didn’t breach the Restriction, did she?"
Nvli’s expression behind her veil seemed favorable. "No. That barbarian sensed Little Lan’s state was abnormal and was dissuading her. I arrived promptly and stopped them. Little Lan has now gone before the Gegerda light sphere to comprehend the Lunar Rabbit Cold Jade Energy. Ha! Who’d have thought that after cracking the Advanced Spirit Array, Little Lan’s spiritual power remains robust. One can foresee her comprehension yielding excellent results this time."
One witch whispered, "Honorable one, wouldn’t Little Lan’s comprehension mean she brings along that barbarian? Doesn’t that give that barbarian a chance to comprehend the Gegerda light sphere too?"
Another witch snorted dismissively, "What could he possibly grasp? Even if he picks up some superficial scraps, can he actually cultivate it? Imagine a barbarian who becomes neither male nor female – that would be truly laughable."
Nvli chuckled lightly, "I’ve already warned him. Presumably, he won’t act recklessly. Barbarian Warriors fundamentally cannot comprehend the Gegerda light sphere. Even if he sees something, he’ll have forgotten it entirely before ever leaving the Inheritance Ground."
A witch stated proudly, "Exactly! The cultivation methods of our Witch Clan cannot be learned by other races, not even the Warlock Clan. What is there to fear from him?"
Nvli smiled. "It’s not that no race can learn it. Legend holds that during its peak, the Human Clan boasted the capacity to model itself after heaven and earth, capable of learning the methods of any race through diverse means. However, even if a brat from the Human Clan were to come to our Witch Clan now, without access to a supreme secret art, they could only stare at our mighty legacy and drool..."
Sun Hao was indeed drooling.
It was as the saying goes; after searching high and low with no success, here it was unexpectedly attained without effort.
Sun Hao was currently in urgent need of cultivating a new Qi Refining method. The Five Attributes Sword Essence within him had undergone "Five Elements Return to Metal". Only the Metal Attribute Sword Essence advanced rapidly, while the True Essence of the other attributes stagnated, remaining stuck at the Early Soul Division Stage.
This was precisely when Sun Hao needed to switch to a cultivation method for other attributes.
The Lunar Rabbit Cold Jade Energy arrived. It was an extremely Yin-soft Water Attribute cultivation art. Moreover, it was a unique Water Attribute art that utilized formations for auxiliary effects.
Sun Hao made a swift assessment. Especially after activating the Five Elements Wheel Spirit Art and Yin-Yang Fusion Art within himself for a brief evaluation, he reached a pleasantly startling conclusion: not only could he cultivate this art, but it was also the most beneficial cultivation art for him at present.
The Lunar Rabbit Cold Jade Energy was extremely Yin-soft. Ordinary male cultivators, or those with Yang Attributes, genuinely could not cultivate it. Attempting it forcibly could indeed result in becoming neither truly male nor female.
But for Sun Hao, two reasons converged to make this art the most suitable one he could cultivate.
The first was that the Barbaric Decapitated Deity Art Sun Hao cultivated was peerless in its pure Yang ferocity. More importantly, while cultivating the Barbaric Decapitated Deity Art within the Headless Savage Physique, Sun Hao had soaked for thousands of years in blood baths within the Ten Thousand Extinctions Ancient Graveyard. He had swallowed an immeasurable quantity of fierce Malignant Qi, advancing powerfully and accumulating vast stores of Yang Energy within his body.
The consequence was that Sun Hao, even without transforming into the form of Xingtian, now towered far above ordinary Barbarian Warriors.
And this was after Sun Hao had spent considerable time within the Jianghe Tribe using the Yin-Yang Fusion Art to achieve equilibrium. The neutralizing effect had been significantly diminished by the ongoing cultivation of the Barbaric Decapitated Deity Art. It was fair to say that had Sun Hao not found an effective solution, the Yang Qi within him might have caused his physique to grow continually larger, and his physiological needs to intensify correspondingly. Upon reaching the Middle Void, Sun Hao hadn’t dared cultivate the Barbaric Decapitated Deity Art much.
The main reason was fear that the Yang Qi could not be vented.
Though the Lunar Rabbit Cold Jade Energy was supremely Yin-soft, it was ultimately on par with the Barbaric Decapitated Deity Art. Cultivating it would allow precise balance between Yin and Yang using Yin-Yang Fusion techniques, enabling Sun Hao to gradually return to normal.
As for becoming neither male nor female? With the Barbaric Decapitated Deity Art present, such an absurd outcome was utterly impossible.
The second reason lay within Sun Hao’s two internal secret arts: the Yin-Yang Fusion Art and the Five Elements Wheel Spirit Art, which were also remarkably conducive to cultivating the Lunar Rabbit Cold Jade Energy.
The Yin-Yang Fusion Art could regulate the Yin-Yang balance.
And the Five Elements Wheel Spirit Art, at this moment, finally unveiled an immensely crucial secret to Sun Hao, presenting an entirely new cultivation direction.
To be precise, the Five Elements Wheel Spirit Art evolved, revealing a fresh Cycle direction – one Sun Hao hadn’t anticipated, yet realized with sudden clarity.
Previously, Sun Hao believed that after cultivating through the Cycle of Wood Art, the Five Elements Wheel Spirit Art’s purpose was fulfilled.
"Five Elements Wheel Spirit" – the five elemental Spiritual Roots cycled through. Wasn't completing that achieving the great goal? Wasn’t that the measure of successfully mastering it?
Yet the answer was genuinely no.
The emergence of the Lunar Rabbit Cold Jade Energy, the Barbaric Decapitated Deity Art, and the Yin-Yang Fusion Art together fulfilled a hidden trigger condition for the Five Elements Wheel Spirit Art.
Simultaneously with Sun Hao comprehending the Lunar Rabbit Cold Jade Energy, his Five Elements Wheel Spirit Art also underwent transformation.
It shed its former skin, manifesting new cultivation content.
Cycling Yin-Yang.
Moreover, it was a "Cycling Yin-Yang" that complemented the Yin-Yang Fusion Art.
And now, Sun Hao finally understood why the two foreign entities within him, the Water Cube and the Magnetic Gold Lung, remained inert despite his efforts: it was not that they were useless, but that Sun Hao hadn’t met the conditions to utilize them.
The Five Elements Wheel Spirit Art revealed that all things existed within Yin-Yang. Yin and Yang were opposites, mutually overcoming but also mutually generating and aiding each other. For Sun Hao to unlock the capabilities of the Magnetic Golden Qi and the Water Cube, the optimal method was the Cycling of Yin-Yang.
Furthermore, the Five Elements Wheel Spirit Art indicated that after Cycling Yin-Yang, the Wood Core, Tiny Flame Sprout, and Self-Regenerating Soil within Sun Hao would also unlock new functions; they would transform anew, becoming even more potent.
This was truly an unforeseen change – unexpected, yet logical in hindsight.
The reason the Five Elements Wheel Spirit Art presented the "Cycling Yin-Yang" at this moment was that the foreign objects within Sun Hao’s body, nourished by vast resources gathered across the lands by the Headless Savage, had reached a maturity ready for advancement. The Lunar Rabbit Cold Jade Energy Sun Hao now encountered was a sufficient counterpart art, capable of balancing the Barbaric Decapitated Deity Art. These two poles could exist as anchors for the cycle, propelling Sun Hao’s cultivation to comprehensive new heights.
In one sentence:
The cultivation art regarded by the Witch Clan as a pillar secret was not only cultivable by Sun Hao – it was uniquely and perfectly suited to him as a wondrous secret art.
Sun Hao thus settled his mind deeply and began cultivation.
The Lunar Rabbit Cold Jade Energy was a hereditary secret of the Witch Clan, its cultivation method deeply intertwined with their unique traits. Had it been anyone besides Sun Hao, they wouldn’t merely lack qualification; even if they somehow had it, their Array Dao mastery would likely be insufficient to cultivate it.
Sun Hao sat cross-legged, channeling his Divine Sense into the Water Cube. He began constructing forms according to the Lunar Rabbit Cold Jade Energy’s secret method. Before long, a vivid, lifelike, pristine white rabbit manifested within the Water Cube, bobbing gently up and down as if drowsing within the water.
A faint smile touched Sun Hao’s lips.
He possessed incomparably advantageous conditions for cultivating the Lunar Rabbit Cold Jade Energy. The droplets of Weak Water within the Water Cube obeyed his will perfectly, allowing him to structure the art’s unique formation – taking the shape of a miniature rabbit – thereby enabling him to firmly memorize the cultivation incantation for the first layer.
The Witch Clan’s cultivation art shouldn’t prove insurmountable.
Having stabilized the first layer, Sun Hao pushed forward diligently, relentlessly comprehending further. At this moment, the First-grade Purple-Gold Belt linked the understanding of Sun Hao and Gerlane, facilitating mutual exchange and coalescence. Though Sun Hao lacked practical foundation for the specifics of practice, with Gerlane’s aid, obstacles dissolved.
Conversely, Sun Hao’s profound cultivation experience and potent comprehension ability assisted Gerlane. Together, they surged forward with overwhelming momentum, comprehending layer after layer without hindrance.
Gerlane had previously attempted to nurture the rabbit form within her own body, but those efforts produced rabbits invariably missing ears, tails, or a leg – fragmented imitations resulting from superficial understanding.
Today, however, she succeeded in fully mending the rabbit, completing it entirely.
Within Sun Hao’s Water Cube, a neat row of seven miniature rabbits materialized imperceptibly, sufficient to cultivate him to the Soul Separation Peak stage.
It was unclear whether the Lunar Rabbit Cold Jade Energy possessed only seven layers, or if the layers beyond the seventh transcended Sun Hao and Gerlane’s current comprehension scope. Upon both achieving complete enlightenment of all seven cultivation layers...
The Gegerda light sphere abruptly dimmed completely, revealing nothing more within.
Sun Hao and Gerlane sat cross-legged in silence for a long while. Eventually, the pair opened their eyes simultaneously and exchanged a knowing smile.