I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself-Chapter 211 - 96: 4th-Tier Divine Storage Technique, The First 6 Realms of Martial Dao!

The stone tablet shattered, leaving a palm imprint on its surface.

The blazing light dissipated after a few breaths.

Shen Can rose and gazed at the stone tablet, where the palm lines resembled mountain ridges, and the protrusions between the fingers were like towering peaks.

It seemed as if it could destroy the heavens and split the earth.

Upon closer examination with his divine sense, a qilin-like illusion flickered within the palm imprint.

At this moment, the figure of the middle-aged elder began to tremble violently, becoming as faint as drifting smoke, as if a breeze could disperse it.

"Elder," Shen Can exclaimed in shock.

The middle-aged elder waved his hand, "This palm technique is a divine art, a remnant technique passed down by the Ancestral Temple Keeper of our division, who once connected with the sages of the ancient era through a Sacrificial Spirit.

Our division's Ancestral Temple Keeper is a Tier Four Great Witch, who deduced and amended it before teaching several Tier Four Martial Artists within the clan to practice it, but after two to three hundred years, it still couldn't be restored to its original power."

"The Ancestral Temple Keeper named this palm technique Great Derivation Profound Qilin Palm!"

"It can be practiced at the Tier Four Divine Treasure Realm."

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"With the Ninth Layer of the Celestial Vein, the cycle of heavens unifies, one can open the Divine Treasure."

"While my consciousness is still clear, I will impart the Divine Treasure Technique of our division to you, hoping it will be useful for your future inference of cultivation techniques.

Since you are currently practicing the Yongshan technique, it's best to collect the subsequent techniques from Yongshan as a reference.

The techniques of our Human Race are of the same origin, unless you switch to our division's techniques.

Otherwise, the Divine Treasure Technique I'm transmitting to you cannot be practiced and can only serve as a reference."

"Our clan's Tier Four cultivation technique is called the Observing Dragon and Exorcising Method, gathering the blood and energy of the Nine Celestial Veins, visualizing a Blood Dragon to break open where the Celestial Vein unifies, transforming into the body's secret treasure."

"I advanced to the Divine Treasure using this method. Although it can open the Divine Treasure, it causes severe damage to the body when breaking through.

I took a Treasure Medicine back then, but it still took me three years to recover from the injury.

The root cause is that this cultivation technique was derived from observing Wild Beasts, not fully adapted to our race's cultivation.

The cultivation traditions of the Human Race in Dai Land, Yongyi, and other divisions of the Bo Division are actually similar to ours, and may even be worse.

Therefore, when advancing to the Divine Treasure Realm, apart from dealing with internal tribulations, one must also guard against external threats."

"Moreover, in the Divine Treasure Realm, signs of returning to the ancestor beasts will begin to appear. You already have such signs now.

Being able to harness this return to the ancestor for your own use with strong will is your foundation.

If lost within it, one would gradually become beastified, affecting even the bloodline of descendants.

After the Divine Treasure Realm, comes the Beast Form Realm of the Martial Dao; traces of the Human Race observing Wild Beast cultivation become increasingly pronounced.

At this point, if a Human Martial Artist can control themselves, they can manifest the corresponding Beast Form based on the practiced technique, gaining strength comparable to a Wild Beast of the same realm.

For example, your Kui Ox will manifest the Kui Ox Form, capable of trampling mountains and rivers, and catching the wind and calling the lightning.

However, for now, this doesn't quite count as a beast form; it barely has a touch of divine essence but lacks the corresponding strength.

After hearing everything, don't you feel that the Human Race's path of cultivation is fraught with too many twists and turns?"

Shen Can remained silent, indicating there weren't just many; there were infinitely many.

"When the ancestors of the Human Race created the Martial Dao, they intended to use the false to cultivate the true, harnessing the power of imitation Wild Beasts to cultivate the true techniques of our Human Race.

Thus, the sixth realm of the Martial Dao is called Returning to Truth, or Returning to Origin Realm, aimed at reshaping the foundation of the Human Race.

It's recorded in the annals of our division, that because breaking through to the Seventh Realm is difficult, many liken it to a mixed dragon transforming into a True Dragon.

Some people refer to the seventh realm of the Martial Dao as the Dragon Gate Realm, while others call it the Shackles Realm.

It's said that in the ancestral land where the Human Race originated, some predecessors suspect the path of the Human Race's Martial Dao has gone astray and wish to develop new techniques.

It's a pity I won't see it."

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Shen Can understood from the middle-aged elder's words that it was about learning from Wild Beasts, becoming like them, and ultimately using them to one's advantage.

He had a little insight into this, having already transformed into a Kui Ox before.

A Little Kui Ox is still a Kui Ox.

"Elder, what does our division lack to advance to a Bo Division?"

"If we continue developing step by step, when Tier Four Martial Artists and Wizards are born, and we possess a complete Tier Four cultivation inheritance, governing all divisions with shared respect, we can achieve Bo Division status."

"The only thing to do is to maintain our fundamental spirit, not letting ourselves be eroded by beastification."

"In Dai Land, there's been a Human Race Tribe that collapsed shortly after advancing to a Bo Division because the Tribal Chief couldn't control himself and was completely consumed by bestial nature, losing his spiritual platform."

"Matters of willpower control vary from person to person. As long as we uphold the war intent of our Human Race, we can suppress thoughts of beastification.

At least your Blazing Flame Division has high war intent right now; if maintained, and if someone has enough fortuitous encounters to ascend to Tier Four, they should be able to resist beastification erosion.

Once the Bo Division status is achieved, we can hunt Tier Four Wild Beasts, refine their blood fiend power, extract their essences, and create places to temper willpower to enhance self-control.

Our division once built the Ten Thousand Beasts Prison for willpower tempering, and since its establishment, only one had fallen to beastification among generations of Tier Four Martial Artists."

Shen Can asked again, "Elder, can ordinary Wild Beasts or Alien Races work?"

The issue of martial artists being beastified or not seems simple; those with strong willpower won't be eroded by beastification.

Those lacking willpower will be eroded by beastification.

"Yes, your Blazing Flame Division currently lacks strength, so ordinary Wild Beasts and Alien Races make excellent whetstones for your clan members."

At this moment, the figure of the middle-aged elder drifted toward him, "You want to cultivate the Five Elements simultaneously, but this is ultimately rooted in the Quenching Technique of five Wild Beasts.

I've never seen anyone who cultivates so many beast forms simultaneously, so I can't offer you much advice."

As he finished speaking, the middle-aged elder turned into a wisp of fog and returned to the Sacrificial Artifact.

In Shen Can's perception, the presence of the middle-aged elder within the Sacrificial Artifact felt as weak as a dying candle flame.

The middle-aged elder spoke of many secrets, especially imparting two Tier Four inheritances and mentioning methods to temper willpower.

The only thing he kept silent about was Shen Can's desire to practice the Five Elements simultaneously.

Celestial Vein, Divine Treasure, Beast Form, Returning to Truth, the cultivation techniques observed from Wild Beasts have an inseparable link.

Practicing a technique by observing each Wild Beast, the foundation decides a connection with the beast.

At this moment, Shen Can somewhat understood; his previous thought of unifying the five Celestial Vein Techniques was somewhat shallow.

Previously, he hadn't realized how deeply the Human Race's Martial Dao cultivation was connected to the Wild Beast and its subsequent Beast Form cultivation.

It seems the focus should be on integrating the beast forms.

"Acan."

Outside the Ancestral Temple, Huo Chang, seeing Shen Can moving from his daze, called out.

He had been there for a while, watching Shen Can and the middle-aged elder together, and then seeing Shen Can standing in a daze, so he refrained from disturbing them.

"Clan Leader, why didn't you come in?"

Shen Can looked outward and saw Huo Chang.

"Is everything okay?"

Huo Chang pointed at the scattered ground of the Ancestral Temple, where everything except the Divine Tablet and Sacrificial Tripod Cauldron was scattered everywhere.

"It's nothing; the Elder Sacrificial Spirit imparted two Tier Four Techniques."

Shen Can explained the source of the disturbance to Huo Chang.

Among the two techniques, the Great Derivation Profound Qilin Palm was imprinted on the Martial Arts Stele, while the method to open the Divine Treasure was directly transmitted to him via divine sense.

Shen Can surmised that Shen's deployment of the Profound Qilin Palm earlier had drained too much of the middle-aged elder's vitality and energy.

Huo Chang directed his gaze at the stone tablet bearing the Profound Qilin Palm, pausing for two breaths before stepping back a dozen steps, breathing heavily.

After a long while, he suppressed the surging blood energy within him.

"What a terrifying palm imprint. It would be great if Tier Three could practice it."

Huo Chang's words sparked a thought in Shen Can; perhaps he could attempt to simplify this Tier Four Divine Technique, deducing it into a Small Divine Technique for Celestial Vein Martial Artists to use.

Afterward, the two didn't call for others and began organizing the scattered things on the ground.

As they sorted, they discussed recent events.

"News from outside the mountains is that a declining Bo Division in the Ji Land was attacked by Xiaoyang, and all sorts of inheritances were snatched by the various divisions."

Shen Can casually asked, "What element is this tribe's witchcraft associated with among the Five Elements?"

"Earth Element."

Huo Chang's words carried a hint of dissatisfaction as he lamented their inability to intervene.

"It's a pity we're not in Ji Land; such valuable inheritance was seized by others."