CHAPTER 846: CHAPTER 22: ON THE EVE OF BREAKING THE COCOON

"Yang God’s Ultimate Technique, Innate Qi..."

Xu Shu closed his eyes, carefully comprehending the memory in his mind that seemed like an egg breaking its shell, yet also like suddenly inserted and filled memories.

After a moment, he opened his eyes and stared at the slightly full sensation rising from his abdomen, feeling a bit puzzled.

His Second-order Curse Seal was named "Yang God Iron Clothes," a rare dual-path curse seal with two different entries.

One was an epic entry, the "Yang God" path, which was actually the original entry of the curse seal.

The second was the legendary entry, the Warrior path’s Stage Two "Iron Armor," which was imprinted through [Mystical Chapter of the Madman].

Among them, the "Madman" Mystical Chapter’s representative Iron Armor came from Wang Teng’s Three Origin Life Chart "Born as Vajra."

It was precisely because of this Mystical Chapter’s higher quality, with "Iron Armor" as legendary, that ultimately decided the dominance, preventing Xu Shu from being judged by Lie Zhenzi as a ’Monster Path Transcendent,’ but instead recognizing him as a ’Warrior’ path, a human Transcendent.

The "Warrior" path was Xu Shu’s main path and his true foundation, expertly mastered, naturally without needing much mention.

It was rather the ’Yang God’ entry, which had some stories when it was obtained at the time.

The Yang God Seal, derived from the legend of the "Great Tang Night Watchman" known as [Capital City Night Boiling].

That was a world with an overall oppressive background.

Wars raged for years, disasters were everywhere, and in the dark, a special group of monsters called ’yin ghosts’ watched covetously.

Yin ghosts cannibalized, slaughtered humans wantonly, and devoured them, leaving the people of the Tang Dynasty impoverished and miserable.

The humans of that world could be described as extremely tragic.

Yin ghosts were the butchers, and humans were the fish on the chopping block.

At that time, Xu Shu also struggled to survive, tormented by famous yin ghosts from the ’Eighteen Ghost Moons,’ living a life worse than death, utterly exhausted.

For example, the ’Lower Waning Moon One Gu Huoniao,’ who tormented him every night, never resting;

Or ’Upper Waning Moon One,’ Xiao Qinai Heixu, who daily pretended to be a good girl, throwing flirtatious glances to seduce him in methods so green tea that they were rarely seen;

And the ’Ghost King’ incarnate Shangguan Yuanyi was even more outrageous, even wanting Xu Shu to engage in sexual acts with her in public, utterly psychologically perverse and degenerate. (Note 1)

It was in such a hopeless world where yin ghosts terrorized the world and people were mere fish and meat that Xu Shu operated the character [Zuo Chang’an], surviving in the crevice.

Under the gnawing and oppression of a group of yin ghosts, he clenched his heart and clenched his teeth, holding firm and not relenting!

Later, when the yin ghosts revealed their true intentions to destroy the entire empire and make all the people their Ghost Clan’s blood food.

Humanity was on the brink of extinction.

But at this moment, Xu Shu finally cracked the mystery of ’Violet Ash Yang Pole,’ successfully triggered his Life Grid at the last moment, entered the ’Yang Pole State,’ and instantly ascended to the peak of strength under the world’s limit, achieving a reversal kill.

He, like the incarnation of the Great Sun Golden Crow, in the last moments of life, shone brilliantly, burning all the yin ghosts in the world with the power of the sun, returning a bright and clear sky to the people of the Tang Dynasty.

It could be called an epic of human self-reliance filled with heroism.

"Honestly, it was Mrs. Gu Huoniao who impressed me the most... oh no, I mean, gave me the most pressure."

Recalling the glorious past, even Xu Shu couldn’t help but sigh, choosing not to mention the painful historical moments anymore.

In short, at the end of the Capital City Night Boiling legend, after the settlement and ultimately obtaining the Yang God Seal, the item was once evaluated as "This Yang God is the true Yang God."

This seemingly enigmatic statement always kept Xu Shu somewhat puzzled. (Note 2)

Until today, after cultivating the "Yang God" curse seal to full level and mastering the ultimate technique, he finally had some insignificant insights into the statement.

It turned out that based on his earlier comprehension, he had already begun to grasp the usage of [Innate Qi · Kun].

By accumulating power in the Dantian, gradually increasing it, once it reaches a certain level, it can be instantly released, erupting like a volcanic eruption, spewing out a fiercely hot breath!

This power is called ’Innate Qi.’

Innate Qi can be accumulated day by day, constantly increasing, condensing, and storing over time.

The longer the accumulation, the deeper the depth, the larger the Qi amount, and the stronger the power.

Indeed, as the saying goes, the accumulation of Kun Qi, the ultimate yin truth unravels, things must reverse, the extreme yang becomes yin, so though ’Innate Qi’ is clearly extremely yang, it carries remarkably insidious capabilities.

Those hit by Innate Qi will rapidly form a layer of ’Yang Sha’ on their body, continuously causing corrosive damage, difficult to shake off.

If it stays in the flesh for several days and remains uncleaned, ’Yang Sha’ will further condense into chunks, causing light to rot flesh and collapse bodies, or worse, ’Yang Sha’ entering the brain, seemingly alive yet having become a walking corpse.

It can be said that no matter the manner of death, it is gruesomely unbearable to watch.

"Indeed, the Evil Spirit lineage curse seal’s ability, even on me, always carries a slightly sinister, eerie feeling. If this ability were to be spread, saying I’m a ghost wandering in the human world might not be too far-fetched."

Xu Shu had some speculations.

Looking at the three breakthrough techniques of the Yang God curse seal, [Eight Trigrams Exorcism] transforms into a ’hidden’ state, making the enemy see but unable to hit;

[Wear Nine and Step One] also enters a ghost-like state, enhancing speed, passing through obstacles, like a malevolent spirit.

And [Innate Qi], which seemed a righteous ability by name, actually was filled with darkness, though even saying it had a touch of heavy taste would not be excessive.