CHAPTER 382: CHAPTER 9 FOURTH MIDDLE DANTIAN [SWORD POUCH]

Li Mo sat cross-legged in the dimly lit room, flipping through the "Ten Thousand Transformation Sword Scripture" over and over, with an increasingly enigmatic expression.

"Interesting, truly interesting."

By using the Spirit Root Worm to simulate Sword Intent, he had acquired thirty-six cultivation techniques in total.

However, only some of these techniques involved content related to the Divine Separation Stage, which left minor flaws in the "Ten Thousand Transformation Sword Scripture."

But a flaw did not overshadow the brilliance.

The "Ten Thousand Transformation Sword Scripture" had already broken free from the framework of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

In the Heavenly Sword Sect’s cultivation system, one’s Golden Core would gradually devour the Taoist Body. By the time the Golden Core was shattered into a Nascent Soul, the Taoist Body would cease to exist.

Using a Sword Cultivator’s Nascent Soul to control a Flying Sword could unleash twelvefold power.

But Li Mo wasn’t willing to harm his foundation, so the "Ten Thousand Transformation Sword Scripture," perfected by his Tao Seed, followed a radically different path centered around the individual.

The Middle Dantian’s Sword Pouch could independently nurture a Lifebound Flying Sword.

The strength, quantity, and spirit attributes of the Lifebound Flying Swords were all determined by the cultivator, and even if one Lifebound Flying Sword was damaged, it wouldn’t be a major issue.

For instance, after Li Mo imprinted his Sword Pouch with the Earth Attribute Spirit Root Page, he could ensure that the Lifebound Flying Sword nurtured within it possessed the Earth attribute.

However, how the Sword Pouch nurtured Flying Swords required foundational cultivation techniques to be understood.

"Let’s first run a simple test to figure out the function of the Sword Pouch."

Li Mo stood up and inspected the room again to confirm he had left nothing behind, then began selecting a high-quality Middle Dantian in the Corpse Mountain Mini World.

The "Middle Dantian Sword Pouch Transformation Surgery" similarly required removing his original Middle Dantian, modifying it through surgery, and then transplanting it back.

Li Mo didn’t have a spare Middle Dantian, but the Corpse Mountain Mini World lacked no organs — there were forty thousand residents laid out before him.

His consciousness arrived at the wine pool where his collection of Taoist Bodies was stored.

The Middle Dantian of a Taoist Body was not particularly special, but it was still much stronger than an average cultivator’s organ, and it bore fewer marks of Death Disease corrosion.

Li Mo carefully evaluated the differences between the organs and quickly selected a Middle Dantian from the collection.

The Middle Dantian was about the size of a walnut, with a structure resembling an irregular heart. Nourished by Corpse Nourishing Wine, it remained vibrant.

The organ’s owner was a Taoist Body with the "Bull Demon Power Body," characterized by extraordinary toughness both inside and out, making it an ideal candidate for surgical modification.

Li Mo extracted the Middle Dantian, then used Innate Essence to restore the organ’s vitality.

With just twenty years’ worth of Innate Essence, the Middle Dantian began pulsating, though the vitality would only last about ten days.

"The universe is vast, yet what is fitting lies empty."

Li Mo took a deep breath, and countless White Bone Spiders crawled out from his pores.

He closed his eyes and meticulously controlled the White Bone Spiders with his Divine Sense as they performed the Sword Pouch Transformation Surgery on the Middle Dantian.

The surgery had three steps.

Expansion, Layering, and the Sword Palace.

The first two steps posed no great difficulty for Li Mo. By leveraging Da Ai Mi Tian to assist the surgery, all he needed to do was ensure the cancerous transformation didn’t spiral out of control.

According to the requirements of the "Ten Thousand Transformation Sword Scripture," the Sword Pouch had to expand by at least thirty percent.

In the end, Li Mo, relying on his exquisite medical skills, increased the size of the Middle Dantian by more than twofold, stopping only when it approached its limit.

The layering structure was modeled after Multiple Dantians.

The reason the Sword Pouch required a layered structure was primarily to prevent the Lifebound Flying Swords nurtured within it from spiraling out of control.

Li Mo spent half a day completing the first two steps of the surgery.

But when it came to the Sword Palace, he encountered a bottleneck.

The so-called Sword Palace referred to constructing another organ within the Dantian.

As one advanced in the "Ten Thousand Transformation Sword Scripture," the Sword Palace would undergo corresponding transformations into a Golden Core Nascent Soul Body, though it could not leave the Sword Pouch.

That’s right — Li Mo could only control the Flying Swords nurtured by the Sword Palace.

The Sword Palace, even if it achieved the status of an Externalized Dharma Body, would trigger a riot among all the Lifebound Flying Swords in the Middle Dantian the moment it left the Sword Pouch.

The methods of the "Ten Thousand Transformation Sword Scripture" were sparse, but they undoubtedly suited Li Mo; after all, the one thing he had in abundance was an array of Divine Skills and Magic.

To ensure everything was seamless, Li Mo secretly utilized his Fake Soul Consciousness to simulate scenarios around the Sword Pouch, even if it seemed wasteful.

When the Fake Soul Consciousness dissipated, the accumulated memories of the Sword Pouch surged into his mind.

Li Mo finally solidified a surgical direction. He then excised part of his brain tissue and subtly modified it using Cancer Cells.

After three days, the Sword Palace, resembling a miniature brain, took shape.

The Sword Pouch now resembled an ordinary fleshy Sword Bag, covered in traces of surgical modification.

"The transformation is only preliminary, but it’s enough to nurture Flying Swords. Once I confirm there are no defects, I’ll consider using the Spirit Root Page."

Li Mo closed his eyes and rested for a while.

Rather than imprinting the Creation Book immediately, he carefully sliced open the blood and flesh of his chest and abdomen, connecting the Sword Pouch to his blood vessels and nerves.

The Sword Pouch was positioned beside the Melting Furnace, corresponding to four types of Middle Dantians.

However, since it had yet to be imprinted, the other Dantians faintly resisted the Sword Pouch.

Li Mo soon perceived the addition of a new organ within his body.

He naturally operated the "Ten Thousand Transformation Sword Scripture," guiding blood flow into the Sword Pouch, and seamlessly connected his consciousness to the Sword Pouch’s nerves.

Without imprinting a Spirit Root Page, to nurture a top-quality Lifebound Flying Sword, he could only choose to permanently sacrifice parts of his Taoist Body.

Li Mo was unwilling to damage his foundation, so he straightforwardly nurtured blank Flying Swords.

Blood coalesced and surged.

Moments later, the first Lifebound Flying Sword was born.

The Flying Sword was entirely composed of blood and flesh, devoid of spirit attributes, with strength equivalent to a Low Grade Magical Artifact, incapable of withstanding even Core Formation-level Spiritual Power.

In the Heavenly Sword Sect, it would be universally scorned as a worthless sword.

Li Mo appeared exceptionally excited and immediately summoned the blood-and-flesh Flying Sword into the outside world.

The blood-and-flesh Flying Sword displayed extreme incompatibility upon leaving his body, dissolving into a puddle of pus in less than half a breath.

"Hehehe..."

Li Mo was not angry but rather delighted, continuing to expend blood to condense more Lifebound Flying Swords.

The second Lifebound Flying Sword was similarly unimpressive, dissolving into nothing in less than a breath after leaving his body.

"So, the taboo for Lifebound Flying Swords nurtured by the Sword Pouch is detachment. If not reclaimed in time, the swords will completely dissipate."

Such a taboo was overwhelmingly advantageous.

The downside was that Flying Swords in the Sword Pouch became disposable, but the advantage was that he no longer had to fear the myriad taboos inherent to Flying Swords.

The duration a sword could remain detached likely correlated with the Sword Pouch’s cultivation stage.

"No matter, disposable swords it is. Stockpiling ten thousand of them makes for an excellent trump card."

"Ten Thousand Transformations, hehehe, Ten Thousand Dao Sword, All Swords Return to the Sect."

Li Mo’s imagination ran wild.

As long as his Taoist Body remained unharmed, everything else was renewable.

Through countless experiments, Li Mo discovered that his bones, Cancer Cells, and brain tissue were the most suitable materials for Lifebound Flying Swords.

However, the "Ten Thousand Transformation Sword Scripture" didn’t even qualify as the First Level of Puberty, and the Sword Pouch could only accommodate one Flying Sword. This led to repeated destruction of Lifebound Flying Swords.

The Bone Sword, nurtured from White Bone, resembled a spine, with a sword body as strong as a Mid Grade Magical Artifact.

The Cancer Sword, born from Cancer Cells, resembled a tumor, containing a cancerous disease that induced mutation.

The Brain Sword, formed from brain tissue, resembled a viscous brain, capable of influencing the consciousness of nearby beings.

"The Ten Thousand Transformation Sword Scripture complements the Great Light True Body seamlessly."

With the body refinement of the Great Light True Body, Li Mo could transform parts of his body into Seven Treasures Spiritual Materials and use those organs to nurture Flying Swords.

Unfortunately, his body refinement was still at the stage of infusing the characteristics of Seven Treasures Spiritual Materials, and his body had yet to fully transform into the materials themselves.

Li Mo snapped back to attention, first feeling the stabbing pain emanating from his organs.

Continuously nurturing dozens of Lifebound Flying Swords, with each sword dissolving outside his body, inevitably caused harm to himself.

Li Mo quickly used Innate Essence to repair his organs, while also proceeding to imprint the Creation Book.

There were three Spirit Root Pages remaining.

Blood Attribute, Earth Attribute, and Metal Attribute.

With the Sword Pouch’s unique nature, it could handle repeated imprinting of Spirit Root Pages.

"Wait, don’t I already have Spirit Roots of my own?"

Li Mo slapped his forehead. With his Great Wilderness Immortal Body, his spiritual sinews had transformed into Acquired Spirit Roots, allowing him to fully attempt connecting to the Sword Pouch.

He silently communicated with the Tattooed Beast, and the spiritual sinews in his shoulders near the Sword Pouch became restless.

The Mountain Demon’s Poison Attribute Acquired Spirit Root, and the Golden Toad’s Metal Attribute Acquired Spirit Root.

The spiritual sinews extended connective branches to link to the Sword Pouch, enabling the Dantian to inherit the properties of the Acquired Spirit Roots.

Li Mo hesitated for a few seconds and chose to consume the Blood Attribute Spirit Root Page to imprint onto the Sword Pouch, primarily to gain complete mastery over the Middle Dantian.

The Blood Attribute indeed suited the Sword Pouch; after all, it neither resisted nor rejected other Spirit Attributes.

Ten days later.

The Blood Attribute Divine Skill, "Vital Organ Blood Axis," was born.

The Sword Pouch was now integrated into the circulation of the Five Internal Organs and Six Viscera. While its functions were modest, it enhanced body refinement effects by roughly twenty percent.

The other Dantians no longer resisted the Sword Pouch.

Through the Sword Pouch, Li Mo absorbed Spiritual Energy from the outside world.

He noted that the Spiritual Power from the "Ten Thousand Transformation Sword Scripture" could not be directly manipulated—it served merely as one of the materials for nurturing Flying Swords.

For this reason, the Sword Pouch easily accepted Spiritual Energy from the Blood, Gold, and Poison attributes, with the Blood Attribute yielding far greater efficiency than the Gold or Poison attributes.

Li Mo’s eyelids twitched.

The Spiritual Power in the Sword Pouch, a chaotic mixture of three attributes, intertwined and spiraled together—had it been anyone else, this would undoubtedly have been a sign of deviation.

In essence, the Sword Pouch was merely a womb for producing Flying Swords.

Li Mo no longer harbored too many concerns and continued pouring Spiritual Energy into the Sword Pouch. Within just two minutes, he had reached the Perfect Puberty Stage.

Spiritual Power nourished the Sword Palace, and in the blink of an eye, the "Ten Thousand Transformation Sword Scripture" successfully entered the Foundation Establishment stage.

The Sword Pouch’s capacity for nurturing Lifebound Flying Swords increased to ten, and the swords, once nourished to the Perfect Childhood level, could remain detached for thirty breaths.

Li Mo connected with the Sword Pouch once more, and indeed, the Lifebound Flying Swords nurtured within it could have their attributes determined.

However, before him lay thousands of types of Spiritual Power within the three attributes, each with its own unique characteristics.

Li Mo’s head throbbed with pain.

If he were to personally decide the materials for the Sword Body, the attributes of the Flying Sword, and the specific Spiritual Power infused within, he would require an astronomical amount of time to solve what felt like endless mathematical equations.

"Forget it; the thought alone is terrifying."

"The limit for the Weak Crown Period is ten swords, a hundred in the Core Formation Stage, a thousand in the Nascent Soul Stage, and ten thousand in the Divine Separation Stage."

"If I had to manage everything myself, I wouldn’t have time to do anything else."

Li Mo didn’t even want to use the Xia Dao Palace for simulations. With the body refinement of the Great Light True Body, the process of nurturing Flying Swords would only grow increasingly complex.

The Xia Dao Palace was meant for simulating Taoist Body Fusion—that was its proper use. Using it for disposable Flying Swords would be a waste.

"Wait a moment..."

"This concept of All Swords Returning to the Sect... somehow feels like quantity over quality."