Chapter 124: Grandmaster, Today!

Longxing County Yamen.

Wang Ping sat cross-legged. Laid out before him were the Wind-Thunder Demon-Subduing Pestle, the Mani Pearl, and the Dragon-Elephant Vajra Wheel—the artifacts Kongzhi had given him just before his death.

"Huu!"

Wang Ping let out a long breath and opened his eyes. He stared intently at the three supreme artifacts, yet he was in no rush to integrate them into his body.

'To cultivate the Sacred Lord of Five Weapons and fuse weapons into the body, the artifacts must not only be of exceptional quality, but also harmonize with the body's five elements. They cannot clash or suppress one another. I must carefully choose which weapon integrates into which organ. Even the slightest error could cause my viscera to conflict and explode.'

He had been constantly pondering how to allocate them.

However, since he had already activated Invoking Deities, it was actually Kongzhi who was helping him determine the allocation.

After all, Kongzhi was their original owner. He best understood the artifacts' abilities, traits, and profound mysteries, allowing him to make choices perfectly suited to Wang Ping.

"The Mani Pearl is the most stable; it should enter the spleen-earth."

"The Dragon-Elephant Vajra Wheel subdues inner demons; it should enter the liver-wood."

"The Wind-Thunder Demon-Subduing Pestle focuses on offense; it should enter the kidney-water."

The three artifacts successively merged into his body. With Qi Restriction repairing his internal damage, Wang Ping proceeded without hesitation. In mere moments, the integration was complete.

Naturally, all three artifacts still harbored hidden traps left by Kongzhi. Rashly absorbing them would have done more harm than good, even allowing the Brahma Nation to mark him. Fortunately, with Kongzhi currently invoked upon him, Wang Ping casually erased these traps, rendering them harmless.

"Only the heart still lacks a divine weapon."

Wang Ping calmed his mind and fully yielded his body to Kongzhi. This Brahma Nation monk's insights into cultivation were undoubtedly several levels beyond his own.

'Anyway, I'll just let Kongzhi do the hard work.'

'I can just sit back and reap the rewards!'

Besides, while under the effects of Invoking Deities, he could sense Kongzhi's thoughts and follow his reasoning. There was no need to worry about reaping the results without understanding the process.

"My cultivation path is extremely rare, simultaneously practicing the immortal, Brahma, and martial arts. Among them, my martial path is the strongest, the immortal path is second, and the Brahma path is the weakest. Therefore, the best method is to use the Brahma path to supplement the immortal, and then use the immortal to supplement the martial. This will push my martial arts to a higher level first. Finally, from that advantageous height, I can turn back and elevate both the immortal and Brahma paths."

For Brahma cultivation, he only possessed the Other-Transformation Freedom Control Desire Realm Celestial Manual.

With a thought, Wang Ping took out the Prayer Wheel Kongzhi had given him. He casually erased its hidden traps as well, only then using his spiritual sense to examine the scriptures within.

'It really is a dual cultivation method!'

'The principle is the same as the Desire Realm Heavenly Birth Method. Both focus on indulging in desires to eventually seek emptiness and liberation... The concepts are incredibly profound, but they don't suit me.'

This was because Brahma methods possessed a fatal flaw compared to immortal methods. Immortal cultivation—Tribulation Transcending and Qi Refining—relied on oneself every step of the way. Brahma methods were different. Once a Brahma cultivator reached a certain level, their spiritual sense needed to commune with a mysterious realm called the Great Brahma Heaven.

Legend had it that this was the residence of ten thousand Buddhas, a wondrous landscape of Spirit Mountain.

A Brahma cultivator could only progress further and be granted spells and Divine Powers after paying homage to Spirit Mountain and gaining the approval of the ten thousand Buddhas... This was something Wang Ping could not accept.

"Therefore, I should extract its essence and discard the dregs."

Wang Ping's thoughts spun rapidly.

"Using Brahma to supplement the immortal path—the key lies in using Brahma methods to guide the Mind Monkey, teaching it to commune with my body just as it would the Great Brahma Heaven. I will be its Great Brahma Heaven!"

His spiritual sense looked inward.

Deep within his heart, the scenery of the Water Curtain Cave emerged once more. The Mind Monkey sat cross-legged, wearing a golden headband. It appeared utterly focused, but its eyes darted around wildly.

"The Mind Monkey is hard to pacify..."

Wang Ping shook his head and continued to observe. To his pleasant surprise, he discovered that after consuming the wood-qi from his liver, the Mind Monkey had grown visibly more robust and radiant. Perhaps because of this new strength, the originally obedient monkey had developed a second mind and grown restless once more.

"I'll have to play rough!"

Wang Ping immediately recited the Inner Landscape Scripture in his mind. As the scripture echoed, his lung-metal responded, and the golden headband on the Mind Monkey's head tightened instantly. The pain made it roll around on the ground once again.

Only after a long while did Wang Ping stop.

The Mind Monkey hurriedly sat back down cross-legged, no longer daring to dart its eyes around. It stared straight ahead; clearly, many of its distracting thoughts had been extinguished.

"That should be enough."

Seeing this, Wang Ping shifted his spiritual sense, switched to the scriptures of the Other-Transformation Freedom Control Desire Realm Celestial Manual, and began teaching the Mind Monkey to commune with heaven and earth.

Of course, this so-called "heaven and earth" was actually Wang Ping's own physical body.

"The Mind Monkey already resides in the heart, the central mansion of the human body, connecting all meridians. It is uniquely blessed by nature, allowing its cultivation to yield twice the result with half the effort. Naturally, its progress is divine!"

Within the inner landscape of his spiritual sense, Wang Ping watched as the Mind Monkey heard the wondrous sounds and began to dance with joy. With every beat of his heart, vital life energy from across his body pumped into his heart in an endless cycle. The Mind Monkey grew increasingly powerful, its connection to his physical body tightening right up until the final step—

"To break the stubborn void... one must awaken to emptiness!"

Boom!

In an instant, Wang Ping's mind became perfectly clear. He actually forgot to circulate his spiritual sense and recite the scriptures, yet the Mind Monkey spontaneously began communing with his body.

"Huu...!"

To Wang Ping's senses, it was as if he had truly arrived at the Water Curtain Cave. He had become the cross-legged Mind Monkey, watching the systemic changes within his own body.

He saw the Dragon Head Guillotine in his lungs, the Mani Pearl in his spleen, the Dragon-Elephant Vajra Wheel in his liver, and the Wind-Thunder Demon-Subduing Pestle in his kidneys. He couldn't help but frown. "The Dragon Head Guillotine is fine, but the other weapons don't suit me at all."

"When it comes down to it, I never needed that many weapons."

"One is enough."

The moment this thought arose, the Mind Monkey connected with his body. Then, Wang Ping watched as the numerous artifacts within him actually began to change!

The Wind-Thunder Demon-Subduing Pestle formed the handle of the Dragon Head Guillotine.

The Mani Pearl embedded itself right in the center, where the handle met the blade.

The Dragon-Elephant Vajra Wheel was the most peculiar. It dismantled completely, losing its wheel shape, and spread flat across the blade to outline the patterns of a dragon and an elephant.

Wang Ping watched, utterly dumbfounded.

Fortunately, Kongzhi was still there. Wang Ping might freeze in a daze, but Kongzhi wouldn't. Under Kongzhi's diligent direction, Wang Ping gradually came to a realization:

'By using the Mind Monkey to commune with the microcosm of my body, my physical form gains the ability to transform at will. Since the divine weapons have fused into me, they are essentially a part of me, naturally transforming alongside me... Good heavens, how is this using the immortal path to supplement the martial? This is outright using immortal methods to practice martial arts!'

He really had let the Mind Monkey learn the seventy-two transformations!

'In that case... do I even need a fifth weapon? Since the Mind Monkey can transform at will, can't I just use it directly to fill this gap?'

Soon enough, Kongzhi provided the answer.

"It is feasible!"

Inside the room, Wang Ping abruptly opened his eyes. A thunderous heartbeat echoed from his chest. In his inner landscape, the Mind Monkey grasped the Dragon Head Guillotine.

"Boom!"

In that split second, Wang Ping felt as though a fire had been lit deep within his heart, detonating throughout his body. Boundless power surged outward.

The Sacred Lord of Five Weapons, perfected!

"Right now, I lack nothing!"

At this moment, Wang Ping seemed to hear his body roar. His heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys linked into a single entity, driving a comprehensive second evolution of his physical form!

"It happens today!"

Wang Ping didn't stop for a moment. He quickly exited his inner visualization and shifted to circulating his Divine Intent in preparation for Seeing Divinity. Today, he would break through to Grandmaster!

...

Not far away, in Chenlong's small courtyard.

"Actually, Xugou does have some talent. At his young age, he's already initiated into the Martial God Pictorial Record and has taken the first steps toward finding a combination that suits him."

Chenlong stood with his hands behind his back, looking toward Xugou, who was in secluded cultivation inside the room.

He watched Xugou's breathing exercises and the ebb and flow of his Internal Force. It already carried a bit of imposing momentum. Most likely, in another year or two, he would successfully master the Martial God Pictorial Record.

In the past, Chenlong would have been genuinely delighted, feeling that the Tribute Hall had produced another genius with the hope of reaching Grandmaster. But looking at it now, for some reason, he felt a bit disdainful. He couldn't help muttering in his heart that he had taught the boy so earnestly, so why would it still take a whole year to learn...

"Sigh, I can't blame him."

Chenlong sighed. "It's just that Yin Hu is too shockingly extraordinary. After what he pulled, it's hard for me to be surprised by anything else."

Right at this moment, the breeze carried over an ethereal voice.

"Chenlong."

"First Seat! You received my letter?"

Before the voice even faded, Chenlong, who had just leisurely come out to enjoy the night view, was startled. He hurriedly bowed in greeting. "Yin Hu is in the courtyard next door..."

"There's no rush for him."

The ethereal voice continued, its tone full of gratification. "You, on the other hand, have made progress... Your Divine Intent is becoming increasingly perfect. You are already approaching Manifesting Divinity."

"Given enough time, becoming a Great Grandmaster is probably just a matter of a month or two."

"Well done."

The ethereal voice chuckled softly.

"To be honest, I originally thought the Heavenly Blade Peerless Slash you depicted during your Divine Communion was just empty talk. With your talent, you shouldn't have been able to map heaven and earth."

"I underestimated you."

Hearing this, the corners of Chenlong's mouth nearly curled up to the heavens. He suppressed the urge with all his might and tried to express his thanks, but his voice came out too high-pitched. He quickly forced it into a lower register.

"The First Seat praises me too highly."

"Compared to me, Yin Hu's talent is far more delightful. The First Seat might not know, but this time, he and I joined forces to behead a rather formidable Loose Immortal..."

"No need to say more. I am already aware of the matter."

The ethereal voice in the wind returned to a calm, unruffled tone. "He mastered the Martial God Pictorial Record in three days, and his Sacred Lord of Five Weapons has already achieved minor success."

"He is indeed a rare prodigy."

"Since you think so highly of him, you will be his master from now on. Within a year, help him attain Seeing Divinity to break through to Grandmaster, and aim for Divine Communion within three years."

"Yes!"

Chenlong roused his spirit and patted his chest in a solemn vow. "Rest assured, First Seat. It won't take a year. Within three months, I can help him break through to Grandmaster..."

Rumble!

Before Chenlong's words even faded, an earth-shattering boom erupted from the neighboring courtyard. A column of blood-qi surged upward like a smoke signal.

The night sky was instantly ignited, turning the dark clouds into a sea of fire. The flames then rolled backward, grabbed by a massive, furry hand, and forcefully flung like a flamboyant cape. The fire instantly splintered, burning half the sky a radiant red. Then, two golden lights bloomed amidst the clouds, shooting toward the celestial palaces as a spirit monkey leaped out.

It stood tall in the firmament, using the sea of fire as its cape.

Wearing the Phoenix-Winged Purple-Gold Crown, donning the Chain Golden Armor, and stepping in the Lotus-Silk Cloud-Stepping Boots, it grasped the As-You-Will Divine Treasure Iron, glaring proudly at the ultimate zenith of the sky.

"What excellent Divine Intent!"

Seeing this scene, the ethereal voice in the wind praised, "Although it appears slightly ungrounded, it still counts as Divine Communion. Chenlong, which Grandmaster is this?"

Chenlong: "..."

If he remembered correctly, the one living in that courtyard was Yin Hu, right?

He broke through?

Not only broke through to Grandmaster, but achieved Divine Communion too??

Ah???