Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1643: Chapter 1010: Hidden Image Divine Skill

“Sword, come out!”

Jian Changhe brought his fingers together and pointed straight at the surging Yellow Springs river water.

In an instant, a terrifying Sword Intent exploded from his body, the buzzing of swords rang out, echoing within the Void.

Indeed, even here in the Void, that sword hum was still sharp enough to pierce the ears.

The Yellow Springs Old Ghost squinted his cloudy eyes at the sword that flew out.

“The Green Gold Sword! Makes sense, how could a disciple of Hidden Sword Mountain not have a Green Gold Sword!”

“But a single Spirit Sword alone cannot block this old man!”

A surge of aura erupted from his body, and the unfolded Yellow Springs Map instantly shone with blazing spiritual light.

Yet just as he was about to test the power of this Green Gold Sword, he suddenly sensed a strange Qi Mechanism.

The fierce Sword Qi crashed into the rolling Yellow Springs water with a boom, but both sides halted at the same time and turned their gazes to the side.

As for Yun Xiao, he had already slipped far away at this point; he was just there to make up the numbers.

The others were clashing with Spiritual Artifacts and Divine Skills, while he had neither artifact nor Divine Skills—it was honestly a bit miserable.

Yang Zhenshan had actually given him a Spiritual Flying Sword, but that Spiritual Flying Sword seemed to despise him for being a Fake Pill and had never been willing to recognize him as its master.

With a great battle about to erupt and himself only able to paddle along uselessly, Yun Xiao was bitter to the core.

Just as he was thinking of finding a chance to launch a sneak attack, he also sensed a familiar Qi Mechanism, and his Spiritual Sense immediately probed in Yang Zhenshan’s direction.

That one probe almost scared his little heart out of his chest.

A single breath ago, the Earth-shaking Tiger King had still been awe-inspiring and domineering; now its Qi Mechanism was as weak as that of a kitten, almost impossible to detect.

The Earth-shaking Tiger King had become the first Demon King to fall to the Withered and Flourishing Divine Power.

In just a single breath’s time, its Lifespan had burned down to the very last drop of oil in the lamp.

With Lifespan exhausted, its body aged, its Divine Soul withered; the mighty Demon King instantly became so weak as to be not worth mentioning.

Yang Zhenshan gazed indifferently at that faint cluster of vitality, then, in the next moment, turned to look at the Yellow Springs Old Ghost.

The Yellow Springs Old Ghost met his eyes, and his face changed drastically.

“Withered and Flourishing Divine Power!”

“Damn it, how could such a domineering Divine Skill appear in the world?”

The three thousand Great Daos also have their higher and lower ranks.

If one were to ask what the strongest Dao Intent is, it would undoubtedly be the manipulation of Creation itself.

And what is manipulation of Creation?

Creating something from nothing, turning death into life.

Whoever can grasp the Divine Skill of Creation will be the master of all things.

Other powerful Divine Skills include Inverting Yin Yang, Shifting Stars and Moving Constellations, Law-of-Heaven Manifestation, Mending the Heavens and Bathing in the Sun, Five Elements Reversal, Bestowal of Heavenly Fate, and so on.

But these powerful Divine Skills rarely appear, for a very simple reason: they are too difficult to comprehend.

Divine Skills of the Sword Dao, for example, are powerful but not exactly mystical, and they are comparatively easier to comprehend; therefore, there are many Sword Cultivators among Immortal Cultivators.

Likewise, White Cloud True Monarch’s Ninefold Cloud Thunder is a Thunder Skill Divine Power and is also relatively easy to comprehend.

Divine Dao Intents can be divided into Manifested Image and Hidden Image. Manifested Image refers to Dao Intents that can be seen between Heaven and Earth, such as metal, wood, water, fire, earth, the operation of the Five Elements, the rising and setting of the sun, and so forth.

Hidden Image refers to Dao Intents that cannot be directly perceived, such as Inverting Yin Yang, Reversing the Five Elements.

The mutual generation and mutual restraint of the Five Elements is a Manifested Image, but the reversal of the Five Elements is a Hidden Image.

The rising and setting of the sun is a Manifested Image, while turning back the heavens and returning the sun is a Hidden Image.

Life and death in proper sequence is a Manifested Image; life and death in disorder is a Hidden Image.

On the surface, the Path of Life and Death appears to belong to Manifested Image, yet in truth it represents life and death in disorder.

From the perspective of Yin Yang, the Path of Life and Death is a Manifested Image; but from the perspective of life and death, the Path of Life and Death is a Hidden Image.

Most Golden Core Cultivators comprehend Manifested Image Divine Skills, while a small number comprehend Hidden Image Divine Skills.

Of course, comprehending a Hidden Image Divine Skill is not necessarily better than comprehending a Manifested Image Divine Skill; in fact, it is quite the opposite—comprehending Manifested Image Divine Skills is better than Hidden Image Divine Skills.

Because Manifested Image Divine Skills are somewhat easier to comprehend, advancing one’s realm becomes much easier.

By contrast, comprehending Hidden Image Divine Skills is incomparably arduous.

Many Golden Core Cultivators who comprehend Hidden Image Divine Skills may cultivate for a thousand years without making the slightest progress.

Hidden Image Divine Skills are stronger and more wondrous, but if the price is to cut off one’s future path, very few would be willing to comprehend Hidden Image Divine Skills.

The Yellow Springs Old Ghost had heard of many powerful Hidden Image Divine Skills, but this was the first time he had actually seen one, and it was this exceedingly domineering Withered and Flourishing Divine Power.

Seeing Yang Zhenshan looking his way, the Yellow Springs Old Ghost’s first thought was to run.

Without a moment’s hesitation, in the next instant he turned into a wisp of green smoke and drifted toward the distance.

“Trying to run!”

A blue-gray radiance surged in Yang Zhenshan’s eyes.

The condensed Life and Death Tai Chi Diagram rapidly expanded.

Yin and Yang shifted; this time Yang Zhenshan was shrouded in deathly Qi, while the Yellow Springs Old Ghost was wrapped in blue light.

Two thousand eight hundred and seventy-three years of Yin Lifespan!

Consumption ratio: seven to one.

“This old ghost’s life really is long enough!”

Yang Zhenshan muttered in his heart.

Ghost Cultivators’ Yin Lifespans will always be longer than the Yang Lifespans of Immortal Cultivators.

But so what if the Yellow Springs Old Ghost’s Yin Lifespan is long?

Yin and Yang stand opposed; humans and ghosts are different.

Just now, Yang Zhenshan consumed more than two thousand years of Yang Lifespan, which means he increased more than two thousand years of Yin Lifespan.

“Green Yang rises, ten thousand woods revive; by my word, spring comes and all things live!”

As the Withered and Flourishing Divine Power activated, the frost that had just appeared on Yang Zhenshan’s hair instantly turned jet black again.

“No, you dare to seize my Yin Lifespan!”

The Yellow Springs Old Ghost let out a roar, yet did not dare to tarry for even a heartbeat; in the blink of an eye he flew out of the Life and Death Tai Chi Fish and fled into the Void.

In truth, had he not run, Yang Zhenshan could only have staked his life against him.

Yang Zhenshan could only erase a little over three hundred years of his Yin Lifespan and could not truly get a grip on him.