Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 1076 Xuantian Catalog

chapter 1076 xuantian catalog

translator: borntobe

the xuan master was sitting alone in a private room, and there was a certain scene on the wall before him. that scene showed long chen who had been cast into the ghost prison.

“are you starting to reap the harvest?” asked an ancient voice.

“yes. originally, there should have been a longer time before the harvest, but long chen’s arrival has changed my plans a bit.” the xuan master nodded.

“are you helping long chen or harming him? you actually gave him the entire xuantian catalog to look at.”

“it can’t count as helping or harming him. i’m just giving him an opportunity. today, i saw many things because of long chen, and in particular, i saw some variables that are not in my control. these variables are largely beneficial to the xuantian dao sect, so i’ve used this method to allow long chen to see the complete xuantian catalog. it’s up to him whether or not he can grasp anything,” said the xuan master.

“the xuantian catalog is an immortal canon that we have to translate into a simpler form for the disciples before we teach it to them. and those who can comprehend it are as rare as a phoenix feather or a unicorn horn. as for the most original xuantian catalog, let alone long chen, even those like liu cang and luo fan wouldn’t be able to see anything from it with just ten days,” said that ancient voice.

“of course i know that. but i still feel like there are secrets we don’t know about long chen. perhaps those secrets are the things long chen relies on the most. i’m testing him like this. if he can comprehend anything from the xuantian catalog, perhaps i’ll change my plans,” said the xuan master.

“decide for yourself. in any case, i’ve handed the dao sect to you. if you’re so confident, i can focus completely on breaking through.”

“master, how assured do you feel this time?” the xuan master’s expression became slightly grave.

“i’d guess thirty percent. after all, those who succeed in netherpassage are few and far between after the immortal era.” after a moment’s hesitation, he continued, “if i fail, you don’t need to be burdened. you can be free.”

the xuan master shook his head. “i don’t feel like you gave me a burden. i just feel like you were too conservative. continuing like this isn’t beneficial to the xuantian dao sect’s development.”

“alright, let’s not talk about these things. i’m going into seclusion, and i won’t be coming out until i break through. i don’t want to think about these troublesome things. wait, what? what is long chen doing?” the ancient voice suddenly became full of shock.

the xuan master also looked at the wall. he saw long chen had taken out gold coins and was giving them one by one to the ghosts. he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

“this rotten brat, he dares to even buy them? these ghosts have a certain spirituality, and they’ve seen the hall masters comprehend the xuantian catalog. looking at long chen’s expression, he definitely obtained some useful information,” said the xuan master helplessly.

“thank you all, you can go back. i’m going to go comprehend this thing.” long chen distributed several hundred gold coins to the ghosts. he was full of excitement.

“so each line can be comprehended with the soul to grasp it. it’s indistinct and unfathomable just like the heavenly daos.”

this was what long chen had concluded through the countless clues the ghosts had told him.

he took a deep breath and expelled his random thoughts. focusing completely, he placed all his attention on one of the lines of the symbol.

when his mind sank into that line, the line suddenly unleashed a burst of light.

the xuan master’s expression changed. the xuantian catalog was not something just any disciple could comprehend, especially not the original xuantian catalog.

fighting with flames was different from using flames for alchemy. it was pure flames without the slightest wood spiritual energy. such flames were even more berserk and much more powerful.

but because huo long had always been helping him to refine pills, it had formed a resonance with his trace of wood spiritual energy. as a result, it was no exception even when fighting.

now when he thought about that, he felt he really was stupid. if he extracted that wood spiritual energy, huo long’s power would become even greater in combat.

within this strange space, the flames were constantly changing, and there were also various flame runes revolving. long chen randomly reached out to grab one.

that flame rune exploded violently, shooting out flame arrows at long chen. long chen jumped in shock and hastily dodged, but some flame arrows were still shooting toward him. he hastily took out blooddrinker.

those flame arrows caused his arm to turn numb when he blocked them. long chen was shocked by how powerful this flame attack was.

after the explosion of flame arrows was over, they transformed back into the exact same rune as before.

“could it be... is every rune here a flame magical art?!”

long chen looked at the various runes floating in the air with absolute delight.

“i’ve definitely struck gold now.”

long chen arrived in front of that rune and once more grabbed it. the rune instantly exploded, but this time, he sensed the way and the rules of how the flames had circulated and how the energy was accumulated before erupting.

“so that’s what it was.”

blooddrinker blew apart the rain of flames. he had finally realized the secrets of this place.

each of these runes was a magical art’s most primal rune. when activated, it would display the principles behind it. however, it would only display it for an instant, and without intentionally paying attention, it was very difficult to remember it.

however, it wasn’t able to pose a problem for someone with spiritual strength as strong as long chen’s. after two tests, he had memorized its principles. he took a deep breath and formed hand seals. a translucent rune condensed over his palm.

“meteor rain of arrows.”

once that rune was formed, he involuntarily shouted its name.

following that, a huge ball of flames condensed above his head, and then countless flame arrows shot out.

each flame arrow caused a huge explosion upon striking the ground. even long chen was shocked by its power.

that had just been a small test. because he had just learned it, he had been afraid of a backlash and only used a small amount of flame energy. he hadn’t expected it to have such a terrifying effect.

“the xuantian catalog is truly worthy of being one of the xuantian dao sect’s core treasures. no good, i can’t be this excited. i have to quickly learn all of this. why was i only imprisoned for ten days?! it should have been at least a month!”

long chen reached his hand out to the next rune.