Chapter 729: The Jianmu Primordial Divine Bridge
"The original technique I created to merge the Seven Star Realm and the Six Harmonies Realm was called the Seven Star Six Harmonies Primordial Spirit Art, which I once passed on to Brother Qin. Brother Qin then spread this technique, but not many people mastered it."
Xu Shenghua walked without pause, suddenly appearing within the Spirit Embryo Divine Treasury in Hu Bugui's physical body. He held a willow branch in his hand, a branch that should be a divine wood, capable of freely changing its length, with various markings on it.
He tossed the willow branch up to measure Hu Bugui's Spirit Embryo Divine Treasury, while Jing Yan assisted by recording various data. The couple worked in close coordination.
"Because not many people succeeded in cultivating it—only Zhan Kong, Wang Muran, Lin Xuan, Fox Ling'er, and others with exceptional talent managed it—I felt the Seven Star Six Harmonies Primordial Spirit Art was not yet mature. So, based on this technique, I created a new method for merging divine treasuries, called the Jianmu Primordial Divine Bridge."
After measuring the Spirit Embryo Divine Treasury, Xu Shenghua moved with Jing Yan to the Five Luminaries Divine Treasury, measuring the Five Luminaries Stars and the vastness of heaven and earth, and continued: "However, the Jianmu Primordial Divine Bridge technique is extremely troublesome. Everyone's divine treasuries are different, so the data required for the technique also differs. Therefore, anyone cultivating this technique needs to meticulously map out their own divine treasury model and adjust the technique based on different data. Only then can they determine how to build a Jianmu Divine Bridge that starts directly from the Spirit Embryo Divine Treasury!"
Qin Mu's mind shook violently, and he exclaimed in shock: "Brother Xu, if you complete this Jianmu Primordial Divine Bridge, it will be a monumental revolution in techniques! A single divine treasury reaching directly to the Heavenly Palace—the impact on Dao techniques and divine abilities is immeasurable! The Jianmu Primordial Divine Bridge is even more important than the Primordial Spirit Guidance that Yu Xiu and I created!"
Xu Shenghua revealed a smile. "To surpass you and make you admit you're a false Overlord Body, how could I not have my own ideas? But I can't do it alone. The profound mathematics and immense calculations required for this Jianmu Primordial Divine Bridge technique have exceeded my knowledge, insight, and foundation. So I need help."
"Did you go ask Lin Xuan Dao Lord for help?" Qin Mu asked curiously.
Xu Shenghua was busy mapping the Five Elements Mountain Range and had no time to answer.
Jing Yan laughed. "Not just Lin Xuan Dao Lord. My husband also went to find Princess Xiu, Saintess Xiang, Wang Muran, and others from the Heavenly Alliance. Besides them, there was also the National Teacher, Black Tiger God, and other mathematical experts. My husband has a good relationship with the Great Venerable, so he invited him as well, and together they deduced the Jianmu Primordial Divine Bridge."
Qin Mu's eyes widened. Some of these people were his enemies, yet Xu Shenghua had managed to recruit them. Was Xu Shenghua's network really that extensive?
Jing Yan continued with a smile: "Wang Muran and the National Teacher have a grudge, and the Great Venerable has grudges with everyone else. But when they heard that my husband was building the Jianmu Primordial Divine Bridge to overshadow Sect Leader Qin's reputation, they were all very happy and delighted to see Sect Leader Qin suffer a setback, so they came willingly."
"Willingly?" Qin Mu snorted.
Jing Yan went on: "The Emperor was also very pleased. Though he couldn't come in person, he ordered all the academies to gather the scholars with the highest mathematical skills to help. The Emperor also told the Woodcutter Sage about this, and the Sage went to help as well."
"The Emperor was happy too? My teacher also went?"
Qin Mu grunted, feeling indignant. "Did the Woodcutter teacher go just to overshadow me too? I should have let him rot in that ditch! No, the reason the Woodcutter teacher scurried off to find the Martial Combat Heavenly Master was probably because Xu Shenghua and the others had completed the Jianmu Primordial Divine Bridge with him, giving him the confidence to approach the Martial Combat Heavenly Master. But he didn't expect the Martial Combat Heavenly Master to completely ignore him and just beat him half-dead before throwing him into a ditch. Serves him right!"
He glanced at Dragon Qilin and said amiably: "Fatty Dragon, you didn't go either, did you?"
Dragon Qilin quickly shook his head. "Brother Tiger invited me, but I didn't go!"
"But you never told me about this either." Qin Mu's expression turned sour.
Dragon Qilin said timidly: "At that time, Sect Leader was refining the sword pellet, and after finishing the sword pellet, you were busy with explosive refining..."
Jing Yan said: "Later, the First Patriarch met Xing Han and told him about it. Xing Han had great respect for the First Patriarch, and when he heard it would make Sect Leader Qin suffer a setback, he also came and helped quite a bit. We succeeded in our calculations, and my husband deduced the Jianmu Primordial Divine Bridge based on the results. But no one could cultivate it."
She sighed and continued: "In the end, my husband calculated and said the requirements for the physical body were too high. If the body wasn't strong enough, it couldn't withstand the terrifying pressure from merging the divine treasuries. None of us had such a powerful body, so we had to give up."
"And Xing Han too..."
Qin Mu's forehead veins bulged. "Is my character really worse than Xing Han's or the Great Venerable's?"
"But Brother Hu Bugui's physical body has already reached an extreme level!"
Xu Shenghua finished measuring the Five Luminaries Divine Treasury and moved to Hu Bugui's Six Harmonies Divine Treasury, saying: "Brother Hu is the most physically powerful person I have ever encountered. Others would die cultivating the Jianmu Primordial Divine Bridge, but Brother Hu won't."
He was full of confidence.
The couple finished measuring the Six Harmonies Divine Treasury, then moved to the Seven Stars Divine Treasury, and later mapped the Heavenly and Human Life-and-Death Divine Treasuries. Only then did they perfectly map out Hu Bugui's divine treasuries.
The couple flew out of Hu Bugui's divine treasuries, and Xu Shenghua immediately began adjusting the Jianmu Primordial Divine Bridge based on the measured data.
He had already established the mathematical model for the Jianmu Primordial Divine Bridge. He only needed to convert Hu Bugui's divine treasury data to adjust the technique to match Hu Bugui's physical body.
Qin Mu silently praised: "Xu Shenghua and that whole group of experts really went to great lengths to defeat me. But this Jianmu Primordial Divine Bridge is indeed extremely exquisite, a masterpiece of mathematical beauty!"
He himself was a mathematical master. The Old Farmer, Old Ox, and Hu Bugui were all dizzy and confused, but Qin Mu could appreciate the beauty of the Jianmu Primordial Divine Bridge.
This Jianmu Divine Bridge was a divine tree built with mathematics, rooted in the Spirit Terrace Six Harmonies Continent. The tree's roots delved deep into the Netherworld, its main roots connected to the Five Elements Mountain Range, its crown surrounded by sun and moon, with Five Luminaries Stars among the branches and countless stars hidden within the leaves.
And the top of the divine tree's crown was level with the Divine Bridge.
If one compared it to the Broken Bridge of the Yan Kang people, the tree crown could exactly fill the void between the Heavenly Palace and the Broken Bridge, connecting the bridge.
This eliminated the need to cultivate the Magpie Bridge Technique, the Primordial Spirit Guidance Technique, and the Divine Crossing Technique.
Presumably, when Xu Shenghua, the Woodcutter, the National Teacher, Xing Han, and others were calculating, they had incorporated these three bridge techniques into the Jianmu Primordial Divine Bridge.
However, for martial artists of the Bullfighting Realm, the Jianmu Divine Bridge only filled a section of the Divine Bridge—only the middle part, without the head or tail.
If one's cultivation and strength were insufficient, they still couldn't cross the Heavenly Palace with their primordial spirit.
As a mathematical master and the creator of the Taiwei Calculation Canon, he had profound expertise and immediately realized that by expanding the Jianmu tree crown, one could artificially create a Divine Bridge Divine Treasury.
But this would require further mathematical deductions based on the Jianmu Primordial Divine Bridge.
After Xu Shenghua finished his calculations, he used his primordial energy to construct a small sapling, flicked his finger, and sent it into Hu Bugui's divine treasuries.
This small sapling took root in Hu Bugui's Spirit Terrace Continent, sprouting and growing.
Qin Mu immediately recognized that Xu Shenghua was using the Heart Planting Demon Technique from the Heavenly Saint Sect's Great Cultivation Demon Scripture, presumably taught to him by the Woodcutter.
By using the small sapling as a seed, he could plant this technique inside Hu Bugui, absorbing Hu Bugui's primordial energy, causing the sapling to grow wildly into a towering Jianmu!
Xu Shenghua hesitated for a moment, not immediately activating the sapling, and asked tentatively: "Brother Hu, are you afraid of death?"
Hu Bugui shook his head. "No!"
Xu Shenghua breathed a sigh of relief.
The Old Farmer said calmly: "Xu Shenghua, are you afraid of death?"
Xu Shenghua was momentarily stunned, not understanding his meaning.
Qin Mu's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and he whispered: "Brother Xu, what are your chances of success this time?"
Xu Shenghua was full of confidence and raised three fingers. "Thirty percent!"
Qin Mu laughed in anger. "Brother Xu, you weren't like this before! Before, you only acted when you had eighty or ninety percent certainty! Thirty percent? Who did you learn that from? You've fallen!"
"From you."
Xu Shenghua activated his primordial energy, and the small sapling inside Hu Bugui's body immediately began to grow wildly, frantically absorbing and devouring Hu Bugui's primordial energy and cultivation!
The small tree quickly grew to a hundred zhang, then a thousand zhang, surpassing the mountains of the Spirit Terrace Six Harmonies Continent, towering into the clouds, and still growing!
This towering giant tree had already grown to the point of touching the sky, and with a thunderous roar, it broke through the barriers of the Spirit Embryo Divine Treasury, the Five Luminaries Divine Treasury, and the Six Harmonies Divine Treasury!
Hu Bugui groaned, and the bones in his body crackled and popped as his physical body endured immense pressure. His muscles were incredibly strong, but in that moment, he suddenly became skin and bones!
That was because his muscles were compressed into thin membranes tightly clinging to his bones!
This pressure wasn't from top to bottom or from outside to inside, but from every direction within his body—the most terrifying kind!
Hu Bugui's skull also cracked and popped, as if it might explode at any moment!
Everyone was tense, but Xu Shenghua pondered for a moment and said to Jing Yan: "Wife, the Jianmu's growth rate is too fast. It should be because Brother Hu's dharma power and cultivation exceeded my expectations. His cultivation is truly profound and pure, not inferior to mine."
"Why does that sound familiar?" Qin Mu thought to himself.
"The Jianmu has absorbed his primordial energy and cultivation, and its growth rate will only accelerate. The next step will be breaking through the Seven Stars barrier, which will bring even more pressure."
Xu Shenghua was not as nervous as everyone else and remained calm and composed, continuing: "The Seven Stars Divine Treasury will accelerate the Jianmu's growth. When it reaches the Heavenly Human Divine Treasury, the pressure will double. Then, the Jianmu's roots will pierce through his continent and take root in the Netherworld within the Life-and-Death Divine Treasury. At that point, the pressure will be at its peak... Brother Qin, I might have said too much just now. I now think there's only a twenty percent chance."
"Sect Leader, should we make a run for it?" Dragon Qilin whispered.
Qin Mu quietly shook his head. Suddenly, the Gate of Heavenly Burden appeared behind him, ready to save Hu Bugui if he was crushed.
Seeing this, Xu Shenghua shook his head and said: "Sect Leader, if it fails, he can't be saved. His primordial spirit will also be crushed, his soul scattered, and he won't fall into the Netherworld."
He was still very calm and composed.
Qin Mu's eyelids twitched, and he said politely to the Old Farmer: "Uncle-Master, this junior once gathered the soul of Heavenly Yin Empress. Even though her soul was scattered, I still saved her. Rest assured, Uncle-Master, please put your fist away..."
—Thanks to the Silver Alliance leaders, Human Chair and Leo1994, for their generous tips. Bow in thanks~