Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?
Chapter 268 Sun Observation Method

Chapter 268: Chapter 268 Sun Observation Method

Buddhist skills naturally have a strong suppressive effect on desires and demonic natures.

Although the "Great Arhat Eighteen Forms" is only a body refinement technique, it also possesses this effect.

Just now, that was an evil filth, merely a glance stirred the sinful thoughts of desire within Shen Siyuan, almost causing him to lose his sanity.

Fortunately, he ran fast, or more precisely, it was Duoduo who ran fast.

Seeing Shen Siyuan open his eyes, Duoduo, who had been squatting by his side with a worried face, immediately stood up.

"Brother, are you alright?" Duoduo asked, looking up.

"I’m fine now, thank you." Shen Siyuan touched her smooth little cheek.

"Hehe, no need to thank me."

Helping Shen Siyuan made Duoduo very happy.

"Alright, you go play with Dou Dou and Xiao Yue."

After saying that, Shen Siyuan directly absorbed Duoduo into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

In that instant, Shen Siyuan took a glance inside the banner; Xiao Yue and Dou Dou were playing in a playground, and several adults were happily shopping in the mall.

Shen Siyuan then sent Duoduo to join Dou Dou and the others, not minding them further.

Instead, he turned his attention to the clouded leopard pottery figurine he brought back.

This clouded leopard figurine, the size of an adult’s arm, was roughly made, not even counting as artwork, its black spots made it look like a domestic cat, just with a slightly longer face, adding a bit of ferocity.

Judging by its worthless appearance, it was actually the embodiment of an Evil God, it’s unknown how long ago it was worshiped by some tribe or community in Qionghai; over time, it gained divinity and ultimately became a divine entity that protected the locality.

What is a divine entity? Divine entities are actually tools to satisfy human selfish desires, products of desire, whether positive or negative, they are all born from selfish desires.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as those natural spirits born from nature in the world, they might be considered true divine entities.

However, no matter if it’s a naturally born spirit or a divine entity born from human offerings, as long as it possesses divinity, it is an incredible existence, touching the rules of the Heavenly Dao, eternally indestructible.

Of course, that’s an exaggeration. For example, a Mountain God of a certain mountain, as the mountains and seas change and the mountain itself no longer exists, there would be no such Mountain God.

But as long as the object imbued with divinity exists, and people continue to offer rituals, these beings can be resurrected and thus achieve eternal existence in this manner.

Hence this Evil God, although slain by Shen Siyuan, still has its divinity; as long as it receives offerings, a new divine entity would be born, but whether it would still be the armored, general-like Evil God is uncertain.

Shen Siyuan, of course, did not kindly re-worship this pottery figurine, because divinity, to the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, is a great supplement; this was the real reason why Shen Siyuan was willing to risk going to the Netherworld to slay it.

The Ten Thousand Soul Banner devouring one strand of divinity is equivalent to consuming tens of thousands of ordinary souls.

Thus, with a thought from Shen Siyuan, the Ten Thousand Soul Banner flew out from his Sea of Consciousness, hovered over the pottery figurine, and immediately strands of blue light were drawn out from the figurine and absorbed into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

The previously damaged and broken parts of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner repaired themselves at a visible speed, shining brilliantly as if water light was flowing over it, its effects far surpassing those of repairs done with Merit.

Merit, although beneficial, is too scant compared to divinity.

The process was swift, merely a few seconds; the pottery figurine disintegrated into a handful of clay in Shen Siyuan’s hands, essentially vanishing completely from this world.

Looking at the repaired Ten Thousand Soul Banner, Shen Siyuan was overjoyed. If a few more Mountain Gods could be obtained, the restoration of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner could be expected soon.

Moreover, after being repaired, the Ten Thousand Soul Banner finally possessed some might, capable of thoroughly suppressing the evil thoughts in his Sea of Consciousness. The next time he encountered that evil filth, he wouldn’t just flee at the sight of it, utterly powerless.

However, he couldn’t rely solely on the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, Shen Siyuan pondered whether to cultivate another Protective Skill.

His current offensive skills involved the Five Elements Primordial Magnetic Sword, unmatched in killing power, thus he didn’t need to consider others.

For escaping, he had the Magnetic Escape and the Five Elements Escape Technique, which were derivative techniques of the Five Elements Primordial Magnetic Sword. Given some time, he was bound to make progress.

Only lacking in the protective means, should the Great Arhat Eighteen Forms be cultivated to the sixteenth form and achieve the Vajra Body, the defense would truly be unparalleled. Faced with the evil filth he encountered today, he could consider counter-killing rather than turning his head to flee.

But he had yet to succeed in cultivation, he was nothing yet, and what’s more, the cultivation speed was too slow and took too much time.

Shen Siyuan’s consciousness sank into the Sea of Consciousness, beginning to browse through the memories of the Jiuyou Demon Lord.

Within the vast memories of the Jiuyou Demon Lord, there were numerous cultivation techniques.

He had seen techniques like Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound, Seven Emotions Sword, and Six Desires Heaven before, each flashing through his mind.

Regarding dealing with evil filth that could trigger human’s evil thoughts, wicked thoughts, and all kinds of desires like Demon Tribulation Qi, the most fitting would probably be Buddhist skills.

Or directly cultivate Demon Dao Skills, using the evil filth as sustenance, with his own Six Desires as the foundation, transforming into a Six Desires Heavenly Demon.

This path was actually the easiest to follow, the only downside was that Shen Siyuan would become a Demon, forever sinking in the sea of desires.

Isn’t this path good? Actually, it’s very good, the Demon Path is also a path.

However, it requires liberating one’s nature, following one’s desires, no longer restraining any desires.

With his current abilities, not to mention destroying the world, he could likely plunge the world into chaos, completely transforming it into a Demon Realm.

This was not what Shen Siyuan wanted.

In the end, Shen Siyuan chose a Landscaping Technique, with a simple name called the Sun Observation Method, which, as the name implies, is observing the sun.

This skill had no relation to the Buddhist sect; it belonged to a small sect in the Great Wilderness called the Observation Sect. The Observation Sect believed that natural things all possess grand power; by observing natural things and getting close to them, one naturally obtains the mighty power of these things.

They observed the wind, clouds, and celestial bodies like the sun, moon, and stars, thereby possessing various unimaginable abilities.

Yet, this also led to the Jiuyou Demon Lord coveting it, and after obtaining and studying the skill, he deemed it to be a technique derived from the Taoist internal and external scene reflection, although magical, it lacked the Path to Heaven.

What’s fake is fake, it can never become true, but that doesn’t mean it has no value at all.

After cultivating this technique, with a focus for his mind, maintaining primordial unity, his spirit would naturally not be easily shaken by Heart Demons or evil thoughts.

And upon reaching Small Success, it could even bring about magical methods such as Wind Control, Cloud Riding, Light Tunneling, etc.

However, because this world lacked Spiritual Energy, these methods might not be executable, but for stabilizing the mind, it should be feasible, and if not, he could always use Merit to catalyze it.

Shen Siyuan made his decision but didn’t immediately start to cultivate, as the best method for the Sun Observation Method was to face the sun, reflecting the internal scene with the external scene, somewhat similar to the Landscaping Technique of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

Indeed, the three thousand great paths are interwoven with each other, having places where they intersect.

And now, what needed to be done was.

Turn off the lights.

Go to sleep.

An uneventful night.