Li Mo’s leaking Dao body aura lasted only a single breath, vanishing in the blink of an eye.
Han Cai frowned slightly, uncertain if it was related to Li Mo’s third Dao body, but he kept his doubts to himself, showing no sign of disturbance.
He cast his eyes across the surroundings.
Wu Tu was fully focused on Bai Chao Daozi, seemingly unaware of Li Mo’s anomaly.
An Gang seemed to have noticed something but merely glanced briefly at Li Mo without saying another word, quietly waiting for Daozi’s Foundation Establishment to conclude.
Not to mention Han Cai, even Li Mo was startled by the sudden occurrence.
The abrupt awakening of the spleen’s Divine Ability was so unexpected that his Leakless Body failed to fully suppress its aura. Luckily, Li Mo reacted swiftly.
Even if outsiders sensed the aura, they likely wouldn’t discern the details.
Li Mo examined his five organs through internal vision—the Corpse Spirit Root had already formed a cohesive whole, serving as the central system of his body, transforming into the cornerstone of his Immortal Path.
The spleen’s Divine Ability was named "Transformation and Ascension."
According to ancient medical teachings, the spleen was the most yin among yin attributes and belonged to the Earth element in the Five Elements, primarily responsible for sustaining the body’s operations.
This included blood circulation, digestion in the stomach and intestines, and the transmission of nutrients.
Li Mo’s Transformation and Ascension roughly served to enhance the body’s operations, yet he hadn’t delved deeper into it when an unforeseen change occurred in the abilities of the five organs.
The pages imprinting the five organs had completely vanished.
In their place materialized an ordinary book page, but the illustrated pattern depicted the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, indicating that the Divine Abilities of the five organs had been unified into one furnace.
This unification birthed a new Divine Ability, "Paoxiao Swallowing Body," an incredibly profound Innate Dao Body.
Recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas:
"There exists a beast resembling a sheep’s body and human face, its eyes nestled under its arms, with tiger teeth and human claws. It makes a sound like a baby crying and is called Paoxiao, which consumes humans."
Paoxiao actually refers to the Taotie.
The Paoxiao Swallowing Body absorbed the prior Divine Abilities of the five internal organs, manifesting the Taotie’s greed with unsettling perfection.
The liver’s Divine Ability, "Tea Poison," enabled the Dao body to consume anything, even highly toxic substances, transforming them into nourishment.
The lungs’ Divine Ability, "Primordial Fetal Breathing," allowed every pore across the entire body to act as an organ for absorbing spiritual energy, with the skin capable of consuming liquid-based spiritual materials.
Once nourishment and spiritual energy were drawn into the body, the spleen’s Divine Ability, "Transformation and Ascension," ensured their flawless distribution throughout.
The heart’s Divine Ability, "Green Blood and Red Heart," and the kidneys’ Divine Ability, "Strengthening the Foundation and Nourishing the Essence," fully utilized the nourishment and spiritual energy, incessantly strengthening the foundation.
Though the Paoxiao Swallowing Body seemed to contribute little to combat prowess, all magic ultimately hinges on the body and soul; the foundation is the root of everything.
Li Mo’s expression grew complex.
He couldn’t help but sigh inwardly; the gap between an Innate Dao Body and others was indeed immense.
Had the Leakless Body not complemented the Multiple Dantians, enabling the ability to mass-produce Spirit Stones, it would feel rather lackluster.
The Leakless Body, in its current state, couldn’t even compare to an ordinary Acquired Dao Body.
Still, he didn’t feel that imprinting blank pages onto his skin was a waste. According to the Creation Book’s functions, all his organs would need to be imprinted one by one.
If the imprinted organs could nurture Innate Dao Bodies, then the five senses, six viscera, three Dantians, and so forth likely held similar potential.
Once Li Mo imprinted all his organs, it was highly likely that numerous Innate Dao Bodies would combine and transform into a complete "Immortal Body" capable of attaining Dao.
Suppressing his wavering thoughts, the limited number of blank pages restrained his ambitions.
The five newly acquired ordinary blank pages from advancing to the Weak Crown stage had already had one imprinted onto the spleen; the remaining pages had to be used cautiously.
At this thought, Li Mo couldn’t help but glance at the two special blank pages.
After successfully completing Foundation Establishment, he naturally understood the purpose of the special blank pages, likely due to the strengthening of his soul brought on by his cultivation realm.
The glass blank page, nurtured by the five organ imprints, was a "Spell Page."
As the name suggests, the Spell Page could transform imprinted spells into bodily organs, although this wouldn’t awaken Divine Abilities. However, the spells would become incredibly fluid and intuitive, as if innate.
Li Mo hadn’t yet decided whether to use the Spell Page to imprint Hui Qingyi or the Primordial Postnatal Dao Body; he opted to postpone the decision until he finished dealing with the matter of Induction Fate.
The dark gold blank page, nurtured by metallic top-grade Spirit Stones, was a "Spirit Root Page."
The Spirit Root Page could transform imprinted organs into Spirit Roots or, through repeated imprinting, grow new organs capable of functioning as Spirit Roots.
Li Mo referred to them as Five Elements Spirit Roots.
Due to the metallic top-grade Spirit Stones’ attributes, any imprinted organ would only transform into a Metal Spirit Root, with corresponding awakened Divine Abilities being the same.
Li Mo was temporarily unwilling to use the Spirit Root Page, as the Iron Cauldron Secret Realm involved great risks—one misstep could lead to death and the Dao disappearing.
Moreover, Mist Fog Spiritual Power leaned towards the Water and Earth attributes, making Metal Spirit Roots less impactful.
After sorting out the functions of the Creation Book, Li Mo’s cultivation entirely stabilized, but he noticed an ominous discovery.
The Childhood Death Disease had started showing signs of erupting.
Although there were still a few years left, Li Mo needed to prepare urgently; any negligence could allow the disease to obliterate his foundation.
Fortunately, once he overcame the Childhood Death Disease, there would be at least thirty to forty years until the Weak Crown Death Disease, with increasingly longer gaps between each occurrence.
As Li Mo’s thoughts churned, the other Daoists concluded their Foundation Establishment.
Qingming Daozi, upon regaining consciousness, immediately walked up to Li Mo, his eyes brimming with intense wariness toward Bai Chao Daozi.
The two remained silent, neither knowing whether Bai Chao Daozi could still be considered "human."
Bai Chao Daozi’s Insect Corpse Embryo had entirely consumed Zhu Xi Daozi, relying on the dual strands of Induction Fate to barely complete Foundation Establishment.
The rotting signs of the Blood Moose diminished significantly, exuding Weak Crown stage Jade Liquid Spiritual Power.
Li Mo could confirm that Bai Chao Daozi had undoubtedly mastered the Southern Dipper Crossing People Scripture, far more comprehensively than the Moose Monster before, and even eerily more complete.
Crack, crack, crack...
The insect pupa split open countless fissures, and two figures emerged from within.
Zhu Xi Daozi and Bai Chao Daozi bore identical smiles as they nodded toward Wu Tu, their head-mounted tentacles all connected to the Blood Moose.
"What kind of monstrosity is this?"
Li Mo’s scalp prickled.
It seemed the Blood Moose was the true body, with the tentacle-bound cultivators merely puppets responsible for cultivation.
Zhu Xi Daozi had already become part of Bai Chao Daozi, retaining his former Acquired Dao Body, the "Hundred Tongue Birth Body."
Han Cai and An Gang’s stunned expressions appeared genuine, while Wu Tu couldn’t contain his excitement, repeatedly praising the Hundred Beasts Blood Body.
At that moment, Li Mo realized that quite a few Inner Sect elite figures from Rong Town had their hands in this matter.
They seemed deeply intrigued by the Inner Sect’s legacy, culminating in the grotesque and horrific Bai Chao Daozi, whom they even elevated to the Weak Crown stage.
What role the Sub-Device Sect played in this, Li Mo still could not fathom.
Wu Tu was eager to speak: "That’s enough for now. Bai Chao and I will return to Rong Town. Qingming, Mountain and Sea, follow Han Cai’s orders."
He cast a spell, causing the blood growth of the Lotus Throne to expand to five meters in size, lifting Bai Chao Daozi, then soared into the sky, departing Duozhi Mountain.
Han Cai fell into prolonged silence, while An Gang rose to disperse the gathered cultivators. As for what the two were thinking, no one knew.