Chapter 309: Chapter 55 The Sutra of the Nine Serene Buddha Lights of Universal Illumination
After being refined, *Praise of the Seven Treasures Scripture* was renamed to *Nine Nether Buddha Light Illuminating Scripture*.
The entry-level cultivation of *Nine Nether Buddha Light Illuminating Scripture* revolves around integrating phosphorescence into the brain, a process far more challenging than cultivating the Seven Treasures Buddha Spiritual Root. However, there’s no need to worry about the brain tissue transforming into coveted spiritual material.
"What’s so special about *Praise of the Seven Treasures Scripture*?"
"Becoming Tang Seng?"
Li Mo shook his head helplessly, a deep sense of absurdity welling up within him.
He was now certain that the True Word Sect must be an undercover group planted by the Buddhist Sect—or perhaps even an ancillary force—since it reeked of strangeness at every turn.
The first step of entry-level cultivation for *Praise of the Seven Treasures Scripture* was actually to remove the skull cap.
The entire brain would then be exposed, and Seven Treasures spiritual material would be ground into powder, processed through intricate procedures to form a paste, and applied directly to the brain.
Li Mo could vividly imagine the scene.
Disciples of the True Word Sect exposing brains transformed into spiritual material, offering them for monks of the Buddhist Sect to choose from.
In his opinion, the step of removing the skull cap was utterly meaningless.
Through the deduction of Fake Soul Consciousness, he had simulated that once the brain transformed into Buddha Spirit Root, having the skull or not wouldn’t affect the efficiency of absorbing spiritual energy.
"Honestly speaking, considering the time the True Word Sect has existed, the Buddhist Sect ought to have been the first group to use cultivators as resources, right?"
Yet, after several thousand years, the Buddhist Sect had mysteriously vanished.
Meanwhile, the True Word Sect remained to this day.
Li Mo shook his head slightly. Cultivating *Nine Nether Buddha Light Illuminating Scripture* held nothing but advantages for him; the Buddha Spirit Root it formed would aid in Dao Body Fusion.
Previously, he had pondered what could substitute phosphorescence to integrate flesh and blood, should the phosphorescence of the Outer Heaven Meteorite Crater dry up.
The answer was unsolvable—Nine Nether Immortal Light was truly one of a kind.
If he could cultivate the Phosphor Buddha Spirit Root, it would be akin to having an internal source of phosphorescence, eliminating concerns of Dao Body Fusion altogether.
Even aside from phosphorescence, the profundity of *Nine Nether Buddha Light Illuminating Scripture* far exceeded imagination.
Unless it were from a proper Buddhist Sect specializing in the Mud Pill Palace, it would be impossible to find a technique comparable to *Nine Nether Buddha Light Illuminating Scripture*.
"In the future, if there’s an opportunity to obtain authentic Buddhist techniques, I could use the Tao Seed to refine *Nine Nether Buddha Light Illuminating Scripture* further and perhaps even generate more creations."
Li Mo wasn’t afraid of deviation; once he promoted to the Nascent Soul Stage, the brain’s significance would be greatly reduced, and discarding it wouldn’t matter much.
He immediately decided to begin cultivating *Nine Nether Buddha Light Illuminating Scripture*. His Divine Sense swept over the secret realm.
The range covered by his Divine Sense wasn’t vast, but in the surrounding area, spiritual shrines had mostly cracked, though not completely broken yet.
Various cultivators were devising ways to protect their spiritual shrines, which should hold up for another two or three years.
Li Mo’s lips curled into a cold smile.
While observing the secret realm, the Five Hidden Sword Elder was also searching for him, Invisible Sword Qi occasionally sweeping across the skies.
"As long as I don’t show myself, you’re bound to be sleepless and restless, aren’t you?"
"Ha."
"I’ve decided not to stir up trouble. Why not close myself off in this feng-shui haven, recover control over the Three Nascent Souls, and break through a realm while at it?"
Li Mo gestured for Ghost Tiger to continue digging underground while setting up the Concealing Breath array.
He lay within the Bottle World, patiently poring over *Nine Nether Buddha Light Illuminating Scripture* and constantly cross-referencing the content of *Praise of the Seven Treasures Scripture*.
Beside Li Mo was a pile of True Word Sect texts.
As a cultivation technique created by Fake Soul Consciousness, *Nine Nether Buddha Light Illuminating Scripture* should have been comprehensible after inheriting its memory. However, the nature of the technique was peculiar.
True Word Sect techniques hovered between Buddhist Sect and Devil Sect philosophies, further infused with Taoist Sect concepts through Fake Soul Consciousness’s deduction.
Even though Li Mo possessed a Tao Seed, he worried about misinterpreting the technique.
Delving further, he discovered that the Childhood and Weak Crown portions of *Praise of the Seven Treasures Scripture* were purely Buddhist Sect techniques.
Further cultivation should theoretically gather relics, but it ended up transforming into Core Formation and Nascent Soul.
"Interesting."
Fragments of Buddhist Sect memories occasionally surfaced from the Creation Book, piquing Li Mo’s interest and rendering his expression increasingly complex.
"Relics can reincarnate?"
From the Creation Book’s memories.
Li Mo saw an elderly monk walking through mountain ranges, holding a mud ball-like relic in both hands.
When the monk encountered a child by the roadside, the child’s forehead bore fleshy horns—a feature signifying the ascendant traits of an Innate Taoist Body.
"Brother Huaihai, I’ve finally found your reincarnated self," the monk murmured.
The child stared at him blankly, his expression frozen in confusion.
The monk smiled and pressed the relic into the child’s brow, and like water, the relic seeped into his brain. The monk then vanished without a trace.
Li Mo narrowed his eyes. In the memory, the child opened his eyes, his gaze no longer that of a four- or five-year-old but a weathered bitterness befitting someone in their seventies or eighties.
From the mortal world depicted in the memory, it was clear the era hadn’t yet undergone the upheaval of heaven and earth.
"Truly bizarre."
Li Mo instantly recognized this method as a technique for Body Seizing rebirth—it required selecting children whose physical aptitude mirrored that of the deceased. Yet, the Buddhist Sect at the time had unshakeable faith in their reincarnation narrative.
"It must have been a branch sect of Buddhism, perhaps the Esoteric Buddhism of the Northwest. I wonder what cultivation system the ancient Central Plains Buddhist Sect adhered to?"
Suddenly struck by something, he couldn’t help but mutter to himself.
"Honestly, if *Praise of the Seven Treasures Scripture* were promoted in the Sub-Device Sect as a method of refining the brain, there’s a chance the Mother Furnace could be bypassed entirely."
Making the brain the core of cultivation would imply the Sub-Device Sect could abandon the Melting Furnace.
"But."
Li Mo furrowed his brow. Would Artifact People without the furnace still count as Artifact People?
Without the ability to reproduce, abandoning the Mother Furnace would only lead to gradual extinction, offering at best a short-term solution.
To truly resolve the Sub-Device Sect’s predicament, the Mother Furnace must be fully mastered.
"Perhaps I’ll have a chance to discuss *Praise of the Seven Treasures Scripture* with the Old Earth True Monarch. If it can free some Nascent Soul Equipment Repairers, it would mark a promising beginning."
Li Mo sat upright, immersing himself in *Nine Nether Buddha Light Illuminating Scripture*. Meanwhile, the Tattooed Beast busily repaired the Bottle World, making its environment more conducive to cultivation.
He even released some Plant and Tree Cultivators who tirelessly transformed the surroundings.
As one moment of understanding dawned upon Li Mo, the Bottle World had already taken shape, its excavated ground now covered in a thin layer of mortal soil.
"Chatter chatter..."
Zhang Guo waved his hand, instructing his disciples to plant grass and trees.
The Tattooed Beast returned to its lazy demeanor, the Red Fox lounged beneath a tree teasing the Plant and Tree Cultivators, the Golden Toad gazed idly at its reflection in the bottle, and the Candle Dragon sprawled bonelessly across a tree branch...
Only the Ghost Tiger kept vigil at the bottle’s mouth, likely out of habit, with not a hint of complaint.
"Ghost Kid, have a rest."
Li Mo sent a mental message to the Ghost Tiger, which shook its head slightly in grievance, insisting on remaining stationed at the bottle’s mouth, its eyes burning as it monitored every stir.
"Fine, I’ll give you an extra share of Nourishing Yuan Fruit medicine power next round."
Li Mo stretched leisurely. Several mole-like Plant and Tree Cultivators darted over, pressing his limbs with their root-like protrusions to ease his muscles.
While others remained uneasy, Li Mo stealthily hid in the shadows, blatantly treating the True Word Secret Realm as his personal Blessed Land Cave Heaven.
If anyone found out, they would undoubtedly explode with fury.
Li Mo spent ten days thoroughly comprehending *Nine Nether Buddha Light Illuminating Scripture*, then began attempting to practice the technique.
Among Buddha Tao Demon systems, cultivation progress was the slowest within the Buddhist Sect.
The first two realms of *Nine Nether Buddha Light Illuminating Scripture* belonged to Buddhist cultivation practices, requiring the integration of phosphorescence into the brain—one could imagine the painstakingly slow progress.
Li Mo wasn’t in any rush, as his Three Nascent Souls guaranteed his strength regardless.
Gingerly, he drew a trace of phosphorescence from the Burning Radiance, directing it through his blood vessels toward his brain. His flesh immediately sizzled and crackled.
As the phosphorescence coursed through, varying degrees of vascular dissolution occurred, transforming into vein-like structures that impeded blood flow.
Li Mo remained unfazed.
Having fused Dao Bodies before, he had cultivated a certain level of expertise in wielding phosphorescence.
Da Ai Mi Tian intervened instantly, using a torrent of cancer cells to preserve the balance of his flesh until the phosphorescence was successfully transported to his brain.
"Hss～～"
Li Mo drew in a sharp breath of pain.
He finally understood what "boiling oil splashing onto tofu" felt like—an overwhelming dizziness accompanied by stabbing pain, followed by an indescribable hallucination.
The brain, after all, was fragile. Even with branding, it couldn’t endure such torment.
Li Mo felt fortunate that his Three Nascent Souls acted like external auxiliary brains; any brain damage wouldn’t impair his cognitive functions.
During the Uncertainty Period Death Disease, he had forcibly pushed through by destroying more than half his brain.
The brain resembled a tree; phosphorescence had to fuse from the brainstem outward until the entire brain tissue transformed into Buddha Spirit Root.
The Mud Pill Palace naturally acted as the container for storing Spiritual Power.
Li Mo’s consciousness remained extraordinarily clear, although his body became muddled with an overpowering sleepiness—even an Innate Saint couldn’t resist such primal impulses.
In the True Word Sect, monks referred to the drowsiness induced by cultivating Buddha Spirit Root as *Heavenly Devil Entering the Brain*, requiring a formidable consciousness to fend off malign thoughts.
*Nine Nether Buddha Light Illuminating Scripture* mentioned a shortcut for entry-level cultivation: one could remove the skull cap and scatter powder containing phosphorescence directly onto the brain.
In doing so, even fainting during the process would suffice to complete Spirit Root Transformation.
The problem, however, was that Li Mo didn’t want to damage his skull and impair the Tao Body he was nurturing.
"Let’s do this, let’s do this."
Li Mo let out a strange chuckle before Da Ai Mi Tian began to surge. Cancer cells proliferated at a visible speed, flooding his entire body.
The sensation of pain was heavily reliant on nerves, which by age fifty were typically eroded by the death disease.
Li Mo, supported by the vigor of the Five Dao Body and nourished by tireless cancer cells, had only suffered a one-third shrinkage of his nervous system.
Now.
In the midst of Da Ai Mi Tian’s rampant cancer transformation, his nerves started uncontrollably spreading.
"AAAAHHHH!!!!!"
With a gentle stimulus from the cancer cells, Li Mo nearly shattered his teeth from clenching, his supposed sleepiness obliterated into intracranial chaos.
The unconventional approach wasn’t conceived from whimsy.
Strictly speaking, this sort of extremity stemmed from the Fake Soul Consciousness’s frequent experimental deductions.
During instances where brain tissue proved insufficient, five consecutive branding sessions would grow five extra heads solely for the purpose of deducing *Nine Nether Buddha Light Illuminating Scripture*.
Li Mo, however, hadn’t anticipated how unexpectedly exaggerated the stimulation would be.
Once the phosphorescence finally fused into the brainstem, Li Mo promptly retracted Da Ai Mi Tian, allowing the temporarily heightened nerves to shrink back and disappear.
"Damn it."
Li Mo chuckled bitterly, though he couldn’t deny its effectiveness.
Subtle but profound changes emerged in the roots of his brainstem, their texture reminiscent of any of the Seven Treasures while radiating a spectacular luster.