Legend of the Great Sage

the ocean and moving through the thick earth.
Its colour changed once again.

From fire to water, from water to earth… the ball of light moved rapidly, without any obstruction.

Li Qingshan was inside the five-coloured ball of divine light.
He was overjoyed.
After several days of consecutive cultivation, he had finally achieved this five-coloured ball of divine light.
That was a symbol of achieving initial mastery over the Divine Movement of the Five Elements.
Henceforth, he could move through water without drowning, fire without burning, and metal, earth, and wood would no longer pose an obstruction to him.

The only downside was it stood out a little too much.

Time was tight.
He could not pause for even a second.
He immediately began to practise the Illusionary Demon Movement Technique.
The Divine Movement of the Five Elements had the support of the small world, which was why he could reach this state so quickly.
The Illusionary Demon Movement Technique probably would not be that easy.

Sure enough, several days later, the progress with Illusionary Demon Movement Technique was very slow.
Even when Li Qingshan pushed it to the limit, his figure only became blurred, let alone when he used the Divine Movement of the Five Elements at the same time.
At this rate, he definitely would not make it in time.

He furrowed his brows, and he came up with an idea.
He arrived at the base of the volcano and found a smooth rock face, getting to work with carving.
Before long, a statue that was extremely twisted, strange, and ugly was carved out from the rock.

“Doesn’t really seem like it!” Li Qingshan took a few steps back and studied it closely, muttering to himself.

There was a gust of wind, and Gu Yanying appeared before the rock face.
“What the hell is this?”

“Maheśvara,” Li Qingshan said sternly.

“How does it even look like him?” Gu Yanying widened her eyes.
“What’re you carving this for?”

“To summon a god,” Li Qingshan brought his palms together and said with a face of devotion.

Gu Yanying brought her hand over his forehead.
“You’re not crazy, are you?”

“Go away.
Don’t get in the way of my cultivation.”

Li Qingshan shook off her hand.
If the Divine Movement of the Five Elements was based on the small world, then the Illusionary Demon Movement Technique was based on the Heavenly Tome of Liberty.
If he wanted to succeed with the Illusionary Demon Movement Technique quickly, then he had to make quick progress with the Heavenly Tome of Liberty.
He had to advance by a level at the very least.

However, that was an even more difficult task, but there was a shortcut—Siddhānta school’s God Advent technique, or in Li Qingshan’s language, the great technique of summoning a god into the body.

There were many examples of this in the records of the Siddhānta school—a person on the verge of death from sickness suddenly recovering, a mortal suddenly becoming imbued with divine strength, a fool suddenly coming to his senses one day, and so on.
It was basically quick, convenient, easy, and brainless.

The chances of success seemed a little small, and the records were probably unreliable, but he still had to give it a try.
Perhaps it would end up working!

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With this thought that was the antithesis of devotion, Li Qingshan began to chant the scriptures to the statue.

“Doesn’t summoning a god usually require kneeling and bowing?” Gu Yanying saw how he stood there as straight as a stick, bearing absolutely no resemblance to a follower.

“If you want to kneel, you can kneel.
Be quiet.
Go catch a fish for me.” Before Li Qingshan had even finished what he was saying, Gu Yanying returned with a flash, holding a large, colourful fish that leapt around in her hand.
“This kind of fish?”

Bang! Li Qingshan stomped down with his right foot, and a small, circular altar rose up in front of the statue.
He made Gu Yanying throw the fish onto it before beginning to pray.
“Maheśvara, oh Maheśvara, I’m not your follower, but we’re still people of the same path.
C’mon, just make do with the fish and give me some benefits.”

Gu Yanying shook her head in speechlessness.
Let alone summoning a god, even fooling with ghosts normally required a little more seriousness.
“You’re not going to face divine retribution for something like this, are you?”

Li Qingshan focused on chanting the scripture.
Every single word seemed to be filled with a strange liveliness like notes.
In a daze, the statue began to dance.
Its movements were graceful yet filled with a sense of power.