Chapter 251: The Life-Spirit Plant Advances, the Ancient Wood Evergreen Body Reaches Perfection!

Qin Ming poured all the blood pearls before him into the Longlife Vine.

His life-spirit plant, the Longlife Vine, surged forward like a shark scenting blood.

Black vines snatched up every pearl and began absorbing their essence.

Fed by such a vast quantity of blood pearls, the entire Longlife Vine seemed to revive—its branches grew endlessly, swelling in size.

Hum! Countless silver runes drifted out from between the vines, swirling around the Longlife Vine.

As before during its advancement, the black vines spread further, twisting and lashing like colossal tentacles.

Several hours later.

The Longlife Vine grew visibly taller, reaching a height of one hundred zhang, its foliage dense and blotting out the sky.

An ancient, weathered aura emanated from its vines.

Its leaves cycled between new and old, and buds of black-and-white flowers continuously formed.

These black-and-white flower buds were larger and more numerous than the flowers the Longlife Vine had previously borne; a strange, faint fragrance began to drift through the air.

Suddenly.

The entire Longlife Vine erupted in a dark divine radiance, its powerful aura spreading outward like a tidal wave.

Even Qin Ming's third-rank middle-grade Black Tortoise Covering Sea Array trembled several times under its force.

"This ancient, profound aura…"

"Could it be a fourth-rank spirit plant?"

Qin Ming stood beneath his life-spirit plant, no larger than an ant.

Fortunately, his life-spirit plant could conceal its form—only he could see it.

Otherwise, such a colossal tree would be visible even beyond Wangyue Lake.

In Qin Ming's vision, four golden terms appeared: 【Name】: Yin-Yang Mystic Vine 【Term】: Lifespan Boost ×5 (Maturity 1%)

【Name】: Yin-Yang Mystic Vine 【Term】: Source of Magic Power (Maturity 1%)

【Name】: Yin-Yang Mystic Vine 【Term】: Time-Space Leaf (Maturity 1%)

【Name】: Yin-Yang Mystic Vine 【Term】: Spirit Plant Seed Treasure (Maturity 1%)

【Lifespan Boost】: After use, directly extends lifespan by fifty years; stackable.

【Source of Magic Power】: After use, significantly increases a cultivator's liquid magic power.

"One term grants fifty years of life!"

"Five together mean two hundred and fifty years!"

"Hahaha!"

"Who else can outlive me?!"

Qin Ming gazed up at the newly appeared terms on the Mystic Vine, his heart surging with excitement.

Then his gaze settled on the 【Spirit Plant Seed Treasure】 term.

【Spirit Plant Seed Treasure】: After use, grafts a rudimentary wood-element magic treasure into a high-rank spirit plant; over a long cultivation period, the treasure grows alongside the plant.

The higher the potential of the grafted rudimentary treasure, the greater the rank and power of the final treasure.

Furthermore,

the treasure's final rank and power also depend on the spirit plant's rank and how long it has been cultivated.

Moreover, a high-rank spirit plant can replace a cultivator in nurturing a magic treasure—and even outperforms nurturing within the dantian!

"This was made for me! With the 【Lifespan Boost】 term and the lifespan increase from cultivating the Ancient Wood Evergreen Body, I can live for ages. If I keep planting… how far could my life-spirit treasure grow?"

Thinking of this, Qin Ming's heart swelled with joy.

After reaching Golden Core, one must refine a life-spirit treasure.

The power of a treasure far surpasses that of a spirit weapon used during Foundation Establishment.

A treasure is one of the key components of a Golden Core elder's strength.

The treasures wielded by Golden Core elders possess true third-rank power, compelling all cultivators to submit.

The earlier one forges a treasure and implants it into the dantian for nurturing, the longer it matures—and the sharper it becomes.

The third-rank talisman treasure Qin Ming had taken from Zhao Wuji, the Azure Dragon Seal, was forged by a Golden Core elder with little lifespan left, who sacrificed his own cultivation and the treasure's power through a secret method.

Though potent, talisman treasures still fall far short of true third-rank treasures.

"Now I don't have to worry about my life-spirit treasure anymore."

"My life-spirit plant has advanced again—what kind of treasure could a fourth-rank spirit plant produce?"

Qin Ming gazed at the Yin-Yang Mystic Vine, dreaming of his bright immortal path ahead.

Whoosh! Suddenly, a silver radiance flowed from the life-spirit plant, Yin-Yang Mystic Vine, crossing the sky and entering Qin Ming's body.

In an instant,

a vast torrent of temporal power poured relentlessly into Qin Ming.

A silver rune emerged from his third eye, transforming into a silver spirit plant—the very image of his Ancient Wood Evergreen Body. Qin Ming immediately sat cross-legged, activated the Ancient Wood Evergreen Scripture, and pressed forward to cultivate his spirit body.

Lively plant essence and boundless temporal cycles swirled around Qin Ming.

The silver spirit plant shadow behind him grew taller, its branches thickening and becoming more solid.

Three days passed.

The silver spirit plant shadow, having absorbed sufficient temporal power and plant essence, grew to over sixty zhang tall.

Suddenly, the entire spirit plant shadow blazed with brilliant silver light.

Then the shadow dissolved into starlight, replaced by a fully formed silver rune.

This rune radiated the essence of the Dao, exuding an arcane, ancient aura.

Even the Blackwater Crocodile, crouched beside Qin Ming absorbing plant essence, stared in awe.

The silver rune shot like a streak of light into Qin Ming's third eye.

Boom! In an instant,

Qin Ming's mind filled with countless insights into wood-element and temporal cycles.

In a daze, he felt himself become an ancient divine tree, taking root in the vast immortal world, enduring ten thousand years of seasons, sea changes, and watching flowers bloom and fade.

Finally, growing into a one-of-a-kind divine tree of heaven and earth.

"Phew… After decades of cultivation, at fifty-eight, I've finally perfected the Ancient Wood Evergreen Body!"

Qin Ming used his spiritual sense to inspect himself—the silver rune had entered his body, continuously nourishing and refining his flesh and bones.

With every breath he took, external spiritual energy rushed into him, swiftly transformed by his spiritual roots into droplets of liquid magic power, flowing into the sea of magic power within his dantian.

"This cultivation speed…"

"This talent is incomparably superior to my former Supreme Wood Body."

"Through diligent cultivation, I've elevated my four-element pseudo-spiritual root from mediocre to a peerless talent rivaling a heavenly-grade root!"

(End of Chapter)