Chapter 609

After the third-turn re-refining of the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror was completed, Jie Ming did not rush to leave seclusion.

He sat cross-legged in the center of the smelting room, feeling the brilliant light slowly flowing from the small round mirror in his dantian, and began to plan his next step.

Advancing to the Void Refinement Stage.

A thousand years of accumulation, nearly a thousand years of layout, now it has finally reached the time to take action.

Jie Ming sank his consciousness into the Great Dao Library, mobilized all the classics regarding the Void Refinement Stage, and began to organize them systematically.

The essence of the Void Refinement Stage is simple if you say it's simple.

As long as the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit meet the standards, and one cultivates specific techniques, one can enter a special state.

In this state, the cultivator's life form will begin to change.

With the continuous deepening of the technique, the life form is gradually transformed; when the transformation is complete, the cultivation of the Void Refinement Stage ends, and at that time, one can prepare to enter the Dao Integration Stage.

So in the earliest times, the cultivation of the Void Refinement Stage actually did not improve combat power, and in some sense, it even lowered combat power.

After all, your body is being dismantled and reorganized; it would be strange if you could exert your original strength.

Of course, after the development and optimization of countless generations of cultivators, some existing cultivation techniques for the Void Refinement Stage can already achieve a significant increase in combat power while undergoing transformation.

But the underlying characteristics of the Void Refinement Stage are there, and the dangers that should exist will not be any less.

The greatest danger is the inner demon.

Jie Ming turned a page of the ancient book, his gaze falling on the three characters "Inner Demon Tribulation."

In the cultivation system, what cultivators have always pursued is "Returning to One."

The three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit must return to one, thoughts and distracting ideas must return to one, and even the energy flow within the body must return to one.

The purer the state of returning to one, the more stable the cultivation base, and the closer one is to the Dao.

But the Void Refinement Stage insists on going against this.

In order to change the life form, the cultivator must actively break this state of returning to one, letting the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit disperse again, and letting thoughts and distracting ideas become active again.

It's like a calm lake; you insist on throwing stones into it, stirring up a thousand layers of waves.

Under normal circumstances, cultivators will also encounter inner demons, but unless there is major stimulation, the probability of inner demons appearing is very low, and the destructive power is also limited.

However, in the state of the Void Refinement Stage, the cultivator's distracting thoughts and ideas are already prone to spreading, and coupled with the empty body defenses caused by the dispersion of essence, energy, and spirit, external emotions and wills can easily take advantage of the situation.

The probability and destructive power of inner demons being born will both increase significantly.

Especially at the moment of dispersing the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit, when the body state changes drastically and defenses are at their weakest, it is easiest to attract inner demons.

Cultivators call this moment the "Inner Demon Tribulation."

Jie Ming closed the ancient book, but he did not care much about this.

Inner Demon Tribulation?

He has the Incense Dao, he has a network formed by the faith of ten billion believers; any external emotions and wills that want to invade his sea of consciousness must first pass the test of the Incense Dao.

Those chaotic and twisted thoughts, under the filtration of the Incense Dao, would be lucky to survive at all.

He also has the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror.

It is a life-bound magic treasure that specializes in spirituality, and the small round mirror after the third turn has even greater spirituality; even if it does not have any special protective capabilities, relying on sufficient spirituality and the characteristics of a life-bound magic treasure, it still has a considerable degree of protective capability for the mind.

With this dual protection, if he still couldn't pass the Inner Demon Tribulation, then there wouldn't be many people in the Cultivation World who could.

However, the preparations that should be made must still be made.

Jie Ming clicked on the magic network terminal, searched around on the trading platform of the Star Ring Alliance, and placed an order for a batch of magic potions that could purify the soul.

High-tier, low-tier, oral, soaking—he bought some of all types to ensure there were no mistakes.

On the other hand, the cultivation of the Void Refinement Stage is essentially a transformation surgery on the life form.

During the surgery, one needs to continuously take elixirs that coordinate with the technique to maintain the stability and efficiency of the transformation process.

The formulas for these elixirs mostly come from the Cultivation World, and the materials may not be found in the Wizarding World.

But Jie Ming has confidence in his potionology; he is confident in developing magic potions with similar effects.

Isn't it just using wizarding means to achieve cultivation goals?

He has been doing this all these years.

The preparations at the material level are easy to talk about; what really makes Jie Ming struggle is the choice of technique.

The cultivation techniques for the Void Refinement Stage are essentially different life transformation routes.

Some focus on the physical body, some focus on the primordial spirit, some focus on the energy core, or perhaps all three, but none are prominent.

Each route has its pros and cons, and choosing which one directly determines the development direction of the Void Refinement Stage and even the Dao Integration Stage.

Jie Ming sat in front of the Great Dao Library for a long time, with two rows of ancient books floating in front of him.

Regarding the special technique needed to cultivate for the advancement to the Void Refinement Stage, he had long decided to choose a Dharma Body type technique.

The benefits of Dharma Body type techniques are two: first, they can significantly increase combat power; second, as long as the resource supply is sufficient, the cultivation speed will be very fast, allowing one to pass through the Void Refinement Stage more quickly.

But the problem now is that Dharma Bodies also have types.

The row on the left is Life-Bound Dharma Bodies.

After cultivation, the technique will automatically generate a Dharma Body that is highly compatible with the cultivator based on the cultivator's various characteristics.

The advantage is the highest adaptation rate to oneself, making cultivation the smoothest, with almost no rejection reactions.

The disadvantage, well, the upper limit is uncertain, and the lower limit is also uncertain.

The Dharma Body you generate is strong if it's strong, and weak if it's weak; it all depends on your luck.

From the data provided by the Great Dao Library, the combat power of a Life-Bound Dharma Body has a certain degree of relationship with one's own combat power.

But there is no lack of unlucky people who have strong combat power but quite weak Life-Bound Dharma Bodies.

The row on the right is Fixed Dharma Bodies.

After cultivation, one will obtain some kind of preset, fixed Dharma Body form.

These Dharma Bodies are mostly products passed down through generations by some large sects and large families, and after the carving and modification of countless generations, they have already approached perfection.

The disadvantage of this type of Dharma Body is that it is very difficult for the cultivator to fully exert the power of this Dharma Body, and the adaptation rate is usually only sixty to seventy percent.

But the advantage is—it's strong enough!

Even if it can only exert seventy percent of its power, its strength is far beyond most Life-Bound Dharma Bodies.

Jie Ming looked at these two rows of ancient books, his expression changing.

Choosing a Life-Bound Dharma Body, both the upper and lower limits cannot be determined; one needs to gamble.

Choosing a Fixed Dharma Body, the lower limit is guaranteed, but the upper limit is sealed.

He struggled for a long time.

In the end, Jie Ming reached out and picked up one from the row on the left.

Jie Ming also figured it out; he is actually not lacking in combat power.

Relying on the correction of the wizarding system, he actually has enough trump cards: Light God Transformation, Annihilation Form, Great Light Phase, Black Giant Legion.

Even if the Dharma Body of the Void Refinement Stage is a bit weak, he has ways to make up for it using wizarding means.

What's more, from his situation, adaptability is more important.

After all, he is not in the Cultivation World; there is no sect protection, no senior guidance.

If you choose a Fixed Dharma Body and something goes wrong, there isn't even anyone to ask.

If you choose a Life-Bound Dharma Body, at least you won't make a big mistake.

Jie Ming opened the ancient book in his hand, and on the cover were written six ancient, simple characters: "Sutra of the Self-At-Ease Dharma Body."

He quickly browsed through it and nodded with satisfaction.

The level of this technique in all aspects can only be considered standard among Life-Bound Dharma Body types, but it has one greatest advantage: it requires the fewest elixirs for daily cultivation.

Other Dharma Body techniques require a small elixir every three days and a large elixir every five days; just refining elixirs could exhaust a person to death.

And the "Sutra of the Self-At-Ease Dharma Body" emphasizes "the self-image is self-sufficient, not relying on external requests," using oneself as the foundation, with external objects only as auxiliary.

This means he can concentrate more energy on cultivation, rather than being annoyed by how to modify elixirs until he scratches his head.

"You're the one."

Jie Ming closed the ancient book, took it out of the Great Dao Library, and it turned into a stream of light that sank into his brow.

He stood up and walked out of the smelting room.

Outside, the grey-red sky of the Purgatory Sulfur Plane was the same as always.

In the distance, the Black Giants were still busy, and the construction of the new incubation pool was nearing its end.

Jie Ming took a deep breath, feeling the flow of faith from ten billion believers in the Incense Dao, feeling the continuously increasing spiritual power within his body, his eyes firm.

Next, it's time for seclusion.

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