Chapter 70: Smelting Various Spiritual Essences, Gathering the Five Elements to Ponder the Innate

Inside the secret chamber.

Quiet and elegant, with silence all around.

A bright pearl hung high above.

Clear light poured down, reflecting the floating smoke, with halos gathering and dispersing.

Falling upon the ground, colliding with the Cloud Couch and the objects on the table, shadows stretched silently in a thousand postures.

Between cold and warm, light and dark, it was perfectly still.

Fang Longye closed his eyes to calculate, pondering the cultivation that was about to begin.

This cultivation was basically divided into two aspects: one was to absorb the essence of the Five Elements to condense the Five Qi in the Chest that had already sprouted, which is the so-called gathering of the Five Elements.

The other aspect was to smelt spiritual objects into his body and operate the secret method of Reverse Innate to improve himself.

In terms of difficulty, for him, whose Dao attainment had always been higher than his cultivation level, the former was merely a matter of following the established steps, a smooth and easy cultivation.

The latter was different; although it was not his first time smelting spiritual objects, those were all achievements born of fortuitous encounters, and he had not experienced the difficulties mentioned in the manuscript left by the Taiyi Great Demon at all.

For instance, the Gourd Seed he smelted the first time—it was actually a wisp of the origin of an Innate Spiritual Treasure! But with the help of the big shot Hongyun, how could there be any difficulty to speak of?

Truth be told, this was the first time for him—like a young bride getting on the bridal sedan chair!

In short, starting with the difficult and ending with the easy was most suitable for him now.

The deliberation was complete.

With a flip of his palm, a small divine stone appeared in his hand.

The moment it appeared, it stirred the surrounding Aura into a dense mist; mysterious sounds arose, and Golden Flowers fell, scattering in abundance.

The divine stone was black and white, with distinct colors, yet each had a dot of the opposite color. Brilliant divine radiance radiated from the stone, spreading outward in layers, shimmering with the surrounding space, casting swaying reflections, and giving rise to patterns like Yin-Yang Fish.

Yin-Yang Divine Stone, a strange stone formed by the convergence of Yin and Yang Two Qis.

It could be considered a decent existence among acquired spiritual objects.

Without hesitation, he immediately manifested the Celebration Cloud of clear light above his head, and the Yin-Yang Divine Stone slowly descended into it, becoming stained with Fang Longye's Aura.

His Primordial Spirit drove this spiritual object straight into the phantom of the Yin-Yang Melting Furnace within his Qi Sea dantian.

Inside the furnace, Yin-Yang Dao Fire was born, while Sun True Fire and Taiyin Divine Water intertwined around it.

Tempered by fire and quenched by water, the Yin-Yang Divine Stone immediately began to emit black and white gas, rising slowly...

After rising out of the furnace, a phantom of a Yin-Yang millstone appeared, grinding this Yin and Yang Two Qis finely. Strands of impurities were expelled, exiting through the pores of his body, leaving only the most essential parts.

They condensed into drops of Dao Rhyme origin, which then merged into his Bloodline, and various supreme principles of Yin and Yang permeated his heart.

In the Celebration Cloud of clear light above his head, two Yin-Yang dragons chased each other's tails, soaring within the clear light...

After a long while, the Yin-Yang Divine Stone had dissipated, entirely smelted into his body.

Fang Longye opened his eyes, and the overflowing Yin and Yang Two Qis transformed into Yin-Yang Profound Light, shooting out and piercing through everything.

Deep black cracks were left in the space it passed through, unable to heal. The Sumeru Space within the entire Treasure Pavilion shook, startling the three women who were cultivating.

Just as this Sumeru Space was about to collapse, a small green stone seal, heavy as a mountain, suppressed everything and brought it all to a halt.

Fang Longye waved his hand, and a stream of black and white Qi circulated through the entire Treasure Pavilion space, restoring it to its original state, as if what had just happened were merely an illusion.

A smile that could not be contained appeared on the corner of Fang Longye's mouth, and then he laughed out loud! "Congratulations to the Young Master for his great progress in divine arts!" The three women hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"It is just the beginning; you may continue your cultivation! I have reinforced this Sumeru Space this time, so the previous situation will not happen again."

Immediately, without caring about anything else, he returned to the secret chamber for seclusion.

He sat cross-legged on the Cloud Couch and looked inward at his own body.

There was an extra strand of Yin and Yang Two Qis in his body, which had transformed into black and white dragons with distinct scales, constantly swimming around his body and continuously promoting the progress of his Bloodline.

"Good fortune! Great good fortune!" He finally understood the level of the "decent opportunity" that the big shot Hongyun had spoken of.

It meant that even without a Golden Finger, relying on this "Great Vehicle Yin-Yang Dragon Transformation Scripture," he had a chance to attain the Great Luo! Merely by smelting one Yin-Yang Divine Stone, he had benefited immensely; as his Bloodline improved, a Great Divine Ability emerged—Overturning Rivers and Seas.

If this strand of Yin and Yang Two Qis were also counted, that would be two divine abilities.

"Keep up the good work!"

On a Cloud Couch.

Fang Longye had strings of jewels hanging from his shoulders, his face shining like the sun and moon, and Purple-Green Qi swirled above his head, like a dragon or a phoenix.

Five-colored Divine Light shimmered around him, spreading out in layers like twisted pines reflecting in water, elegant and graceful; seal characters of various sizes hung above, colliding and chiming.

Behind him was a phantom of a treasure tree, three zhang tall, covered in dense, fist-sized pearl flowers that looked like gathered pine needles.

Thousands of five-colored rays of light hung down like a beaded curtain of strings, or like a precious canopy, beautiful and magnificent, permeated with a faint pine fragrance~

The leaf colors and flower radiance intertwined to form a five-colored canopy, looking like a pine yet not a pine, protecting his entire body.

Fang Longye really did not know what name to give to this divine ability he had realized after smelting those five-colored pine seeds.

Five Elements Canopy? Five-Colored Treasure Tree? In fact, the divine ability he obtained at the beginning was not this flashy; it was just a phantom of a treasure tree, and standing beneath it provided peerless defense.

However, perhaps it was due to the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart that was constantly enhancing his comprehension.

In a flash of inspiration, he combined the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Needle with this treasure tree phantom, constructing this gorgeous treasure tree with pearl flowers Generating Light.

The dazzling, pine-needle-like pearl flowers covering the treasure tree were all formed by the gathering of the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Needle.

Standing beneath this current five-colored treasure tree phantom, with the Five Elements Canopy for defense and the Extinction Divine Needle for offense, it could be called peerless in both offense and defense!

Looking again at his internal organs, five-colored light halos circulated, and Yin and Yang, Kan and Li, generated each other.

The fusion of the two spiritual objects of Yin-Yang and Five Elements had made his Yuanlong Scripture gain a great harvest.

The Golden Immortal chapter, which had previously left him wanting more, was actually slowly extending and perfecting itself after absorbing the feedback from the Yin-Yang and Five Elements Dao Rhyme~ His Diamond Indestructible and Blood Rebirth divine abilities were moving toward a deeper level. He even had the illusion that he was already comparable to Yuan Hong during the Conferring of the Gods, requiring a supreme treasure like the Mountain and River Map to suppress him.

Indeed~ Looking at the increasingly miraculous Yin-Yang Melting Furnace and Yin-Yang Millstone phantoms within his body, Fang Longye secretly thought: "Actually, how can these two phenomena not be considered divine abilities?"

As the foundation of the "Great Vehicle Yin-Yang Dragon Transformation Scripture," this secret method of Reverse Innate, these Yin-Yang Melting Furnace and Yin-Yang Millstone were naturally qualified to be listed as divine abilities~ It was just that these two divine abilities were internal rather than external, and could be considered two profound auxiliary divine abilities.

Feeling the Five Qi in his chest circulating endlessly and becoming increasingly vigorous, Fang Longye made a decision in his heart.

He immediately took out a handkerchief radiating five-colored light—the Five-Colored Mist Handkerchief! It was a Spirit Treasure refined by a female immortal who collected a vast amount of Five Elements essence and mixed it with the light of clouds and mist.

However, it was already damaged; because it contained Five Elements essence, it was of great help for those in the True Immortal Realm to gather the Five Elements, so it was sold as a Five Elements treasure.

Originally, Fang Longye had purchased quite a few Five Elements-type spiritual objects, intending them for himself and Qingshe, but now that Qingshe had that pill, she naturally did not need them. "It just so happens to let me change my approach to gathering the Five Elements~"

Previously, he had no special ideas regarding condensing the Five Qi in the Chest; he simply planned to follow the steps, absorbing Five Elements essence to strengthen the Five Qi in the Chest.

But after witnessing the profoundness of the Yin and Yang furnace and the Yin and Yang millstone within his body, he immediately realized that he had actually been walking the path of removing the dross and selecting the essence all along.

It was also the path most suitable for himself.

Since he only absorbed the most essential part of spiritual objects when refining his Bloodline, how could he lose purity when condensing the Five Qi in the Chest?

Although ordinary people would also refine the Five Qi in the Chest, how could the purity in the eyes of ordinary people compare to the refinement achieved by his own "furnace" and "millstone" through calcination and grinding?

He cast the Five-Colored Mist Handkerchief into his auspicious cloud of clear light, refined it slightly with his primordial spirit, and immediately sank it into the Yin and Yang furnace within his body.

As the Yin and Yang Dao fire calcined it, the form of the Five-Colored Mist Handkerchief floating in the furnace ceased to exist, transforming into a mass of Five Elements essence and a wisp of cloud mist.

With a movement of his mind, the cloud mist rose, and after being ground by the phantom of the millstone, it was collected by him into a jade bottle to be kept for treasure refining.

Next, the remaining Five Elements essence suddenly rose, drifted out of the furnace, and was continuously ground by the "Yin and Yang millstone" that appeared above, with strands of impurities being completely removed.

Then it was cast back into the furnace by him, repeatedly calcined and ground until it became extremely pure, with even faint divine charm appearing within, only then was it incorporated into his Five Qi in the Chest.

The texture of this extremely pure Five Elements essence was exceptionally strong and extraordinary.

While strengthening the Five Qi in the Chest, it squeezed out all the impurities that had previously contaminated the Five Qi in the Chest, leaving only the initial Five Qi spontaneously generated by the five internal organs to merge with it.

Then the Five Qi rotated, casting out those impurities that had been pushed to the side; a wisp of imperceptible blue smoke emerged from his body and dissipated in an instant~ Just like this, he sequentially refined the purchased Five Elements spiritual objects into extremely pure Five Elements essence, bit by bit strengthening the Five Qi in the Chest.

In the end, beneath the Five-Colored Treasure Tree, layers of five-colored halos misted up, streaks of colorful clouds shrouded the area, and ribbons of auspicious light were displayed; a pure blue pillar of luck shot straight into the clouds, with golden flowers, beaded tassels, and fish-dragon treasure lotuses creating a magnificent scene.

Even though there was a concealment array outside the Treasure Pavilion, it still could not stop this phenomenon from manifesting outward. Just at this moment, a dragon roar sounded, and the Inverting Yin and Yang divine ability activated on its own, covering up the layers of phenomena.

Fang Longye opened his eyes, the Yin and Yang and Five Elements patterns reflected in his pupils before suddenly fading away.

He put away the external manifestations of his cultivation and felt his current state; the Five Qi in the Chest were misty, and although they were not as thick as some cultivators', they were extremely pure.

Every strand of the Five Qi in the Chest, if extracted, could directly crush a great mountain. This also made him, who already possessed great strength, even more powerful.

He could not chase the sun, but his ability to carry mountains was by no means an empty boast.

Looking at his own Five Qi in the Chest, which were full of Dao Rhyme and extremely agile, Fang Longye fell into deep thought.

The next step of cultivation was naturally to continue strengthening the Five Qi in the Chest in this manner.

Although it would naturally consume more resources than other cultivators, it was worth it to lay a deep foundation.

The key was to lay an unparalleled foundation; refining these Post-Heaven Five Elements spiritual objects was useless.

What was needed was Innate Qi!

It was Innate Five Elements spiritual objects! If it were in an era like the ancient times, there would naturally be no such trouble. Even for a Post-Heaven living being, as long as one continuously absorbed Innate spiritual energy to wash and refine oneself, one could naturally reverse the Five Qi in the Chest to the Innate state.

It only required the effort of daily accumulation; spending more time could also allow one to rival the foundation of those who condensed the Five Qi in the Chest directly using Innate Five Elements spiritual objects.

In that era, a "grinder" could still compete with a "pay-to-win" player!

This was what was called great perseverance!

But now, the Innate era had receded, and the Post-Heaven era was flourishing. For the world, this was naturally a significant progress, but for cultivators, it was not so friendly~

Fang Longye felt that in the current era, compared to Innate spiritual energy, it seemed more realistic to count on Innate spiritual objects. Nowadays, environments where Innate spiritual energy still existed were basically the Daoist fields of some great powers.

The key was, if one could absorb Innate spiritual energy to cultivate in a great power's Daoist field, obtaining Innate spiritual objects probably wouldn't be difficult, right? Compared to the scarcity of Innate spiritual energy environments, Innate spiritual objects might at least be sealed in some Secret Realms. For cultivators, it seemed there was more opportunity.

"In any case, no matter what, Innate spiritual objects are indispensable for my cultivation," Fang Longye muttered.

However, he was not overly worried.

After all, although he was not clear about the depth of his karmic connection with the great Hongyun, he thought that if he begged for a Ginseng Fruit at Wuzhuang Guan to condense Innate Earth Qi, it would still be no problem.

And there was that person in Beiming; according to the great Hongyun, that person owed him a favor. His requirements were not high; asking for a portion of Innate Water-type spiritual objects should be no problem, right? Just consider it as cultivating him, a talent of the Demon Clan. Hmm, actually, he could also be a member of the Demon Clan.

No, he was originally a Demon Clan member born and raised in Beiju Luzhou. Purely one of their own!

As for the rest, by appropriately showing his potential and attracting investment from some great powers, he thought it would not be a big problem.

He did not believe that with his Heavenly Secrets that appeared and disappeared from time to time, and having had contact with the great Hongyun, those other great powers would not notice the abnormality of a small shrimp like him.

After making a comprehensive consideration for his subsequent actions, Fang Longye immediately summoned his treasure gourd.

The whole body looked like it was cast from red jade, radiating seven-colored clouds.

"The heat is still not enough," Fang Longye shook his head. True treasures, while not necessarily hiding their own divinity, would never manifest like this when not activated.

Fortunately, with this "True Explanation of Talismans," advancing to a Spirit Treasure was truly not difficult.

"Finally advanced to a Spirit Treasure!"

Fang Longye held the gourd, which looked like it was cast from red jade, and examined it carefully.

Yin and Yang coiled dragon patterns were intertwined, and Five Elements seal scripts were woven together, revealing an aura that had experienced thousands of autumns and ten thousand generations, unshakable.

Slightly activating it, mist rose all around, clouds steamed like vapor, and thousands of halos collided, setting off ripples.

He spent great effort to draw all the talismans recorded in the entire "True Explanation of Talismans" and cast them into the gourd.

The Taiji Divine Talisman commanded everything, giving birth to thousands of talismans, with every Heavenly Dipper Restriction coming into being, finally transforming into a Post-Heaven Divine Prohibition.

With energy still remaining, in the end, seven Post-Heaven Divine Prohibitions evolved, and the treasure gourd leaped up, achieving the rank of Spirit Treasure.

The "Ten Thousand Talisman Ruyi Divine Gourd" truly had a bit of the aura of a divine gourd.

"And this~" Fang Longye flicked a string of jade beads on his left hand, which chimed.

Twenty-four bright pearls were gathered and connected into a string of beads.

A faint luster misted out from the bead string, like the moonlight of the Great Yin, layering outward and shining with mutual halos.

Clusters of light gathered on the ground, sparse and orderly, as if covered with frost and snow, a bright white expanse.

The bright radiance formed wheels, intertwining and colliding, the sound pleasant to the ear, like water droplets under the eaves after rain hitting a pond, causing ripples to wrinkle the green.

Just hearing it made one's spirit and bones feel clear.

Although it is no more than five Post-Heaven Divine Prohibitions, considering he has not long since ascended to True Immortal, his skill is already extraordinary.

"It is time to come out of seclusion! After tidying up a bit, it is time to head to the Yaofang to make plans for the next step!"

The first chapter for today~ This volume has already concluded. The next chapter will be the second volume~

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