Chapter 283: Slain Hunyuan of the Middle Realm

Shen Yi summoned the slightly cracked Jin Zhu.

He had Lady Qinghua guard nearby, ready to manifest the Golden Body dharma image at any moment.

He then opened the panel and channeled the lifespans of demons and monsters into the Tiannan Dan Shi technique.

Perhaps there was some technique to refining spiritual roots.

For instance, a master might personally observe a disciple's spiritual root and Dao infant before creating a specific refinement method for them.

But Shen Yi knew he certainly would not receive such treatment.

Mount Wutong clearly had no intention of accepting new disciples; the Xuanguang Cave might have been a possibility before, but after he personally slew one of their Soul Transformation elders and two Grandmasters of the Jinghunyuan Sect, that path was thoroughly severed.

Just grind it down slowly.

【In the first year, you entered internal vision, carefully examining the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Infant, a living being of heaven and earth born from your inner elixir, whose body was completely occupied by your consciousness; with your hearts and blood connected, you could say you knew it inside out.】

【The True Yang Qilin Stone, polluted by evil qi, was originally unrelated to the Demon Infant, but after being tainted by the evil qi, the two somehow managed to coexist in harmony.】

【You did not let your guard down, but carefully sensed the changes in the aura on the True Yang Qilin Stone to avoid any accidents.】

Shen Yi watched the lifespans of demons and monsters drain away, his heart remaining calm and unhurried.

Matters involving life and death were necessary, even if it consumed countless lifespans of demons and monsters.

Although his current physical body was powerful and young.

But no one could guarantee that if the Dao infant encountered problems, it would not affect the physical body.

The cultivation of a Hunyuan Shen Zongshi was measured in centuries.

Merely observing a stone had consumed hundreds of years of Shen Yi's demon and monster lifespans.

【In the six hundred and thirtieth year, you interacted with the Qilin Stone using your own aura; in your perception, it gradually transformed from a lifeless object into a being that held a favorable impression of you, resembling a young child.】

The next moment, Shen Yi suddenly found the purple stone burning in his palm no longer scorching hot; the purple-gold flames seemed to recognize him, wrapping around his palm yet maintaining a certain distance.

Immediately, the stone slowly sank into his skin.

It arrived within the Qi sea.

Shen Yi brushed away the residual fire from his hand, his expression unconsciously becoming somewhat tense.

Did it feel the communication was sufficient and was preparing to begin the refinement?

The panel's prompts were no longer needed.

He saw the aura on the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Infant surge outward, transforming into scarlet tentacles that sought to completely envelop the True Yang Qilin Stone.

The moment those scarlet tentacles touched the stone, thick white mist hissed and erupted.

"Hiss!"

Shen Yi's face instantly changed; he clenched his hand into a fist, the immense force threatening to crush his own fingertips.

He wanted to use this to distract himself.

But the piercing pain from his soul and spirit still made him break out in a cold sweat instantly.

Scorching! Blazing!

It felt as if his soul and spirit were about to be melted away.

Apart from the evil qi that had polluted the stone, the essence of the Qilin Stone was a substance of utmost yang and heat.

Shen Yi's aura could blend with the evil qi, but it clashed head-on with its golden yang.

【In the one thousand nine hundredth year, you felt as if you were in a purgatory of molten lava; the Dao infant showed signs of melting, so you could only constantly exchange auras with the evil intent on the stone, hoping the other party would slightly restrain its heat; it seemed to understand your words, or perhaps after years of磨合 with you, you finally felt less pain.】

Within the Qi sea.

The scarlet tentacles emanating from the Dao infant had tightly coiled around the True Yang Qilin Stone and were slowly dragging it into the body.

Red mist rose in Shen Yi's eyes, and light surged on his skin.

This was an unconscious manifestation of the Dao infant.

And within that red light, the purple-gold flames danced gently.

In an instant, Shen Yi seemed to gain a new perception of the familiar aura of heaven and earth.

The originally clear and pure aura of heaven and earth became impure and chaotic in his vision.

He had once taken them into his body, turning them into jade dew to condense his inner elixir, but only now did it feel as if he truly knew them.

Using the spiritual root to connect heaven and earth.

No joy appeared on Shen Yi's face, for after just a single breath, he was pulled back to reality by intense burning pain.

It was as if that moment of sudden enlightenment was merely an illusion.

【In the two thousand three hundredth year, you successfully incorporated the True Yang Qilin Stone into the Dao infant, but you understood that this refinement had only just begun.】

Shen Yi's muscles twitched all over; the strength contained in his flesh and blood, capable of splitting mountains and rivers, was now of no use whatsoever.

All he could do was endure and wait.

Compared to enhancing the Golden Body, the path of Slain Hunyuan was simply difficult and torturous.

But Shen Yi had long seen through the essence.

The so-called cultivators were those who borrowed power to act.

The Golden Body borrows the power of the Li Min of the Great Qian's Nine Provinces; the Dao infant borrows the power of heaven and earth.

It was obvious that compared to heaven and earth, the Great Qian as a backing was far too weak, with the constant risk of annihilation.

If the Great Qian falls, the Golden Body falls.

Shen Yi did not wish for his cultivation, accumulated over a lifetime, to suddenly vanish one day.

Investing in the Dao infant was the most reliable choice.

The process of refining a spiritual root was actually extremely tedious.

It was like picking up a stone, stuffing it into the skin, and slowly grinding it with muscles until it grew into part of the body.

At this moment, the True Yang Qilin Stone was gradually being assimilated by the Dao infant.

【In the four thousand six hundredth year, the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Infant gradually merged with that purple stone. You began to reposition it. Humans are born with five organs; the heart is fire. With this Qilin Stone, forge the heart of the Dao Infant.】

In an instant, that brief experience returned once more.

Shen Yi's entire body was soaked in sweat. His legs trembled slightly as he stood up, opened his scarlet eyes, and looked again at this motley world.

The Qilin Stone at his heart seemed to have become a channel.

Connecting himself to Heaven and Earth.

【In the five thousand three hundredth year, the Dao Infant took the stone as its heart, condensed a top-grade Spirit Root, and the Middle Realm Slain Hunyuan was formed.】

【Remaining lifespan of demons and monsters: twenty-two thousand seven hundred years.】

When the panel's prompt sound swept past.

The aura radiating from Shen Yi suddenly surged violently, transforming into purple-gold flames that wrapped around his entire body.

Gold is the original form of the True Yang Qilin Stone; purple is formed from evil qi.

He slowly clenched his fist, attempting to control it.

Only to see the purple-gold flames quickly retract into his body, travel along the Qilin Stone at his heart, and turn back into scarlet demonic power.

Using the Spirit Root as a medium, one could transform it at will.

"Is the efficiency and speed of transformation related to the quality of the Spirit Root?"

Shen Yi felt that smooth, unobstructed sensation, sensing almost no resistance whatsoever.

Based on the experience he had gained by observing other people's Dao Infants.

Possessing a Spirit Root meant Middle Realm Slain Hunyuan, while Upper Realm Slain Hunyuan required all five organs to be complete. Moreover, whether it was True Person Changqing or Zheng Zisheng, both men's Spirit Roots and five organs shared the same attribute.

Adding the five together should yield an even better effect.

But given his own situation.

The Spirit Root must carry evil qi. To gather five Spirit Roots of the same attribute from Heaven and Earth, all of them tainted by evil qi, would be nothing short of incredibly difficult.

To avoid the situation of knowing a little of everything but mastering nothing.

Every Spirit Root must be guaranteed to be of sufficient quality, even capable of matching five of another person's.

Then the answer was obvious.

Supreme-grade Spirit Root.

(End of this chapter)