Chapter 438: Advancing to an Eight-Tier Spirit Vein, One Hundred Thousand Spirit Vein Flowers

Twenty years later.

City Lord Mansion, a Cave Abode.

Rumble~~~

Zhou Sui sat cross-legged on the ground. He had consumed a Seventh-Tier Upper-Grade Treasure Pill, the Seven-Colored Jade Pure Pill, and circulated the Gu God Scripture. Immediately, the immense medicinal power was rapidly refined and transformed into Integration Dharma Power.

At this moment, the Integration Dharma Power within his body was increasing crazily at a speed visible to the naked eye. The vast Dharma Power flowed through every acupuncture point and meridian in his body, forming rivers as vast as the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers.

It even formed massive, complete cycles of circulation.

With his body as the center, the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi from all around surged in like a tide, seemingly forming a giant vortex of Origin Qi. Within the Cave Abode, it condensed into waves of white mist, transforming into Spirit Liquid.

A single drop of this Spirit Liquid would allow a low-rank Cultivator to gain immense benefits and increase their cultivation by several years.

Only after completing a full one hundred and eight cycles did this session of cultivation finally come to a stop.

"Hoo."

"As expected of a Seventh-Tier Treasure Pill; the speed at which it increases cultivation is truly too fast."

"If I had a few more such Treasure Pills, I fear that within a hundred years, I would be able to step into the Combined Body Mid-Stage."

Zhou Sui clenched his fists; he was very excited.

After completely digesting this Seventh-Tier Treasure Pill, his cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds, saving him at least several hundred years of bitter cultivation.

If he did not have this Seventh-Tier Treasure Pill, he would have had to endure at least several hundred years of bitter cultivation to obtain this much pure Integration Dharma Power.

Without a doubt, the cultivation speed of an Integration Stage Cultivator without external aid or pill assistance is extremely slow; sometimes, it takes thousands or even tens of thousands of years to make even a tiny bit of progress.

However, there is no help for that.

Who could have known that Seventh-Tier Spiritual Medicine would be almost extinct in the Spirit World? This has also led to a scarcity of cultivation resources for Integration Stage Cultivators.

Having lost the aid of resources, one can only rely on one's own bitter cultivation.

Cultivators are just like this; if one does not cultivate, one will only remain at a standstill, and this remains true no matter how many years pass. If one wants to advance further, one can only cultivate diligently and constantly go into seclusion.

Thinking of this, he immediately opened his Virtual Panel.

【Host: Zhou Sui, Cultivation: Integration Initial Stage (Progress 65%), Lifespan: 1243 (1 million) years】

【Aptitude: Heavenly Spirit Root (75%)】

【Sword Dao: Seventh-Tier Low-Grade (40%)】

【Rune: Seventh-Tier Low-Grade (60%)】

【Array Formation: Eighth-Order Mid-Grade (50%)】

【Alchemist: Seventh-Tier Upper-Grade (99%)】

【Artifact Refining: Seventh-Tier Low-Grade (60%)】

【Phantom Demon Transformation Art: Grandmaster】

【Heaven and Earth Melting Furnace Art: Major Achievement】

【Demon Summoning Heart Sutra: Demon Seed, Summon Demon, Demon Devouring】

【Seven Apertures Exquisite Book: Heart Eye Identifying Objects, Heart Eye Insight, Heart Eye Communicating Language, Heart Eye Observing Heart, Heart Eye Direct Death, Heart Eye Prediction (22%)】

【Execution Immortal Sword Formula: First Form Formless Sword Light, Second Form Slaughter Sword Light, Third Form Trapping Sword Light】

【Five Elements Thunder Method: Grandmaster, Withered Glory Profound Light Art: Grandmaster, Ancient Profound Turtle Art: Fifth Layer, Void Soul Thorn: Grandmaster】

【Infatuation Gu: Eighth-Tier Low-Grade, Clone Gu: Seventh-Tier Low-Grade, Wine Insect: Seventh-Tier Low-Grade, Gold-Eating Insect: Seventh-Tier Low-Grade, Book Gu: Eighth-Tier Low-Grade, Dream Soul Gu: Seventh-Tier Upper-Grade, Dragon Elephant Gu: Seventh-Tier Mid-Grade, Golden Light Myriad Poison Gu: Seventh-Tier Mid-Grade, Teleportation Gu: Seventh-Tier Low-Grade, Array Heart Gu: Eighth-Tier Mid-Grade, Object Seeking Gu: Seventh-Tier Low-Grade, Tribulation Thunder Gu: Seventh-Tier Mid-Grade, Medicine Gu: Seventh-Tier Low-Grade, Luck Gu: Seventh-Tier Low-Grade, Golden Cicada Gu: Seventh-Tier Low-Grade】

"As expected of a Seventh-Tier Treasure Pill; my cultivation progress has actually reached 65%."

"The cultivation speed is truly too fast; the medicinal power of a Treasure Pill is indeed effective."

Zhou Sui sighed in admiration.

He knew that his Dao Companion, Tao Qili, had ascended to the Integration Realm even earlier than he had, yet her current cultivation was only at about 20% progress in the Integration Initial Stage.

It was not that her aptitude was insufficient, but purely because she lacked a large quantity of top-tier Treasure Pills to assist her cultivation.

In fact, Tao Qili's progress was already faster than that of ordinary Integration Stage Cultivators.

After all, other Integration Stage Cultivators do not have pills to consume.

"Various Spirit-Refining Techniques have all advanced to the Seventh-Tier realm."

"It was not in vain that I spent these twenty years in constant bitter cultivation; I have finally reached the Seventh-Tier realm."

Zhou Sui was very satisfied.

During these twenty years, his clones had continuously refined Array Flags, making preliminary preparations for building the Eighth-Order Array, the Qianmiao Haiyun Array; one could say he had spared no effort.

In the process of refining the Array Flags, his proficiency in Runes, Artifact Refining, Array Formations, and so on had advanced by leaps and bounds.

It could be said that with the assistance of the Eighth-Tier Book Gu, he would frequently experience great insights.

Thus, he had easily broken through the Sixth-Tier bottleneck and ascended to the Seventh-Tier realm.

However, it was a pity that his Alchemist realm was still at the Seventh-Tier Upper-Grade and had not broken through to the Eighth-Tier.

But there was no help for that either.

Because his main energy was currently focused on building the Qianmiao Haiyun Array.

As for his Alchemist cultivation, it could only be postponed.

After all, this was not the most important thing at the moment.

Once the Eighth-Order Array was successfully built, it would not be too late to improve his Alchemist cultivation.

Therefore, there was no need to rush for the time being.

"Once I become an Eight-Rank Alchemist, I will have the opportunity to refine the Zhou Tian Star Soul Pill."

"At that time, Fengxi Daoren will have the opportunity to seize the chance to break through to the Great Vehicle realm and become a Great Vehicle Loose Immortal."

"After that, it won't just be a simple matter of our Shattered Star Sea Human Race possessing a Secret Realm World."

"We will also have a Great Vehicle Loose Immortal backing us; only then can we be considered as stable as Mount Tai."

"Even if the Prison Demon World cultivators invade in large numbers, there is no need to fear anything."

Zhou Sui felt full of confidence and immense joy.

He felt that his various plans were also proceeding smoothly.

As long as he followed the steps, he would naturally be able to advance further, or even attain the Dao and become an immortal.

"The Ancient Profound Turtle Art has also stepped into the fifth level realm."

Zhou Sui stroked his chin.

With a movement of his mind, he circulated the Ancient Profound Turtle Art.

Instantly, five layers of turtle shells appeared on his body, resembling the texture of an Ancient Profound Turtle's shell, with dense Mysterious Turtle Runes emerging on them, blooming with a deep blue light.

The five-fold Mysterious Turtle barrier merged together, becoming incomparably thick, seemingly transforming into an absolute defensive barrier.

Once this Mysterious Turtle barrier was released, even if many Integration Great Powers attacked simultaneously, they could be easily resisted.

This was a 360-degree, no-dead-angle defense.

Unless the five-fold Mysterious Turtle barrier was broken simultaneously, it would be impossible to harm his physical body.

"It truly lives up to being the supreme defensive technique; it is simply too strong."

"This technique seems to come from the Immortal World; otherwise, how could it be tyrannical to this degree?"

Zhou Sui exclaimed in wonder.

The more he practiced this technique, the more he felt it was unfathomable.

It was not at all inferior to the many Immortal World techniques he had obtained from Changchun Daoist, and it was infinitely profound.

Even as his cultivation base grew deeper, the power of this technique became even more terrifying.

When circulating this technique, he felt as if he had transformed into an Ancient Profound Turtle, standing tall between heaven and earth, possessing the Mysterious Turtle shell, practically immune to all techniques and indestructible by all evils.

"The Sword Dao has also stepped into the Seventh-Tier Low-Grade realm."

At this very moment, Zhou Sui was also gaining insights into the Seventh-Tier Sword Dao.

To tell the truth, he had not practiced it deliberately; rather, after he ascended to the Integration Realm, he understood it naturally.

The so-called Seventh-Tier Sword Dao was actually the Sword Domain advancing further, ascending to the realm of the Void Sword Domain.

Once a sword was unleashed, the Void Sword Domain was instantly deployed, shrouding all directions and capable of manipulating Void Force.

This was a higher-level application of Domain Power.

"Perhaps I will soon be able to comprehend the fourth form of the Execution Immortal Sword Formula."

Zhou Sui narrowed his eyes.

No matter what he did before, he could not comprehend the fourth form of the Execution Immortal Sword Formula.

But when he stepped into the Seventh-Tier Sword Dao, he began to have a certain degree of comprehension of the fourth form.

Clearly, the fourth form of the Execution Immortal Sword Formula could only truly begin to be practiced after ascending to the Integration Realm.

Once this form was comprehended, the power of his Sword Dao would likely advance further.

It would be incomparable to before.

Rumble~~~

Just at this moment, suddenly, the entire Fengxi Island transmitted a huge tremor, like a dragon turning over, and the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi in an area of millions to tens of millions of kilometers began to churn.

It seemed that a huge Origin Qi vortex had formed with Fengxi Island as the center.

Above the sky, countless Heaven and Earth Origin Qi gathered together, seemingly condensing into true dragons of Origin Qi, with dense Talismans appearing on them, emitting huge roars that shook the heavens and earth with a rumbling sound.

The concentration of Origin Qi on the entire Fengxi Island had increased by more than several dozen times compared to before.

"Has the Spirit Vein finally transformed into the Eighth-Tier?"

Zhou Sui smiled slightly; he instantly realized what had happened.

He sensed that at the source of the Fengxi Island's Seven-Tier Spirit Vein, dense Eighth Rank Spirit Vein Flowers had been planted; after counting carefully, there were over one hundred thousand of them, each having grown to the Eighth-Tier realm.

They swallowed clouds and exhaled mist, devouring energy from the depths of the Void, then converting it into vast Heaven and Earth Origin Qi.

Each Spirit Vein Flower was a small Eighth-Tier Spirit Vein.

A full one hundred thousand Eighth-Tier Spirit Vein Flowers stacked together, all pouring Heaven and Earth Origin Qi into the Seven-Tier Spirit Vein of Fengxi Island, and after decades of infusion, it finally caused the Spirit Vein to undergo a transformation.

This Eighth-Tier Spirit Vein did not just connect through Fengxi Island; it continued to spread, spread, and spread again, extending directly to a sea area of tens of millions, and even one hundred million kilometers.

Although a sea area of one hundred million kilometers was nothing to the Kunpeng Sea Area, it was merely a drop in the ocean.

But for the Humans of Fengxi Island, it was already unimaginably vast.

With the successful gestation of this Eighth-Tier Spirit Vein, the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi in the sea area of one hundred million kilometers was increasing at an astonishing speed, rising by more than several dozen times compared to before.

Even the concentration of the Spirit Vein was constantly rising.

It seemed it was not just as simple as an Eighth-Tier Low-Grade Spirit Vein.

It was going to ascend to the level of an Eighth-Tier Mid-Grade, or even Eighth-Tier High-Grade Spirit Vein.

"It was not in vain that I spent so much time and so many Spirit Vein Flowers."

"Finally, I have allowed the Spirit Vein of Fengxi Island to transform."

"With this Eighth-Tier Spirit Vein, the energy source for the Eighth-Tier Great Array can be considered completely established."

Zhou Sui clenched his fists, feeling very excited.

For an Array, a Spirit Vein is equivalent to the battery on an electric vehicle.

Without a battery, an electric vehicle cannot move.

And if an Array does not have a Spirit Vein, it is naturally difficult to activate.

The two are complementary to each other.

Although one can borrow Spirit Stones to activate an Array, where would one find so many Spirit Stones?

Just operating an Array once consumes enough Spirit Stones to make an ordinary Cultivator bankrupt.

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At the same time, the many Human Cultivators on the entire Fengxi Island noticed the movement of the Spirit Vein at the first moment, and they also sensed that the concentration of Spirit Qi on the entire island had increased exponentially.

They noticed that their cultivation speed had also increased significantly compared to before.

Vast Heaven and Earth Origin Qi poured into their bodies like a tide, causing their cultivation base to continuously increase and rise.

"What is going on? Why did the concentration of Heaven and Earth Origin Qi suddenly increase?"

"Do you feel it too? I thought it was an illusion at first."

"The City Lord Mansion just issued an announcement saying that this is the Spirit Vein upgrading, so everyone does not need to worry."

"Spirit Vein upgrading? Can Spirit Veins actually be upgraded?"

Numerous Cultivators discussed it among themselves.

They were also astonished, constantly discussing this change in Heaven and Earth.

After all, such a thing as a Spirit Vein upgrading was simply unheard of.

Because Spirit Veins are innate and basically unchangeable.

Although there are some methods to relocate Spirit Veins in the Spirit World, that is merely relocating a Spirit Vein, not raising the Spirit Vein's grade.

Therefore, such a thing was truly the first time in history.

"Normally speaking, Spirit Veins indeed cannot be upgraded; they are naturally formed."

"But you must not forget that our Fengxi Island possesses the Spirit Vein Flower."

"This is a miraculous flower of Heaven and Earth that can form small, artificial Spirit Veins, and its mysteries are infinite."

"As far as I know, the City Lord planted a large number of Spirit Vein Flowers near the Spirit Vein, attracting a massive amount of Origin Qi."

"Over time, this caused the Spirit Vein to undergo a transformation and upgrade to the Eight-Tier realm."

A Cultivator said as a matter of course; in the world of Cultivators, nothing is impossible.

"Upgraded to the Eight-Tier realm? Does that mean our Fengxi Island now has an Eight-Tier Spirit Vein?"

Hearing this, many Cultivators were shocked, their pupils contracting.

They knew exactly how rare an Eight-Tier Spirit Vein was.

Especially in the Kunpeng Sea Area of the Shattered Star Sea, islands possessing Eight-Tier Spirit Veins are basically all controlled by the Tianpeng Clan.

If other races want to control an Eight-Tier island, they need to become vassals of the Tianpeng Clan.

Every year, they must submit and pay tribute to the Tianpeng Clan.

Otherwise, they would become enemies of the Tianpeng Clan and be attacked by them.

"It is not just as simple as an Eight-Tier Spirit Vein; as far as I know, Senior Zhou has already become an Eighth-Rank Array Master and seems to be planning to build an Eight-Order Array on Fengxi Island."

A Refining Void Cultivator smiled slightly and immediately revealed an earth-shattering piece of news.

However, this was not considered top-secret information anymore.

After all, the movement involved in building an Eight-Order Array is significant, and the Cultivators of Fengxi Island would know about it sooner or later.

So it was better to inform them in advance to avoid any trouble.

As for leaking the secret, that was impossible.

Human Cultivators simply cannot leave Fengxi Island, so naturally, it is impossible to leak this news anywhere.

One could not even find anyone to leak the secret.

Currently, no race in the Kunpeng Sea Area knows of the existence of the Human Race.

The Human Race is simply a transparent entity, silently developing and strengthening its power in a remote corner.

So for now, the Human Race has no enemies.

Alien races will not send spies into the Human Race.

Of course, as the Human Race continues to grow and conflicts of interest arise with other races, various struggles may naturally emerge over time, but that is a matter for the future.

"Impossible, where on earth did you get this news?"

"This is an Eight-Order Array, not some ordinary Array."

"I admit that Senior Zhou is indeed a heaven-sent genius to be able to become an Eighth-Rank Array Master."

"But what about the materials for an Eight-Order Array? Where were they found?"

"Don't tell me Senior Zhou found them all by himself."

A Refining Void Cultivator was incredulous; he instinctively felt this was a rumor.

Because in the past, in order to build an Eight-Order Array, the Human Race prepared for at least several thousand years and accumulated the resources of over a dozen generations, living frugally, just to gather the materials for an Eight-Order Array.

Only then was the Human Imperial City successfully built.

But even so, over hundreds of millions of years, the Human Race had only built one Imperial City, one Eight-Tier Great Array.

He admitted that Fengxi Island was developing quite well.

But it was still too far from building an Eight-Tier Great Array.

Such a high-level Array of the Spirit World cannot be built by a single Eighth-Rank Array Master.

It requires the concerted effort of the entire race and countless Array Masters involved for there to be any possibility of success.

There wasn't even a sign of it before, and now they say they are already planning to build an Eight-Order Array.

This is simply too absurd.

"This was said by the City Lord himself; it is estimated that it will begin in a few days, so there is no need to lie to you."

"Although I don't know how it was done, it was done, and nothing is impossible."

"I can only say that Heaven blesses the Human Race, allowing our Human Race to have its own Imperial City in the Shattered Star Sea."

"Once successful, our Human Race will be as stable as Mount Tai."

A Refining Void Cultivator laughed heartily, overjoyed.

At the beginning, he did not believe this news either.

However, this news was obtained from the City Lord Fengxi Daoren, so it was one hundred percent certain.

As a dignified Integration Great Power, there was absolutely no need to deceive himself.

Even if he were to deceive himself, he would not gain any benefits.

In short, whether this matter is true or not, they will know very soon.

"To be honest, I also think it's impossible."

"But if it is what Senior Zhou said, then it is one hundred percent certain."

"After all, Senior Zhou is an existence capable of turning decay into magic; there is nothing he cannot do."

"In short, let us just wait and see; we will get news very soon."

Many Cultivators were excited beyond measure.

They did not know what to say; if the Eighth-Tier Great Array were truly built successfully, then they would be completely safe and would live in the Secret Realm World in the future.

Even if they encountered a Great Vehicle Realm Cultivator, they would have the strength to fight.

Such an Eighth-Tier Great Array could even last for thousands of generations, enough for the Human Race to firmly establish itself in the Shattered Star Sea.

"Actually planning to build an Eighth-Tier Great Array? It seems Fengxi Island is even safer now."

"With the protection of an Eighth-Tier Great Array, wouldn't that be as stable as Mount Tai?"

The Ascender Wu Di was also incredibly excited after hearing this news.

His nickname was Wu Paopao; he used to run around in the lower realm, but it was not because he liked running around everywhere.

If one could cultivate peacefully in one place and continuously improve their cultivation, who would want to run around everywhere?

Originally, he thought he would not be able to stay on Fengxi Island for long this time.

Perhaps a crisis would come in the blink of an eye, leading to the destruction of Fengxi Island, and he would have to run away again.

But looking at it now, the Integration Great Powers of Fengxi Island have extraordinary means, even being able to successfully refine an Eighth-Tier Array.

It is conceivable how tyrannical the Human Race Integration Great Power is, and how formidable that Senior Zhou is.

However, this is naturally a good thing for him.

Because he had long since become accustomed to staying on Fengxi Island.

He had lived for such a long time and been to so many places, but never had a place been as safe as Fengxi Island, and it was rich in resources; he lived very comfortably, without needing to worry about external dangers or the assassination of companions.

Moreover, his Contribution Points had accumulated to nearly enough, and he would soon be able to exchange for a Two-Yi Void-Breaking Pill.

Once successful, he would be able to step into the Refining Void Realm.

Originally, he thought he would need to accumulate for a thousand years, but because his Alchemy technique was too exquisite, his speed of accumulating Contribution Points was very fast, saving a lot of time.

Therefore, he was very much looking forward to the appearance of the Fengxi Island Eighth-Tier Great Array.

"What kind of background does this Zhou Sui have, to be able to even build an Eighth-Tier Great Array? This is simply too exaggerated."

Zou Yi, who was silently cultivating in the Eighty-Eight Dao Courtyard, was also dumbfounded after hearing this news and did not know what to say; no one knew the difficulty of building an Eighth-Tier Great Array better than he did.

In the past, in the Human Imperial City, that was something one would not even dare to think about.

The current Human Race no longer had the energy to accumulate the wealth of thousands of years to gather materials for a second Eighth-Tier Great Array.

Of course, more importantly, in the Canglong Continent, many Eighth-Order Spirit Veins were occupied by those great clans.

It was simply too difficult to find an ownerless Eighth-Order Spirit Vein.

As time went on, the Human Race gave up the idea of building a second Eighth-Tier Great Array.

He felt that Senior Zhou was far more powerful than he had imagined.

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Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!

At this very moment, inside the City Lord Mansion.

Bai Sujie, Shi Yuxi, Fengxi Daoren, Tao Qili, and Hua Siqing, the five women, were all very excited, looking at Zhou Sui beside them, their beautiful eyes filled with excitement.

They had also been looking forward to this day for a long time.

"Husband, are you going to start setting up the Eighth-Tier Great Array, the Qianmiao Haiyun Array?"

Tao Qili looked at Zhou Sui with anticipation.

"That's right."

"After twenty years of preparation, my clone has already refined 129,600 Array Flags."

"At the same time, I have also surveyed many Array Nodes."

"When the time comes, as long as a main array is built at the source of the Spirit Vein, then many array veins can be connected, thereby forming a complete Eighth-Tier Great Array."

Zhou Sui waved his hand.

Suddenly, blue and white Array Flags appeared in mid-air, with dense Runes engraved on them, outlining lines of Array Formations; they were simply unfathomable and infinitely profound.

The main materials for the Array Flags were Boundary Stone and Haiyun Stone, as well as other Eighth-Tier materials.

It seemed that every Array Flag contained the power to drive the Void.

Vaguely, the auras of these Array Flags connected with each other, producing resonance and causing ripples in the Void.

"Incredible, are these Eighth-Tier Array Flags?"

"These array patterns are simply complex enough to make one's scalp tingle."

Tao Qili exclaimed in admiration.

She was also a Seven-Tier Array Master, but these array patterns were more than ten times more complex than a Seven-Tier Array.

Just taking one look was enough to make one feel dizzy; she could not understand them at all.

It could be said that the gap between a Seven-Tier Array Master and an Eighth-Tier Array was even greater than the gap between a human and a pig.

Wanting to break through this realm was simply extremely difficult.

"Alright, let's begin."

Zhou Sui clenched his fists; he did not want to wait even a single moment.