Chapter 561: Human-Insect Unity

The power of the "Hidden Wing Blood-Eating Insect" far exceeded Zhang Nuo's imagination; it was truly worthy of being a Mysterious Heaven Tier spirit insect, possessing such might even while still in its larval stage!

"Master! As long as you are given time, and use the 'Beast Taming One-Unity Phantom Immortal Art' to fuse with these insects, your divine abilities will be elevated to another level! Even an existence at the Integration Stage, if enveloped by so many insects, would have their essence and blood drained to death in no time!"

Xuan Jin smiled slightly, looking at the spirit insects crawling all over his hand and said.

"These insects are indeed good things; if you hadn't discovered them early back then, I fear I would have missed out on them!"

"This is also due to Master's fortuitous encounter! Xuan Jin merely mentioned it in passing!"

"Very well! Since the 'Hidden Wing Blood-Eating Insect' has already hatched, let us begin the fusion with my main body!"

Zhang Nuo never liked to drag things out when doing tasks; he reached out and beckoned, wrapping the spirit insects on Xuan Jin's hand in a ball of spirit light, then with a movement of his Divine Sense, the light submerged into his own body!

Seeing this, Xuan Jin did not say another word and transformed into a streak of golden light, submerging into Zhang Nuo's body! Because the 'Hidden Wing Blood-Eating Insect' had only just hatched, its subconscious had not yet formed a complete concept, making fusion much easier at this time! Releasing the spirit insects one by one from the spirit light, Zhang Nuo used his own body as a host, letting these spirit insects feed on his essence and blood to survive!

The dangers of doing this were actually numerous; once the essence and blood within Zhang Nuo's body were insufficient for the spirit insects to devour, it would be very easy to end up drained of blood and dead. However, with a miraculous object like the Jingming Divine Tree, it could provide him with a constant source of life-force, so producing a little more essence and blood was not a problem!

Moreover, the 'Hidden Wing Blood-Eating Insect' was still in its larval stage; once it reached adulthood, the required essence and blood would not be much! Zhang Nuo felt very confident about this!

Eight years later, Chen Shuang'er was still sitting in meditation in the main hall. This woman's True Spirit talent could be said to be unprecedented; without the aid of any Pills, she was almost about to reach the God Transformation Late Stage Great Perfection, only encountering a small bottleneck that she could not break through for the time being!

Slowly opening her beautiful eyes, she glanced at the Stone Chamber where Zhang Nuo was located. She did not know what he had been doing these past few years, as he had never walked out, but the waves of Spirit Power emanating from the Stone Chamber had never ceased! It seemed Zhang Nuo's cultivation had also made significant progress!

At this very moment, in Zhang Nuo's room, a small, tender green tree had woven itself into the shape of a Putan, and Zhang Nuo was sitting on the Jingming Divine Tree, performing the fusion with the 'Hidden Wing Blood-Eating Insect'. As more and more insects were refined into his body, the essence and blood Zhang Nuo consumed also increased continuously. Finally, forced by necessity, he had no choice but to summon the Divine Tree and consume three Golden Core Fruits, only then barely managing to sustain himself!

After another two years, Zhang Nuo finally completed the fusion of all the spirit insects. At this moment, he suddenly flipped his hand, and a mass of red beetles appeared. The buzzing sounds followed one after another, making one feel restless, yet to Zhang Nuo, these sounds were extremely pleasant!

This was only a portion of the beetles within his body. If someone were to see inside Zhang Nuo's body now, they would surely be greatly shocked, because this physique had completely turned into a nest of insects; his limbs and bones were filled with the shadows of the 'Hidden Wing Blood-Eating Insect', as if Zhang Nuo's body were composed of these spirit insects!

This was also the profoundness of the 'Beast Taming One-Unity Phantom Immortal Art'; the cultivator and the spirit insects were no longer in a relationship of master and slave, but relied on and helped each other—prospering together and suffering together!

Flipping his palm again, the 'Hidden Wing Blood-Eating Insects' crawling on Zhang Nuo's palm vanished! Sensing the essence and blood within his body, he found it was not being consumed as quickly as when he had just fused. After putting away the Divine Tree, he stood up and shook his whole body, and suddenly a stream of black gas was emitted from within him!

These were the impurities cleared out of his body by the spirit insects during the fusion. Although his cultivation had entered the Spirit Transformation Stage, Zhang Nuo's body still contained impurities, which meant his path of Body Refining still had a long way to go. When his body became pure, this physique would reach an unprecedented peak state!

Exhaling a long breath, this time, although he had fused with a large number of spirit insects, his cultivation had not increased and was still at the Spirit Transformation Mid-Stage.

Recalling the Red Blood Demon Sword and Heavenly Demon God Armor he had seen inside the cave-within-a-cave, Zhang Nuo's heart couldn't help but itch again. When would these two Mysterious Heaven Tier Magic Treasures be usable by him? After thinking for a long time, he finally sighed; it seemed that apart from the path of increasing his cultivation, there was no other way.

Even though he practiced the Eight Extremes Demon Veins technique, he only had four levels, which was not enough to contend with the demonic nature of the Magic Treasures. If he were to forcibly subdue these two Magic Treasures, even if he succeeded for a moment, there would still be a possibility of a backlash in the future!

Thinking of this, Zhang Nuo took a deep breath and began to ponder with a solemn expression! At this moment, Xuan Jin's head emerged from Zhang Nuo's shoulder!

"Master, if you want to increase your cultivation in a short time, I do have a way!"

"Oh! Let's hear it!"

Zhang Nuo was somewhat surprised. Previously, Xuan Jin basically never asked about his cultivation matters; this was the first time he had come out to express his thoughts!

"Master hasn't forgotten that fellow Qiongqi, has he! It is still in a deep slumber, but over these years, I have discovered that although Qiongqi is sleeping, its cultivation is constantly growing. If I am not mistaken, it has already reached at least the Nine-Tier realm! If you let it awaken, it can at least help Master increase your strength by a small realm!"

After hearing Xuan Jin's words, Zhang Nuo nodded slightly; this was indeed a viable path!

"Not only that, doesn't Master have the White Tiger True Spirit Bloodline within your body? If you also fuse it into your body, it will also greatly advance Master's cultivation. On the other hand, I will also redouble my efforts to cultivate and strive to enter the Nine-Tier realm as soon as possible. In this way, Master will have a chance to break through to the Integration Stage! By that time, I believe the Eight Extremes Demon Veins will also make progress!"

Xuan Jin's words allowed Zhang Nuo to see the hope of advancing to the Integration Stage, especially since the advancement of the Eight Extremes Demon Veins would play an important role in subduing those two Mysterious Heaven Spirit Treasures!

Calculating carefully in his heart, Zhang Nuo made up his mind to start with the White Tiger True Spirit Bloodline first! After all, this was something that enhanced a cultivator's own foundation; once the True Spirit Bloodline was refined, it would be another qualitative leap for his physical body!

Flipping his hand to manifest the Jingming Divine Tree and the Nine Dragon Sword Case, Zhang Nuo relied on these two supreme treasures to continuously gather the Spiritual Qi in the Cave Abode. After sitting cross-legged, he activated the white-colored White Tiger True Spirit Bloodline within his body and fused it bit by bit into his body!

Outside the Cave Abode, the towering trees would occasionally change their positions, looking somewhat eerie. As time passed, compared to when they had just arrived in front of the Cave Abode, it had completely changed its appearance, but in this Tianfa Forest, there were still no living creatures; not even a small insect could be seen on the ground!

Time flowed to fifty years later. In these fifty years, the Immortal Domain had undergone earth-shaking changes! First, the issue that cultivators were most concerned about was the Demon Beast Tide; this time, the outbreak of the beast tide was becoming more and more violent. Demon cultivators were continuously descending from the Demon World to the Immortal World, and the two sides had almost reached a white-hot stage in their struggle for territory!

At the same time, the Three Great Powers of the Immortal Domain, under the unified coordination of the Sixteen Chambers, were sending their own cultivators to the front lines in waves!

The entire Immortal Domain was filled with panic, and some cultivators were even planning to flee the Immortal Domain! But beyond this Immortal Domain, in the vast and boundless Immortal World, there were Wilderness areas everywhere, and humans were merely a tiny existence! Survival after fleeing the Immortal Domain had become a major problem!

Voidless Mountain was located in the center of the Wuliang Dao Sect's sphere of influence. Like Wushuang Saint Emperor City, this mountain floated in mid-air. On the mountain, a magnificent Daoist temple had been built; this temple was the headquarters of the Wuliang Dao Sect!

The temple covered an area of no less than ten thousand li, with countless layers of pavilions and halls. If a mortal were to walk across the entire Wuliang Dao Sect, they would not be able to finish in several decades!

At this moment, in the Yangtian Hall of the Wuliang Dao Sect, two Daoists were standing inside the main hall. One of the Daoists was wearing a yellow Daoist robe, with a three-foot-long sword strapped to his back, and a red sword tassel hanging down slowly! This person was none other than Jiguang Daoist. Opposite him stood a Daoist with white clothes, white eyebrows, white beard, and white hair, whose age was impossible to tell. His deep gaze revealed a look of surprise!

This person was none other than the Tianyi Daoist who had been guarding the Reception Hall! He was also the Hall Master of this Yangtian Hall!

"Still no news of Zhang Nuo?"

It was a long while before Tianyi Daoist spoke. Jiguang only shook his head slightly, a look of helplessness appearing on his face!

"Back then, you saw with your own eyes that he entered that dangerous place, the Tianfa Forest!"

"This disciple cannot be certain! Ever since I saved Zhang Nuo that time, I was afraid he would leave again, so I followed behind him. Because this person's Divine Sense was too powerful, I did not dare to follow too closely, but he did indeed disappear in the vicinity of the Tianfa!"

Jiguang said with great certainty.

"Even a cultivator who has entered the Refining Void Stage would absolutely not dare to enter the Tianfa Forest. What on earth is a mere Spirit Transformation cultivator doing going in there? Even with a junior from the Chen Family accompanying him, it is impossible to break the Restrictions within that dangerous place!"

Bowing his head in contemplation, Tianyi Laodao still could not understand the reason behind this!