Chapter 704: Refining Back the Golden Nature, the Floating Method Invites Again (Combined Chapter)

"Crack—"

The Fate-Defying Turtle broke out of its shell.

Beneath the Mysterious Vine Tree, Li Yuan quietly watched the spirit turtle hatch. The little thing, worth fifteen hundred Shan Gong, was not something he dared treat with the slightest carelessness.

It was a palm-sized spirit turtle, pitch-black all over, its somewhat tender shell covered in fine barbs. Looking closely, one could see faintly flickering divine patterns flowing across it.

The Fate-Defying Turtle belongs to the category of exotic beasts from the Opening Gui Xu. According to the classification obtained by Mount Mount Dongxuan from intelligence in the Wu Shen Fa Jie, this turtle is not a spirit beast but a 'Witch Worm.'

The Wu Shen Fa Jie has two paths of cultivation: one is the Wu, the other is the Zhu. The former uses the body as a foundation to contain the laws of heaven and earth and temper the flesh; the latter uses bloodline as a medium to manipulate the laws of heaven and earth.

Among them, the Wu has ten categories, and the Witch Worm is one of them.

In a word, this exotic spirit turtle is extremely precious. Cultivators from the outside who wish to obtain one must either infiltrate the Wu Shen Fa Jie or those subordinate dimensional realms directly under it.

"Woo woo—"

The baby Fate-Defying Turtle swallowed its eggshell clean and let out a soft cry.

Li Yuan focused his gaze and could sense that when the little turtle cried softly, the divine patterns on its shell flowed, as if drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

"Born already entering the Dao—if Little Mouse caught sight of this, his eyeballs would probably fall right out."

Li Yuan's mind stirred, and he let the baby turtle draw in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Hum—

Wisps of heaven-and-earth spiritual energy seeped into the turtle shell, and immediately, the Fate-Defying Turtle's faint aura swelled at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the blink of an eye, it had shed its tender youth; the shell grew sturdy, and the many barbs upon it flickered with a cold gleam.

"Truly a terrifying growth rate."

Li Yuan pressed gently. The barbs that had been soft moments ago now possessed a hardness no less than refined steel, and were extremely sharp.

Cultivators of the Wu Shen Fa Jie style themselves as beings nurtured by heaven and earth, their bloodlines containing the majestic power originating from heaven and earth. From birth they can inhale and exhale the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, continuously strengthening themselves.

For those with such high bloodline purity as the Fate-Defying Turtle, during the process of inhaling and exhaling the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, they can even naturally comprehend all manner of spells—and even divine abilities!

"Extremely promising war potential."

Picking up the baby Fate-Defying Turtle, Li Yuan could feel its resistance and desire to attack, even though he had nourished it with essence blood for two months and had been by its side when it opened its eyes.

The little turtle still maintained its aggressiveness. Finding its barbs useless, it even poked its head out and its small mouth, lined with fine, dense teeth, bit down viciously.

"Aren't you afraid of cracking your teeth!"

Li Yuan pinched its shell and let it struggle and attack as it wished.

This little thing was truly fierce, and truly possessed not a shred of spiritual intelligence. If it were any other spirit beast, even one with a strong desire to attack, it would be cowed by his aura and dare not resist.

"Lii—"

At this moment, a high-pitched cry rang out.

The Golden-Winged Peng came sweeping in, snatched up the baby Fate-Defying Turtle, and flew back to the Wang Yang. It circled once, chose a corner of the North Pole, and dropped it into the sea.

"Hum—"

Almost simultaneously, Li Yuan's palm pressed onto the Black Emperor Temple. A dazzling black light instantly transformed into a long rainbow and plunged into the Wang Yang.

"You go too!"

Li Yuan's mind stirred, and the Mysterious Vine Tree extended a long vine downward, which coiled around the Black Emperor Temple like a long serpent. With one forceful pull, it dragged this ancient temple toward the North Pole as well.

Use the temple to suppress the turtle!

"Now it's secure."

Li Yuan slowly closed his eyes.

In that instant, he could clearly sense a stream of cold spreading from his brow to his whole body, like the fire seed hidden within his body shell, penetrating deep into his limbs and bones.

Immediately, he felt that outside his skin, it was as if a thin barrier had been added—seemingly faint, yet covering his entire body.

The Black Emperor Dark Abyss Scripture had advanced to the first layer.

Thus, any means attacking him—whether spirit treasures or spells and divine abilities—after breaking through his protective spells, his robe, and the Nine-Smoke Gauze, would still have to break through the defense of the Fate-Defying Turtle empowered by the Dark Abyss Scripture before it could land on his body.

This refers to the Combat Platform.

If it were the present world, during a great battle, he would inevitably activate the Weapon Register. In that case, the attacker would still have to break through the various spirit armors and divine armors empowered by his Weapon Register.

"In this way, even if the Golden Body isn't allocated to protective spells, ordinary means won't be able to harm me!"

Li Yuan felt his sense of security had grown considerably more sufficient, and was satisfied in his heart.

"However, it's not needed yet."

Thinking for a moment, Li Yuan retracted the Dark Abyss Scripture, lest this little turtle perish before it had even grown up.

"At this point, once I cultivate the Incense-Fire Golden Body, I'll be qualified to imprison a fierce beast into my body."

A thought stirring in his heart, Li Yuan beckoned. A 'boom' sounded from the Wang Yang, and the seed of divine patterns, radiating dazzling light, burst out of the water and plunged into the Ru Shen Jing.

"Hum—"

In that instant, Li Yuan sensed extremely intricate divine patterns, as if tens of thousands of chains of divine patterns had been generated within his body, interweaving like a net, penetrating into every minute part of his whole body.

"Prison-Suppressing Divine Ability!"

Li Yuan focused his spirit intensely.

Divine abilities and spells, when traced to their essence, are still divine patterns. The difference is that spells are composed of divine prohibitions, while divine abilities are composed of numerous spells.

He focused his spirit to sense it, and felt his heart tremble.

"This Prison-Suppressing Divine Ability contains at least eighty-one spells, all prohibition-type spells of extremely high grade... which makes sense—only then does it have the capacity to imprison a fierce beast into the body!"

In the bamboo tower, Li Yuan opened his eyes and felt his body had grown heavy, as if a mountain were pressed on his back, and his movements had become less agile.

"At the very least, I'd need a physique like Lin Yue's when he activates the Reverse Demon Body, to be qualified to bear the first fierce beast..."

Li Yuan's heart rose with sudden understanding, yet he was not surprised.

Divine abilities are the trump cards of cultivators above the fourth realm, and the vast majority of cultivators cannot cultivate even a single divine ability even at the fourth realm—the requirements are inherently extremely high.

"Aside from physique, one also needs Shen Hou De Fa..."

Li Yuan raised his hand and unleashed a divine-patterned chain — this was a fraction of the power of the Prison-Suppressing Divine Ability — and in an instant, he felt the magic power within him pour out like floodwaters bursting a dam.

In the blink of an eye, twenty-two strands of upper-grade magic power were consumed!

"Pa~"

The chain slithered like a long serpent, and in an instant bound the twelve Bone-Folk Devils guarding the outside together with the two gourd Dao soldiers into a single bundle.

"Master?"

The two little gourds were both rather panicked, thinking their own master had been seized by some devil.

"Struggle!"

Li Yuan spoke.

"Ah?"

"Yes!"

Only then did the two little gourds realize their master was testing a technique; they answered and tried to release gourd sword Qi, but their expressions changed drastically in an instant — they couldn't move a muscle.

Not just them — those twelve Bone-Folk Devils couldn't move either.

"A Third-Realm cultivator, unless they're someone like Lin Yue at the Qi Ba Zhong, once bound by the chain, cannot move!"

Li Yuan retracted the chain, his eyes very bright.

With his current magic power, he could unleash four chains in an instant; once they took the bait, even Lin Yue and Huang Yuan would be at his mercy.

"Let's try it."

Li Yuan's spirit was exhilarated, and he entered the Weitian Martial Arts Platform in an instant; before long, he came out laughing heartily.

Nine battles in total — six losses, two draws, one win!

As he had expected, four chains were enough to suppress Huang Yuan even with the augmentation of the nine great spirit-forms!

"If I could unleash dozens, even Fourth-Realm cultivators could be bound!"

Li Yuan was in excellent spirits; although it wasn't easy to bind them, for him it was no different from a trump card.

If he had this divine ability when fighting Lin Yue earlier, and he dared to close in for close-quarters combat, he would likely have been swiftly defeated by himself!

"Worthy of a divine ability!"

Thanking Senior Brother Master Fufa in his heart, Li Yuan only then ended the technique test; after his mood settled, he prepared to attempt cultivating that Incense-Fire Golden Body.

This technique, he had contemplated for two whole months; after comprehending it, cultivation was not difficult — yesterday he had already condensed the corresponding divine seal, and now he already possessed one layer of law seal.

Incense fire is the essence of sentient beings' thought-power; it has myriad wondrous uses, yet alone cannot be used for cultivation.

This Incense-Fire Golden Body also does not require inhaling incense fire to strengthen the body; rather, it uses a special method to ignite incense fire and use it to temper the body.

Just like refining a treasure!

"Using incense fire to burn the body and temper the spirit — this technique can not only temper the body, but also purify the spirit!"

"I refine devils to strengthen my true form; although there are no impurities, it inevitably has a touch of emptiness. This technique can help me solidify my true form and accelerate the growth of my spirit-forms!"

"The most dangerous aspect of this technique lies in the difficulty of controlling incense fire — any single wisp drawn in may pollute essence, qi, and spirit; qi deviation is the lesser danger; if the three primes fail to reach perfection, even the divine realm will collapse!"

"But with 'Incense Fire' as my divine seed, this technique is perfectly suited for me!"

……

Sorting through the various key points of this technique in his mind.

A moment later, Li Yuan swallowed a handful of spirit pills, then activated the 'Fire Seed', drawing wisps of first-grade incense fire from the Five-Polar Temple, and carefully ignited them within his body.

"Boom!"

It was merely a single wisp of first-grade incense fire, yet at the instant of ignition, Li Yuan still suffered such intense pain it was unbearable — deep into his bones, even into his soul.

"Roar!"

"Screech~"

Within the divine realm, including the newly-born Candle Dragon true form, all eight great spirit-forms wailed in unison; even the Fire Phoenix and Heart-Burning Ape could not endure it.

"Eighty thousand li, a mighty dragon from beyond the realm — one day, I, Wang Xingchen, will surely defeat you!"

"A stray cultivator from beyond the realm, and you dare come to our Tian Shi Yuan to flaunt your might?"

"On what grounds do you claim the top of the Star Rankings?"

"Oppressing hundreds of millions of cultivators, top of the Star Rankings — a cultivator of our generation should be precisely so…"

……

Within a single wisp of incense fire, it seemed as if the thought-power of hundreds or thousands of people churned; even though Li Yuan had long prepared, he could not help frowning.

"This is far too noisy!"

Li Yuan forcibly steadied his spirit, drawing in more incense fire — starting from first grade, up to sixth grade; with the grade of this 'Incense Fire Seed', he could not perfectly control seventh-grade incense fire.

Hoo~

Wisps and strands of incense fire ignited within his body; gradually, firelight shone through his flesh.

The Bone-Folk Devils in the bamboo tower squirmed uncomfortably; the two gourd Dao soldiers shrieked and fell from Li Yuan's shoulders, feeling their bottoms scalding hot.

"In-Incense fire!"

The two little gourds were certainly no ignorant Dao soldiers — over these past few years, under Li Yuan's coercion, they had read quite a number of books and recognized incense fire.

Seeing their own master seemingly inhaling incense fire at this moment, they were both horrified and panicked.

"Hoo!"

"Hoo!"

Li Yuan gradually grew familiar with the rhythm of body-tempering; controlling the heat with the Incense Fire Seed, this technique — which was rather difficult for other cultivators to cultivate — was for him as easy as moving his own arm.

He could even spare part of his mind to circulate Xu Tui Fa and practice Xing Gong.

Incense-fire body-tempering requires consuming magic power and spirit pills; simultaneously practicing the Yi Zhong Fa can accelerate the speed and reduce the consumption of magic power and spirit pills.

Ooo~

Wisps and threads of heaven and earth's spiritual Qi gathered into a mist.

The Dao soldiers standing guard were at the ready, warily scanning their surroundings.

……

The years hurried by like flowing water.

In what seemed like the snap of a finger, a year had already passed.

"Huff~"

"Huff~"

On the Qi-Gathering Platform, Li Yuan sat cross-legged. Twelve towering, burly White Bone Human Fiends, each near the peak of the Third Realm, stood arrayed in threes on the outside, while two gourd Dao soldiers squatted to one side.

Dense heaven and earth's spiritual energy wove itself into a mist. Within the mist, Li Yuan's whole body blazed with light, and Xiong Xiong's fire burst forth from his body.

"Master is truly terrifying!"

Gazing at the intricate meridian divine patterns faintly visible within that firelight, both gourd Dao soldiers were filled with awe.

A year ago, the two of them had to perch on his shoulders just to avoid being burned. Now, a year later, even at a distance of over a dozen zhang, they found it hard to bear.

The intensity of the incense fire was simply too high.

"It's coming!"

Suddenly, the black-skinned little gourd's body swayed, and it warned in a low voice.

Yu Yu Xuanji, then a strange "hehehe" cackle rang out from the void. A wisp of dust suddenly swelled and, with the speed of lightning, transformed into a long serpent that lunged at Li Yuan.

"A Third Realm Serpent Fiend!"

The two little gourds unleashed a combined eighty-one gourd sword Qi, crisscrossing and slashing the serpent fiend until its flesh was torn open.

The scales of this Third Realm Serpent Fiend were like a spiritual treasure — they couldn't be cut through in one stroke.

"This is a serpent fiend near the peak of the Third Realm!"

The white-skinned little gourd shrieked. The twelve White Bone Human Fiends had already lunged forward, transforming into twelve flying swords that pinned the serpent fiend to the ground.

Yet even so, the serpent fiend's swelling serpent body still closed to within ten zhang of Li Yuan.

"Ah!"

The serpent fiend, which hadn't screamed even when its tail was pierced through by flying swords, let out a piercing shriek. Xiong Xiong's flames instantly set it ablaze, and in the blink of an eye, only a complete serpent skeleton remained.

"Huff!"

Only then did Li Yuan slowly open his eyes, and the firelight within his body extinguished.

"Incense fire truly holds no small attraction for fiends." Casually tossing the serpent skeleton to the White Bone Human Fiends, Li Yuan slowly concluded his cultivation. Ever since he had simultaneously refined his body and refined fiends, the quality of fiends attracted had greatly improved.

Third Realm fiends could be encountered three to five a day, and once he had even lured a sub-fiend near the Fourth Realm, which was bound by the Prison-Binding Rope and slain by the gourds.

"Another thirty or fifty of them, and the White Bone Human Fiends will be able to advance to the Fourth Realm."

Li Yuan smiled slightly. He instructed the two little gourds to gather Nine-Smoke Qi here and sacrifice-refine the Nine-Smoke Net, which already possessed the quality of a spiritual treasure, then turned and returned to the bamboo tower.

From afar, the aroma of spiritual cuisine could already be detected.

Thanks to the massive income from the Battle Platform, Li Yi's culinary skills had risen steadily. He had already learned to prepare over a hundred spiritual dishes, all of them Third Realm spiritual cuisine.

Their effects were considerable, their flavors delicious, and Li Yuan never tired of eating them.

"Master."

During the meal, Li Yi reported on the income from the thousand-acre spiritual fields within the grotto-heaven, as well as the recent invitations from various senior brothers.

Ever since the tea ceremony of taking on a master, similar invitations had been far too numerous.

"In seven days, your senior brother Qi Yun will descend the mountain, saying he wishes to pay you a visit."

Li Yi reported.

"In seven days?"

Li Yuan was somewhat surprised. This meant Qi Yun had initially suppressed the Dharma Heaven and was preparing to descend the mountain to found his own sect.

He nodded, indicating he understood.

Li Yuan pulled out the Communication Sphere. Gu Gu Shentong had not yet returned, but his complaints were transmitted to him along with his divine sense.

Shifting stars was no great matter for this immortal child, but the starry sky was vast and boundless. In less than two years, the Great Fortune Star was still far from the star chart Qi Yun had provided.

"When does Qi Yun descend the mountain?"

"I want to go back to the mountain!"

"Aaaah! I'm so bored!"

Even through the Communication Sphere, Li Yuan could hear Gu Gu Shentong's great roar. Within the light and shadow was a starry sky map.

Gu Gu Shentong transformed his body into a giant ape, the Nine-Smoke Net swirling around him. He used his divine ability to shake the stars, shifting dozens of times in an instant — each shift covering 260,000 li — his speed extremely fast.

But within the sea of stars, such a distance was utterly negligible.

"It'll take at least eighty years!"

Gu Gu Shentong was quite sullen, no longer showing the joy he had when descending the mountain.

"In another seven days, Senior Brother Qi Yun will be descending the mountain."

Li Yuan hurriedly offered comfort.

"Seven days? That's not so bad then."

Gu Gu Shentong's grievance instantly dissipated. He told Li Yuan about his experiences over the past year or more — while pushing stars along the way, he had also been manifesting holiness on the Great Fortune Star.

Part of this was due to Li Yuan's request, and part was because the journey was simply too tedious and boring.

"Ever since I transmitted the method of harvesting divine patterns and condensing the Shen Jin Zhi Fa, in just over a year, six people have refined magic power — though only low-grade magic power."

Gu Gu Shentong paused slightly:

"But that boy surnamed Pang — his comprehension isn't bad. Back when he was protecting your Dharma, he actually comprehended a 'True Form Diagram of the Scarlet Sun' from the guiding divine light, and refined out Zhong Pin Fa."

The boy surnamed Pang…

Li Yuan's mouth twitched, but he felt there was nothing wrong with it.

Don't look at how Fayin Fayin Tongzi isn't well-liked by the inner disciples; that's because the Great Luo Heaven has never accepted disciples of foreign breeds since ancient times. Placed in the outside world, how lofty is Fayin Fayin Tongzi's status?

That is a Dao Lord's page!

The masters of the five great cavern heavens of Tian Shi Yuan all had to bow before him; even a veteran great god like the Venomous Dragon God had to greet him with a smile and invite him to take the seat of honor.

Naturally, he had the qualification to address Pang Pang Wenlong as 'boy.'

"What about the Gong Fa I gathered from the outside world?"

Li Yuan inquired.

Over a year ago, he had, through Fayin Fayin Tongzi, transmitted the many Gong Fa he had purchased from Tian Shi Yuan back to the Great Fortune Star.

"You think they're like you?"

Fayin Fayin Tongzi was rather speechless: "Let alone a year, even with another twenty years, it'd be good enough if a few people could learn them."

"..."

Li Yuan didn't argue with him, but neither did he agree.

The few Gong Fa he had gathered were not lacking in grade, and their cultivation difficulty was not high. Moreover, the ones he had left annotations for were of the foolproof-operation kind.

"Your two nephews and niece might be able to. This page bestowed upon them a few gourds of Enlightenment Cultivation Pills; they've probably already entered the Dao!"

Fayin Fayin Tongzi said a line, feigning casualness.

"Many thanks, Immortal Page!"

Li Yuan bowed in salute, deeply grateful.

Given Fayin Fayin Tongzi's status, were it not for him, the entire Great Fortune Star wouldn't be worth a second glance from him, let alone bestowing pills proactively.

"A trivial matter, that's all."

Fayin Fayin Tongzi coughed lightly, urged him to quickly have Qi Yun come take over, then closed the Communication Sphere.

"With the Enlightenment Cultivation Pills, even if Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law's aptitude is poor, they can enter the Dao."

Silently noting Fayin Fayin Tongzi's kindness, Li Yuan began to reply to messages.

Over the year, his Friends-Visiting Interface had grown considerably stronger; all disciples of Mount Mount Dongxuan had been added to the list. In addition, he had added an inner disciple of the Yuan Grotto Heaven named 'Wu Wu Yunlong.'

Wu Wu Yunlong was Wu Er, ranked third on the Star List. He was originally a true disciple of the Martial Immortal Gate, and later, by a stroke of fortune, entered the Yuan Grotto Heaven under the First Venerable Mountain.

His talent had also metamorphosed to the god-demon level, nurturing the 'War God Demon Physique.' But his luck was poor; encountering Lin Yue, who completely countered him, he sat on the Star List's second place for a full thirty years.

This time, because of him, he had even dropped to third.

"That bastard Lin Yue, I don't know what madness he's on; over the year he's challenged me dozens of times. Once this Dao-master breaks through to the fourth realm, I'll have to tail him and beat him every day!"

The message came from Wu Wu Yunlong.

"Good!"

Li Yuan replied with a single word; he had heard similar complaints too many times.

That Lin Yue, for whatever mad reason, had caught Wu Wu Yunlong and battled him dozens of times, beating the latter until he no longer wished to accept the challenge.

He looked toward the Battle Hall; above the star curtain, the Battle List shone brilliantly, with countless names upon it undergoing drastic changes.

The new session of the Battle List had begun five months ago. He had only fought one bout—against Wu Wu Yunlong, who had just ascended to first place after Lin Yue's breakthrough to the fourth realm.

After sending him to the second seat, he had retained the Star List's first place.

"A pity, the harvest is much smaller than before."

Reviewing his gains, Li Yuan wondered whether he should make another fake name, or go to the battle platforms of other realms to participate.

But on second thought, he decided against it. If his Master were to see it, it wouldn't look good after all—since it would be a loss of face for the Chaotic Divine Physique.

"Accumulating like this for ten years is quite a bit too."

Li Yuan felt his purse was bulging, and had no mind to repeat the 'Foreign Overlord' act. After withdrawing the income accumulated during this period,

he exited the Communication Sphere.

"Ao~"

At this moment, his mind stirred, and he heard a dragon's roar echoing from within Zi Shen Jing.

"The True Form of the Azure Dragon is complete!"

Li Yuan rejoiced inwardly, and his thoughts returned to Zi Shen Jing.

"Ao~"

Within Zi Shen Jing, the dragon's roar was fierce.

As the clouds and mist churned, electric serpents could faintly be seen rolling by; a thousand-zhang Azure Dragon soared through the clouds, its dragon's roar full of joy.

"The Azure Dragon is still the fastest."

Li Yuan was not surprised.

The Azure Dragon is an auspicious beast, untainted by the aura of slaughter; its initial progress was far inferior to Bai Hu, the Burning-Heart Ape, and the Nine Infants.

But that cup of Enlightenment Tea was too ferocious, and coupled with the nourishment of the nearly thousand-zhang giant Darkvine Tree, it instead caught up from behind, surpassing all other forms to be the first to reach completion.

"Go!"

Li Yuan lightly patted the Green Emperor Temple, and with several 'whooshing' sounds, nine wood-element spells had already pierced through the air, evolving into various wondrous sights, which were swallowed whole by the Azure Dragon.

Immediately, within the Azure Dragon's thousand-zhang body, Jin Guang lit up—at first no more than a wisp, but in the blink of an eye it was dazzling as the sun.

"The second wisp of Gold Nature!"

Letting the Azure Dragon roam for a while, Li Yuan then reached out and plucked this wisp of Gold Nature.

"Roar~"

Beneath the Darkvine Tree, Bai Hu let out a low growl, seeming somewhat unwilling.

"Don't rush."

Patting this restless Bai Hu, Li Yuan swept his gaze over the other True Forms.

Thanks to the Incense-Forging Body Technique, over this year, the forms of fierce beasts like Bai Hu have advanced greatly; after all, with a solid foundation, they can withstand more killing force.

He estimated that within at most one or two years, Bai Hu, Nine-Headed Ying, and Heart-Burning Ape could reach perfection and nurture the Golden Nature.

As for the Fire Phoenix and Shan Xuan Huang Qianshan Qilin, it would likely take four or five years or more.

The one progressing most sluggishly was Zhu Long; after more than a year, it was still merely a cub. He hadn't expected that the seemingly ferocious Zhu Long was actually an auspicious beast.

"Golden Nature."

Weighing the Golden Nature in his hand, Li Yuan hesitated not a moment; he closed his eyes, entered meditation, and merged it into his Chaos Body.

Just like the first wisp of Golden Nature, he felt no great change; at most, the Chaos Body's enhancement of various spells had increased by a fraction.

"I can attempt to refine the first wisp of Golden Nature!"

Li Yuan's heart remained calm; after the Chaos Body's transformation, his divine sense gathered and guided.

Only a "Boom—" sound was heard; eighty-one streams of Yi Dao Shang Pin magic power within him burned simultaneously, and divine light illuminated the darkness deep within his soul.

"Whoosh-whoosh~"

The magic power surged like rivers of divine light, boiling and burning.

Following the technique transmitted by his master, Li Yuan circulated his magic power, seeking that wisp of Golden Nature from the void; before long, a brilliant golden halo slowly lit up.

Using magic power as a medium, it slowly flowed back, finally settling into his dantian.

"Woo~"

Within his dantian, the Demon-Subduing Immortal-Slaying Sword, which had been drawing on magic power to nourish itself, suddenly trembled; its tip pointed toward the Great Luo Banner, which trembled lightly, as if having no intention to contend with it.

"According to my master's words, the Golden Nature is applied to one place; nine is the limit and the change; one can only choose between two..."

Regarding this, Li Yuan had long made his choice.

Having cultivated the Three Ultimate Great Scriptures, plus wielding the Military Talisman, he was no longer lacking in methods to protect himself; though the Great Luo Banner possessed offensive capabilities, in pure killing force, the Demon-Subduing Sword remained the strongest.

"Demon-Subduing Immortal-Slaying Sword!"

The moment his thought arose, a sudden change occurred; the Demon-Subduing Sword embryo trembled lightly, and that Jin Guang had already engulfed it; immediately, the Jin Guang flowed like water over the sword embryo, finally merging into the sword body.

"Zing~"

Inside the bamboo tower, Li Yuan opened his eyes; a wisp of sword light burst forth from his pupils, and the extremely fierce intent of killing instantly permeated the mountain ranges.

Immediately, it retracted its sharpness, circling him slowly like a small fish.

"After being refined by the Golden Nature, the Demon-Subduing Sword's ferocity has been greatly restrained, and its quality has also improved slightly..."

Li Yuan sensed the changes in the Demon-Subduing Sword.

The Demon-Subduing Sword was still a sword embryo; only a sword embryo could perfectly align with the Longhu Longhu Dadan, sublimating at the moment of casting the core to become a true innate spiritual treasure.

The Golden Nature did not increase its sharpness, but its quality had subtly changed.

"The Demon-Subduing Sword was forged by my master with great Gu Gu Shentong; its essence is extremely high, possessing the potential to become a Dao Treasure... Could a spiritual treasure also have a path to reverse the Mu Mu Xiantian state?"

"Mu Mu Xiantian Spiritual Treasure? Mu Mu Xiantian Supreme Treasure?"

Li Yuan's emotions churned; although he had not seen similar records in the Scripture Pavilion, feeling the changes within the Demon-Subduing Sword, he felt his speculation was very reasonable.

If cultivators can reverse the Mu Mu Xiantian state, why not spiritual treasures?

"Perhaps this is the reason why true disciples are required to cast a first-grade Longhu Longhu Dadan?"

Letting his thoughts wander, Li Yuan sheathed the Demon-Subduing Sword, preparing to ask Master Master Fufa when he had time, when the Universal Knowledge Orb suddenly trembled.

"Senior Brother Master Master Fufa?"

Li Yuan was slightly surprised; he opened the Universal Knowledge Orb, and light and shadow wove into a screen; Master Master Fufa sat cross-legged, his Daoist robe stained with blood, as if he had just endured an extremely brutal battle.

"That Hundred-Armed Demon Head was truly ferocious, making junior brother wait so long..."

Master Master Fufa wiped the Demon-Subduing Immortal-Slaying Sword: "By the way, regarding the Five Ultimate Divine Light we mentioned last time, this divine light possesses immense power, but refining it is also extremely difficult."

"Senior brother, you have just finished fighting?"

Li Yuan's eyelid twitched; within the light screen, he saw a massive body infected by demonic mist, its aura terrifying.

"This demon is hard to kill, plus the sword needs to be sacrificed... Eh?"

While speaking, Master Master Fufa calculated with his fingers, somewhat surprised: "Junior brother, you have actually reached the peak of Tian Shi Yuan's combat ranking?"

"You can calculate that too?"

Li Yuan was also startled.

"The Tai Xu Mirror cannot deceive the Great Luo Record, nor would it dare."

Master Master Fufa was quite approving:

"The Chaos Saint Body is indeed an ultimate Dao Body; junior brother, you now have the qualification to enter the Sword God Tomb!"

(End of this chapter)