Chapter 726: Great Scripture Complete, Five Emperors' Magic Power! (Combined Chapter)

Compared to half a year ago when the Sword God Market had just over a hundred stalls in total, now Daoist Tongqing City alone has several thousand stalls, with many cultivators exchanging what they have here.

Most were heavenly materials and earthly treasures from their respective realms; a small portion were spirit objects from the Sword World itself.

Carrying six hundred and twenty-one Da Gong and nearly ninety thousand Xiao Gong, and being in the Sword God Continent, Li Yuan had no reservations and naturally went on a massive shopping spree.

High-grade spirit rice seeds, all manner of tree seeds, unique Dao weapons, elixirs, spirit incense, heavenly materials and earthly treasures, damaged spirit treasures, top-grade divine patterns, ancient scroll treasures from the Opening Gui Xu Otherworld.

Spirit treasures capable of altering innate constitution, command weapons — he could truly be said to refuse nothing that came his way.

Over three days, Li Yuan traversed every city on the Sword God Continent, purchasing enormous quantities of cultivation resources, drawing quite a few gazes.

But those gazes dispersed once he entered Master Master Fufa's cave dwelling; many had already guessed his identity.

"The purchasing power of Shan Gong is truly staggering."

Sensing the various command weapons gleaming together on the gray stone platform, and the mountains of cultivation resources piled up inside Dun Tian Zhou, Li Yuan felt quite the joy of hoarding.

And all this cost only forty thousand Xiao Gong, and that was because he bought the remains of three divine treasures, as well as a 'Star Core' he had long been searching for.

"Hum~"

It was a fist-sized, irregularly shaped meteorite, within which destruction and vitality were faintly present.

This was the remnant of a life star destroyed two thousand four hundred years ago when cultivators from the Xuanhuang Greater Realm invaded the present world; because it was relatively intact, its value was extremely high.

"One Star Core, six thousand four hundred Xiao Gong, and that's only because the seller recognized my identity and voluntarily lowered the price."

Even the rich Li Yuan felt a twinge of heartache.

A complete life star, if crafted by a heavenly artificer, could serve as the main material for a divine treasure; yet a normal-quality divine treasure costs only slightly over ten thousand Xiao Gong.

If it weren't for the advancement of the Weapon Records, he wouldn't have been willing to buy it.

Life Star Cores are expensive mainly because there are too few of them.

But Life Star Cores still can't compare to the remains of those two top-grade divine treasures; the latter normally would require Da Gong to trade for.

【Flame Dragon Dharma Robe (Fourteenth-Tier)】

【... A top-grade divine treasure refined by the Wanfa Tower heavenly artificer 'Qi Yin', using the skin of a complete extraterrestrial exotic beast, the Flame Dragon, as its base, fused with three thousand six hundred kinds of divine fire...】

【... Damaged by accident, the inner cave heaven has collapsed, all divine prohibitions lost, thus virtually impossible to repair...】

【Command Condition: Eighty-one strands of Fire-attribute magic power】

【Command Effect: Fourteenth-Tier: Ten Thousand Flames Burning Body】

【Ten Thousand Flames Burning Body: Ten thousands of divine fires converge, able to burn away impurities and enhance innate constitution...】

Li Yuan looked at the two remains he had bought.

Similar to the Flame Dragon Dharma Robe, the other 【Ice Soul Dark Dragon Robe (Fourteenth-Tier)】 was also nearly damaged beyond repair; its command effect 'Ice Soul Body Wash' also had the effect of altering innate constitution.

"Counting the ten spirit treasures purchased half a year ago, now, the spirit treasures capable of stacking innate constitution have already exceeded thirty pieces; perhaps I can push the Hun Dun Ti directly up to the level of a Holy Body!"

Li Yuan felt anticipation in his heart.

Normally speaking, the advancement of the Hun Dun Fa Ti requires cultivating large numbers of spells and nurturing with countless divine patterns to slowly transform, often taking decades or centuries.

This was far too long for him.

"Once the Dharma Heaven is forged, innate constitution becomes extremely difficult to alter; therefore, before the Sixth Realm, I must alter my innate constitution to the 'Innate Hun Dun Dao Body'!"

Li Yuan's mind was clear.

Because of the enormous gains from the Sword World trip, over the past half year he had replanned his path of cultivation.

First, reverse the Innate Hun Dun Dao Body, and advance to True Disciple, obtaining the Da Luo Tian Dao title.

Only then would he be qualified to enter Da Luo Tian and pay respects to the Ancestor.

This was the greatest goal; broken down, it required cultivating the Five Extremes Great Scriptures, refining a First-Grade Longhu Longhu Dadan, condensing the Five Extremes Divine Light, and cultivating the Eight Wastes Prison-Suppressing and Origin Divine Fist.

Broken down further, it required refining the 'Da Luo Banner' and the 'Demon-Slaying Immortal-Slaughtering Sword' — these were treasures for protecting the Dao.

Cultivating the 'Wu Di Fa Li', combining the strengths of the Five Elements and Five Extremes, was the top-grade magic power.

Second, the Dao-Formation Tribulation!

Once the Dharma Heaven is forged, the Dao Tribulation comes naturally; this is the first step from man to god for a cultivator, and also the universally recognized most difficult hurdle across all realms.

Throughout history, countless prodigies have Zhe Ji-ed at the Dao-Formation Tribulation; there were even no lack of Dao Lords, or even Heavenly Lords who failed their first tribulation crossing in their youth.

"It is said that several Ji ago, when the Heavenly Lord crossed the Dao-Formation Tribulation, he encountered an incarnation of a supreme Divine King, nearly dying..."

This thought flashed through Li Yuan's mind, and he immediately cut it off.

This was gossip he had seen from the 'Mount Dongxuan True Transmission'; though he didn't know if it was true, he took it as true.

"There are myriad means of Tribulation Crossing; gathered together, they probably amount to just those few kinds — spirit beasts, spirit treasures, spirit plants, Dao weapons, formations, and the cultivator themselves..."

Li Yuan sorted and planned in his mind.

No need to mention spirit treasures; the Da Luo Banner and the Demon-Slaying Sword, once raised, will certainly suffice — these are top-grade spirit treasures.

For spirit beasts, there's the Reverse Fate Turtle; once raised, it can also serve.

Spirit plants are also useful; once the Shan Xuan Teng Tree splits into nine, whether as the foundation of a formation or to protect the origin, it will be sufficient.

"The White Bone Dao weapons are still a bit thin; later I either need to pair them with several more types, or learn the White Bone Mountain's secret-transmitted Dao weapon method..."

"The latter is too difficult; the former is more reliable..."

Li Yuan broke down his many goals again and again, listing out the difficulties one by one, to be slowly resolved later.

"As long as I proceed step by step..."

"The future is promising!"

Letting out a breath of turbid air, Li Yuan swallowed a spirit pill, began today's Xing Gong and law refinement, and had his various Dao weapons cooperate to slay the incoming demons one by one.

"Hoo!"

After nightfall, Li Yuan finished his daily Xing Gong, took out the Universal Sense Sphere, as usual replied to various divine-sense messages, then entered the Combat Hall and accepted Wu Wu Yunlong's challenge.

Although the Sword World trip had indeed brought enormous gains, sitting on a fortune and spending it down was not Daoist Li's nature; the source of Shan Gong had to be maintained.

Thus, having defeated Wu Wu Yunlong in one move and made a small profit, Li Yuan contentedly put away the Universal Sense Sphere.

He began visualizing the true forms of the Candle Dragon, Sun Nest, and others.

……

"……"

In a certain cave dwelling in Daoist Tongqing City, Wu Wu Yunlong silently closed the communication sphere. He gently rubbed his brow; behind his unfocused gaze, shadows of light still wove together.

Even though he had long known he was no match for Li Yuan, being blown apart in a single punch was truly beyond his imagination.

Recalling six years ago, when he first crossed hands with that Li Yuan, though he lost, he at least managed to parry several hundred moves.

But now, he couldn't even take a single punch……

It had only been a few years between then and now, and he himself had improved quite a bit too—how had the gap instead widened to such a degree?

"Not human!"

Wu Wu Yunlong sat in silence for a long while, feeling only that the already dim room grew ever dimmer; he had even stopped his daily visualization of true forms.

"Buzz~"

At this moment, the communication sphere trembled.

Wu Wu Yunlong numbly tapped it open, and saw only shadows of light weaving together, illuminating the cave dwelling. Within the light screen appeared a valiant Daoist wearing a Chi Se Fa robe.

"Junior Brother Wu?"

"Senior Brother Yongan."

Wu Wu Yunlong cupped his hands in salute.

This Daoist's title was 'Yongan'; he was the foremost true disciple of the present generation in Shizun Mountain, a cultivator of the Qi Jing, having forged twenty-one Dao Rings, his realm no less than that of Master Master Fufa.

"Junior Brother Wu is in low spirits?"

"……Made Senior Brother laugh at me."

Wu Wu Yunlong gave a bitter smile: "Just now I challenged Li Yuan to a duel and was miserably defeated."

"The path of cultivation is long—why contend over a moment's victory or defeat?"

Daoist Yongan consoled him:

"That Li Yuan of Mount Mount Dongxuan cultivates the 'Eight Wastes Prison-Suppression,' which is a great Gu Gu Shentong art, and he has imprisoned an extremely ferocious and violent exotic beast. Within three realms, no one could possibly defeat him."

"A great Gu Gu Shentong art, normally speaking, even for true disciples of Weitian like us, one can only cultivate it upon reaching the Wu Liu Jing……"

"This junior brother understands."

Wu Wu Yunlong nodded.

"It's good that junior brother understands. At this moment you are no match for that Li Yuan, but once you forge your Longhu Longhu Dadan and refine your natal Gu Gu Shentong, or even cultivate a great Gu Gu Shentong art yourself, you will naturally be able to close the gap."

Seeing Wu Wu Yunlong's brow ease, Daoist Yongan paused slightly and said:

"Junior brother is acquainted with that Li Yuan—have you ever had a private gathering?"

"I have not."

Wu Wu Yunlong shook his head: "After he ascended to the top of the Sword Realm, plenty of people invited him to banquets, but as far as I know, apart from a few small feasts with Mount Mount Dongxuan's true disciples, he has not gone out."

"Famous across all domains yet undisturbed in his heart—he is a true seed of cultivation."

Daoist Yongan sighed in admiration, then Yu Yu Xuanji stated his purpose:

"I wish to invite him to meet. Could junior brother act as an introduction?"

"This……"

Wu Wu Yunlong did not dare agree directly, and cautiously asked: "Senior brother seeks him—what is the matter?"

"Shi Li Fa Jie."

Daoist Yongan replied.

"This……"

Wu Wu Yunlong's eyelid twitched.

Shi Li Fa Jie was an otherworldly dimension on the tenth layer of Opening Gui Xu, having been opened up since the primordial eras. Because of the great number of fierce beasts in that realm, it was once greatly favored by cultivators.

But that was before!

Over a thousand years ago, that realm was on the verge of perishing; any great cultivator entering might trigger the 'Tide of Realm Destruction,' so it gradually became a forbidden ground, visited by few.

"I'm afraid that won't work."

Wu Wu Yunlong shook his head and refused.

He had not spoken much with Li Yuan, but he vaguely knew this person was extremely cautious. Moreover, having gained enormous harvests from the Sword Realm trip and lacking nothing in cultivation resources, he would absolutely not go to such a place to risk danger.

"Whether it works or not, one must still ask."

Daoist Yongan smiled: "This is the beloved disciple of a Dao Lord—could senior brother possibly dare to force him? I'm merely asking……"

"This……"

Wu Wu Yunlong could not gainsay him. He had once received a great kindness from this senior brother, so he could only brace himself and agree to inquire.

……

"Daoist Yongan, Shi Li Fa Jie?"

In the cave dwelling, Li Yuan was slightly taken aback. He did not reply, but first sent a message on the 'Mount Mount Dongxuan True Disciple' interface to inquire.

"Daoist Yongan?"

"The foremost true disciple of the present generation in Shizun Mountain, cultivates the 'Heaven's Intent Four Extremes Dao,' keeps a gourd called 'Immortal-Slaying Gourd,' and is also at the half-step Ba Jing cultivation……"

"Shi Li Fa Jie? That other-dimensional realm on the verge of perishing? Most likely it's for the Immortal-Slaying Gourd. That place does not admit Rong Wu Jing cultivators. If junior brother has refined your Longhu Longhu Dadan, you could indeed go take a look."

"It truly is an excellent place for refining demons, very suitable for opening the edge of junior brother's Demon-Refining Immortal-Slaying Sword……"

"Junior brother may ask Yu Yu Fa Huan Zhen. She has been busy for decades trying to go to that Shi Li Fa Jie, spending goodness knows how much Shan Gong……"

The senior brothers replied very quickly.

"Senior Sister Yu—so the demon-refining place she mentioned was this very spot."

Li Yuan thanked the senior brothers for clearing up his doubts, feeling enlightened. After noting the matter down, he politely declined Wu Wu Yunlong's offer, saying only that he needed to return to Huishan to enter closed-door cultivation and prepare for refining the Longhu Longhu Dadan.