Chapter 74: The Ding You Immortal Gu

Jiang Xuan felt the same was true. His three magic treasure organs were domineering and unmatched, with no mutual generation or restraint between them. As his cultivation level grew, the magic treasures' power became ever stronger, and his fleshly body could no longer withstand their power. This was unlike ordinary cultivators refining magic treasures; instead, he directly cultivated his body's organs using the Refining Treasure Art, placing a burden on the flesh that could not be compared to the former.

Therefore, after comprehending the Hengyu Sutra, when the three great magic treasures advanced further, his fleshly body finally could no longer bear it and could not continue. If he forcibly cultivated, he would only perish with his body destroyed.

Jiang Xuan's gaze was calm, just as before, his expression unchanged. He firmly believed that roads were walked, and no road was ever smooth sailing.

Cultivation is hard—hard in the early stage, hard in the middle, hard later on. If one slackens and grows lazy at the first setback, how can one ever achieve greatness?

Jiang Xuan refined all the remaining magic treasures within his body. Rolling essence qi continuously merged into his limbs and bones, endlessly transforming into the repair of his injuries and replenishing his life force. His fleshly body finally healed.

The human body contains countless doors, mutually generating and restraining. To solve this problem, there are two approaches. The first is to refine a set of mutually generating and restraining magic treasures and integrate them into the major parts of the body: refine the five viscera with the Five Elements, refine the six bowels with Samsara, and correspond the acupoints throughout the body to the sun, moon, and stars. Even if the magic treasures are not high in grade, as long as they check and balance each other, the fleshly body can be prevented from crumbling, and this method allows one to possess countless means.

The drawback is that this method is time-consuming and laborious, requiring a long time to collect materials of corresponding attributes.

The second method is to find a peerless divine material, refine a heaven-shaking defensive treasure, and integrate it into the whole body—the five viscera, six bowels, body, hair, and skin all merging with this treasure—to cultivate an indestructible body of supreme strength, naturally free from the danger of crumbling.

After brief consideration, Jiang Xuan had a plan. Jiang Taixu, observing his appearance, already knew he had a countermeasure.

"Do you need me to do something?" Jiang Taixu asked.

"Source. I need some source. After a period of time, I need to reforge my fleshly body, requiring a vast amount of source."

"I have a plan that may require a God King to bring the Hengyu Furnace for assistance," Jiang Xuan continued. He pondered for a moment. In the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror there was a magic treasure imprint, ranked first among the defensive magic treasures of the Myriad Realms. If he refined it, he would forever be free from the danger of his fleshly body crumbling.

"Very well." After the two discussed further, Jiang Taixu departed, leaving behind a jade talisman. Even if separated by great distance, he would exert his full strength to assist.

Jiang Xuan's mind stirred, sensing that the time for the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror to absorb had arrived. Hazy light glimmered dimly, unknown to which world it had sunk.

In a certain Gu world, the heroes were shocked. On a mountain peak, a black-haired, black-clad youth radiated sorrow for heaven and pity for mankind, great love for the world. Suspended high in the Tianqiong, a green butterfly danced gracefully in his hand, making him seem like a Heavenly Venerable descending to the mortal realm.

But at this moment, an unexpected change occurred. The butterfly suddenly vanished into thin air.

"No!"

"This is impossible!"

A middle-aged man below wailed, his heart pierced with pain, grief-stricken and despairing, as if he had lost his lifelong faith.

A flash of light, and a Gu worm appeared in his hand.

A flicker of strange color passed through Jiang Xuan's eyes. It was actually a green butterfly.

Ding You Xian Gu was the name of this butterfly.

Ding Xian You, a Six-Turn Immortal Gu of the Yu Dao. Within three breaths, it could take a person to the place in their heart they wished to go, no matter the ends of the earth.

A stream of information transmitted into his mind—this was the effect of the Ding You Xian Gu. Jiang Xuan's expression shifted slightly, and he was mildly surprised. Ding You Xian Gu? Could it be from that Gu world? That world that inspired countless lost young people to forge ahead? There was a poem as its motto:

In the desolate valley, cold winds blow; in spring and autumn, cicadas sing as the youth returns.

At the Soul-Washing Mountain, stone men weep; Ding Xian You walks toward the demonic north.

On the upstream river, ten thousand immortals retreat; love cannot withstand persistence and tears.

Destiny is heaven-born, defeat is fated; the Immortal Venerable regrets, but I do not.

Within three breaths, transmit to the place one wishes to go, no matter the ends of the earth? Jiang Xuan looked forward to this wondrous method.

In the Zhe Tian Jie, only a Great Emperor would dare say one step crosses the ends of the earth. This tiny Gu worm in his palm could actually be so marvelous. Jiang Xuan couldn't help but sigh at the mystery of creation—within the Myriad Realms, nothing was strange.

Jiang Xuan imagined the Lingxu Dongtian of Donghuang Southern Region in his mind, then activated the Ding Xian You Gu according to the method recorded in the information. A hazy light flashed.

Jiang Xuan... stood in place, unmoving by a bit.

"Hmm? No reaction at all." A flicker of surprise crossed Jiang Xuan's eyes. The information from the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror could not be wrong: whatever the heart desired, to the ends of the earth, arriving in an instant. The Gu worm had no problem—the cause lay in the world?

A difference in world laws? Were the laws of the Gu world invalid in the Zhe Tian Jie? Jiang Xuan could only attribute the cause to differences between worlds. After all, he had never heard of a Gu worm as marvelous as the Ding You Xian Gu existing in the Zhe Tian Jie. The laws of this world could not give birth to such Gu worms—not because this world's level was inferior to the Gu world, but because the laws of different worlds each had their own principles of operation.

Sighing inwardly at the pity of it, Jiang Xuan gazed at the Ding Xian You in his hand, pondering how to use this Immortal Gu. Just as he had tried to activate it, he discovered that this Ding Xian You contained extremely vast Yu Dao laws within.

The four directions above and below are Yu; from ancient times to the present is Zhou. This was a Gu worm that condensed spatial laws within. It was just that these spatial laws differed greatly from the spatial laws of the Zhe Tian Jie, which was why traveling through space failed.

"The difference in world laws prevents the Ding You Xian Gu from traveling through the Void. Refining it into a magic treasure might not be unable to restore its marvels."

Jiang Xuan's mind sank into the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror, one magic treasure imprint after another flashing through his mind.

Sumeru Ring, Void Boat, Void-Splitting Shuttle, Human Race Bag...

"Found it!"

Jiang Xuan's expression shifted slightly. He found a marvelous magic treasure imprint, similar in principle to the Ding You Xian Gu, very much like the Jade Platform of the Zhe Tian Jie.

Great Translocation Talisman!

He opened his mouth slightly, and the Ding You Xian Gu transformed into a green stream of light that was swallowed into his abdomen. Majestic spatial power crumbled inch by inch. Divine fire surged within his belly, and the spatial power was continuously burned away and reforged.

Finally, it condensed into a palm-sized talisman, radiating a hazy gray light—the external manifestation of the power of spatial laws. This Great Translocation Talisman was integrated by Jiang Xuan into the Yong Quan Xue beneath his feet.

Jiang Xuan stepped out. Divine light flickered beneath his feet. The next moment, his entire body's mana surged, all pouring into his feet. The divine light instantly swelled, like a Golden Crow transforming into a rainbow.

His silhouette moved, his fleshly body traveling through the Void, rushing toward the distance. Divine light surged, and space was shaken into wave after wave. In the next instant, he had already arrived a thousand li away.

One step, a thousand li away!

At this moment, Jiang Xuan's spirit seemed to enter a realm where the vastness of Heaven and Earth was his to roam freely. This was a great exhilaration, and a vast heroic spirit surged within him, roaming freely between Heaven and Earth.

It was a refreshing delight, as if leaping once could jump outside the Three Realms and not be within the Five Elements—a ridiculous illusion of letting oneself soar through the skies and trying out all one's many thoughts and countless ambitions.

It was like a youth living in a modern city who suddenly gained the ability to fly one day, fantasizing about how to use flight to do things unknown to others.

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(Chapter End)