The process of refining Gu after escaping the Gu cauldron is as perilous as an alchemist refining gunpowder.
Each melting process is an unpredictable chemical blind box, and the resulting effects may be completely different from what is expected.
This is the shortcoming faced by all the Gu Dao practitioners who, apart from Dao Chengyi, were granted the ability to refine Gu by him; they do not have the same unique advantages as Dao Chengyi.
The Gu formula comes with a Gu cauldron, and the condensation effect can be directly controlled by the Gu cauldron, so it can only get better!
However, if you want to refine it on your own, you can directly control the fusion of your natal Gu. While it may not guarantee that it will become the Gu you want, it won't be too far off. If it fails, it just means that the Gu material has been consumed and fed to the Gu refiner.
Black and white flames spontaneously appeared in the stone chamber, which was sealed with only vents. Dao Chengyi, sitting cross-legged on the futon, continuously channeled energy from his own illusory apertures to support the ongoing refining of the Gu.
He would definitely be drained if he tried to refine it all by himself, but it doesn't matter. He has several people under him, and Dao Chengyi can secretly intercept some of it every time they cultivate or refine Gu. It's not much; he gets 50% and his subordinates get 50%.
The minimum requirement for the third transformation is one hundred small green sprouts, and the maximum requirement is one thousand small green sprouts. This is where the wonder of Gu refining comes in. You can refine a semi-finished product first. As long as it reaches the required grade, it can be used. You can then complete the rest later.
However, a day had passed, and Dao Chengyi's face had turned pale and bloodless. As a Gu that was specially crafted according to his personal attributes, Dao Chengyi also needed to sacrifice his own flesh and blood and a little bit of his soul to refine it.
In addition, the energy in the void was constantly being drawn away, leaving both body and mind in a state of deficiency, and the refining process was only halfway complete at this point.
Perseverance, gritting his teeth, overcoming the cowardly thoughts of wanting to give up and the self-imposed confinement of seeking safety amidst danger, Dao Chengyi continued to advance the refining process.
Within the cauldron for refining Gu, the concepts of flesh and soul began to merge. The parasitic and assimilative power was extracted from the Medicine Master Gu and the Parasitic Gu, and the flesh and blood vitality and corrosiveness of the Blood Gu also began to strengthen the characteristics of the new Gu.
The goal of Dao Chengyi is to ensure that even if his physical body is annihilated and his spirit is destroyed, he can still find a new body to assimilate the parasitic worms that have taken over his body.
Refine...refine...refine!
If that's not enough, just use those people to make up the difference! You can always find useful subordinates; at worst, you can just spread the Bloodline Inheritance throughout the world!
At this very moment, the half-bird who was gathering information for Dao Chengyi, Niu Anxin who was dressing a pink skeleton in Cheli Town, Liao Tianming with a somewhat numb expression from the Liao family, Zhang Erhe who was evading capture, and the other eight Gu Dao cultivators issued a mysterious death warning.
Moreover, this feeling intensified as Dao Chengyi's body grew weaker and his spirit more listless, while his progress in refining the Gu was always just a hair's breadth behind.
However, at this moment, Dao Chengyi was anxious as he looked at the new Gu that was still just a little short of perfection. The Gu Cauldron sensed this and emitted the fluctuations of the Humanistic Gu.
At that moment, Dao Chengyi had a flash of inspiration!
Yes, the new Gu is the clone Gu or reincarnation Gu that he desires, but how can he be sure what it is or who it is during the clone or reincarnation time?
He is the One, but he is also human! The One is anchored in humanity!
This is the only constant amidst all changes; all things change, but I alone remain unchanged!
Determined by humanistic values, determined by the identity of a person who has achieved enlightenment! Humanistic Gu Worm! Refine!
The light shone brightly, and the Gu worm, which had been slow to reach perfection, finally made progress. The refining continued!
The joy of enlightenment could not alleviate the difficulty of the refining process. Just as Dao Chengyi was about to devour a human to refine the Gu, it was finally completed!
Refining from the second to the third stage—my first successful refinement without any special techniques! Refining from the third to the fifth stage is not a dream anymore!
With an indescribable connection forming, several newly formed third-stage Gu gu, condensed from Gu, flew out from the Gu Refining Cauldron and began to hover and dance around Dao Chengyi.
At this moment, following his heart's desire, Dao Chengyi grabbed the flying Gu worm in front of him, refined it in an instant, and gave it a brand new name for the world.
The self is eternal—all phenomena are but the self!
As Dao Chengyi's name fell, a creature resembling a centipede appeared, its body as if crafted from agate, crimson and crystalline. Its mouthparts were like a meat grinder with densely packed serrated teeth, its two whiskers in front of its head billowed like smoke, and its thousands of legs stood in opposition beneath its belly.
It was at the moment it fell into his palm that Dao Chengyi instantly understood its function. This was the power of his status as the creator of the new Gu and the ancestor of the Gu Dao.
Wanwo (Third Transformation): All laws change but I do not; all phenomena change but I remain unchanged! When used in conjunction with Gu Dao Gu worms or any power possessed by oneself, a wisp of one's soul can be transferred into it for manipulation.
Its own flesh and blood can be transformed into my kind. Any object that merges with or comes into contact with its flesh and blood will be assimilated and transformed, becoming the soul container and consciousness carrier of the Gu Master, and thus controlled and used by him.
The effect satisfied Dao Chengyi, or rather exceeded his expectations. He hadn't initially considered adding the idea of controlling his power, nor had he added any Gu worms.
Dao Chengyi speculated that this result might be because, as the ancestor of Gu Dao, he could refine Gu without being bound by any particular school. Secondly, the birth of these schools did not necessarily require the addition of corresponding Gu worms; each newly refined Gu worm could absorb the concepts that Dao Chengyi had already illuminated.
The most likely outcome is that it will be both. Also, isn't this third-stage Gu a bit too strong? Even a third-stage Gu Master isn't this strong. Could it be a third-stage immortal Gu?
Looking at the Gu Cauldron that did not manifest the quality of the Immortal Gu, Dao Chengyi understood that it was not enough. That made sense, after all, it was comparable to those gods who could cross star systems and spread their power. Being a third-level Gu was not a big deal.
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