Taking the layout diagram in the jade slip, Shen Lian compared it with the defensive formation he had set up one by one. Only after confirming that there were no problems did he feel relieved.

Soon, he took out a piece of Xuanming Stone.

After collecting for so long, I only got this piece.

A golden-white flame emerged from Shen Lian's hand, and he began to refine the Xuanming Stone.

A sizzling sound came from the Xuanming Stone, and a silver light flashed. Shen Lian took out a handful of spirit stones and turned them into spiritual power, which became nutrients for the Xuanming Stone.

However, the quality of this Xuanming Stone, which was as big as two adult fists, did not improve much after his refining. It only shrunk a little.

Soon, under Shen Lian's division and refining, it was cut into thirty-six parts, and each part was refined into a small silver flag.

Looking at the small flag in his hand, Shen Lian shook his head. It was smaller than the normal formation flag, and he didn't know if it would work.

Not long after, in the corner under the spiritual vein of the main island, a five-colored spiritual light supported a flashing silver light, and on it, small silver flags lit up, outlining a circle.

Below the formation flag is a formation platform made of five elements ore. The formation platform is three feet in size, but the rune area outlined by the silver formation flag is only a part of the center position, about one and a half feet in size.

Shen Lian stood up and looked around, and found that it was a little small, but barely enough.

“I hope it works.”

As a scaled-down version of the teleportation array, Shen Lian had no idea whether it would work or whether it would be easy to use.

He only had a few medium-grade spirit stones in his hand, and could only activate the formation once.

This is his second insurance measure besides the defensive formation.

A small simplified teleportation array. (Experimental version to be prepared) After arranging the escape route, Shen Lian stretched his body and sat cross-legged.

All the necessary defenses have been made. With so many formations added together, even if a late Jindan cultivator appeared, he would have the strength to fight to the death.

A Jindan cultivator needs to overcome the sixth level of heavenly tribulation by himself; formations are of no use.

"Master, the archipelago ants are in place."

"Master, all the fish, shrimp, crabs and clams in the surrounding seas have been subdued."

Inside the cave, Dahei and Sanqian, one emerged from the soil and rocks, and the other emerged from the underground sewer.

Only Erwan flapped his wings and looked left and right.

"Master, take your position."

This place is too restrictive for it to perform.

Shen Lian did not show favoritism and touched the heads of the three spirit beasts one by one.

"Go ahead."

…

Letting the spirit beasts disperse, Shen Lian sat cross-legged in the cave and began to regulate his breathing. One by one, the five elements spirit objects were refined into his body and gathered in his five internal organs, turning into the five elements true liquid.

This refining process is also a process for him to regulate his breathing and mind.

A few days later, Shen Lian opened and closed his eyes, and with a wave of his hand, a jade box fell in front of him.

After the jade box was opened, there were khaki balls inside.

Huanglongdan, as he didn't get any new earth dragon roots, he wanted to wait a little longer in Nanya Fairy City. However, what happened in Nanya Fairy City clearly showed that something was going to happen.

Now that things have come to this, there is no need to be too demanding.

Before he could advance to the Golden Elixir stage, he had to replenish his spiritual roots.

To be honest, compared to the advancement to the Golden Core stage, replenishing his spiritual roots is what makes Shen Lian more nervous.

"call!"

Taking a deep breath, Shen Lian grabbed the jade box in front of him and poured all the Yellow Dragon Pills in the box into his mouth.

Then, the divine consciousness sank and floated in the sea of ​​divine consciousness.

"add!"

[Gold Spiritual Root: 100]

[Water Spiritual Root: 100]

[Wood Spiritual Roots: 100]

In an instant, the remaining three spiritual root scales reached perfection.

"Um?"

At the same time, after Shen Lian's consciousness sank into the sea of ​​consciousness, he did not notice any movement.

Just when he was confused.

There is movement in Dantian.

Five beams of light of different colors suddenly emerged from the Dantian sea, and instantly rushed up and poured into the sea of ​​​​consciousness.

Five beams of light intertwined and swirled, condensing into a hemp rope. The void around them twisted and gave rise to five kinds of spiritual light: gold, wood, water, fire and earth.

The sound of Tao emerged amid the flashing five-colored spiritual light, enveloping Shen Lian completely.

In the sea of ​​divine consciousness, the little soul stood up uncontrollably and suddenly opened his mouth.

The Huanglong Pill swallowed into his stomach instantly turned into divine medicinal power and was sucked into the mouth of the divine man.

“It’s so dark.”

A thought sounded in Shen Lian's perception.

The divine man found himself trapped in a dark and hazy space and time.

As the voice fell, five rays of light suddenly lit up in the boundless expanse: yellow, white, black, blue, and red.

The size of each of the five kinds of spiritual light cannot be seen. They come from the end of the distance like a long dragon and cross the sky.

They gathered together at the end of time and space, dived down and turned into a ball of five-colored light, and then took root and sprouted, growing into an indescribable giant tree.

On the giant tree, every branch is five-colored, and on the branches are derived wind, rain, thunder and lightning, earth, water, wind, fire, mountains and rivers, vast oceans and swamps, as well as the hazy and huge shadows of strange beasts.

…

At the moment when the five spiritual roots were perfected, the green light on the main island of Aoyang twisted, and ripples in the void intertwined.

"squeak!"

In the ripples, the fat caterpillar raised its head and took a deep breath upwards.

A faint ray of colorful light was sucked into its mouth, and its small eyes suddenly lit up.

“Slurp!”

"Slurp! Slurp!"

…

In the Siren Sea, within the island chains, the mountains are vast and filled with evil spirits.

Huge demonic snakes were moving among the mountains, some of them directly swallowed other demonic beasts beside them.

In a huge cave surrounded by mountains.

“Hiss!”

The golden-scaled demon snake king, whose body was covered with light golden scales and had a slightly bulged forehead, suddenly woke up.

The scales all over its body suddenly exploded with a loud noise, and things like roots came out from the gaps between the scales.

"hiss!"

The Golden Scale Demon Snake King suddenly stuck out his tongue, and his body trembled. He retracted the root-like objects growing on his body into his body, and then put away his scales one by one.

Under the golden eyelids, two earthy brown buds occupied the pupils.

"The Immortal Palace Immortal Tree, this is impossible."

With a puff, the Golden Scale Demon King started to create ripples like water waves from the tail, converging towards the snake's head.

This process seemed a bit difficult, and his whole body made a series of crackling sounds.

A mysterious aura emanated from the snake's body, moving upwards from the belly. The Golden Scale Demon King suddenly raised his head, opened his mouth, and spit out a ball of black liquid that emitted a demonic and filthy aura, corroding the earth and rocks in front of him.

At this moment, the snake had disappeared from the demon king's open mouth, and was replaced by a piece of black tree root covered with cracks and emitting a rotten smell.

At the roots of the tree, thin roots fluttered like tentacles.

"Hiss... That's not the breath of the immortal tree. Could there be something else that fell down at that time?"

The demon snake king swallowed the dead tree root back into his stomach and inhaled and exhaled the snake bait.

"Could it be... that grass..."

"Swallow it, swallow it."

Saliva dripped from the snake's mouth, forming a sticky waterfall.

The huge body of the Demonic Snake King jumped out of the cave. The demonic energy on his body continued to surge, causing his body to quickly shrink to a size of one foot, and then he headed towards the ocean outside the island.

"Swallow it."

At this moment, the clarity in the demon king's pupils occupied by the tree buds disappeared, and was replaced by a look similar to that of a madman, who didn't care about anything.

…

On the main island of Aoyang.

Thunder appeared in the void, and a flash of lightning seemed to fall from the sky. The split arcs were as dense as tree roots, covering the entire island.

“Slurp!”

On the island, a small green insect that was absorbing the five-colored spiritual energy suddenly saw fear flash in its small eyes when it saw the lightning falling.

He didn't even care about the five-colored spiritual energy he inhaled into his mouth, and crawled away into the distance.

Its small body emitted green light, and every time it crawled, the void seemed to move under its feet. In a breath, it could run several miles away.

While running, he looked back at the threatening lightning, with fear flashing in his eyes. He was so scared that his fat body rolled over and crashed into the sea while running.

…

Boom! The sky was filled with lightning, which seemed to destroy the entire island.

However, the lightning was extinguished at this moment, leaving only a thin streak of lightning, which sank directly into the main island.

“Ahem!”

On the main island of Aoyang, Shen Lian was lying in a cracked cave, emitting black air.

The lightning struck really accurately.

His cave was built a hundred feet below the island, and the lightning only penetrated a tiny hole and fell accurately on him from a high altitude.

There were broken magic tools and jade talismans all around.

"call!

Lying dully in the cave, Shen Lian's body was charred black and his robes had long since turned into ashes.

The third-level flesh was crystal clear, without a single scar.

But the little man in the sea of ​​divine consciousness was split into mist.

At this moment, in his sea of ​​divine consciousness, several overlapping divine consciousness figures in the misty divine consciousness are reuniting.

The soul was split into two images, it was really funny.

Shen Lian's mind was confused, as if his spirit was split apart. He stared blankly at the tiny hole above the cave.

The power of the thunder that struck from high altitude was weakened a lot. This change occurred mainly because he realized something was wrong in advance and broke away from his perception.

After lying like this for a few days, he felt that his mind was no longer so hazy.

The little people in the sea of ​​divine consciousness gathered together again, but they were still a little illusory.

Look inward at your own body and let your mind sink into your Dantian.

Five-colored spiritual power like mercury emerged in the Dantian. A ball of five-colored mist swirled in the five-colored spiritual power, forming a small cyclone.

Shen Lian sensed and tried many times, and he was able to mobilize this five-colored cyclone, but the cyclone and spiritual power seemed to exist in different spatial levels.

This piece of five-colored fog is the size of a palm, flickering with spiritual light and emitting an indescribable Taoist charm.

Inside the five-colored fog, there is also a small five-colored stick, which is stuck straight into the dantian.

“Could this be the spiritual root?”

Shen Lian tried several times, but was unable to sense the small stick more clearly from a distance, so he gave up.

At this moment, after his mind and the small stick became one, he sensed the colorful inspiration wandering in the void.

Shen Lian slowly spread out his palms, and the five-colored substances in his dantian gushed out from his palms like a spring.

"What is the function of this five-colored mist?"

Thinking of how the Tianyan Fire Domain had been used to refine weapons and make talismans, his mind moved, and the five-colored mist in his palm turned into a ball of five-colored fire.

When I used the Tianyan Fire Domain before, I just combined my mind with the fire spiritual power, and now it has materialized.

[Magic Power: Heavenly Five Elements Domain]

After Shen Lian sensed it, his expression became a little gloomy. Apart from being struck by lightning, after the five elements of spiritual roots were perfected, his magical powers became five-in-one, and there were no other changes.

In that mysterious space, he saw five rays of spiritual light transformed into seeds, which sprouted into a towering tree.

Hanging on the tree... the world, the living beings! Thinking of this, Shen Lian's mind sank into the sea of ​​​​Dantian again and looked at his small one.

Compared with the towering trees in time and space, he is relatively small, with the difference being just like the vast starry sky and a speck of dust.

After studying for a long time, Shen Lian did not realize that the five-colored fog had any other effects. He focused his mind and began to prepare for the promotion to the Golden Elixir stage, but suddenly remembered that he still had some divine enlightenment points that he had not used.

[Shen Lian: Ninth Level of Foundation Building]

【Lifespan: 81/350】

[Five Elements Spiritual Roots: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth are complete (cannot be merged)]

[Constitution: Five Elements Spirit Body (Not Awakened)]

[Magic Power: Heavenly Five Elements Domain]

【Divine enlightenment point: 21】

As Shen Lian opened and closed his eyes, he was stunned when he looked at his own data. He couldn't understand why.

He knew from the spiritual body that some people in the world of cultivation had different physiques and possessed stronger talents in cultivation than other cultivators.

Even some cultivators with special physiques, even if their spiritual root values ​​are low, can still have a cultivation speed comparable to that of high-grade spiritual roots with the blessing of their physique.

But most physical conditions are hidden. The sect can measure the spiritual roots but cannot measure a certain physical condition.

Only the monks themselves can sense it based on the changes in their own bodies during the practice.

Now that his five elements are complete, a spirit suddenly pops out, but it is not yet fully awakened.

"Spiritual roots fuse together, or fuse into the body?"

Shen Lian showed a thoughtful look. He felt that the appearance of the spirit body must be related to the spiritual roots.

It is still widely rumored in the world of immortal cultivation that in ancient times, everyone could become an immortal. Was there no cultivator with poor spiritual roots at that time? Or was it that spiritual roots were not needed at that time? After thinking for a long time, Shen Lian scratched his head.

It seems that the role of the divine enlightenment points lies in the fusion of spiritual roots and the awakening of the spiritual body.

"I'll collect more notes on this topic in the future."

…

Two months later.

Shen Lian, who was sitting cross-legged in the cave, exhaled a breath of foul air, and the turmoil in his soul after being struck by lightning was finally calmed down.

Next up…

As he waved his hand, a flash of light appeared and the embryo of a magic weapon appeared in his palm.

Because he hadn't found spider silk to use as a sail, Shen Lian was struck through by lightning.

If canvas doesn’t work, then use gold and stone ones.

His spirit ship does not have to rely on the wind to travel, he can directly refine the lightning-attributed ore into sails.

After adding the missing sails and refining the Cave Heaven Stone into the Five Elements Ship, the next step is to advance to the Golden Elixir stage.

ps: I have been quite busy in the hospital these past two days, so I can only update once.

(End of this chapter)