For fellow Taoists who don’t often use their brains, this kind of experience is difficult to comprehend, and it is simply impossible to understand this kind of happiness that comes without any effort.
This feeling is like... like... umm... ah... it can only be understood but not described.
【Insight Points - 2400000】
Formation level five, low quality → level five, medium quality.
【Insight Points - 4800000】
Fifth-grade middle grade → Fifth-grade upper grade.
In the sea of divine consciousness, the images and the information of inheritance were like weeds, growing wildly one after another and could not be stopped.
There was a small problem. Shen Lian felt that his brain had grown too much and it felt like his head was going to explode.
The strength of his spiritual power was comparable to that of an ordinary late-stage Jindan cultivator, but raising the formation from the fifth-order lower grade to the fifth-order upper grade all at once still seemed a bit overwhelming.
Whether it is alchemy, talisman making, or formation, it all needs to rely on the cultivator's spiritual power. Shen Lian hasn't felt this feeling for a long time.
The various images and inheritances that appeared in the sea of divine consciousness were squeezed together and suddenly filled his perception.
"Master, there is..."
Dahei came out of the Bu Tianzhu and wanted to report to Shen Lian the news he had just received.
But he saw his master lying on his back at the foot of a proud mountain, with a pair of slender white hands pressed on both sides of his forehead.
The big black eyes rolled around, and the little head suddenly understood.
No wonder the master wanted to create a female monk as his clone, it turned out to be for his own convenience.
It has to be the master.
"explain."
"Hey, just as the master expected, there are Divine Transformation cultivators out there who are forcibly exchanging the spiritual medicines in the hands of Nascent Soul cultivators, and they are even fighting each other."
"That's all?"
"Yeah, that's just some shit."
The big black thing attached itself and turned and left.
Shen Lian was immersed in the inheritance, with the back of his head resting on a soft area, and his squinted eyes were not even opened.
He had anticipated the disputes outside and had no intention of intervening in them personally.
There has never been a lack of battles in the glorious world of immortal cultivation. Now the Butian Sect has provided the Nascent Soul cultivators with the means to fight against the God Transformation cultivators, protecting them from the harassment of the God Transformation cultivators. This is already a great good deed.
Even though he had talismans and rare treasures, they were still destroyed by a divine monk. You can't blame him for this. He is not everyone's father and he doesn't need to take care of everyone meticulously.
Besides, if the old Nascent Soul cultivator doesn’t vacate his position, how can the new Nascent Soul cultivator take over and consume elixirs from him?
Reasonable optimization of a part of the monks will help to allocate resources to the monks in need, maximize value, and facilitate resource integration to form a perfect closed loop.
I don’t know why, but this sentence came to Shen Lian’s mind so smoothly that it was impossible to remember.
It's a good deal for Qian Dai. The ancestor has collected a lot of them recently, and they are all fresh and throbbing.
I will sell him an elixir to assist him in his advancement to godhood at the original price some other day.
Apart from the dispute over elixirs between Nascent Soul cultivators and God Transformation cultivators, several major forces are still searching for his existence.
As for the two "kinds", the whereabouts of the two-headed bird is currently unknown, while the one in the Ascension Tower still uses the Bu Tian Order to keep in touch with him from time to time.
In addition to keeping in touch, they sometimes also talk about their past experiences in cultivation and their travels in the world of immortal cultivation.
It was as if they were certain that he would show up, and his annoyingness was comparable to the Five Elements and Three Burial Talismans he invented.
Shen Lian saw all these things, and his heart was not disturbed at all.
His current goal is to become the strongest craftsman in the world of immortal cultivation.
By the way, during this period of time, I was busy refining elixirs to improve my realm, searching for ancient cultivation methods, etc. I had no time to communicate with my "kind".
…
Three years later.
Shen Lian, lying in Kankan's arms, rubbed his head. He felt that his mind was full of knowledge.
A fifth-rank high-grade array master, he now claims to be the number one array master in the Cloud Realm, but he is still far from his goal.
"The divine consciousness is still too weak."
With Shen Lian's current spiritual power, it would not be a problem to set up a fifth-level top-grade formation if there were sufficient materials.
But if one wants to set up a sixth-order formation, divine consciousness is far from enough.
Shen Lian pulled Kankan's hair and played with it while thinking.
"Issuing a mission to obtain the fifth-level lower-grade Qionglong tendon spirit flower, blood essence spirit marrow bone..."
He named dozens of elixirs needed for physical cultivation in one breath, and then the Bu Tian Zhu spirit was placed on the Bu Tian exchange platform in various ways.
Improving the strength of the soul is a comprehensive process. Shen Lian’s current spiritual strength is comparable to that of the late stage of transformation, but if he wants to go further, he may have a phenomenon where his soul is stronger than his physical body.
If the physical body cannot bear the weight of the soul, it may cause the body to collapse.
If one wants to control the sixth-order formation, the soul must not be elevated to a level comparable to the realm of refining emptiness, but at least it must be elevated to a level that exceeds the great perfection of the transformation of the spirit, which is between the transformation of the spirit and the refining of emptiness.
In this case, his physical strength is still at the Nascent Soul level, which is not polite.
Of course, there is another way to get rid of the restriction of the body on the soul, that is to become a ghost cultivator? As soon as this idea came to mind, Shen Lian strangled it. He touched the peak of Qianqian. He had practiced for so many years, but he had never entered the channel that led directly to the soul of the female Taoist friend. It was too bad to become a ghost cultivator.
It’s all because there are too many evil people in Yunxiao Realm.
It makes him feel gloomy now.
He is even more sinister than other sinister people. Let's see who can dig deeper with a hoe in hand.
In the past, it was because he did not have enough insights. Shen Lian had never thought that one day he would be worried because of his own insufficient realm.
…
Five years later.
Inside the cave, the alchemy furnace made a clanging sound, and the purple flame formed dozens of fire dragons surrounding it, covering several purple elixirs.
Shen Lian grabbed the elixir in his hand and looked at the pattern on the pill carefully.
Each pill is the size of a longan, and its quality is between medium and high quality.
The improved version of Fuyao Tianyun Pill helps cultivators advance to the divine realm and is suitable for cultivators of all ethnic groups.
"With a quasi-superior quality elixir in hand, it would be rude of you to fail to advance to the Divine Transformation stage."
After playing with the Fuyao Tianyun Pill with some ingredients for a while, he asked, "Dahei, have you found your target?"
"Master, we have found four so far. Please take a look."
Having followed Shen Lian for many years, how could Dahei not know what Shen Lian was thinking? His master wanted to give these cultivators a chance to resume their cultivation.
Originally, Shen Lian wanted to train a few people of his own for the Yunxiao Realm, but when he thought about the fact that he would need a large number of soul groups, he could only take out a part of them to help himself first.
In fact, it is not difficult to find a cultivator who can take over another person's body. There are many cultivators who have achieved the state of incarnation in the world of immortal cultivation. However, after much thought, Shen Lian felt that it was better not to touch the original cultivator.
After all, he swallowed more than one, and it would be easy to expose his tracks if he killed several of them in a row. It would be better to cultivate them quietly and then harvest them.
This is what the fat pill master I met in the wilderness did. He built a powerful puppet formation for himself.
Select alien races like the Xuanyou Clan that rule an entire world of immortal cultivation, or most of the world of immortal cultivation. After swallowing up the alien cultivators, you can have an extra identity as a backup, and you can make use of their ancestral land later on. The more food a clan has, the more happy it will be.
"Master, these four cultivators are all plagued by karma. One is in the late Nascent Soul stage, and the other three are in the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage."
The three-dimensional map of the world of immortal cultivation appeared in front of Shen Lian. Four spots of light lit up between each continent, rotating and revealing different shapes.
“Master, I am the ancestor of the Silver Thorn Clan in the Dongsheng Xiuxian Realm. This realm is located in the east of the continent, three Xiuxian realms away from the Donghuang Xiuxian Realm.
This cultivator has been in the Nascent Soul stage for three thousand years and has never been to the Ferry Continent once."
"The ancestor of the Wuling Clan in the Cloud Cultivation Realm, he has reached the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul. This clan is good at wind magic. He has just advanced to the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul for about a hundred years, and he still relied on the elixir on the platform to advance."
…
“Beast Moth Mountain Flamingo, fourth level great perfection, fire attribute great demon king.
After waiting for Dahei to finish introducing this information, Shen Lian threw the Fuyao Pill to Dahei.
"Find a way to deliver the elixir to them and keep an eye on their movements. If anything goes wrong, you know what to do."
"Hehe, I know, I'll send him directly to see the Order of Heaven and Earth. I'm a loyal lackey of Heaven and Earth."
Looking at Dahei's appearance, Shen Lian nodded with satisfaction.
"Oh, and give them a copy of the cultivation experience of transcending tribulation and becoming a god. Remember to collect all the exchange points you should get."
"As ordered, Master, rest assured, I will pray for them every day, praying that they can advance to the God Transformation stage."
After Dahei retreated, Shen Lian flew to a small cave next to a waterfall in the cave.
Alchemy is also very energy-consuming, he needs to have a good rest.
Cultivate the spirit to harvest the energy of the soul.
The elixirs of the Five Elements Immortal Palace are used to enhance magical powers and physical cultivation levels.
By this calculation, the Yunxiao Realm is not that poor, and it is still quite wealthy to support one person.
The request for spiritual medicines related to physical cultivation that was previously announced by the Bu Tian Qi Ling has also yielded results, and they actually got a few spiritual medicines related to physical cultivation.
However, these few spiritual herbs can only guarantee his physical cultivation advancement to the fifth level. If he wants to make further progress, he will need a large amount of related spiritual herbs.
After resting for more than half a month, Shen Lian devoted himself to alchemy again. He was much more serious when refining medicine for himself.
…
Like a water cave, the moonlight is shining.
There was a continuous rumbling sound like huge waves hitting the rocks, and this sound continued for two years.
Inside the cave, Shen Lian's figure was like a blazing sun. The aura released from his body rolled directly into balls of flames, burning holes in the densely interwoven surroundings.
Through the fire sun, one can see that a flame vein similar to the branches of a tree has formed in his body, penetrating his sky and converging into a spring below.
At the locations of the five internal organs of the body, five colors of thunder, red, white, black, yellow and green, evolved into five thunder dragons, which constantly devoured these red fire veins.
"rise!"
Suddenly, Shen Lian uttered a word.
The flames around his body suddenly rolled up, and his sitting figure suddenly grew larger and soon turned into a ten-foot-tall fire man.
There are flames spewing out of the fireman's eyes, nostrils, ear holes, mouth, and even anus... The flamethrower warrior sounds so ugly.
At the locations of the five internal organs, thunder rolls like a ball.
"In the Middle Ages, the Xuan Yang Body was just an ordinary physical cultivation method. I didn't expect it to be so mysterious."
Shen Lian opened his mouth, and a large amount of air rushed into his mouth. In one breath, he exhaled a fire dragon containing thunder, which pierced through the spiritual restriction in front of him.
However, outside the broken spiritual restriction hole, a green light flashed and another layer of spiritual restriction was rearranged.
This is also the reason why he ran out of the Meteorite Cave to practice. He was afraid of damaging his cave.
The destructive power of physical repair is too great, and houses can easily collapse.
Shen Lian raised his hand and grabbed lightly. The wandering flames gathered into a fire dragon in his palm. The rules were intertwined within the fire dragon, and it was full of charm.
"It seems that I am still not an orthodox physical practitioner. The power of the fire dragon has been fused with a portion of the magic power."
Shen Lian didn't worry about this situation. It didn't matter what kind of energy it was, as long as it was his.
The fire veins throughout the body circulated, and the flames returned to the body little by little. The cave was charred black, and the soil and rocks turned into black powder.
Shen Lian began to feel the improvement in his physical training. The fortune brought by the promotion to the fifth level was much greater than that of the fourth level.
The strength of the soul increased by about 2,500 miles, and the total strength of the divine consciousness reached 18,700 miles.
When his eyes opened and closed, a bright light flickered in them.
[Shen Lian: Mid-stage of Spiritualization (Five Qis Returning to the Origin)]
[Physical Training: Initial Stage of Fifth Stage (Xuan Yang Body)]
[Taoism: Refining Essence into Qi (None)]
[Divine Thoughts (Divine Court): 18700 miles]
[Rule: The five elements rule changes, and the yin and yang rule changes]
After standing up and relaxing his body, Shen Lian appeared on a mountaintop somewhere in Xuanyou Mountain. He squinted his eyes and looked into the sky. Dahei fell on his shoulder.
“It’s still not enough.”
According to his prediction, if he wanted to control and deploy a sixth-order formation in the Spirit Transformation Realm, the strength of his spiritual power would have to reach at least fifty thousand miles.
The value of 50,000 miles has already exceeded the strength of the divine consciousness of a normal divine cultivator who has reached great perfection.
If one wants to control a divine consciousness with a strength of 50,000 miles, the strength of the physical body must at least reach the late fifth stage.
If a cultivator wants to advance to the late stage of the Spirit Transformation, even if there is no shortage of spiritual medicines now, Shen Lian estimates that it will take at least five to eight hundred years to practice step by step.
If we take into account the time spent on refining elixirs and magic treasures for the cultivators on the way, as well as other miscellaneous matters, the time will be even longer.
It is impossible for Shen Lian to continue practicing by sitting cross-legged like this. Even if he has perfect spiritual roots, squatting like this will cause obstacles in his practice.
Physical cultivation does not require so much time, as long as there are spiritual medicines, but the problem is that there are not many spiritual medicines for physical cultivation.
There are some differences between high-level spiritual medicines for physical cultivation and spiritual medicines for magic cultivation. Most of the spiritual medicines for physical cultivation appear in the form of roots, their aura is slightly wild, and their medicinal power is explosive.
The cultivators who entered the Immortal Palace were very pragmatic, and would often simply avoid this type of spiritual medicine when they encountered it. This meant that the spiritual medicine for physical cultivation that Shen Lian collected was only enough for advancement to the fifth level.
Next time, the Five Elements Immortal Palace will have to explain this to the cultivators in advance.
We cannot reject the body-cultivating elixirs just because you don't use them. This will delay the leader's important matters.
As for the power of rules, Shen Lian has Kankan, a little expert to assist him in his cultivation, but it will still take at least five hundred years to transform the power of rules into the second level.
The first and second turns are different. The more profound the power of rules that roam between heaven and earth, the more hazy it appears.
This is the realm level limit of the Yunxiao Realm. Unless the realm level is raised, more profound rules and mysteries can be revealed for cultivators to comprehend.
After much thought, Shen Lian felt that if he wanted to complete his idea, it would take at least a thousand years.
Grabbing Dahei from his shoulder, Shen Lian rubbed Dahei's head hard.
“I will lie down for a thousand years. After a thousand years, I will still be less than three thousand years old. I will still be the youngest among the gods, the best fighter under three thousand years old, the best at refining medicine among alchemists, and the last one to make talismans…”
"If you want to find me, go eat shit, I won't go out."
With a flash of his figure, Shen Lian disappeared on the top of the mountain, then he dressed up as the ancestor Xuan Hao and walked out for a few steps.
Only by showing up often can everyone know that he is the ancestor of the Xuanyou clan.
…
When Shen Lian was making his thousand-year plan, in an independent cave realm.
"This is outrageous. A bunch of ants, relying on their spiritual talismans and rare treasures, actually dare not take spiritual masters like us seriously."
A group of forbidden gods gathered together for an exchange meeting.
Before the exchange meeting even started, everyone expressed deep concern about the current situation in the world of immortal cultivation and launched extremely harsh criticisms.
The order of cultivation in the world of immortal cultivation that has existed for eternity has been threatened in an extremely serious way. For the spiritual masters present, it is extremely worrying and painful.
In the corner, the Red Fire Boy, who was leading this change, shrank his head and said nothing.
Although he destroyed that small sect, he not only gained nothing, but the rotten smell in his body worsened, and he lost a lot of money.
I have done nothing for the past few hundred years, just hiding away to recuperate.
A group of gods gathered together, some of them were more furious than others, and the whole place was filled with murderous intent.
It's outrageous!
What is a spirit? It is the most powerful being in a world. This is an eternal truth.
Now that he was provoked by a group of juniors, what should he do? Such a scene made Cui Shaoqing, who was sitting cross-legged, smile calmly in his heart.
He was familiar with this scene. The one who jumped harder would be the most seriously injured. If you don't believe me, go to the crowd in the mortal world after dark and throw a stone. The one who is hit will definitely have the worst voice.
A group of forbidden gods gathered together and after a severe criticism...
"Fellow Daoists, how about joining the exchange meeting first?"
“…”
In an instant, the ancestors who had cultivated to the state of transformation of spirits all followed suit.
"Great kindness."
"That makes sense."
…
In the depths of the cave where many incarnations of spirits gathered, amidst the clouds and mist, several figures met again.
In a palace filled with fairy air.
On the main seat at the top, sat a plump, fair-skinned, middle-aged monk with gleaming eyes.
On the left below is the half-petrified Holy Ape Spirit Lord, and on the right is the Gousheng Spirit Lord.
The atmosphere in the hall was somewhat stagnant.
"Sea Lord, the Blood Soul Tower did not achieve the expected effect this time. We didn't even make back the cost. The only one who advanced to the God Transformation stage was the cultivator we sent out as bait."
When the Holy Ape Spirit Lord spoke, no expression could be seen on his petrified face, but his voice was extremely harsh.
"The lack of new Spiritual Transformation Advancement has had a huge impact on us. The strength of the group of people outside has been greatly reduced. They can't even defeat a group of Nascent Soul Sects. It's really embarrassing."
"Also, I heard that there are elixirs that can improve your vitality on the exchange platform. What we expected has finally happened."
"Once there is a new channel for advancing to the God Transformation stage, our appeal to the Yuanying Great Perfection cultivators in the world will suffer a fatal blow."
Gousheng Lingzun drooped his eyelids and showed no reaction to what the Holy Ape said.
The fat white monk at the top did not speak either.
Saint Ape Spiritual Venerable continued, "The Yin-Yang Spiritual Leaves produced by the Divine Transformation Cultivators are the only medium for us to communicate with the upper world. In comparison, the Exiled Immortal Tower and Tongtian Tower are not greatly affected."
"I contacted the Exiled Immortal Building. The mysterious first floor owner is still in seclusion. The second floor owner is said to have been seriously injured in the Five Elements Immortal Palace. After running back, he went into seclusion to heal his injuries. The third floor owner is also in seclusion."
"As for Tsutenkaku, it's still the same as always, everyone is busy with their own business."
"What we can confirm at the moment is that the craftsmen in the exchange platform are not from this world. They are most likely from the upper world, or they may have connections with the upper world just like us."
After a brief silence, the fat white monk glanced around. He was like a wealthy man in the mortal world, with his squinting eyes never fully opened.
"Spending a huge price to avoid inspections from the Immortal Realm, crossing the turbid sea shrouded by order, and going through numerous dangers to deliver second, third, and fourth-level cultivation resources from the Immortal Realm, just to support a group of cultivators from the lower realms?"
"Do you want to tell me that the person behind this is a kind person?"
(End of this chapter)