txolops Chapter 180 6 years
Chapter 180 6 years
"This..." Luo Ming was stunned, completely taken aback.
It's not like we haven't tried before. Basically, if the blood essence of a demon beast is not from the same source, there will be no fusion phenomenon. Instead, they will be clearly separated.
"Huh!" A surprised exclamation came from the Xuan Yuan Pearl. The pearl circled the fused blood essence several times, as if it were observing it carefully.
"Strange! The Black Tortoise belongs to the Earth element, and the Azure Dragon belongs to the Water element. Logically speaking, even without fierce conflict, it should be extremely difficult for them to merge so easily... unless..."
Tianjing Sanren pondered for a moment, his tone gradually becoming firm and surprised: "Unless the essence of these two demonic beasts originally contained a very faint trace of the same ancient bloodline! The Xuan Turtle has legends of being related to the Xuanwu, and the Azure Flood Dragon also carries the bloodline of a True Dragon. True Dragons and Xuanwu are both supreme holy spirits in ancient mythology, so perhaps in even more ancient times, their bloodlines shared some commonalities. Your opportunity… is truly extraordinary! The quality of this fused essence far surpasses the simple addition of the two. That trace of ancient meaning contained within may have immeasurable benefits for your future physical abilities, supernatural powers, and even the nature of your magical power!"
Looking at the dark golden essence blood within the cauldron, feeling the vast and harmonious power it contained, Luo Ming's eyes shone with a burning light. In this way, the foundation for cultivating the Blood Fusion Technique would be even more perfect than he had anticipated.
His divine sense surged forth, tightly enveloping the ball of dark golden essence blood, then he opened his mouth and swallowed it, quickly seizing the time to refine it.
Logically speaking, when first practicing this method, it is best to start with the blood essence of low-ranking demonic beasts and gradually increase the level of the blood essence later, which would be safer.
But Luo Ming is different. Besides having a powerful divine sense to control it, the most important thing is that he has cultivated the Spirit Control Technique over the years. His control over the essence blood of demonic beasts is far superior to that of other cultivators. Naturally, he doesn't have to worry too much about the essence blood being too high-level and being devoured by the evil energy inside.
With his divine sense firmly locked onto the dark golden essence blood in his abdomen, Luo Ming's spiritual energy suddenly surged. The Spirit Gathering Array was activated to its limit, and the dense spiritual energy poured into his body like a tangible substance. Half of it flowed into his dantian, nourishing the azure-gold Azure Nether True Qi, while the other half followed the cultivation path of the Blood Fusion Technique, cleansing his limbs and bones, and gradually tempering the immense power contained in the essence blood into his physical body.
Within his dantian, the Xuan Yuan Pearl floated above, with the power of Xuan Water flowing slowly, continuously nourishing and refining the Azure Nether True Qi. Even though Luo Ming was simultaneously engaged in two cultivations, his magical power never became weak or unstable.
Within the physical body, the dark golden essence blood transformed into wisps of energy, merging with a branch of the Azure Nether True Qi. Following the body-refining technique, with each cycle, the physical body became stronger. Beneath the skin, a faint dark golden light flashed, possessing both the dignified and steady nature of the Xuan Turtle and the agile and fierce nature of the Azure Dragon.
This kind of dual cultivation of body and mind is far more difficult than cultivating only one path.
Cultivating magical power requires concentration and steady progress, while body tempering requires enduring the intense pain of having one's meridians and bones tempered by the power of essence and blood. If the two cultivation methods clash even slightly, it can damage one's very foundation.
However, Luo Ming's spiritual sense is now far stronger than that of other cultivators of the same level. Even if he is distracted by two things, he can still control both powers perfectly.
Time flows like water, leaving no trace.
Luo Ming's cave has remained closed for sixty years. The withering and flourishing of the vegetation outside the cave, the changing seasons, have witnessed the passage of time.
On this day, within the cave, spiritual light surged, and a low, booming sound erupted from Luo Ming's body. His muscles bulged slightly, then quickly subsided, and the dark golden light on his skin gradually receded, finally returning to calm.
He slowly opened his eyes, a flash of brilliance in them quickly turning into a look of relief. He raised his hand and gently clenched his fist, a surge of immense physical power gathering at the tip of his fist. A slight whooshing sound filled the air, and the force of his fist disrupted even the dense spiritual energy around him.
Over the past sixty years, he has almost exhausted his spirit stone reserves. In terms of magical cultivation, his Azure Nether True Qi has already broken through to the Foundation Establishment Perfection stage. His dantian and sea of qi are filled with extremely refined magical power, as viscous as liquid gold. When circulating, gold and water generate each other, combining strength and gentleness. More importantly, the diameter of his dantian and sea of qi is more than twice as large as before, far exceeding what he could have achieved when he was at the Foundation Establishment Perfection stage.
After sixty years of tempering his body, his physical body was already comparable to that of a peak level four demon beast. His physical strength was incomparably powerful. Ordinary magic weapons could only leave a shallow white mark when they struck him. Even without circulating his magic power, he could contend head-on with a late Foundation Establishment cultivator with just his physical body.
"Foundation Building complete..." Luo Ming murmured softly, his tone tinged with both emotion and composure.
"The art of body refinement is indeed more difficult as you progress. It took me a full thirty years to go from the mid-Foundation Establishment stage to the Perfection stage, which is several times more difficult than breaking through the barrier of magical power. If it weren't for the support of the fused essence blood and the Xuan Yuan Pearl to temper my body, I'm afraid I might not be able to break through this barrier even after another thirty years."
The voice of Tianjing Sanren came from the Xuan Yuan Pearl, his tone full of admiration and a hint of satisfaction: "You only spent sixty years to reach the Foundation Establishment Perfection realm in both your magic power and body refining techniques. Looking across the entire Great Jin, among the younger generation, I'm afraid no one can compare to you. Even the core disciples of those top sects, with Nascent Soul cultivators protecting them, may not have such a solid foundation as you."
In his view, with Luo Ming's current total mana and terrifying spiritual strength, although he is still at the Foundation Establishment stage, ordinary early Core Formation cultivators are no match for him.
Even more terrifying is that if Luo Ming were to directly rely on his powerful divine sense to unleash his divine sense attack, even a late-stage Core Formation cultivator would likely perish if they did not have a divine sense-type treasure for protection.
Luo Ming's lips curled up slightly, and he was about to respond when his brows suddenly furrowed, and his expression instantly became serious.
He clearly sensed that the originally stable spiritual energy outside the cave had suddenly become restless. A strange energy fluctuation slowly seeped in through the cracks in the cave's restrictions. Even though his cave was heavily restricted, it was difficult to completely isolate this fluctuation.
"This fluctuation..." Luo Ming closed his eyes, his divine sense instantly spreading out, penetrating the cave's restrictions and reaching all directions of Tianxing City. "Another person is forming their core!"
He was already familiar with this scene of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth stirring and spreading energy fluctuations.
For the past sixty years, he has been living in seclusion in his cave, cultivating and observing several similar anomalies. These were all strange phenomena caused by Foundation Establishment cultivators in Tianxing City attempting to break through to the Core Formation realm after accumulating enough power.
The Core Formation Realm is a major watershed on the path of cultivation. Foundation Establishment cultivators need to draw spiritual energy from heaven and earth into their bodies to break through to Core Formation. Naturally, the richer the spiritual energy, the better. In Tianxing City, a place with the highest spiritual veins in the Chaotic Star Sea, it is not uncommon for cultivators to attempt Core Formation here.