Cultivation: From Servant to Revered Immortal

On the back of the Earth Element Beast, Zhou Xun sat cross-legged, eyes closed, regulating his breathing.

Just now, during the magical combat with the Old Demon, Zhou Xun deployed the Purple Sky True Thunder Array, using techniques of immense thunder to break the Old Demon’s lifebound magical treasure.

It directly consumed more than half of his mana.

With Zhou Xun’s cautious nature, he naturally took a Qi Recovery Pill as soon as possible, quickly regulating his state back to its peak.

To prevent being caught off guard with insufficient mana if a sudden situation arose.

Three days later, Zhou Xun opened his eyes.

After this period of regulation, his mana finally returned to perfection.

He began to contemplate his next actions.

"I’ve been in the Chaotic Domain for more than two years, and now I’ve finally resolved the hidden danger of the Blood Shadow Technique!"

"My cultivation has also successfully advanced to the middle-stage of Core Formation. Next, I should return to Song Country to welcome my true body for core formation in the Central Continent!"

At this moment, the "Celestial Spirit True Flame Lotus" on Zhou Xun’s incarnation was only a short distance away from tier four top-grade.

Once the true body arrives in the Central Continent and then returns to the Chaotic Domain, the Celestial Spirit True Flame Lotus should be about tier four top-grade.

By then, extracting its essence, to enhance the true body’s aptitude to a celestial spirit root.

The place for the true body’s core formation, Zhou Xun had already decided—it would be in the Chaotic Domain.

Here, there were no Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, making it even safer for him.

Plus, with the presence of a tier four human puppet, it could be said to be as solid as a rock.

Moreover, given Zhou Xun’s true body’s aptitude and foundation, there’s a high chance of forming a golden core during core formation,

Based on Zhou Xun’s previous experience with the incarnation’s core formation, it would surely be difficult to keep it unnoticed.

If it were outside, it would definitely attract the attention of Nascent Soul Stage cultivators.

After all, this immortal golden core is undoubtedly a nascent soul seed; in the three great influences, only the few saint heirs of the core sects barely have such fortune.

For Zhou Xun, who lacks a background, such a good thing could very likely turn into a bad thing.

Hence, the Chaotic Domain is more suitable.

Even if it draws others’ attention, after the core formation, Zhou Xun can quickly leave. Even if someone harbors ill intentions, with the human puppet’s strength,

It should be able to give them quite a surprise.

However, before leaving the Chaotic Domain, Zhou Xun had one more thing to verify.

He patted his hand on the storage bag at his waist, a spirit light flew out and fell in front of him, it was his small divination compass.

Then he took out some Dragon Blood Holy Fruit Spirit Plant Ash he had obtained in the Thunder Flood Dragon Nest in the Accumulation Mountain Range,

Injected mana, formed a spell with his hands, and chanted as he began divination.

Moments later, the compass flashed with light, yielding results.

Zhou Xun carefully checked it.

"Judging from the compass’s results, that person is still at the northern frontier of the Chaotic Domain. Well, I’ll deal with it after the true body’s core formation!"

Zhou Xun had previously divined several times; this person had been staying at the northern frontier of the Chaotic Domain for several years.

Simultaneously, the divination indicated great danger if Zhou Xun went there at this time,

Thus, Zhou Xun suppressed the thought of fighting for the Dragon Blood Holy Fruit, planning to go after the true body’s core formation.

Firstly, with the strong foundation and power of the true body, after core formation, the strength would certainly not be inferior to the incarnation,

Secondly, the true body also had a tier four human puppet, which when driven by the true body, even if not as powerful as a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, shouldn’t be too far off.

Combined with the incarnation,

This setup would barely have a fighting chance against a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator!

Only then would seizing the Dragon Blood Holy Fruit be secure.

Having made up his mind, Zhou Xun put away the compass.

...

Next, Zhou Xun took out the storage bag of the Old Demon Yulu, preparing to inventory it and see if he could find a method for cultivating the Blood Demon Child.

But because the Old Demon hadn’t truly fallen, the storage bag still retained the Old Demon’s divine sense imprint, making it impossible to forcefully open it.

It had to be erased before it could be opened.

This was merely a little more effort for Zhou Xun.

Immediately, Zhou Xun placed the Old Demon’s storage bag in front of him, his divine sense enveloping it, finding the divine sense mark left by the Old Demon within,

And then began slowly erasing it!

Sure enough, ten days later, just after Zhou Xun left the Chaotic Domain and entered Jing Country not long after, the divine sense mark was successfully erased.

...

Meanwhile, several million miles away, a streak of blood light was speeding along.

Suddenly, the person let out a muffled groan, his face extremely sullen.

"Scoundrel! Killed my beloved son, destroyed my body, and now even took my treasures, such hatred is irreconcilable!"

This person was indeed Old Demon Yulu, who was flying towards the mountain gate of the Blood Refining Sect. From the prior magical combat with Zhou Xun, he naturally inferred the fate of his son.

Even for him, a peak core formation cultivator, it was not minor, not to mention those two early-stage core formation juniors.

"Once I return to the sect, I will report the leakage of the ’Blood Demon Joint Attack Secret Technique’, and make sure you are wanted in the world, with nowhere to hide!"

...

Zhou Xun successfully erased the Old Demon Yulu’s divine sense mark,

Then he emptied the treasures inside the storage bag, forming a small hill, and began inventorying them.

As an Old Demon who had been wreaking havoc in the Chaotic Domain for many years, the treasures in his storage bag were indeed cause for Zhou Xun’s considerable expectation.

Unfortunately, the most valuable Ten Thousand Skulls Banner had already been damaged by Zhou Xun’s Purple Sky True Thunder Array,

The late-stage core formation Blood Demon Child had also been driven by the Old Demon to escape.

Moments later, Zhou Xun completed the inventory,

There were as many as seven or eight magical treasures, apparently spoils from the Old Demon’s intercepting and killing other cultivators.

There was an endless array of tier three materials, occupying more than half, among them were quite a few top-grade items, although many were demonic materials,

Including a four-foot long piece of black wood,

"This is... tier four Nourishing Spirit Wood!" Zhou Xun couldn’t help but exclaim with joy.

Tier four Nourishing Spirit Wood has the effect of nurturing the divine soul, and it’s said that magical treasures refined from tier four Nourishing Spirit Wood are more likely to develop magical treasure spirits, and even artifact spirits are possible.

That’s the kind of ability only spirit treasures possess.

As for why the Old Demon had this Nourishing Spirit Wood, it’s not hard to guess.

After all, the Nourishing Spirit Wood is one of the best refining materials for treasures like the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and Honored Soul Banner,

Now it’s a bargain for himself, Zhou Xun happily stowed it away.

Continuing to look,

There were only more than six hundred spirit stones, not a lot relative to the Old Demon’s status.

Various cultivation techniques and secret techniques numbering in the hundreds,

The biggest surprise for Zhou Xun was the "Blood Demon Scripture" among them,

"I wonder if I can find the method to cultivate the Blood Demon Child in here!" full of great expectation, Zhou Xun immersed his divine sense into it, starting to examine.

The earlier sections on cultivation technique practice didn’t differ much.

But it seemed not as detailed as Zhou Xun’s piece, resembling an abridged version, and it only recorded up to the late-stage core formation.

Whereas Zhou Xun’s version could be directly cultivated to divinity transformation.

However, Zhou Xun only wanted the secret techniques within, for cultivation techniques, he had his own Spirit Wood True Technique.

The latter part of the jade scroll introduced those secret techniques.

"Blood Escape", "Blood Shadow Stab", "Blood Demon Child" were all secret techniques recorded in Zhou Xun’s scroll.

But secret techniques like "Blood Demon Disintegration" and "Blood Demon Substitution Tribulation" were not in Zhou Xun’s version.

Blood Demon Disintegration was evidently the scene when the Old Demon’s body exploded that day, a secret technique for retaliatory strikes in desperate situations, paired with Blood Demon Substitution Tribulation,

Which is the secret technique where the Old Demon’s golden core transformed into black light,

It might have been the key to turning defeat into victory.

Of course, later on, Zhou Xun also found the "Blood Demon Cultivation Technique" secret technique.

Unfortunately, it only contained records of cultivating the Blood Demon Child to peak core formation stage, with nothing beyond that.

"Well, being able to cultivate to peak core formation, combined with the Blood Demon Joint Attack Secret Technique, it won’t lack methods at the first Nascent Soul Level!"