Chapter 322 - 285: (Revised) Pinnacle
Pillage!
At this moment, Jiang Yuebai’s Elixir Field vortex was pillaging, and the Divine Sense Immortal Ganoderma was also pillaging, not only seizing nature’s spiritual energy but also the bodies of the Black Flood Dragon and the Primordial Demonic Dragon.
The spiritual energy in the Elixir Field was rapidly expanding, the Immortal Ganoderma bloodline was quickly advancing, and even her fleshly body was being refined in the process of expelling various violent muddy qi.
The simultaneous advancement of spirit, soul, and body seemed to twist the three strands into a single rope, allowing her, in a daze, to master a brand new method of cultivation.
A path she could not identify, whether it was righteous or evil, whether it was compliant with heaven or defiant against it.
Ugh!!
A tsunami-like surge of power suddenly interrupted Jiang Yuebai’s pillaging; the vortex in her Elixir Field was violently dispersed, and the intense power caused the Primordial Demonic Dragon’s stomach walls to expand sharply, then quickly contract.
The powerful squeezing force expelled the water like a cannonball from the Primordial Demonic Dragon’s esophagus.
Vomit~~
The Black Flood Dragon’s head was spat out, the Primordial Demonic Dragon felt a sense of relief, turned its head, and left.
The deep sea currents lessened the impact, Jiang Yuebai emerged from the Black Flood Dragon’s head, red shells constantly falling off her body, revealing the unusually resilient skin underneath, with a faint blood glow.
Jiang Yuebai lowered her head, only to see a hard-skinned giant tail covered in scars quickly disappearing into the bottomless ocean trench below.
It was pitch dark as if leading straight to the netherworld, no light penetrated, making it eerie.
She still couldn’t see the full appearance of the Primordial Demonic Dragon; Jiang Yuebai only knew from the records in books that it had the body of a crocodile and the tail of a dragon.
Suspended in the sea, Jiang Yuebai glanced around, noticing no aquatic fierce beasts, the edges of the trench below filled with colorful coral clusters, emitting a dim light, illuminating a small area.
A narrow escape; she needed to leave quickly.
As Jiang Yuebai swam upward, she checked her Elixir Field.
With one glance, she was pleasantly surprised to find a walnut-sized vortex at the center of her Elixir Field, wrapped in a thin membrane.
The vortex’s center was full of colorless, transparent spiritual energy, resembling flowing water.
As it rotated, streams of green, red, white, black, and yellow were drawn from the Five Elements Dao Platform, swirling into the vortex, continually merging into colorless spiritual energy.
Is this the Qi Elixir? Has she reached the peak of Foundation Establishment?
Jiang Yuebai quickly checked her Immortal Cultivation Panel.
[Name] Jiang Yuebai
[Spirit Root] Five Elements Spirit Root (Fire Evil/Quicksand/Cloud Mushroom/Green Cicada/Vortex)
[Realm] Peak Foundation Establishment
[Cultivation Technique]
Five Elements Returning to Truth Foundation Establishment Chapter (Ninth Layer: 9999/990,000)
Fire Refining Sky Secret Scripture Foundation Establishment (Eighth Layer)
Nine Revolutions Golden Body Technique (Bone Forging Realm Perfection)
Immortal Grass Scripture (490,000/500,000)
(Others omitted)
Jiang Yuebai’s upward swimming paused. Why was her previous Main Cultivation Technique, "Fire Refining Sky Secret Scripture," stuck at the Eighth Layer, with no skill level data behind it?
The "Five Elements Returning to Truth Skill," which was previously stuck at the Second Layer and could not be cultivated, suddenly advanced to the Ninth Layer.
Recalling the previous panel prompt, Jiang Yuebai deduced that it might be because her Five Elements had returned to perfection, making "Five Elements Returning to Truth Skill" her Main Cultivation Technique.
She established her foundation with it, and as long as the Five Elements were balanced, the "Five Elements Returning to Truth Skill" would operate on its own.
Therefore, as the Five Elements Spiritual Energy in her Elixir Field transformed, the skill level of "Fire Refining Sky Secret Scripture" transferred to "Five Elements Returning to Truth Skill," which then advanced from the Eighth Layer to the Ninth Layer during her pillaging.
Jiang Yuebai quickly checked the Fire Talisman on the Fire Dao Platform and found it still there, letting out a sigh of relief.
The "Fire Refining Sky Secret Scripture" was only missing the last Fire Talisman to complete it. She didn’t know if it could be refined completely; she would try once she returned, and hopefully, it would naturally come to completion.
Besides, the "Nine Revolutions Golden Body Technique" was perfected at the Bone Forging Realm; she had felt it while expelling muddy qi, guiding her Body Refining in secret. Now, she only awaited Core Formation to enter the next realm.
The progress of the Immortal Grass Scripture was also delightful, lacking only ten thousand to reach level 8.
Now she had mastered the method of pillaging nature, enabling her to improve gradually without relying on spirit plants.
There were still some subtle changes in her body, but Jiang Yuebai had no time to dwell on them, accelerating her escape from the deep sea.
According to the experiences of most cultivators, after reaching the Peak Foundation Establishment, one might attempt Core Formation at any time.
However, Jiang Yuebai realized she was still lacking 980,000 skill levels to truly reach the peak of the ninth layer; she would need to devour 980 Demon Elixirs.
Attempting Core Formation at this time was certainly inadvisable.
Suddenly, the "Five Elements Returning to Truth Skill" advanced to the Ninth Layer; the process and changes were something she had yet to fully adapt to. Core Forming with this skill required further preparation.
Jiang Yuebai sensed her Elixir Field, where a five-colored bead quietly floated above the Lotus Platform, with a tiny crack on it, continually releasing origin power of the Five Elements thinner than a strand of hair.
She had long suspected that it might contain Five Elements Origin, and it turned out to be true.
With it, her Core Formation was bound to surpass her master’s First Grade Golden Core.
After swimming for more than half an hour, Jiang Yuebai finally reached the surface, taking a deep breath of fresh air.
Stepping into the air from the sea surface, her clothes were water-repellent and remained dry, only her hair plastered wetly against her body.
With a sway of spiritual energy, Jiang Yuebai flicked her hair, instantly scattering water droplets, her hair smoothly draped behind her.
She retied her hair bun to cover the Little Ganoderma, relieved that the Orchid Hairpin hadn’t flown off. The scent from the hairpin allowed her to enter the Enlightenment Realm easily, though she didn’t know which pollen it contained.
Regrettably, the scent had faded much; the pollen was almost depleted.
The weather was clear and cloudless; Jiang Yuebai stood on the calm sea, finding everything around identical, without any reference point.
The sun position was directly overhead; during the day, there were no stars, leaving her momentarily unsure of which direction to go.
Muttering under her breath while pointing in all directions, she eventually picked a direction with decisiveness, setting off at speed on her Flying Core Boat.
Sitting at the bow of the Flying Core Boat, she lifted her arm, sniffing various parts of herself, always feeling as though a faint scent of blood lingered.
Whether it was an illusion or a flaw in the method of pillaging, in the future, besides cultivating the Immortal Grass Scripture, she should refrain from easily absorbing other spiritual energies into her body.
She was the upright and genuine Senior Sister of an Immortal Sect, not a bloodthirsty Evil Cultivator.
"Evil Cultivator! Stop right there!!"
A clear shout suddenly came from behind, revealing a red-clothed female cultivator in the Early-Stage Golden Core Realm appearing out of nowhere.
With a flourish, she unfurled a flag two-persons-high, black with red patterns, flapping audibly.
In an instant, the sky was filled with wind and clouds, flashes of lightning, and rumbling thunder.
A sea of fire formed beneath the Flying Core Boat, waves of heat pressing fiercely.
Thunder overhead, fire below—she was going to explode them!
Indeed, the next moment, the red-clothed female cultivator shook the flag downward.
"Explode!"
Jiang Yuebai: !!!
Furious flames surged, violent lightning descended abruptly, fire, and lightning clashing in mid-air, instantly erupting with astonishing force, engulfing ten miles in a sea of fire.
Boom!
The airwaves swept across; Jiang Yuebai gritted her teeth, flashing to the back of the red-clothed female cultivator and swung her arm in a full-force punch, its force like a mountain collapse.
"Go to hell, you evil cultivator!!"
The red-clothed female cultivator’s expression stiffened, protective gang qi spreading on its own.
Bang!
The red-clothed female cultivator was punched into the sea by Jiang Yuebai, a terrifying pit exploding on the surface.
She had never imagined that a Golden Core Master’s protective gang qi could not withstand a Foundation Establishment cultivator’s punch.
Jiang Yuebai stood in mid-air, shaking her wrist, looking displeased.
"I’m not an evil cultivator; I am..."
"You evil cultivator, you have some skills!"
The red-clothed female cultivator, holding her shoulder, appeared once more before Jiang Yuebai out of nowhere.
Jiang Yuebai: ......