Cultivating To Immortality

Unconsciously, a whole year of secluded cultivation passed quietly.

One day, a golden light suddenly shot up from the Dragon Suppressing Cauldron, shining brightly.

Fang Hong was seen flying out of the Cauldron, his entire body enveloped in golden light, his aura incredibly profound, his muscles taut. He had become much taller and stronger, and a joyful smile was on his face.

After more than a year of secluded cultivation, he had finally refined all ten mysterious medicinal pills. The rewards he gained far exceeded his expectations.

At this moment, Fang Hong's Cultivation had advanced again, successfully breaking through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

These were the ancient spirit pills, said to have been personally refined by a Dragon God, containing incredibly profound power.

In just one year, he refined ten spirit pills, and his Cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds. The speed of his progress was astonishing, almost unbelievable.

Not only that, after refining the mysterious spirit pills, Fang Hong was pleasantly surprised to find that the True Essence within his body was not only more condensed and pure, but its quality had also risen by a level.

Within the originally surging Fiery True Essence, there was now a trace of True Dragon power.

This meant that he was now fully qualified to learn Dragon Fist, a powerful Dragon Clan secret technique.

Fang Hong felt excited just thinking about it; he had always coveted Dragon Fist.

Besides the immense progress in his cultivation, there was another matter that filled Fang Hong with uncontrollable excitement.

That was, after a full year of continuous body tempering within the Dragon Suppressing Cauldron, the strength of his physical body had once again achieved a breakthrough, crossing the bottleneck and reaching the astonishing Nascent Soul Late Stage level.

At this moment, even bare-handed, without the aid of any spiritual artifact, he was fully capable of directly confronting a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator without being at a disadvantage.

Such a breakthrough was entirely due to the Dragon Suppressing Cauldron's body tempering Divine Power, which tempered his physical body day and night during Cultivation, strengthening his physique.

Fang Hong put away the Dragon Suppressing Cauldron and stepped out of the Immortal Cave where he had meditated for an entire year.

He walked along the mountain path and eventually arrived at a secluded, open mountain valley. This place was spacious and quiet, perfect for practicing boxing techniques.

Fang Hong closed his eyes and focused, taking a deep breath. His aura subtly shifted as he began to attempt to cultivate the Dragon Fist he had been longing for.

Dragon Fist is a Dragon Clan secret technique that excels in explosive power. It focuses on gathering all the Dragon power within the body into a single punch, unleashing it in an instant. Its might is strong enough to shatter the heavens and split the earth.

At this moment, Fang Hong stood still before a huge rock about seven or eight zhang high. His feet were rooted to the ground, and his right fist slowly clenched.

As the True Essence circulated within his body, golden rays of light rose from within, gradually converging on his right fist, forming a blazing golden glow.

"Hah." Fang Hong roared, like a True Dragon's roar. The next moment, he slammed his fist onto the huge rock in front of him.

Bang.

With a deafening explosion, the several-zhang-high giant rock instantly shattered into pieces, turning into dust in a burst of golden light.

Fang Hong looked at the scene before him, and a look of joy immediately appeared on his face.

He could clearly feel that this punch indeed carried that trace of Dragon power, meaning he had successfully unleashed a True Dragon Fist.

However, Fang Hong also understood that the Dragon Fist he displayed was not on the same level as the ultimate Dragon Fist unleashed by legendary True Dragon powerhouses.

After all, he was not a True Dragon, and the Dragon power within him was very shallow, at most only able to unleash one or two tenths of Dragon Fist's power.

Even with one or two tenths of its power, Fang Hong was already very satisfied.

As long as he mastered it, it would definitely be several times more powerful than top-tier spells, and could even become one of his strongest trump cards.

Speaking of top-tier spells, the Essence Emperor Art that Fang Hong Cultivated also came with a top-tier spell called "Spirit Void Slash."

Spirit Void Slash is an instant-kill top-tier spell. Its casting method is extremely unique, requiring the perfect Fusion of the flying needle-type spiritual artifact within the body with the physical body's aura, thereby condensing an invisible and traceless slash.

If a cultivator with profound Cultivation mastered this technique, he could even sever the void.

Spirit Void Slash is an upgraded version of Thousand Shadows Heart Piercing Technique. In terms of both power and concealment, it is superior.

Fang Hong was now a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator, fully qualified to learn this top-tier spell.

He slowly raised his right hand, and with a thought, the Heavenly Thunder Needle within his body flowed, subtly merging with his physical body's aura, transforming into an invisible entity.

A faint, almost imperceptible fluctuation emerged from his fingertips, making it nearly impossible to detect any ripple.

A moment later, Fang Hong flicked his fingertip lightly, and with a "ding," a small mountain peak several hundred zhang high in the distance was instantly cut open, collapsing with a roar, its diagonal cut incredibly smooth.

Seeing this, Fang Hong nodded with satisfaction. Spirit Void Slash was not very difficult; he learned it in an instant.

The power of Spirit Void Slash was quite good, invisible and traceless. It truly lived up to its name as an instant-kill spell. If an opponent did not wear any top-tier defensive spiritual artifacts and took this blow from him, even if he didn't die, he would probably be crippled.

In the following days, Fang Hong devoted all his time and energy to the Cultivation of Dragon Fist and Spirit Void Slash, practicing repeatedly, striving to cultivate both Divine Abilities to perfection, reaching a state of mastery.

At the same time, Fang Hong also refined the Soul Nourishing Fruit Tree and the three fruit pits obtained from the Dragon Palace into spiritual artifacts, thereby enhancing his own strength.

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In a blink of an eye, another half year quietly passed.

On this day, the Artifact Refining Room was quiet.

Inside the Artifact Refining Room, Fang Hong sat on a meditation cushion. In front of him, two new spiritual artifacts floated, enveloped by Nascent Soul Fire.

A black ancient sword and a thumb-sized purple round pearl.

These were the new spiritual artifacts he had refined using the Soul Nourishing Fruit Tree and the three fruit pits, and they were both top-tier spiritual artifacts, on the same level as his Heavenly Thunder Needle.

The black ancient sword was about three feet long, its blade entirely dark, engraved with many ferocious skulls, eerie and terrifying. Fang Hong named it "Soul Severing Sword."

This sword was refined from the main trunk of the Soul Nourishing Fruit Tree, glass sand, and coral crystal, three rare materials, combined with a unique Spirit Fusion secret method.

Soul severing sword belonged to the offensive type of spiritual artifact. According to the characteristics of the Spirit Fusion secret method, it mostly inherited the characteristics of the Soul Nourishing Fruit Tree, possessing the "Soul Severing" Divine Power.

After striking an enemy, it directly attacks the soul, causing the enemy's physical body and soul to be uncoordinated, which can weaken the opponent's magic power.

As for the purple round pearl, Fang Hong had refined it using the three fruit pits of the soul Nourishing Fruit along with glass sand, naming it "Soul Nurturing Pearl."

The Soul Nurturing Pearl belonged to the auxiliary type of spiritual artifact and had no offensive power, but it possessed the "Soul Nourishing" Divine Power.

Placing it in the sea ​​of ​​consciousness, it could nourish the Primordial Spirit and continuously strengthen the Divine Sense, truly having infinite wondrous uses.

Now, Fang Hong had two more top-tier spiritual artifacts.

Thinking of this, Fang Hong smiled slightly, extended his finger, and gently hooked it. The Soul Nurturing Pearl transformed into a stream of light, merged into his glabella, and steadily settled deep within his sea ​​of ​​consciousness.

Instantly, Fang Hong felt a gentle power continuously circulating, slowly nourishing his Primordial Spirit, and gradually strengthening his Divine Sense.