Cultivating To Immortality

"Oh? Wood-attributed Dragon Blood."

Azure Emperor Holy Land's Holy Lord's eyes flashed with surprise upon hearing this, her normally calm expression finally showing a hint of emotion.

She took the jade bottle, gently pulled out the stopper, and a surge of Dragon Qi filled with immense vitality instantly permeated the air.

After carefully sensing it for a moment and confirming its authenticity, her gaze towards Fang Hong held a touch more appreciation.

"You're quite something, kid, giving me such a generous gift right off the bat," Azure Emperor Holy Land's Holy Lord said with a smile.

"This bottle of wood-attributed Dragon Blood is indeed extremely useful to me. Since you are Su Shan's little husband, there's no reason for me to take your treasure for nothing."

As soon as her voice fell, she raised her hand and waved, and two streams of light flew out from her sleeve, landing steadily in front of Fang Hong.

Upon closer inspection, they were an ancient, yellow-skinned Gourd and two swords—one completely black, the other as white as snow. The swords shimmered with precious light, indicating they were clearly extraordinary.

"This Gourd contains Combined Spirit Pills. You are now at the peak of the Void Refining Stage, just a step away from the Body Integration Stage. With the aid of these medicinal pills, your success rate during advancement will increase significantly," Azure Emperor Holy Land's Holy Lord explained, pointing at the yellow-skinned Gourd.

Then, she pointed to the two swords.

"As for these two swords, they are both high-grade spiritual treasures, so I'll give them to you."

"Thank you for the gift, Senior."

Fang Hong quickly took the Gourd and the precious swords with both hands, a surge of excitement in his heart.

As expected of a Mahayana realm expert, she gave him two high-grade spiritual treasures and a Gourd of precious Combined Spirit Pills with just one move.

Fang Hong had originally planned to gather the medicinal ingredients himself to refine Combined Spirit Pills, but now that he had this Gourd of ready-made ones, it would save him a lot of time and effort.

"Alright, I was just curious and came to see you two; there's nothing else. You two lovebirds continue, I won't disturb you," Azure Emperor Holy Land's Holy Lord said, a gentle smile on her face as she looked at them.

With that, her figure transformed into a green light, disappearing into thin air as if merging with space, leaving no trace of her arrival or departure.

Fang Hong secretly breathed a sigh of relief; she was finally gone.

Although this Azure Emperor Holy Land's Holy Lord had not revealed even a hint of her aura from beginning to end, the invisible oppressive feeling emanating from a Mahayana Stage expert kept his nerves taut the entire time.

Mahayana experts are indeed formidable.

Fang Hong turned to look at Su Shan beside him, a relaxed smile on his face.

"Your master, she's quite kind."

Su Shan also smiled and nodded.

"Right? I told you Master is easy to get along with."

Afterward, the two sat back down on their chairs and continued chatting.

After a while, Fang Hong's hands began to become restless. He picked up Su Shan and walked towards the secret chamber, saying he wanted to guide his beloved wife in cultivation after a long time.

...

A month later, Su Shan separated from Fang Hong and returned to her Immortal Cave to cultivate in seclusion.

Fang Hong came to a secret chamber and took out the two precious swords given by Azure Emperor, as well as the fire cloud gourd.

These two swords were of good quality and not weak in power, but Fang Hong found them a bit awkward to use.

After a moment of thought, Fang Hong decided to use these two precious swords to nourish the fire cloud gourd, thereby fully assisting it in reaching a higher level.

Fang Hong performed the Soul Devouring Secret Art on the fire cloud gourd.

The fire cloud gourd's surface glowed with Soul Devouring secret patterns, and it began to gradually devour the spiritual essence of the two precious swords. The precious light on the swords also gradually dimmed.

After dealing with the fire cloud gourd, Fang Hong sat cross-legged on a futon, slowly closed his eyes, and fell into contemplation.

He was now at the peak of the Void Refining realm, his internal magic power had long since reached a state of Perfection, and he had the Combined Spirit Pills needed to break through to the Body Integration realm.

The only thing left to do was to adjust his state of mind to its optimal condition, so that he could break through to the Body Integration realm without any mishaps.

The Body Integration realm is an important hurdle on a cultivator's path of cultivation.

It requires the Nascent Soul and the main body to merge, allowing one's magic power to undergo another qualitative change.

At the same time, the control over the Origin Qi of heaven and earth will deepen further, reaching a realm where one can initially glimpse the Laws of heaven and earth.

On their cultivation journey, Golden Core Cultivators experience a dangerous Heart Demon tribulation when forming their Nascent Soul.

Similarly, Void Refining Cultivators who wish to merge their Nascent Soul with their main body and advance to the Body Integration realm must also face the test of the Heart Demon tribulation.

Therefore, Fang Hong must bring his state of mind to a state of neither joy nor sorrow, calm as an ancient well, as only then can he ensure a successful advancement.

Thus, in the following days, Fang Hong stayed in his Immortal Cave in seclusion, occasionally visiting the sect's Scripture Pavilion to read various ancient texts, slowly adjusting his state of mind.

Another month passed in this manner.

During this month, the fire cloud gourd continuously devoured the spiritual essence of the two high-grade spiritual treasures, and finally did not disappoint Fang Hong, successfully advancing to the level of a top-grade spiritual treasure.

As soon as the fire cloud gourd advanced, Fang Hong immediately took out the guangyin stele.

He used the fire cloud gourd's Divine Power to re-refine the guangyin stele, finally completely erasing the remaining trace of imprint on the guangyin stele and fully subduing this treasure.

At this moment, the guangyin stele could finally exert all of its Divine Power, accelerating the flow of time by three hundred times.

This meant that for every year that passed in the outside world, the spirit medicine within the stele could grow for three hundred years, greatly accelerating the speed of cultivating spirit medicine compared to before.

Fang Hong did not pay too much attention to the guangyin stele; he simply placed it in a corner and let the puppets manage the medicinal garden.

After dealing with these trivial matters, Fang Hong came to a secret chamber, summoned the Dragon Suppressing Cauldron, and leaped into it, sitting cross-legged, preparing to enter seclusion to break through to the Body Integration realm.

Fang Hong made hand seals, and his entire body glowed with golden light. Immediately after, a man who looked exactly like him appeared on his right side; this was his Natal Nascent Soul.

"The time has come; let's begin," Fang Hong said slowly, looking calmly at his Nascent Soul.

Immediately, Fang Hong took out the Combined Spirit Pills he had prepared. He inhaled, swallowing the Combined Spirit Pills into his abdomen, slowly closed his eyes, and began to refine them with all his might.

The Nascent Soul nodded, maintaining the same posture as Fang Hong. A mysterious resonance formed between the two, and they began to gradually merge.

...

One day, three months later, an astonishing celestial phenomenon suddenly appeared above the Immortal Cave where Fang Hong resided.

The originally clear sky was instantly covered by dark clouds, with lightning and thunder flashing within them.

Immediately after, a colorful pillar of light, piercing through heaven and earth, descended from the sky, landing directly on the mountain peak where Fang Hong was located.

Vast amounts of surrounding Origin Qi of heaven and earth frantically converged towards the pillar of light, forming a visible vortex of Origin Qi.

This powerful pressure spread out, enveloping the entire Azure Emperor Holy Land.

All the disciples and Elders within the Holy Land were startled by this sudden phenomenon, and they all put down what they were doing and rushed towards the direction where the phenomenon appeared to watch.