Cultivating To Immortality

When the Holy Land Elders and disciples saw the colorful light pillar and Origin Qi vortex from afar, their faces were filled with awe, envy, and reverence, and they quietly discussed who was impacting their realm.

In a pavilion within Azure Emperor Palace, Su Shan looked at the source of the anomaly, a sweet smile blossoming on her face. Her husband was finally about to advance to the Body Integration realm.

"As expected of an Immortal spiritual root, he advanced successfully so quickly."

Just then, Azure Emperor's voice came from behind Su Shan.

She walked over slowly, looking at the distant anomaly with Su Shan, and let out a heartfelt sigh of admiration.

"Master, what is this Immortal spiritual root you just mentioned?" Su Shan asked, puzzled by the unfamiliar term.

"The last time I saw your little husband, I noticed his spiritual root was unusual. After a careful investigation, I discovered that his spiritual root should be the legendary Immortal spiritual root," Azure Emperor explained with a smile.

"An Immortal spiritual root is an extremely rare, unique type of spiritual root. Those who possess it cultivate at an incredibly fast speed, and there are almost no bottlenecks on their path of cultivation."

"As long as no accidents happen in the future and he continues to cultivate steadily, he will surely achieve Immortal Ascension."

Azure Emperor patiently explained the extraordinary nature of the Immortal spiritual root to Su Shan.

"Immortal spiritual root, will surely achieve Immortal Ascension?"

Su Shan's face showed an expression of incredible surprise upon hearing this.

There were countless cultivators in the world, but no one dared to claim they would surely achieve Immortal Ascension. Yet, her Master said an Immortal spiritual root would surely achieve Immortal Ascension, which showed how high Fang Hong's talent was.

No wonder she always felt her husband advanced so quickly; it turned out he had an Immortal spiritual root.

"While the Immortal spiritual root is formidable, our Wood Spirit Immortal Physique is equally strong. As long as we cultivate diligently, we will one day be able to catch up to his pace."

Azure Emperor raised her hand and patted her beloved disciple's shoulder.

"Yes, Master."

About an hour later, the anomaly disappeared, and the sky returned to clear.

Inside the closed-door cultivation secret chamber, Fang Hong leaped out of the Dragon Suppressing Cauldron, golden light flowing around him, and a powerful aura spreading in layers throughout the chamber. A joyful smile appeared on his face.

Having successfully advanced, he was now a genuine Early Stage Body Integration Cultivator.

The Ten Thousand Laws Origin Demon Art had naturally been cultivated to the seventh layer, and the golden lotus suspended in his dantian had already unfolded seven petals, shining with brilliant light.

Fang Hong could clearly feel that his magical power was now at least a hundred times stronger than when he was at the peak Void Refining, which was the special characteristic of the Ten Thousand Laws Origin Demon Art—profound magical power.

Besides the major breakthrough in his cultivation, there was another point that greatly pleased Fang Hong.

His physical body strength had, under the continuous tempering of the Dragon Suppressing Cauldron, naturally reached the Middle Stage Body Integration level.

Ever since the Dragon Suppressing Cauldron advanced to a Heaven-Reaching spiritual treasure, its power was once again revealed.

The only minor flaw was that Fang Hong's Divine Sense had not significantly increased with it, still remaining at the Early Stage Body Integration level.

After all, the Soul Nurturing Pearl was only a top-grade spiritual artifact, and for Fang Hong, who had already entered the Body Integration Stage, its Divine Sense amplification effect was indeed somewhat inadequate.

Fang Hong secretly resolved that he must find some rare materials to properly upgrade the Soul Nurturing Pearl.

It would be best if it could also advance into the ranks of spiritual treasures, only then could it keep up with his cultivation progress.

At this moment, Fang Hong keenly sensed several aura fluctuations coming from outside the Immortal Cave; clearly, many people had arrived.

He withdrew the Dragon Suppressing Cauldron back into his dantian and stepped out of the secret chamber to greet them.

As soon as Fang Hong stepped out of the secret chamber, he saw many figures standing in the pavilion.

Most of the high-ranking members of Azure Emperor Holy Land were almost all present, and even Azure Emperor herself was seated on a stone chair, looking at him with a smile.

Fang Hong quickly hastened his steps forward, cupped his hands, and bowed.

"Fang Hong, congratulations on successfully advancing to the Body Integration Stage. From today onwards, you are the third Grand Elder of my Azure Emperor Holy Land."

Azure Emperor slowly stood up and personally offered her congratulations.

"Yes." Fang Hong responded with a smile, his gaze sweeping over the Everyone around him, seeing sincere smiles on every Elder's face.

Subsequently, the other high-ranking Elders came forward one after another to congratulate Fang Hong. Some praised his exceptional talent, while others lamented that the Holy Land had gained another pillar of support. Fang Hong responded politely to each of them.

After everyone had offered their congratulations, Azure Emperor looked around and sternly instructed.

"Next, I will be going into closed-door cultivation for a period. During this time, I will trouble all the Elders to take extra care and ensure the Holy Land's mountain gate is guarded well; there must be no slack."

"We respectfully obey Azure Emperor's decree." All the Elders responded in unison, their expressions respectful and solemn.

Everyone then chatted about some trivial matters concerning the Holy Land's current situation for about half an hour before gradually taking their leave.

The bustling Immortal Cave gradually quieted down, eventually leaving only Fang Hong and Su Shan.

In the time that followed, Fang Hong peacefully remained in the Holy Land for quiet cultivation, both consolidating his newly broken through Early Stage Body Integration realm and accompanying his beloved wife in her cultivation.

A month later, Fang Hong was checking the growth of spirit medicine inside the guangyin stele.

Ever since the guangyin stele fully unleashed its Divine Power, the growth rate of the spirit medicine had indeed become much faster.

In another two or three years, a batch of thousand-year-old spirit medicine would mature, and by then, he would be able to refine medicinal pills on a large scale again.

Besides the common varieties of spirit medicine, the sky thunder bamboo, Dragon Power Fruit trees, and Yin underworld trees that Fang Hong had specifically planted were also growing rapidly under the nourishment of the guangyin stele.

However, these three were all extremely rare Spirit Plants in the world, and their growth cycle was inherently long. Even with the acceleration of the guangyin stele, it would still take at least twenty years for them to reach ten thousand years of cultivation.

Fang Hong could naturally afford to wait for twenty years, but every time he saw their slow growth, he couldn't help but wish they could grow even faster.

Fang Hong stood beside the sky thunder bamboo, deep in thought, wondering if the guangyin stele could be upgraded again.

If it could advance to the Heaven-Reaching spiritual treasure level, would its time acceleration Divine Power be further enhanced?

Just like how the Dragon Suppressing Cauldron's power had increased by more than one level after its advancement.

If the guangyin stele's Divine Power could truly be enhanced again, it might be able to adjust the flow of time even faster. A growth cycle that originally required twenty years might be shortened to a dozen years, or even less.

However, this thought was just a fleeting idea.

Fang Hong currently had neither idle spiritual artifacts or spiritual treasures to feed it nor enough precious materials.

Therefore, the matter of upgrading the guangyin stele could only be temporarily put aside, to be attempted later when an opportunity arose.

Fang Hong waved his hand, and a beast skin map appeared before him. This map was precisely the treasure left behind by the original owner of the Star Tower.

That year, the Gray-robed Old Man was severely injured by several enemies who pursued him because of this map. He eventually fled to the Heavenly Profound Realm out of desperation, and finally died when his life force was exhausted.

For a Middle Stage Void Refining Cultivator to pay such a price, it showed that there must be some secret hidden behind this map, perhaps the Immortal Cave of an ancient cultivator.