Cultivating To Immortality

Each of these thirty-six golden thunder bamboos was about a zhang long, with distinct nodes, and contained the purest Evil-repelling divine thunder.

Just one of them was enough to refine two high-quality Flying Swords, and all thirty-six together could refine seventy-two complete sets of golden thunder bamboo Flying Swords.

Fang Hong put these golden thunder bamboos into his storage bag. After doing all this, he flashed and appeared before another entirely different valley.

There was no thunder or lightning in this valley; instead, there was a vibrant orchard.

Every spirit fruit tree in the orchard was seven or eight zhang tall, with thick, strong branches spreading out in all directions.

The leaves were even more unique, presenting a pure golden-yellow color.

A rough count revealed there were fifty such spirit fruit trees.

Most striking were the two fruits hanging from the top of each tree.

The fruits were fist-sized, golden all over, and a rich fruity aroma spread out. Taking a single breath made one feel incredibly comfortable and nourished throughout their internal organs.

Even more astonishing, when the fruits swayed, the faint sound of a dragon's roar could be heard from within, as if a young dragon was dormant inside.

These were the Dragon Power Fruit Trees that Fang Hong had planted in his early years. Watered with Dragon blood as saplings, they had now grown into ten-thousand-year Dragon Power Fruit Trees, with ten-thousand-year Dragon Power Fruits hanging from their branches.

Legend has it that these fruits were born from the Dragon Qi entering the earth after an ancient divine Dragon fell.

After a cultivator consumes and refines them, they can fundamentally strengthen their flesh, blood, tendons, and bones, ultimately possessing physical body strength comparable to a True Dragon.

Fang Hong licked his lips; just the aroma of the fruit made the Qi and blood in his body subtly stir, making him eager to immediately refine and absorb these fruits.

Since losing the Dragon Suppressing Cauldron to assist in refining his physical body, the progress of his physical body's strength had been slow. Now, with these Dragon Power Fruits, he could perfectly compensate for this deficiency.

Fang Hong pointed his fingers like a sword, and a wisp of condensed magical power transformed into a sharp thread, gently wrapping around each Dragon Power Fruit.

With a slight movement of the thread, the fruits detached from the branches and steadily flew into the jade box he had prepared.

The jade box was made from high-quality warm jade, which could perfectly preserve the medicinal properties of the fruits and prevent their loss.

A moment later, all the fruits were collected. Fang Hong counted them; there were exactly one hundred, no more, no less.

Fang Hong nodded with satisfaction. These Dragon Power Fruit Trees were now fully mature, and according to their growth pattern, they would bear fruit again in just a thousand years.

A thousand years, for the outside world, was only two years, not a long time.

After carefully putting away the jade box, Fang Hong did not linger. His figure flashed again, and he arrived at the third valley.

As he approached this valley, he felt an aura completely different from the previous two places.

Above the valley entrance, lightning flashed and thunder roared, but the electric arcs were not golden; instead, they were a strange dark purple.

Purple electric arcs continuously shot out from within the valley, and a cold chill permeated the air.

Fang Hong stepped into the valley and saw that the ten Dark Underworld Trees planted within were already mature.

These trees were entirely black, with branches twisted like ghostly claws.

And among the dark branches and leaves, dark purple electric arcs constantly flickered and moved, emitting an aura of extreme Yin and evil.

This was precisely the Yin-Underworld Divine Lightning, completely opposite to the Evil-repelling divine thunder.

Feeling the power of two completely different divine thunders, Fang Hong secretly rejoiced.

Now that he had obtained the supremely Yang and Evil-repelling divine thunder, and also possessed the supremely Yin and evil Yin-Underworld Divine Lightning, he finally had the opportunity to cultivate the legendary Nirvana Divine Lightning.

Fang Hong had once seen a record in a damaged ancient text in the Scripture Pavilion.

The Yin-Underworld Divine Lightning is supremely Yin and evil, capable of corroding all life; the Evil-repelling divine thunder is supremely Yang and fierce, capable of purifying all evil.

If the two could be fused by a special method, the legendary Nirvana Divine Lightning could be born.

Nirvana Divine Lightning, a combination of Yin and Yang, can sever life and death.

Once unleashed, whether the opponent is an immortal or a demon, a god or a monster, they will all return to nirvana in the Lightning Tribulation, turning into nothingness.

Judging solely from this description, the power of Nirvana Divine Lightning far surpassed that of a single divine lightning, and it was definitely worth a try.

Of course, the ancient text directly stated whether it was true or not; Fang Hong would know once he tried it.

Fang Hong suppressed the excitement in his heart and immediately waved his hand, cutting down the two thickest Dark Underworld Trees.

These two trees contained the purest Yin-Underworld Divine Lightning, making them perfectly suitable for refining Flying Swords. With their material, seventy-two Yin-Underworld Divine Lightning Swords could also be refined.

At this point, the materials needed for refining Flying Swords were complete.

Fang Hong no longer delayed. With a flash, he exited the guangyin stele Secret Realm and returned to the Star Tower.

He did not immediately begin refining Flying Swords but instead took out the Dragon Power Fruits to refine them. Currently, improving his own strength was the top priority.

...

In the blink of an eye, three months passed quietly in secluded cultivation.

On this day, Fang Hong, who was meditating in the secret chamber, slowly opened his eyes, a golden light flashing and disappearing in them.

The jade box in front of him was already empty; all one hundred ten-thousand-year Dragon Power Fruits had already been refined by him.

Fang Hong gently clenched his fist, and golden light immediately flowed, with the faint sound of a Dragon's roar coming from within his body.

After refining these one hundred ten-thousand-year Dragon Power Fruits, the strength of his physical body had been enhanced to an unprecedented degree. As for the specific realm it had reached, even he himself could not say.

If he had to describe it, he could only say that now, with just a casual punch, he could easily kill a cultivator at the peak of the Body Integration Stage, without the slightest effort.

Whether this level of physical body strength could contend with a Mahayana Stage Cultivator still needed to be verified through actual combat.

"Chirp."

Just then, Little Rainbow's figure darted out from the corner and landed lightly in front of Fang Hong.

Fang Hong looked down, a relieved smile appearing in his eyes, and reached out to stroke the little fellow's head.

"Not bad, not bad. The little fellow has finally advanced to the Body Integration Stage."

At this moment, the aura emanating from Little Rainbow had already reached the Body Integration Stage level, and its already vibrant fur was now even more vivid.

However, its size was still only palm-sized, no different from an ordinary small bird, and it had not grown larger due to its advanced cultivation. It was unknown when it would be able to transform.

Fang Hong had scoured countless ancient texts in the Scripture Pavilion, but he had never been able to find any record of Little Rainbow's origin, and to this day, he still did not know what kind of exotic beast it truly was.

Regarding this, Fang Hong could only give up. As long as the little fellow could grow up healthy, nothing else mattered.

Fang Hong took out a jade talisman. Su Shan sent a message that she had also successfully Broken Through to the Body Integration Stage, adding another Grand Elder to the Holy Land.

Fang Hong temporarily exited the Star Tower, planning to rest with his beloved wife for a period of time.

...

A month later, Fang Hong parted with his beloved wife and returned to the secret chamber in the Star Tower, where he set up a Soul Fusion Formation in the chamber.

Then, he took out the thirty-six golden thunder bamboos, as well as a large pile of auxiliary materials such as lava crystals that he had prepared, and placed them one by one in front of him.

With everything ready, Fang Hong sat cross-legged in mid-air and suddenly waved his single hand.

The auxiliary materials flew into the air, suspended before him.

Fang Hong conjured the Heaven and Earth Fire, enveloping the auxiliary materials within it, and began to melt them one by one.

Little Rainbow, meanwhile, sat obediently on a stone platform nearby, curiously observing the refining process.