I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

"Is the news true? Did that man surnamed Kou really leave Tianyuan Holy City and go to another place to cultivate?"

same moment.

Inside the Golden Cloud Chamber of Commerce in Tianyuan Holy City.

Jin Yun, the Demon Lord who had been closely monitoring Wei Tu, finally learned of this secret information on this day through the "secret agents" he had planted in the Kui Dou Chamber of Commerce.

He stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes slightly narrowed, looking down at a young alchemist in a long robe kneeling before him.

"This news is probably true. Although Lord Kou is secretive in his actions, he has been in seclusion all these years in order to break through to the seventh level of alchemy."

"Humans can hide their tracks, but potions cannot."

“In recent years, I have noticed that Cai Qing, the daughter of the Demon Lord Kui Dou, has been visiting the Stone Prison branch more often than before... You should know that the demonic medicines needed by Demon Lord Kou for alchemy have always been provided by her.”

"Unless something unexpected happens, it's impossible for Miss Cai to suddenly go to the Stone Prison Secret Realm, let alone go there so frequently."

The young alchemist carefully considered his words before replying.

"Cai Qing..." Upon hearing this name, the Golden Cloud Demon Lord's gaze deepened, his steps faltered slightly, and his expression seemed to ponder for a moment.

But soon, he seemed to realize something, and the cold, malevolent aura emanating from his body became so intense that it almost permeated his entire being, causing his green robe to flutter wildly and lowering the temperature of the entire hall by several degrees.

"That old fellow Kui Dou is not one to make mistakes easily. There's a good chance he deliberately leaked this information... to lure me out and trick me into a trap."

"After all, there are many places where one can improve one's alchemy skills, why go to the Stone Prison branch, which is quite far from Tianyuan Holy City?"

Golden Cloud Demon Lord snorted coldly and muttered to himself.

"but--"

“Luring the snake out of its hole might not be a bad opportunity. All we need to do is confirm that Demon Lord Kou… has indeed gone to the Stone Prison branch.” Demon Lord Jin Yun’s eyes flickered as he pondered to himself.

His strength was considerable at the Demon Lord level, but he lacked confidence, especially facing a pincer attack from two Demon Lords, Wei Tu and Kui Dou...

However, he wasn't the only merchant guild that had grudges against the Demon Lord of the Dipper. The old man, having lived a long time, would accumulate a vast network of connections. But correspondingly, over that long period, he would also accumulate a considerable number of "enemies."

Some of these enemies are insignificant, merely a minor nuisance to the Demon Lord Kui Dou. But others are far from ordinary. After counting them, one or two Demon Lords of the same realm as him can still be found.

While the grudges and conflicts of interest among these individuals were far less significant than those between him and the Demon Lord Kui Dou, and it wasn't worth offending the Demon Lord Kui Dou and making him his mortal enemy... he believed that if he added some "bargaining chips," these people could provide him with some small assistance.

"If you don't kill the snake, you will suffer the consequences."

"The Demon Lord is not someone who falls easily."

"But we... don't need to target that Demon Lord Kou and create an irreconcilable feud with him. We only need to sow discord between Kui Dou and him, causing him to leave the Kui Dou Merchant Guild..."

After a moment's thought, the Demon Lord Jin Yun used his magic to write these words in a talisman and sent it to an "old friend" he had known for a long time, inviting him to conspire together.

The words in the letter were also his true feelings.

The Chamber of Commerce can be rebuilt.

At worst, I can just go to "Yuanguang Holy City".

Currently, his conflict with the Demon Lord of the Clan is merely a business dispute.

But... if he were to offend a promising new Demon Lord to death, the consequences would be beyond his control, and the danger would far outweigh the gains and losses of a merchant guild.

……

Refining the "Five Essence Pill" is no easy task.

Not only are the medicinal herbs rare, but the difficulty in refining them also belongs to the "Dao Dan" level.

However, Wei Tu had obtained the "Divine Ape Grass" for over eight hundred years. With this accumulation over eight hundred years, he was already extremely familiar with the formula and steps for refining the "Five Essence Pills".

After five years of patient refinement.

Like the "Infant-Sculpting Pill," the "Five Essence Pill" was successfully refined by Wei Tu without any major incidents. After undergoing the baptism of lightning tribulation, it released a dazzling radiance and an alluring fragrance within the alchemy furnace.

"A supreme divine pill capable of enabling one to break through to the Integration Realm..."

Wei Tu stared blankly at the seventh-grade spirit pill in his hand, which was emitting five-colored light, and his eyes gradually revealed a burning desire.

Although this pill is only of the "seventh grade", it absolutely deserves the name "supreme divine pill".

There are two reliable routes to break through from the Refinement of Emptiness to the Integration of Body Realm:

First, master your own "rule" and break through the half-step fusion realm before refining yourself to the fusion realm.

Second, refine high-level spiritual pills similar to the "Five Essence Pills" to reverse one's physical body into an "acquired Dao body" during a breakthrough, thereby "merging with the Dao" and greatly increasing the probability of a breakthrough.

The former is exclusive to prodigies and "second-generation immortals".

Neither the top-level "comprehension" required to understand the laws nor the abundant "Holy Spirit Stone" resources are things that ordinary cultivators cannot possess.

The only cultivator at the half-step Integration stage that Wei Tu has ever seen.

Aside from that red-robed old man from the Xingyun Chamber of Commerce in Dingyuan Immortal City who failed to advance to the Fusion Realm but miraculously survived...

The rest, whether it's Lou Boyang, Da Yuanshuang, Zou Yueshan, or Mr. Jingkong, are all "outstanding individuals" in the cultivation world, possessing both comprehension and opportunities.

Even he, if he hadn't been lucky enough to come to the "Little Spirit Realm" with Da Yuanshuang, would have had a hard time achieving "half-step integration" and mastering the laws of darkness ahead of time.

The second path—

This is the normal breakthrough path for 99% of cultivators in the cultivation world.

He is now walking the same path.

However, most people would not have the abundant resources he currently possesses for a breakthrough.

Using the "Five Essence Elixir" to reverse one's own body into an acquired Dao body is the most common and ordinary choice for "Dao body".

However, the "Five Essence Pills" in those people's hands, without "Divine Ape Grass" as the main ingredient, are often inferior versions of the "Five Essence Pills". At most, they can only enable the body to contain one or two laws under the Five Elements Law... It is difficult to integrate the Five Elements Law, a complete superior law, into one's own body.

This demonstrates the preciousness of the "Five Essence Pill" in Wei Tu's possession.

It is precisely for this reason that the reincarnated "Chief Chai" was willing to risk being killed by Yang Yujun in order to go to the underwater cave to "steal medicine"... and thus build his supreme immortal foundation for breaking through to the Integration Realm.

Because, in a sense...

A cultivator who advances to the Integration Realm with the complete "Five Essence Pill" has essentially obtained a "ticket" to the Mahayana Realm.

This "ticket," or rather "qualification," is merely the "lower limit" for advancing to the Mahayana realm—it's unlikely to guarantee that every cultivator in the Integration Realm will advance to the Mahayana realm, but at least in terms of "foundation," it won't leave them with no hope in the future.

"But... this foundation for immortality is still insufficient. At least for me, it's not enough!"

Wei Tu took a deep breath, suppressing his strong desire to swallow the "Five Essence Pill" and break through to the Integration Realm.

He flipped his hand, put the "Five Essence Pill" into his storage bag, and then entered a meditative state with his five hearts facing the sky, quickly absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy.

Not bad!

At this moment, he also began to try to open up his own second "grotto-heaven" with the help of the "True Technique of Immortal Refining".

Body cultivators belong to the "ancient cultivation" path.

Spiritual practice belongs to "present-day practice".

Although these two paths can complement each other, only the "True Secrets of Immortal Refining" can allow him to fully tap into the potential of both.

When he reached the mid-stage of the sixth level of Body Refinement, he had already opened up his first cave heaven and possessed magical power comparable to that of the peak of Void Refinement.

Now that he has been at the "seventh-order body refinement" level for nearly two hundred years, opening up a second cave heaven is both inevitable and not difficult.

also--

The amount of magical power one possesses can, to some extent, increase the chances of breaking through to the "Fusion Realm".

It is a spiritual practice, one of the few trump cards used to resist the "erosion" of the laws of heaven and earth.

……

The process of opening up the second cave.

The satellite imagery project went very smoothly.

His physical body has become so stable that it can easily withstand a second "grotto-heaven".

After all, in his initial estimation, the peak of the sixth level of body refinement would be able to withstand the second "Cave Heaven"... He waited until he broke through to the seventh level of body refinement before attempting to open the second "Cave Heaven", which was already quite late.

However, this does not mean that he has become lax in his cultivation.

Before breaking through to the Integration Realm, the increase in "total mana" had a negligible impact on his combat power—his main combat power was the seventh-order body refinement.

"It seems... to open the third cave heaven, one will at least need to break through to the Integration Realm..."

Six months later, Wei Tu stopped cultivating the "True Technique of Immortal Refining". He shook his head secretly and waved his hand to "extinguish" the third unformed "grotto-heaven" in his body, which was in a state of collapse.

The increase in his total mana has little to do with his current combat strength.

However, its improvement on the foundation is clearly visible.

If he were fortunate enough to break through the realm limitations of the "True Refining Immortal Technique" and open up the third cave heaven ahead of schedule... even if he could only improve his foundation by half a percent, he would still have gained something.

But it's a pity——

This wishful thinking has no chance of being realized.

It wasn't due to "limitations of the physical body," but rather because Wei Tu discovered that the amount of "magical power" added by the third cave heaven was already in a disordered state, far exceeding the limits of his divine sense's control.

This is nothing special when you're at the Refinement Void Realm.

But during the breakthrough fusion...

This is absolutely a fatal "internal injury"!

And this is not a "special case" of his Dharma body.

Whether they are cultivators or ancient demons, before breaking through each realm, the amount of magical power and demonic power they can control is often limited.

The process of refining Qi to transforming into Deity involves increasing the purity of one's magical power, transforming "Qi" into "Foundation Building Elixir," then into the solidified "Golden Core," "Nascent Soul," and finally, the even higher realm of "Celestial Infant"...

After reaching the Refinement stage, in addition to improving the essence of magical power, one can further "tame" the primordial energy of heaven and earth and the magical power within the body by controlling the "magic domain," enabling one to accommodate more magical power.

Like chains, it firmly binds the magical power, confining and restraining it within the cultivator's body.

And then they reached the "Combined" state.

The domain of law then transformed into a higher-level "law"!

In other words, without breaking through to the Integration Realm, it would be difficult for him to contain more magical power in his current state, which is something that opening a third cave heaven can no longer solve.

Of course, he could do that with the "Dark Laws." But "control" is also equivalent to "erosion," which would inevitably conflict with the "Five Elements Laws" he intended to control... and become another extremely dangerous thing.

"It is good to build up one's foundation as much as possible, but if it turns into unrestrained greed... it is a path to death."

Wei Tu shook his head, suppressing the distracting thoughts in his mind.

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, another ten years have passed.

On this day, after restoring his divine sense, magical power, and physical strength to their peak state, Wei Tu no longer hesitated. He flipped his palm, took out the "Five Essence Pill," and swallowed it whole.

In an instant.

A surge of medicinal power exploded from his body.

Under the influence of the medicine, his nascent soul began to glow with brilliant light, and the spiritual bones and blood in his body also gained a variety of colors in that instant.

However, under the deliberate protection of the "Dark Laws," the "True Spirit Immortal Bone" that Wei Tu kept in his ribs became a "foreign land," remaining pure and black, radiating a mottled dark light, and was not eroded in the slightest by the medicinal power of this pill.

at the same time.

A profound understanding of the Five Elements principle also emerged in Wei Tu's mind as the medicinal power was refined.

"This is the acquired Five Elements Dao Body that was reversed by the 'Five Essence Pill'?" Wei Tu was overjoyed. When he comprehended the laws of darkness, it was far from easy or effortless.

Of course, the consequences of reversing the "acquired five elements body" are also quite obvious.

He could see it clearly.

His physical body and the portion of his magical power within his dantian had been "eroded" by the "Five Elements Law" and directly crystallized into pieces of five-colored spiritual crystals resembling gemstones.

If it weren't for his exceptionally strong physique and powerful magic... the crystallization process would have been several times faster.

"It can probably last for sixty years..."

"Sixty years from now, if I fail to successfully sense the Five Elements Laws, even with the protection of the 'Dark Laws,' although I won't die like those Void Refinement cultivators who failed to advance, it's a foregone conclusion that I'll lose my potential to break through to the Integration stage."

"Unless you have to retrace the steps of Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment, and then Nascent Soul and Deity Transformation..."

Wei Tu's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he calculated the time.

Sixty years is not a short time; it lasts about fifteen years longer than the cultivators recorded in ancient books who consumed the "Five Essence Pills".

"Fifteen more years... While that's a lot, compared to the difficulty of comprehending the Five Elements Laws, it's still far too little..."

Wei Tu's expression was solemn.

Each of the five elements, taken individually, is a common law in the cultivation world and not worth mentioning. However, when combined, they form a superior law comparable to the "Dark Law".

Can be imagined.

How incredibly difficult it is to comprehend!

Give the simplest example.

The inferior version of the "Five Essence Pill" generally takes "forty-five years" to reverse the Dao body's transformation. In other words, as long as one successfully comprehends a lower-level law within these forty-five years, one can successfully advance to the Integration Realm...

Although Wei Tu has fifteen more years of enlightenment time than these cultivators who have consumed inferior versions of the "Five Essence Pills," the number of things he has comprehended has also increased dramatically from one to as many as five!
The difficulty is not as simple as just doubling it.

"Fortunately, I still have a 'Baby Shaping Pill'..."

Wei Tu's eyes flashed as he looked at the "Infant Shaping Pill" placed on the table in front of him. He raised his hand, took out the pill, and directly injected it into his Void Refining Nascent Soul body.

Instantly, the speed at which the "Five Elements Law" eroded his physical body slowed down.

"Another five years have passed."

Wei Tu estimated the drug's effects and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. (End of Chapter)