I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

While searching for and practicing the secret techniques to deal with Fairy Xuanling from An Liangcai, Wei Tu, who had been in seclusion within the Huangsha Sect for several years, also went to the fourth 'Secret Realm Medicine Garden' of the Nanhua Sect in the seventh year due to the pressure of time.

Excellent! If it weren't for the urgency of time, with less than ten years left before the opening of the Zunwang Palace Secret Realm, Wei Tu would never have easily gone to this fourth Secret Realm Medicine Garden.

This is not because he doesn't covet the Buddhist treasures left by the Nanhua Sect in these four 'secret medicine gardens', nor the other part of the demonic body 'left behind' by An Liangcai.

Rather, it's that his magical power hasn't fully recovered since he killed the Purple-Faced Hermit!

That battle took an unprecedented toll on him. His life essence and magical power were in an unprecedented state of depletion.

But the spiritual lands of the lower realms—to him, they were no different from 'spiritless lands'. To expect the faint spiritual energy emanating from the human realm to fill his 'spiritual sea,' which was like a vast ocean, in just a few years was simply wishful thinking.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so wary of Jiang Lingzi, as if facing a formidable enemy.

However, An Liangcai is, after all, a 'Great Demon Lord'. Before his own strength is fully restored, it is inevitable that there will be some danger in completely repairing this demon's 'demon body'.

Delaying until the seventh year before taking action was already the 'limited time' for Wei Tu to reduce the danger of this matter. After all, he still needed to spend some time using the 'Blood Demon Evil Method' to re-refine this fourth 'Undying Demon Body' that was not yet under his control before the opening of the Venerable King Palace Secret Realm.

Only in this way can one use this demonic body in its 'complete form' to deal with, and even fight, the Mysterious Spirit Fairy within the secret realm of the Venerable King's Palace.

"Fortunately, it can be used to restore magic power when necessary."

As Wei Tu flew towards the fourth secret realm medicine garden, his eyes flickered as he glanced at the [Longevity Immortal Lamp] sealed in his arm.

The lamp's light was dim, like a tattoo, clinging to his body. But with his spiritual eyes, he could clearly see that inside the hollow bronze lamp pillar, there were more than ten drops of golden, glass-like liquid flowing.

This object is none other than the essence of flesh and magic power that the Longevity Immortal Lamp plundered from the Purple-Faced Hermit using the 'Spirit Devouring Law'.

—The Longevity Immortal Lamp was originally a cultivation treasure within the Ancient Dragon Refining Hall, awarded to dragon descendants and used to plunder the 'True Dragon Bloodline' of other cultivators.

Naturally, plundering the magical power and physical essence of other cultivators is also a given.

However, it seems that the Purple-Faced Hermit had already broken through to the Half-Step Mahayana realm by borrowing the incense power of the 'Golden Statue' at that time.

Therefore, these dozen or so drops of 'liquid' also contain, to some extent, the incense power of the 'golden statue'.

Such 'miscellaneous items' are useless for cultivation, but they are first-class elixirs for replenishing magical power in the lower realm.

Of course, unless absolutely necessary, Wei Tu did not intend to allow the 'toxic' power of incense to excessively erode his physical body... These dozen or so drops of golden spiritual liquid were merely a life-saving medicine for him when he was 'exhausted'.

……

This information was provided personally by He Sanyao, the leader of the Nanhua Sect.

Wei Tu could easily determine the exact location of the fourth 'Secret Realm Herb Garden' in the Great Cang Cultivation Realm.

In just a few days, he opened this secret medicinal garden that had been sealed for hundreds of thousands of years.

"Fortunately, the suppressed demonic body has not yet broken free from the binding of the demon-sealing formation here, and its strength is currently quite limited." Wei Tu's figure flickered, and he easily entered it. He scanned the area with his divine sense and saw that the spiritual energy in the herb garden was clear and the restrictions were still in place, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although An Liangcai's partial demonic power was far from being his match, if this 'demon body' also escaped... it would inevitably waste his time and delay his grand plan.

Next, Wei Tu wasted no time and, in a flash, entered the underground palace within the secret realm.

The instant he entered the 'Demon-Sealing Array', a brutal and evil demonic soul immediately pounced on his physical body, seemingly wanting to possess him, the one who had trespassed into the forbidden area.

"I, I can finally break free..." The demonic soul rushing towards Wei Tu was filled with intense emotions and great joy.

But the next moment, just as the demon was about to pounce on Wei Tu's body, a solid force of rules shot out from Wei Tu's body, transforming into a dense array of restrictions that directly imprisoned the demon in place.

"A domain of rules and laws? You're a Nascent Soul cultivator?" the demonic soul exclaimed in astonishment, seemingly unable to believe what was happening before its eyes.

After all, he did know a little about the place he had sealed.

It is impossible for a powerful being who has far surpassed the Nascent Soul realm to be born in such a place.

"A demonic soul similar to An Liangcai, another An Liangcai?" Upon seeing this, Wei Tu's eyes flickered, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

The difference is that the 'consciousness' of the 'demon body' itself and the 'demon soul' that already possesses intelligence and can think are two completely different things.

At first, he thought that Yunze Secret Realm was special among the four secret realms and medicine gardens, not only sealing part of An Liangcai's demonic body, but also sealing the demon's soul.

It now seems that when the Nanhua Sect sealed An Liangcai more than 100,000 years ago, they probably also severed the demon's 'soul'... or, when the demon was sealed, its soul actively 'split' in order to increase its chances of survival.

"This is actually a good thing for me."

A thought flashed through Wei Tu's mind, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Now, he and another An Liangcai, or rather, the 'main demon soul' of this demon, have formed a cooperative relationship.

In his eyes, he was an ancient demon who had possessed 'Wei Tu', not the original Wei Tu... It was unlikely that he would know the location of the other secret realm medicine garden and find this place.

Therefore, correspondingly, he sealed and seized the demon's 'second demon soul' in this secret realm medicine garden, which the demon naturally could not know.

This would be enough to serve as a backup plan for him to deal with this demon in the future.

Having thought this through, Wei Tu then ruthlessly took out another jade box from his storage bag. Ignoring An Liangcai's 'second demon soul's' pleas for mercy and conditions for reconciliation, he directly sealed the demon soul inside the jade box for later use.

Then, in an instant, he arrived at the place in the underground palace where the demonic energy was most concentrated, and looked at the part of the immortal demonic body that was suppressed within the formation.

And this part of the demonic body is precisely the missing part of the 'undying demonic body' in his hands.

—An Liangcai's waist and his entire right leg.

"Go!" After briefly examining the missing part of the demonic body, Wei Tu moved his lips slightly, raised his hand, and summoned his 'Blood Demon Soul Split' to possess the demonic body directly.

After a few breaths, dense, blood-red lines appeared on the surface of the missing part of the demon's body.

only--

Two years later, just as Wei Tu had reforged this part of the demonic body using the 'Blood Demon Evil Technique' and 'reunited' it with his main body, the unexpected happened just as he had predicted!
An Liangcai's restored demonic body possessed an exceptionally powerful 'consciousness' deep within his demonic bloodline, capable of rivaling and holding its own against his 'blood demon split soul'.

It can even subtly regain control of the demonic body.

And instinctively, it launched an attack on the nearby satellite.

If Wei Tu hadn't been a 'seventh-order body refiner' but merely an ordinary body fusion cultivator, and hadn't been completely unprepared, that attack would have been enough to severely injure him, or even kill him.

"As expected of the Great Demon Lord among the innate ancient demons! After being suppressed for tens of thousands of years, he still possesses such strength based solely on this instinct..." Wei Tu, having just blocked the attack, was not surprised but delighted, his face showing a strong look of surprise.

Now that this 'innate demonic body' is in his possession, he is unwilling to let it be nothing more than a 'useless' creature, only capable of dealing with the half-crippled Purple-Faced Hermit who has been tricked.

In his plan, it is intended to become a powerful means of protection for him within the combined territory in the future!

Based on the strength displayed by this demonic body, there is no doubt that it is capable of undertaking this task.

"The remaining ten years are enough for me to use the 'Blood Demon Evil Technique' to once again obliterate the instinctive consciousness that has arisen within this demonic body, and thus completely take control of it..."

Wei Tu flicked his sleeves and led the demonic body in front of him into the 'Secret Realm Herb Garden' above.

Sitting cross-legged, he began to absorb the pure spiritual energy accumulated in the herb garden over tens of thousands of years to restore his own magical power. At the same time, he began to perform hand seals to reinstate the restrictions on the demonic body, and began the day-and-night refining process with the 'Blood Demon Evil Technique'.

……

time flies.

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

In that same year, Wei Tu, who had been refining An Liangcai's 'demon body', slowly opened his eyes in the secret medicine garden.

"The time has come." Wei Tu narrowed his eyes, exhaled a breath of stale air, and stopped the hand seals he was performing.

Then, a hint of hesitation appeared on his face, as if he were somewhat unpredictable... After hesitating for a short while, his expression turned ruthless, and with a swift motion, he dug out his own radiant 'True Spirit Immortal Bone' and a large chunk of flesh attached to it from his chest.

Unlike the Purple-Faced Hermit, the Mysterious Spirit Fairy is not so easily fooled.

It's practically impossible to deceive this woman, gain her 'trust,' and then obtain the [Earth Emperor Pearl' simply by using possession techniques...

If it were really that simple, An Liangcai wouldn't have been so wary and respectful of the rumored 'remnant soul' of the Fairy Xuanling.

Even a single skill of a Mahayana immortal is not something he can easily challenge in his current state.

Only by sacrificing everything, using the "True Spirit Immortal Bone" which is close to his "true form," and the "Blood Demon Soul Split" to possess An Liangcai's indestructible demonic body... could he have a chance to deceive the Xuanling Fairy and make her believe that this was his true form.

After all—except for his nascent soul, everything else about this body is 'original'!
"If I fail... I can just spend another thousand years to cultivate my body again." Wei Tu was ruthless. Being young, he didn't care and was willing to gamble on this great opportunity.

If he succeeds in his gamble, the [Earth Emperor Pearl] will be a crucial guarantee and an unorthodox means for him to advance to the Mahayana realm and seize the 'Mahayana opportunity' in the Spirit Realm and the Primordial Demon Source Realm...

If he fails, he can afford to wait a thousand years, and at only three thousand years old now.

Moreover, this time can also be used by him to 'nurture' the five strange corpses and inscribe the 'corpse-sealing array'... so that it is not completely wasted.

“Mysterious Fairy, I hope you will not disappoint me, otherwise…” Wei Tu’s eyes flashed with a cold light, and he pointed his magic power at the ‘True Spirit Immortal Bone’ in front of him.

In an instant, this radiant 'True Spirit Immortal Bone' began to absorb and exhale the surrounding spiritual energy like a whale, and pale golden flesh and blood grew on the surface of the bone.

One day.

two days.

The seventh day.

The flesh and blood on this 'True Spirit Immortal Bone' have been completely transformed into another 'Weitu'.

It is exactly the same as Wei Tu's original body, and their auras are also the same, making them indistinguishable.

"Go!" At this moment, Wei Tu raised his hand and grabbed the void in front of him, directly sending the immortal demon body that was floating in the air into this clone formed from his 'True Spirit Immortal Bone'.

A moment later, Wei Tu's clone, which had 'swallowed' the demonic body, suddenly gained a sliver of intelligence. It tentatively grasped the hand, familiarizing itself with the operation of this magical body.

Then, with a flick of his fingers, he casually took out some clean clothes from Wei Tu's storage bag, put them on, and then, with a flick of his sleeve, flew away.

Shortly after, the secret medicinal garden closed again.

Inside, only Wei Tu's main body, covered in blood and extremely pale, remained, devouring the elixirs and medicines in the storage bag, trying his best to heal his injuries.

……

To guard against the Xuanling Fairy's backup plan, Wei Tu had already sealed the 'Earth Character Dao Seal' on his arm back in the Spirit Realm and stored it in a storage artifact.

Therefore, this time when he went to the Zunwang Palace Secret Realm, he went to the same teleportation entrance located on the desolate island overseas of the Crimson Bright Sea in the Great Cang Cultivation Realm, which he had learned about from the Crimson Dragon Ancestor.

However, unlike last time...

This time, Wei Tu used this 'deserted island' to enter the secret realm of the Zunwang Palace. Instead of the 'antique' corridor he had visited the previous two times, he went directly to the Dharma Transmission Pavilion of the 'core three palaces' of the Zunwang Palace.

Inside this attic.

The familiar silhouette of a woman in a white dress, with a graceful figure and a serene demeanor, once again appeared before Wei Tu.

"Unexpectedly, just a thousand years later, you... actually succeeded in breaking through the Integration Realm and returned to the Venerable King Palace once again."

"However, what I don't understand is why you didn't use the Earth-character Dao Seal I left you to return to the Venerable King's Palace, but instead relied on the old method to return to this place?"

Fairy Xuanling's tone was indifferent, but her words also carried a hint of curiosity and surprise, as if she genuinely inquired about Wei Tu's reasons for doing so. (End of Chapter)