I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

"Even Island Master Ye, who is at the Refinement Void Realm, is not qualified to be directly guided by cultivators of this realm?" For a moment, Wei Tu thought he had misheard this.

Refining Void Realm is already quite high.

Even among the three dominant clans and ten spirit clans of the Spirit Realm, cultivators at this level would be considered mid-to-high-level figures.

Although accepting rogue cultivators and cultivating one's own Void Refinement cultivators are vastly different, and the level of importance they receive is also worlds apart... but since the 'Heavenly Demon Realm' has already chosen to contact Island Master Ye, according to normal thinking, they would never be so arrogant.

However, this also indirectly shows how terrifying the power of the 'Heavenly Demon Realm' is.

They have already adopted a rather indifferent attitude towards the participation of rogue cultivators at the Void Refinement stage...

“Bloodline! The reason why he refused to directly guide Island Master Ye is because his true spirit bloodline is too weak.” Wei Tu’s eyes flashed slightly, and he had a vague premonition that Lu Qiu Qingfeng’s 'disappearance' should be inextricably linked to this Heavenly Demon Realm.

The wanted list obtained from Feng Liang reveals that the most striking aspect of the intelligence summary on Luqiu Qingfeng is the extreme purity of Luqiu Qingfeng's 'Heavenly Phoenix Bloodline'.

Since the 'Heavenly Demon Realm' has taken notice of Island Master Ye, who has revealed his demonic form, there's no reason why they wouldn't have noticed Luqiu Qingfeng, who possesses an even higher True Spirit bloodline...

"However, unlike the normal descendants of true spirits, Qingfeng's bloodline was enhanced by that 'purple-blue tree branch'..."

"Once this treasure is exposed..."

Thinking of this, Wei Tu frowned once again.

However, after a short while, he returned to normal.

If Luqiu Qingfeng was indeed guided away from Shengguang Realm by cultivators from the 'Heavenly Demon Realm', then his current anxiety is useless.

Because, given the resources and methods of cultivators in this realm, if they were truly interested in investigating and coveting the 'opportunity' within Luqiu Qingfeng, it would likely be revealed on the very day he joined the Heavenly Demon Realm.

Conversely—if the Heavenly Demon Realm didn't care about these things, even though Luqiu Qingfeng had been in this realm for over a hundred years, with his shrewdness, he wouldn't have been exposed.

……

Half an hour later.

The drowsy Island Master Ye slowly woke up.

"Where is Wen Tianqi?" He looked at the familiar interior of the cave and the empty surroundings, and couldn't help but exclaim in shock.

But the next moment, realizing what was happening, a look of relief immediately appeared on his face, and his heart was filled with a sense of relief at surviving a disaster.

Now that Wei Tu has not killed him, but only placed a restriction on his soul to control life and death, it means that... he has spared his life.

As long as he doesn't do anything reckless in the future, this matter can be considered to have opened a new chapter.

Given Wei Tu's level of cultivation as a Nascent Soul cultivator, he wouldn't be so easily fooled in this matter.

"But, what about that old cripple..." After scanning the surroundings with his divine sense, Island Master Ye belatedly remembered his "friend" Fu Zhizhou, who was known by the infamous title of "Two Old Men of Withered Sound".

After hesitating for a moment, he still used the escape light to arrive at a hidden cave in the mountains not far from his dojo. He left a talisman at the entrance of the cave as a reminder.

Then, without looking back, he used his Blood Escape speed to escape from this area.

only.

What Island Master Ye didn't see was that at the very moment he fled, a figure slowly emerged from the void.

"This Xiu does have some affection for my fourth brother."

Wei Tu raised his hand and took the letter. After reading its contents, a faint smile appeared on his face.

The reason for saying "some" is that Island Master Ye also betrayed Fu Zhizhou in front of him in every detail, without lying at all.

Only after seeing him leave did he inform Fu Zhizhou...

This move is inevitably a case of locking the barn door after the horse has bolted.

However, this matter also carries considerable risk for Island Master Ye. After all, if Fu Zhizhou were to fall into his hands as an enemy, then Island Master Ye's private message would inevitably bring him a fatal disaster.

"Very well, let's let this go for now. Regardless of whether he has ulterior motives or not, he can guess that my fourth brother and I are not enemies... or perhaps he's simply acting out of a sense of duty and can't bear to see my fourth brother harmed by me..."

Wei Tu squinted, glanced at Island Master Ye, who had transformed into rainbow light in the distance, shook his head, and then left the talisman at the entrance of the cave again.

The life or death of Island Master Ye was not important to him.

With his ancient demon identity as cover, even if this cultivator revealed that he was a human cultivator who had crossed over to this realm... he had no worries at all.

No one could connect this clue to the fact that a fusion spiritual cultivator from the human realm was none other than the 'Demon Lord Kou' who was currently making waves in the 'Primordial Demon Source Realm'.

There's no other reason than that—in the cultivation world, apart from him, and cultivators like An Liangcai and Qihe Demon Lord who had obtained the 'Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor' immortal and demonic cultivation technique, it's very difficult for them to freely switch between spiritual cultivation and ancient demonic forms.

Moreover, if this cultivator really makes this news known to everyone, it might not be a bad thing for him.

Upon learning this news, Fu Zhizhou and Lüqiu Qingfeng will definitely seize this opportunity to contact him...

Similarly, with this additional breakthrough, he was no longer so 'helpless' in his search for these two individuals.

After thinking it over.

Wei Tu did not linger there any longer and set off to return to his rented cave dwelling in the Shengguang Realm.

Fu Zhizhou's safety has now been confirmed, and they will be able to reunite in the other world once the time is right.

As for the remaining 'Luqiu Qingfeng,' although his whereabouts and safety have not been fully confirmed, it is highly likely that he has entered the Heavenly Demon Realm...

This matter cannot be rushed.

After all, the power and mystery of this force are unknown. Making contact lightly could easily backfire and endanger his personal safety.

In the short term, protecting the Bloodwinged Demon and helping it break through to the Integration Realm is his most important task.

……

It was only a few days after leaving the cave.

Moreover, because Wei Tu left 'quietly,' after he returned to his rented cave, neither the Bloodwinged Demon's breakthrough nor the ancient demons of this immortal city caused too much of a stir.

Xu Shan's death, or rather his 'disappearance,' did not cause the slightest ripple.

After all, unless one sees it with their own eyes, no one would believe that a Demon Lord with a cultivation level as high as the 'mid-stage Demon Lord' would be silently defeated by an ordinary 'newly promoted Demon Lord'...

Wei Tu, who had returned to his cave, pretended nothing had happened and continued to solicit alchemy business.

Although most of the demon lords who had previously presented him with invitations were like Xu Shan, harboring ill intentions and wanting to take advantage of the situation to buy the Bloodwinged Demon from him... after meeting with them one by one, there were still two or three demon lords who came to him with 'alchemy commissions'.

With these businesses.

Wei Tu's alchemy skills have also been successfully developed, and he is gradually advancing to the middle grade of the seventh rank.

Ten years later, after successfully refining the 'Wild Candle Pill' obtained from Xu Shan, Wei Tu also began to truly begin refining the 'Yinzhi Pill'.

Although Wei Tu remained calm throughout the alchemy process, he couldn't help but feel a bit nervous.

The Yinlingzhi horse, such a rare and top-grade spiritual medicine in the cultivation world, if it is failed to be refined, the price is not so great as to be unbearable... but his future path of cultivation will definitely be damaged as a result, and he will encounter more twists and turns and difficulties.

"The medicine has been successfully fused... Now it all depends on the final step: whether this medicinal liquid can be used to cultivate the 'Yinzhi Pill'."

Three months later, in the alchemy room, looking at the furnace scorched by the infant fire, Wei Tu's face showed a rare solemnity.

Time passes slowly.

One day.

Two days...

half year later.

Once the medicinal liquid inside the cauldron had completely solidified, two white, translucent pills were formed and began to radiate brilliant light.

But also at this moment.

Dense dark clouds began to gather above the cave, and amidst the flashes of lightning and thunder, a bolt of lightning as thick as a python shot down from the sky and struck the alchemy furnace.

There was a 'boom'.

One of the two pills shattered instantly.

The remaining one, still radiant with spiritual light, shimmering like a beautiful jade, floated and sank within the alchemy furnace.

At the same time, a ring of lightning-like patterns appeared on the surface of the elixir in that instant.

"Like other seventh-grade spirit pills, only one pill can be formed..." Upon seeing this, Wei Tu's face immediately showed a hint of regret.

The phenomenon that only one pill can be made from a seventh-grade or higher elixir is no longer a matter of the alchemist's skill level, but rather seems to be a mysterious law of heaven and earth.

It does not allow the excessive creation of higher-grade elixirs, thereby giving rise to more Nascent Soul level experts.

"However, it is already quite fortunate that we were able to successfully refine the pill this time. It is better to have one pill than none at all."

As Wei Tu reached out and snatched the only surviving 'Yinzhi Pill', a hint of excitement flashed across his face.

With this pill in hand, it's only a matter of time before he breaks through to the 'Mid-stage Integration' realm.

However, at that very moment, just as he was about to get up and head to his secluded meditation room...

The calamity clouds gathering in the sky did not dissipate; instead, they seemed to grow even denser.

However, the direction of the tribulation clouds began to shift from above his cave dwelling, slowly moving towards a neighboring cave dwelling in the distance.

"The Bloodwinged Beast is finally about to break through."

Wei Tu raised an eyebrow, realizing that the Bloodwinged Demon, who had been in seclusion for over a decade, had finally faced the most crucial challenge in breaking through to the Fusion Realm—the Fusion Heavenly Tribulation.

However, unlike other cultivators who were worried about spirit beasts breaking through, this one was different.

Wei Tu glanced at the lightning tribulation a few times, then went straight to his secluded cultivation room without any concern.

The realm of fusion is almost a certainty that true spirits of heaven and earth, like the 'Bloodwing Mo', will inevitably reach.

Therefore, the difficulties they face in overcoming the Heavenly Tribulation of Integration are quite different from those faced by ordinary cultivators.

This can be seen from the fact that his biological father possessed a 'true spirit corpse'.

That 'true spirit corpse' is even harder than defensive spiritual treasures of the same level, and can directly withstand the Demon Ancestor's attack.

Naturally, as the daughter of the Bloodwinged Demon, her physical strength would also be quite formidable.

"Now, let's see if I'll break through to the mid-stage of the Fusion Realm first, or if the Bloodwing Mo... will break through to the Fusion Realm first..."

Inside the secluded cultivation room, after spending several days adjusting his breathing, Wei Tu thought to himself with a slight glint in his eyes as he refined the 'Yinzhi Pill' into his dantian.

And that was the very instant the thought crossed my mind.

A powerful medicinal force erupted from Wei Tu's dantian.

Impacted by this, Wei Tu also felt the barrier that had imprisoned him for so long suddenly crack open, becoming weaker and weaker until it disappeared completely.

half year later.

He crossed that initial stage of the Fusion Realm, a realm that could have hindered even a Demon Lord of the same level for hundreds or even thousands of years, with such ease.

His cultivation level directly reached the peak of the initial stage of the Integration Realm.

We are only one step away from the 'mid-stage of fusion'.

"Once this 'Suspended Yang Yin Zombie' Dharma Form transforms into the 'Azure-Eyed Flying Zombie' Dharma Form... then we can use it to tear open the barrier to the 'Mid-Stage Integration' realm..."

Wei Tu closed his eyes and gazed at the golden-purple destiny star deep within his sea of ​​consciousness.

[Suspended Yang Yin Stiff Form (99/100): One practice every seven days, completed in four thousand years.]

At the same time, outside his physical body, the red-faced, fanged, and tens of feet tall Suspended Yang Yin Zombie Dharma Image, whose pure Yang energy was as blazing as the sun, gradually gained a visible trace of Yin coldness.

First comes Yang, then Yin, and then Yin reaches its extreme and gives rise to Yang...

This is the cultivation method of the top-tier cultivation technique "Corpse Ripening Secret Technique" at the Integration Realm.

Specifically, in terms of Dharma form, the 'Suspended Yang Yin Stiff' Dharma form, representing pure Yang, transforms into the 'Blue-Eyed Flying Stiff' Dharma form, representing extreme Yin.

This step is extremely difficult for anyone.

However, compared to the difficulty of directly breaking through to the 'mid-stage of the Fusion Realm', the condensation of this Dharma Form is much simpler.

As he circulated his energy repeatedly, the medicinal power of the 'Yinzhi Pill' stored in Wei Tu's dantian began to slowly transform into wisps of yin and cold magical power, which were absorbed into his body by the 'Suspended Yang Yin Jiang Dharma Image' behind Wei Tu...

This pace was incredibly slow, but equally steady, with each step leading to the next level.

……

at the same time.

the other side.

On this day, after escaping from his own dojo, Island Master Ye, having overcome countless dangers, arrived at the secret place leading to the 'Heavenly Demon Realm'.

This secret place is quite difficult for a rogue cultivator like him who has only recently reached the Void Refinement stage; the chances of him surviving it are not high...

In the past, he would never have dared to step into this place. But with the added deadly threat of Wei Tu, this 'secret place' leading to the Heavenly Demon Realm became his only safe haven from Wei Tu's pursuit.

"Someone has entered the 'Blood Forging Ground'..."

"After a century, someone has actually entered this 'Blood Refining Land' again?"

Within the Heavenly Demon Realm, a golden bell hanging in a grand hall suddenly rang out, startling several Heavenly Demon Realm cultivators responsible for guarding the area.

"It's him? That mixed-blood demon cultivator who once obtained a registration qualification in our realm?"

"With mixed blood, the chances of him passing through the Blood Refining Grounds are probably not high... It will be several times more difficult for him to overcome this challenge than it was for the Phoenix Maiden of the Black Wind Clan a hundred years ago..."

"That's true. Not every demon cultivator possesses the pure true spirit bloodline of the Phoenix Maiden..."

The cultivators inside the main hall were engaged in lively discussion. (End of Chapter)