I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

After doing all this, he returned to the living room of the cave in an instant. After quickly taking the seventh-grade spiritual herb "Corpse Heart Flower" from the "Golden Wood Coffin", he prepared to leave.

Despite the power of the crimson array set up by the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor within this great tomb, it was still insufficient to stop the cultivators from both races who ventured into the array…

If he lingers too long in this place and then 'accidentally' runs into these people, it will definitely not be a good thing for him.

Having finally settled down in the Heavenly Demon Realm, he didn't want to be wanted by the entire realm again.

However—just as his escape light began to rise, he suddenly thought of something, narrowed his eyes, and with a flick of his wrist, took out the 'Red Feather Ghost Insect' king. Just like in the 'Burial Immortal Temple' in the Rebirth Realm, he used the insect's special senses to look down upon and examine this seemingly simple cave dwelling again.

In an instant, the scenery in front of him changed slightly.

On the surface, this simple cave dwelling was just as the divine sense and the evil pupils of Hun'e had previously observed. Apart from the secret room hidden in the study that contained the interdimensional teleportation array, there was nothing unusual about it.

However, in fact, after he carefully observed from the perspective of the Crimson Feathered Demon Insect.

Beneath the 'golden coffin', within the stone slab, there was surprisingly a barely perceptible 'cyan spiritual restriction'!
This spiritual barrier is exactly the same as the one hidden behind the portrait of the "long-bearded old man" in the "Temple of Burial Immortals".

—It is a special spiritual restriction that only the Crimson Feather Ghost Insect can perceive.

"Another space? The Yin-Yang Twin Palaces?" Wei Tu's eyes flashed, and a smile appeared on his face.

At this moment, he was truly certain that since the battle a hundred years ago, the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor had never come to this cave hidden in the 'Hundred Tombs Yin Land'.

Otherwise, given his personality, he wouldn't have left such a fatal flaw.

However, it's different from when it was in the Temple of the Immortal Burial a hundred years ago.

This time, Wei Tu did not damage the 'Azure Spirit Restriction'. After carefully observing the Azure Spirit Restriction with his divine sense for a while, he patted the beast-taming pouch at his waist and released the Sky-Splitting Eagle inside.

The next moment, with a cry from the eagle, he traversed space and instantly disappeared from the simple cave dwelling, appearing behind the 'Azure Spirit Restriction'.

However, the scene inside was slightly different from what Wei Tu had imagined.

It is indeed the 'inner cave' hidden inside the outer cave.

However, this space doesn't seem to be located within the 'Hundred Tombs Yin Land' anymore; it's more like... a newly formed Yin Land.

"If it is a newly formed Yin land, why would the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor bother to set up this 'Yin-Yang Twin Palaces' to hide this 'Inner Cave Palace'... Wouldn't it be even more concealed and difficult to detect if the cave palace were placed here directly?" Wei Tu raised his eyebrows slightly, his divine sense passing through the walls of the 'Inner Cave Palace' and looking out at the outside world, at that newly formed 'small Yin land' that was not even one percent the size of the 'Hundred Tombs Yin Land'.

"Unless... this 'small yin land' is a newly created yin land by the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor, and it has only recently taken shape?"

Wei Tu's heart skipped a beat, and his gaze fell on the Yin veins hidden deep underground in this 'small Yin land', and he thought to himself, 'As expected.'

This yin vein was extremely weak, only a few feet in size and half a foot in width, completely incomparable to the several enormous yin veins of the 'Hundred Tombs Yin Land' that resembled 'swimming dragons'.

Moreover, at the core of this Yin meridian, there is a 'Yin treasure' placed by someone. It is this treasure that continuously gathers the dense Yin energy from the surrounding area, forming this weak Yin meridian.

“This Yin Treasure…is it a remnant soul of a Mahayana cultivator?” Wei Tu’s gaze sharpened as he looked at the Yin Treasure, which was shrouded in black mist and whose true form was obscured. His expression changed slightly.

He felt a terrifying pressure emanating from this object, a pressure that only a Mahayana powerhouse possesses.

However, he couldn't understand why the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor would specifically use this 'Mahayana Remnant Soul' as a 'Yin Treasure' to condense Yin Veins and form a new 'Yin Land' in the Hundred Tombs Mountains.
If the goal was simply to find a secluded cave, it seems entirely unnecessary to go to such lengths and incur such a high cost.

“Are those… cuneiform characters?” At this moment, Wei Tu noticed that near the 'remnant soul of Mahayana' that was filled with black energy, there were blood-red demon nails deeply embedded in the ground, with 'cuneiform spirit script' engraved on their surfaces.

Beneath the intricate array formed by these blood-red demonic nails, the black-glowing 'remnant soul of Mahayana' not only condenses and attracts the surrounding Yin energy, but also undergoes some subtle changes within itself.

It seems to be transforming into some kind of evil entity.

Suddenly realizing something, Wei Tu's heart pounded. He understood that this Yin Treasure, or rather, the 'Great Ascension Remnant Soul,' was the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor's primary objective in setting up this 'Yin-Yang Twin Palaces.'

—It must be a rather evil Mahayana technique that the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor prepared for himself!

The 'Yin Vein' and 'Small Yin Land' that formed around this 'Mahayana Remnant Soul' were merely incidental benefits of refining this 'Mahayana Remnant Soul'.

One can imagine how powerful this 'evil object' would be if it were successfully crafted!
After all, the base for refining this item used the 'remnant soul of Mahayana'.

"But... how do we take this treasure?" Wei Tu frowned and looked around the 'inner cave', searching for records, magical artifacts, and flags related to this item.

Unfortunately, although this "inner cave" was not completely empty, it was clear that nothing related to this "remnant soul of Mahayana" was placed there.

The few jade slips he possessed were mostly general statements, not much different from the 'knowledge jade slips' he had seized from the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor.

“The only thing related to this ‘Mahayana remnant soul’ is these two dark gold jade slips in my hand, which are inscribed with ‘cuneiform script’…” Wei Tu narrowed his eyes and rubbed the two dark gold jade slips in his palm.

"It seems I need to go to the Heavenly Demon Palace again," Wei Tu thought to himself.

He placed his hopes for deciphering this cuneiform script on the 'Ancestral Beast Stele' standing within the Ancestral Beast Holy Land of the Heavenly Demon Palace.

While retrieving the recipe for the 'Eternal Flame Demon Ointment' from the remnant soul of the true dragon, he also made sure it deciphered the 'cuneiform script'...

Unfortunately, the remnant soul of that true dragon was perhaps not ancient enough, or perhaps not powerful enough, and did not know the specific method for deciphering this 'cuneiform script'.

However, the powerful remnant souls within the Ancestral Beast Stele are far more than just the 'Remnant Soul of the True Dragon'.

He only needs to pay the price and try a few more times.

Previously, he was not in a hurry to proceed simply because he did not want to attract too much attention or draw the attention of others. After all, his public identity was merely that of a Nascent Soul cultivator who had ascended to the Heavenly Demon Realm.

The number of inheritance beads is destined to be limited.

Thinking of this, Wei Tu was no longer in a hurry. He raised his sleeve and summoned the 'Sky-Splitting Eagle' again, asking it to use the 'Sky-Splitting Escape' technique to take him away from this 'inner cave'. Then, with a flash of his eyes, he hid in the shadows again and began to observe Lu Qiu Qingfeng and his group who were trapped in the 'blood-colored formation'.

After the initial panic, the group gradually calmed down.

Furthermore, with the help of the four princesses of the Black Wind Clan and the blood-clad man's protectors, they gradually turned the tide and began to think about how to break the blood-colored formation.

It seems that the protectors of these two realized that there was no cave master here, or perhaps... these two were confident, and when they broke the 'blood-colored array', they did not help these juniors of the clan, but only used their combined magic power to help resist the erosion of 'blood water' and prevent the Fourth Princess and others from being in mortal danger.

He entrusted the important task of breaking the formation to the fourth princess and the man in blood-stained clothes, who were the younger members of the clan.

“If the protectors don’t intervene… at the speed at which this group breaks this ‘blood-colored formation,’ it will take at least several months… enough time for me to make a trip to the Heavenly Demon Palace.” Wei Tu raised an eyebrow and thought to himself.

Of course, in fact, even if these two protectors helped the Fourth Princess and the others break through this "blood-colored array", he did not believe that they would be able to follow in his footsteps and discover the "inner cave" hidden inside the "great tomb".

The reason why Madam Wanmiao and the others noticed something was wrong with the 'portrait' in the Burial Immortal Temple was not because their divine sense or supernatural abilities were so powerful, but because they discovered clues from the red-feathered ghost insects outside the temple.

At present, he certainly did not believe that these two ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators were capable of rivaling true Nascent Soul Realm experts such as Lady Wanmiao and Venerable Huoshi.

However, the fact that this group of people is currently trapped inside this 'blood-colored array' undoubtedly provides him with more security in terms of his actions.

After observing in this way, Wei Tu no longer hesitated. He immediately used his escape light to break through the spatial barrier of the 'Hundred Tombs Yin Land' and returned to the outside world.

At this time, the outer perimeter of the 'Bailing Mountains' was still surrounded by a considerable number of people from various races and early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

However, due to the prestige of the Black Wind Clan and the Blood Dragon Clan, they dared not approach without permission, and could only observe and spy on the situation from a distance.

As for these cultivators, Wei Tu, who was concealing his presence with the [Earth Emperor Pearl], naturally didn't care in the slightest.

After easily bypassing the group, he used his escape light to rush towards the Heavenly Demon Palace.

……

Just like it was a decade or so ago.

Wei Tu's return did not attract much attention from the cultivators of the Heavenly Demon Palace. Even the cultivators of the 'Nine Serpents Willow Clan,' who had many connections with him, only glanced at him a few times.

After all, he was no longer valued by the Nine Serpents Willow Clan because of his reputation as a genius who had "faded into obscurity" and no longer descended to the mortal realm. He was not truly an enemy of the clan, nor had he become a foe to them.

After returning to the Heavenly Demon Palace.

Wei Tu didn't stop along the way. After exchanging some 'inheritance beads' with spirit crystals from familiar cultivators, he went directly to the Ancestral Beast Holy Land and sat cross-legged in front of the towering Ancestral Beast Stele.

This scene did arouse the curiosity of some of the Heavenly Demon Palace's 'deacons' and 'elders', but they only paid attention to it briefly with their divine senses and did not look at it much.

There's no other reason than that within the Heavenly Demon Palace, there are many cultivators like Wei Tu who, after traveling in the outside world and obtaining opportunities, immediately come to the Ancestral Beast Stele to verify what they have gained.

Soon, the inheritance beads in front of them, which resembled glass and were covered with black secret runes, began to burn.

Wei Tu's consciousness was once again drawn into the 'sea of ​​consciousness' inside the stele after more than a decade.

This time, Wei Tu did not seek out the 'True Dragon Remnant Soul' closely related to his 'bloodline'. Instead, his gaze fell upon the 'Heavenly Phoenix Remnant Soul' within the Ancestral Beast Stele, which was the oldest and had the highest realm.

This 'Remnant Soul of the Heavenly Phoenix' is the legendary origin of the Black Wind Clan.

It was this phoenix that shaped the 'Ancestral Beast Stele' that contains countless true spirits and remnants of souls, accumulating the foundation for the prosperity of the bloodline cultivators of the Heavenly Demon Realm.

"Cuneiform script..."

Wei Tu narrowed his eyes and used the illusory figure formed by his divine sense to step forward and gently touch the tallest and most majestic Heavenly Phoenix standing in the 'space inside the Ancestral Beast Stele'.

The next moment, memories of this 'cuneiform script' rushed into his mind like a tidal wave.

However, just like the method for refining the "Eternal Flame Demon Ointment" obtained from the "Remnant Soul of the True Dragon," it was not open to him, a "Nascent Soul junior."

The moment the memory touched upon it, the tide of memories about cuneiform receded again, leaving only fragments related to it in Wei Tu's mind.

"Six Nightmare Immortal Scripts..."

Wei Tu muttered to himself, a startle running through him.

He never expected that this 'cuneiform script' actually involved the legendary 'celestial script', rather than the special script that existed in the ancient demon realm as he had thought.

But upon reflection, he realized it was normal.

Only this immortal script could possess such power, enabling the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor to spare no expense in using his 'Mahayana remnant soul' to refine that terrifying evil object.

However, he was puzzled as to why this "immortal script" was also called "Six Nightmares".

"Increase the strength of spiritual consciousness..."

Without hesitation, Wei Tu raised his hand and took out a talisman, sticking it between his eyebrows, which suddenly raised the divine sense extending from his sea of ​​consciousness from the Nascent Soul stage to the Refinement stage.

And so we arrived at this place.

Just like the 'Remnant Soul of the True Dragon', this 'Remnant Soul of the Heavenly Phoenix' no longer hindered him, and revealed the solution to the 'Six Nightmare Immortal Script' to him again.

However, there was little known about the mysterious immortal script name on the Wei Tu, namely 'Heavenly Phoenix Remnant Soul'.

All that is known is that this immortal text was unearthed from an 'ancient immortal relic'.

Further details on this topic, given its antiquity, have never been heard of.

However, based on the method of deciphering the "Six Nightmare Immortal Scripts" passed down by the "Remnant Soul of the Heavenly Phoenix," Wei Tu instantly learned the detailed contents recorded in the two dark gold jade slips in his hand.

“The Demonic Ghost and the Blood Gu Cauldron,” Wei Tu murmured to himself, reciting the 'techniques' recorded on the two jade slips.

After silently reciting it, his eyes lit up.

If he wasn't mistaken, the "remnant soul of Mahayana" hidden in the "inner cave" of Bailing Yindi should be the "owl demon ghost" refined by the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor.

As a technique recorded in the Six Nightmare Immortal Scriptures, this is no ordinary technique; its level is high enough to reach the legendary 'Four Tribulations Immortal Technique'.

This means that the power of this technique, when cultivated to its highest level, is comparable to that of a 'Four Tribulations Immortal'.

It should be noted that in the spirit realm, the realms of those immortals who have transcended tribulations are usually below the third tribulation, and there are very few immortals who have transcended the third tribulation.

This demonstrates the value of this technique.

Of course, Wei Tu did not believe that the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor, who had not yet reached the Tribulation Transcending Realm, could reach the Tribulation Transcending level in strength with the "Owl Demon Yin Ghost" refined from the "Great Ascension Remnant Soul".

But... his current level is only at the 'Combined Body' stage.

Regardless of whether the 'Owl Demon Yin Ghost' refined by the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor is strong enough to be considered a Mahayana master, the 'Mahayana remnant soul' it uses... is an unstoppable and extremely troublesome existence for him!
In other words, as long as he masters this 'Owl Demon Yin Ghost' refined by the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor, regardless of whether this method can defeat a Mahayana Immortal, it is enough to become his capital to dominate the Integration Realm.

"As for that 'Blood Gu Divine Cauldron'..."

Wei Tu's eyes flickered slightly as he pondered whether the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor had secretly forged this 'Four Tribulations Immortal Artifact'.

Indeed, this artifact is a "supreme treasure" at the same level as the "Owl Demon Yin Ghost" at the fourth tribulation level. However, one is a supernatural secret technique, while the other is a method of crafting artifacts.

Compared to the former, this 'Blood Gu Divine Cauldron' is even more difficult to refine.

Because the spiritual materials he used were already immortal materials he had never heard of before, even more difficult to obtain than the "Great Vehicle Remnant Soul" used to refine the "Owl Demon Yin Ghost".

"It seems it wasn't successfully refined. The 'Blood Gu Divine Cauldron' doesn't require a nearly as special a refining environment as the 'Owl Demon Yin Ghost'... It still needs a dark place to be refined..."

“If such a cauldron truly existed, the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor would surely have used it when he was attacked by Lady Wanmiao and others in the Rebirth Realm.” Wei Tu shook his head secretly, not believing that the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor possessed such an ability.

Although its existence is ancient, its strength is incomparable to that of ordinary demon ancestors.

However, immortal materials are ultimately limited and cannot be easily obtained simply by virtue of their antiquity. (End of Chapter)