I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

The journey to 'Wanling Immortal City' was naturally very smooth.

In just half a month, Wei Tu arrived here from the 'Divine Fire Immortal Realm'. Under the identity of the 'Mysterious Fusion' and with the help of Madam Xue of the 'Xue Family Trading Company', he spread the news at the upcoming 'Fusion Auction' that he was willing to pay a large sum of money to purchase a seventh-tier 'Ghost Clan Soul Pill' for refining pills.

It is worth mentioning that.

This hefty reward caused quite a stir within and around the City of Ten Thousand Spirits.

Unlike demonic beasts, the ghost race is a large clan in the entire spirit realm, but there are only a few clans, among which the most prominent is the 'Mist Ghost Clan'.

Only this race can reliably provide seventh-tier 'Ghost Clan Soul Pills'.

Ironically, the Mist Ghost Clan is now a behemoth comparable to the Ten Spirit Clan.

Moreover, due to Zi Chi Jun's acceptance of a disciple, his power is growing greatly.

Fortunately, thanks to Wei Tu's repeated emphasis that the Soul Pill of the Mist Ghost Clan did not match the medicinal properties of the pills he refined, this incident did not escalate into a conflict against him.

Of course, it wasn't that his explanation was particularly convincing, but rather that after he 'unintentionally' revealed a soul power pressure comparable to a 'Grand Master of Integration'... no one dared to comment further on it.

This includes the Mist Ghost clan, which is not far from the 'City of Ten Thousand Spirits'.

With no Mahayana immortals appearing in the world, the Mist Ghost Clan couldn't possibly offend a mysterious Grandmaster of Integration with unknown origins so much just because of a few words.

Unfortunately, it seems that for this reason, Wei Tu's progress in collecting seventh-tier 'Ghost Clan Soul Pills' has been quite slow.

Seventh-order Ghost Clan Soul Pills are extremely rare in the cultivation world.

After removing the soul cores of the 'Mist Ghost Clan', there are very few seventh-tier 'Ghost Clan Soul Cores' left scattered outside that can be found.

However, Wei Tu has plenty of patience about this.

At this moment, his cultivation level had only reached the 'Great Completion' stage of the mid-stage of the Integration Realm, and there was still a considerable distance to go before reaching the 'Peak of the Integration Realm'.

In addition, he also needs some time to cultivate the secret technique used to break through to the Mahayana realm—the "Ascension to Immortality Technique".

Therefore, there is no need to rush the collection of seventh-tier 'Ghost Clan Soul Pills'.

As long as he can collect them all before breaking through to the peak of the Fusion Realm, it won't delay his cultivation time.

Meanwhile, Wei Tu, who had been staying in the 'Wanling Immortal City' for a while, also learned more or less about the current situation of the 'Qingling Sect' that had migrated to the Lei Peng Clan.

Just as he thought.

Under the protection of 'Yang Yujun' and 'Lei Peng Clan', Su Xin Shangren and other high-ranking members of the Qingling Sect were not in any danger. In fact, they gradually became quite comfortable with each other.

Hundreds of years ago, Master Suxin, who was only at the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm, had already begun preparations to break through to the peak of the Void Refinement realm.

This also made the Lei Peng clan pay more attention to 'Master Su Xin'. After all, even a powerful clan like the Ten Spirits Clan would not mind having another potential Nascent Soul expert join their ranks.

Furthermore, through the frequent trade activities in 'Wanling Immortal City', Wei Tu also indirectly learned about the current situation of Jiang Lingzi, who was far away in the Holy Emperor Domain of the Human Race, and the 'Golden Silkworm Snow Maiden' who was under his protection.

—Both of them were unharmed and did not suffer any harm or danger because of him.

Upon receiving this news, Wei Tu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Because, within the entire Spirit Realm, the two people he was closest to and who worried him the most were undoubtedly the Golden Silkworm Snow Maiden who ascended to the Spirit Realm with him, and the 'Venerable Su Xin' whom he met at the beginning of his ascension to the Spirit Realm.

At present, both of them are safe, which is a stroke of good luck for him amidst misfortune.

Upon receiving this news, Wei Tu stopped traveling around the 'Wanling Immortal City' and chose a 'rented cave dwelling' with a relatively high level of spiritual energy to begin cultivating in peace.

Time flies.

A cycle of sixty years has passed in a flash.

During this period, thanks to his years of hard work, Wei Tu finally made another great step forward and successfully broke through the last minor realm that was blocking him at the 'Mid-stage Integration' realm.

"I have reached the peak of the mid-stage of the Integration Realm. Next, I will use this last 'Yinzhi Pill' to break through to the late-stage of the Integration Realm..." In the secluded cultivation room, Wei Tu took a deep breath and flipped his hand to take out the 'Yinzhi Pill' that he had refined more than two hundred years ago and had never used since.

This pill, a 'breakthrough pill' specifically for late-stage Integration cultivators, is used to break through to the 'late-stage Integration' realm. While it's not exactly a waste... it's still quite a squandering of resources.

However, for a Nascent Soul cultivator with such a deep foundation as him, if he did not use this pill to break through this realm, it would take at least a thousand years to overcome this barrier between the 'mid-stage Nascent Soul' and 'late-stage Nascent Soul' realms, which can be called a 'natural chasm'.

In other words, this elixir was a rare and precious medicine that could save him a thousand years of arduous cultivation.

Having thought this through, Wei Tu did not hesitate. After spending several months stabilizing his current realm, he tilted his head back and swallowed the pill directly.

In an instant, a surge of medicinal power burst forth from his abdomen and rushed straight to his dantian.

Fortunately, when he was in the 'Shengguang Realm', he had refined a 'Yinzhi Pill' when he broke through to the mid-stage of the Integration Realm, so he already knew the medicinal properties of this pill very well.

With a single hand gesture, the medicinal power of these 'Yinzhi Pills' was immediately drawn by his magic power and gathered within the nascent soul in his dantian.

Time slowly passed once again.

More than thirty years later, after the enormous 'Azure-Eyed Flying Zombie Dharma Image' floating behind him completely transformed from yin to yang and became the 'Red Earth Drought Demon Dharma Image'... the late stage of the Integration Realm had completely opened its arms to him.

"Break!" Wei Tu's eyes shone with mysterious light. He controlled the 'Crimson Earth Drought Demon Dharma Image' with his mind, sending it into his dantian and merging it with his nascent soul. It then launched a direct attack on the late-stage Integration Realm.

Soon, accompanied by a series of loud rumbling sounds, the sea of ​​magical power in his dantian surged and churned under the impact of this realm, and began to expand wildly.

His nascent soul, like a little giant, instantly grew taller and became more plump and full, gaining half a foot in length, making it the size of a three- or four-year-old child.

This change lasted for three months before gradually stopping and subsiding.

"I've finally reached the late stage of the Integration Realm." At this moment, Wei Tu slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, and his face showed a visible relaxation.

Although he didn't consider the late stage of the Integration Realm a dangerous hurdle, before breaking through to the next level, he was still just one level away from the Mahayana Realm of 'transforming from mortal to immortal'.

Now that he has broken through to the late stage of the Integration Realm, it means that he only needs to cultivate step by step to the peak of the Integration Realm, and then he can try to glimpse the 'fairyland' that countless cultivators in the cultivation world dream of.

"More importantly, I am only a little over three thousand years old right now... The so-called 'ten thousand years to become an immortal' that is rumored in the cultivation world means I still have six or seven thousand years to spare... In this time, it should not be difficult for me to reach the 'peak of the Integration Stage'." Wei Tu secretly calculated the time and thought to himself.

"I just don't know if the Xue Clan Trading Company has gathered any useful information about the seventh-tier 'Ghost Clan Soul Pill' after a century has passed... While there's no rush, it's something we can't afford to delay any longer..."

With a flick of his sleeve, Wei Tu deactivated the spiritual restriction array left in the secluded cultivation room. At the same time, with a thought, he summoned the dense array of talismans sent by the Xue Clan Trading Company to the entrance of the cave.

However, at that moment, his divine sense also immediately sensed the cultivation aura of Xue Qiongyu and Ruan Shuier, who were also cultivating in the cave.

"One is about to break through the 'half-step Integration' realm, and the other is about to break through the Nascent Soul realm?" Wei Tu raised an eyebrow and thought to himself.

Even knowing this, there wasn't a trace of surprise on his face at this moment.

There's no other reason than that, long before he forcibly abducted Xue Qiongyu from the Xueying Clan, Xue Qiongyu had already broken through to the late stage of the Void Refinement realm and was holding a breakthrough ceremony within the clan to celebrate the event...

This period of time is now over a thousand years ago.

Back then, he grew from a mere Void Refinement cultivator into the powerful being he is today, a late-stage Integration Realm expert.

Compared to him, Xue Qiongyu, who was originally a "prodigy of the clan", has grown from the late stage of the Void Refinement Realm to the current "half-step Integration Realm", and her breakthrough speed is extremely slow.

To put it bluntly... if it weren't for him, at a normal cultivation speed, this woman would probably have reached this level several hundred years ago.

It was he who greatly delayed this woman's cultivation speed.

After all, although this woman had no shortage of pills along the way, she had spent most of her time by his side, kept 'frozen' inside his Qiankun bag.

As for Ruan Shui'er, she had already reached the peak of the Golden Core realm when she was in the Black Cloud Minor Realm. It was only after she cultivated in the Spirit Realm for a hundred years that her breakthrough was considered normal.

"Ruan Shui'er, there's no need to worry. The cultivation resources for the Nascent Soul Realm are nothing to me... Besides, this woman is just someone I feel pity for, so there's no need to worry about her too much."

"The most crucial thing is Xue Qiongyu. Resources for breaking through to the Integration Realm are not easy to find."

Wei Tu frowned and looked at the tokens handed over by the Xue family business.

A hundred years ago, when he offered a reward in Wanling Immortal City for collecting seventh-tier 'Ghost Clan Soul Pills', he also posted a reward notice for searching for 'fusion opportunities' like 'Divine Ape Grass'.

Of course, after slaying many powerful enemies, he did have some elixirs to break through to the Integration Realm, but such low-quality breakthrough pills... often do more harm than good.

After breaking through, it is often difficult to break through the initial stage of the Fusion Realm for the rest of one's life.

Even someone as powerful as Chief Chai went to great lengths to seize the "Divine Ape Grass" hidden in the underwater cave by "Nine Flame Lord," intending to use it for foundation building to break through to the Integration Realm.

If Xue Qiongyu were just an ordinary female cultivator with whom he had only a slight connection, he could have easily dismissed her...

But since this woman has already 'formed an alliance' with him, using her own 'primordial yin' to help him break through to a higher realm, and has offered up the 'blood demon fragments' she has raised... he can no longer treat her poorly or harshly in this matter.

Unfortunately, after examining all the talismans sent by the Xue family business, Wei Tu did not find any "synergy opportunity" for him to seize, such as the "Divine Ape Grass" or other rare treasures of heaven and earth.

Including the seventh-tier 'Ghost Clan Soul Pill'...

The letter only mentioned some unsubstantiated information, without any specific details.

“Spiritual objects that allow one to break through to the Fusion stage are generally only in the hands of powerful forces. Back then, if I hadn’t stumbled upon Chief Chai’s scheme by chance… that ‘Divine Ape Grass’ would likely not have fallen into my hands…”

“In a sense, rare treasures like ‘Divine Ape Grass’ are even harder to find than seventh-tier ‘Ghost Clan Soul Pills’…” Wei Tu frowned, thinking to himself.

However, just as he was about to put down the talismans, one of the contents suddenly caught his attention.

"The Alchemist Conference of the Celestial Fox Clan?"

Wei Tu's eyes flickered slightly as he carefully read the letter again.

On this day, the Fox Clan's 'Alchemist Conference' was held, although it was not specified whether one could obtain rare treasures like the 'Divine Ape Grass' or the seventh-tier 'Ghost Clan Soul Pill'...

However, it also states that once someone stands out from the crowd and becomes one of the top five, and refines the elixir needed by the Heavenly Fox Clan, they can make a reasonable request to the Heavenly Fox Clan.

For him, obtaining items like the 'Divine Ape Grass' through this method might be difficult, but exchanging them for the 'Divine Ape Grass' and a seventh-tier 'Ghost Clan Soul Pill' on an equal terms was a feasible option.

It was for this reason that Madam Xue wrote this letter to remind him.

"The Celestial Fox Clan has always been highly reputable and is not the kind of unreasonable clan. This time, they are holding the Alchemist Conference and have sent out invitations widely throughout the Spirit Realm... There shouldn't be too much danger..."

"Moreover, as long as we can secure a place in the top five this time, we will have the opportunity to refine that pill... It's not too attention-grabbing."

Wei Tu stroked the talisman in his hand, gradually becoming interested.

He was quite confident in his alchemy skills.

Firstly, seventh-rank alchemists in the cultivation world are extremely rare, and their numbers are few. Even among powerful clans like the three major hegemonic clans and the ten major spirit clans, seventh-rank alchemists are seldom found.

Otherwise, the powerful Celestial Fox Clan, one of the Ten Spirit Clans, wouldn't have held a special 'Alchemist Conference' at this moment, inviting seventh-level alchemists from the entire Spirit Realm to gather at the Celestial Fox Clan to refine that 'special pill'.

Secondly, he now has quite a lot of experience with seventh-grade pills.

Both the 'Yinzhi Pill' and the 'Nine Fragrance Pill' are high-grade seventh-rank pills that are difficult to refine...

In this respect, he is by no means inferior to those more experienced seventh-rank alchemists. After all, not every alchemist has the opportunity to refine such high-grade seventh-rank pills.

Of course, more importantly, although the Celestial Fox Clan is strong, it is not to the point that the three dominant clans can act 'recklessly'...

This trip is to the Celestial Fox Clan.

He need not worry that the clan will be overly suspicious or pry into his identity, or about breaking the agreement after he succeeds.

"If there is any danger... with the [Boundary-Severing Stone] in hand, this journey will be worry-free." Wei Tu glanced at the [Boundary-Severing Stone] in his storage artifact and thought to himself.

The Black Mist Swamp where the Yang Stone is located is a forbidden area that he dares not go to... But as a seventh-level body refiner, he is not afraid to tear open a spatial rift in its teleportation channel and escape.

He already has ample experience in this area.

From this perspective, the danger posed by the [Boundary-Severing Stone] is now virtually negligible to him. (End of Chapter)