I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

But just as Wei Tu was about to walk forward, open the golden palace gate, and enter the "Lingyan Heavenly Palace"...

Suddenly, he thought of something, pulled his toes back, and then made a hand seal, activating his "Golden Eyes Gazing at the Sun" and "Evil Eyes of Chaos".

The golden light in his eyes and the eerie green light between his brows quickly projected outwards across the square.

The next moment, under the influence of the two spiritual eyes, several gruesome corpses of cultivators suddenly appeared on the seemingly empty plaza paved with white jade.

Moreover, without exception, the location of these cultivators' corpses was precisely on the straight path between him and the golden palace gate.

Even more horrifying is...

The auras of these corpses were mainly at the peak of the Void Refinement stage, with only the corpse closest to him being at the late stage of the Void Refinement stage.

"There are four corpses in total, plus the one on the steps, making a total of five. And I am ranked seventh on the 'Yinya Wanxiu Ranking' on the jade wall..." Thinking of this, Wei Tu's furrowed brows gradually relaxed, and he even felt a little relieved.

Judging from the rankings and the number of people on the list, there is no doubt that this list records "living people". After all, if the dead and the living were recorded together, then given his level of cultivation, he would not be able to rank seventh.

This also means that the danger here is no higher than that of a "half-step Nascent Soul cultivator." Furthermore, the level of danger faced by different cultivators varies greatly. If one knows a little trick and has a variety of methods, even a cultivator in the early stage of Void Refinement can pass through and leave this place alive.

Coincidentally, he was quite confident among his peers.

Remain calm.

But in reality, Wei Tu dared not be careless in the slightest.

He took a deep breath, took out more than a dozen sixth-order defensive talismans from his sleeve, and stuck them tightly to his body. Then he took out his trump card, the Five Elements Demon-Slaying Ring, poured nearly half of his mana into it, activated it, and was ready to use it at any time.

After doing all this, he then activated the protective shield of the [Phantom Scale Armor] and took a step forward.

first step.

The second step.

No problems were observed.

But when he reached the third step, a tremendous spiritual pressure suddenly descended from the sky and rushed towards his physical body.

Fortunately, with the protection of the [Phantom Scale Armor], Wei Tu's physical body only swayed slightly before regaining its footing.

However, the further he went, the stronger this mental pressure became. Even with the [Phantom Scale Armor] and defensive talismans weakening it layer by layer, it could still attack his sea of ​​consciousness.

This was not a case of divine consciousness possession, and Wei Tu was unable to use the power of the Golden Purple Fate to resist this divine soul attack.

Seeing this, Wei Tu was not in a hurry. After a slight glance, he immediately opened his "Hun'e Evil Eye" again.

With a flash of eerie light, he instantly transformed into a "Heavenly Ghost" with two horns on its head and bluish-purple skin. In that instant, the strength of its divine soul leaped to the peak of the Void Refinement stage, and even continued to advance towards the Integration stage... It was quite like it was on the verge of reaching the half-step Integration stage.

The next moment, Wei Tu, after being transformed into a demon, not only lost his previous heaviness but also became lighter and more agile.

However, after walking another ten or so feet,

The attacks along the way changed completely.

In addition to the mental pressure, more than ten dark golden light threads, carrying terrifying spiritual pressure, suddenly tore through space and rushed in from all directions, threatening to kill Wei Tu on the spot.

"Attack level at the peak of the Void Refinement stage? Did they see I was wearing the [Phantom Scale Armor] and deliberately make the test more demanding?"

Wei Tu's expression changed slightly as he looked at the dark golden light threads that were striking the [Illusion Scale Armor]'s protective shield, causing it to crackle and lose its luster.

According to his estimation, if the situation remains unchanged and he stands still, he can only hold out for a maximum of two quarters of an hour before the seventh-tier defensive remnant, the [Phantom Scale Armor], is on the verge of destruction.

"However, the situation hasn't become that critical?"

Suddenly, Wei Tu noticed something. His eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he immediately made a hand seal, aiming the Five Elements Demon-Slaying Ring, a powerful spiritual treasure, at a point in the void dozens of feet away from him.

A moment later, an astonishing beam of light, condensed from five-colored spiritual light, shot out from Wei Tu's sleeve and blasted directly towards the target in a flash.

Surprisingly.

The five-element beams of light did not pass through this void; instead, they struck something, producing a series of crackling sounds.

The next moment, a small monkey, about half a person's height and golden in color, fell from this void. After staring at Wei Tu for a moment, it fell to the ground with its eyes lifeless.

"A puppet?" Wei Tu raised an eyebrow, looking at the dark gash the size of a bowl on the belly of the golden monkey, which was the wound caused by the [Five Elements Demon-Slaying Ring].

However, unlike the demonic beasts, this monkey revealed the gears and mechanisms of a puppet, rather than flesh and blood.

At the same time, the immense mental pressure that Wei Tu had just felt, as well as the dark golden light threads that could have threatened his life, also disappeared.

However, even now, Wei Tu did not make any rash moves. He released a low-level demonic beast to probe the area. After seeing that there was no further attack, he boldly walked quickly to the little monkey puppet and began to examine it.

"This is... a seventh-order puppet?" Fang Yi picked it up, and after sensing the puppet's core, Wei Tu was first taken aback for a moment, and then became overjoyed.

After all, this is a seventh-tier puppet.

It can be called a supreme treasure in the cultivation world!

Although it cannot compare to a fully-fledged powerhouse, if used properly, it can contend with a fully-fledged powerhouse for a short period of time.

It is especially effective against cultivators below the Integration stage.

"A bit lucky." Wei Tu glanced at the core component of the little monkey puppet that he had destroyed and sighed inwardly.

Every part of this little monkey puppet is made of seventh-grade spiritual materials.

If he hadn't used the "Heavenly Treasure" to bring the attack to the level of a combined entity, and if this little monkey puppet hadn't been a tool used by the "Spiritual Palace" to test cultivators and hadn't unleashed its full power—he, a mere Void Refinement cultivator, wouldn't have been able to damage the core components of this little monkey puppet, let alone even its outer skin.

"It's just a pity. I'm not a puppeteer, and with my current skills, I can't repair this little monkey puppet. Otherwise, if I had another seventh-tier puppet, it would be able to roam freely within this Dark Raven Tower..."

Wei Tu shook his head and pondered.

He had used puppets quite a few times, and in the human realm, he had even obtained some decent puppet techniques from Gong Shulan—but those were all when he was at the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stages. His puppetry skills were still far from reaching the seventh rank.

Each profession has its own expertise.

He was able to grasp the Dao of Talismans and the Dao of Alchemy, and also practiced some techniques of corpse refining. Among cultivators of the same level, he was already quite proficient in miscellaneous knowledge.

There's no need to learn another technique, puppetry, which conflicts with corpse refining.

"Among the cultivators who broke into the Lingyan Heavenly Palace, I am probably the first to kill this little monkey puppet."

Wei Tu flipped his hand, storing the little monkey puppet in his storage artifact, and then examined the enormous heavenly palace before him, which resembled amethyst.

Outside the Heavenly Palace, there are already seventh-order puppets guarding the gates. What must it be like inside the Heavenly Palace?
"Go!" But after a moment's thought, Wei Tu was still not in a hurry. He patted the corpse-nurturing bag at his waist and summoned the Fusion Fire Yang Corpse, using it to push open the golden palace door in his place.

Under the immense force of the corpse refining, the golden palace gate, hundreds of feet high, was slowly pushed open. However, the scenery inside the Heavenly Palace was not revealed through the crack in the door; some kind of restriction prevented Wei Tu's divine sense from further probing.

However, seeing that the refining corpse that entered the "Lingyan Heavenly Palace" was not attacked, Wei Tu felt reassured and followed the molten fire yang corpse inside.

however--

He was stunned as soon as he entered.

Because what came into view was a towering statue, thousands of feet tall. The statue was dressed in a red robe, had an old man's face, a long beard, and sat cross-legged with its eyes closed, as if it were practicing some kind of mysterious technique.

Apart from that, the entire Heavenly Palace was completely empty, without a single item or piece of furniture, as if it had been ransacked and emptied out by thieves.

However, after Wei Tu looked around, he used his divine sense to probe the statue, hoping to gain some opportunity from it.

His mind was instantly jolted.

Tears of blood streamed down his face.

But at this moment, he was not greatly frightened by the recoil injury. His face was slightly pale, and after a slight pause, a look of surprise immediately appeared on his brow.

Nothing more—in that very instant, a profound and mysterious cultivation technique, its words like pearls, suddenly appeared in his mind.

However, this look of surprise didn't last long on his face. After a while, he paced back and forth with a somewhat worried expression.

According to the general outline, this cultivation technique is indeed extremely powerful, enough to cultivate to the Tribulation Transcending Realm, and even to become a king and overlord in the Tribulation Transcending Realm.

Even beyond the Tribulation Transcending Realm, the legendary "True Immortal Realm" can be glimpsed through this technique.

However, the cultivation of this skill was far more unorthodox and dangerous than any other skill he had ever seen.

Because... this technique is not a simple spiritual cultivation method, but an unorthodox technique that emphasizes "cultivating both immortals and demons"!

But this undoubtedly goes against his common sense.

Spiritual energy and demonic energy are two completely opposite forces, things that are extremely difficult to reconcile! How could they possibly merge and be cultivated together?
“If the transformation of ‘immortal bone’ into ‘demon bone’ fails, my body refining realm will be essentially ruined, and even the ‘refining emptiness’ realm will be difficult to maintain…” Wei Tu’s expression was uncertain.

Indeed! The so-called "cultivation of immortals and demons" in this technique is an alternative form of dual cultivation of body and spirit. It transforms the "true spirit immortal bones" cultivated by body cultivators into "demon bones," and then gives birth to the bloodline of ancient demons, making oneself a "natural ancient demon" who is not born later in life.

These trials of the Lingyan Heavenly Palace are precisely designed to select these powerful individuals at the same level who cultivate both physical and magical bodies.

Those who do not practice dual cultivation of body and mind will never reach the point of meeting this deity and receiving its inheritance.

But this also created a predicament.

As a prodigy in the cultivation world, how could he abandon the path of immortality to cultivate such an untested method of cultivating both immortality and demonism?

“The person who built the Dark Raven Tower is suspected to be the Demon Ancestor, and the Demon Ancestor Garan is also a Demon Ancestor…” Suddenly, Wei Tu thought of something and his eyes flashed as he looked at the black compass in his arms.

Inside was the severed arm belonging to the Demon Ancestor Garan, which he had obtained from the white-haired evil cultivator.

"Let's try using the Law of Wishes of the Demon Ancestor Garan to divine the outcome of this matter..."

Wei Tu took a deep breath and, following the sacrificial ritual, began divination using the "Wish-Seeking Law" within the ancient demon's severed arm, seeking guidance from the heavens.

Not long after.

The ancient demon's severed arm wrote down the required offerings.

A seventh-tier demonic beast, or a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"A fusion sacrifice is required? This technique requires a fusion sacrifice?" Wei Tu's expression changed drastically.

The law of desire follows the principle of equivalent exchange.

The fact that he was offered a sacrifice to a Nascent Soul cultivator meant that the highest level of danger he would encounter was the Nascent Soul stage.

And the combined offering...

That means the level of danger is at the level of fusion!
In other words, in the eyes of "Demon Ancestor Jialan", this technique can only be solved after he breaks through to the Fusion stage.

As for him, he is currently only at the Refinement Realm, and for him to cultivate this technique now would probably only mean "death".

"This skill is fraught with great danger; you must never practice it!"

With a resolute look in his eyes, Wei Tu used a jade slip to copy this cultivation technique that combined immortality and demonic cultivation. Immediately, he used his divine sense as a blade to sever this part of his memory.

It's not that he's "ruthless," but rather that techniques involving ancient demons often have many hidden dangers. Just like "incantation supernatural powers," this part of the memory could also become a medium for the casting of some kind of supernatural power.

If we don't take precautions, one day in the future, someone might take advantage of our vulnerability.

However, it was only after he severed this memory with his divine sense that he realized what was happening.

The enormous statue in front of them suddenly shrank considerably, becoming only half its original size.

At the same time, a huge rosewood altar appeared in front of the statue.

Above the offering table, there appeared a snow-white spiritual fruit, the size of an infant's fist, and a vermilion jade slip.

Beside the statue, the "teleportation portal" unique to the Raven Tower—that giant silver gate—was revealed.

"That cultivation technique that allows one to cultivate both immortality and demonic arts? Is it also a test?" Wei Tu's expression changed, showing some surprise and uncertainty.

After all, this level was too "mysterious," as it could even see through his thoughts and ideas.

However, after thinking about the "telepathic" supernatural power he had encountered in the human world, he felt somewhat relieved about it.

It's highly likely that this isn't because the "master" here can know his thoughts remotely, but rather because his spiritual realm is far weaker than this cultivator's, and he was directly spied upon by a powerful supernatural means.

"Snow Heart Fruit?"

After the initial shock, Wei Tu glanced at the snow-white spiritual fruit on the offering table, and a look of delight immediately appeared on his face.

He already knew of the great fame of this snow-white spiritual fruit when he was in the Spirit Realm.

It is the "sacred medicine for body refinement" for sixth-level body refiners!
It is of great benefit to body cultivation.

Moreover, he believed this fruit was at least ten thousand years old. Its grade was at least "high-grade sixth rank".

This spiritual fruit alone makes his trip to the "Spiritual Evolution Heavenly Palace" worthwhile.

"I wonder what's inside this vermilion jade slip. Is it a cultivation technique? A secret art? Or perhaps a secret story?"

Wei Tu took a deep breath, reached out, and grabbed the vermilion jade slip on the offering table. (End of Chapter)