Born with immortal seed

Chapter 462 The Possibility of Upgrading Cultivation Techniques

Its horns were prominent, its whiskers fluttered, and its aura grew increasingly majestic and profound, the breath it exhaled resembling boiling magma.

With each wisp of sacred beast aura infused into the crystal, the image of the fire dragon drew one step closer to the illusory azure dragon within the crystal.

With the fusion of thirty-three strands of sacred beast aura, Bai Zichen was certain that the Fire Dragon Returning to Origin Scripture he was cultivating was completely different from his original technique.

Even if one observes the fire dragon up close, the master who created this technique could not possibly surpass him in his understanding of the Fire Dragon Returning to Origin Scripture.

By observing the daily behavior of the Fire Dragon Celestial Beast, it inhales and exhales pure Yang Heavenly Fire, thus creating its own cultivation technique.

The inspiration for the circulation of true essence came from the flow of fire-elemental spiritual energy in the breath of the fire dragon immortal beast.

Therefore, after completing the cultivation, one can transform into a fire dragon and control pure yang fire.

How could the so-called Fire Dragon Celestial Beast be qualified to be compared with the Azure Dragon Sacred Beast?

The Demon Saint is the most powerful being in the Heavenly Demon Realm. There are only a handful of them in the entire demon race. They are truly giants who stand proudly at the top.

To be able to sense the image of the Azure Dragon, merge with its aura, and adjust one's dragon body is an immense opportunity.

The true essence circulation route of the Fire Dragon Returning to Origin Scripture remains unchanged, but its internal substance is completely different.

If he were to transform into a fire dragon again, revealing his dragon form and possessing supernatural powers, it would be extraordinary.

"The rest is fine. I have cultivated the Five Crystal Glazed Body, so I won't encounter a situation where I need to transform into a fire dragon to fight desperately... The most important thing is that my fire spirit root aptitude has increased significantly. This efficiency in refining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and its attraction to fire elemental spiritual energy are truly wonderful."

Bai Zichen spread his arms, and specks of crimson light, like fireflies, danced in the cave.

Standing at the center, he was like a giant fireball, with countless red stars and moths rushing towards it.

This affinity for fire elemental energy was something he had never experienced before.

"If the previous fire spirit root could reach 70% of the heavenly spirit root, now it's conservatively estimated to be 90%. The time to reach the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage can be shortened by at least 30 years."

The improvement in his spiritual root aptitude was the best news for Bai Zichen.

It can be said that it filled his last weakness.

At least compared to other Nascent Soul True Monarchs, cultivation speed is no longer a weakness.

The main problem is that there aren't many pills suitable for Nascent Soul cultivators, so relying on pills to quickly improve one's cultivation level is completely impossible.

Cultivators who are less efficient at refining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will inevitably fall behind others.

"Even if it has no other use, just for improving the aptitude of the fire spirit root, I would never hand over the essence blood of the sacred beast... For you, this is an enemy who obstructs your path, and for me, it is no different!"

The Dragon Lord needs the essence blood of a sacred beast to help it take the most crucial step.

Countless transformed demons have fallen before the fifth-order chasm, not only in the present day, but also in ancient times.

Back then, the number of fourth-tier demons was a hundred times that of now, yet a higher proportion of Nascent Soul demon lords still failed to emerge.

Before Bai Zichen reaches the Nascent Soul stage, he doesn't need to worry about breaking through bottlenecks; he only needs to focus on improving his cultivation.

However, if one has to stay in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm for two or three hundred years, and then again in the middle stage, the time left for him to study the mysteries of the Divine Transformation realm will become increasingly limited.

The essence of the sacred beast improved his spiritual root, greatly reducing the tedious time spent on cultivation and naturally increasing his chances of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

This azure crystal was as important to him as the Dragon King.

To try and steal the essence of the sacred beast is to cut off its path to immortality, making them irreconcilable enemies.

"It's a pity that the Fire Dragon Immortal Beast has long since disappeared from the cultivation world. Otherwise, after comparing it with the Azure Dragon Sacred Beast, I might not have been unable to develop the later levels of the Fire Dragon Returning to Origin Scripture..."

Creating a Nascent Soul level cultivation technique out of thin air is something Bai Zichen is far from capable of.

However, by following the ideas of our predecessors, comparing them with the Fire Dragon Immortal Beast, and taking a bit of the essence of the Azure Dragon Sacred Beast, we are very confident that we can further develop the technique by two or three more levels.

"It's not that the present is inferior to the past, but that the world has changed drastically. In ancient times, there were blessed lands everywhere, with no shortage of divine materials and rare objects. There were even spiritual herbs that had been growing since the beginning of time."

Every time Bai Zichen reads biographies from that period, he feels they are increasingly unrealistic and unlike anything from the real world.

You can wander into any desolate mountain or wilderness and easily find several medicinal herbs that are over a thousand years old.

Many medicinal herbs are not processed through alchemy; they are simply ground up and swallowed.

Thousand-year-old blood ginseng and thousand-year-old golden crown lingzhi are not considered rare items.

During that period, due to the abundance of natural resources and treasures, the importance attached to cultivation and various arts was far less than it is today.

The alchemical techniques were crude and their utilization efficiency was extremely low.

Those who are not at the level of ten thousand years are truly not qualified to start refining pills.

"The art of restriction only flourished in the last few decades, and the way of the sword has also reached its most glorious moment in the last tens of thousands of years."

Bai Zichen circulated the latest Fire Dragon Returning to Origin Scripture through one cycle, savoring its essence.

The aura of the Azure Dragon Sacred Beast has subtly altered every aspect of this cultivation technique.

Unfortunately, this change can only be manifested in him, who possesses the essence blood of a sacred beast.

Even if he personally teaches his disciples in the future, the Fire Dragon Returning to Origin Scripture they cultivate will definitely be vastly different from his own.

"Simply incorporating the aura of a sacred beast has such benefits. It is said that the Demon Saint Pearl was personally crafted by the Demon Saint of the Heavenly Demon Realm, no wonder it can purify and advance the bloodlines of all demon races."

Bai Zichen had some ideas; he could pay attention to other rare treasures similar to the Demon Saint Pearl in the future.

Ordinary cultivators might discard it like trash, but in his hands, it might be able to unleash other wondrous uses of the sacred beast's essence blood.

He always felt that the Azure Dragon essence blood had only mutated the Yi Wood Azure God Technique and increased the upper limit of the Fire Element Spiritual Root, and had not yet truly exerted its full potential.

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"Grandpa, why should we bow down to those humans? The Demon Saint Pearl has always been a treasure of our race. It was stolen by those despicable humans. We are just reclaiming what is rightfully ours!"

Hu Jiu'er was sulking, her little mouth pouting.

"Grandpa can't make a move, but I can. That cultivator is at the same cultivation level as me, so I can easily take him down!"

"It's just a Nascent Soul Fruit. Only one fruit can grow in the Herb Garden Secret Realm every three hundred years. Our clan breaks through to the fourth level differently from human cultivators, so we don't need Nascent Soul Pills at all. The value of this spiritual fruit is to be used to trade resources with human cultivators."

Old Man Hu knew that his descendant had grown up in the Dead Sea of ​​Qingqiu, possessed outstanding bloodline, and had developed an arrogant and haughty personality.

"That piece of paulownia wood is hardly a divine thing for our Qingqiu Mountain; it's just a branch that was moved down from the main branch. As long as it's not done too often, it won't affect the growth of the main branch at all."

In the Dead Sea of ​​Qingqiu, there is a fifth-grade top-quality parasol tree that has been growing for countless years.

It can even be considered one of the highest-ranking spiritual plants in the entire cultivation world.

The sixth-tier spiritual plants, which are even higher, have not appeared since ancient times.

The limit that this world can accommodate is the peak of the fifth rank.

As a spiritual plant, the phoenix tree has a simple mind and slow emotional response.

However, his ability to manipulate the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the changes in the earth's veins surpasses that of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.

Despite the passing of time, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox clan has remained standing, largely thanks to this sacred parasol tree.

When guarding the mountain gate, the shortcomings of the Wutong Divine Tree are conveniently ignored, allowing it to perfectly leverage its advantages.

It was Qingqiu Dead Sea's biggest trump card when facing the Heavenly Punishment Peak Master of the Moral Sect.

"Don't think that just because your bloodline is precious, you can easily defeat human cultivators of the same level... Humans are not like us demons; the difference between their upper and lower limits is enormous. This kid's strength is so great that it makes my cultivation eye ache slightly; he is definitely not ordinary."

Old Hu is very serious about Chinese, and he is afraid that Hu Jiu'er's views will lead to encountering a powerful enemy that he cannot deal with in the future.

"Among my peers, when I started cultivating, my bloodline purity and natural talent were not the most outstanding. The reason I've survived to this day and reached the fourth-tier upper-grade realm is because of these eyes. Even if I were to defeat him, it would take some effort. You probably wouldn't last more than a hundred moves against him, Jiu'er."

"Is it really that powerful?!"

Hu Jiu'er turned her head away, still not believing it.

"Remember, never underestimate the talents of the world. Our Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox clan has only survived to this day by walking on thin ice. In ancient times, there were several lineages of demon beast kings who were arrogant and domineering, imprisoning humans and building palaces. When several Nascent Soul level sects rose up, those lineages of demon beast kings were the first to be wiped out. On the contrary, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox clan, which was not the most prominent at the time, has continued to thrive steadily."

Throughout his long demon life, Old Man Hu had witnessed too many exceptionally talented human geniuses who could complete in a hundred years the journey of the demon race, which took thousands of years.

This made him very clear about what kind of anomalies could emerge among humans with ordinary bloodlines who were extremely weak without cultivation.

"Just like how what we gave this time was insignificant, and we only felt that we had lost face by bowing our heads... But in front of the Demon Saint Pearl, all of this is meaningless. Every hundred years, the Demon Saint Pearl can shine with spiritual light, and every three hundred years it can activate a divine light that traces back to the origin. Human cultivators cannot use this item. Once we take it back, we can use it immediately. It can at least give intelligence to hundreds of low-level demons."

Hu Jiu'er remained silent, it was unclear whether she had taken Old Man Hu's heartfelt words to heart.

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Nanzhao, Wanfu Mountain, Baiqiaozong.

"Reporting to the Ancestor, we have investigated and confirmed that this Bai Zichen is not a holy son of a super sect in the Central Region, but truly comes from the Northern Region."

A short, stout Core Formation cultivator held up a file and quickly reported the results of his investigation over the past few days.

"He was already somewhat famous a hundred years ago because a Nascent Soul sword cultivator in the Northern Region praised him to the skies. Later, he reversed the Nascent Soul stage at the Core Formation stage and came into the sights of the major sword sects. It seems that he came to the Southern Region not long after he reached the Nascent Soul stage."

"So he really is a genius cultivator. He didn't stay in the Northern Region to stand up for the Five Elements Sect in Nanzhao... What do the Crimson Flame Sect and the Heavenly Heart Sect say? It's one thing that they failed to fulfill Qingqiu's orders this time, but the three of them joined forces and still couldn't do anything to a mere Core Formation Sect. In the future, there will definitely be more and more rebellious sects in Nanzhao."

Xin Youhuang, the Nascent Soul Ancestor of the Hundred Skills Sect, leaned back on the jade seat, his face pale and unsteady.

The Dharma body was destroyed and it will take several years to rebuild it. The key is that during this period, he can only exert half of his strength.

"The Crimson Flame Sect said Bai Zichen's strength is astonishing, and they should only make a move when they have a foolproof plan. The Heavenly Heart Sect simply refused to see Junior Brother Chen and ignored him!"

The short, stout Core Formation cultivator was indignant. The three Nascent Soul sects of Nanzhao were evenly matched, and none of them could defeat the others.

So they simply set a rule: no attacking each other, and to join forces to suppress any sect that might threaten their interests.

They had worked together well when they attacked the Five Elements Sect before, but now some are hiding and others are retreating, and the Hundred Skills Sect has become the one charging ahead.

"You brat, you're not worth discussing things with!"

Xin Youhuang clapped his hands and cursed loudly. In order to deal with Bai Zichen, he ordered his disciples to take out the remains of the ancestor that had been hidden for generations before when he returned to the sect.

Those who diligently cultivate the Dharma form will inevitably condense a special spiritual object within their bodies after death.

With this spiritual object, one can return to the state of Dharma form, awakening these cultivators who have been dead for an unknown period of time.

A similar Nascent Soul cultivator might require the combined efforts of three or four people to fight against a true Nascent Soul cultivator.

Even the weakest Nascent Soul cultivator is still a Nascent Soul cultivator, which is fundamentally different from the Core Formation stage.

The three founders of the Hundred Skills Sect were all at the Nascent Soul stage in their lifetimes. At crucial moments, they were able to sacrifice spiritual objects in exchange for three Nascent Soul Dharma Images.

"Send someone to inquire again. If Bai Zichen is not to be trifled with, he will destroy the Five Elements Sect once he leaves the Southern Region. This matter cannot be delayed any longer."

Xin Youhuang waved for the person to leave, revealing that he also had his own selfish motives in this matter.

The spiritual land on Liangjie Mountain is the most suitable secret technique for him to cultivate. After mastering it, he will have a high probability of breaking through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

"I don't believe that a promising Nascent Soul sword cultivator like you would stay in the Five Elements Sect year after year without leaving. No matter how good the relationship is, it shouldn't affect your own path of cultivation."

The Hundred Skills Sect possesses the remains of its founder's Nascent Soul, while the equally renowned Heavenly Heart Sect and Crimson Flame Sect also have their own trump cards.

If the three forces had joined together, they could have conquered Liangjie Mountain several days earlier last time.

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The crimson light on Bai Zichen's face faded, but golden light still lingered in his eyes.

"With the Dingqi Song as an aid, the cultivation of the Cantongqi is not very difficult... but after completing the fifth volume, I already felt the strain on the last two volumes."

In the blink of an eye, several months have passed.

When Bai Zichen was practicing the Cantongqi, he had little interest in this technique, which was known as the fundamental law of the sect, and his interest had been stagnant.

Having obtained the Cauldron Song, which would complete the entire set of cultivation techniques and significantly reduce the difficulty of cultivation, he politely declined and did not invest much effort in it.

Now, things are different again.

The main reason is that as one's cultivation level increases, the most pressing requirements change.

Once the idea of ​​using only fourth-tier flying swords to set up the Star River Sword Formation took hold, it could no longer be suppressed.

"There is no major difference between the fifth and fourth levels of the Cantongqi. The main difference is the increased timeliness of refining natal magic treasures... It seems that the enlightenment of spiritual treasures can only truly take effect after obtaining the sixth or seventh volume."

Of the many third-tier flying swords on Bai Zichen's body, only the Great Sun Furnace Sword and the Snow Forging Sword have the potential to be upgraded.

The two swords are roughly equal in quality and spiritual essence.

The advantage of the Great Sun Heavenly Furnace Sword is that it has stayed in the Supreme Pure Micro Sword Box for a hundred years, where it has been nurtured by that pure energy.

Although it is still far from being a fourth-tier flying sword, it is no longer necessary to compare it with an ordinary third-tier flying sword.

"It's getting late, we should go out for a walk."

Bai Zichen picked up a letter beside him, quickly scanned its contents, and then casually lit a ball of real fire to burn it to ashes.

The closed letter was marked with a pulsating bright red heart at the end, and it had been presented to me by a disciple a few days earlier.

(End of this chapter)