Born with immortal seed

Chapter 596 Seven Immortal Bones
"Late-stage Nascent Soul Realm, finally achieved!"

As the transformation of the nascent cave into a grotto came to an end, Bai Zichen slowly rose and walked to the terrace of the pavilion. He found that he was not as excited as he had imagined, or rather, as thrilled as he had felt at the achievement of a major goal.

Perhaps because he had already reached the peak of the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm in the Earth Mother Cave Heaven and had already attempted an advancement, he had long lost interest in the novelty.

Having reached this level, one can finally rightfully be called a Great True Lord.

Even disregarding their actual combat strength, judging solely by their cultivation level, they are all figures standing at the very pinnacle of the cultivation world.

Even on the battlefield between humans and demons, the Great True Lord always has a place to speak, and his opinions need to be listened to attentively.

It should be noted that in the past, the Northern Region did not even have a single Great True Monarch.

The situation in the Southern Region is slightly better, with only two Great True Lords in charge.

Becoming a Great True Lord is a transformative moment for others.

But for Bai Zichen, the improvement it brought could be described as either enormous or insignificant.

In the past, he was invincible with his sword below the Nascent Soul stage. Even the strongest Dragon Lord below the fifth level of the demon race was only wary of him because he had what appeared to be a creation-era spiritual treasure.

Otherwise, no matter what your bloodline or innate supernatural power is, you will still die under the Star River Sword Formation.

Even now, after advancing to the next level, they are still no match for Nascent Soul beings who would have been instantly killed in the past.

He wasn't arrogant enough to think he could fight a Nascent Soul cultivator with his current strength. At most, he could withstand a few blows and survive, giving him a better chance to escape compared to others.

The actual hall is where, when dealing with Nascent Soul clones and ranged attacks, there's no need to retreat; you can directly counter them.

From this perspective, advancing to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm still doesn't solve the fundamental problem.

"Let's take it one step at a time. It's impossible to expect a junior like me to carry the burden of a Nascent Soul Demon Lord... Taking on my old enemy, the Dragon Lord, is a small contribution, isn't it?"

Bai Zichen gently shook his head. According to the results of the Divine Calculation of the Evil Fate Sect, the key was the Purple Star Thunder Sword and the Jade Ruler, but this was only one person's opinion.

It's impossible to expect him to carry the Ziwei Xuanlei Sword and play the trick of dying together with the enemy against Ao Laolong.

"The transition from a nascent cave heaven to a true cave heaven requires adjusting time as a crucial step. Too many great True Lords have fallen here... It poses no difficulty for me, and may even far exceed the standard requirements. The only thing left to do is to make the nascent cave heaven have the sun, moon, and stars rising in the morning and setting in the evening, with day and night alternating."

Bai Zichen's nascent soul phenomenon contained the gate to a celestial realm, and he had experienced what a complete celestial realm looked like back then.

Now that the biggest problem has been solved, the only remaining issue is how to make the nascent cave form a cycle of day and night.

Other Great True Lords have experience in transforming suitable natal magic treasures into a great sun or a bright moon, which hangs in the sky.

Some even went to great lengths to travel beyond the heavens and personally capture meteorites as large as mountains, bringing them into the nascent cave to make up the numbers.

Of course, only meteorites containing stellar cores that are not yet completely extinguished can replace the sun and moon in the cave.

Otherwise, a dead object can only last for a few years at most, let alone the long-term suspended grotto for tens of millions of years.

Bai Zichen already has his own ideas on how to solve this problem.

"If we can subdue the Nanming Li Huo Sword, we will use it as the sun, radiating light and heat to illuminate the cave. We will also use Yue Xuan as the bright moon, pure and noble, patrolling the night sky. The starry sky will be represented by a third-tier flying sword."

Thus, the prototype of the grotto-heaven was perfected.

Once I reach the Nascent Soul stage, I will have enough time to upgrade Yuexuan to the fifth rank and all the other stars to the fourth rank.

Furthermore, the integration of the twenty-four solar terms makes the climate of the grotto indistinguishable from that of the real world.

While examining the changes in himself, Bai Zichen was surprised to find that the area on his chest where he had once cultivated the Undying Cave True Bone had returned to its normal color, indicating that he could start cultivating again.

It's worth noting that in the battle between Northern Qi and the five great demons, in order to be exempt from the poison of the Nascent Soul stage and instantly recover to a perfect state, he chose to self-destruct his physical body and refine the True Bone of the Undying Cave to instantly reunite, catching the demon race, who thought they were fully prepared, completely off guard.

The price paid was not only the loss of the Undying Cave True Bone, which he had painstakingly cultivated, but also the inability to cultivate again for a hundred years.

Unexpectedly, after emerging from the Mysterious Realm of Time, this restriction had been lifted, allowing me to resume my cultivation.

The great demon Bai Zichen, who possesses an indestructible body, has a lot of spoils on hand, all of which are from the last great war against Northern Qi, and he can get his hands on them immediately.

That experience demonstrated the power of the Undying Cave True Bone, so he wouldn't slack off and kept up without stopping.

In addition, both levels of dazzling bones can begin cultivation.

Once the Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light is cultivated, there is no need to maintain the illusion of the acquired Five Elements spiritual root. The two extremely yang and extremely yin fifth-order spiritual objects, the Tai'a Divine Stone and the Taihan Divine Water, are freed up again.

Following the cultivation method of the two-level dazzling bones, after an incense stick's time, the two spiritual objects transformed into two streams of light that entered the left and right thighs and attached themselves to the leg bones.

Bai Zichen shuddered. His right leg was extremely hot, while his left leg was extremely cold. This was a kind of stimulation that even he, at the fourth level of body tempering, could not withstand.

It took him a full half hour before he finally let out a long sigh of relief and sat back down on the futon, his legs feeling weak.

"That's outrageous! Even I'm like this. If it were another cultivator, wouldn't they all become crippled in their lower limbs and unable to move during the process of cultivating the second level of the Dazzling Bone?"

Bai Zichen calculated that it would take another fifty-two years to refine the two levels of dazzling bone.

His immortal bones, which he is still cultivating, as well as his invisible sword bones and his recently rebuilt Undying Cave True Bones.

All in all, it would take at least a hundred years.

"If only another Mysterious Realm of Time could appear, allowing me to master the Nine Heavens Bone Forging Technique in one go, gather all seven immortal bones, and witness the profound mysteries behind this technique!"

The seven immortal bones each have different cultivation conditions, which is why Bai Zichen is one of them. Most Great True Monarchs don't have the ability to meet all the conditions.

Judging from the surface alone, each piece of immortal bone has remarkable effects.

However, he firmly believed that the Nine Heavens Bone Forging Technique was more than just what it appeared to be; otherwise, it would be beneath him to be ranked alongside the Supreme Pure Micro Sword Box and the Purple Star Thunder Sword.

Even if it's not quite the same, it can't be too far apart.

Therefore, Bai Zichen reasonably believed that the time to unveil the true secrets of the Nine Heavens Bone Forging Technique would be when all seven immortal bones were gathered.

In addition, as he advanced to the late Nascent Soul stage, the Cave Profound God-Slaying Sword Scripture reached its fifth level, allowing him to refine another natal flying sword.

However, among the remaining flying swords, there are no fifth-tier flying swords, and unlike before, it is no longer necessary to use the Cantong Pact to transform third-tier flying swords and give birth to sword spirits.

In the current situation, neither option is suitable.

"Let's leave it empty for now, there's no rush. Having another fourth-tier natal flying sword won't make much difference... Let's decide which flying sword to bestow the spot for nurturing the cave heaven upon before deciding on the future Nanming Li Huo Sword or before it reaches the Nascent Soul stage."

After much thought, Bai Zichen still felt that there was no need to rush this matter.

With the Abyssal Prison Demon Sword becoming his natal flying sword, the major consumers of true essence in the Star River Sword Formation disappeared, and the burden became bearable again.

After making his decision, Bai Zichen did not rush to leave the Star Palace Secret Realm. Instead, he began to familiarize himself with the surge of true essence and control the changes in sword light.

During the intervals, it also propelled the three immortal bones forward at a slow pace.

……

The Liang Kingdom in the northern region, Qishan.

Ma Ruoxi carried a thin boy in her hand and arrived at a stone house in a hurry.

Just as I was about to send a telepathic message, I heard someone speaking from inside:

"Junior Sister Ma, come in. I just finished checking the great formation, and everything is fine."

"Senior Sister Zhou, I apologize for disturbing your peaceful cultivation. I will definitely bring you a gift to apologize next time."

Ma Ruoxi pushed open the door and entered, offering her apologies first.

"It's the same thing I mentioned in my last letter. My disciple has been unconscious since last month, yet he shows no signs of illness whatsoever. Upon close examination, I found no signs of poisoning or nightmares, but he occasionally chants the name of a deity in his dreams."

“I asked Senior Brother Li to take a look, and he even used divine lightning to exorcise the demon and see if he was possessed, but it still didn’t work. In the past few days, his sleep has become deeper and deeper. I’m afraid he will fall into a deep sleep forever and never wake up again, so I asked Senior Sister Zhou to take a look.”

"As everyone knows, among our fellow disciples, Senior Sister Zhou is the most well-read and knowledgeable. I hope she can offer some advice."

Ma Ruoxi put the boy down from her arms. His face was rosy and his eyes were closed, as if he were falling asleep normally.

He had the cultivation level of the early Foundation Establishment stage and his breathing was steady, but he just couldn't wake up.

The young man was Tian Yangsheng, who had been accepted as a disciple by Ma Ruoxi. He had successfully established his foundation a few months ago and had just become a disciple of her personally.

As a result, this incident happened just a few days later.

"How could it be so strange?"

Over the years, Zhou Suqing has been studying the Nine Palaces Returning to the Void Array in detail, and with the Eight Trigrams Dipper Constellation Myriad Stars Array brought back by Ancestor Ge Cang, she can be said to be so immersed in the ocean of array formations that she cannot extricate herself.

She was never one to enjoy interacting with people; otherwise, she wouldn't have stayed in the Transmission Hall all those years ago, almost reading through all the books there.

In the past, there were no more advanced array techniques to learn, so we could only explore them on our own.

This time, we have two great fourth-tier formations right in front of us to learn from, especially the Bagua Dou Su Wan Xing Formation, which is a top-tier fourth-tier formation and has great reference value.

She also led the disciples of the Array Hall to study and comprehend the formation together, striving to cultivate more fourth-level array masters so that the Bagua Dou Su Wan Xing Array could be truly set up.

"Everything is normal, even healthier and more energetic than a newly promoted Foundation Establishment disciple... What kind of cultivation technique does he practice?"

Zhou Suqing released her fingers from taking her pulse and asked thoughtfully.

"It must be a family-inherited Qi cultivation technique. We didn't have time to teach him the advanced techniques before he suddenly fainted..."

Ma Ruoxi's eyes lit up, and she spoke.

"Does Senior Sister think there's something wrong with the cultivation technique he's practicing?"

“If it’s a regular Qi cultivation technique, you can’t achieve this state. I think you can start your investigation from this direction.”

Originally, Zhou Suqing only had a head of white hair, but perhaps due to her excessive investment in array formations over the past two years, it has now turned completely white.

"My knowledge is limited; any further questions may require the expertise of the two venerable ancestors to decipher."

“Indeed, I found a scroll of paintings in my apprentice’s room. It was filled with all kinds of gods, from large to small. Many of them I had never heard of before. I really don’t know how the painter knew them or if he just made them up.”

Ma Ruoxi pulled a roll of drawing paper from her sleeve and gently shook it open.

"I wonder if this portrait is related to the cultivation technique he practiced, or if there are any hidden secrets within it."

(End of this chapter)