Born with immortal seed

Chapter 697 The Complete Nine Heavens Bone Forging Technique
"I wonder if the Jingming lineage still exists on Penglai Island... If it does, I can go and pay my respects to the Shaoyang Patriarch, but I don't know if he will acknowledge it."

Bai Zichen glanced into the depths of the immortal island, where the mountains rose higher and higher, with the central peaks seemingly reaching into the clouds.

Who knows how many extraordinary people, strange creatures, and mythical beasts might be hiding inside? It might also be as deserted as the seaside.

The Qingfeng Sect is not lacking in cultivation techniques that lead directly to the Nascent Soul stage, but its fundamental principle has never changed: the Cantong Qi.

Firstly, we must not forget our roots; this is the inherited skill brought across the sea by the founding patriarch.

Secondly, this method is of extraordinary nature and cannot be compared with ordinary cultivation methods.

Although it is only a supplementary cultivation technique, among the classics that Bai Zichen has seen, only the Dongxuan Lushen Sword Scripture can surpass it.

Compared to the two demonic holy books, it is not inferior.

Other cultivation methods, even if one can cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage, are far inferior in their inner essence.

Just looking at the purification of true essence, it doesn't usually show up, but it still has an effect at his level.

It can even be foreseen that this will be the case when one reaches the Nascent Soul stage.

Bai Zichen was able to reverse the Nascent Soul stage, which means that, aside from his sword cultivation, the quality of his true essence was not much weaker than that of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

As for shortening the refining time of one's natal magic weapon, there are several secret methods on the market that can achieve this, so it's not unusual.

It would be extraordinary if one could enlighten the spirit of a magical artifact, enabling it to transcend its limitations.

There are countless extraordinary techniques and methods in the cultivation world, but only methods can increase the chances of a magic weapon successfully passing its tribulation. I have never seen one that can guarantee the birth of spirituality.

Each completed volume of the Cantongqi guarantees the advancement of a top-grade magic weapon.

Later on, it can even be observed that it has an effect on the advancement of spiritual treasures.

Based on this alone, it can be ranked among the top auxiliary cultivation techniques in the cultivation world.

Looking at the Five Crystal Glazed Body tempering technique, it stands out from the crowd among its peers.

Such a sect could not possibly lack a primary cultivation technique of the same caliber.

Bai Zichen has already embarked on the path of sword cultivation. The Dongxuan Lushen Sword Scripture is sufficient for use even in the Earthly Immortal Realm, and the Jingming Daoist lineage is dispensable.

However, for other Qingfeng Sect disciples and even Ge Cang, having an additional profound technique is still very useful.

Not everyone has such an opportunity; most cultivators follow the established path and steadily progress in the footsteps of their predecessors.

After crossing the mountain ridge and walking for more than a month, they finally saw signs of human habitation. Several hunters with high noses, deep-set eyes, and heterochromatic hair and pupils were dealing with monsters.

One of them had an eye that shone with silver light between its eyebrows.

Another person had horns on their head and emitted an eerie purple light.

They all appear to be closer to demons than to the orthodox human race.

Their fighting style was quite different from that of the cultivators of Zuzhou. Each person had a long cylindrical tube, which they aimed at and fired at the demons, without engaging in close combat.

A spray of iron fragments mixed with sand was propelled by bursts of flames, and after several rounds, the long-fanged, black-haired monster, which resembled a small hill in front of them, collapsed with a thud.

The demon's body was riddled with tiny holes, and it twitched weakly on the ground, leaving a trail of blood before going still.

"Despite only being at the Qi Refining stage, he can achieve Foundation Establishment level lethality by relying on external weapons. The way of weapon crafting is different from that of the Ancestral Continent; it is a unique path."

Bai Zichen looked at the long tube that seemed somewhat familiar and clicked his tongue in amazement.

The art of weapon crafting in Zuzhou has reached a bottleneck and cannot be broken through. Instead, the functions of magical artifacts are becoming more and more elaborate, and there are more and more restrictions.

This indirectly promoted the development of large-scale war artifacts, which were updated and iterated almost every hundred years.

On Penglai Immortal Island, it's clear that they've focused their innovative efforts on low-level magical artifacts.

Such a simple and undemanding magical artifact must have been developed by a master craftsman who had reached an extremely high level of skill.

Only through continuous updates and improvements generation after generation can the refining cost be reduced to a level that even Qi Refining cultivators can use.

"No matter how many of these magical artifacts there are, they can't possibly threaten a Golden Core cultivator. They can wipe out an entire area with a single strike... But for just a few Qi Refining cultivators to besiege and kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator, the cost is far too low."

Bai Zichen felt a chill run down his spine and thought to himself.

If a similar magical artifact of a higher level were to exist, it could greatly influence the course of events in the cultivation world.

Following behind the group, they packed up their spoils and embarked on their journey home. A few days later, a magnificent immortal city came into view.

The style is simple and unadorned, with no decorative patterns. The city wall is full of pits and craters, both old and new.

It seems this place is not a peaceful place, and there are often battles.

"With a Nascent Soul cultivator in charge, I wonder how strong they are... But with the Immortal City's grand formation to help, it's best not to provoke them."

Bai Zichen looked up and saw a large purple seal looming over the most intense part of the city, suppressing the entire immortal city.

The customs of the two places are different, and if you rush in, it is easy for others to notice something amiss.

Who knows if there are any Nascent Soul cultivators on Penglai Island? It's always better to keep a low profile.

Moreover, they cannot communicate with the cultivators here, making it difficult to communicate even if they manage to blend into the city.

Bai Zichen turned and left, returning to the place in the mountain where he had come from, a fire pit surrounded by flowing flames. The bottom of the pit was burned to a crystallization, so bright that it could reflect a person's image.

Red smoke billowed around in the pit, heat waves piled up, and the temperature was unbelievably high.

Even if fourth-order ore falls in, it will melt into liquid in no time and solidify into a block after the heat subsides.

After repeating this process several times, it became completely integrated with the fire pit.

Bai Zichen possesses the acquired Fire Heavenly Spiritual Root and the Sun Yuan Copper Bone, so unless it is a celestial flame left over from the Upper Realm, no flame can harm him.

He sat down at the bottom of the pit as if he were nothing. The place was desolate enough, and with the fireworks providing cover, he was not worried about being discovered. It was the perfect place to heal his wounds.

Injuries to the Nascent Soul stage are far more difficult to deal with than injuries to the physical body.

He carefully gathered the limited true energy within his body, patiently examining and attempting to awaken his nascent soul.

He also summoned the Dengming Yuanchen, which has healing properties on the Twelve Yuanchen Star Array Flags, to promote the recovery of his injuries.

However, most of the top-grade spirit stones are found within the cave heavens, and only a dozen or so were contained in the brocade pouch at his waist.

After several attempts to activate it, the top-grade spirit stones were running out, and the array flags became nothing more than a useless rag.

They dwell without rest, as the seasons change.

Fifteen years have passed since Bai Zichen landed on Penglai Immortal Island. His Taoist robe is covered with a thick layer of mountain dust, as thick as a layer of armor, and its original color is no longer visible.

His eyebrows, eyes, and hair had all turned crimson; it was dust and powder from a volcanic eruption that had stuck together.

Over the years, Bai Zichen has only left the fiery pit a few times, silently abducting several cultivators and using the Great Void Dream Technique to obtain the answers he needed in his dreams.

It's a bit more troublesome than the Taixu Reincarnation Curse, but it's superior because it's subtle and doesn't require worrying about these cultivators discovering traces of soul searching after they return.

These people would simply assume they were too tired to do anything but take a nap, and wouldn't suspect anything.

Through this method, Bai Zichen successfully learned the language of the Immortal Island, which was not much different from that of the Ancestral Continent.

He also learned that the immortal city he had seen was called Xijing, and its lord, Ziyin Zhenjun, was a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator, ranking in the upper-middle tier among the twelve immortal cities of Penglai.

The inhabitants of the Immortal City claim to be descendants of gods and demons, and all possess spiritual roots.

Although 90% of them are pseudo-spiritual roots with all five elements, it is still quite remarkable, a realm that the cultivation world of Zuzhou dreams of reaching.

Of course, there are mortals without spiritual roots on the immortal island; they live in the mountains and forests and are called savages by the people of the immortal city.

Bai Zichen had deep doubts. Could it be that whenever a mortal without spiritual roots appeared in the Immortal City, they would be secretly expelled from the city to ensure its purity?

Above the twelve immortal cities, on Penglai Immortal Island, there is another sect with two demons and three immortals, who truly govern the entire island.

The sect in question is the Jingming Sect, the most reclusive sect on the Immortal Island. They are so elusive that their disciples only appear in the world every few hundred years.

What can be confirmed is that this sect definitely has Nascent Soul stage experts, and they have a history of making moves over the past ten thousand years.

Judging from their fighting habits, they are not the same Nascent Soul cultivators.

The "Two Demons and Three Immortals" refers to five Nascent Soul cultivators from both the righteous and demonic paths. They represent the true pinnacle of power on the Immortal Island, and even the Twelve Immortal Cities can only bow down before them.

This common sense almost made Bai Zichen's jaw drop.

He knew that the Jingming Sect was extraordinary, but he didn't expect it to have such a high status on Penglai Island.

In addition, a single immortal island has at least six Nascent Soul cultivators, and its area is equivalent to half of the Great Phoenix of the Central Region.

Such a high density of people makes one believe that the so-called descendants of gods and demons are indeed real.

Bai Zichen was greatly relieved that his low-key approach was the right thing to do. Otherwise, even if he were back to his peak, let alone in his current state, he would not be able to deal with two Nascent Soul cultivators by himself.

His incredible combat power gives him the potential to fight opponents of higher levels and even kill a Nascent Soul cultivator, but ultimately, the difference in cultivation level means that even if two Nascent Soul cultivators attack him together, he is very likely to perish.

It's still a bit difficult for the Star River Sword Formation to trap a Nascent Soul cultivator. After Dao Sheng dealt with one person with a single sword strike, there was nothing he could do about the remaining one.

Moreover, in order to resist the demon god, he sacrificed almost all of the fourth-tier flying swords he used to set up the formation to upgrade them. Now he is even having difficulty gathering the twelve flying swords needed to set up the formation, and his strength has dropped significantly.

Only after the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword has been fully nurtured will it have more trump cards when facing a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Bah!"

Suddenly, Bai Zichen unleashed a thunderous roar, causing the surrounding spiritual energy to dissipate and revealing the bottom of the pit.

The several celestial bones on his body simultaneously lit up with light, growing brighter and brighter.

Finally, the seven rays of light merged into one, a clear and melodious sound rang out, and every acupoint on the body emitted light.

His pupils flickered with light and shadow, and all 365 acupoints were illuminated. The seven immortal bones in his body trembled simultaneously, as if a door that had been blocked for many days had been pushed open, and the view ahead suddenly opened up.

His aura continued to rise, from the peak of Core Formation back to the early stage of Nascent Soul, and then to the late stage of Nascent Soul.

The little white nascent soul stretched, rubbed its eyes, and stood up. The spiderweb-like cracks disappeared, and it regained its full glory.

The strange light in his pupils faded, leaving only a glimmer of light. After recovering from his injuries, his cultivation level had actually improved significantly.

"Without destruction, there can be no construction. This experience is almost like being reborn from the Nascent Soul stage, which is equivalent to losing a hundred years of arduous cultivation..."

Bai Zichen spread his palms, connecting to the cave heaven. Behind him, illusory mountains and rivers rose up, accompanied by a faint dripping sound.

The jade rabbit's eyes were red and swirled anxiously in the cave. Finally, it was overjoyed to see its master again and wept tears of joy.

It wasn't that there was such a deep affection, but mainly that I was afraid that if something happened to my thigh, let alone ascend to the upper realm, even survival would be a problem.

On the other hand, Gun Gun ate and drank as usual, completely unaffected.

Upon closer inspection, it was clear that he had been in a deep sleep for several days, and pure demonic essence was accumulating in the area of ​​his demon core on his chest, growing thicker and thicker.

It officially begins its journey towards the fourth tier, and when it awakens, it will be a standard fourth-tier great demon.

"You heartless little bear cub!"

Bai Zichen laughed and cursed, then returned to his own self.

"I thought the recovery time would be a hundred years, but I never expected that the Nine Heavens Bone Forging Technique would bring such wonderful changes after the seven immortal bones were cultivated. I should really thank myself for cultivating the last Heavenly Soul Finger Bone at the right time."

For fifteen years, Bai Zichen devoted himself entirely to recovering from his injuries, neglecting the last piece of immortal bone he was cultivating.

The moment the Heavenly Soul Finger Bone was completed, he immediately sensed something unusual. The seven immortal bones resonated and produced some strange changes.

The immortal bones resonated, the blood and qi surged, and immortal music lingered.

A mysterious power suddenly appeared out of nowhere, cleansing Bai Zichen's body from the inside out, clearing away all the poison, hidden injuries, and chronic illnesses.

These common hidden dangers among cultivators were almost nonexistent in him, and the remaining power flowed into his nascent soul, repairing the mottled wounds.

(End of this chapter)