Immortal weapon refiner

Chapter 1103 Perfect Union
Just as the demonic calamity was about to strike, a cultivator with the potential to reach the Mahayana stage truly appeared among the human race. This news undoubtedly gave many uneasy cultivators a much-needed boost of confidence.

He won the grand competition among all the tribes and obtained a celestial lotus seed. This allowed Taiyuan Tianzun to extend his lifespan by many years, and he would not have to worry about dying in at least two or three great celestial tribulations in the future.

In this way, the human race may even experience a golden age in the future with three Celestial Venerables coexisting, greatly increasing their strength!
News about Li Qing spread far and wide, and his deeds were being sung by various forces throughout the human realm.

Inside the Yin-Yang Sect, the aged and frail sect leader slowly put down a jade slip in his hand and sighed, "So this Fellow Daoist Wuji is truly exceptional. Losing to him is not shameful at all."

Even at the height of its power, the Yin Yang Sect couldn't afford to offend such a powerful cultivator. He was someone with a great chance of reaching the Mahayana stage in the future. What was so shameful about losing to him?
Perhaps in the future the entire Yin Yang Sect will be proud of this, which is quite possible. With this in mind, the old sect leader's knot in his heart was finally untied, and he no longer thought that being defeated by Li Qing in front of the mountain gate was such a shameful thing.

All the True Spirit Families learned of Li Qing's deeds immediately, and each family responded differently due to their different relationships with him.

Divine Ox Valley, the Niu family, a lineage of true spirits.

"That Void Refinement stage elder from the Refining Heaven Pavilion has actually come to this point. It's a pity that my Niu family's attitude towards him wasn't exactly good back then."

"Someone, quickly send a member of your clan to prepare a generous gift and send it to the Refining Heaven Pavilion. Tell them that you are congratulating the Wuji Venerable for winning the championship in the inter-clan competition!"

The Niu family acted swiftly, and their only consolation was that they hadn't completely offended Li Qing back then. At least they had done what they were supposed to do, and hadn't made enemies because of it. Before Li Qing attained the Mahayana stage, they wanted to work on repairing their relationship as quickly as possible.

Because of Su Ling and Su Yin, the Feng family has now become on good terms with Li Qing.

Now the head of the Feng family has truly made up his mind to marry one of the two daughters of the clan to Li Qing. This is an exception to the rule that the eldest daughter of the Feng family will marry out, rather than taking in a son-in-law. If this gets out, it will definitely shock the cultivators in the cultivation world.

"Su Ling, prepare a generous gift yourself and take it to the Refining Heaven Pavilion. Make sure you get along well with that Wuji Venerable!" The Feng family head immediately gave the order.

Su Ling was naturally unwilling to go, and she said, "Why should I go? That guy took away the phoenix feather that I've nurtured for many years, and he doesn't even know how to be polite!"

Upon hearing this, the Feng family patriarch's voice immediately turned stern: "That was a deal you made with the other party. Without the help of that Wuji Venerable's disciple, you would still be suppressing the excessive Xuanfeng Yin Qi within your body!"

"Alas, if you had listened to Su Yin at the Flying Immortal Assembly in Flying Immortal City, my Feng family might have been able to gain the protection of another Great Ascension stage Celestial Venerable in the future."

"You, you always keep saying you won't marry anyone but a Mahayana cultivator, but don't you ever think that if you actually reach the Mahayana stage, you probably won't find a partner so easily?"

Hearing this, Su Ling was quite angry. She retorted angrily, "Hmph, he hasn't even reached the Mahayana stage yet! Besides, who can say for sure what will happen in the future? Maybe I can reach the Mahayana stage myself!"

The head of the Feng family sighed, "Alas, forget it. I'll let Su Yin handle this matter."

In Panlong City, the Long family was overjoyed upon learning of Li Qing and Long Yi's outstanding performance on the ancient battlefield, and almost immediately began preparing a ceremony for Long Yi to succeed as the head of the Long family.

But in the end, they held back. Now that the Long family and Li Qing had a good enough relationship, they were not in a hurry to push things forward any further.

The generous gifts had already been prepared and personally delivered by a highly respected elder of the Nascent Soul stage within the clan, demonstrating the Long family's high regard for Li Qing.

Of course, there are also families among the True Spirit Clan that have antagonized Li Qing, such as the Taotie Clan!
The entire Hu family was in chaos. They held one clan meeting after another about Li Qing's matter, and all the senior members were discussing it.

"Now that things have come to this, all we can do is try to repair the relationship, right?"

"Hmph, my Taotie family has a long history and is protected by a true spirit. Do you really think we should bow down to a cultivator in the Integration stage?"

"If it were an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator, it would be one thing, but that one is a powerful figure with the potential of a Celestial Venerable. He is invincible among those of the same level, cultivates the Chaos Law, and will likely attain the Great Ascension stage in the future. He will probably be invincible in this era!"

"But Chuan'er's death is inextricably linked to this person. If it weren't for that Venerable Wuji severely injuring Chuan'er with his murderous aura, perhaps..."

Clearly, the Taotie family is divided into factions, and their opinions are not very unified. Some factions even think that Hu Chuan's death was truly worthwhile. If Hu Chuan were still alive, he might attract Li Qing's purging in the future, and the entire family would probably be implicated.

What happened in Feixian City back then has now been brought to light.

In the end, the Hu family decided to try to repair their relationship with Li Qing, and regardless of whether it would work, they made a concession beforehand.

At the same time, the entire Hu family announced a mountain closure, and no member of the family was allowed to leave the family even for a single step unless there was an important matter!
Because of Li Qing, the entire cultivation world of the human race was in turmoil, and the most excited and thrilled among them were the weapon-refining disciples of the Refining Heaven Pavilion.

The presence of Elder Wuji filled all the disciples of the Refining Heaven Pavilion with immense pride and excitement.

After Li Qing returned to the Refining Heaven Pavilion from the Dao Palace, he didn't have time to immediately go into seclusion. The generous gifts and visiting cards from all sides almost broke down the threshold of his Wuji Palace.

Having no other choice, Li Qing had to deal with them one by one, accepting the congratulatory gifts and treating them well.

The one that amused him the most was the Hu family. Among the congratulatory gifts sent by the Hu family this time was a letter that mentioned the Devouring Abyss Venerable who had made things difficult for him many times in the past.

Li Qing naturally had no good feelings towards this person. The letter stated that Venerable Devourer had been imprisoned in the family's dungeon, and implied that as long as Li Qing had any ideas, the Hu family would arrange for Venerable Devourer to die unexpectedly at any time.

Seeing the Hu family's sincerity, Li Qing decided not to make too many demands.

"Hehe, your Hu family is quite thoughtful. However, with the demonic calamity approaching, there's no need to weaken the human race any further. In the future, send him to the battlefield between the two realms to contribute to the human race," Li Qing said casually.

Now that things have come to this, he doesn't care much about these trivial matters anymore. The True Spirit Clan, which once put so much pressure on him, now seems to be nothing more than that. With his cultivation level increasing, yesterday's events have truly become a distant memory.

In this way, Li Qing dismissed all the people from various factions who came to congratulate and give gifts, and was finally able to settle down and go into seclusion to cultivate.

This time, he returned to the Wuji Palace and immediately began his seclusion. Unless it was a major event that would cause the sky to fall, he would not see any outsiders!
However, Li Qing was not in a hurry to cultivate. Instead, he took out a black jade thumb ring, which was his spoils of war, containing prizes from various races!
The first thing that catches the eye is a number of fruits that glow with a blue light, each one containing an extremely rich spiritual energy.

"What kind of spiritual fruit is this? It looks like a medicinal herb that can only grow in the deep sea."

Soon, Jade Spirit Venerable responded to him, "The fruit formed by the Sea Spirit Flower is extremely rare. Unfortunately, no alchemist has developed a corresponding pill formula using this spiritual herb. It can only be swallowed directly to improve the mana of the Integration Stage. The effect of one is roughly equivalent to two or three Integration Pills!"

Upon hearing this, Li Qing raised an eyebrow. He hadn't expected that this seemingly ordinary blue fruit would have such a powerful effect, with one being equivalent to several Dao Integration Pills!
In addition, he also saw many rare and precious materials in the black jade thumb ring. Besides spiritual medicines that could improve cultivation, there were also many precious medicines that could nourish the soul and enhance the strength of blood and qi. They were all extremely rare treasures!
In particular, there is a material called Beast Blood Soil, which is a body-forging material of the beast race. Applying it to the body can directly increase the strength of the body. It is rarely seen in the outside world.

"These are all good things. I've made a huge profit from this battle. With these resources, I should be able to improve my physical body and soul to their peak before advancing to the Mahayana stage."

It has to be said that the foundation of the major powerful clans is indeed profound. The resources they have put forward are enough to create a Fusion Stage powerhouse who has no shortcomings in all aspects!

Li Qing took a deep breath and did not rush to use the precious medicines and materials inside. Instead, he took out the few He Dao Pills he had.

The effects of the Dao Integration Pill on him are no longer significant, so he plans to consume all the pills to enhance his magical power.

Several years have passed in this way, and Li Qing has almost finished refining all the Dao Integration Pills he has. He has taken a big step towards the perfect level of the Body Integration stage.

The ordinary Dao Integration Pill has almost no effect on him now, but the Spirit Connection Pill is different. He still has a Spirit Connection Dao Integration Pill on hand!

Finally, he took out the Spirit-Connecting Pill and swallowed it in one gulp.

Boom!

The immense medicinal power contained within this pill nearly exploded, causing Li Qing's meridians to suffer extremely strong impacts and damage. Fortunately, his physical body was strong enough to suppress the rampant medicinal power within his body.

Immediately afterwards, he began to circulate the "Dao Jie Wu Ji Jing" (Scripture of Limitless Tribulation), refining the immense medicinal power within his body into his own pure magical power bit by bit.

Several months passed, and Li Qing finally refined the Spirit Integration Pill completely. However, his cultivation level still hadn't reached the perfection of the Integration Stage; he was still a step behind!
It must be said that this hurdle is far too difficult. For ordinary cultivators, the remaining section would probably require at least two thousand years of secluded cultivation to complete.

But for Li Qing, there was no need to do that laborious work.

He took out the Sea Spirit Blue Fruit and swallowed them whole, one after another. The medicinal power contained in these fruits was not as domineering and fierce as the Dao Integration Pill, so swallowing several at once would not have a great effect.

The medicinal power of all the Sea Spirit Blue Fruit gently seeped into Li Qing's dantian, nourishing his nascent soul and causing his cultivation to slowly and subtly increase.

During this process, Li Qing went all out and took out millions of spirit stones from the treasure cave to aid his cultivation.

boom!
The pure spiritual energy formed a vortex around him and quickly poured into his body. This was because the cultivation technique he practiced was a superior immortal scripture; otherwise, absorbing so much spiritual energy at once would have been a waste.

As the spiritual energy around him gradually thinned, the medicinal power of the Sea Spirit Blue Fruit within his body was completely refined.

Li Qing felt as if he were a container filled with water, finally reaching his limit!
The fusion period has come to a successful conclusion!
"Phew! After consuming such a huge amount of resources, we've finally reached this point."

Further ahead lies the Mahayana stage. At the Integration stage, there is no possibility for his magical power cultivation to advance any further.

This level is the realm that all Nascent Soul stage experts dream of reaching, because reaching this level means having the qualifications to challenge the Mahayana stage and reach the pinnacle of the mortal realm!

Li Qing closed his eyes again, quietly comprehending the changes in this realm. He gained a new understanding: the realm of the Integration Stage held no more secrets for him; he had thoroughly comprehended this realm.

The Jade Spirit Venerable spoke in her ear: "You have a long way to go. Trying to break through to the Mahayana stage like this is definitely a situation where you have a slim chance of survival."

Li Qing did not deny this. He had already sensed that there was an insurmountable barrier ahead, and crossing it would be almost impossible.

He finally understood why so many cultivators at the peak of the Integration Stage dared not attempt to break through to the Mahayana Stage. Even the heads of the True Spirit Families and the leaders of the ancient sects were trapped before this insurmountable barrier!
Because once the thought of attempting to reach the Mahayana stage arises, one will feel a deep sense of despair. That insurmountable barrier is like a mirror, reflecting one's own shortcomings.

"Starting from the Qi Refining stage, only by cultivating to the most perfect and complete state in each realm will there be even a sliver of a chance."

Li Qing muttered to himself. After feeling the vastness and profundity of that barrier, he actually had a thought that he wanted to start his cultivation all over again.

But he quickly banished these dangerous thoughts from his mind, for they were a denial of the path he had walked in his life, and absolutely unacceptable.

“Take your time. At your age, you have plenty of time to refine and improve. This is something that almost all cultivators at the peak of the Integration stage do,” said Jade Spirit Venerable.

Upon hearing this, Li Qing didn't feel much relieved. Although time seemed to be on his side, only he knew that he didn't have much time left.

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, that mysterious will became increasingly active, even beginning to actively incorporate fragments of the Demon Lord's memories into his sea of ​​consciousness.

(End of this chapter)