Immortal weapon refiner

Chapter 1109 A Letter from the Long Family
The mission of escorting the entire Tengu Clan back to the human territory was not particularly difficult. Along the way, they encountered several waves of invading ancient demons, but Li Qing easily killed them all.

Once all the Tengu clan members entered the human territory, this clan became a vassal of the human race, and the human race could then decide the fate of this clan at will.

It may sound humiliating, but it's better than the complete extermination of the entire clan.

After completing this task, Li Qing returned to the Refining Heaven Pavilion to resume his seclusion and begin his cultivation.

During this seclusion, he focused on cultivating his soul and trying to increase its strength as much as possible. In addition, he studied the newly acquired "Qiongqi Treasure Technique," which is a complete true spirit inheritance and is extremely valuable.

Thirteen years have passed in the blink of an eye. During these thirteen years, the entire spirit world has been in turmoil, and many things have happened.

The Beast Fang Clan, which had a deep alliance with the human race, lost one of its Mahayana ancestors, who was taken along on his journey by a severely injured Demon Realm Saint Ancestor.

At that time, the entire Beast Fang Clan will only have one Mahayana Ancestor left, and will never be as prosperous as it once was. They will have no choice but to form a closer alliance with the human race, otherwise the entire clan may be wiped out in the future.

In recent years, the human race's war situation has not been good either. Although several powerful arrays have been set up in that passage to the demon realm, they cannot withstand the continuous invasion of demon beings.

The area where the Demon Realm passage is located has been completely soaked and polluted by primordial demonic energy, so even the most powerful array cannot unleash its full power.

The Demon Flame Trees grew wildly, forming a lush forest with incredibly dense demonic energy, which had become a stronghold of the ancient demon race.

The Celestial Venerable of the human race had tried many times to remove these Demon Flame Trees growing in the human territory, but whenever he made a move, a Mahayana-stage demon sorcerer would take action from the other side of the interdimensional passage and bury these Demon Flame Trees into the earth.

In addition, there are several unguarded demon realm passages open in the Great Wilderness. Over the years, countless ancient demons have infiltrated the Tianyuan Continent through these passages, and even several demon realm saint ancestors have crossed over to come.

Under such circumstances, even beings at the Mahayana stage could not remain unaffected and were forced to be drawn into the endless war.

"A Mahayana ancestor of the Ghost Horn Clan was ambushed by two Demon Realm Saint Ancestors who crossed over from another realm. He was nearly killed, but fortunately, the Yellow Spring Ghost Mother intervened in time, forcing back the two Demon Realm Saint Ancestors and saving him. However, his vital energy was severely damaged."

"The intensity of this war is becoming increasingly terrifying. Many weak races on the Tianyuan Continent have chosen to unite and form alliances, but they still cannot stop the invasion of the demon race. More than a dozen weak races have already perished at the hands of the demon race."

"The previous sect leader of the Yuling Sect has also perished. That Purple Qi Daojun was besieged by three ancient demons in the Integration Stage. Although he managed to escape, he suffered irreversible damage and has already passed away within the sect."

"When will this end? Why was I born in this era? The endless wars are despairing."

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During these thirteen years, Li Qing has been in seclusion, but not in a dead-end state. He can come out of seclusion at any time if something important happens.

During this period, his soul became stronger once again, and his cultivation of the Soul Refining Scripture reached a new level.

In addition, he has also made a preliminary understanding of the "Qiongqi Treasure Technique" and is already able to use some of the calamity mysteries in this true spirit treasure technique. Although he is not as good as the original Qiongqi, he still has an additional means of fighting and protecting himself.

Before Li Qing emerged from seclusion, he extracted a body of true spirit essence from the corpse of the Qiongqi he had obtained. This essence contained a rich source of true spirit power. If he were to refine it into his bloodline, Li Qing would be considered to possess a true spirit bloodline.

Even his descendants will possess the bloodline of the true spirit and be able to control the power of calamity!

However, Li Qing did not do that. He did not care about such True Spirit Bloodline Power, nor did he intend to create a True Spirit Family. Instead, he refined the Qiongqi essence blood into True Spirit Blood Pills.

Of course, the one who made the move was none other than Jade Spirit Venerable.

For Li Qing now, the greatest benefit of these easily refined True Spirit Blood Pills is to restore his own vital energy and replenish his blood and qi!

Most importantly, these Qiongqi Blood Pills all possess the power of immortality. As long as one swallows one, one can temporarily possess an immortal body, and any injuries to the physical body can be healed on their own.

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a luxury! The essence of an entire pure-blooded true spirit has been refined into a blood pill to heal injuries. If word gets out, people will definitely be furious and accuse you of wasting such a precious resource."

Li Qing didn't care about this at all, and didn't even show any sign of heartache.

He casually said, "If I were still in the early stages of the Integration Realm, I would naturally try to maximize the use of these True Spirit Essence Blood to enhance my physical body."

"But nowadays, unless it is a fully matured true spirit essence blood, it is difficult to produce significant effects. It would be better to refine it into a life-saving elixir."

Of course, there are two more points that Li Qing didn't mention.

Firstly, his subsequent cultivation of the "Golden Saint Body" took a heavy toll on his body, and it was no easy task to refine his physical body into a heaven-reaching spiritual treasure.

The further one progresses in cultivation, the heavier the loss of vital energy becomes, and these elixirs can help restore it quickly.

Secondly, he must continue to seal away his own blood, magic power, and soul!

With these True Spirit Blood Pills, he can quickly recover after stripping away his own blood and energy, saving a lot of time.

However, these sealed-up vital energy, spiritual consciousness, and magical power have other great uses for him.

Thus, Li Qing continued his shallow-level seclusion cultivation, and he began to upgrade the spiritual fires of heaven and earth within his body so that he could still use them in the future.

Six years later, he had been in seclusion for nineteen years.

That year, an ominous message came from the Great Wilderness.

Four interdimensional passages are slowly approaching and connecting, and judging from the trend, they are about to become a battlefield between the two worlds!

Once the passage between the two realms is completely merged, a battlefield stable enough to support battles between Mahayana-stage beings will be formed. At that time, the entire war will be pushed to its most brutal extent, with countless beings perishing in the battlefield between the two realms. Finally, when the war ends, they will turn into skeletons and remains drifting in the endless void.

Even Li Qing, who was in seclusion, knew about this news, and a corner of the future mountains of corpses and seas of blood vaguely appeared before his eyes.

Only then will the true great war begin. All beings summoned to the battlefield between the two realms will inevitably fight, and even if they fight until they are exhausted, they must stand firm on the battlefield to resist the invasion of the ancient demons.

Because once defeated in the battle between the two realms, it means complete fall, and the demonic beings will launch a massive invasion from the battlefield to the spirit realm!

Even now, Li Qing felt an immense heaviness, and could smell the stench of blood beforehand. Just as he was about to continue his shallow-level seclusion cultivation, a spiritual message from Panlong City interrupted his practice.

"Long Yi is about to take over as the head of the Long family and will soon be heading to the Ancient Dragon Realm."

After reading the spirit letter, Li Qing muttered to himself, not expecting this matter to come so quickly, and at such a critical juncture.

"Senior Yu Ji, I remember you mentioned on this trip to the Ancient Dragon Realm that there was an opportunity to break through to the Mahayana stage. Do you still remember this?"

Soon, Jade Spirit Venerable replied, "Of course I haven't forgotten, but I must explain in advance that I obtained this information from Wanbao Old Ghost, and whether it is still available now is unknown."

After thinking for a moment, Li Qing spoke again: "No matter what, it seems we have no choice but to go to the Ancient Dragon Realm. I just wonder if there's anything we need to prepare in advance?"

"Thinking about it carefully, that's the Ancient Dragon Realm, the territory where the True Dragon Clan lives. We really need to make more preparations."

“You once said that you have mastered a method for refining a Heavenly Mystery Gu. I suggest that you refine a Heavenly Mystery Gu before you set off.”

The Heavenly Mystery Gu can devour the secrets of heaven, obscuring the calculations of all living beings, and even deceiving the Heavenly Dao, which may have unexpected effects.

Upon hearing this, Li Qing nodded repeatedly, agreeing with the suggestion.

However, the materials needed to refine the Heavenly Mystery Gu are extremely rare and precious, and it is not an easy task to find all of them in a short period of time.

However, Li Qing quickly realized that he could use his accumulated battle merits to trade directly with the Dao Palace. If that didn't work, he could also take some of the true bones or leather armor from the Qiongqi corpse, which he had drained of its essence and blood, and use them for trade.

Although not as precious as the essence of a true spirit, it is still a treasure of extremely high value.

With this in mind, Li Qing immediately chose to leave the seclusion and rush to the Dao Palace as quickly as possible.

Given his current status, even the Dao Palace dares not neglect him, and they basically regard him as the future Heavenly Venerable of the Human Race.

Originally, Li Qing had intended to use these battle merits to help his disciples obtain some resources for cultivation, but now it seems he has no choice but to use some of them.

"Brother Wuji, you must have come here because you heard about the upcoming opening of the Battlefield Between the Two Realms, right?"

"Rest assured, even if the battlefield between the two realms opens, it will be a matter for all races of the Tianyuan Continent. Even if our human race wants to send cultivators into the battlefield in the future, we will not include you on the list of participants."

The Dao Palace is the highest decision-making body of the entire human race. When considering anything, it always considers the perspective of the entire human race. Naturally, it would not allow Li Qing to enter the dangerous battlefield between the two realms.

If Li Qing were to perish in the battlefield between the two realms, the current human race would be tantamount to losing a future Mahayana Celestial Venerable, something the Dao Palace absolutely does not want to see.

Li Qing shook his head and said, "I have naturally heard about the Battle of the Two Realms. If the situation becomes critical in the future, what harm is there in stepping onto the battlefield to fight against the demons?"

"However, I have not come here today for this matter."

Upon hearing this, the elder of the Dao Palace's eyes lit up, and he said, "Brother Wuji, did you come here today because you have plans to advance to the Mahayana stage? Are you planning to inform the Heavenly Venerable in advance so that he can protect you?"

Upon hearing this, Li Qing's lips twitched slightly, and then he gave a wry smile: "Fellow Daoist is joking. Advancing to the Mahayana stage is extremely difficult, and I am not ready yet."

"I came here to exchange my accumulated battle merits for some materials, which will be of great help to my next stage of cultivation."

As he spoke, he listed out all the materials he needed to refine the Heavenly Mystery Gu, and then handed them to the Dao Palace elder who was receiving him.

"I see. Fellow Daoist Wuji, please rest assured. As long as the Dao Palace has it, we will do our best to satisfy you."

However, after reviewing the materials listed by Li Qing, a hint of embarrassment appeared on the face of this Dao Palace elder.

“The materials you need, Fellow Daoist Wuji, are not particularly valuable or widely used, but each one is extremely rare.”

"The Spirit-Entangling Tree Frog must be some kind of extremely rare spirit beast. It seems to be rarely seen even on the Tianyuan Continent, and mainly inhabits other continents in the outer sea."

"And the corpse of this thousand-year-old celestial beetle, I'll probably have to ask the insectoid race about it."

The items that can be exchanged for battle merits within the Dao Palace are mostly cultivation resources, or inheritances of cultivation techniques and secret arts.

It cannot be said that the Taoist temple is hoarding its treasures, because these things are now the most important to human cultivators, so it has not taken out those rare and precious materials.

"Fellow Daoist Wuji, I'm afraid you'll have to wait a while, but rest assured, the Dao Palace will do its best to meet your needs."

Li Qing naturally had no objection to this, and he nodded and said, "It's alright, then I'll stay in the Dao Palace for a few days."

"If other elders have these materials, I can offer them other items in exchange, which will definitely satisfy them."

"Sure! I'll go and find out for you right away!"

And so, Li Qing waited quietly in the Dao Palace for several days. To meet his needs, the Dao Palace mobilized all the manpower it could.

It's only because of the frequent wars that the Dao Palace might have mobilized its entire resources to search for the materials Li Qing needed.

His current status among humans is probably second only to the two Celestial Venerables; even the Grand Elder of the Dao Palace, who holds the power of decision-making, cannot compare to him.

Two days later, most of the materials Li Qing needed were delivered, and they all came at the cost of the battle merits he had accumulated from slaying ancient demons and completing missions.

“Fellow Daoist Wuji, we did not bring the corpse of the Thousand-Year Heavenly Star Beetle and the root of Luoyuan Grass, but we do have news about these two rare items.”

“There is an elder in my Dao Palace who has the corpse of the Heavenly Star Beetle. It was a spirit insect that he once raised. Although the spirit insect has been dead for many years, it is still something he cherishes and refuses to trade.”

"As for the roots and stems of Luoyuan grass, the Heavenly Venerable Taiyuan once cultivated several pots of them. I don't know if they are still there now. You should go to the Taiyuan Grotto Heaven to pay a visit. It just so happens that the Heavenly Venerable is in the Grotto Heaven."

(End of this chapter)