I conquer the immortal with my strength.

Chapter 682 Secluded Cultivation in the Deep Valley, Breakthrough in Cultivation Level

After more than six years, Xia Daoming's Qi Refining path finally passed the tribulation again, reaching the eighth level of the Qi Refining realm.

This time, he was incredibly wealthy and could squander top-grade immortal stones at will, but the time it would take to break through to the next level would be much longer.

This was entirely within his expectations.

Cultivation is like rowing against the current; the higher you go, the more difficult it becomes. And since he doesn't take any elixirs and only relies on immortal stones, even though he has exceptionally favorable conditions and hasn't encountered any bottlenecks in his cultivation, the time it takes to go from the seventh to the eighth level is still inevitably longer.

Of course, a difference of a few years is insignificant compared to the time spans that can easily take hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years to cross in a single moment.

Because he lacked the final True Water, he couldn't break through in his cultivation level. However, after years of continuous replenishment and the constant tempering and refining by True Fire and True Water, his Qi, blood, physique, and divine weapons all greatly improved.

The Ancestral Dragon's Overlord Body Divine Power has finally reached the threshold of the fourteenth level.

By consuming some true dragon essence and half-ancestral dragon blood, one can cross that threshold.

However, Xia Daoming believes that his greatest gain over these six years was not the progress in body refinement and qi refinement.

With abundant cultivation resources at his disposal, progress in both paths was within his expectations.

What truly surprised him was that the Purple Mansion had gained another wisp of purple energy, and the Fire Phoenix Tree was growing ever more lush and vibrant, radiating boundless vitality.

The changes in the Purple Mansion and the Fire Phoenix Tree not only nourished his spirit and energy every day, but also gave him new insights at every moment.

It seems that, in the grand scheme of things, the Fire Phoenix Tree is like a bridge, connecting him to the Purple Mansion and the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, allowing him to soar through the mysteries of the Great Dao every day.

It wasn't until that moment that Xia Daoming truly understood why, in legend, the Fire Phoenix Tree was the sacred tree that protected the Phoenix Clan.

This tree was born with heaven and earth. Phoenixes perched beneath it, which is like being near the water tower and getting the moon first. They can listen to and understand the way of heaven every day.

The celestial ship flew over a high mountain, and what appeared before everyone's eyes was an incomparably vast land.

The land was predominantly red, and the fire elemental energy in the world was noticeably more active than in Chijiang Prefecture.

"Master, we have finally arrived at Suiyuan Prefecture. If we fly another 100,000 li, we will reach Jiongyuan Prefecture, the first prefecture city of Suiyuan Prefecture that borders Chijiang Prefecture." Yan Ling bowed and said.

"Let's find a secluded place to stay for a while!" Xia Daoming nodded in agreement.

"Yes, sir!"

Soon, four blue-feathered fire crows flew off in all directions.

Half an hour later.

The four blue-feathered fire crows returned one after another, reporting the location they had chosen.

Xia Daoming selected a location.

Guided by the Azure Feather Fire Crow, the immortal boat leisurely flew towards a deep valley surrounded by extremely steep cliffs, shrouded in thick clouds and rarely visited by humans.

The fairy boat landed in the deep valley.

Xia Daoming personally used his Heavenly Eye Divine Power to survey the surroundings and confirmed that there were only some minor cultivators and demons three hundred miles away from the deep valley, and no powerful figures. He then took out three sets of array flags and set up three arrays around the deep valley.

After making these arrangements, he took out a set of palace immortal treasures and threw them into the valley.

A flash of light, and soon a palace shrouded in mist appeared in the deserted valley.

"For the time being, you will stay here and take elixirs to cultivate, and calmly comprehend the Great Dao that I have taught you along the way," Xia Daoming said, pointing to the palace.

After saying that, Xia Daoming had a thought, and a dragon corpse, hundreds of feet long, covered with blue-green scales and exuding a powerful aura, appeared in front of him.

This dragon corpse is none other than the Third Prince of the Chijiang Dragon Palace.

Xia Daoming's Ancestral Dragon Overlord Body Divine Power had touched the threshold of breakthrough a year ago, but it was still lacking in some aspects.

Now that they had finally left the territory of Chijiang Prefecture, Xia Daoming decided to refine some true dragon essence blood and half-ancestral dragon blood to break through this threshold and enter the fourteenth level of the Ancestral Dragon Overlord Body Divine Power. Coincidentally, in the past few years, Luo Mu and the others had had the opportunity to listen to Xia Daoming impart the Great Dao and consume high-quality elixirs, resulting in rapid progress in their cultivation. Now, they had all reached the threshold for breakthrough and needed a quiet environment to seek that breakthrough.

"This is……"

Upon seeing the enormous dragon corpse suddenly appear on the ground, even though it was just a corpse, the aura it emitted still gave them an extremely unsettling and oppressive feeling. The four Azure Feather Fire Crow Demon Immortals, including Yan Ling, couldn't help but gasp, their faces filled with surprise and doubt.

“This is Cangli’s corpse!” Xia Daoming said calmly.

"What? The corpse of the Third Prince of Chijiang Dragon Palace! Back then, you ordered us to leave first, but you stayed behind to kill Cangli!" Upon hearing this, Yanling and the other four people's hair stood on end, their faces filled with horror, and they simply couldn't believe what they were hearing.

The Third Prince of Chijiang Dragon Palace was not only one of the Twelve True Immortals, but also commanded a large army. Killing him was something that Yan Ling and the others could not even imagine.

As a result, three years ago on that day, their patriarch actually killed him!
It turns out that three years ago, after Xia Daoming met up with Yan Ling and the other three in Cangzhe County, he didn't mention a word about what happened that day, and naturally, Yan Ling and the other three didn't dare to ask any questions.

So it wasn't until now that they learned that after their master ordered them to leave first that day, he actually killed the third prince of the Chijiang Dragon Palace.

"He dared to harm my fellow disciples, how could I let him get away with it!" Xia Daoming said calmly.

Everyone was startled by these words, and then deeply moved!

These are the kinds of people who truly deserve our respect and admiration.

"Alright, you all go and cultivate, and try to break through to the next realm!"

The group withdrew as instructed.

Xia Daoming then summoned the Crimson Flame Lord and the Literary Radiance Lord.

The two true fires, one martial fire and one gentle fire, are most suitable for refining the essence of true dragons and the blood of half-ancestral dragons.

There are no Jiazi in the mountains, and it is so cold that I don’t know the year.

Unconsciously.

The group had been in seclusion in the valley for two years.

Two years.

Xia Daoming had already extracted all the true dragon essence and half-ancestral dragon blood contained in the dragon corpses he brought from the Third Prince's residence.

It's just a shame.

Aside from the Third Prince, from whom a small amount of semi-ancestral dragon blood can be extracted, only true dragon essence blood can be extracted from the corpses of other dragons.

Moreover, although the Third Prince is a Twelve-Assembly True Immortal, the amount of half-ancestral dragon blood contained in his body is not as much as that of Cangming, who is at the peak of the Ten-Assembly.

This reminded Xia Daoming of the discussions he had overheard outside the Valley of Reincarnation, and he understood why the Dragon King of the Vast Abyss Sea Dragon Palace valued Cangming, who was only at the Tenth Stage of the Realm, so highly!

He has far more potential than the Third Prince.

However, the Third Prince was, after all, a True Immortal of the Twelve Assemblies. His half-ancestral dragon blood was not as good as Cangming's, but his true dragon essence blood was still much more abundant.

Including other dragon corpses, Xia Daoming collected a considerable amount of true dragon essence blood this time.

With these half-ancestral dragon blood and true dragon essence blood, Xia Daoming made great strides. Not only did the Boundless Blood Sea and the Crimson Palace Divine Weapon grow much stronger, but the Ancestral Dragon Overlord Body Divine Power also finally reached the fourteenth level.

When the Ancestral Dragon Overlord Body Divine Power reached the fourteenth level, his Qi Refining cultivation also improved accordingly, greatly shortening the time required to break through to the Ninth Assembly Realm.

Xia Daoming can be considered to have officially entered the ranks of high-level True Immortals.

　That concludes today's update.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)