The Path to Immortality: Starting with an Analysis of Basic Concepts

Zhu Yu felt a gentle breeze brush past, clearing away the massive amount of junk information that had been clogging his mind. His dull eyes regained their clarity, and he quickly lowered his head, no longer daring to look.

He secretly gasped.

"With my current cultivation level, I can't even bear to look at it..."

"Is this the True Lord...?"

Recalling the encounter with "True Lord Qingping" not long ago, it was clear that the True Lord had deliberately concealed his aura at that time; otherwise, everyone present would probably have died.

"That blue-sun is Qingping Zhenjun, and that pink, gold..."

Zhu Yu snapped out of his daze, subconsciously recalling the three great suns radiating unparalleled terrifying radiation. But then, the image of the three great suns in his mind suddenly became clearer and clearer, and faintly, he could hear the sounds of sword cries, beast roars, and groans...

Just then.

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next moment.

The sound abruptly stopped, and the image slowly faded away like a curtain. Zhu Yu's expression changed drastically. Without thinking, he turned around, stepped into the bronze gate, and returned to "Benming Lingxu".

They are not far apart.

"Huh..."

The Bai Ze Zhenren, shrouded in mist, withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the place where Zhu Yu had disappeared with surprise, but did not think much of it, assuming that it was a spiritual artifact or secret treasure that protected his soul from being corrupted by the Daoist aura of the True Lord.

And at this time.

One after another, bronze doors appeared.

The Dragon Slayer, who resembled a wealthy official.

A real person with pale skin, a face as white as paper, and no facial features, capable of countless transformations.

The Kui Dou Zhenren is three zhang tall, as strong as a raging ape, and carries a bronze hammer on his back.

Jade Flaw Real Person, with skin as smooth as jade and a delicate, woman-like face.

The Seven Evil Immortals, dressed in blood-red robes, resembled an eight-year-old child.

The Cold Sea Immortal, dressed in black robes and carrying a yellow gourd, and the Pure Source Immortal, dressed in blue robes and holding a fan.

Finally, there was Lu Changsheng, dressed in a black robe.

One by one, the people appeared, looking up at the three great suns in the chaotic darkness. Fear, longing, and fervor surged in their eyes, but in the end, they all turned into a deep look of anticipation.

No one spoke of it.

It seemed as if it was waiting for something.

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Zhu Yu returned to "Benming Spirit Ruins" and took a short break to calm his somewhat flustered mind. He then connected with Jing, Hong Youfu, and others, instructing them to bring the looted resources and "Tuyuren" back to "Benming Spirit Ruins".

He then informed the three avatars in the "Martial Realm" of the arrival of the "Flower Goddess Spirit Ruins" True Lord, instructing them to lie low and wait.

After doing all this.

He then began preparations for his soul to travel to the "Twelve Celestial Alliance".

I am unaware of the specifics of the "Twelve Celestial Alliance".

However, just by looking at the "Three Paths Spirit Ruins" and the "Flower Goddess Spirit Ruins," one can tell that they are by no means safe places. In fact, he was vaguely worried that the danger might be even greater for those who came from the "Returning Ruins" lineage of the "Heavenly Dao Sect."

Unlike deployment to other regions.

His primary purpose in going to the "Twelve Celestial Alliance" was not to acquire resources, but to understand the information about the "Twelve Celestial Alliance" in order to prepare for his future cultivation.

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He planned to bring the trump card given to him by "Cai Ling". As for local specialties, after thinking about it, he decided to bring the most valuable hard currency, "Lingxu Origin", only five hundred of them.

He was filled with anxious anticipation.

Time passed slowly.

Three days later.

Zhu Yu, who was cultivating in the "Benming Lingxu", was awakened by the will of "Qingping Zhenjun". Without hesitation, the prepared avatar appeared in the bronze door and stepped into the "Foundation Building Realm".

All that could be seen was still the boundless floating duckweed, but Zhu Yu noticed that Jian Yue, which had stood in the center of the boundless floating duckweed, had disappeared, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's finally over..."

As the thought flashed through his mind, he immediately felt an irresistible and overwhelming force surge in, his vision went black, and when he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a dark place where he couldn't see his own hand in front of his face.

He tried to extend his divine sense, but found it trapped inside his body and unable to leave. He did not panic, but carefully examined the area he was in.

Finally, a result was obtained.

He seemed to be inside the body of a gigantic beast of unknown size.

"The True Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts..."

Zhu Yu looked around at the darkness, but instead of wandering aimlessly, he sat cross-legged on the soft, damp ground, closed his eyes, and focused his mind, waiting to reach the end of his journey.

Qingping Lingxu.

"The Twelve Celestial Alliance..."

Zhu Yu severed the connection with his distracted mind, and as if sensing something, he took a deep breath and murmured, "Finally, I can go back..."

He chuckled softly, closed his eyes, and focused his mind, immersing himself in meditation.

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Cultivation transcends the passage of time.

Zhu Yu was awakened by a long-lost sense of peace. He opened his eyes, immediately conjured the bronze door, and stepped out.

What came into his view was no longer the boundless green duckweed, but the persistent black and gray mist, the enormous islands standing in the Black Sea, and the towering, majestic mountains that pierced the clouds and whose peaks were nowhere to be seen.

Gazing at the ancient bronze doors embedded in the mountainside in the dim light, he stretched contentedly, and his figure dissipated and disappeared.

Seven days later.

The gates of the Underworld, which had been closed for a long time, were wide open.

A "Salvation Boat" shimmering with powerful spiritual light slowly descended, and figures leaped out of the boat and landed one after another.

"Hahaha, I'm finally back..."

"Hiss, the sect is still the best. That godforsaken place has too little spiritual energy..."

"They may be a bit weak, but they're truly wealthy, this time..."

"..."

The moment it landed.

An overwhelming joy welled up in everyone's hearts. Although there were many resources in the foreign land and the rewards from the lord were plentiful, it was still not as reassuring as cultivating in the sect.

The commotion didn't last long.

Some went back to their residences, while others went out. Before long, the cultivators who had gathered in front of the gate dispersed.

An inverted tower, two stories high.

The hilltop, the plaza in front of the palace.

A bronze door appeared silently.

The door was wide open.

Zhu Yu stepped out, followed by two girls who were about 1 meter tall, looked exactly the same, and wore blue and purple clothes. They were delicate and lovely.

Then a pale white insect, about the size of a washbasin and resembling both a tortoise and an insect, emerged.

Standing on its head was a praying mantis, seemingly carved from white jade and stained with red. On its carapace stood a little child wearing a red bib and with a high ponytail, and a child in yellow clothes with porcelain-like skin.

Auras spread out.

While Zhu Yi was training his physique, he seemed to remember something, his face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly returned to the mountaintop. When he saw Zhu Yu and his group in the square, he quickly walked forward and respectfully greeted them.

"This servant greets Master."

Zhu Yu waved his hand and smiled, "It's been a long time since I've had your cooking, I'm actually craving it. Make some of your signature dishes." As if remembering something, he added, "After I finish cooking, let's go see your kids."

"Yes, sir."

Zhu's face lit up with even more joy. He bowed slightly and walked happily toward the kitchen.

"Wow, I want to eat roasted chicken and grilled pork..."

Xiaoqing's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and she followed along eagerly, repeating the names of the dishes one by one.

Xiao Bai hesitated for a moment, then followed.

"Master, Xiao Hei is going to set up the 'Starry Sky Wood'..."

After saying this, Xiao Hei couldn't wait to lead Xiao Yu, Xiao Qi, and Gen away from the square and run towards the place where the original "Starry Sky Wood" was rooted.

Zhu Yu reached out and pulled up a reclining chair, plopped down on it, closed his eyes and focused on summarizing his gains from this "martial arts world" trip.

The first is the "Origin of the Spirit Ruins".

Excluding the derivative "Benming Lingxu".

Two thousand strands of spiritual energy remained in Fei Niangzi's body.

The White Horse Village Chief, at the early stage of the Golden Body Realm, possessed a thousand strands of spiritual origin.

The Fishing Gang and the Zhao Family, along with their early-stage Golden Body martial artists, possessed a total of two thousand Spirit Void Origins.

The leader of the Taiping Society possesses two early-stage Golden Body Realm cultivators and one mid-stage Golden Body Realm cultivator, totaling five thousand Dao Spirit Ruins Origin.

The Azure-Clad Envoy at the peak of the Golden Body Realm possesses the origin of six thousand Dao Spirit Ruins.

The two "Dharma Realm" divine seeds obtained from Huangshi each contain ten thousand and thirteen thousand "Spiritual Ruins Origins".

In addition, there are approximately three thousand "Spiritual Ruins Origins" extracted from the gold and silver plundered from "Yongzhou".

Then, remove the five hundred "Spiritual Ruins Origins" given to the distracting spirit.

A total of 41,000 "Spiritual Ruins Origin" remain.

Then came some more precious spiritual items.

First is the "fundamental instrument".

Excluding the rewards given to the disciples of "Yinmingfu" and the rewards given to the subordinates of "Divided Gods".

The famous weapon "Black Gold Halberd" was used by a whale.

Two top-tier weapons containing the essence of nine "Spiritual Ruins" were obtained from Lady Fei; one is an inner armor and the other is gloves.

The thirteen powerful artifacts, each containing one to six "Spiritual Ruins Origins," were obtained from Huangshi, Yongzhou Prefecture.

Twelve second-tier spiritual herbs.

Nine pieces of second-tier quality spirit jade and spirit materials.

A quantity of low-grade spiritual herbs, spiritual rice, and spiritual items…

Finally, there was a "spiritual artifact" bestowed by "True Lord Qingping".

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Zhu Yu opened his eyes, reached into his sleeve, and took out a bone club about a foot long. Upon closer inspection, one could easily see that it was imprinted with fine golden patterns.

And it was the spiritual artifact bestowed upon him by "True Lord Qingping".

It is called the "Ghost Spirit Staff".

A "spiritual artifact" forged using evil magic to refine the essence of white bones. It does not contain any earthly evil supernatural powers, but it has two great uses.

One of its names is "Soul Stealer".

When cast with magical power, it can produce a soul-capturing demonic sound. Ordinary second-level cultivators will have their souls shaken upon hearing it, rendering them unable to raise their magical power and causing their consciousness to become disordered.

The second one is called "Shattered Soul".

When used with magical power, it can strike the formless and intangible soul. If an ordinary second-level cultivator is struck, at best their soul will become unstable, and at worst their soul will dissipate and they will die.

The two are cleverly combined.

An ordinary second-tier cultivator who has not yet mastered supernatural powers is no match for him.

"Ghost wand..."

Zhu Yu played with it for a couple of moments, then put it into his sleeve, thinking that he would ask Manager Luo of the Luo family's weapon-refining workshop another day if he could combine it with the "Ten Thousand Beasts Banner" to forge a "Ten Thousand Souls Banner".

Regardless of how useful it is.

It exists.

Hopefully, the "Benming Spirit Ruins" will have more vitality in the future.

Suppressing his thoughts, Zhu Yu silently estimated that he had gained nearly 100,000 "Spiritual Ruins Origins" from this trip to the "Martial World".

And he alone has gained this.

And what about the initiator of this trip, "True Lord Qingping"? ...

It must be at least a hundred times, right?

"Tsk..."

Zhu Yu felt a moment of envy, shook his head to clear his mind, and checked the advancement status of "Black Tiger" and "Dragon Blood Kobold".

"Almost there, almost there..."

Once "Black Tiger" advances to the second rank, he will be able to rely on his talent to enter "Netherworld," seek out the Nether Land, and construct his Dao Realm.

Suppressing his distracting thoughts, Zhu Yu focused his attention on Hong Youfu and the others.

Thanks to the "Origin of the Spirit Realm" that he shared with several people.

Several dozen days have passed.

The cultivation levels of the group improved significantly, with Yao Ye being the fastest. Due to his shallow foundation, he had already reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage after refining less than two hundred "Spiritual Ruins Origin".

Of course, his foundation building has nothing to do with the "Foundation Building Realm".

In terms of strength, they are not as good as Hong Youfu and others who are still in the early stage of the second tier.

In terms of strength, they are not as good as Hong Youfu and others who are still in the early stage of the second tier.

However, one thing caught Zhu Yu's eye: after Yao Ye advanced to the peak of Foundation Establishment, his supernatural powers gradually revealed the aura of "Supernatural Power Domain".

Moreover, as he continued to refine the "Origin of the Spirit Void," a Dharma Domain actually emerged. Although it was still weak and feeble, it was an unmistakable Dharma Domain.

"really…"

"How could True Lord Qingping possibly accept a useless race and establish a sect with them..."

"Is this the ripe fruit falling from the tree? Or has it just begun to bloom?... "

Thinking of its path, Zhu Yu, for some reason, thought of the many "alien spirit ruins" attached to "Qingping Spirit Ruins".

Were they all truly conquered by the "Qingping Spirit Ruins"?

As far as he knows.

When a cultivator reaches a certain level in their "Divine Power Domain," and perishes, there is a certain possibility that the "Divine Power Domain" will evolve into a "Spiritual Ruins"...

If what he thinks is true.

This might explain why the Foundation Establishment cultivators at "Qingping Spirit Ruins" are so weak; the strong ones have all become resources...

"Lingxu..."

Zhu Yu hesitated for a moment, but still gave up the idea of ​​letting Yao Ye transform into a spirit void. Yao Ye was a steady person, and the "supernatural domain" he derived was not an ordinary thing. It was still worth cultivating.

As for "Lingxu".

Shangguan Jiang gave him five test subjects last time. Now that several years have passed, his cultivation should be about to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Then let's give it a try..."

Zhu Yu thought about it and decided to give it a try.

A "Spirit Ruins" is still worth the risk.

With this thought, his divine sense spread out and quickly locked onto the five members of the Shangguan family's collateral relatives who had been sent as gifts and were located on the first floor of the "Upside-Down Tower".

As he expected, all five of them achieved perfect Qi Refining, and were only one opportunity away from advancing to Foundation Establishment.

Zhu Yuju manifested a bronze gate, from which he took out five second-tier spiritual objects that matched the attributes of the five people, five "Spiritual Ruins Origins", waved his hand and sent them to the five people, and chuckled.

"Don't let me down..."

Seeing that the five people accepted the gifts and began their closed-door cultivation to break through their limitations, he stopped paying attention to them.

After finishing the meal.

He went straight back to the third floor of the "Inverted Tower".

While meditating and cultivating, he also diverted his attention to plunder the essence and blood of millions of "Tuyuren" and used a "blood separation centrifuge" to refine the higher bloodlines that might exist in their bloodlines, which were like a large pot of stew.

Although the process is tedious, each lottery draw is quite enjoyable.

In just a few days.

Zhu Yu then refined no fewer than ten different bloodlines from them, including some mid-grade and high-grade first-order bloodlines.

But he just didn't have the "Jiaoren" bloodline he wanted.

"No rush... let's try a few more rounds..."

Zhu Yu wasn't in a hurry. Even if he didn't have it, it wouldn't matter. He could use his second "natal spirit ruin" to nurture the "dragon-man" bloodline.

Time passed slowly.

this day.

Zhu Yu, who was cultivating on the third floor of the "Upside-Down Tower," suddenly changed his expression, opened his eyes, and looked puzzled.

"What is she doing here?..."

Without much thought, he got up and went out to greet the guests.

We arrived at the second floor.

Not long after.

Led by Zhu Er, Zang Hai, dressed in a bright red robe, with a charming face and rosy complexion, climbed to the top of the mountain.

Upon meeting.

The first thing she said made Zhu Yu smile.

"This young lady is here to pay off a debt..."