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Chapter 791 [Heavenly Gang Thunder-Slaying Sword] Advancement (Please Subscribe)

The desolate desert.

Right where Zhou Chun killed the Azure Demon Lord, about half a day after he left, a black demonic light with extremely high speed arrived at the place, revealing a dignified-looking man in black robes.

The black-robed man's aura was concealed, and even a Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stages would likely find it difficult to perceive his true cultivation level upon first meeting him.

However, because of his formidable reputation in the Yuanmo Realm, no Nascent Soul cultivator in the Yuanmo Realm dared to show him any negligence or disrespect upon seeing him.

The name "Dragon Devouring Demon Lord" is known to everyone in the Yuanmo Realm!

At this moment, the Dragon Devouring Demon Lord hovered in mid-air, first observing the sky and the earth with purple demonic light flashing in his eyes, and then sniffing the air.

After using various methods to investigate the scene, he muttered to himself with a look of surprise and doubt, "Such chaotic auras—cultivators, demon kings, dragon auras, fire phoenix auras—what kind of beings has Junior Brother Biyou provoked?"

He learned of the death of the Azure Demon Lord by the extinction of the Soul Lamp in the sect, and then used a secret method to activate the Soul Lamp and followed the aura of the Azure Demon Lord's remnant soul to find this place.

He was still completely baffled as to why the Azure Demon Lord had come to this desolate desert.

Upon discovering the complexity of the murder scene, he couldn't help but frown and ponder.

After pondering for a moment, he suddenly murmured, "Hmm, besides the aura of Junior Brother Biyou and the murderer, I also smelled a somewhat familiar aura. It should be left by Ghost Rain from the Yin Ghost Sect. It seems I need to make a trip to the Yin Ghost Sect!"

He then glanced at the direction leading to the Heavenly Spirit Realm, and turned to leave.

It's true that the Dragon Devouring Demon Lord is powerful, but he's even smarter.

If the murderer only possessed the strength to kill the Azure Demon Lord, he could still be treated as an ordinary great cultivator. If he chased after him, even if he didn't succeed in avenging the Azure Demon Lord, he could still make the other party pay some price.

However, even Ghost Rain Demon Lord joined the battle, and ultimately failed to protect Azure Nether Demon Lord, indicating that the killer's strength far surpasses that of ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

If he chases after such a powerful outsider, he'll likely not only fail to get an explanation, but he'll also risk getting injured!

Of course he wouldn't do such a thing.

On the other hand, Zhou Chun didn't care what those who stood up for Bi You Demon Lord thought. For the sake of safety, he still traveled back to the Heavenly Spirit Realm at full speed, with both himself and his pet.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief after returning to the territory of Feng Kingdom.

According to the incarnation of Tai Geng, the two Nascent Soul stage demon lords in the Yuanmo Realm are afraid to set foot in the human cultivation world for some reason. Therefore, as long as he returns to the Tianling Realm, he will be completely safe.

With this safety assured, Zhou Chun had his second Nascent Soul avatar return to Bingyi Kingdom alone, and then had Lord Yishan carry him and Wu Yuzhu back to Yu Kingdom, while he himself took stock of the gains from the previous battle.

He had previously killed two Nascent Soul stage demonic cultivators, preventing them from escaping even at the Nascent Soul stage, so he naturally gained quite a lot.

Unfortunately, just as he had initially feared, there was virtually no way he could make use of the things on these demonic cultivators!

Both the pitch-black demonic sword of the Azure Demon Lord and the dark blue-black feather fan demonic treasure possessed by the old woman in green are objects filled with demonic energy and are not suitable for cultivators to use.

The treasures inside their storage artifacts are mostly like this.

However, these things are spiritual treasures after all. Even if cultivators cannot use them, it would be a pity to destroy them directly. After checking them over, Zhou Chun put them away for the time being.

At worst, when the Zhou family has a spirit pet that needs to undergo the Heavenly Tribulation, these magical treasures can be used to resist the tribulation lightning.

Given their spiritual treasure-level nature, their effects are definitely stronger than many high-grade magic treasures, and no worse than some top-grade magic treasures.

Inside the storage artifact of the Azure Demon Lord, Zhou Chun obtained quite a few poison cultivation manuals and poison materials, and even a powerful high-grade magic treasure, the [Myriad Poison Divine Pearl]!

This [Myriad Poisons Divine Pearl] is an advanced magic weapon of the [Hundred Poisons Treasure Pearl]. Not only are its supernatural powers unpredictable and difficult to defend against, but it can also absorb and neutralize various toxins.

However, Zhou Chun already had Lu Yuanjun and Feng Yuanjun with him, so he didn't need this item even if he wanted to detoxify. Therefore, he gave this treasure to Wu Yuzhu first, along with the poison materials.

This made Wu Yuzhu even more grateful to him, and she became completely devoted to him.

After studying some ancient texts obtained from the Azure Demon Lord, Zhou Chun roughly figured out the reason.

After the fall of the Ten Thousand Poisons True Monarch, the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect quickly split up, and one of the branches was destroyed by the Beast Demon Palace, which seized a lot of things.

Later, the Azure Demon Lord destroyed another remnant of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, obtained some more useful things, and learned of the existence of the Ten Thousand Poisons Secret Realm.

Upon learning that the Myriad Poisons Secret Realm might contain the treasures of the powerful Myriad Poisons True Monarch, the Azure Nether Demon Lord became interested and began secretly recruiting and training poison cultivators, attempting to have them obtain the treasures within the secret realm through trials.

Unfortunately, he had no idea that it was all a conspiracy by the True Lord of Ten Thousand Poisons, and he wasted a lot of resources and energy.

Before Zhou Yuanlian appeared, Biyou Demon Lord had basically given up on the idea of ​​cultivating poison cultivators. He only spread out the first half of the "Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture" and then controlled "Snake Granny" and others to help him fish.

Using his advantage of knowing how to enter the Myriad Poisons Secret Realm, he asked Golden Core Poison cultivators like Zhou Yuanlian and Wu Yuzhu, who were trapped by the backlash of their cultivation techniques, to help him enter the Myriad Poisons Secret Realm and obtain treasures.

Previously, "Grandma Snake" had also reported to the Demon Lord Biyou about Wu Yuzhu, but because he had been disappointed many times before, the Demon Lord Biyou did not take it to heart.

If he hadn't sensed the fall of a disciple he had sent to guard the entrance to the Myriad Poisons Secret Realm, and realized that things might have changed, the Azure Demon Lord might not have come out to hunt down Zhou Chun.

After gaining a clearer understanding of the whole situation, Zhou Chun couldn't help but shake his head.

It is obvious that the Azure Demon Lord was a fool until his death.

This shows how harmful the word "greed" can be!

If it weren't for his covetousness of the so-called treasure left by the True Lord of Ten Thousand Poisons, the Azure Nether Demon Lord, with his status and position, could have lived a carefree life until his lifespan ended and he passed away peacefully.

After clarifying the course of events, Zhou Chun took out the stone tablet containing the complete "Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture" and studied it with Wu Yuzhu.

Research has revealed that the "True Scripture of Ten Thousand Poisons" recorded on this stone tablet is indeed complete and accurate, sufficient for cultivation to the late Nascent Soul stage.

Moreover, compared to the half of the "Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture" obtained previously, the complete cultivation method on this stone tablet records more secret techniques of poison and methods for refining strange poisons, including even a peculiar infant poison that can directly affect the nascent soul of a Nascent Soul cultivator!

This poison, once it enters the body of a Nascent Soul cultivator, will directly attack the Nascent Soul, making it extremely strange and difficult to defend against.

However, to refine this kind of infant poison, one must first cultivate the "Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture" to the Nascent Soul stage, so for now, we can only look on.

After studying the entire "Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture" in this way, Zhou Chun copied out the Golden Elixir Chapter's cultivation method and gave it to Wu Yuzhu to practice, while he kept the stone tablet for himself.

This "Ten Thousand Poisons Scripture" is indeed quite dangerous. If it falls into the hands of a cultivator with impure intentions, it will surely cause a lot of bloodshed. Zhou Chun does not want it to spread.

A few days later, Zhou Chun and his group returned to Kunwu Mountain.

After resolving the matter of the "Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture," Zhou Chun had nothing else urgent to do, so he entered a semi-secluded state again, focusing on taking medicine and cultivating.

After the last [Primordial Profound True Pill] was refined, Zhou Chun took another Demon King Pill.

This giant pill came from the giant crab demon king, and it was quite compatible with Zhou Chun himself.

It took him about three and a half years to completely refine the Demon King's Pill.

It's just that because he is now at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, this Demon King Pill, which could have saved a Nascent Soul early-stage cultivator hundreds of years of arduous cultivation, only increased his cultivation by less than seventy years.

After his magical power increased significantly, it was no longer advisable for him to take medicine continuously. So Zhou Chun left seclusion to spend time with his wife and children, and at the same time gave guidance on some family affairs.

Now that Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi have passed away, without the care of these two experienced elders, Zhou Chun is not entirely at ease relying solely on Zhou Xinyan and others.

Unfortunately, Zhou Zhiying, his apprentice, had been too well protected by him in the past and was really incapable of handling clan affairs, so he couldn't help him much in this regard.

Fortunately, the Zhou family has now largely established an effective set of procedures for handling affairs, and other Golden Core elders can also exercise their supervisory powers, so there is no need to worry too much about large-scale deception and cover-ups.

Actually, the best approach would have been to cultivate Zhou Xinyuan's abilities in this area.

Unfortunately, Zhou Chun's son really wasn't interested in this, and after mentioning it a few times, he stopped pressuring him.

A year later, Luo Qingni returned from her travels to Kunwu Mountain.

After talking with her, Zhou Chun learned that she had traveled to most of the human cultivation world over the years, making up for a missing link in her life.

After returning from her travels, she, who had not refined pills for many years, quickly resumed refining pills and produced several batches of Foundation Establishment Pills for the Zhou family.

Today, the Zhou family no longer needs to import Foundation Establishment Pills from outside.

Not to mention the Jade Marrow Fungus that the Zhou family collected through various channels, there were also thousands of Jade Marrow Fungus that they cultivated themselves!

There are dozens of fourth-order spirit trees on Kunwu Mountain, and in the secret mansion of the Dolan Grassland, there are also many fourth-order and fifth-order spirit trees planted with Jade Marrow Fungus.

In a few hundred years, the Zhou family will be able to sell Foundation Establishment Pills in bulk to the outside world.

At the same time, the Zhou family is also able to collect materials and refine auxiliary spiritual pills for opening the Purple Mansion, such as the [Purple Dust Pill] and the [Mysterious Heart Purple Return Pill]. Every few years, they can produce a considerable number, which can basically meet the needs of the family.

They even have the ability to produce their own Core Formation spiritual treasures, such as the Extreme Yang Fire Spirit Liquid and the Extreme Cold Ice Marrow Liquid.

These two spiritual items require a Nascent Soul stage cultivator using fire-attribute techniques to extract the purest essence from a spiritual item called [Heavenly Yang Jade Ointment] using their own powerful Nascent Soul Fire, and then blend it with a medicinal liquid made from various rare spiritual herbs.

One method requires a Nascent Soul stage cultivator using ice or water attribute techniques to extract a bit of essence from a spiritual object called [Ice Marrow Cold Jade], which is then blended with some rare spiritual herbs to create a medicinal liquid.

While both [Tianyang Jade] and [Ice Marrow Jade] are relatively precious spiritual items, their production is not so rare that they are difficult to obtain.

The real reason why these two types of Core Formation spiritual items are so rare is that, under normal circumstances, no Nascent Soul cultivator is willing to go through the trouble of refining these things that are of no use to them but will only hinder their cultivation.

Zhou Chun's second nascent soul incarnation is fully capable of refining the [Extreme Cold Ice Marrow Liquid], while Feng Yuanjun, after becoming familiar with it, is also able to refine the [Extreme Yang Fire Spirit Liquid].

However, they also need to focus on their own cultivation, so they basically don't have much time to refine these things.

But no matter what, the Zhou family has now accomplished something that many major powers cannot do: they are able to produce their own Foundation Establishment spiritual items, spiritual items to assist in opening the Purple Mansion, and spiritual items to form the Core Formation.

After resting for two or three years and fully mastering his rapidly increasing magical power, Zhou Chun consumed the large pill made from a low-grade, fifth-order metal-attribute demon core.

This great pill perfectly matched his attributes, and its effects were even better. After nearly four years of refining, it increased his cultivation by seventy or eighty years.

Including the [Nine-Flower Immortal Plum] and [Primordial Profound True Pill] he had consumed before, although he had only broken through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm a few decades ago, he was actually equivalent to a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator who had cultivated at this level for more than three hundred years.

He currently has two Demon King Pills left, both refined from mid-grade fifth-rank Demon Pills.

However, Zhou Chun cannot take these two large pills for the time being.

Because he has only been in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm for a short time, his current increase in magical power is almost entirely due to external aids.

Although they are all his magical powers, there is no inherent difference in their strength.

However, for cultivators, meditation and cultivation are not only a way to accumulate magical power and cultivation, but also a process of becoming familiar with and mastering themselves.

If this process is omitted, it might not be noticeable in regular combat, but problems will arise when attempting to break through the barrier of a realm.

To use an imperfect analogy, a millionaire who earns 100 million through his own efforts has a good chance of breaking through his current social class and increasing his net worth to 1 billion.

However, someone who gets 100 million through winning the lottery or receiving a gift has virtually no chance of increasing their net worth to 1 billion!

Therefore, after Zhou Chun's cultivation level increased too much in a short period of time, it was no longer suitable for him to continue consuming these powerful pills that could enhance his cultivation. He should instead spend several decades or even a hundred years cultivating diligently to familiarize himself with and adapt to his current cultivation level.

Just then, the Thunderworm Beast broke through to the fourth-tier superior grade. Zhou Chun took its horn and visited the incarnation of the Tai Geng God, asking him to help him melt it into the Heavenly Gang Thunder-Slaying Sword.

Because the horn of the Thunderworm Beast is different from ordinary materials, it is generally not something that even a master craftsman can accomplish by melting it into a magic weapon that has been formed for many years. Only a grandmaster craftsman can do it.

As for the incarnation of the Tai Geng God, strictly speaking, it also shares the same weapon-refining skills as the original body, so this small matter is naturally not difficult for him to handle.

Inside the cave on Chang Geng Peak, the avatar of Tai Geng God Venerable received the [Heavenly Gang Thunder-Slaying Sword] from Silver Dragon Lord. He first carefully examined the sword, and then instructed Silver Dragon Lord to spew out thunder and fire to temper the sword.

During the forging process, he summoned his [Tai Geng Xin Jin Sword] as a forging hammer and struck some parts of the [Tian Gang Zhan Lei Sword].

Under this hammering, the [Heavenly Gang Thunder-Slaying Sword] could not withstand the strain, and some cracks appeared, with some silver-black substance being knocked out.

He then had the Silver Dragon Lord temper the Thunderworm Beast's horn with lightning and fire, turning it into a ball of silver lightning liquid that landed on the Heavenly Thunder-Slaying Sword and was slowly absorbed by the sword.

Once all the silver lightning liquid had been absorbed, the cracks on the sword healed and disappeared.

At this moment, the [Heavenly Gang Thunder-Slaying Sword] seemed to have been reborn, with lightning flashing on its body and emitting a series of deep dragon roars.

After carefully sensing it, the avatar of the Tai Geng Divine Lord nodded to the Silver Dragon Lord and said, "Alright, take this sword back and nurture it for a while; it should then completely transform into a spiritual treasure!"

Upon hearing this, Silver Dragon Lord immediately opened his mouth and stored the magic weapon inside his body to nurture it. Then, with a face full of gratitude, he bowed to the avatar of Tai Geng God and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Senior Tai Geng. I am deeply grateful for your great kindness."

"You little dragon are quite polite."

Tai Geng, the Divine Venerable, nodded, then waved his hand and said, "Alright, now that the matter is settled, you may all leave. Do not disturb my comprehension of the sword technique."

"Yes, this junior will take his leave."

Zhou Chun responded and immediately left Chang Geng Peak with Silver Dragon Lord.

Two years later, under the nurturing of the Silver Dragon Lord, the [Heavenly Gang Thunder-Slaying Sword] indeed successfully transformed into a spirit treasure-level flying sword, with its power greatly increased.

Just then, the dragon egg laid by the Azure Dragon Qingqing also hatched.

The hatched dragon still appears to be of the Azure Dragon bloodline, with only two dragon claws. However, the Thunder Dragon bloodline still has some influence on it, and the dragon horns on its head have turned silver-white, enabling it to cast lightning spells.

This is quite normal among hybrid dragons. The vast majority of hybrid dragons are based on one type of dragon bloodline, while also possessing some magical abilities from another type of dragon bloodline.

However, in most cases, these hybrid dragons will not have any increased potential; on the contrary, it will be more difficult to purify their bloodline in the future.

Therefore, even though the Jiaolong clan can interbreed and produce offspring, many Jiaolong will still not form a mate relationship with Jiaolong whose attributes are significantly different from their own, given the opportunity.

However, even though its bloodline is ordinary and its potential is not great, the birth of such a dragon still has great significance for the Zhou family.

Zhou Chun specially approved the use of some nourishing dragon blood spiritual items on this young dragon, hoping that a good growth environment would be helpful for its future.

On this day, Zhou Xinyan came to visit Zhou Chun and brought up the matter of relocating the mortals of his family to the State of Yu.

"Clan Chief, you are wise. The Jin Yue Sect and Qing Yun Sect have already relocated many mortals to their territories to live and multiply. Our Zhou family has also basically completed the work of eliminating wild demonic beasts within a thousand miles outside Kunwu Mountain. Now it is time to relocate our family's mortals here. Otherwise, if there are no mortals from our Zhou family in the Yu Kingdom, some outsiders who do not know the inside story will always feel that this place is not safe!"

His words were reasonable and well-founded.

After a moment's thought, Zhou Chun said, "Let's relocate 300,000 family members here first as a pilot program. Once we've confirmed there aren't any major problems, we can relocate them all later!"

"I understand. I will then begin to arrange for people to prepare for this matter."

Zhou Xinyan nodded and immediately began to make arrangements for the matter.

Zhou Chun, having been reminded by him, left Kunwu Mountain again to inspect the Yu Kingdom.

Zhou Chun was fairly satisfied with the results of this inspection.

Just as Zhou Xinyan said, nowadays, in most parts of Yu Kingdom, you can no longer see those groups of demonic beasts. However, because there are too many wild animals with demonic beast bloodlines, every year many wild animals still transform into demonic beasts for various reasons.

To change this situation, a large number of mortals would need to hunt and eat those wild beasts; otherwise, it would be unrealistic to expect cultivators to hunt these beasts that are of no use to them.

Even some low-grade first-tier demonic beasts are generally not worth the effort of cultivators to hunt.

Under these circumstances, it became imperative to introduce ordinary people to reclaim the land.

The construction and development of the State of Yu is about to officially enter its second phase.

Sunrise and sunset, and in the blink of an eye, another ten years have passed.

On this day, thunderclouds gathered above the Zhou family's mountain gate, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged abnormally, which was an unusual phenomenon indicating that someone had successfully formed their core.

Soon after, the news that the Zhou family had gained a new Golden Core stage member, Zhou Gaosong, spread throughout the cultivation world of Yu Kingdom.

This Zhou Gaosong was quite lucky. In addition to exchanging for a set of Core Formation spiritual items from his family, he also encountered a severely injured and lone fourth-grade low-level demon beast during the battle in the Azure Lotus Mountains. He successfully killed the beast using a fourth-grade magic talisman he had exchanged from the family treasury, obtaining a fourth-grade demon core. He then used this demon core to exchange for a Core Formation spiritual item suitable for himself.

However, for the Zhou family now, the addition of a Golden Core cultivator is something to be happy about, but it is no longer necessary for the entire clan to celebrate.

Even the so-called Golden Core Ceremony will not be held in the name of the family. It will be hosted by Zhou Gaosong, the newly promoted Golden Core cultivator, himself, inviting his relatives and friends. At most, the family will provide him with a celebration subsidy.

However, the successful formation of the Golden Core by this junior, Zhou Gaosong, reminded Zhou Chun of something else: he also needed to worry about the Golden Core formation of his son, Zhou Xinyuan.

Zhou Xinyuan is now a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage. Given that he has no shortage of cultivation resources, he can attempt to form his core within a hundred years.

Zhou Chun's son, of course, could not use the common Core Formation spiritual items like ordinary cultivators.

After all, failing to form the core carries the risk of death!

Therefore, to ensure Zhou Xinyuan's success in forming his core in the future, the only option is to replicate the situation when Zhou Chun formed his core.

"Judging by the time, the spiritual fruits on that Five Elements Spiritual Fruit tree should be ripe soon. It seems I'll have to take Mu Sang there in a few years."

Upon realizing this, Zhou Chun kept the matter in mind.

April has ended, with 190,000 words updated, averaging over 6,000 words per update, which is considered satisfactory!

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