A person in the heavens, starting with a Chaos Emperor Dao Fruit

With the deaths of the Yin Demon's divided soul and Wu Chou, Wu Chou's newly possessed body plunged into the sea.

Yunhua put the intact body, but the soul dead, into his storage bracelet, and then looked at the scene on the sea where four Foundation Establishment cultivators were besieging Elder Gu.

Elder Gu was about to give up; his body was covered in blood, mostly from Han Li's attacks.

Yunhua ignored it and directly took out the ancient treasure, the Qian Tian Ge, from the seabed. After examining it with his divine sense, he found that the Qian Tian Ge was all show and no substance. The runes inside were somewhat incomplete, and its power was only about the same as the previous Panlong Spear. However, the materials were of good quality.

Yunhua carefully put it away, intending to find time to recast it.

Elder Gu also died tragically under the siege of the group, and the group divided up Elder Gu's storage bag.

"Thank you for your help, senior. The Six-Linked Palace is deeply grateful." Feng Sanniang, the only surviving cultivator from the Six-Linked Palace, bowed to Yun Hua after carefully collecting the corpse of the Infant Carp Beast.

"Well, now that this matter is settled, you should hurry back to the inner sea. I've destroyed the divided soul of that Extreme Yin Demon, so he'll probably be looking for me in the outer sea," Yunhua casually reminded him.

"Thank you, senior. We'll take our leave now." The three cultivators bowed and departed.

"Brother Yun, take care." Han Li had obtained the Dust-Reducing Pill and Elder Gu's Hunyuan Bowl and was preparing to return to seclusion.

After bidding farewell to everyone, Yunhua flew towards the outer sea. His purpose for this trip had not yet been achieved, so he naturally needed to hunt down enough demonic beasts to obtain their cores.

Chapter Thirty-Two: Azure Island and the Demon Hunter

Yunhua, who was familiar with the plot of "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality" and "Chaotic Star Sea", knew that there was an island in the outer star sea with a spirit stone mine of considerable size and quality.

This mine has produced top-grade spirit stones. In the story, many years later, it was even given a name: Azure Spirit Island!

Biling Island was naturally Yunhua's target, but at this time, no one had discovered that Biling Island had a large mineral vein of at least high grade, so it was still an unnamed island.

An unnamed island is indeed difficult to find in the vast alien sea. Even Yun Hua had to search his memory to vaguely determine its approximate location. If there were no surprises, it would be that Bi Ling Island is near Silver Shark Island.

Silver Shark Island is also a relatively important node in the Outer Star Sea. There is a teleportation array here that leads to the Inner Star Sea, and it is guarded by Core Formation stage cultivators for a long time.

Yunhua purchased a detailed map of the alien sea on Silver Shark Island, preparing to explore each of the small islands that resembled Biling Island.

Exploring Biling Island is a meticulous task, and Yunhua is prepared for a long search.

Under these circumstances, Yunhua began his search from the west.

Starting from the western island of Silver Shark Island and proceeding clockwise, Yunhua would thoroughly explore each island he visited.

However, for several months in a row, Yunhua found nothing and still couldn't find Biling Island.

Fortunately, there was enough food prepared, and Yunhua would often take a break to recover when she got tired of searching.

This situation continued for another two weeks.

Half a month later, on the north side of Silver Shark Island, Yunhua looked at the approaching island with anticipation.

During the search, Yunhua also kept recalling the information in her mind and began to filter it.

In Yunhua's understanding, Biling Island is located near Silver Shark Island, is unnamed, and is relatively large.

With these three pieces of information cross-filtered, without overlooking any island that might be Biling Island, Yunhua focused on finding the island with the highest probability.

The island before them was yet another one that Yunhua had selected, meeting all three criteria.

"This island..."

As they approached the island, sensing the relatively weak spiritual energy within, Yunhua remained calm.

The island in front of us is much larger than the other islands, and at first glance it looks ordinary and unremarkable, with thin spiritual energy that makes it unsuitable for cultivating immortality.

However, this situation made Yunhua's eyes flicker, and he pushed his divine sense to its limit, searching and probing again and again.

Yunhua had a premonition that this might be Biling Island.

As a skilled tunnel digger, Yunhua began his tunneling life after setting up a concealment array.

Yunhua continued downwards, venturing deeper and deeper. The hundreds of meters ahead were not the end; the end was still ahead.

After traveling several hundred feet further, Yunhua landed on the ground and, sensing the spiritual energy around him that was many times denser than on the surface, looked around.

In Yunhua's eyes, the spirit stone mine was clearly located behind the earthen wall.

However, this earthen wall seems to be somewhat special, as it greatly obstructs the flow of spiritual energy. It is probably for this reason that the spirit stone vein here has remained undiscovered for so many years.

With a single strike, Yunhua saw the clearly damaged earthen wall and soon arrived behind it, where he witnessed a top-grade mineral vein, something he had never seen before.

"This is... a high-grade spirit stone? As expected, this mine has produced top-grade spirit stones before. I guess most of the stones here are high-grade spirit stones."

Yunhua casually dug out a spirit stone, and his eyes lit up when he recognized its quality. He then exclaimed with delight.

In the cultivation world, although the exchange rate between high-grade and low-grade spirit stones is far from one to one hundred, generally speaking, one mid-grade spirit stone is equivalent to one hundred low-grade spirit stones, and one high-grade spirit stone is equivalent to one hundred mid-grade spirit stones.

With this conversion, the high-grade spirit stone in Yunhua's hand is equivalent to at least ten thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Ten thousand low-grade spirit stones—it's no exaggeration to say that even an ordinary Core Formation cultivator wouldn't have that many spirit stones.

“There’s a whole large vein of minerals here.”

Looking at the sizable spirit stone mine before him, Yunhua couldn't contain his excitement and pumped his fist in triumph.

Yunhua took out the mining puppets that he had prepared beforehand. Under Yunhua's control, hundreds of mining puppets continuously dug out high-grade spirit stones.

To save time, Yunhua took out the body of the Core Formation stage cultivator that Wu Chou had possessed and used the Xuan Yin Scripture obtained from the soul-searching of Wu Chou and the Extreme Yin Old Demon.

Using the methods from the Xuan Yin Scripture, Yun Hua refined this body into a clone, then cut off a fragment of his soul and implanted it into the clone.

Suddenly, it was as if he was controlling his right hand, with two perspectives. Yunhua left his clone below Biling Island.

Meanwhile, the main body plans to find a deserted island to hunt monsters.

After searching, Yunhua selected an island of medium size that was suitable for hunting demons and blocking them off. The Chaotic Five Elements Universe Array Plate appeared in Yunhua's hand, and soon, this array, which combined trapping, killing, and illusion arrays, was secretly set up around the island by Yunhua.

Once this grand formation is set up, even level eight demonic beasts can be trapped for a long time after entering it, making Yunhua's demon hunting efforts even more powerful.

Yunhua took out the Rainbow Grass, commonly known as the Enticing Herb. This kind of spiritual herb has a single stem with twelve leaves and is about an inch in size.

At this moment, what Yunhua needs to do is to emulate Han Li in the story of Mortal's Journey to Immortality and lure the demon beasts into a trap by using the method of accelerating the ripening of the Rainbow Grass.

He perfectly transplanted the well-developed Rainbow Grass to the ground. Then, a dark green bottle appeared in Yunhua's hand. A few drops of emerald green liquid dripped from the Heavenly Bottle and were instantly poured onto the Rainbow Grass.

The next moment, the age of the Rainbow Grass continued to increase, and its thirteen leaves unfolded one by one.

One leaf, two leaves, three leaves—the Rainbow Grass was directly catalyzed to be five hundred years old.

As the scent of the Rainbow Grass drifted towards the sea, Yunhua concealed herself, preparing to hunt the demon.

As a large number of bubbles rose from the seabed, a crab the size of a one-story building charged headlong into the great formation set up by Yunhua.

"So it's just a level six crab demon. I'll start with you." Yun Hua activated the great formation, trapping the level six demon beast. At the same time, he summoned the Supreme Heavenly Wheel, which directly broke through the level six crab demon's hard shell. After a brief struggle, it was dead beyond any doubt.

Yunhua skillfully kills demons to obtain their cores, then disassembles the demon beasts, setting aside those that can be used to refine magic weapons, those that can be used to refine pills, and those that are delicious.

More than three years later, on another red coral island, Yun Hua remained still and did not make a move when he saw the three level-six demonic beasts in front of him.

Under the Reversed Five Elements Universe Formation, one of the three level-six demonic beasts was separated by the formation and dealt with by the Blood Jade Spider, while the other two were locked in fierce combat with Yunhua, who had transformed into the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon. For a time, they were at a disadvantage.

In the past three years, Yun Hua has been invincible thanks to the Chaotic Five Elements Universe Array and the Blood Jade Spider. With his strength comparable to the late stage of Core Formation, Yun Hua has always been successful, and every opportunity he has had has attracted several level-six demonic beasts to deliver their heads.

It was precisely because of Yunhua's strength that, in just three years, he amassed over eight hundred demon cores from level six demonic beasts, a harvest that was in no way less than Han Li's five years of hunting in the original story.

It can be said that Yunhua has gained a lot from this demon hunt. At least these demon cores alone are enough for Yunhua's alchemy needs for a long time, not to mention other materials and treasures.

If the first year was Yunhua's solo battle, hunting monsters by himself, then these last few months were Yunhua's way of training his natal spirit beast, the Blood Jade Spider, to adapt to the chaotic Star Sea.

After dealing with the three demonic beasts, Yunhua retrieved the Rainbow Grass and the Reversed Five Elements Universe Array. He had gained enough; he was getting a little tired of constantly killing demons and obtaining their cores for three years.

Yunhua returned to Biling Island and saw that the spirit stone mine had been mined out to a large extent. Yunhua decided to leave his clone here to continue mining and to oversee the area.

Taking away the harvest of the past three years—a full ten thousand high-grade spirit stones and several hundred top-grade spirit stones—Yun Hua set up the Reversed Five Elements Universe Array on Bi Ling Island as a protective measure.

After heading to Silver Shark Island, Yunhua took a teleportation array to Kui Xing Island in the Inner Star Sea. Without stopping at Kui Xing Island, Yunhua headed directly towards Xiao Huan Island.

Chapter Thirty-Three: Seventy Years of Seclusion

Upon returning to Xiaohuan Island, Yunhua looked at the mirror image that remained unchanged from three years ago and felt a pang of nostalgia. Yunhua learned from Xiaomei that Xin Ruyin was in seclusion preparing to break through to the Core Formation stage.

Three years have passed. With no shortage of cultivation materials and the cultivation of suitable techniques, Xiao Mei's cultivation has now broken through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Yuan Yao, who cultivates the Nine Yin Manual, has also successfully established her Foundation Establishment. As for Yan Li, whose aptitude is slightly worse, she is currently only at the ninth level of the Qi Body Source Flow and is just a little short of accumulating enough to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Yunhua had a few days of relaxation to ease the mindset of constantly killing demons over the past three years, and also encountered Yuanyao and Yanli who had just emerged from seclusion.

"Greetings, Master." Yuan Yao and Yan Li bowed simultaneously.

"It's not bad. Is there anything I'm not used to?" Yunhua asked casually while sipping her spiritual tea and glancing at a miscellaneous book.

"Reporting to Master, my senior sister and I are doing very well. If it weren't for Master, my senior sister and I would probably have become some cultivator's furnace." Yuan Yao looked at the handsome Yun Hua, suppressing her admiration, and said respectfully.

"It's nothing. Helping others is also helping yourself. In this mortal world, everything is up to your own heart. I just think you are capable of great things, and I'm just giving you a choice." Yunhua put down his teacup and said calmly.

"You two sisters must know that the path of cultivation depends entirely on yourselves. Without great fortune and perseverance, one cannot attain immortality. You must not slacken your efforts," Yunhua admonished.

"Alright, you two go about your business. You can learn all the arts of cultivation. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me." Yunhua dismissed the two.

In the third month after Yunhua returned, she refined some of the demon cores into pills.

They also used some materials to refine various ordinary magic weapons. Xiao Mei and Yuan Yao Yanli selected some, while Yun Hua took the rest to the Six-Linked Palace to sell.

The remaining small amount of materials were specially refined and preserved by Yunhua. These materials are all top-grade, and it would be a pity to sell them.

Yunhua plans to keep it for future use.

On the third day after Yunhua stopped refining pills and cultivating Qi, dark clouds filled the sky, and rolling tribulation lightning appeared in the sky. Xin Ruyin flew into the sky, took out the magic weapon that Yunhua had prepared for her, and prepared to undergo the tribulation.

The result was obvious: Xin Ruyin, having survived the tribulation, officially became a Core Formation stage cultivator and was granted a lifespan of five hundred years.

"Congratulations, Ruyin." Yunhua hugged Ruyin as she flew down.

"Alright, let me go. Xiaomei, Yuanyao, and Yanli are still watching," Xin Ruyin said helplessly, sensing Yunhua's longing.

"Miss, congratulations on successfully forming your core!" This was Xiao Mei's delight.

"Congratulations on your success in achieving the Golden Core stage, Master's wife! May you enjoy eternal bliss." Yuan Yao and Yan Li offered their congratulations.

Xin Ruyin achieved the Golden Core stage, and Xiaohuan Island was bustling for three days.

Three days later, Yunhua also went into seclusion.

Soon, fifty years passed. Yunhua was 102 years old and successfully broke through to the late stage of Core Formation. Ruyin's cultivation also reached the mid-stage of Core Formation. Xiaomei broke through to the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment. Yuanyao broke through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment. Yanli broke through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

Over the past fifty years, Yunhua has added some precious materials to Wu Chou's chains to forge a gray chain that can be made longer or shorter. Anyone trapped in it will have their spiritual energy sealed and their primordial spirit locked inside, unable to escape.

The damaged ancient treasure, Gan Tian Ge, was refined by Yun Hua into a flag spear. This flag spear can seal off a space of thousands of meters. Within this range, escape techniques cannot be used, and one can only fly slowly. If hit by this spear, one will be directly suppressed and unable to move.

Finally, using the remaining materials, a jar was crafted. This jar could capture escaped primordial spirits and nascent souls, suppressing them within the jar.

After resting for a few days, Yunhua went into seclusion again.

Twenty years later, Yunhua had perfected his Core Formation cultivation, becoming comparable to an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. When he unleashed his full power, he could withstand even a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

At this time, Yunhua might have been able to break through to the Nascent Soul stage with just one enlightenment. Twenty years later, Xin Ruyin was still in the mid-stage of Core Formation and had not broken through. Xiao Mei, on the other hand, had broken through to the Core Formation stage. Yuan Yao had reached the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment stage, while Yanli's cultivation had reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

At this moment, Yunhua realized that sitting idly was useless, so he decided to go out and seek enlightenment to help him break through to the Nascent Soul stage. He bid farewell to Xin Ruyin and the others and wandered aimlessly around by himself.

Han Li is currently in seclusion, breaking through to the Core Formation stage. He should have about four more years. Yun Hua is two years younger than Han Li, who will reach Core Formation at the age of 126.

At this time, the Void Heaven Palace still had about 21 years before it opened, the Reverse Star Alliance had not yet caused any trouble, and the entire Chaotic Star Sea was relatively peaceful.

However, Yunhua's reputation had already spread throughout the Chaotic Star Sea, and Yunhua only just learned of it.

Fifty years ago, Yunhua killed Wuchou, the grandson of the Extreme Yin Demon, and also killed the Extreme Yin Demon's divided soul. The Extreme Yin Demon hated Yunhua to the bone.

They directly issued an extreme Yin wanted notice in the Chaotic Star Sea, searching for and offering a reward for Yun Hua.

Even after fifty years, people are still discussing this.

In a restaurant on Tiandu Street, Kuixing Island, Yunhua overheard the conversation at the next table. Yunhua never imagined that someone as low-key as herself would one day become the subject of gossip.

"This person is so insane, he actually killed Wu Chou, the beloved grandson of the Extreme Yin Ancestor?"

"He probably thought he could escape and live in seclusion in peace. He probably didn't expect the Extreme Yin Ancestor to make such a big fuss and refuse to give up!"

"Yes, as long as you can provide clues, you can get five level-seven demon cores without even having to lift a finger. There are practically Core Formation cultivators all over Kui Xing Island!"

"I saw at least seven Core Formation cultivators yesterday... Tsk tsk, I've never seen more Core Formation cultivators in my entire life than I did yesterday!"

"Who is this person? He's so lucky! So many Core Formation cultivators are looking for him!"

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Kuixing Island, Tiandu Street.

At this grand market where cultivators trade, all the cultivators are discussing the same topic at this very moment.