Cultivating Immortality in Two Realms

Chapter 451 Fifth-Order Body Refinement

A gentle sea breeze is blowing.

On the deserted island, Zhan Hongxiu groaned and woke up.

In an instant, a sharp look appeared in her eyes, and a talisman was secretly held in her palm.

Then, his eyes filled with confusion: "I... I should have been hunted down by the Divine Ray Palace Master, and then severely injured and unconscious... Elder Turtle!"

Zhan Hongxiu called out in her sea of ​​consciousness.

Her divine sense swept over her entire body, and she couldn't help but smile bitterly again.

Not only were his meridians shattered and disordered, but the nascent soul in his dantian was also in a state of utter deterioration.

If she doesn't heal properly, she might fall back to the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm! "Little Red... I'm so glad you're alright." The old turtle's voice rang out, sounding quite tearful.

"What exactly happened during the time I was unconscious?" Zhan Hongxiu frowned.

"That day... you were being chased by the Palace Master of the Divine Ray Palace, severely injured and unconscious. Then a human cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage arrived, and after a decisive battle, you killed the Palace Master of the Divine Ray Palace..."

The old turtle said, "It took me a great deal of effort to keep you safe and bring you to this island to settle down."

"Human race, a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage?" Zhan Hongxiu asked with a hint of doubt. "Our human race actually has a Nascent Soul cultivator? Could it be that Island Master Fang has broken through again?"

The cultivation world of the East Sea.

She knew almost all the hidden figures, and felt that none of them were more secretive than Island Master Fang.

Furthermore, since they had met before when he was already in the late Nascent Soul stage or even the Nascent Soul stage, it's understandable that he has now broken through to the Deity Transformation stage.

"I don't know either... Anyway, he is a Nascent Soul cultivator, so there can't be any mistake."

The old man rambled on, "Your injuries are quite severe... Quickly take that near-fifth-tier 'Rejuvenation Pill,' otherwise you risk regressing from the Nascent Soul realm!"

Zhan Hongxiu barely managed to raise her arm, releasing a wisp of magic power to open her storage bag.

This single movement caused excruciating pain throughout her meridians: "I'm now... probably not even as strong as a Qi Refining cultivator. Fortunately, I have plenty of healing pills..."

"Well, whoever that senior is, they didn't even take my storage bag, so they must have meant well. Once I recover from my injuries, I should pay them a proper visit and express my sincere gratitude..."

Zhan Hongxiu picked out a few pills, swallowed them herself, and silently sat cross-legged.

The "Rejuvenating Pill" truly lived up to its reputation as a near-fifth-tier healing elixir. As soon as she swallowed it, she felt a cool power surge through her limbs and bones, and her broken meridians were subtly enveloped and restored by a powerful medicinal force. Even inside her dantian, the tiny nascent soul took a few deep breaths of the medicinal energy, and her complexion improved considerably.

"Hmm... at least it didn't damage my foundation or the origin of my nascent soul..."

"What follows is nothing more than a few months of seclusion and arduous work to refine the medicinal power..."

Zhan Hongxiu took out a spiritual artifact, looked around, and then rode a beam of light comparable to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator to find a suitable place to open a cave.

Several months later.

Blood Fiend Island.

Inside the cave, Fang Qing sat cross-legged, with several jade bottles laid out in front of him. Even though the bottles were heavily sealed, blood-red light still seeped out, transforming into the shapes of various divine beasts, clearly indicating that they contained no ordinary objects.

"After so much time and effort, we've finally extracted it..."

He looked at the two jade bottles and saw that blood seeped out from the mouth of one of them, transforming into the shape of a five-colored phoenix.

The other one had an earthy yellow sheen and vaguely resembled a giant tortoise, as if carrying a huge mountain.

"The essence blood of the Heavenly Phoenix, the essence blood of the Baxia, plus the essence blood of the Qilin and the essence blood of the Ancient Flying Beetle in my possession, only one more is missing."

"It's a pity that Mingyue never awakened to the blood of some ancient true spirit, otherwise I would have skinned it, pulled out its tendons, and extracted its essence."

Extracting the essence and blood of a demon beast is not as simple as releasing it periodically. Instead, it requires extracting the very essence and mysteries of the demon beast's blood source. Basically, one extraction will destroy its foundation.

Because this kind of primordial essence is so precious, even merchants may not have it in stock.

As for that divine ray? Naturally, all the materials and essence blood must be used for cultivation and to refine the more important 'Primordial Spirit Pill', so it cannot be touched lightly.

"It seems I should take action, go through the trouble of wiping out Shuiyue Palace and Leiyin Temple, and see if they have any remaining stock?"

"Or, write a letter? These cultivation forces would then have to obediently send over their treasures."

Fang Qing pondered for a moment, carefully collected all the various essences and blood, and then took out a pitch-black jade bottle.

This jade bottle carries a hint of demonic power, and it comes to kill people in broad daylight.

Currently, in addition to a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator inside, the essence cores of General Qianfeng and General Fushan are also imprisoned.

"That's also less... If my divination is correct, people will only come to me..."

He yawned, carefully put away the treasure, and with a wave of his hand, the cave's restrictions opened. Qin Ruxue and Yu Xiang'er entered carrying soup bowls: "Young Master, the Divine Ray Soup is ready. We invited a fourth-tier spirit chef to prepare it, and Tian Sha personally oversaw the process, simmering it for forty-nine days with top-tier fourth-tier demonic flames until it melted..."

"Not bad..." Fang Qing opened the soup bowl and immediately felt the aroma. The milky white soup was incredibly thick.

He blew away the white mist, picked up the spoon beside him, and scooped up a spoonful of ray meat. The meat was as white as jade, but when it came into contact with his teeth, an amazing aroma and broth burst out. The taste was so delicious that it far surpassed all the spiritual dishes Fang Qing had ever eaten before.

The fish soup was incredibly flavorful, like a gentle spring breeze carrying the scent of the sea, flowing slowly through his stomach and intestines, soothing his soul... Even more astonishingly, after just a few sips, he felt as if he were a primordial dragon, his blood and energy, previously unable to move under any stimulus, beginning to circulate wildly...

"This fifth-tier demon beast meat is indeed a treasure for body refinement."

He drank all the divine ray soup, took off his shirt, and formed a mudra with his hands.

A ray of sunlight fell, passing through layers of caves and restrictions, landing on his forehead and transforming into a great light barrier that enveloped all directions.

This is the final level of the "Hayagriva Protector Divine Skill"—"The Immovable King's Light Sequence"!

Countless surges of qi and blood formed astonishing gales, even a single wisp of which was enough to severely injure a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Yu Xiang'er and Qin Ruxue had already left. They watched as the young master's cave gradually became transparent, radiant, and heated, as if it were being refined into true gold and gems in a furnace…

Time has passed...

Fang Qing slowly opened his eyes and saw that golden scales had appeared on his chest at some unknown time.

It has horns on its forehead and a large sun behind it, as if it has transformed into some kind of demon.

At this moment, with a thought, all the strange phenomena vanished instantly, leaving only the overwhelming power flowing through his entire body.

His breath became like the wind, and his blood flowed like a vast ocean, unconsciously condensing a powerful aura around him.

"According to the classification of Qi Refining Path... I can now be considered to have initially achieved the fifth-order low-grade body refining level."

Fang Qing stretched comfortably.

The "Immovable King's Radiant Path" already encompassed the fourth and fifth stages of Qi Refining and Body Tempering, and only now is it truly revealing its brilliance!

If one cultivates the "Horse-Headed Vajra Protector Divine Skill" to its peak, it is possible to become comparable to an envoy or a Buddhist disciple.

"Unfortunately, with only fifth-level body refinement... although it's considered Nascent Soul level combat power, it's still not enough to defeat even an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator..."

Fang Qing shook his head and looked at the protective divine skill again.

"According to what that person on the Great Snow Mountain meant, it seems I don't need to search for any Water Virtue Divine Movement Method..."

"Perhaps we should send Sangji back to the Great Sun Wheel Temple for further studies... who knows, he might even gain access to the Four Supernatural Powers of the Star Sun, or even the method of seeking gold?"

An inexplicable intuition arose in his mind.

The investment that "Mahavairocana Buddha" made in him should have started with this "Hayagriva Protector Divine Skill".

"What exactly is this hidden source?"

Without resolving this doubt, Fang Qing wouldn't dare to accept the offer too easily, even if the other party expressed goodwill.

"Young master..."

By this time, the outside world had already responded. Qin Ruxue and Yu Xiang'er helped Fang Qing change into his monk's robe, one after the other.

"How long have I been in seclusion?"

Fang Qing stretched out his hands and asked casually.

"More than a hundred days..."

"Furthermore, outside Blood Fiend Island, there were many envoys from the outside world, all of whom I refused... Only one, claiming to be from the Myriad Star Alliance, brought a request for an audience with the Alliance Leader!"

Qin Ruxue chuckled, "I never imagined that girl back then could do something like this..."

"Zhan Hongxiu?" Fang Qing said nonchalantly, "Have her come to see me in three days."

Having placed a turtle on her, the woman was no longer able to cause any trouble and could only run wildly along the path he had planned...

……

Three days later.

After a period of rest and relaxation, Fang Qing finally met Zhan Hongxiu.

"Zhan Hongxiu...pays respects to Senior!" Zhan Hongxiu bowed meticulously, "Thank you for saving my life, Senior!"

"Oh? Why do you think I saved you?" Fang Qing asked with interest.

"Hongxiu is not a fool. After emerging from seclusion and learning about her senior's whereabouts, she was able to guess a thing or two."

Zhan Hongxiu said, "Furthermore... in the cultivation world, only you, senior, are not greedy for a junior's storage bag or personal treasures."

In her mind, she believed that this Island Master Fang had already advanced to the Nascent Soul stage.

Otherwise, why is Old Turtle, who was previously so talkative about "how is Fang boy?", unusually quiet today?

Moreover, the divine soldiers from Blood Fiend Island descended from the heavens and repelled the Divine Ray Palace Master, who was then killed by the mysterious Nascent Soul cultivator shortly afterward. Is there any need to guess?

"I haven't reached the Nascent Soul stage yet..." Fang Qing shook his head, speaking the truth, while Zhan Hongxiu's pupils shrank.

"Impossible! Even the most brilliant Nascent Soul cultivators in the Zhou Tian Star Palace, no, in the entire cultivation world, can at most contend with Deity Transformation cultivators. There is absolutely no way they could defeat any Deity Transformation cultivator, let alone kill them..."

Finally, the tortoise spirit within Zhan Hongxiu's sea of ​​consciousness seemed unable to hold back any longer and blurted out.

"Perhaps... it was this island lord who repelled the beast tide on the Seven Islands of Heavenly Star, while someone else killed the Palace Master of the Divine Ray Palace, or perhaps there was such a reclusive Nascent Soul cultivator?"

Zhan Hongxiu felt a wave of confusion wash over her, and then she heard Fang Qing's voice again: "However... we can cooperate on the Five Saints of Yuanji Pill... I've already collected four types of True Spirit Blood, only the last one is missing."