In those years when I was a mortal and a demon

Chapter 670 Crossing Levels

Lu Yuanqing let out a breath, although during this process, his physical body almost couldn't withstand the sudden increase in divine power.

However, Lu Yuan cleverly used this power to counteract the backlash of the Golden Spirit Vine, just like pruning away the excess branches and leaves for himself.

With the completion of the first level of the Divine Refining Technique, Lu Yuan had enough divine sense to control the Golden Spirit Vine, allowing its growth to gradually stabilize.

"With my current divine sense power, I should have no problem breaking through to the Void Refinement stage this time!" Feeling the raging divine sense power in his sea of ​​consciousness was no weaker than that of his several avatars, Lu Yuan felt a surge of confidence.

The surrounding vines seemed to sense his change and danced even more joyfully.

The giant golden eye in the sky slowly closed after a short while, gradually returning to normal.

But soon, patches of five-colored spiritual clouds began to gather...

Several days later, a long, melodious roar, like the cry of a dragon, suddenly echoed from the valley, soaring into the heavens.

"Finally, I've broken through to the Void Refinement stage. Otherwise, that divine power, comparable to the Integration stage, would have surely shattered my primordial spirit and sea of ​​consciousness!" At the edge of the Thunder Sea, Lu Yuan's mountain giant avatar breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, in the air in front of him, the Thunder Control Pearl was still drawing lightning power from the sea of ​​lightning, but there was still no change.

Lu Yuan's joy at successfully advancing was somewhat dampened by the lack of progress made by the Thunder Control Pearl. After a slight sigh, Lu Yuan composed himself.

Let's just treat it as a last resort. Anyway, those guys aren't coming to rotate anymore. If all else fails, let the Thunder Control Pearl absorb their energy for a few decades and see.

……

In the fiftieth year of Bitter Spirit Island, the entire valley was covered by golden vines, resembling a golden ocean. Golden halos shimmered among the vines, autonomously absorbing the five-colored light spots within the valley.

However, unlike before, the golden vines, though lush, show no signs of disorder. Instead, they are arranged in an orderly manner, as if following some mysterious rule.

Following the vines' thin branches, you'll find that all the main stems converge at a certain point in the center of the valley.

That was the location of the original Lu Yuan, and the golden vines covering the entire valley were clearly extending from the original Lu Yuan.

Thanks to the vast expanse of branches and leaves, Lu Yuan's absorption rate of the five-colored spiritual energy increased by nearly a hundred times compared to when he first arrived on the island.

Under such terrifying absorption, Lu Yuan's original cultivation level had already advanced to the Integration Stage.

Thirty years ago, Lu Yuan, having mastered the first level of the Divine Refinement Technique, disregarded the unity of the five elements and forcibly advanced to the Void Refinement stage.

With the amplification of divine power, he easily gained control of the Golden Spirit Vine.

Then, by borrowing its own absorption power and combining it with his own Myriad Paths to Gold Heavenly Technique, he easily broke through the shackles of the Integration Stage in less than thirty years.

In just thirty years, he broke through from the Void Refining stage to the peak of the initial Integration stage. If such a cultivation speed were to spread, it would probably shatter the Dao hearts of countless cultivators.

However, Lu Yuan thought this was perfectly reasonable.

With the Ancestral Golden Body, which is considered heaven-defying even in the True Immortal Realm, and the spiritual energy of the entire Demon Realm compressed into this small valley, as long as preparations are sufficient, it should not be difficult to create a Great Ascension cultivator, let alone a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Of course, such thorough preparation could probably only be achieved with the assistance of powerful beings from the True Immortal Realm.

Lu Yuan's own preparations were naturally not comprehensive enough. Therefore, after reaching the peak of the early stage of the Fusion Realm, Lu Yuan's body was already saturated and could no longer absorb even a trace of spiritual power unless he could break through again and advance to the middle stage of the Fusion Realm.

Reaching the mid-stage of the Fusion Realm is easy in theory, but actually breaking through it is extremely difficult.

Especially for someone like Lu Yuan, who leaped across a major realm in a short period of time, his foundation was originally unstable. Without thousands or tens of thousands of years of accumulation, he shouldn't even think about it.

Lu Yuan was not the kind of person who could be content with tedious and arduous cultivation. For him, rather than wasting time meditating and cultivating, he preferred to travel around and look for shortcuts and unorthodox methods.

Therefore, when it came to breaking through to the mid-stage of the Integration Realm, he never even considered the idea of ​​consolidating his foundation and proceeding step by step.

Because once the second level of the Divine Refinement Technique is mastered, the bottlenecks of the mid-stage or even late-stage Integration Realm will be as fragile as paper in the face of the divine power that has been amplified twice again.

However, compared to the first level of the Divine Refining Technique, the second level is many times more difficult. Lu Yuan estimated that even with the insights of the Insect Mother, it would take decades to master it.

Another point is that before cultivating the second level, his primordial spirit seemed to have weakened somewhat.

After all, his main nascent soul had been sealed for too long. Although it had been unsealed and advanced to the Integration stage, it had never been tempered. No matter how heaven-defying the Refining Spirit Technique was, his nascent soul was not strong enough, so his divine sense could not be greatly enhanced unless he forcibly cultivated it regardless of the consequences.

While Lu Yuan could afford to be careless about his unstable cultivation foundation, he dared not be so negligent when it came to his primordial spirit. A slight misstep could lead to a qi deviation.

Therefore, in recent years, Lu Yuan has been using the island's spiritual energy to nourish his primordial spirit.

As for the rich five-colored spiritual energy, Lu Yuan did not waste it. He directly absorbed it and used it to strengthen the Golden Spirit Vine, believing that it would definitely become a great help to him in the future.

On the other hand, after more than 30 years of absorbing energy in the sea of ​​thunder, the Thunder Control Pearl still showed no improvement, and Lu Yuan's patience gradually wore thin.

After careful consideration, I finally gave up.

……

However, at this moment, in the outer Demon Source Sea, less than a hundred feet above the Demon Ape Cave, a dozen streaks of light were constantly chasing after it.

Four roads in front, eight roads behind.

The four figures fleeing in disarray ahead were none other than Lei Yunzi and his group, who had been in the Ancient Demon Realm for decades. However, the female cultivator among them had already disappeared.

Closely pursuing them were the woman in the black dress and a group of demon lords who were guarding the vicinity of the Demon Ape Cave.

"You alien races, how dare you run wild in the Demon Source Sea! Today is your death day!" A ferocious demonic howl came from the escape light behind.

“We have no ill intentions toward the Demon Realm, and Elder Mingle has already been killed by you, so why pursue him so relentlessly!” Lei Yunzi, protected by three elders of his own clan, replied with a stern expression.

"You concealed your true aura and disguised yourselves as people from our Holy Realm. After being discovered, you attacked and injured two of our Venerables. And you still dare to say you had no ill intentions!" One of the Venerables who were chasing from behind sneered in response.

"Hmph! If it weren't for the severe suppression of my cultivation here, those two guys would have been injured far more than just wounded!" The Ming Clan elder behind Lei Yunzi sneered.

Then, he suddenly made a hand seal with one hand while chanting incantations.