Longevity Gu Dao: Start From Refining Infatuation Gu

Chapter 438: Promoting to Rank Eight Spirit Vein, One Hundred Thousand Spirit Vein Flowers, Comprehending the Void Sword Domain

Twenty years later.

City Lord's Mansion, a Cave Mansion.

Boom~~~

Zhou Sui sat cross-legged on the ground. He had consumed a Rank Seven High Grade Treasure Pill called Kui Shui Yu Qing Dan, activated the Divine Gu Sutra, and instantly the immense medicinal power was rapidly refined and transformed into Body Integration mana.

At this moment, the Body Integration mana within his body was increasing at a visible speed. Vast mana flowed through his acupoints and meridians, forming rivers like the Yangtze and Yellow River.

It even formed huge cycles of circulation.

With his body as the center, the surrounding spiritual energy surged like a tide, seemingly forming a massive vortex of spiritual energy. The Cave Mansion was filled with white mist, condensing into spiritual liquid.

Even a drop of this spiritual liquid could bring tremendous benefits to low-level cultivators, advancing their cultivation by several years.

After circulating through one hundred and eight cycles, this cultivation session finally came to a stop.

"Hoo."

"It truly deserves to be a Rank Seven Treasure Pill. The speed of cultivation advancement is simply too fast."

"If I had a few more Treasure Pills like this, I'm afraid I could reach the mid-stage of Body Integration within a hundred years."

Zhou Sui clenched his fist, feeling very excited.

After completely digesting this Rank Seven Treasure Pill, his cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, saving him at least several hundred years of arduous cultivation.

If he didn't have this Rank Seven Treasure Pill, he would have to cultivate diligently for several hundred years to obtain such pure Body Integration mana.

Undoubtedly, without external assistance or the aid of spirit medicine, the cultivation speed of a Body Integration cultivator was extremely slow. Sometimes it would take thousands of years, or even tens of thousands of years, to make a slight progress.

But there was no other way.

Who made Rank Seven Spirit Medicine almost extinct in the Spirit World? This also led to a scarcity of cultivation resources for Body Integration cultivators.

Without the assistance of resources, they could only rely on their own diligent cultivation.

This was how cultivators were. If they didn't cultivate, they would only remain stagnant, no matter how many years passed. If they wanted to make further progress, they could only cultivate diligently and constantly seclude themselves.

Thinking of this, he immediately opened the virtual panel on his body.

[Host: Zhou Sui, Cultivation: Early-stage Body Integration (Progress: 65%), Lifespan: 1243 (1 million) years]

[Talent: Heavenly Spirit Root (75%)]

[Sword Dao: Rank Seven Low Grade (40%)]

[Rune: Rank Seven Low Grade (60%)]

[Formation: Rank Eight Middle Grade (50%)]

[Pill Master: Rank Seven High Grade (99%)]

[Artifact Refining: Rank Seven Low Grade (60%)]

[Transformation Technique: Grandmaster]

[Heaven and Earth Melting Furnace Technique: Consummation]

[ Demon Summoning Heart Sutra: Demon Seed, Summoning Demons, Devouring Demons ]

[ Seven Orifice Exquisite Book: Discerning Objects with the Mind's Eye, Insight with the Mind's Eye, Communicating with the Mind's Eye, Observing the Mind with the Mind's Eye, Directly Killing with the Mind's Eye, Precognition with the Mind's Eye (22%) ]

[ Immortal Executing Sword Technique: First Form - Formless Sword Light, Second Form - Slaughter Sword Light, Third Form - Trap Sword Light ]

[ Five Elements Thunder Method: Grandmaster, Withering Glory Mysterious Light Art: Grandmaster, Immemorial Black Tortoise Technique: Fifth Layer, Void Soul Stab: Grandmaster ]

[ Infatuation Gu: Rank Eight Low Grade, Clone Gu: Rank Seven Low Grade, Wine Gu: Rank Seven Low Grade, Gold Devouring Worm: Rank Seven Low Grade, Book Gu: Rank Eight Low Grade, Dream Soul Gu: Rank Seven High Grade, Dragon Elephant Gu: Rank Seven Middle Grade, Golden Light Myriad Poison Gu: Rank Seven Middle Grade, Teleportation Gu: Rank Seven Low Grade, Formation Heart Gu: Rank Eight Middle Grade, Item Seeking Gu: Rank Seven Low Grade, Calamity Thunder Gu: Rank Seven Middle Grade, Medicine Gu: Rank Seven Low Grade, Luck Gu: Rank Seven Low Grade, Golden Cicada Gu: Rank Seven Low Grade ]

"It truly lives up to its reputation as a Rank Seven Treasure Pill. My cultivation progress has actually reached 65%."

"The speed of cultivation is truly astonishing. It's all thanks to the powerful effects of the Treasure Pill."

Zhou Sui exclaimed in admiration.

He knew that his Dao companion, Tao Qili, had advanced to the Body Integration stage earlier than him, but her cultivation progress was only around 20% in the early stage of Body Integration.

It wasn't because her aptitude was lacking, but simply because she didn't have a large number of Apex Level Treasure Pills to assist in her cultivation.

In fact, Tao Qili's progress was faster than that of ordinary Body Integration cultivators.

After all, other Body Integration cultivators didn't have pills to consume.

"All kinds of cultivation techniques have reached the Rank Seven realm."

"It's not in vain that I have been diligently cultivating for the past twenty years. I have finally reached the Rank Seven realm."

Zhou Sui was very satisfied.

During these twenty years, his clone continuously refined formation flags, making preparations for the construction of the Rank Eight formation, Thousand Wonders Sea Cloud Formation. He had spared no effort.

In the process of refining the formation flags, his runic inscriptions, artifact refining, and formation cultivation had made tremendous progress.

It could be said that with the assistance of the Rank Eight Book Gu, he frequently had numerous insights.

Thus, he easily broke through the bottleneck of Rank Six and advanced to the Rank Seven realm.

Unfortunately, his alchemy cultivation was still at the Rank Seven High Grade and had not broken through to Rank Eight.

But there was nothing he could do about it.

Because his main focus was still on the construction of the Thousand Wonders Sea Cloud Formation.

As for his alchemy cultivation, it had to be postponed.

After all, it wasn't the most important thing at the moment.

Once he became a Rank Eight alchemist, he would have the opportunity to refine the Heavenly Star Soul Pill.

At that time, Daoist Feng Xi would have the chance to break through to the Mahayana realm and become a Mahayana Scattered Immortal.

Afterwards, our Human Race in the Fragmented Star Sea would not only possess a Secret Realm world, but also have the support of a Mahayana Scattered Immortal. Only then could we be as stable as Mount Tai.

"Even if the cultivators from the Prison Demon World invade in large numbers, there is nothing to be afraid of."

Zhou Sui felt confident and extremely joyful.

He felt that all his plans were progressing smoothly.

As long as he followed the steps, he would naturally be able to make further progress, even achieving immortality.

"The Immemorial Black Tortoise Technique has also reached the fifth level."

Zhou Sui touched his chin.

With a thought, he activated the Immemorial Black Tortoise Technique.

Suddenly, five layers of turtle shell appeared on his body, resembling the texture of the Immemorial Black Tortoise's shell. Numerous Black Tortoise runes emerged on it, emitting a brilliant blue light.

The Fifth Layer Black Tortoise barrier merged together, incredibly thick and seemingly transformed into an absolute defensive barrier.

Once this Black Tortoise barrier was activated, even if numerous Body Integration experts attacked simultaneously, they would easily be blocked.

This was a defense with no blind spots.

Unless the Fifth Layer Black Tortoise barrier was simultaneously broken, they would be unable to harm his true body.

"It truly is a powerful defensive technique, incredibly strong."

"This technique seems to come from the Immortal World, otherwise how could it be so formidable?"

Zhou Sui exclaimed in admiration.

The more he cultivated this technique, the more he felt its unfathomable depth.

It was no less impressive than the various Immortal World techniques he obtained from Daoist Changchun, and it was full of mysteries.

Moreover, the deeper his cultivation, the more terrifying the power of this technique became.

When he activated this technique, he felt as if he had transformed into the Immemorial Black Tortoise, standing tall and invincible, possessing a Black Tortoise shell, impervious to all laws and invincible against all evil.

"My swordsmanship has also reached Rank Seven Low Grade."

At this moment, Zhou Sui was comprehending Rank Seven swordsmanship.

To be honest, he didn't deliberately cultivate it. After he advanced to the Body Integration realm, he naturally gained understanding.

The so-called Rank Seven swordsmanship meant that his sword domain had advanced further, reaching the realm of the Void Sword Domain.

When he unleashed his sword, the Void Sword Domain would instantly envelop all directions, allowing him to manipulate the power of the void.

This was the utilization of a higher-level domain power.

"Perhaps I will soon be able to comprehend the fourth move of the Immortal Executing Sword Art."

Zhou Sui narrowed his eyes.

Previously, no matter what he did, he couldn't comprehend the fourth move of the Immortal Executing Sword Art.

But when he reached Rank Seven swordsmanship, he began to have a certain level of understanding of the fourth move.

Clearly, the fourth move of the Immortal Executing Sword Art could only be truly practiced after advancing to the Body Integration realm.

Once you comprehend this technique, I'm afraid the power of swordsmanship will advance even further.

It's incomparable to before.

Boom~~~

At this moment, suddenly, a tremendous vibration spread throughout the entire Phoenix Creek Island, as if a dragon was flipping over, causing the spiritual energy of the surrounding area of millions to tens of millions of kilometers to surge.

It seems that a huge vortex of spiritual energy has formed with Phoenix Creek Island as the center.

In the sky, countless spiritual energies converge, seemingly condensing into true dragons of spiritual energy, with dense talismans appearing on them, emitting a tremendous roar, shaking the heavens and the earth, and rumbling.

The concentration of spiritual energy on the entire Phoenix Creek Island has increased by dozens of times compared to before.

"The Spirit Vein has finally transformed into Rank Eight?"

Zhou Sui smiled slightly, instantly realizing what had happened.

He sensed the source of the Rank Seven Spirit Vein on Phoenix Creek Island, where he planted numerous Spirit Vein Flowers. After careful counting, he found that there were already over a hundred thousand plants, each of them growing to the realm of Rank Eight.

They swallowed clouds and spewed mist, devouring the energy from the depths of the void, and then transforming it into vast spiritual energy.

Each Spirit Vein Flower is a small Rank Eight Spirit Vein.

With a total of one hundred thousand Rank Eight Spirit Vein Flowers combined, they all infused the spiritual energy of the heavens and the earth into the Rank Seven Spirit Vein on Phoenix Creek Island. After decades of infusion, the Spirit Vein finally underwent a transformation.

This Rank Eight Spirit Vein not only penetrated Phoenix Creek Island, but also continued to spread, extending to an area of tens of millions of kilometers, even up to a hundred million kilometers of the sea.

Although a hundred million kilometers of sea is nothing to the Kunpeng Sea Region, it is just a drop in the bucket.

But for the humans of Phoenix Creek Island, it is already unimaginably vast.

With the successful nurturing of this Rank Eight Spirit Vein, the spiritual energy of the tens of millions of kilometers of the surrounding area is rapidly increasing, surpassing dozens of times compared to before.

Even the concentration of the Spirit Vein is continuously rising.

It seems that it is not just a Rank Eight Low Grade Spirit Vein, but it is advancing to the Rank Eight Middle Grade, or even the Rank Eight High Grade level.

"It's not in vain that I spent so much time and so many Spirit Vein Flowers."

"Finally, the Spirit Vein of Phoenix Creek Island has transformed."

"With this Rank Eight Spirit Vein, the energy source of the Rank Eight Formation is finally complete."

Zhou Sui clenched his fist, feeling very excited.

For formations, the Spirit Vein is like the battery on an electric car.

Without a battery, the electric car cannot move.

And if a formation doesn't have a Spirit Vein, it naturally cannot be activated.

The two are mutually dependent.

Although formations can also be activated with the help of spirit stones, where can one find so many spirit stones?

Just activating a formation casually would be enough to bankrupt an ordinary cultivator.

...

At the same time, many human cultivators on Phoenix Creek Island also sensed the movement of the Spirit Vein for the first time, and they felt that the concentration of spiritual energy on the entire island had increased exponentially.

They noticed that their cultivation speed had also increased significantly compared to before.

The vast spiritual energy of heaven and earth entered their bodies like tides, continuously increasing and enhancing their cultivation.

"What's going on? Why did the concentration of spiritual energy suddenly increase?"

"Do you feel the same way? I thought it was just an illusion."

"The Lord of the City just issued a notice, saying that the Spirit Vein is ascending, so there's no need to worry."

"Spirit Vein ascending? Can Spirit Vein actually ascend?"

Many cultivators discussed among themselves.

They were also surprised and constantly discussing the changes in heaven and earth this time.

After all, the ascension of the Spirit Vein was unheard of.

Because the Spirit Vein is natural and basically unchangeable.

Although there are some methods in the Spirit World to migrate Spirit Veins, it is not about elevating the rank of the Spirit Vein.

So this kind of thing is truly unprecedented.

"Normally, the Spirit Vein is indeed unable to ascend and is naturally formed."

"But don't forget, we on Phoenix Creek Island have the Spirit Vein Flower."

"It is a miraculous flower of heaven and earth that can form small artificial Spirit Veins with infinite mysteries."

"As far as I know, the Lord of the City has planted a large number of Spirit Vein Flowers near the Spirit Vein, attracting a huge amount of spiritual energy."

"Over time, the Spirit Vein has undergone a transformation and ascended to Rank Eight."

A cultivator said naturally. In the world of cultivators, nothing is impossible.

"Ascended to Rank Eight? Does that mean we also have a Rank Eight Spirit Vein on Phoenix Creek Island?"

Upon hearing this, many cultivators were shocked, their pupils contracting.

They knew how rare a Rank Eight Spirit Vein was.

Especially in the Broken Star Sea and Kunpeng Sea, the islands with Rank Eight Spirit Veins are basically controlled by the Heavenly Peng Race.

Other races would need to become vassals of the Heavenly Peng Race if they wanted to control a Rank Eight island.

They would have to pay tribute to the Heavenly Peng Race every year.

Otherwise, they would become enemies of the Heavenly Peng Race and be attacked by them.

"Not only a Rank Eight Spirit Vein, but as far as I know, Senior Zhou has become a Rank Eight Formation Master and seems to be planning to build a Rank Eight formation on Phoenix Creek Island."

A Void Refining cultivator smiled slightly and immediately revealed earth-shattering news.

But this is not considered top-secret information.

After all, the construction of a Rank Eight formation would cause a great commotion and would eventually be known by the cultivators of Phoenix Creek Island.

So it's better to inform them in advance to avoid any trouble.

As for leaking the information, it is impossible.

Human cultivators cannot leave Phoenix Creek Island, so they naturally cannot leak this information anywhere.

There is no race in the Kunpeng Sea that knows about the existence of the Human Race.

The Human Race is simply transparent, just developing silently in a remote corner, strengthening the power of the Human Race.

So for now, the Human Race has no enemies.

Other races will not send spies into the Human Race.

Of course, as the Human Race continues to grow and conflicts of interest arise with other races, various struggles may occur in the future, but that is a matter for later.

"It's impossible. Where did this news come from?"

"This is a Rank Eight formation, not an ordinary formation."

"I admit that Senior Zhou is indeed a genius to become a Rank Eight Formation Master."

"But what about the materials for the Rank Eight formation? Where did they find them?"

"Don't tell me that Senior Zhou found them all by himself."

A Void Refining cultivator found it hard to believe and instinctively thought it was a rumor.

Because in the past, the Human Race had spent at least thousands of years preparing to build a Rank Eight formation, and it had accumulated the resources of dozens of generations of the Human Race, living frugally, in order to gather the materials for the Rank Eight formation.

Finally, they successfully built the Human Race Imperial City.

But even so, after billions of years, the Human Race had only built one Imperial City and one Rank Eight formation.

He admitted that Phoenix Creek Island had developed well.

But it was still far from building a Rank Eight formation.

Such a high-level formation in the Spirit World cannot be successfully built by just one Rank Eight Formation Master.

It requires the cooperation of the entire race and the involvement of countless Formation Masters to have a chance of success.

There were no signs of this before, and now they were saying that they were already planning to build a Rank Eight formation.

It was too absurd.

"The Lord of the City said it himself. It will probably start in a while. There's no need to deceive you."

"Although I don't know how it was done, the fact is that it was done. Nothing is impossible."

"We can only say that the heavens bless the Human Race, allowing us to have our own Imperial City in the Broken Star Sea."

"Once it succeeds, the Human Race will be as stable as Mount Tai."

A Void Refining cultivator laughed heartily, unable to contain his joy.

At first, he didn't believe this news either.

But this news came from Daoist Feng Xi, the Lord of the City, so it was one hundred percent true.

Body Integration, there is no need to deceive oneself.

Even if you deceive yourself, you won't gain any benefits.

In any case, whether this matter is true or not, they will soon find out.

"To be honest, I also think it's impossible."

"But if it's what Senior Zhou said, then it's one hundred percent true."

"After all, Senior Zhou is capable of turning decay into magic, there's nothing he can't do."

"In any case, let's wait and see, we will soon receive news."

Many cultivators were excited beyond measure.

They didn't know what to say. If the Rank Eight formation was successfully built, they would be completely safe and would live in the Secret Realm world in the future.

Even if they encountered Mahayana realm cultivators, they would have the power to fight.

Moreover, this Rank Eight formation could last for generations, enough to establish the Human Race firmly in the Broken Star Sea.

"To think they plan to build a Rank Eight formation? Phoenix Creek Island will be even safer."

"With the protection of the Rank Eight formation, won't it be as stable as Mount Tai?"

Wu Di, an Ascension cultivator, was also excited when he heard this news.

He was nicknamed Wu Paopao. In the past, he ran around in the mortal world, but it wasn't because he liked to wander around.

Who would want to run around if they could cultivate peacefully in one place and continuously improve their cultivation?

Originally, he thought he wouldn't be able to stay on Phoenix Creek Island for long this time.

Maybe in the blink of an eye, another crisis would come, causing Phoenix Creek Island to be destroyed, and he would have to run away again.

But now, he saw that the Body Integration experts on Phoenix Creek Island were extraordinary, even able to successfully refine a Rank Eight formation.

It can be imagined how powerful the Human Race Body Integration experts were, as well as Senior Zhou.

But for him, this was naturally a good thing.

Because he had long been accustomed to staying on Phoenix Creek Island.

He had lived for so long and been to so many places, but nowhere was as safe and resource-rich as Phoenix Creek Island. He lived comfortably, without worrying about external dangers or assassination by companions.

And now his contribution points had accumulated enough, and he would soon be able to exchange for a Shattering Void Pill.

Once successful, he would step into the Void Refining realm.

Originally, he thought he would need to accumulate thousands of years, but because his alchemy skills were too exquisite, he accumulated contribution points quickly, saving a lot of time.

So he was looking forward to the appearance of the Rank Eight formation on Phoenix Creek Island.

"What kind of person is Zhou Sui? He can even build a Rank Eight formation. It's too exaggerated."

Zou Yi, who was quietly cultivating in the Eighty-Eight Academy, was also dumbfounded when he heard this news. He didn't know what to say. No one knew better than him how difficult it was to build a Rank Eight formation.

In the past, in the Human Race Imperial City, it was something they didn't even dare to think about.

Now the Human Race no longer had the energy to accumulate wealth for thousands of years and gather materials for a second Rank Eight formation.

Of course, more importantly, in the Canglong Continent, many Rank Eight Spirit Veins were occupied by those big clans.

It was too difficult to find an ownerless Rank Eight Spirit Vein.

Over time, the Human Race gave up the idea of building a second Rank Eight formation.

He felt that Zhou Sui was much stronger than he had imagined.

...

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

At this moment, in the Lord's Mansion.

Bai Suje, Shi Yuxi, Daoist Feng Xi, Tao Qili, and Hua Siqing were all very excited, looking at Zhou Sui beside them, their beautiful eyes filled with excitement.

They had been looking forward to this day for a long time.

"Husband, are we going to set up the Rank Eight formation, Thousand Wonders Sea Cloud Formation?"

Tao Qili looked at Zhou Sui expectantly.

"That's right."

"After twenty years of preparation, my clone has refined 129,600 formation flags."

"At the same time, I have surveyed many formation nodes."

"At that time, as long as we build a main formation in the source of the Spirit Vein, we can connect many formation networks and form a complete Rank Eight formation."

Zhou Sui waved his hand.

Suddenly, blue and white formation flags appeared in the air, with densely engraved runes on them, outlining intricate formation patterns that were unfathomable and mysterious.

The main materials for the formation flags were boundary stones, Sea Cloud Stones, and other Rank Eight materials.

Each formation flag seemed to contain the power to activate the void.

Faintly, the aura of these formation flags connected with each other, causing resonance and creating ripples in the void.

"It's incredible, are these Rank Eight formation flags?"

"These formation patterns are so complex that it's giving me a headache."

Tao Qili exclaimed.

She was also a Rank Seven formation master, but these formation patterns were more than ten times more complex than Rank Seven formations.

Just a glance would make one dizzy, completely incomprehensible.

It can be said that the gap between Rank Seven formation masters and Rank Eight formations is even greater than the gap between humans and pigs.

It was extremely difficult to break through this realm.

"Alright, let's begin."

Zhou Sui clenched his fist. He didn't want to wait for even a moment.

(End of this chapter)