Vol 6 Chapter 7: Void Refining

Void Mystical Stage.

Lin Jing had prepared for this realm for a long time, far longer than the apparent five hundred years.

To break through from the Nascent Soul Transformation Stage to the Void Mystical Stage, one must open a space within the primordial spirit, transform that space with the spirit's attributes, and simulate the heavenly dao's creation of the world.

Through all these years of cultivation, Lin Jing and others had used the Spatial Flying Leaf to constantly contemplate and understand... the art of instantaneous movement, which had already reached levels comparable to ultra-long-distance teleportation arrays. Few forces could block their spatial teleportation, and they could even effortlessly refine spatial equipment without any spatial materials.

It could be said that their spatial mastery had long surpassed that of most genuine Void Mystical Stage cultivators.

With such spatial proficiency, Lin Jing within the Time Dao formation banner easily condensed a spatial singularity upon his primordial spirit. A brand new space slowly gestated within Lin Jing's primordial spirit.

"The process of opening space is also called Void Refining."

"It only tests a cultivator's mastery of spatial power, so Nascent Soul Transformation cultivators breaking through to Void Mystical Stage don't require heaven and earth spiritual energy."

"Therefore, even though Earth's heaven and earth spiritual energy remains quite sparse, it doesn't hinder my breakthrough to the Void Mystical Stage."

"On the contrary, because of Earth's unique characteristics, with its extremely high world strength, my Void Refining here can make my internal space extraordinary and exceptionally sturdy."

"On the contrary, because of Earth's unique characteristics, with its extremely high world strength, my Void Refining here can make my internal space extraordinary and exceptionally sturdy."

After this came the process of using primordial spirit power to fill the internal space and expand it. When the primordial spirit space expanded to a certain extent, one would naturally reach the Void Mystical Stage.

The attributes of the primordial spirit would also determine the attributes of a cultivator's Void Mystical domain.

It was at this step that Lin Jing put in tremendous effort, dissatisfied with his "Life-Death Primordial Spirit," which led to having the Wood-attribute Pine Leaf Mouse involved in Living Synthesis.

Over these five hundred years, the Wood-attribute Pine Leaf Mouse continuously developed the Glazed Immortal Eye, finally achieving the ability to synthesize a cultivator's primordial spirit with ordinary Origin Sources.

Immortal power.

True power that only True Immortal Stage experts who have ascended can master and nurture.

What would happen if it appeared in the hands of lower realm cultivators?

Zhou Banxian was the best example. Though no one knew how he achieved it, his strength ranked among the forefront of the many alliance leaders in the Cultivation Alliance.

Only the three main alliance leaders - Eternal Sovereign, Fishing Elder, and Ten Thousand Spirits Taoist Nun - could reliably suppress him.

Among them, Eternal Sovereign's power came from gathering the inheritance of countless generations of ancestors, with his family developing in the lower realm for innumerable years to achieve perfection. A single immortal bone contained astonishing divine abilities.

Fishing Elder was incredibly mysterious, possessing and able to use the superior-grade immortal artifact "Myriad Realms Fishing Rod," though no one knew how he obtained it. It was worth noting that the immortal artifacts circulating in the lower realm that Inquiry Dao cultivators could barely use were only lower-grade quality. All the immortal artifacts Lin Jing had encountered were merely lower-grade as well.

As for Ten Thousand Spirits Taoist Nun, she possessed both the Dao Body Immortal Fetus and the Ten Thousand Selves Immortal Body - dual immortal physiques. The former could be considered a superior immortal physique to the Innate Dao Physique, providing unimaginable bonuses to spell cultivation. The latter allowed Ten Thousand Spirits Taoist Nun to have thousands of clones that could simultaneously cultivate various same or different spells. When the Heavenly Demon army invaded her Cultivation Mountain World, she directly summoned ten thousand eight hundred Spell Elementals and easily crushed the demonic Dao Inquiry cultivators.

Only before these three extraordinary beings did Zhou Banxian appear slightly weaker. Those three were difficult for Lin Jing to replicate, but with Zhou Banxian's case, Lin Jing felt he should be able to replicate it.

Even do better.

As long as he used the Glazed Immortal Eye to synthesize Origin Sources with the primordial spirit, then the primordial spirit would most likely also gain the attribute of nurturing immortal power!

Lin Jing initially thought this way.

But ultimately, a small accident occurred with the test subject.

【Immortal Dao Primordial Spirit】：A primordial spirit that can nurture immortal power.

This was Lin Jing's conception.

But the actual situation.

【Immortal Dao Primordial Spirit】：A primordial spirit that can nurture immortal power by devouring life force.

A single precondition difference, creating a world of distinction, making a primordial spirit appear to have fallen from the righteous path into the demonic path.

Simultaneously, the difficulty of obtaining immortal power greatly increased.

However, after some consideration, Lin Jing ultimately decided to cultivate such an Immortal Dao Primordial Spirit for himself.

Although it was a bit troublesome, Lin Jing could simply raise demonic beasts in his "Void Mystical internal space" later.

Let these demonic beasts live and reproduce in his internal space, limit their lifespan upper limit, secretly extract their life force, and transform it into immortal power.

Let these demonic beasts live and reproduce in his internal space, limit their lifespan upper limit, secretly extract their life force, and transform it into immortal power.

Hmm, mosquito beasts would be a good choice - astonishing reproductive capability. He would just need to feed them more blood when the time came.

Additionally, Lin Jing also had the Wood-attribute Pine Leaf Mouse, Dragon Carp, Ice Soul Gu, and Star Longevity Crane synthesize Immortal Dao Primordial Spirits to enable continuous use of immortal power.

They could naturally also extract immortal power through methods similar to his own.

Sacrificing a portion of the lifespan of countless mosquito beasts to benefit their entire group.

.........

Penglai Immortal Island.

An artificial island created by China's cultivation world borrowing the name of Penglai.

This island was the largest gathering place for Chinese cultivators, with spirit gathering arrays arranged using spirit veins on the island. The concentration of spiritual energy rivaled any famous mountains or great rivers.

This island was the largest gathering place for Chinese cultivators, with spirit gathering arrays arranged using spirit veins on the island. The concentration of spiritual energy rivaled any famous mountains or great rivers.

The grandfather-granddaughter duo from Thousand Clouds Temple arrived at the airport nearest to Penglai Immortal Island by plane, then took a taxi to board the dedicated ships to Penglai Immortal Island.

After the long journey, Huang Zhixin couldn't help but complain: "Grandfather, when will I be able to 'fly on swords'?"

"You? Fly on swords? Within the Qi Refining Stage, probably only disciples from Beijing's Lingxiao Sword Pavilion can fly on swords. You should first master the cloud soaring technique properly. Outside the mist-shrouded Mount Huangshan, your cloud soaring technique wouldn't even be accepted for food delivery." Huang Qianyun muttered a few words.

"Speaking of which, grandfather, do you think the cloud soaring technique could fly on smog when we get to Beijing?" Huang Zhixin asked curiously.

"Put away those unseemly thoughts. Come quickly, let's handle serious business and complete the task Senior Lin entrusted to us." Huang Qianyun glared at her, then led her straight to the Dao Alliance headquarters.

.......

"Esteemed young friend, I am Thousand Clouds Daoist from Mount Huangshan's Thousand Clouds Temple. I have an appointment today to visit Senior Ji Kuang."

Upon arriving at the Dao Alliance headquarters, Huang Qianyun spoke to the Qi Refining youth at the front desk. Ji was a Foundation Establishment expert who managed law enforcement within the Dao Alliance. If any cultivators were found committing evil deeds, they could be reported to the Law Enforcement Bureau.

"Thousand Clouds Daoist from Mount Huangshan. Please wait a moment, Senior..." The youth at the front desk checked some records, then said: "Senior Ji Kuang is quite busy and may not be able to receive you two. However, Senior Qingfeng from the Law Enforcement Bureau will receive you both shortly."

"Very well." Huang Qianyun fell into deep thought. Indeed, with Qi Refining cultivation, it was too difficult to directly meet a Foundation Establishment senior. Qingfeng... he had heard of this person. They shared the same cultivation level, both at Qi Refining ninth layer, and he was also a cultivator in the Dao Alliance Law Enforcement Bureau. Reporting to this person would be acceptable.