"That's right, after achieving the Tongqiao Body in Body Cultivation, one's inner breath starts to merge with the Qi-Blood Power, transforming into Blood Gang. After breaking through to the Body of Wanxiang, one can condense the Blood Gang True Body. This True Body can be said to be the mark of the Body of Wanxiang," Qi Ye said.

Yuan Ming's eyebrows lifted; his Body Cultivation had also reached the Tongqiao Body, but unfortunately, he had been too busy lately to contemplate in depth.

"Body Cultivation attack methods are simple, and when facing an enemy of equal realm, they often suffer a lot. However, once the Blood Gang True Body is condensed, the strength of a Body Cultivator will undergo earth-shattering changes, enough to rival, or even surpass, a Magic Practitioner or Spoken Witch at the Returning to Void Stage," Qi Ye continued.

Yuan Ming's heart trembled upon hearing this.

He practiced both Body and Magic Soul Cultivation and naturally had many impressions about their respective strengths and weaknesses.

Soul Cultivation, needless to say, focuses on attacking the enemy where they are unguarded. Although there are significant risks of backlash during cultivation and combat, its strength is often impressive enough to stand above other cultivators of the same rank, and even facing enemies above one's own rank is not a difficult task.

Magic Practitioners represent the mainstream path in the Cultivation World, emphasizing a gradual progression and balance of offense and defense. Their strength relies more on Magic Treasure Skills and their experience in battle.

Body Cultivators can refine their physical bodies to be as robust as demon beasts, and in the lower realms of Cultivation, they often depend on their powerful defensive capabilities to outlast their opponents. However, due to their limited offensive methods, as their Cultivation progresses, their original advantages naturally become less obvious.

Now that Qi Ye mentioned the transformative changes that would come with achieving the Blood Gang True Body, it seemed Yuan Ming would need to spend some time on this aspect in the future.

"Xi Ying, what is this Emperor Sealing God Fist technique you just mentioned?" Yuan Ming asked, after pondering for a moment and turning to Xi Ying.

"The Emperor Sealing God Fist is a technique passed down by a powerful Body Cultivator who had the Heavenly Phenomenon Body. In terms of power, it might not be inferior to your Demon Image Prison Suppression Skill," Xi Ying said.

"Nonsense, my Demon Clan's physical body is strong and our Body Cultivation Methods far surpass those of the Human Clan. The Demon Image Prison Suppression Skill is among the top Body Cultivation Methods in the Demon World, how could it be comparable to something like the Emperor Sealing God Fist," Qi Ye retorted dismissively, her voice carrying outward.

"In terms of attacking power, it's true that the Emperor Sealing God Fist is far from the Demon Image Prison Suppression Skill. However, the Emperor Sealing God Fist has its own mysteries; it can borrow momentum for one's own use, leveraging the forces of heaven, earth, and humankind. Every single strike is unstoppable and unavoidable," Xi Ying said.

"Borrowing momentum..." Yuan Ming's expression shifted.

During the previous great battle, the crimson giant's every move seemed indeed to have the feeling of invoking the forces of heaven and earth. Attacks such as Curse, annihilation, and Frenzy Blood, formless and shape-shifting, were easily blocked by the crimson giant.

"Another mystery of the Emperor Sealing God Fist is that it can borrow momentum to make breakthroughs in one's realm," Xi Ying continued.

"Borrowing momentum to make breakthroughs? What do you mean by that?" Yuan Ming asked in surprise.

"Literally, the Emperor Sealing God Fist can use the forces of the world to break through the realms. The reason my father joined the Wu Yue Sect was also to use the Sect's momentum of unifying the world to break through to the Body of Wanxiang," Xi Ying said.

"Such a method of breakthrough exists? It's indeed very profound," Yuan Ming's eyes revealed his interest.

Qi Ye fell silent, acknowledging that even the Demon Image Prison Suppression Skill did not possess this effect.

"Although the Emperor Sealing God Fist is profound, it's unfortunate that the Xi Family only has an incomplete version. Over the years, my father has been collecting various Body Cultivation Methods, trying to perfect the Emperor Sealing God Fist," Xi Ying said.

Yuan Ming nodded, then recalled something and asked, "During the recent battle in the workshop, you dealt with the Evil Eye Venerable, right? What abilities does his Divine Soul Transformation possess?"

"Take a look at this, I've recorded everything," Xi Ying handed over a talisman, which turned out to be an Imprint Talisman.

Yuan Ming activated his Mana and injected it into the talisman. The Imprint Talisman displayed the battle between Xi Ying and the Evil Eye Venerable.

Seeing that the Evil Eye Venerable's forehead revealed various different Divine Soul Transformations, Yuan Ming was astonished. "The Evil Eye Venerable has multiple Divine Soul Transformations... How did he accomplish that?"

"The Divine Soul Transformation of the Evil Eye Venerable is due to the Eye Demon. As far as I know, this creature can devour other people's Divine Souls and capture their abilities. He used the Eye Demon to devour many Soul Cultivators' Divine Souls, thus obtaining numerous Divine Soul Transformations," Xi Ying explained.

Yuan Ming sighed inwardly, the Wu Yue Sect of the Yunhuang Continent indeed deserved its reputation as the birthplace of Soul Cultivation, having such unique Divine Soul Transformations.

Just then, Luo Zhu flew over from within the workshop.

"Fellow Daoist Yuan, Fellow Daoist Xi, my Pan Si Island was able to seize the Spirit Vein of Little Silver Mountain largely thanks to both of you," Luo Zhu expressed her gratitude.

"Island Master Luo is too polite. Ximen Rui is dead; it's just a pity that his corpse was taken away by other members of the Senluo Sect," Yuan Ming said.

"I am aware of that," replied Luo Zhu.

"You are?" Yuan Ming looked surprised.

During the recent battle, he hadn't sensed anyone lurking nearby or the probing of Divine Sense. How did Luo Zhu come to know of this?

"I have my ways of knowing. Since Divine Envoy Yuan has fulfilled his promise, Pan Si Island and the Moon Sect will from now on form an alliance," Luo Zhu cryptically answered, changing the subject.

"Alright," Yuan Ming did not press the matter further.

After concluding the discussion, the Five Elements Spiritual Veins fell into the hands of Pan Si Island. However, to prevent any retaliation from the Senluo Sect, Luo Zhu decided that Yuan Ming and Xi Ying should stay in the workshop area.

Having been on the go for a while, Yuan Ming was looking forward to some rest and thus did not refuse the invitation to reside in two separate Cave Mansions arranged by Pan Si Island.

Pan Si Island did not idle away, hastily organizing personnel to start mining the Five Elements Spiritual Veins.

...

Inside the Cave Mansion at the workshop, Yuan Ming sat cross-legged with closed eyes, cultivating with the Demon Image Prison Suppression Skill.

The immense power of Qi-Blood rumbled through his body, while the Demon Image Internal Breath followed suit, shaking the ground of the Cave Mansion relentlessly.

With his eyes tightly shut, Yuan Ming attempted to fuse the Qi-Blood Power with the Demon Image Internal Breath into one.

Time ticked away, and before long, a day and a night had passed.

Both the Qi-Blood Power and the Demon Image Internal Breath were defiant and untamed, and despite his efforts, there was no sign of them merging together.

"Condensing Blood Gang is not that easy. You haven't been in the Tongqiao Body for long, and you haven't settled down to truly feel it before. Take it slow," Qi Ye's voice sounded.

Yuan Ming nodded and continued to ponder.

At that moment, a green light flew in, a Sound Transmission Talisman.

Yuan Ming activated his Divine Sense to probe and formed a hand seal to disperse the restrictions within the Cave Mansion.

"Great news, the Five Elements Child and Yinkong discovered a Five Elements Spirit Cave deep within the Five Elements Spiritual Veins, containing a massive amount of Five Elements Spirit Marrow," Xi Ying entered, waving a white round orb in her hand with glee.

"Really? We've finally found it!" Yuan Ming too was overjoyed.

Xi Ying didn't say much more, channeling mana into the white round orb. The images of the Five Elements Child and Yinkong appeared inside the orb, both situated within a dimly lit Soluble Cave.

Stalactites hung everywhere within the cave, and deep inside, there was a spring eye bubbling with white vapor, occasionally dripping a droplet of five-colored liquid into a small pond below.

The pond was only about three meters in diameter, filled to the brim with Five-Colored Spirit Liquid emitting a soft multicolored luminescence.

"Is this the Five Elements Spirit Marrow?" Yuan Ming had never seen Five Elements Spirit Marrow, nor had he read about it, so he asked.

"Indeed, and it appears to be of very high quality," Xi Ying said, her gaze fixed on the white round orb with certainty.

Yuan Ming nodded slightly; his eyes also showed a fervent interest in the pond within the orb.

"You two, get started and collect that spirit marrow," Xi Ying directed towards the white round orb.

"Yes, but Master, how much shall we take?" Yinkong asked.

After pondering for a moment, Xi Ying said, "Take seventy percent."

Yuan Ming didn't speak. They had helped Pan Si Island secure this Spirit Vein and were personally guarding it, but Luo Zhu showed no intention of sharing any resources from the Spirit Vein with them.

As such, they had no reason to hold back.

Yinkong acknowledged and pulled out a white gourd, forming a hand seal to draw.

A slender column of Five-Colored Spirit Liquid rose from the pond, precisely pouring into the white gourd.

Before long, Yinkong had collected all the Five Elements Spirit Marrow within the pond, carrying the gourd back to the workshop.

The Five Elements Child did not come along but continued to stay within the Spirit Vein, searching for other Five Elements Spirit Marrow.

Two hours later, Yuan Ming and Xi Ying obtained the Five Elements Spirit Marrow.

Xi Ying gave half to Yuan Ming and returned to her Cave Mansion with the other half, seemingly eager to try the effects of the Five Elements Spirit Marrow.

Anxious to test the spirit marrow, Yuan Ming swallowed a droplet and began to refine it by circulating the Nine Elements Technique.

Boom!

The spiritual energy from around began to rapidly converge, more than five times the usual amount, almost condensing into a visible Spirit Fog around him.

His meridians filled with nature's spiritual energy, he felt incredibly comfortable.

Overjoyed, Yuan Ming hastily began cultivating to refine this abundant spiritual energy.

This influx of spiritual energy lasted for an entire day, and only then did the effects of the Five Elements Spirit Marrow gradually subside. Yoursupportat*keepstheseriesgoing.

"Good, I didn't expect the effect of the Five Elements Spirit Marrow to last this long. These marrows are enough for me to use for a considerable period. With my current speed of cultivation, plus the potency of the Snow Soul Pill, it'll take me less than ten years to reach the Mid-Stage of Nascent Soul," Yuan Ming thought with quiet excitement.

He then closed his eyes, immersing himself back into cultivation.

...

Time flew by, and three months passed in the blink of an eye.

While Yuan Ming and Xi Ying were each in secluded cultivation, constantly enhancing their cultivation levels, the outside world had changed dramatically.

One day, a frantic Luo Zhu rushed to the place where they were in seclusion and called them out.

Upon seeing her, Yuan Ming felt a sense of foreboding.

"Island Master, has the Wu Yue Sect made another move in the Southern Border, that you've urgently called us out of our seclusion?" Yuan Ming asked.

"Not the Southern Border, but the Central Plains and the Western Region," Luo Zhu said, furrowing her brows.

Hearing this, Yuan Ming was taken aback.

The sects in the Central Plains and the Western Region were far stronger than those in the Southern Border. If the Wu Yue Sect were to stir up trouble, those shouldn't be their targets of choice.

"Could it be trouble in the Black Wind Desert?" Xi Ying, however, sharply sensed something.

"Just one month ago, the Wu Yue God has emerged," Luo Zhu nodded solemnly.

"What?" Yuan Ming and Xi Ying exclaimed almost in unison, both their expressions and tones betraying unabashed astonishment.

This news was such a shock to both of them that after exclaiming, they remained speechless for a while.

According to their estimates, the Wu Yue God shouldn't have emerged this quickly.

"The forces that the major powers from the Central Plains and Western Region deployed in the Black Wind Desert were almost completely overrun without much resistance by the Wu Yue Sect with overwhelming force. Five days ago, the Wu Yue Sect has already breached into the territories of the Central Plains and Western Region. Now, the people there live in fear and panic," Luo Zhu continued after seeing their reaction.

"In that case, the situation isn't too terrible," Xi Ying, hearing this, unexpectedly breathed a sigh of relief.

"How is this not terrible?" Luo Zhu asked, puzzled.