This Daoist Guangyuan likely isn''t a true immortal of the Purple Wave Water Mansion!

    "Guangyuan."

    "Outside of our two sects!"

    Such a thought truly sends a chill through one''s bones.

    If he isn''t from our sect, then our foray into Zhenyuan Mountain—given his recent slaughter of three reincarnated true immortals in Biya Mountain and his seizure of four immortal artifacts, particularly his ''greed'' for our magic artifacts that he barely conceals—

    Even upon reflection, it sends shivers down my spine.

    At that time, Yu Xiangzi even prepared himself for Guangyuan to turn hostile, ready to shatter the void and flee on the spot.

    Fortunately, the outcome was still favorable.

    "After all, this person has cultivated the Dutian techniques and may very well have ties with our Heavenly Dao sect."

    "However, the details must wait until I ascend back to the realm of true immortality and can learn from my master," Yu Xiangzi concluded.

    Long Ming Daoist, speeding on his tunneling light, listening to Yu Xiangzi''s detailed explanation, felt a rush of fear upon analysis.

    "If that''s the case."

    "We truly had a brush with death at the Ghost Gate."

    Long Ming Daoist, equally relieved and aghast, then furrowed his brow with concern, "If Guangyuan isn''t a true immortal of our Purple Wave Water Mansion, then it means a third force from the Barbarian God Realm has intervened. With his incredible strength and viciousness, what does brother think our response should be?"

    Yu Xiangzi shook his head, "Guangyuan''s strength is beyond doubt. We cannot confront him head-on. We''ll wait in the Stormy Sea Domain for him to leave the Material Realm. With his current strength, he''ll leave in a few hundred years at most. We can come out of the Stormy Sea Domain after he''s gone."

    In the Material Realm.

    One cannot remain after surpassing the level of Golden Core.

    By their estimation, even if Guangyuan slowed his cultivation, he could only stay for a few hundred years. Any longer would delay his future cultivation progress, which would be unwise in the long run.

    "A brilliant plan!"

    "Then we''ll wait for Guangyuan to leave the Material Realm before taking action!"

    Long Ming Daoist nodded continuously.

    The presence of the Soul Losing Bell and the Three Suns One Qi Sword still lingered before them, along with the haunting visions of Luo Gu, the Shaoyang Daoist, and the Zhongyang Daoist being slain.

    Even Long Ming Daoist had no desire to contend with Lu Qingfeng.

    If it were possible to avoid, then avoid!

    The two brothers looked at each other and sped up their tunneling light, eager to leave the Heavenly Punishment Abyss as soon as possible.

    They longed to return to the Stormy Sea Domain and gather news on the calamity in Biya Mountain at Funeral Bell Plain.

    The tunneling light dashed away.

    In the blink of an eye, it vanished.

    ...

    Zhenyuan Mountain.

    Cloud Platform Peak.

    "Good thinking,"

    Lu Qingfeng gestured, dispersing the vision in the air which revealed Yu Xiangzi and Long Ming Daoist''s figures and mused with a smile.

    Wait!

    Drag it out!

    This tactic would indeed work against the common reincarnated true immortal—

    For their own advancement and for the attainment of the Dao, no reincarnated true immortal could afford to waste too much time in the Material Realm, delaying their cultivation.

    Like the six true immortals of Biya Mountain.

    Without the variable that is Lu Qingfeng, they would have secured a foothold on Funeral Bell Plain, then taken over the Heavenly Punishment Abyss, and once disciples or followers ascended to the Core Formation Stage, they could have succeeded Taoyuan Immortal Sect and gradually left the Material Realm for the Heavenly Realm to swiftly elevate their cultivation.

    This day wouldn''t be far off.

    Of course.

    It''s just unfortunate that they provoked Lu Qingfeng.

    Not only was their foundation in the Material Realm completely destroyed, but three out of the six reincarnated true immortals were also lost, the remaining three were forced into the Heavenly Realm, and the immortal artifact of the Sun Daoist was taken by Lu Qingfeng. Crashing into the territory of legendary creatures, his life and death are still uncertain.

    The situation was truly dire.

    Normally, it would take two to three hundred years, or at most a quick hundred years, and the six reincarnated true immortals of Biya Mountain would have left.

    But for Lu Qingfeng.

    "I''ve only just gathered the third level of Gang Sha, and there are still six layers yet to gather. Even if it takes a hundred years to gather one layer, it will still take six hundred years. To reach the peak of the Golden Core Realm will take at least a thousand years to leave the Material Realm."

    A thousand years.

    If Yu Xiangzi and Long Ming Daoist were to wait it out with Lu Qingfeng, by the time Lu Qingfeng left, they would be over sixteen hundred years old. With a Jiedan True Man''s lifespan barely three thousand years, they will have to make their own choices.

    Even more so.

    Lu Qingfeng possessed the Red Dust Longevity Technique, which meant he could afford to wait thousands of years without worrying about his lifespan.

    "Dragon Whale Mountain."

    "Golden Centipede Bamboo Stick."

    A thought crossed his mind, and Lu Qingfeng couldn''t help but think of these two immortal artifacts.

    Looking towards the northwest direction, he shook his head.

    "Don''t hit a smiling face."

    With Yu Xiangzi, Long Ming Daoist, and the Purple Wave Water Mansion yet to provoke him, the idea of him taking the immortal artifacts from their hands for no reason was beyond him.

    As for borrowing the artifacts for several years and claiming to ''definitely return them''? It would probably make Yu Xiangzi and Long Ming Daoist panic and flee if he even suggested it.

    Who would willingly lend out precious immortal artifacts?!

    "Let''s calmly await the future."

    There''s plenty of time ahead, and Lu Qingfeng has plans in his heart—no need to fret.

    He stood up, took a step, and left Zhenyuan Mountain.

    ...

    Core Formation Stage cultivation, one realm being more difficult to pass than another.

    After the True Body is forged and the Solid Pill is refined, the Gathering Law Realm follows.

    Lu Qingfeng forged the ''Nine Revolutions True Body'', identifying the nine layers of Gang Sha for the Gathering Law Realm. This was far more challenging than the ordinary Gathering Law Realm, over nine times the challenge, wasn''t it?

    In the Black Star Realm.

    Lu Qingfeng wandered the starry sky for three thousand years, eventually halting at the Third Level of Gang Sha. And in this life, merely four hundred years later, he reached the same height as three thousand years ago, gathering the third level of Gang Sha.

    With the vastness of the Barbarian God''s Material Realm, refining the remaining six layers of Gang Sha was just a matter of time.

    Wandering the Material Realm.

    On one hand, he systematically refined the Earth Evil Yin Vein and the Heavenly Gang Qi, and on the other, he cultivated various techniques, refining and deconstructing immortal artifacts.

    In the first decade.

    Lu Qingfeng refined the Shaoyang Sword and successfully deconstructed the ''Soul Losing Bell''—

    [Derivation Technique: Soul Losing Bell]

    [First Magic Gate: The Technique of Refining the Soul Losing Bell, Experience Value: Five Hundred Million]

    [Second Magic Gate: Fallen Divine Light (Divine Skills), Experience Value: Fifteen Million]

    [Third Magic Gate: ...]

    Fallen Divine Light!

    This divine skill that Lu Qingfeng has long coveted.

    In Biya Mountain, Luo Gu learned the Divine Skills from the ancient spiritual treasure known as the Desolate Bell during his time in the Upper Realm. Because of this, he delayed his own cultivation, ultimately missing the opportunity to achieve the Earth Immortal Dao Fruit.

    However, the might of the Fallen Divine Light is beyond doubt.

    With this Divine Skill, Luo Gu held his ground even among the many Mahayana True Immortals in the Upper Realm. The original First Layer Abyss Master, Ferdinand, was completely suppressed by Luo Gu''s use of this Divine Skill, rendered powerless to fight back.

    Truly formidable.

    Fifteen million experience value also reflects its profound and mystical nature.

    Back in the Red Smoke Realm, when Lu Qingfeng analyzed the corpse of the Black Vein Golden Butterfly, the ''Great Sun Annihilation Divine Light'' and the ''Taiyin Calamity Crossing Robe'' he obtained required only twelve million experience each.

    Inside the Eight Sceneries Tower of the Black Star Realm, the ''Golden Phoenix Divine Light'' he obtained from analyzing the Golden Phoenix Sparrow corpse—a weakened version of the Five-Colored Divine Light—required only fifteen million experience value.

    From this perspective,

    the potential and power of the Fallen Divine Light are no weaker than the Golden Phoenix Divine Light.

    "After all, the Soul Losing Bell is just a replica of the Desolate Bell; its ''Fallen Divine Light'' has already been placed in the category of Divine Skills."

    "On the original Desolate Bell, the Fallen Divine Light could be of the level of Great Divine Power."

    This technique is mysteriously soul-shattering, catching one off guard. Lu Qingfeng has been in need of such Divine Skills.

    He was pleased for a moment.

    But then,

    "The refining technique for the Soul Losing Bell."

    "Five hundred million experience value."

    The gap between Immortals and mortals is immense.

    Previously, when analyzing Eighth Rank Magical Artifacts, the experience value was only around eight million. Suddenly, a Second Rank Immortal Artifact skyrockets to five hundred million experience value. Only during the time in the Five Directions Realm, with the help of the descending Blood Sea, did Lu Qingfeng obtain such a quantity of experience value in one go, even slightly more.

    But in ordinary cultivation, without opportunities, to accumulate enough experience value to exchange for the refining technique of the ''Soul Losing Bell'' would take at least six or seven cycles of cultivation from Fetal Breathing to the peak of the Solid Pill realm.

    "Even at the peak of the Golden Core, the total experience value is just over two hundred million."

    Lu Qingfeng felt a wave of powerlessness.

    The Soul Losing Bell is undoubtedly powerful, and the desire for it extreme, but limited by experience value, it has to be set aside for now.

    As for the Fallen Divine Light, it can be exchanged first to master it.

    In a flash.

    The second decade.

    Lu Qingfeng refined the Zhongyang Sword and successfully analyzed ''Shaoyang Sword''.

    [Derivation Technique: Shaoyang Sword]

    [First Magic Gate: Technique for refining the Shaoyang Sword, experience value: Eighty million]

    [Second Magic Gate: ''Three Suns Immortal Technique—Shaoyang Chapter'' (True Sect Level), experience value: Fifty million]

    [Third Magic Gate: …]

    The third decade.

    Lu Qingfeng refined the Sun Sword and successfully analyzed the ''Zhongyang Sword''.

    [Derivation Technique: Zhongyang Sword]

    [First Magic Gate: Technique for refining the Zhongyang Sword, experience value: Eighty million]

    [Second Magic Gate: ''Three Suns Immortal Technique—Zhongyang Chapter'', experience value: Fifty million]

    [Third Magic Gate: …]

    The fourth decade.

    Lu Qingfeng analyzed the ''Sun Sword''.

    [Derivation Technique: Sun Sword]

    [First Magic Gate: Technique for refining the Sun Sword, experience value: Eighty million]

    [Second Magic Gate: ''Three Suns Immortal Technique—Sun Chapter'', experience value: Fifty million]

    [Third Magic Gate: …]

    ...

    In this manner,

    all four Immortal Artifacts obtained from Biya Mountain were analyzed. The more he analyzed, the more Lu Qingfeng felt the scarcity of experience values, and his cultivation became even more diligent and painstaking.

    Time passed.

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    Lu Qingfeng trained continuously in the Yellow Dragon Earth Evil and the Five Mountains Divine Gang, successfully condensing the ''Five Dragon Gang Sha'' and reaching the Fourth Level of the Gathering Law realm.

    Mana greatly increased.

    The second century.

    Lu Qingfeng, following the Xuan Yin Earth Evil and Red Fire Sky Gang, achieved the ''Red Xuan Gang Sha,'' reaching the Fifth Level of the Gathering Law realm.

    The third century.

    Gathering Law realm Sixth Level.

    The fourth century.

    Gathering Law realm Seventh Level.

    ...

    Six hundred years later.

    After concentrating the Nine Layers of Gang Sha, Gathering Law reached Perfection.

    Only then did Lu Qingfeng begin to contemplate the mysteries of the Golden Core, to refine his mana into a Golden Core, immortal and indestructible, achieving the Golden Core Realm.

    This was Lu Qingfeng''s first attempt to break through to the Golden Core Realm.

    An unfamiliar path in life.

    Suddenly, he paused.

    Over these years of cultivation, Lu Qingfeng also realized the downside of the Derivation Technique - Enlightenment—

    "If there is not enough accumulation, blind enlightenment is like building castles in the sky."

    Take the Cultivation Technique practice,

    During the Postnatal Stage, Foundation Establishment, and Spirit Void Stage, since Lu Qingfeng had repeated cycles of training previously, enlightenment through ''Derivation Technique - Enlightenment'' burst forth with all kinds of profundities, flooding his mind with insights, making his dozens, hundreds of cycles of training become more and more solid, and the foundation ever deeper.

    But after entering the Core Formation Stage, there were many obstructive complexities.

    Although the Enlightenment Technique was still impressive, it fell short compared to the first three major realms.

    "It is difficult to cook without rice."

    This is the same principle.

    Divine Skills, Alchemy, Artifact Refining are quite different.

    Lu Qingfeng could practice repeatedly, hence the use of ''Enlightenment'' in these areas is truly cutting edge.

    Regarding Cultivation Techniques.

    It''s better to practice first, confront the bottleneck later, then use ''Enlightenment'' to break through and hasten understanding; that''s the correct approach.

    After recognizing these drawbacks,

    Lu Qingfeng would ''Enlighten'' every twenty years, mostly applying it to Divine Skills, Alchemy, Artifact Refining, and Arrays.

    For Cultivation Technique practice and advancement, he relied more on himself.

    Seven hundred years.

    Eight hundred years.

    Nine hundred years.

    In the blink of an eye,

    A millennium had passed since Lu Qingfeng struck down Biya Mountain.

    Four hundred years had elapsed since Nine Layers of Gang Sha condensed, reaching the peak of the Gathering Law.