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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 5: [Seeking Immortality in the Eastern Sea]
Volume 5 (Pinyin): [Dong Hai xun xian]
Chapter 17 (454): [Seven-Star Spiritual Master]
(17th of Volume 5)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Yu'er's first entry into the Blood Mud Space left her disoriented, as if she had fallen from a great height.
Her head swam, and her small body spun in circles beside Li Weiyi, utterly bewildered by what was happening.
"Master, where are we?" she asked, finally steadying herself and gazing around.
The ground was crimson, as if soaked in fresh blood.
When Li Weiyi reached the Spiritual Master realm, the Blood Mud Space had expanded to one hectare.
Now, after multiple expansions, it had grown vast and immense.
"This is a Secret Realm!" Li Weiyi reluctantly explained, loathing to reveal this secret to Yu'er.
Yu Yaozi's unstable condition posed a significant risk.
But there was no other choice.
In the Nether Realm of the Dead, danger lurked everywhere, both above and below ground.
The Blood Mud Space was their only safe haven.
He couldn't abandon Yu'er outside alone.
"Master, what's a Secret Realm?" Yu'er asked, her large eyes blinking with curiosity.
"Special, independent spaces!" Li Weiyi explained, "Some are constructed from the Transcendents' Ancestral Fields, while others form when a Martial-Mystic Dao Heavenly Emperor dies, their Qi Sea remaining eternally intact. Within these realms, vegetation thrives, allowing the cultivation of precious and Essence Herbs. The most formidable Secret Realms are even connected to the Ancient Immortals."
Enduring his injuries, Li Weiyi recounted the events.
He then retrieved a large quantity of food and spring water, placing them on the massive thirty-meter-long Jade Boat.
"Yu'er, for the next while, Master needs to heal... Master needs to enter seclusion. Can you take care of yourself?"
"Yes!" Yu'er nodded deeply, "I'll practice my cultivation diligently. I'll definitely be able to help Master in the future, and we'll defeat the bad guys together!"
Li Weiyi chuckled, unsure how to respond.
He patted her head, "Take good care of the Seven Little Ones for me."
He sat cross-legged and used his Psychic Power to activate the Dao Ancestor's Tai Chi Fish, weaving an azure Time Cocoon.
As a Five-Star Spiritual Master, activating one pale azure Fish Eye could sustain the Time Cocoon for six days, ensuring a month of uninterrupted cultivation.
At the Six-Star Spiritual Master realm, this duration extended to ten days.
Provided there were no external disturbances, he could cultivate in seclusion for fifty days at a time.
Based on past experience, Li Weiyi anticipated that upon reaching the Seven-Star Spiritual Master Realm, the Time Cocoon would undergo a transformation, further altering the flow of time within.
Li Weiyi removed his Governor's Robe and the Blood Handprint Demonic Armor.
A purplish-black indentation marred his chest.
"Crack."
Clenching his teeth against the searing pain, Li Weiyi channeled his entire body's Spiritual Qi to force his fractured and sunken ribs back into place.
The stronger one's physical body, the less vulnerable they are to severe injuries, granting greater survivability against ambushes and assassinations.
However, once bones or internal organs are damaged, recovery requires extensive time.
Even more dangerous injuries - those to the Nine Springs, Qi Sea, Wind Mansion, or Ancestral Field - are as difficult to heal as ascending to heaven, and may even be incurable.
Five days later, inside the cocoon...
The cracks in Li Weiyi's internal organs and Golden Bone had healed to the point where they were no longer visible through internal inspection. Yet he knew that engaging in full-force combat could still reopen these wounds.
Prolonged nurturing was required.
He released the page of the Earth Tome that had been suppressed within his Wind Mansion.
The residual aura of Fu Wenyan on the page had been refined away by the Seven-Clawed Flame Heavenly Dragon Spiritual Qi.
A wisp of Azure Cloud Qi flowed across the tome's surface. The ancient scriptures radiated a potent Great Dao essence, belonging to the writing system of Zongsheng Academy.
This was a True Scripture!
Li Weiyi first meticulously studied the scriptures, seeking to comprehend the Dao Resonance left by the Sage who had penned this True Scripture.
He also focused on the Azure Cloud Qi emanating from the Earth Tome.
Next, he sought out scriptures and records related to Zongsheng Academy, meticulously deciphering every word and phrase of the Earth Tome.
Zongsheng Academy, established by the Sect Saint (Zong Sheng) "Azure Cloud (Qingyan)," was one of the most prestigious Life Realms in southern Yingzhou, renowned as a battleground for a hundred schools of thought.
The Fu Clan, to which Madam Ye and Fu Wenyan belonged, was one of these hundred schools.
The Earth Tome likely contained countless pages, but any single page of such a profound True Scripture, if leaked, would inevitably draw the attention of countless experts from Zongsheng Academy.
No wonder Princess Dengfeng had sought to seize the page and silence all witnesses.
After fully deciphering the page, Li Weiyi discovered it detailed a method for absorbing the primordial essence of the earth.
By harnessing this essence, one could refine their internal Spiritual Qi, strengthening their foundation and achieving combat prowess far surpassing that of Martial-Mystic Cultivators at the same cultivation realm.
[Primordial Essence of the Earth Chapter]
Li Weiyi immediately began practicing, following the methods outlined in the Earth Tome to absorb the primordial essence of the earth from Shaoyang Star.
Three days later, crimson strands of Qi surged from the depths of the earth, drilling into Li Weiyi's Ten Springs Acupoints and converging ceaselessly toward his Divine Gate and Wind Mansion.
Simultaneously, a secret energy flooded his blood vessels, causing his Blood Qi to surge rapidly.
"As expected of a True Scripture compiled by the Sect Saint. Even initial cultivation imparts an unfathomable sense of mystery. Long-term absorption of the Earth's primordial essence from various Life Realms will undoubtedly yield even greater rewards."
"With such a treasure at stake, Fu Wenyan will never give up easily."
Li Weiyi pondered whether Fu Wenyan's master at the Calamity Crossing Temple, or the Fu Clan elders, knew the secrets of the Earth Tome. If they did, they would surely come to the Lingxiao Realm to reclaim it.
Once his injuries had fully healed, Li Weiyi conjured the True Spirit of the Rising Sun Grand Formation in mid-air.
After meticulously arranging the formation, he released the Gray Corpse Ape from the Evil Camel Bell.
The moment it emerged, the fully charged Purple Heaven Thunder Seal crashed down, striking its skull.
"Boom! Boom..."
The Gray Corpse Ape, already delirious and utterly defenseless, was pulverized by Li Weiyi's relentless attacks, its soul scattered into oblivion.
Li Weiyi unleashed his psychic power to probe the ape's body, discovering an Innate World resembling an Ancestral Field within its core.
First, he extracted a Dao Fruit brimming with potent corpse energy and preserved it.
Within the Innate World, he found a Treasure Box and a segment of a Blood Phoenix Tree.
This segment of the Blood Phoenix Tree, enveloped in a dense, wood-scented Blood Mist, measured two meters in diameter and twelve to thirteen meters in length.
The bark shimmered with iridescent colors, resembling the intricate patterns of a phoenix's feathers.
The trunk had been cleanly severed by a sharp weapon, and crimson blood dripped from the cut, instantly vaporizing into a blood mist upon contact with the air.
The wood's structure gleamed like interwoven strands of gold.
"Such a precious tree, grown for countless millennia, yet they simply hacked it down!" Li Weiyi lamented inwardly, though he understood the rationale.
When all hope of preservation was lost, destruction was preferable to letting it fall into enemy hands.
This was only a fragment - whether from the trunk or a branch remained unclear.
Li Weiyi used the Yellow Dragon Sword to carve off pieces of the iridescent bark.
The material was surprisingly soft yet resilient, emitting a woody fragrance that calmed the mind and filled the body with vitality.
Even a mere whiff of it revealed its extraordinary nature.
If the Phoenix Blood Tree were still alive and intact, its value would likely rival that of Emperor Herb.
After collecting several kilograms of bark, Li Weiyi suddenly paused, recalling the unique soil composition of Shaoyang Star.
'Could it be revived?'
He decided to try propagating the tree.
In the Blood Mud Space, he located the most humid area and buried the twelve-meter-long trunk three meters deep.
After a moment's thought, he piled all the Immortal Soil and Spiritual Soil he possessed around the base.
He also channeled the primal earth essence Qi from Shaoyang Star to nourish the tree trunk.
The Treasure Box was a storage container with an internal space lined with Cold Jade, holding twenty-three Millennium Essence Herb.
Among them were one three-thousand-year-old Herbs and three two-thousand-year-old Herbs, freshly harvested from the Spiritual Soil Medicine Field of Old Yu Prefecture City.
"If the Gray Corpse Ape, with its cultivation level, could obtain such a massive haul, the other Yin Ghost Commanders must have their own shares," Li Weiyi lamented, inwardly cursing Fu Wenyan for delaying him.
Had he not been held back, he could have made a fortune during the attack on Old Yu Prefecture City.
Lord Lan's territory spanned thirty-one prefectures.
One could imagine the grand scale of the looting war currently raging across the Nether Realm, with various factions vying to gorge themselves on resources.
Now fully healed, Li Weiyi couldn't resist the urge to immediately emerge from seclusion and join this world-altering scramble for resources.
But he restrained himself.
He wasn't currently lacking resources. His immediate priority was to cultivate diligently and attain the kind of power Fu Wenyan possessed - the ability to survive even against Immortal Realm Great Powers.
Otherwise, even opponents like Princess Dengfeng and Qiongji Daozi would overwhelm him.
Li Weiyi's gaze fell upon the exposed Golden Bone of the Gray Corpse Ape, his eyes narrowing.
He raised the Yellow Dragon Sword and carefully shaved off layer after layer of the Golden Bone until the luminous golden marrow within was revealed.
The marrow vaporized, transforming into a golden mist.
At that moment, a Golden Crow burst from the Tanggu Sea in the distance, scattering brilliant light across the horizon.
Immediately, the golden Rosy Mist enveloping Li Weiyi intensified, becoming blindingly bright, like a swirling mass of golden light particles.
Li Weiyi retrieved a Cold Jade Bottle and carefully collected the vaporizing marrow.
The Gray Corpse Ape's golden essence bone marrow had long been corrupted by corpse energy, death qi, and the Nether Realm's dark, malevolent forces, though it still appeared to glow with golden light. It couldn't be consumed directly and required refinement through ritual purification.
As for the shaved-off Golden Bone fragments, they were also treasures. Li Weiyi planned to use them to craft Earth Sword Talismans.
One month later.
Within the Time Cocoon, Li Weiyi had cultivated for over four months.
He dedicated most of his energy to comprehending more than a dozen True Scriptures and classic scriptures, including the Book of Radiant Stars, Nine Heavens Secret Treasury, Earth Tome, and Eight Trigrams Supreme Profound Scripture, as well as refining his physical body.
In Li Weiyi's view, cultivating the Twelve Manifestation Dao Lotus within his Divine Gate remained paramount - the foundation of his Great Dao.
No matter how much time it took, he was determined to solidify each step.
Next came the cultivation of Psychic Power and the refinement of his physical body.
As for the Dragon Seed Dao Lotus in his Wind Mansion, he almost completely neglected it, paying it no mind and allowing it to advance freely.
After over four months of arduous cultivation, the realm of his Twelve Manifestation Dao Lotus in the Divine Gate finally progressed from the early Fourth Heaven to the peak of the Fourth Heaven.
The strength of his bones, tendons, and skin had increased dramatically, reaching forty percent of the Immortal Body's strength.
With his physical power alone, he could now battle Martial-Mystic Cultivators in the Eighth Heaven.
What broke through first, even before the Twelve Manifestation Dao Lotus, was his Psychic Power.
In the Spirit Realm between Li Weiyi's eyebrows, a seventh Psychic Power (Nianli) Star had coalesced, officially elevating him to the realm of a Seven-Star Spiritual Master.
The internal changes were secondary; the external transformations manifested first.
The Blood Mud Space expanded significantly, its boundaries now beyond Yu'er's sight.
When Li Weiyi activated the Dao Ancestor's Tai Chi Fish again, the time ratio within the Time Cocoon indeed changed due to the substantial increase in his Psychic Power.
Previously, the time ratio between the inside and outside was one to five.
Now, it had reached one to six.
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END OF CHAPTER
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