Seeking Immortality in a Bizarre World-Chapter 686 - 680: Power Soaring, Condensing Treasure Light_1
Jia Ren entered the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl, harvesting the seven mature red fruits as the main ingredients for alchemy.
The method of refining the Yang Anode Blood Essence Pill slowly flowed through his mind. The Medicine King Peak’s alchemy techniques leaned more towards versatility, suitable for the vast majority of cultivators. Each cultivator’s constitution had subtle differences; they cultivated different techniques, and the absorption effects of elixirs varied from person to person. Jia Ren understood his own physical qualities best. He optimized and adjusted according to the situation, ensuring the elixirs he refined were more compatible with himself and maximized the absorption and utilization of their medicinal properties. This was also why Jia Ren preferred to refine his own elixirs. Not just with elixirs, but Magical Treasures followed the same principle.
After replacing a few alchemy ingredients and completing the optimization of the new elixir, the Heaven-Earth Melting Furnace coalesced into shape, officially beginning the alchemy process. Jia Ren’s alchemical materials were limited, and he did not use a mass refining method, but instead, proceeded one pill at a time. Although alchemy efficiency was slow, the advantage was that with fewer materials, the gains were greater.
Three years passed in the blink of an eye, and within the Heaven-Earth Melting Furnace, a Nine-Patterned Yang Anode Blood Essence Pill emerged. The sky seemed filled with interwoven tribulation energies, yet, sadly, the tribulation clouds failed to form. The Breath of Stars Barrier could isolate the Heavenly Tribulation, and the Pill Tribulation was affected and unable to coalesce into shape.
Jia Ren was not in a hurry to take the Yang Anode Blood Essence Pills to undergo the Heavenly Tribulation but instead stored the pills away and continued to refine the second batch. He summarized his recent alchemy experience, optimizing the process and adjusting some ingredients to bring the alchemy recipe closer to perfection.
The second batch of Yang Anode Blood Essence Pills was prepared for refining again. Thanks to the experience from the previous alchemy session, the second batch’s refining time was reduced. Two years and three months later, the second batch of Yang Anode Blood Essence Pills was successfully refined. The number of Elixir Patterns increased from nine to thirteen, marking a clear progression. However, Jia Ren was not satisfied with the results and once again fine-tuned and improved the recipe, striving for perfection. Each batch of elixirs showed significant improvement and advancement. The Yang Anode Blood Essence Pill’s Elixir Patterns progressed astonishingly, reaching up to eighteen patterns, but after reducing the alchemy time to two years, they could not be further improved.
With that, all seven red fruits had been refined into elixirs. Jia Ren left the Alchemy Room, carrying seven pills as he flew out of the Lingbao Sect. The Yang Anode Blood Essence Pill resonated with the heavens and earth, and the sky condensed into thick tribulation clouds, much stronger than any previous Pill Tribulation. It seemed as if the Pill Tribulations of the seven Yang Anode Blood Essence Pills gathered together, forming an exceptionally powerful tribulation beyond the ordinary. The stacked Pill Tribulation’s power was not much less than that of the Heaven-reaching Spirit Treasure Tribulation.
"The Heavenly Tribulation is disappointingly weak!" With a casual strike, Jia Ren punched into the clouds, forcefully intervening in the tribulation. Challenged, the Heavenly Tribulation’s power surged, expanding its range tenfold, as azure and blue electric Flood Dragons thrashed about in the clouds.
Refining a large quantity of high-quality elixirs and stacking their tribulations is also a way to acquire tribulation power, he realized. The Pill Tribulation was far weaker than the Heaven-reaching Spirit Treasure Tribulation. However, if one were to refine on a large scale in the Heaven-Earth Melting Furnace, quantity could supplement quality, achieving an effect similar to the Heaven-reaching Spirit Treasure Tribulation. Of course, the biggest advantage was that the alchemy time was shorter than that of refining a Sky-reaching Spirit Treasure. High-grade alchemy materials are scarce; it’s impossible to refine a large quantity of Yang Anode Blood Essence Pills, he thought. The numbers of Red Fruit Green Fish are limited, and it isn’t possible to quickly grow the green fruits into usable red fruits. After the seven Yang Anode Blood Essence Pills, there would be a long time before a large batch of elixirs could be refined again.
BOOM!
The Thunder Roc that Jia Ren transformed into absorbed the thunder completely, eagerly absorbing the tribulation power before hurrying back to the Lingbao Sect.
After consuming all seven Yang Anode Blood Essence Pills, to what extent could his physique improve? Jia Ren wondered.
Inside the Cultivation Room, Jia Ren sat cross-legged and swallowed a Yang Anode Blood Essence Pill with Eighteen Dao Pill Patterns. A rich blood qi, far stronger than that of a Seven-Patterned Yang Anode Blood Essence Pill, continuously formed, strengthening his body. The source of his blood qi rose at an astonishing speed. The body, heart, and all related parts grew rapidly under the dense blood qi. The heart, as the source of blood, had the best reciprocal nourishing effect, and it was the first to undergo a qualitative leap. Inside the Cultivation Room, it seemed as if a gigantic heart monster had been born, each beat like the muffled pounding of a drum. Those who heard the heartbeat would find their blood qi uncontrollably resonating with it, completely losing control and bursting out of their bodies. The heart had grown so powerful it seemed supernatural, possessing mighty innate abilities.
It’s still not enough!
After consuming all seven Yang Anode Blood Essence Pills, the blood qi was vastly different from before taking them, with the blood qi strength increasing dozens of times. Strength, too, had undergone a tremendous increase, reaching six times what it was before the pills were taken. Such a transformation was astounding, a change akin to rebirth. This unbelievable promotion was thanks to the effects of the Yang Anode Blood Essence Pills, which far exceeded expectations. The red fruits were not suitable for direct consumption by cultivators. However, alchemy possessed the miraculous ability to transform decay into wonder, allowing them to exhibit potency far beyond their own. Yang Anode Blood Essence Pills with fifteen patterns or more had significantly higher potency and absorption effects than the red fruits themselves. For a cultivator, one Yang Anode Blood Essence Pill was at least ten times more effective than consuming a red fruit, and without any serious repercussions. Jia Ren had ingested eight Yang Anode Blood Essence Pills, equivalent to a Mystical Beast consuming a hundred mature red fruits.
The Sky-reaching Spirit Treasure and the Mysterious Heavenly Spiritual Treasure are separated by an invisible chasm, akin to the transformation from mortal to immortal, making the advancement far more difficult than before. There was still room for improvement in his body. Only by strengthening the foundation of his blood qi, with no weaknesses in any aspect, could he touch the true limit. Only then would it be time to break through the shackles.
Jia Ren entered the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl and arrived at the area where the Red Fruit Green Fish resided. The Cloud Realm had obtained eleven Red Fruit Green Fish, which was the biggest gain from his journey between the realms. So far, he had used up the red fruits on the heads of eight fish, leaving only three little fish with the fruits on their heads still immature. At Jia Ren’s command, the Xuan Beast Avatar had fed them the Holy Infant Breath Pill. For over thirty years, this had produced only five offspring. Compared to other Mystical Beasts, this breed, resembling a rare treasure of heaven and earth, has difficulty reproducing. The fact that the Holy Infant Breath Pill is beneficial to them is the best news; the bloodline of the group was being selectively improved for the best, showing extraordinary potential for the future. Their breed will thrive and multiply, making them the best material for body refinement.
The treasure has been successfully consecrated! he thought with satisfaction.
After concocting and consuming the Yang Anode Blood Essence Pill, the Prohibition Treasure Mirror reached Mahayana Level Perfection with the supply of Sacrificial Fire. It must be said that the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower is indeed powerful, sealing only the top-tier Complete Cryptids inside, providing an amount of Sacrificial Fire that is no small figure. Although the supply of Sacrificial Fire from the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower cannot be compared with the time when it sealed Complete Cryptids, it is still no small figure. Thirty years are enough for a newly created Sky-reaching Spirit Treasure to grow to Mahayana Level Perfection.
Now that the treasure was complete, it was time to absorb the power of this Sky-reaching Spirit Treasure and refine it into The Seventh Path’s Ultimate Treasure Light. With all preparations made, Jia Ren finally entered the Cultivation Room. He placed the Prohibition Treasure Mirror in front of his knees, operated the Treasure Light Body Refining Technique for a cycle, and his body shone with a jade light, as if made of the finest mutton-fat jade. The six Treasure Lights were of different colors, arranged from top to bottom, each deepening into a blend of various hues. The Na Ling Chapter of the Treasure Light Body Refining Technique was activated, merging as one with this Sky-reaching Spirit Treasure. Dark treasure light emerged on the surface of the Prohibition Treasure Mirror. Under the guidance of his palms, it was slowly absorbed into his body, the treasure light fading at an imperceptible speed. At the same time, just below the six Treasure Lights, a new one’s shadow was faintly outlined—the embryonic form of the seventh light. Now, more power from the Prohibition Treasure Mirror needed to be absorbed to amplify the seventh Treasure Light until it was fully formed.
Three months passed in a flash, and the light on the surface of the Prohibition Treasure Mirror dimmed to the point of nearly losing its Spiritual Nature. By then, The Seventh Path’s Ultimate Treasure Light was finally refined. Jia Ren threw the Prohibition Treasure Mirror into the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower to restore its depleted primal force with the Sacrificial Fire.
Is it done?
No, this is not the end.
With the formation of The Seventh Path’s Ultimate Treasure Light, there was now room to enhance the other six Treasure Lights to the same level. Jia Ren took out items like the Final Law Treasure Mirror and the Soul Capturing Treasure Bead, repeating the action of absorbing the treasure light to strengthen the existing Six Paths of Doomsday Treasure Glow, until they were elevated to the limit, no less powerful than The Seventh Path’s Ultimate Treasure Light. Only when all Seven Paths of Doomsday Treasure Glow had been enhanced to the same intensity did it represent complete perfection for the Seven Paths of Doomsday Treasure Glow. The Eight Paths of Doomsday Treasure Glow could only be achieved after he advanced to the Mahayana Realm, fulfilling the promotion conditions.
The quality of the Prohibition Treasure Mirror is high enough that a Mahayana Level Perfection treasure can meet the requirements of the seventh light in one attempt. The Spiritual Treasure Level Final Law Treasure Mirror and lower-level Magical Treasures fall far short, needing to absorb a large amount of identical power—quantity compensating for quality—to meet the criteria. Lower-level Magic Artifacts must be thrown into the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower by the thousands to meet the requisite. As Jia Ren absorbed the glow of the Final Law Treasure Mirror, the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower’s Sacrificial Fire fueled the Magic Artifacts and Magical Treasures, ensuring the absorption of the Dusk Treasured Light was uninterrupted.
Three years later, he slowly opened his eyes. The seven Treasure Lights flowed around him, each displaying a different hue. From top to bottom, the lower the light, the more effects it possessed. The seventh light, being the culmination of them all, would take the power of the Dusk Treasured Light up a notch.
Jia Ren opened his eyes slowly, a satisfied smile on his face. With the shaping of the seventh light, the influence of the Dusk Treasured Light extended further, accelerating the absorption of Spiritual Energy, inducting more of nature’s spiritual energy in a shorter time. Furthermore, in conjunction with the Law of Heaven and Earth, the speed of his growth in size was faster, with a higher upper limit, making a substantial improvement to his combat capabilities. Adorned with the four effects of Ending Spirit, Transforming Spirit, Capturing Spirit, and Prohibiting Magic, it prevents enemies from recovering via the absorption of nature’s spiritual energy and significantly diminishes their combat power. He grows stronger the more he fights, while the enemy grows weaker the more they battle. As this balance of power shifts, the opponent stands no chance. As the power of the Dusk Treasured Light strengthens, so too will its effectiveness against the Dry Realm Dead Immortal.
"I didn’t waste my time and energy," he acknowledged.
Upon advancing to the Mahayana Realm, the power of the Dusk Treasured Light can be further enhanced, he mused. It is the Mahayana Realm that represents his perfect form; by crossing the Heavenly Tribulation of the Mahayana Realm, he is likely to absorb sufficient tribulation power and gain the ability to regenerate from a drop of blood. With the Dusk Treasured Light reaching Eight Paths, the effect of seizing Spiritual Power will be maximized. Perhaps he could even break through barriers, similar to the Old Kunpeng’s Promotion to True Spirit, becoming a unique existence.
Jia Ren had a premonition that this day was not far off.
