Chapter 513 - 28: Returning Home to Cultivate

High above a range of majestic mountains.

The Primordial Qi Celestial Island hung quietly in the void. White clouds unfurled around it, wrapping the island like a sash as they rose and fell at their own pace.

On this day.

Fang Cheng leisurely returned, passing through the Island Defense Array and arriving before Yongchang Hall.

Ye Yan and his other Dao companions sensed his aura and all came out to greet him with smiles. They took his hand and entered the hall with him, holding a reception to welcome him back and wash away the dust of his journey, laughing as they spoke of his recent experiences.

Jingyuan and Jingxuan were both away from the island, traveling. So, Fang Cheng summoned his children, tested their Cultivation one by one, and offered them some guidance.

That night, he naturally spent an intimate and passionate night of pleasure with the women.

The next day, his Dao companions departed one by one, leaving Fang Cheng to find some peace and quiet and enter a state of meditative concentration.

At this point in his journey, there were many things he found difficult to speak of, even to Ye Yan, who had walked hand-in-hand with him through thick and thin.

The Great Dao is a solitary path!

Of the matters in his heart, he could only share ten or twenty percent with others.

This time, not only had he entered the Red Profound Association, joining an organization of this realm’s top great powers ahead of schedule, but he had also taken a stand with the faction opposing the Demon Lord.

He had also befriended two Tribulation Realm Great Powers whose strength could be considered the peak of the realm.

The Dragon Elephant Wanderer possessed great fortune and owned the Void Ghost Marketplace, allowing him to trade with the All Heavens and Myriads of Realms. The depth of his accumulated resources was unimaginable.

Moreover, he was already a Six Tribulations master. For the last ten thousand years, the strongest Cultivators in the Red Profound Realm had only reached this level.

Over the past ten thousand years, many great powers had fallen to the Seventh Tribulation. It was uncertain if he would be able to pass it safely.

As for Ascendant Feng Yan.

Fang Cheng guessed she was very likely a Seven Tribulations, or perhaps even an Eight Tribulations, Great Power.

However, if she wanted to take another step forward, she would have to return to the Jade Flower Realm.

This person, who possessed a heaven-defying treasure like the Undying Jade, dared to make an enemy of an entire realm’s Cultivators. She had slaughtered until the billions of Cultivators in the Jade Flower Realm were terrified of her, a peerless hero whose deeds shook the past and present.

Fang Cheng was filled with awe and admiration for her.

Now, with such a figure by his side, ready to protect him at any moment, a long-lost sense of ease and tranquility bloomed in his heart.

Of course, he still couldn’t let his guard down when facing a character like the Demon Lord.

Fang Cheng sat cross-legged on the Jade Couch, his mind focused as he took stock of his foundations.

Besides his greatest reliance, the Creation Golden Talisman, the inherited Secret Techniques and top-tier treasures he now possessed had reached a jaw-dropping level.

The Ancient Demon Egg, the Immortal Copper Treasure Box, a Tier Five Flying Sword, the Qianhuan Immortal Mansion, the Nine Yi Cauldron, the Ten Thousand Worlds Compass, the Void Ghost Market Observation Method, the Dream Spirit Secret Technique, the Great Inference Celestial Net Sword Array, the True Understanding of the Grand Void Induction Golden Wheel of Destiny, the refinement method for Tier Five Feather Divine Soldiers, the Four Symbols Divine Pill, the Circulation Qi Collection Technique...

’Once I reach the Tribulation Realm, I’ll have the power to protect myself.’

Fang Cheng thought to himself.

’If I can pass the Ninth Celestial Tribulation before this realm’s fortune is exhausted, I’ll be able to ascend to the Upper Realm. From then on, the vast sea will be mine to leap in, and the high heavens mine to fly through!’

In the history of the Red Profound Realm, there were numerous cases of one person achieving immortality and their entire family ascending with them.

Fang Cheng took the deeds of his predecessors as his own goal, secretly steeling his resolve.

The road ahead was long. His only choice was to advance with sword in hand—if gods blocked his way, he would slay the gods; if demons blocked his way, he would slay the demons!

Not long ago, he had once again stressed to Ye Yan that they must search the world for Dao Pattern Spirit Jade, sparing no expense.

Currently, the Fang Family’s influence spanned the East Cyan Domain and the Wilderness Domain, and a steady stream of Dao Pattern Spirit Jade from both domains flowed into the Primordial Qi Celestial Island.

Starting today, the Fang Family would also begin laying its groundwork in the Mingxiao Domain, using its subordinate sects and families to open up trade routes and search for Spirit Jade.

Fang Cheng himself settled down to cultivate in peace.

With the aid of the Circulation Qi Collection Technique, his Cultivation grew daily. In less than a year, he reached the peak of the Early Dharma Stage.

He could clearly feel the bottleneck of his realm.

At his level, breaking through a bottleneck was no easy task. Many Dharma Masters got stuck for hundreds of years, some even losing all hope of ever advancing again in their lifetime.

Fang Cheng, however, was unhurried and unperturbed. He switched to cultivating the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique.

This was a pure Body Refining Technique, and a very profound one. In theory, as long as one had enough Merit Talismanic Coins, one’s physical body could be strengthened indefinitely.

During the time Fang Cheng was away in the Mingxiao Domain, the Sand Soul Realm had produced a large amount of new Merit Talismanic Coins, all of which had been delivered to Yongchang Hall by Jingyuan.

At this moment.

Fang Cheng sat cross-legged in the center of the main hall, his body slowly levitating.

Not far away, the mouth of a storage pouch opened, and countless round coins with square holes, each shimmering with a faint golden light, flowed out.

Fang Cheng formed a profound seal with his hands and slowly activated the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique. The vast and immense Magical Power within him drove the Ancient Strange Skill into motion.

A tremendous power gathered in his hands.

He changed his Seal Technique.

VMM!

A faint roar echoed from the void. On his body, ancient and profound runes quietly surfaced, and a powerful, heavy aura began to rise from him.

The spiritual light on his body resonated with the Talismanic Coins in the hall. The coins slowly floated up one by one, converging and surging into his body.

His current rate of consumption was extremely fast. In less than a month, all the Merit Talismanic Coins in the hall had vanished.

"Not enough!"

Terrifying fluctuations of aura emanated from his entire body.

He opened his eyes, an unsatisfied gleam flashing within them.

’Perhaps I can try another path.’

A thought flashed through Fang Cheng’s mind, and he immediately began to experiment.

He changed the Seal Technique in his hands, and a faint roar once again echoed from the void. Immediately after, the sound of countless low voices chanting scriptures arose.

One by one, round Talismanic Coins with square holes materialized out of thin air in the void around him, then converged and surged into his body.

At the same time.

Profound Light surged behind him. A faint spatial rift appeared above his head, and within it, a towering gateway opened a crack. Astonishing Spiritual Qi, like a great river or a massive waterfall, came pouring down.

RUSH!

In an instant, within the resplendent Yongchang Hall, countless golden lights flashed as an endless number of Merit Talismanic Coins emerged from the void.

The Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique was originally a Divine Technique from the Ancient Era. Cultivators would use it to refine Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi into Merit Talismanic Coins, and then use those coins to temper their physical bodies, thereby endlessly improving themselves and unearthing the treasures hidden within the human form.

The Master of Ten Thousand Transformations Sect’s own speed of refining Talismanic Coins was too slow, which was why he came up with the idea of enslaving others to support him.

Now, Fang Cheng was returning to the source. He activated the Circulation Qi Collection Technique and the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique simultaneously, refining the dense Spiritual Qi falling from the Spiritual Sky Realm into a massive amount of Merit Talismanic Coins, which he then used for Body Refining.

His body instantly seemed to transform into a human-shaped black hole, and he began to madly devour the vast sea of Merit Talismanic Coins around him!

An endless, profound power began to frantically converge within him, continuously cleansing his flesh, organs, and bones, as if he were tempering and nurturing a Magical Artifact.

If his physical body was previously comparable to a low-grade Tier Four Magical Artifact, it was now advancing by leaps and bounds toward mid-grade, and even high-grade, Tier Four.

With the solid foundation quickly laid by the Talismanic Coins from the Sand Soul Realm, using the Circulation Qi Collection Technique to refine more coins for further enhancement felt exhilarating and uninhibited!

’From now on, the Merit Talismanic Coins from the Sand Soul Realm can be left for Jingyuan and the others to use for their cultivation...’

Fang Cheng mused to himself as he felt the changes in his physical body.

Riding the powerful momentum of this vigorous Body Refining, he also began to calm his mind to temper his Dao Heart and comprehend a way to break through the bottleneck to the Mid-Dharma Stage.

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