Chapter 1047: Unexpected Gains

Half a month later, Shen Mo’s “Possessed Body” successfully condensed a flawless Golden Core within his Dantian!

The soul of “Elder Yang” had long since dissipated, and what Shen Mo possessed was not a pure soul but a mass of origin power carrying his will. By right, an incomplete soul could not cause the transformation of Essence and Qi, nor achieve breakthrough into the Golden Core Realm.

However, Shen Mo, being such an entity, had long integrated Essence and Qi into one. True Yuan Mana, physical blood and energy, primal soul could all transform independently. After completely “corrupting” this body and its mana with origin power, he exerted great efforts to reshape a new blank soul to compensate for the incomplete soul, effectively refining “Elder Yang” into his incarnation.

Nonetheless, this body was ultimately part of the Evil Spirit; just in case, Shen Mo placed multiple prohibitions on the soul body.

Once control over this body is lost, the True Yuan across the body would transform into spirit flame, instantly burning the physical body and even the soul to ashes, preventing any hidden dangers!

“Unfortunately, it’s not a false body. Otherwise, if all power was unleashed even at the cost of destruction, it would be enough to slay the Spirit Feather Master before the false body collapsed and destroy the ‘True Immortal’ they are crafting!” Shen Mo thought to himself.

Even though he entered the origin power of the Evil Spirit, he hadn’t suffered much loss, but without a suitable vessel, not much combat power could be exerted;

Now the vessel was switched from the Gecko False Body to the “Possessed Body,” completely losing the magic effect of Gecko Divine Skill, and the power it possessed entirely depended on the cultivation realm of the “Possessed Body.” At least until it reaches the Formless Realm, he wouldn’t be able to kill the Spirit Feather Master!

Shen Mo estimated that it would take about sixty years of hard work to cultivate this body to the Formless Realm.

Furthermore, the time flow in the Evil Spirit within the Feather Realm is either fast or slow compared to the Outer Realm, but overall it’s twice the Outer Realm, meaning thirty years outside would be equivalent to his having the assurance to kill the Spirit Feather Master.

But in fifteen years in the outer world, his real body would enter the cultivation world again, and Ming Cang and others within the Evil Spirits might not endure for sixty years!

Fortunately, he already had plans in his heart, progressing in multiple directions simultaneously.

In thought, Shen Mo had already performed the True Immortal Magic, and soon the breath of his soul body became identical to “Evil Spirit Yang Ai,” suppressing his cultivation fluctuations to late Spirit Sea Realm. After all, he had just broken through, and if the Golden Core was condensed suddenly, Celestial Feather Sect might grow suspicious.

With the high rank and profound attainment of True Immortal Magic, Shen Mo believed even if he stood in front of Spirit Feather Master, this Formless Realm master wouldn’t see through his guise.

Later, he spent time searching nearby spiritual materials and found several Class II Crying Bamboos, refining them into five middle-grade profound level Crying Bamboo Swords using the most basic method, then used escaping light to fly towards the Teleportation Array at Crying Bamboo Ridge in Celestial Feather Sect!

The Teleportation Array was itself constructed within a small town, currently gathering a large number of sect disciples, providing comprehensive support to Battle Hall forces. Shen Mo wandered in the town for a few days, selling four Crying Bamboo Swords to fellow sect members at an extremely low price, earning over 240 pieces of lower-grade spirit stones, keeping only one for personal use…

Under the strict control of Celestial Feather Sect on spiritual resources, the vast majority of sect disciples were paupers, although desperately craving magic artifacts, they had few spirit stones on hand, and high pricing made sales impossible.

The cost of using the Teleportation Array was not cheap; the spirit stones obtained had barely warmed up before more than half were expended. Via three transfers, Shen Mo returned to the Celestial Feather Sect’s mountain gate.

However, he didn’t immediately go to the Artifact Hall to work. Earlier, with the excuse of traveling down the mountain, he asked Hall Master Feng Yu for a one-year leave, less than a month has passed, and the remaining time he naturally wouldn’t waste but plunged into Celestial Feather Sect’s Sutra Pavilion.

Regarding cultivation method and magic manuals, even sect elders could not freely browse and practice them, must join the Battle Hall or obtain high-level approval, extremely troublesome.

After all, each additional cultivation method increases resource consumption, and given Celestial Feather Sect is the only super immortal sect of this realm, there’s no need for dueling with others except during the conquest of Forbidden Areas and other Withering Realms, which is entirely handled by the Battle Hall. Hence, Celestial Feather Sect is strict in management in this aspect.

Other sect disciples only need to cultivate their main cultivation method to enhance cultivation. After reaching the Golden Core Realm, they can practice other magic and martial arts, but follow a path of singular expertise without allowing disciples to practice too many combat methods!

Nonetheless, to nurture more talents for the Plan of Immortal Refining, manuals about Hundred Arts of Cultivation are open to all sect disciples with virtually no restrictions, as there’s only one immortal sect in this realm and no fear of related skills spreading out.

“To craft a True Immortal requires incredibly complex techniques, touching nearly all aspects of Hundred Arts of Cultivation. However, the focus remains primarily on elixir, talisman, artifact and array, puppet, and corpses refining. According to the intelligence I’ve gathered, possessing Grade V or above attainments allows participation in this plan.”

“Yang Ai, already a Grade IV Forgemaster steeped in Instrument Tao for years, naturally progressing to Grade V wouldn’t draw much attention.”

“Yet, suddenly mastering other skills would undoubtedly raise suspicion, potentially attracting a Divine Bridge Immortal Master to use Soul Search on me, exposing my identity. So, it’s best to focus efforts on Instrument Tao!”

“A Grade V Forgemaster might only be able to do miscellaneous work at Creation Hall, unable to become core personnel. But currently, that should suffice. If I still cannot access the ‘True Immortal,’ I’ll slightly reveal my forging skills to let sect high-levels believe that after participating in the plan, my understanding blossomed, enabling further participation!”

“However now, I still need to delve into Celestial Feather Realm’s Instrument Tao. Although Celestial Feather Realm’s Instrument Tao inherits the foundation from upper sects of Immortal Realm, remaining true to its roots, after all, there’s a gap of nine million years, causing significant differences in ideas, refining methods, and engraved spiritual marks compared to the forging skills I mastered..”

Thinking thus, Shen Mo began extensively studying forging manuals within the Sutra Pavilion. With his original attainments in Instrument Tao, he quickly absorbed the knowledge under high perspective.

Indeed, Celestial Feather Sect is deeply endowed in heritage, even nine-million-year-old forging manuals opened his eyes, overall surpassing Red Flame Sect by one tier, benefiting him tremendously, even enhancing his attainments in forging significantly.

Outside the Demonic Realm, Shen Mo’s real body sat cross-legged, blank jade slips floating nearby. As his sense scanned over them, they engraved the Instrument Tao manuals from Celestial Feather Realm, then were sent into the Sutra Pavilion archives inside Fairyland.

Initially, he merely intended to rescue Ming Cang, Lu Ming, Jiang Lingfeng, and other sect disciples trapped in Evil Spirits.

Now, he harbors another thought: to bring out all Hundred Arts of Cultivation from Celestial Feather Realm, which could tremendously uplift the related heritage of Red Flame Sect!