Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 118 Dining on the Sun and Moon
This arrangement proved to be correct.

"That's what the Guhuoniao said."

“That day, after you and the fairy secretly left, Jiang Zuling went mad and destroyed that area with fire-based spiritual techniques.”

About ten days later, a group of people dressed in red came by.

"I didn't dare get too close to hear exactly what they said, but judging from their expressions, they must have been very angry."

"On the forty-fifth day, Jiang Zuling brought Jiang Mu and a large group of people back again. Judging from their lip movements, they mentioned Fairy Jiang Xi'er."

"After that, no one came anymore."

Gu Qing immediately understood.

Those dressed in red are members of the Xia family. Jiang Xi'er should be back by now. It all depends on Wan Yi Zhenren's methods. His mission is complete.

We must make good use of this favor.

"Let's drop this matter."

"Tell me about the Lesser Netherworld. You and the Nine-Headed Bird were able to sneak out silently, so you must have mastered another passage."

"Have you thought this through during this time?"

Guhuoniao cursed inwardly. The two swords, one green and one red, had been following her closely, pointing at her vital points without moving. Did she dare to use any tricks?

"I found it, I found it."

"It's over at the Deadwood Cliff. You can go anytime you want, Daoist. I contacted a few old friends, and they've cleared the road. There won't be any problem."

"Old friend?"

The Guhuoniao was taken aback, realizing that this fellow had become suspicious again.

“I didn’t tell them about Daoye. I just said I was tired of playing outside and wanted to go back home for a few days.”

Gu Qing hesitated for a moment.

"Let them disperse. I won't be entering the Lesser Netherworld anytime soon."

"..."

Better safe than sorry, Gu Qing decided to let things cool down.

After all, the Lesser Netherworld is dangerous, and there are beings inside that can threaten him. He is not entirely at ease with the Guhuoniao. Furthermore, after learning about the breakthrough method from Jiang Xi'er, he wants to try breaking through to the next realm.

Let's not even mention how the Guhuoniao felt at that moment.

After finding a secluded spot, Gu Qing created a temporary cave dwelling underground and concealed it with a Great Five Elements Isolation Array.

Sit cross-legged and meditate to calm your mind.

He has always had an advantage in comprehension, and I believe this time will be no exception.

After three days of preparation, let the Guhuoniao leave.

The breakthrough process began.

"The ancestral aperture, manifest!"

Between the eyes, slightly above the root of the nose, the so-called "Heavenly Center" is being revealed.

Having achieved this level, he shouldn't be stuck here; at least mentally, he's passed the test.

The next step is to infuse the ancestral aperture with fire energy for comprehension.

What is the Great Dao? It's too early for Gu Qing, so he learned the perfect level fire element spells, the techniques he learned from them, and his insights into manipulating flames.

How to control flames, how to make flames unleash greater power... and so on.

All of this can be considered his understanding of the Great Dao of Fire.

Starting with the profound and righteous Fire Release technique, one should use their mental energy to send their own insights into their ancestral aperture.

All of a sudden.

A bright red light shone from between Gu Qing's eyebrows, and the golden crow cried out.

But after pouring all the insights he had gained from the five fire-elemental spells into it, he found it wasn't enough! The number was too small, and the fire-elemental insights contained within were insufficient to attract the Heavenly Gate Divine Palace to move its position.

It's not a matter of understanding the spells, but a matter of numbers.

He needs to learn all sorts of fire-based spells to enrich his understanding of this path, rather than limiting himself to its branches, such as the Fire Rain Technique and the Fire Dragon Technique. Their functions may be similar, and even if he cultivates them to perfection, the true meaning of the fire path contained within them will be 50% repeated.

"I never expected to be defeated because of the lack of accumulated experience and resources."

"Age is a major disadvantage."

He initially intended to get up and give up on breaking through. But suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him, and Gu Qing realized that his understanding of the fire path was not limited to the path of magic.

My insights and understanding of the Yanlong True Skill.

My insights and understanding of cultivating the Fire Star Crimson Crow Diagram.

Both fall under the category of fire-based methods, but they achieve different effects.

Sit down again.

With his mind opened up, Gu Qing attempted to break through to the next realm for the third time. This time, the red light from his ancestral aperture was even stronger, and the Heavenly Gate Divine Palace, which was floating outside his body, manifested and was vibrating!
It became curious about Gu Qing's ancestral aperture and wanted to live inside it!

Feeling delighted, I decided to give it my all.

In the blink of an eye, countless Zhu Rong patterns appeared on his body. He used his divine sense to replicate the Zhu Rong patterns and poured his mental energy into his ancestral aperture.

This is the manifestation of the Dao patterns of the innate fire spirit body, which is extremely profound.

The principles and truths it contains are absolutely sufficient.

The same is true.

The Heavenly Gate Divine Palace, which had remained unmoved despite Gu Qing's various attempts, finally moved.

It flew shakily toward the ancestral aperture between his eyebrows, moving at an extremely slow speed.

It was clearly only a foot and four inches apart.

"Add more fuel to the fire."

Gu Qing's heart stirred, and he poured the Taotie Dao Pattern into his Ancestral Aperture.

This is his research and understanding of the Taotie's first supernatural power. The ancestral aperture can contain not only the fire path, but also the path of cultivators!
His intuition told him that doing this would be very beneficial for the future.

So I did it.

Whoosh————

The moment the Taotie Dao pattern was injected, the Heavenly Gate Divine Palace directly transformed into a stream of light and entered the Ancestral Aperture, demonstrating that its attraction was much stronger than the Fire Dao that Gu Qing had cultivated for more than ten years.

The mysterious female enters the heart of heaven.

In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a pool of divine liquid, intertwining with the fire Dao concepts and insights that Gu Qing had infused into it, after about three breaths.

Part of the divine fluid flowed from the root of Gu Qing's nose, through his nose, mouth, throat, and respiratory tract, finally settling in his lungs.

The entire route was rendered in gold, and the particles deep within the flesh and blood seemed to have opened a portal.

The Zhurong pattern and the Taotie pattern, two kinds of Taoist patterns, appeared on this road.

The former represents the Fire Path, and the latter represents the Devouring Path.

It completely changed Gu Qing's respiratory system.

After the divine liquid that remained in the ancestral aperture intertwined with the Dao and reason, it re-condensed into a black door with a beast-carved pattern, adorned with numerous flame and cloud patterns, and then fell into silence.

Clearly, the application of the Heavenly Gate and the Ancestral Aperture will still be needed on the path of cultivation in the future.

Open your eyes.

Divine light shone brightly, and the realm of eating the sun and moon was thus broken through.

His life force increased dramatically, his strength rose to another level, and he experienced a comprehensive improvement at different levels, resulting in a leap in his life level.

and……

He took a deep breath, without using any true energy or magic, simply inhaling deeply.

吐！
fiercely—

Incredibly hot flames erupted from Gu Qing's mouth, scorching the ground in front of him until it turned pitch black and even caused a slight crystallization reaction.

This trait was something Gu Qing had never considered.

The change originated from the body's very foundation, becoming an integral part of it, as simple as raising a hand or foot, consuming physical strength rather than true energy or magical techniques.

Of course, if true essence is injected, this ability to breathe fire will become even stronger, with no upper limit, increasing as his strength increases.

"The Great Dao forges my physical body; I know for myself how I ascend to immortality!"

The effect of the Taotie pattern manifested in Gu Qing's breathing, which could be considered a passive effect.

With each breath he took, a faint vortex appeared between his mouth and nose.

(End of this chapter)