Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 161 Fire Star Cultivates Yang, Three Calamities and Soul Tribulations
All I can say is that everyone who understands understands.

They are not well-liked anywhere, and among the demon race, they are the lowest level of slaves, and it is not a big deal for them to be killed casually.

Its very existence is an insult to both races.

In the various demon markets, besides human pills, half-demon slaves are the most numerous.

This is a product of the forbidden combination of humans and demons.

No one knows who the origin is anymore. With such a large population, there are many half-demons, but the number has decreased in recent years, probably due to the increased number of persecutions.

The prison wagons were escorted by a type of demon called the Black Serpent, which transformed into a half-human form with a human body and a snake tail, moving forward by swimming on the ground.

Holding weapons that resemble pitchforks gives one a sense of wonder.

An eighth-rank demon can transform into a half-human.

A seventh-rank demon can retain only a small portion of demon characteristics, while taking on a human form for the majority of the demon race.

Only a sixth-rank demon can fully transform into a human and obtain the cultivation qualifications of a human's innate Dao body.

Transforming into a human is an essential step in the cultivation of demons.

Half-demons are born resembling humans, possess good aptitude for cultivation, and can also use the bloodline supernatural powers of the demon race. Perhaps it is precisely because of this aptitude that they have suffered such great persecution.

Sitting silently in the prison cart, Tianlin City, this city of demons, gave Gu Qing a different feeling.

The buildings here are mostly tall and rugged.

It has a kind of exotic beauty.

Along the way, there were also giant, enlightened serpent demons that snaked and crawled around from time to time. These serpent demons did not have that bloody smell, proving that they did not become enlightened by devouring human souls.

Instead, wisdom is cultivated through orthodox spiritual practice.

If they are domesticated, humans usually call such demons "spirit beasts," while if they are bloodthirsty and have committed many atrocities, they are called "fierce beasts."

In ancient times, the Four Nine Immortal Paths had not yet been established.

The demon race almost always gained wisdom by devouring creatures with strong innate spirituality, and the human race was the best among them. They suffered a heavy blow and almost became extinct.

After the sages established the Four-Nine Immortal Path, the situation for cultivation improved.

The powerful among the demon race would also plan ahead, raising them in captivity, creating new methods, and researching orthodox cultivation and wisdom-opening techniques.

As the times change.

Gradually, the Cangwu cultivation world of today came into being.

In today's environment, truly purebred ferocious beasts are extremely rare. Most are inferior ferocious demons driven by greed and appetite, less than one ten-thousandth the number of ancient ferocious beasts.

This is also due to internal reorganization within the demon race.

The demon race is diverse and countless. If they were to eat freely, the Cangwu cultivation world would not be what it is now, but a desolate wasteland in the end of the Dharma era.

The spiritual environment today is far superior to that of ancient times, a consensus among all practitioners.

Moreover, as powerful cultivators perish, it will continuously nourish the world and become increasingly powerful.

Only a very small number of cultivators can ascend to immortality and leave the Cangwu Realm with their full cultivation.

This aligns with the characteristics of the times.

Perhaps it is also the result of the guidance of the Heavenly Dao of this world?
It's unclear, the way is unclear.

Upon truly arriving in the territory of the demon race civilization, Gu Qing was filled with many emotions. Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles, and the ancient saying "refining one's heart in the mortal world" also has some truth to it.

Only by truly seeing, observing, and even participating in it can one gain their own insights.

It was like a sudden enlightenment, as described in legends.

In an instant, his perspective rose to mid-air, and he saw his own figure sitting in the prison cart.

His divine sense surged forth, and the bottleneck that had been trapping him for some time shattered silently.

The Fire Star Crimson Crow Diagram has now broken through to the fifth level!

[Fire Star Cultivates Yang] In the Niwan Palace, the true form of the divine consciousness, completely transformed into a golden crow, had a fiery golden ring hanging behind its head, and a fiery red light appeared at the center of the ring.

This is Qianyang.

Initially, it was a single point, but as Gu Qing's spiritual cultivation deepened, it transformed into a bead.

When the Qianyang Pearl is completed, it will signify the completion of the fifth level, and one will reach the final level of the Fire Star Crimson Crow Diagram, becoming the Qianyang Flame Lord!
This method of refining the spirit, which was deduced from lifespan long ago, is finally seeing the dawn of its perfection.

Gu Qing felt quite gratified.

To put it in a more realistic way, the seventh rank of the Four-Nine Immortal Path is itself a step in the deep cultivation of the Niwan Palace, and will lead to future challenges such as refining evil spirits and nourishing the soul, dividing the spirit and transforming thoughts, gathering and dispersing to communicate with the netherworld, and so on.

Gu Qing is about to embark on the fast track.

With a solid foundation in spiritual awareness, meeting both quantitative and qualitative standards, Gu Qing now needs to consider the impending calamity!
It is different from the ninth grade of refining essence and the eighth grade of refining qi.

Seventh level god refining!

The path of refining the spirit is ethereal and fraught with difficulties, and one will be subject to three great tribulations, namely the [Wind Calamity], the [Fire Calamity], and the [Soul Tribulation].

Apart from the seventh-rank lower-level magical being, who has not yet encountered any misfortunes.

Each subsequent realm will present the calamity of nothingness.

It comes from nowhere, and by the time you realize it, it's already upon you. Countless talented people have perished in its clutches; it is extremely dangerous.

The Three Calamities are tribulations on the path of spiritual refinement, and also the root cause of changes in the essence of spiritual consciousness.

The windstorm is all-pervasive; those affected by it will have their souls shaken, risking dementia and idiocy. Similarly, if they can overcome it, their comprehension will greatly increase, and their spiritual power will undergo a qualitative change, becoming fundamentally different and possessing the miraculous effect of opening wisdom and awakening the spirit.

Fire evil is yin fire, which arises from the bottom of the heart and burns away the seven emotions and six desires. If one cannot overcome it, one will lose the seven emotions and six desires at best, becoming like a cold machine, and at worst, one's soul will be scattered and one will die.

If one successfully overcomes this obstacle, one's Dao heart will be unwavering and steadfast, one's thoughts will be incredibly focused, and one's spiritual power will undergo a second qualitative change, further enhancing one's influence on reality.

Just like before the second qualitative change, a wisp of divine consciousness could only take in a teacup, but after the second qualitative change, the same wisp of divine consciousness could lift a block of iron weighing thousands of kilograms.

By dividing one's mind and transforming thoughts, one can cultivate secondary bodies such as spiritual bodies, thus gaining the ability to create clones.

As for the most difficult tribulation of the soul, it varies from person to person and is ever-changing.

Depending on individual experiences, there is no fixed method for soul tribulation; the experiences of predecessors can only be used as a reference, not a decisive factor.

All that is known is that after passing through this stage, the cultivator's three treasures—essence, energy, and spirit—will be perfected.

The benefits are immeasurable.

After years of refinement, the three treasures will blossom, and the cultivation will be perfected. Then, one will face the test of the [Ascension Tribulation]. The middle three-grade realm is known as the "True Immortal Realm," and there is a reason for that.

To rein in scattered thoughts.

The joy of breaking through the Refining Spirit Technique had subsided, and Gu Qing reopened his eyes, his anticipation for the Ten Thousand Serpent Nest Secret Realm growing stronger.

Even if the main body of the Burning Gold Fire is a legendary immortal fire.

As a sub-fire that split off, its power has a maximum limit of rank 6, but it has lost the infinite growth potential of a different kind of fire. It's okay to use for now, but there will always be a day when it can't keep up.

Therefore, Gu Qing's need for a different kind of fire is a hard requirement.

My vision snapped back to the surrounding environment.

Tianlin City has gathered a large number of snake demons, mainly of the eighth rank, numbering at least a thousand, while the seventh rank snake demons are few, numbering only a few dozen.

With the addition of the dozen or so half-demon prison carts, the procession had spread out to a long length, already leaving the city limits and heading into the wilderness.

I reckon it'll be in the next few days.

The author contracted influenza A, coughed incessantly, felt extremely uncomfortable drinking water as if swallowing razor blades, had tonsillitis, a stuffy nose, dizziness, and general weakness, feeling even worse than if he had been infected.

I coughed up blood this morning, so I'll post two chapters temporarily and see how I feel. I'll try to finish writing this afternoon or evening.

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