Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Especially when it comes to the demon race, he won't openly associate with the Twelve Immortal Sects, since two of the three founding ancestors of the Azure Palace were half-demons.

It would be much easier to openly participate in the plundering of resources in the demon realm. There is no living space for demons in the Four Seas, but the Eight Desolate Demon Realms are different.

Gu Qing felt no burden whatsoever in going to steal them.

Once he breaks through to the next realm, the number of heaven and earth treasures in the Cangwu cultivation world that can be effective against him will be extremely limited, unless they are ranked fifth grade or are special treasures of the heaven, earth, or human realms.

To improve quickly, you need to accumulate time.

Compared to other fifth-rank Dao Lords, he is still too young. It would be a good thing for him to take some time to mature.

Since the temple is newly established, there is no rush to collect the power of vows.

Once he emerges from seclusion, scholars from all over the world will come to congratulate him, and he will become famous overnight, his name spreading far and wide.

The place of seclusion is located within Jin'ao Mountain.

Although the spiritual veins here are lacking, Gu Qing is in seclusion seeking the integration of laws and principles, so the requirements for the environment are not that high.

From this point on, everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

Qihai Dantian.

The primordial spirit figure, identical to Gu Qing, had a golden pill on its chest radiating a rich power of law and exuding a Daoist charm that made ordinary people feel as if they were floating on air.

As if ascending to heaven, they reached the pinnacle of cultivation in the lower realm.

He has already surpassed the threshold of the fifth rank.

Thunder, fire, and devouring—the three laws of power with the deepest comprehension—have been successfully fused. What is lacking are metal, wood, water, earth, poison, and the stars that have barely formed traces.

This kind of insurmountable barrier is usually overcome by breaking through the first step; the rest is a natural progression. There's never been such a thing as "half a step to the fifth rank."

Gu Qing was in the same situation. Due to the urgency of the situation, he didn't have time to fully integrate, which resulted in an astonishingly ridiculous half-step realm.

"it's time."

Silently reciting in his mind, Gu Qing actively activated the fire law within the Golden Core Dao Fruit, causing it to escape and reconstruct the Five Elements with the power of the other four elements. Gu Qing had a very obvious advantage in this aspect of integration.

That is, the Three Thousand Great Dao Flames.

From a fundamental perspective, although this kind of flame is mainly based on the Way of Fire, it also incorporates the power of other laws of the Three Thousand Great Daos. In fact, at the level of laws, it has already succeeded once.

Now it's simply a matter of returning to one's roots, integrating all one's insights into the Golden Core Dao Fruit, which will greatly enhance his Five Elements Domain.

With the help of breaking through to the next realm and gaining access to the Mysterious Female of Heaven and Earth, one's understanding of the Five Elements Laws will experience a surge.

This is all the foundation he has painstakingly built up.

This is the result of countless hours of hard work and dedication.

It's time to harvest.

Time flies like an arrow; ten years have passed in the blink of an eye—not a long time, but not a short time either.

This day.

On Jin'ao Mountain, which has been completely transformed—no, this place has been renamed Qinggong, and the mountain where it was located has also been renamed Sanxian Mountain.

It means nothing more than the abode of immortals.

Above the sky, the aura of heavenly tribulation descended, and thick black clouds spread for nearly 100,000 miles, a distance that is almost three times the diameter of Earth in the previous life.

A small portion of Yunmengze and a corner of the vast Western Sea were also covered, with terrifying lightning brewing in the dark clouds, and the aura of the Heavenly Dao was extremely strong.

Logically speaking, even the tribulation lightning for a fifth-grade Dao Lord wouldn't be this exaggerated, but Gu Qing was like a villain who dines and dashes at a restaurant every day.

This time they were caught and forced to pay all the debts they owed.

The tribulations of the second, third, and fourth nine-day periods, when combined, already amplified their power to an extreme degree, making them impossible for ordinary sixth-grade cultivators to overcome. Gu Qing, however, was also burdened with the most explosive tribulation of attaining Dao.

The overlap and intermingling of elements make it far more complex than simply 1+1.

The power increased exponentially, with the aura of the Heavenly Dao combined with the exaggerated lightning tribulation.

This naturally attracted the attention of various powerful forces.

Throughout the entire Western Sea, every cultivator who had reached the sixth rank noticed the extraordinary celestial phenomenon in the distance.

The four sects near the sea, the Sea Sword Sect, the Scattered Immortal Alliance, the Pearl Gathering Sect, and the Dragon Worship Sect, the three clans of Gao, Ji, and Yun... the Western Sea Dragon Clan, the Cloud Dream Immortal Sect... and so on.

In a secluded courtyard on Yunmeng Immortal Mountain.

Fairy Huanyin soared into the sky, standing atop the clouds, her gaze solemn as she looked toward the direction of the lightning tribulation, her red lips slightly parted.

"This direction—Jin'ao Mountain."

"Gu Qing? How could there be such a terrifying tribulation? Even the Heavenly Tribulation of a Dao Lord cannot compare. Could it be—the Ascension Tribulation?!"

"hiss---"

She gasped at her own speculation as three cultivators suddenly appeared beside Fairy Huanyin, traversing the void. They were also the third Dao Lord of Yunmeng Immortal Mountain.

Heavenly Dao Lord, Overturning Sea Dao Lord, Cloud Dream Dao Lord.

Adding Fairy Huanyin, they become the F4 of Yunmeng Immortal Mountain, whose strength surpasses that of Baiyue Mountain. Almost all of them are at the mid-level of the fifth rank, and the one named Yunmeng is at the extreme level of the fifth rank.

His status was similar to that of the Second Ancestor of the Baiyue Immortal Sect.

"Huanyin, I remember you gave Jin'ao Mountain to a fellow Daoist from Baiyue, but is he undergoing tribulation?"

"Probably, but I'm not sure. He only returned from the Void Battlefield ten years ago..."

"Is that so? Let's go and observe the ceremony."

"Let's go together. It's been a long time since we last met. Let's see if this person can become one of our companions."

After gazing at the Heavenly Tribulation for a while, Daoist Yunmeng said, "This should be a superimposed tribulation. This person must have gained a lot from returning from another world. The accumulated tribulation needs to be made up after returning to the Cangwu Realm."

"That's why there was such a big commotion." After a pause, Daoist Yunmeng took out an item from his Void Ring and handed it to Fairy Huanyin.

"This is a low-grade Heavenly Treasure, the Heavenly Net Lightning-Avoiding Umbrella, a treasure for overcoming tribulations. If you cannot hold on, you can lend it to that person to overcome their tribulation."

"it is good."

The three of them went off together, leaving Daoist Yunmeng standing there, stroking his beard and letting out a long sigh.

"Becoming an immortal is difficult—may the good deeds of today reap a good reward in the future."

Then the figure disappeared.

In fact, since the ascension of the founders of the Twelve Immortal Sects, the Cangwu Realm has hardly produced any more ascended cultivators. The only exception is a demon emperor from the Ancient Domain, who is known as the last demon immortal.

It has a history of five thousand years.

This period of time is almost a lifetime for a sixth-grade cultivator, and nearly half a lifetime for a fifth-grade Dao Lord. Many of the existing ancient beings have participated in the ascension ceremony of the last generation of demon immortals.

Under normal circumstances, given the foundation of the Cangwu Realm, it would be normal for one person to ascend to immortality every thousand years. However, this has been interrupted for five generations, and no one knows what went wrong.

On Gu Qing's side.

The tribulation lightning was naturally something he brought upon himself, after he completed the final step of "combining the real and the unreal to form the golden core" and integrated the laws of poison into his Dao fruit.

The Tissot garment lost its effect on him.

The heavenly tribulation followed closely behind. (End of Chapter)