Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Spring and autumn cicada molts, and a large ailanthus tree stump.

Both items are invaluable treasures of the Way of Time. If used properly, they can definitely help Gu Qing open the gateway to the Great Way of Time.

This trip was definitely worthwhile.

After handling everything properly, Gu Qing checked the Time Relics several more times, but found no more treasures, so he left.

A month later.

West Sea - Green Palace.

On Mount Sanxian, Gu Qing, who had not returned for a long time, discovered that after the Mountain Moving Ape clan's treatment, a large number of earth veins had been "brought" in from other sources.

The mountains grew higher day by day, and what was originally a single sixth-grade spiritual vein expanded to nine, all brought back from the sea, causing a significant increase in the concentration of spiritual energy in the Three Immortal Mountains area.

While the supply for Gu Qing's cultivation was insufficient, it was enough for the remaining Qing Palace personnel to be self-sufficient. However, relying solely on the efforts of the Mountain Moving Ape clan was not enough to obtain a fifth-grade spiritual vein.

The fastest way is actually to kill more powerful people on the mountain. After the fall of a sixth-grade cultivator, the spiritual energy generated can be used to create a fifth-grade spiritual vein, which, combined with the current situation of the Three Immortal Mountains, can also be used to condense a spiritual vein.

He leaped down.

When the old Dragon King, who was temporarily acting as the head of the Green Palace, saw Gu Qing return, he quickly stood up and bowed.

"Now that everyone has been gathered here, after two cycles of sixty years, they should all be used to the situation in the Cangwu Realm, right?"

"Reporting to the Palace Master, everyone is adapting very well. The matter you instructed us to handle has been stalled for some time now. What do you think..."

Gu Qing suddenly remembered that when he left, he told everyone not to rush to undergo tribulation, but to cleanse themselves of their otherworldly aura first, otherwise they would be targeted by the Heavenly Dao and he would be unable to save them.

Judging by the time, the washing is almost done.

Therefore, Qing Palace will face a large-scale lightning tribulation, Gu Qing said:
"Let's discuss this first; I have other plans for the tribulation."

"clear."

Soon, as the old Dragon King traveled around, more and more people came to this hall, most of them from the Mountain and Sea Dragon Clan and the Jiao Clan. They were originally powerful, but after switching to the Four Nine Immortal Path, they came to this hall.

Their strength has declined to some extent, but after digesting their own foundation, a large number of them have the strength of the lower sixth rank, and they are generally stuck at this level, numbering at least fifty or sixty.

The other group consists of the Mountain and Sea Humans who followed Gu Qing from the Mortal Realm. They had a better foundation, and the earliest group that followed Gu Qing died of old age in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

The current generation of disciples is the second generation. One of them has broken through to the sixth rank, while the rest are hovering around the seventh rank.

Returning to the Cangwu Realm, the ordinary people who were captured from the coastal areas of the Western Sea have, after nearly two hundred years, taken root in the giant city ruled by the Qing Palace.

Over this period of development, the number of ninth and eighth ranks is the largest, numbering in the tens of thousands. Only those who break through to the eighth rank are qualified to leave the giant city and set foot on the Three Immortal Mountains to become disciples of the Azure Palace.

This situation of demons dominating while humans are weak will continue for many years, at least a thousand years before the human race produces a great cultivator at the sixth rank.

Also.

The leader of the Pearl-Picking Cult is still in seclusion. His Pearl-Picking Cult has been largely merged into the Azure Palace. There are four sixth-rank cultivators, plus several sixth-rank cultivators from the Yun Clan.

In terms of top-tier experts, Qing Palace is not inferior to the weaker Twelve Immortal Sects; the problem lies in its foundation and spiritual veins, which are far inferior.

We need to expand our territory, increase our resources, and increase the number of strong individuals!

Gu Qing decided to make good use of these ten years to develop Qing Palace, starting with increasing its foundation. He met with the management team, as there were tasks to be assigned.

"Everyone, we will collectively undergo the tribulation of lightning in the square in three days. Go back and make preparations."

This arrangement is for the Mountain and Sea Dragon Clan.

Then, Gu Qing spoke to the human cultivators.

"I will fill the Scripture Pavilion of the Azure Palace and open another [Hundred Arts Pavilion] for cultivating immortality and learning various arts. Disciples will be arranged to choose the arts they are interested in and each person will have to choose one skill."

"Five hundred years from now, select the twenty most skilled individuals to establish a Daoist temple, and set up a residence around the Three Immortal Mountains." "Zhaixing and Tianhuo, you prepare information on the three clans and four sects near the sea, and when the time is right, make your move against them."

The main targets this time are the Gao and Ji clans.

Of the four sects—Sea Sword Sect, Scattered Immortal Alliance, Pearl Gathering Sect, and Dragon Worship Sect—one merged with the Azure Palace, while Sea Sword Sect and Scattered Immortal Alliance suffered a blow and have not yet recovered.

The Bailong Sect is a lackey of the West Sea Dragon Palace and has long since closed itself off from the world.

They should have acted much earlier, but without Gu Qing in charge and lacking a leader, the Old Dragon King was unable to direct the people from the Pearl-Picking Sect to do their work.

Arrange everything.

Gu Qing visited the nine giant cities at the foot of the Three Immortal Mountains, where immortals and mortals lived together. The strongest were only the eighth-rank true cultivators dispatched by the Azure Palace, who were in charge of organizing the annual sacrificial ceremony.

After a long absence, Gu Qing reaped the largest harvest of Wish Power Crystals since the beginning of his career.

He threw them all into the Jinyun Secret Realm, where they formed a colorful crystal mountain. He planned to use these things on the stump of the giant Chinese toon tree.

If you want to protect your divine sense from the deathly decay of the laws of time, the Wish Power Crystal is definitely one of the best ways to protect yourself.

Using the effects of the Tribulation Thunder Pool, nine thunderstones were condensed, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.

This day.

In a plaza located in the middle section of Sanxian Mountain, a mountain and sea dragon was the first to begin its tribulation.

It's impossible for everyone to trigger a tribulation at the same time during a collective tribulation.

We have to do it one by one.

Gu Qing arranged the nine thunderstones, preparing to absorb some of the thunder tribulation power and create a monkey version of the Thunder Tribulation Pool belonging to the Qing Palace.

As the tribulation lightning descended, the overflowing lightning and the tribulation power that the dragon undergoing the tribulation could not withstand were all absorbed by the nine lightning stones, and the lightning laws and power contained within them continued to increase.

Gu Qing continuously guided and shaped the path of using array artifacts.

Three months later.

After all the beings in the Mountain and Sea Realm had survived their tribulations, the dark clouds that had enveloped them finally dissipated, and the average strength of the Azure Palace surged dramatically.

Gu Qing placed the nine thunderstones in a corner of the mountaintop.

Once activated, it immediately forms a sea of ​​thunder, allowing one to utilize its advantageous location for future tribulations, comprehending thunder magic, and cultivating physical strength.

This is the foundation.

Busy as a bee, after dealing with this matter, Gu Qing led his team to sweep through the coastal areas, incorporating those that could be merged into the rule of the Qing Palace, and paying tribute once every ten years.

Those who refuse to merge will be driven out of the near-shore area, or they will either have to find an isolated island in the deep sea to develop, or they will have to go to Yunmengze to compete for territory with the various forces of Shuiyun Cultivation Kingdom.

During this process, a large number of robbed cultivators were also unearthed.

The nearshore environment is quite chaotic, which is related to its status as a strategic buffer zone. It has always been a place where bandits and cultivators run rampant, so he can be considered to be doing a good deed.

Everyone is treated equally, good or bad, all are swept away.

With the near-shore area brought under Qing Palace's rule, the Gao family, despite having a rift with the Yun family, showed remorse and did not stubbornly refuse to admit their mistakes. Their straightforward surrender allowed them to survive.

Of the three clans and four sects near the sea, only the Sea Sword Sect stubbornly refused to submit, and all obstacles were cleared away in just three years.

With his personal intervention, the Sea Sword Sect vanished without a trace.

Thus, after ten years of seclusion, and with the agreed-upon plan of void teleportation reaching its designated timeframe, Gu Qing finally left the Azure Palace for the Western Wilderness. (End of Chapter)