Immortality starts from the liver proficiency

Chapter 478 Practice
Let's call it a chain for now.

This so-called "chain" is actually a forbidden technique that deceives heaven and steals fortune.

The method of grafting grotto-heavens is essentially a secret technique used to deceive the heavens and forcibly steal the source energy of a small world, grafting it onto one's own foundation in a transplanting manner.

This method is extremely dangerous. If one is not careful, it will cause a backlash from the heavens. At best, it will destroy one's foundation; at worst, it will destroy one's soul.

However, if successful, it would be like stealing the creation of heaven and earth, appropriating the original power of a world, and forming the prototype of one's own grotto-heaven.

Following the method taught by Baiyue, Xu Yunfan used the four supernatural powers within his body, especially the Northern Purple Star Suppressing Demonic Qi Master, to temper his divine sense and gradually condense the illusory chain containing strange fluctuations.

Each refinement is like igniting an invisible, dark fire deep within the soul, bringing a sharp, piercing pain.

On the attribute panel, the proficiency indicator representing his understanding of this technique jumped slowly but steadily. Each increase in proficiency allowed him to gain new insights, thereby constantly correcting minor errors in his divine sense construction.

Those errors are precisely the fatal flaws deliberately left in the version taught by Baiyue.

Sure enough!

Xu Yunfan felt relieved and somewhat fortunate.

Fortunately, I had my attribute panel, otherwise I might have really been groped.

Xu Yunfan carefully mobilized his True Martial power, fusing a trace of the almost imperceptible Cloud Book Eight Scenery Cloud Qi to construct a vortex structure on the outer layer of his Dao foundation.

This process is like walking on thin ice; the slightest mistake can damage one's foundation.

If any other real person were to come and cultivate, this process might take decades. However, in Xu Yunfan's vision, the cursor on the panel was like the most precise scalpel, helping him avoid several dangerous points in the methods taught by Baiyue that could cause the vortex to become unstable or even collapse on its own.

Once the initial form of the grotto-heaven is stable and the initial grafting is successful, and the root energy enters the body, it is necessary to use secret methods to bind and refine it, guiding it to construct a "grotto-heaven prototype" that exists between reality and illusion around one's own core supernatural power.

At this point, one can truly enter the late stage of Foundation Establishment, with perfection in sight.

Once the initial form of one's own grotto-heaven is fully formed, then one can elevate the grotto-heaven and attain the Golden Elixir Dao.

This is the final and most dangerous step in the grafting process.

Xu Yunfan did not rush to put it into practice, but only simulated its evolution in his mind.

In each simulation, he saw through the panel that once the final step of "stabilization" was completed according to the specific combination of incantations taught by Baiyue, the seemingly harmless incantation would instantly detonate, turning the source energy he had painstakingly absorbed, along with his own soul, into "fertilizer" to nourish the Divine Martial World.

After practicing until late at night, Xu Yunfan finished his meditation using the "Lin" technique to strengthen his spirit and then let out a breath.

He couldn't help rubbing his eyebrows.

In this Taihua Spirit Ruins Realm, the channels for advancement are basically controlled by True Monarchs. Although the True Martial Subduing Demon True Scripture that I cultivate has a vacant position in the Divine Martial Realm, it is highly likely that it was specially left behind by True Monarch Qingyuan.

It is so that someone can cite the position of the fruit and take it from it.

But he has already become a Golden Core True Monarch, so what is the point of having these extra positions?
Xu Yunfan pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head.

Until you reach that point, you'll never truly know.

At the same time, his cultivation of the "Eight Views of Xuandu: Refining Heaven and Creating Clouds" can be described as insane.

Taking advantage of his position guarding Hanya Pass and the resources he had gathered, Xu Yunfan began an endless cycle of weapon forging.

He used low-grade ores obtained from the warehouse, and even those he purchased himself with spirit stones, along with fragments of discarded magical artifacts, as materials.

He even spread rumors that he could offer paid weapon crafting services.

At first, some people were skeptical, but when Zhou Lu, with the intention of currying favor with his superior, presented the materials and then happily took out a top-tier magic artifact, the cultivators of Hanya Pass were completely excited.

Top-tier magic artifacts are rare, even for cultivators who have just entered the Foundation Establishment stage, let alone those in the Qi Refining stage. Therefore, people flock to him seeking his craft, especially since Xu Yunfan doesn't care about their origins, attracting many rogue cultivators to visit him.

"..."

"Kanjin Cloud Qi!"

Xu Yunfan let out a low shout, his fingertips changing into hand seals. A wisp of pale blue cloud containing sharp golden energy surged from his sleeve, enveloping a piece of black iron ore.

The control panel lights up, and the golden clouds flow like a precise carving knife, penetrating the ore along the optimal path under the guidance of the panel.

With a hissing sound, the impurities in the ore were quickly stripped away, leaving only the purest Geng metal essence.

'Your proficiency in the Arctic Purple Star Suppressing Mystic Qi has increased by 1.'

Xu Yunfan glanced at the information notification that appeared in his field of vision, and then stopped paying attention to it.

He's gotten used to these days.

"Fire Cloud Qi!"

A crimson light rose, and true fire flowed, melting and shaping the essence, revealing the prototype of a small fire shield.

The clouds outlined simple fire-elemental runes within them.

"Wind and clouds in the southeast... Clouds over the northeast..."

Eight types of cloud formations took turns appearing.

He crafted only the lowest-grade magical artifacts and even half-finished talisman embryos, not seeking power, but only aiming to complete each piece with the highest efficiency and material utilization with the help of the panel, frantically accumulating the number of successful artifact crafting attempts.

Each time a piece is successfully crafted, the proficiency level of the Xuandu Eight Scenery Refining Heaven Creation Cloud Book will increase by one point.

If one successfully crafts a magical artifact, their proficiency will increase several times over.

Xu Yunfan deliberately suppressed his crafting skills, always only demonstrating his ability to craft magical artifacts, and never easily touching artifacts of the magical treasure level.

The ability to forge magical artifacts and the ability to forge magical treasures may seem like only a step apart, but in reality, they are worlds apart.

Magical artifacts are merely a rudimentary use of spiritual materials. Anyone with a basic understanding of artifact crafting, comprehension, and practical skills can make them.

Magical artifacts, on the other hand, require the fusion of the spiritual essence of heaven and earth and the connection with the runes of the Dao, which can only be accomplished by true masters of artifact crafting.

Once he demonstrates his ability to refine magical artifacts, it will surely attract the attention of the higher-ups of the Yuanshi Sect, and may even alarm the Qingyuan True Monarch.

By then, he will probably no longer have control over his position as the garrison commander of Hanya Pass.

They would either be forcibly conscripted as sect weapon refiners, working day and night to refine magical artifacts for others.

Either the origins of their weapon-refining heritage will be thoroughly investigated, or the secrets of the Xuandu Eight Scenes Refining Heaven Creation Cloud Book may be exposed.

Either outcome would be far beyond his capacity to bear.

Therefore, Xu Yunfan always maintained his weapon-forging skills at the level of "skilled but not yet a master," so that he would not be looked down upon for his poor craftsmanship, nor would he cause trouble for his excessive skill.

In this Taihua Lingxu realm, concealing one's talents is sometimes more important than displaying one's abilities.

Over the next fifteen years, Xu Yunfan devoted himself to cultivation day and night. The side hall of the stone palace became a weapon-refining workshop. The mountains of minerals and spiritual materials were consumed, and in return, the proficiency bar of the "Xuandu Eight Scenes Refining Heaven and Creating Cloud Book" on the attribute panel soared at a visible speed. More importantly, his manipulation of the Eight Scenes Cloud Qi became exquisite and precise, as if it were his own arm.

(End of this chapter)