Immortality starts from the liver proficiency

Chapter 639 The Concept of the Star Spirit Banner—
After leaving Lockman in place for the time being, Xu Yunfan clarified the power dynamics of the Eternal Frozen Royal Court.

He needs to lie low for a while and find an opportunity to make things lively in Attila so that he can take advantage of the situation.

The weak gods of the desolate western wilderness have disappeared, while the frigid northern plains are a natural pantheon, with the gods affiliated with it being mere points in a web, making it easy to expose any rash actions.

Therefore, this stagnant pool needs to be stirred up.

The best solution is to start a war of gods.

Upon returning to Frost Thunder City's Cloud Kingdom, Xu Yunfan immediately set about dealing with some accumulated hidden dangers. After all, Frost Thunder City was now his base of operations, and as long as he wanted to continue using his identity to conceal his true identity, he naturally needed to manage it.

Although he himself cannot use the power of incense and vows, it is quite good whether he uses it to nurture magical treasures or to directly use it as divine power to exercise authority through his divine status.

He summoned the Divine Firmament Refining Cauldron and poured the Thunder Godhood into it.

The ancient cauldron glowed with thunder patterns, and the space inside the cauldron transformed into a miniature thunder prison. The pure incense and vow power turned into milky white flames, enveloping the divine essence and scorching and tempering it.

The deep blue ice crystal imprint flickered slightly under the attack of lightning and fire, and was covered and isolated by layers of purple-gold lightning patterns transformed from willpower.

At the same time, the Star Spirit Banner cast a ghostly light, and the dozen or so weak divine banner spirits within it each exerted their power to help stabilize the moisture in the Frost Thunder City's ley lines, maintain the oasis's vitality, and perfectly smooth out the subtle fluctuations in the faith network.

Although these weak godhoods were refined by Xu Yunfan, their own strength was still quite good.

After all, those who can become gods need to ignite a divine fire.

According to the system of the Taihua Spirit Ruins Realm, the opponent should be at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining if they ignite the divine fire.

Below, in Frostlight City, the barbarian high priest Baltu stood at the central altar, presiding over a grand harvest festival.

The altar was piled high with newly harvested ice moss and hunted wild beasts.

He held aloft his bone staff inlaid with thunder patterns, chanting a hymn to the "God of Thunder" in a loud and devout voice.

However, a lingering doubt remained beneath his lowered eyelids.

The "rotation farming system" and "new livestock pens" that the oracle had instructed to promote months earlier were completely different from Tatus's previous brutal approach of only demanding blood sacrifices.

What made him even more uneasy was that, although the aura of "My God" was still vast and majestic, it seemed to have lost that familiar ferocity and gained a sense of order that was hard to describe.
Although it was a good thing, it was still somewhat difficult for the barbarian tribes, who were used to being rough and unruly, to adapt.

Xu Yunfan would not pay any attention to this even if he knew about it.

As a god, one should naturally possess a sense of mystery and majesty.

Do the whole show.

"High Priest of Balutu".

A young priest leaned closer and whispered, "The 'steam mill' in the East District has been built according to the oracle. Can those iron wheels that turn on their own really grind wheat day and night without stopping?"

His tone was filled with awe and disbelief.

Barutu snapped out of his thoughts and said in a deep voice, "Since it is a miracle bestowed by our god, then do as he says."

He gazed at the endless thunderclouds in the sky, suppressing his doubts even more deeply.

No matter how God's will changes, bringing abundance and peace is the highest grace.

The prosperity of Frostthunder City today is tangible and visible.

Within the divine realm of the clouds, Xu Yunfan withdrew his divine sense from observing the area below.

"Barutu's doubts are deepening, but for the time being, they are not a problem. He values ​​practical benefits more."

This was one of his pleasures outside of his cultivation, since it was a nurturing-style cultivation method; in his previous life, he enjoyed playing Civilization VI whenever he had free time.

Now it makes sense.

He looked at Zhang Ziyang, who was sitting upright and meditating to the side.

"How is the Sect Leader's progress in comprehending the Divine Path of Incense?" A silver rune condensed from pure willpower floated in front of Zhang Ziyang, slowly rotating.

"Extraordinarily mysterious."

His eyes gleamed, as if he were deep in thought.

"The power of incense and prayer is essentially the aggregation of the thoughts, desires, and requests of millions of believers. Tatus's previous approach was to swallow it whole, only absorbing the violent 'power of faith' to support his divine power, while allowing countless distracting thoughts and resentments to settle and erode his mind, ultimately making him paranoid and tyrannical."

The Divine Firmament Refining Cauldron uses the power of thunder to dispel evil as fire and the cloud energy of creation as a furnace to repeatedly temper impure willpower, removing the dross and retaining the essence, ultimately refining the pure 'origin of divine power'.

While this method cannot expand the scope of divine authority, it can purify the essence, solidify the foundation, and, more importantly…

He pointed to the divine essence enveloped in thunder and fire inside the cauldron, "The efficiency of refining immortal gold with divine power tempered by this method is more than ten times that of the crude method of Tatus! At this rate, it will take about three years to condense a wisp of immortal gold for you to refine."

It's a bit slow.

But Xu Yunfan wouldn't say it out loud.

If she's slow, once those late-stage or even perfect Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Taihua Spirit Ruins Realm find out, they'll probably fight her to the death.

Xu Yunfan nodded. Sixteen strands of immortal golden essence floated in his dantian, exuding a tenacious and immortal aura.

The three strands of gold obtained from refining Tatus were far more pure than those obtained before.

"The Heavenly Dao of Attila is based on the incense and divine path. The faith and spiritual power of the beings in this world are the most efficient resources for condensing immortal golden nature."

His gaze fell on the Star Spirit Banner in his hand, which shimmered with a ghostly light, and a grander vision gradually became clear.

"If one day, the Star Spirit Banner contains billions of banner spirits, and all of them become believers."

Zhang Ziyang instantly understood, and his eyes shone brightly.

"The banner spirits are free from the burden of a physical body and have pure intentions. If hundreds of millions of banner spirits recite the name of the main deity day and night, the resulting power of their vows will surge like a galaxy."

After further purification by the Divine Firmament Refining Cauldron, the speed at which immortal golden essence is condensed will be beyond imagination!

But he quickly calmed down and said, "This method is feasible, but there are two key points."

Firstly, the Star Spirit Banner must be refined to the point where it can bear such a massive torrent of willpower; otherwise, the banner will surely collapse.

Secondly, one needs a unique and profound understanding of Buddhist scriptures and a method to control countless thoughts, to avoid the backlash of one's vows; otherwise, the main deity's consciousness may be assimilated.

"That's exactly what I'm going to do next."

Xu Yunfan stroked the flagpole.

The addition of Tatus as a mid-level Divine Banner Spirit has significantly enhanced the Star Spirit Banner's essence.

He took out a Boundary Stone, which he had obtained from the ruins of the Heavenly Realm and was engraved with spatial array patterns, along with several rare spiritual materials, and once again activated the "Mysterious Capital Eight Scenes Refining Heaven and Creating Cloud Book".

The material was enveloped in eight-colored clouds and smelted in divine fire, with strands of spatial power being stripped away and integrated into the banner pole.

Next, he will strengthen the internal spatial barrier of the Star Spirit Banner to lay the foundation for accommodating hundreds of millions of banner spirit believers.

This matter cannot be rushed; we must proceed gradually.

Time slipped away quietly as he cultivated, refined his weapons, and sorted out his beliefs.

With the green card status of Thunder Godhood, the world of Attila completely rejected Xu Yunfan.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth actively converged, making the use of the "Mysterious Capital Eight Scenes Refining Heaven and Creating Cloud Book" smoother, and the interaction between the divine consciousness and heaven and earth became clearer.

He could even vaguely sense the Winter Laws that enveloped the entire Northern Plains, like an invisible giant spider web, and his Thunder Godhead was an important node in this web.

(End of this chapter)