The prehistoric infrastructure maniac

Chapter 183 Zhurong and the Source
Qi Refining Method? Does the ancient Pangu world already have a Qi Refining Method that allows one to directly cultivate to the Dao Ancestor level?

It seems that many of the Chaos Gods who were born in the chaos at the beginning of creation have cultivated themselves into Dao Ancestors.

The ancient Pangu world should now be in a period of prosperity and development, which is also a time when the struggle between various forces is intensifying. It is unknown whether Nuwa, the strongest ancestral god of the ancient Pangu world, has created the human race.

With his mind racing, Shi Mo quickly and decisively agreed to join the Fire God Kingdom with Jiu Feng and Pan.

After all, joining a powerful force is undoubtedly a good choice if you want to understand and adapt to this world as quickly as possible.

With various cultivation methods to refer to, Shi Mo was able to quickly figure out and perfect a cultivation method suitable for himself, and rapidly grow stronger in the midst of battles and fights.

If one doesn't join a powerful force, finding a quiet place to cultivate might be safe, but how long will it take to become a true god or ancestor by working in seclusion? It's even more difficult to cultivate into an ancestral god.

Even later, during the Three Realms period, after such a long time, even the powerful beings of the Pangu world fought against the Chaos Alien Race and obtained some of their cultivation methods. The Qi Refining and Divine Demon Body Refining methods, which were later improved upon, were still very crude.

Not to mention that very few true gods have broken through to become ancestral gods after years of cultivation, many celestial gods who have comprehended the Great Dao still cannot become true gods.

Even with constantly improved Qi refining methods, one can only cultivate to the level of a third-rate Celestial Immortal, Pure Yang True Immortal, or Ancestral Immortal.

Therefore, Shi Mo was genuinely curious about just how crude the Qi refining methods, divine and demonic body refining methods, and supernatural secret techniques of the Pangu World were now.

However, before he had even seen the cultivation methods, Shi Mo had already seen the cities of this world.

Pyō, a city located in a narrow valley between two mountain peaks, covers an area of ​​tens of thousands of miles. It is truly vast, but also truly crudely built!
Apart from some palaces built of giant stones, the entire city of Iwaki consists mainly of cave-like dwellings.

Entering the stone city suddenly gave me a strange feeling of being in ancient Egypt and ancient Greece. Apart from being majestic and huge, the stone buildings were really not aesthetically pleasing.

"Too primitive." Shi Mo thought to himself as he looked at the ruined buildings and bloodstains in the city, while Jiu Feng and Pan looked at them with grim expressions.

Clearly, Pan City had just experienced a fierce battle, resulting in a shortage of powerful beings in the city, as many seemed to have fled.

"They're all gods, demons, and monsters! This Pangu world is indeed almost entirely innate beings nurtured by heaven and earth." Shi Mo also looked with great interest at the gods, demons, and monsters who came out to welcome Jiu Feng and Pan.

They almost all cultivate the path of divine and demonic body refinement, it seems that the Qi refining method has not yet become widespread!

After all, the body refinement of gods and demons is more powerful, while most innate gods, demons, and divine beasts have only average talent in the art of Qi refinement.

Furthermore, the art of weapon crafting doesn't seem to be thriving these days either. Without the assistance of powerful magic weapons, the advantages of the Qi Refining method haven't been truly demonstrated.

However, these innate gods and demons, as well as innate beings and demon races, are indeed exceptionally gifted, possessing formidable physical strength.

Shi Mo spotted quite a few powerful primordial spirit demons and Void Returning Gods and Demons during the Three Realms period at a glance.

In the Pangu World, they were merely ordinary citizens of the Fire God Kingdom, belonging to the lowest rung of the entire Pangu World.

Only by becoming a god can one become a powerful figure in the Pangu world, and be considered a mid-to-high-level member of a force.

However, it is extremely difficult to overcome the Heavenly Tribulation. Countless Void Returning Gods and Demons have fallen before the Heavenly Tribulation. Only those who have truly accumulated enough, have a high enough realm, and a strong enough Dao heart have any hope of overcoming it.

Therefore, the gods of the Pangu world today are almost all chaotic gods or powerful gods born innate.

Although the Chaos Gods are born with a Dao, and the Primordial Gods and Demons have powerful enough souls to comprehend some ordinary Daos, it is much more difficult to comprehend the Great Dao.

Although they are born powerful, their talents and comprehension vary greatly. While some are extremely prodigies who have comprehended the Great Dao, cultivated the Qi Refining Method to become Pure Yang True Immortals, or even broke through to become True Gods, most are still just ordinary Heavenly Gods.

On the contrary, those who have passed the tribulation of the gods and become gods after returning to the void generally have higher potential for enlightenment.

Shi Mo did not stay in Pan City for long. After Pan City gathered some of the gods, demons, and monsters who had returned, he and Jiu Feng took Shi Mo away to the capital of the Fire God Kingdom.

The so-called capital was not a city at all, but a vast ocean of lava with a diameter of tens of millions of miles, surrounded by numerous steep mountains, resembling a volcanic crater.

"What a magnificent sea of ​​lava! This Pangu world is indeed much larger than the Primordial World," Shi Mo exclaimed, speechless at the sight of the vast lava sea.

In the sea of ​​lava, there are also numerous rocky islands, as well as a mountain with a diameter of a million miles and a height of hundreds of thousands of miles.

Such a huge mountain is simply unbelievable. It is dotted with numerous cave dwellings, and the aura of powerful celestial beings permeates the air. There are even more subtle and powerful auras of true gods.

Shi Mo, Jiu Feng, and Pan arrived directly at a massive, dark red palace.
A surging, scorching aura spread out, and on the throne at the highest point of the palace sat a tall and imposing figure, as if he were the embodiment of the Fire Element.

"Lord Fire God!" Jiu Feng and Pan Jin bowed respectfully. Shi Mo, who followed suit, felt a slightly strange sensation as he sensed the aura of the ancestral god Zhu Rong above him, which was comparable to that of a quasi-saint. Although this Zhu Rong was not the same person as the ancestral witch Zhu Rong of the prehistoric world, Shi Mo could not regard him as some unapproachable power.

"Shi Mo, is it? You've managed to comprehend the Great Dao, so your potential is considerable. You have every possibility of cultivating to become a True God Dao Ancestor."

Zhu Rong stared intently at Shi Mo, then looked at Jiu Feng and Pan and said, "You have made a great contribution by recruiting such a great general for my Fire Kingdom."

“Nine Phoenixes, take him to the Daoist Temple. He can practice any of the Qi Refining Methods, Divine Demon Body Refining Methods, and Supernatural Powers of my Fire Kingdom,” Zhu Rong continued.

Seeing Zhu Rong's straightforward and generous attitude, Shi Mo couldn't help but feel pleasantly surprised: "Thank you, Lord Fire God!"

"If you want to thank me, then cultivate diligently and strive to become a true god as soon as possible. That way, you'll have a better chance to make great contributions to my Fire Kingdom."

Zhu Rong then said, "I hope you will not disappoint me and can become my right-hand man soon, so that I can be more confident in defeating Gonggong's water kingdom."

Water Kingdom? Shi Mo was somewhat speechless. However, both Fire God and Water God were honorific titles. Zhu Rong would not be so narcissistic as to call himself the Fire God Kingdom, nor would he refer to his mortal enemy Gonggong as the Water God.

But it is clear that Zhu Rong still thinks highly of Shi Mo. After all, according to the information transmitted in advance by the divine incarnation of Jiu Feng, Shi Mo seems to have passed the Heavenly Tribulation and become a Heavenly God, and he comprehended the Great Dao without becoming famous.

Such talent is extremely rare even among the gods. There are only a handful of such talents under the command of the ancestral god Zhu Rong. He is definitely a potential candidate to become a true god.

Most of the Chaos Gods occupy their own territories, either living in seclusion or establishing their own power bases; very few are willing to submit to the Ancestral Gods.

If Shi Mo could become a true god, he would truly be Zhu Rong's right-hand man.

After leaving the Temple of the Fire God, Jiufeng and Pan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. With their cultivation as celestial gods, facing an ancestral god was too oppressive. Even though Zhurong had deliberately concealed his aura, it still made them tremble.

Then, Jiufeng led Shimo to the Daozang Hall located in the belly of the mountain.

"Hmm? A true god?" Looking at the red-nosed old man sitting cross-legged on a futon outside the Daoist Hall, drinking with hazy eyes, Shi Mo couldn't help but raise an eyebrow:
"To actually have a true god guard the Daoist Scripture Hall? Zhu Rong really has a grand scheme."

"Lord Yuan!" Jiufeng bowed respectfully to the old man.

"Lord Yuan?" Upon hearing Jiu Feng's address to the old man, Shi Mo's gaze sharpened. Was this old man Elder Yuan?

"He shouldn't have been possessed by that chaotic alien race's mind general yet, right?" Shi Mo wondered to himself.

"Oh, Jiufeng?" Yuan smiled when he saw Jiufeng, then looked at Shi Mo: "A newcomer? You personally brought him to the Daoist Hall, so he must have good potential."

"Lord Yuan, his name is Shi Mo. Lord Fire God said that Shi Mo can freely learn all the cultivation methods and supernatural abilities within the Daoist Treasury Hall."

Jiufeng's words seemed to sober Yuan up a bit. He looked at Shi Mo with a slightly serious expression, then waved his hand and said, "Alright, let's go in!"

"Thank you, Lord Yuan," Shi Mocai bowed to Yuan before entering the Daoist Hall with Jiufeng.

The Daoist Hall is also very large, perhaps because this world is still in the era of gods and demons, all the buildings are very large.

However, inside the vast Daoist Hall, on the equally enormous stone platforms, there were very few jade slips recording cultivation methods; there seemed to be only a few dozen scattered throughout.

Somewhat disappointed, Shi Mo stepped forward and casually glanced around; most of them were methods for refining the body of gods and demons.
Moreover, after a brief investigation, Shi Mo was even more disappointed: "It is indeed very crude. Although there are many types, they are only for the body tempering of gods and demons with different attribute energies, and the cultivation methods are all the same."

Although it's called body refinement, it's actually just cultivating divine power, even transforming the physical body into an energy body condensed from divine power, with the soul and body fused into one.

“However, it is still a relatively powerful cultivation method. It does have advantages over Qi Refining,” Shi Mo thought to himself. “If I combine it with a true body refining method and cultivate my divine body to be comparable to a magic weapon or divine weapon, then I will have no regrets.”

Immediately afterwards, Shi Mo noticed a Qi refining method inscribed on a tortoise shell: "Black Tortoise Qi Refining Chapter? An introductory Qi refining method? Opening the Purple Mansion. Tortoise-Snake Primordial Spirit"

While Shi Mo was carefully examining the techniques, Jiu Feng had already quietly left.

Yuan, however, had entered at some point. Seeing Shi Mo frowning as he read the Xuanwu Qi Refining Chapter, he couldn't help but say:

"This Qi Refining Method was created by the True God Xuanwu. It is the foundational method of Qi Refining and the earliest Qi Refining Method to appear."

Other powerful beings and even ancestral gods created Qi cultivation methods, including those that could lead to the Dao Ancestor level, all perfected upon its foundation.

(End of this chapter)