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Chapter 85 Primordial Spirit Body: A Hundredfold Increase in Spiritual Energy Requirement is Outrageous
Name: Zhou Qing

Realm: Ninth level of the Innate Realm (Grandmaster of the Golden Core Stage)

Mastery of martial arts: Innate Primordial True Skill/Perfect (Trait: Primordial Spirit Body), Primordial Creation Skill/Understanding (Martial Arts Primordial Spirit (Developing)/Progress: 0.01%), etc...

Mastering the artistic conception: Primordial Artistic Conception/Transformation Domain Stage (99%), etc...

Talent: Nine-Breath Breath Control (details omitted...)
Daoyuan: 0
"The martial arts spirit has begun to take shape!"

Zhou Qing looked at the panel.

He has now reached the perfect ninth level of the Innate Realm.

Next, it is time to nurture the martial arts spirit.

There are no shortcuts to the formation of martial arts spirit.

There's only one word: 'eat'.

They eat all kinds of rare and precious natural ingredients that contain the essence of heaven and earth.

In short, sufficient spiritual energy is required during the gestation process.

If there is insufficient spiritual energy, it will lead to malnutrition of the martial arts spirit, slowing down the process of its development. Even if a martial arts spirit is eventually developed, it will be inherently deficient, unable to bear the power of heaven and earth, and will be crushed by the power of heaven and earth.

Even if one is fortunate enough to break through to the Celestial Realm, the power of heaven and earth that one can mobilize is still limited.

Such beings at the Celestial Realm are specifically designed to be killed by those of higher levels.

For a Primordial Golden Core to nurture a martial arts spirit, the required spiritual energy of heaven and earth is hundreds of times greater than that of an ordinary spirit.

At this moment, Zhou Qing felt an intense hunger in his body. His 108 spiritual apertures automatically absorbed energy, frantically devouring the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him.

call!
The surrounding spiritual energy was drawn in by a terrifying gravitational force, transforming into a terrifying spiritual energy storm that poured into Zhou Qing's body.

However, Zhou Qing's body, or rather his Hunyuan Golden Core, seemed to be a bottomless pit. No matter how much spiritual energy from heaven and earth was poured into it, it could never be filled.

"what happened!"

"The spiritual energy of heaven and earth has been absorbed."

"Could it be that some kind of spiritual being is about to be born?"

"It's not that a spiritual being has been born; it's that someone is absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

“Zhou Qing is absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.”

"The speed at which this sect leader absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is simply astonishing. Even if the sect leader breaks through to the Celestial Realm, he cannot compare to it."

The disciples of the Imperial Heaven Sect were all shocked; they had never seen such a terrifying scene of absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Zhou Qing's body seemed to transform into a vortex with super strong suction, frantically devouring the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him. The spiritual energy in the spiritual land seemed to materialize, flowing into his body like a river.

"Not enough, far from enough!"

Zhou Qing opened the storage bag, and spirit stones flew out one by one.

Spirit stones contain incredibly pure spiritual energy.

In a sense, spirit stones can also be considered spiritual objects nurtured by spiritual lands. The spiritual energy contained in a single spirit stone is equivalent to the total amount of spiritual energy that an ordinary innate grandmaster would accumulate through ten days of arduous cultivation.

Normally, Grandmasters only use spirit stones to cultivate when breaking through bottlenecks; their daily cultivation involves staying in spiritual lands to slowly absorb spiritual energy. Zhou Qing, however, was generous, crushing spirit stones one by one and letting the pure spiritual energy escape, which he then devoured like a whale drinking water.

One, two, three...

Zhou Qing crushed a thousand spirit stones, absorbing all the pure spiritual energy around him, before he felt his hunger disappear and no longer needed to replenish his spiritual energy.

One thousand spirit stones are equivalent to the total amount of spiritual energy that an ordinary innate grandmaster would accumulate in ten thousand days of arduous cultivation, but they were only enough to prevent Zhou Qing from feeling hungry.

This means that Zhou Qing will need to consume a thousand spirit stones every day from now on in order to provide enough nutrients for the development of the Primordial Golden Core.

During his time at the Imperial Heaven Sect, Zhou Qing also exchanged experiences with Chu Linfeng regarding the Celestial Realm and the Spirit Nurturing Stage of Martial Arts.

Before Chu Linfeng broke through to the Celestial Realm, he was in the stage of nurturing his Martial Dao Spirit. He needed ten spirit stones of spiritual energy per day, and it took him ten years to successfully nurture his Martial Dao Spirit and break through to the Celestial Realm.

However, Zhou Qing needs a hundred times more spiritual energy than Chu Linfeng every day, which would consume millions of spirit stones over ten years.

Millions of spirit stones—even the entire Great Xuan Dynasty, and even all the surrounding countries combined, couldn't gather that many.

This is enough to train a hundred ordinary Grandmasters like Chu Linfeng at the Celestial Realm.

In such an environment with scarce spiritual energy, if Zhou Qing did not have the Nine Breaths Qi Absorption talent, which is equivalent to a year of arduous cultivation in one day, then even if all the resources of the entire Great Xuan Dynasty were gathered into him, it would be difficult to cultivate a martial arts spirit.

Let alone the Great Xuan Dynasty, even those reclusive sects that occupy blessed lands and possess resources far exceeding those of the outside world, could not possibly come up with millions of spirit stones. If all the reclusive sects combined their resources, it would probably barely be enough to support Zhou Qing's cultivation.

However, although Zhou Qing needs to absorb a hundred times more spiritual energy from heaven and earth every day than other True Core Grandmasters, his strength has also undergone earth-shattering changes.

At this moment.

Zhou Qing felt that even without entering the state of oneness with heaven and man, the attacks he could unleash were comparable to those he had when he entered the state of oneness with heaven and man, and even stronger with the blessing of the Primordial Spirit Body.

Just as Zhou Qing was cultivating the Primordial Spirit Body, three Grandmasters of the Great Xuan Imperial Family entered the Eastern Continent.

"We'll be there soon, almost at the Imperial Heaven Sect."

"According to the latest intelligence, Zhou Qing is still inside the Yutian Sect and has not left."

“Zhou Qing is the number one wanted criminal on the imperial court’s wanted list. The fact that the Yutian Sect dares to associate with such a criminal is simply courting death.”

"This time, let's just wipe out the Imperial Heaven Sect as well."

“I agree. The Imperial Heaven Sect and Zhenwu City control the martial arts world. It is because of their existence that the imperial court has great difficulty in controlling the martial arts world. They should have been taught a lesson long ago.”

"The three of us have all broken through to the Celestial Realm and become Grandmasters, and we have also brought the national treasure spiritual weapon. The mere Imperial Heaven Sect is nothing to mention."

"Whether it's the Imperial Heaven Sect or Zhou Qing, kill them all."

As they flew, the three Grandmasters of the Great Xuan Royal Family discussed the matter of the Imperial Heaven Sect and Zhou Qing, their words revealing their murderous intent.

He refined the essence of demons and monsters to break through to the Celestial Realm, but while his cultivation improved, the demon bloodline also began to influence his own mind.

Even the three Grandmasters of Demon Blood were unaware that, although they still appeared as humans, their nature was gradually transforming into that of the demons whose bloodlines they had refined.

It is much bloodier and more brutal than before.

This influence will gradually deepen over time, and eventually it will even crave human flesh and blood, which is basically on the verge of getting out of control.

Once out of control, the demon bloodline will be fully revived. Whether it is a demon warrior or a demon blood grandmaster, their body will permanently retain a demonic appearance, directly transforming into a demon, or what can be called a half-demon.

(End of this chapter)