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Chapter 165 Two Months
Dazhai, a border village.

Nearly two months have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past two months, Wu Ming has entered the Abyss several times and gained a lot. He has also clashed with figures from other major cities such as Jingyu and Jinglan, defeating many outstanding young talents. His reputation has spread far and wide, and he has already gained some prestige in a corner of Yong Kingdom and the three cities. All forces are wary of him.

Inside Wu Ming's private tent, located on the southern edge of the border stronghold, was a relatively secluded spot.

Inside the tent,

Wu Ming sat cross-legged, his primordial spirit leaving his body. He formed hand seals, his eyes sharp, and he continuously flicked his fingers, drawing out strands of his soul. In the void, streaks of lightning flashed intermittently.

Directly in front of him was a thunder talisman floating in the void. Under the guidance of his soul, the thunder talisman gradually took shape. After an unknown amount of time, the entire thunder talisman suddenly trembled and burst into bright light.

Crackling! !
A series of dense lightning bolts surged forth, reaching towards Wu Ming's body not far away.

Wu Ming's expression remained unchanged. With a wave of his hand, his primordial spirit released a wisp of soul thought, instantly drawing the lightning of that secret manual. After a pull and a draw, he guided it into the ground and it disappeared.

After he finished, he looked at the lightning talisman that had condensed in the void in front of him, and saw that the lightning talisman had finally calmed down and stabilized.

"It's done."

Wu Ming let out a soft breath.

This is the sixth thunder talisman of the Shenxiao Shangqing Register, and also the last thunder talisman he could cultivate during the fourth stage of Yuan Shen refinement.

Without much hesitation, Wu Ming moved his mind, and his primordial spirit expanded instantly, taking the sixth thunder talisman into the depths of his soul and imprinting it on his soul, beginning to refine it within his primordial spirit.

The sixth lightning talisman was no ordinary object. As soon as it entered the body, it attracted dense lightning, impacting the primordial spirit. At the same time, the five lightning talismans that had been tempered inside the primordial spirit were also drawn in, emitting lightning and creating an attack from both inside and outside.

But now, after nearly a year of cultivation, Wu Ming's soul is no longer at the level of a beginner in the fourth stage of cultivation. He refines it day and night with the Linzi technique, making it strong and stable. No matter how the lightning arcs spread and impacted him, he remained as steady as Mount Tai.

I do not know how long it has been,

Finally, all the lightning gradually disappeared, and the sixth lightning talisman was completely absorbed by Wu Ming's primordial spirit!

"it is good!"

Wu Ming suddenly opened his eyes, a flash of light in them. His primordial spirit did not return to his body, but instead soared into the air and instantly left the camp. In a short while, he flew more than ten miles south and arrived at a secluded and deserted valley.

Then, with a wave of his hand, six thunder runes within his primordial spirit intertwined instantly, forming a mysterious and complex pattern. He then swung it forward and shouted in a deep voice, "Shangqing Thunder Spirit!"

boom!
In an instant, thunder roared and lightning intertwined. This time, however, the lightning did not converge into a chaotic mass. In the center of the condensed lightning, a small beast composed entirely of lightning could be faintly seen!

The little beast, its feet treading on lightning and its eyes blazing with electricity, lunged forward and landed on a rock.

Click! !
The entire mountain rock suddenly trembled, then exploded with a deafening roar, shattered into pieces.

Seeing the power of the lightning bolt, Wu Ming finally showed a hint of satisfaction in his eyes and said, "With the sixth lightning talisman condensed, I can finally release a complete move from the Divine Firmament Thunder Technique. Using soul thoughts to guide and lightning to transform into spirit, the power of this move is several times greater than before, and it has finally reached the peak power level of the fourth refinement."

The Divine Firmament Upper Purity Register contains thirty-six thunder talismans. By condensing six thunder talismans, one can master a thunder technique. The first and most basic technique is Spirit Guidance, which guides the interweaving of thunder and manifests in the form of a thunder beast. The small beast that emerged from the thunder earlier was the legendary thunder beast, a primordial spirit of thunder.

of course,

The thunder spirit manifested by this first technique is actually just an outline, lacking true intelligence and life. Even its 'spirituality' is barely there, merely an external manifestation.

Even so, when the lightning gathered and manifested the lightning spirit, the power of the entire lightning bolt greatly increased, making the power of this strike reach the top level among the four refinements!
The Divine Firmament Upper Purity Talisman is, after all, an ancient thunder technique with extremely high cultivation difficulty. It is not surprising that one can master the first six thunder talismans at the fourth level of the Primordial Spirit Refinement, and its power reaches the peak of the fourth level. In fact, if one refines the sixth thunder talisman to perfection and cultivates one's own soul to the peak of the fourth level, the power of this thunder technique can be further enhanced!
In fact, the difference in the level of Taoist methods can also be seen from the Shenxiao Shangqing Register.

From Wu Ming's current perspective, the Divine Firmament Upper Purity Talisman is a supernatural technique of an extremely high level. Once one cultivates it to its peak at the corresponding realm, one can basically reach the pinnacle of power at that realm.

Like many weaker supernatural abilities, even if cultivated to their peak, it's difficult to even touch the edge of the 'Four Refinements Peak'. After all,

The Four Refinements Peak essentially corresponds to the Four Blood Peak of the unity of martial arts spirit and flesh, which is not so easy to achieve. It is only because he has an endless stream of ancient secret techniques and supreme secret techniques that he can regard this bottleneck as nothing.

Some ordinary masters of the Four Refinements Daoist arts may not be able to reach the top even after a lifetime of effort.

For example, even if one has mastered the second level of the Earthly Fiend Yuan Magic Form, it is still slightly short of the top level. Only by using the Fighting Word Technique to control and amplify its power can it leap to the top level.

The Heavenly Gang Thunder Essence Dharma Form is clearly superior to the Earthly Fiend Essence Dharma Form in both power and level. Once one can cultivate it to the second level, it will undoubtedly be at the top level among the four refinements. However, compared to the Earthly Fiend Essence Dharma Form, the Heavenly Gang Thunder Essence Dharma Form is much more difficult to cultivate. Even with Wu Ming's foundation, he is still far from mastering it.

Whether it is the Divine Firmament Upper Purity Register or the Heavenly Gang Thunder Origin Dharma Form, they are all Daoist methods with extremely high cultivation difficulty and level. However, even if they are cultivated to the limit, they can only reach the top level of the current realm. But supreme secret techniques such as the Fighting Word Technique are completely different!

First is the Fighting Technique. By using the Fighting Technique to control the Earthly Fiend Yuan Magic Form, one can almost reach the limit of the fourth level of refinement. Even a top-level master of the fourth level of refinement, such as Zhong Changdong, who has achieved the unity of spirit and body, cannot destroy it. Once the Heavenly Gang Dharma Form is fused with it, its power will break through the limit of the fourth level of refinement and approach the threshold of the fifth level of refinement!
of course,

There is still a huge gap between the limit of the fourth refinement and the fifth refinement. It cannot be achieved overnight. However, there is no doubt that the supreme secret technique of the Fighting Word Technique can break through the limit of realm.

The same applies to the "Soldier's Technique". For example, Wu Ming, after his realm was completely stabilized, used the "Soldier's Technique" to control the killing weapons in the Demon Subduing Realm, and the power also reached the top. This is not the limit of the "Soldier's Technique" at all!
Using the "Soldier's Technique," Wu Ming can separate at least four souls and simultaneously control four weapons of war!
Each of the four weapons of slaughter can unleash the ultimate power of the fourth level of refinement. How terrifying is that? Even a top-level expert like Zhong Changdong, who has achieved perfect harmony between spirit and body, would not be able to withstand many blows before being torn to pieces on the spot!

even,

If Wu Ming disregards everything, he can still forcefully control a weapon from the deeper part of the Demon Subduing Realm using the "Soldier" technique. Although his mind will be affected by the evil energy within, making it impossible to perfectly control and manipulate it, its power will be greatly enhanced. He will still be able to break through the limit of the fourth level and approach the threshold of the fifth level!
However, Wu Ming would not use such methods unless absolutely necessary. After all, the influence of evil energy on the mind is still very troublesome. Even though he has the Linzi Technique and can slowly remove it afterward, he would try to avoid using such methods that would backfire on himself.

"Now that the sixth thunder talisman is complete, I can focus on cultivating the second level of the Heavenly Gang Thunder Essence Dharma Form."

Wu Ming let out a soft breath.

With the six thunder talismans of the Divine Firmament Thunder Technique as a foundation, the cultivation of the second level of the Heavenly Gang Thunder Essence Dharma Form will be more efficient. According to his estimate, it may take at most another six months to complete it.

Having mastered the second level of this Dharma Form, he now possessed another trump card.

Ultimately, his primordial spirit realm cannot leap from the fourth level to the fifth level in one leap. He still needs to accumulate and cultivate slowly. Therefore, at this stage, the more Daoist techniques he has, the better. The stronger his methods are, the more confident he will be.

Swish.

Wu Ming's primordial spirit suddenly departed, returning to the camp and re-entering his body.

He stood up, picked up the crimson-black gold spear that he had taken from Zhong Changdong, and went outside from the tent to a secluded mountain forest far from the main camp. Then he casually swung it around, practicing his daily spear techniques.

Wu Ming has recently discovered that alternating between cultivating the Primordial Spirit Daoist Technique and the Martial Arts Spear Technique yields more remarkable results. On the one hand, cultivating the Primordial Spirit Daoist Technique consumes soul power, and after a large amount of consumption, it takes time to slowly recover. On the other hand, the cultivation of the Primordial Spirit tends to be more 'still', while the cultivation of the body tends to be more 'dynamic'. The combination of stillness and dynamics is itself the ultimate principle of cultivation.

"Hoo, ha."

Wielding this 120-pound crimson-black gold spear was quite physically demanding. Wu Ming swung the spear so fast and intensely that it seemed to splash ink everywhere. He practiced for nearly an hour before finally stopping, panting heavily.

He was exhausted, his body was drenched in sweat, and his clothes were soaked through. However, the blood energy in his lower abdomen was as vigorous as a fire, surging and blazing. Its strength was increasing day by day, and it was not far from the limit of three blood clottings!

He hadn't used those thousand-year-old stone heart milks yet, intending to save them for after the four blood coagulations before using them.

"In another three to five months at most, my blood and qi will be almost fully accumulated, and then I will be able to break through to the fourth level of blood."

A glint flashed in Wu Ming's eyes.

The four blood clotting events were a significant milestone for him!

In the past two months, he has encountered several evil spirits in the abyss, all of which he suppressed with his power. Now, the power accumulated in the Demon Subduing Diagram is considerable. As long as his martial arts realm breaks through to the fourth level, he can use the martial arts blood energy to nourish his soul and accelerate the cultivation of his primordial spirit. At that time, his primordial spirit will be close to the fifth level of refinement!
Liu Muyuan said there was an opportunity that required him to master the sixth thunder talisman of the Divine Firmament Thunder Technique and the second level of the Heavenly Gang Thunder Essence Dharma Image, which would allow him to fully enter the realm of 'top-level fourth refinement'. But perhaps by then, he would no longer be at the fourth refinement level, but at the fifth refinement level!

(End of this chapter)