I bear witness to immortality in the human world.

Chapter 247 Nine Years
Zhongfeng.

In front of a cave dwelling,

Yu Yangyan stood on a rock, looked at Wu Ming coming up from the foot of the mountain, and smiled:

"Junior Brother Wu, are you here to choose a location?"

He knew that Wu Ming had long since entered the seventh level of the Refinement Realm, but because of the Battle of the Earth Abyss, he had not yet opened a cave dwelling on the Central Peak. Now that he had come up with some bags and luggage, it was clear that he intended to stay on the Central Peak.

Wu Ming nodded slightly and asked, "Should we report this to Master?"

"Need not."

Yu Yangyan smiled and shook his head, saying, "After the Seven Refinements, being able to open a cave dwelling on the Central Peak is not only a rule of our Qingming Peak, but also a rule that is almost universal among all peaks. Junior Brother Wu, just choose the place you like, besides, Master is not on the peak."

"To be honest, there aren't many people in Zhongfeng right now, so there are a lot of places to choose from. But once there are more fellow disciples in Zhongfeng, there will be fewer places to choose from."

Upon hearing Yu Yangyan's words, Wu Ming was slightly surprised: "Master is not here? Could it be that Master also went to the Abyss?"

"Who knows."

Yu Yangyan raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "My master is rarely seen, she's not on the peak most of the time, so it's not something you can see anytime..."

At this point, Yu Yangyan paused, his gaze suddenly narrowing as he lowered his voice and said, "Although Master is a Nine-Refined Dao Saint, the path of cultivation is boundless. She has been constantly training and cultivating, striving to break through to the Immortal Realm. As far as I know, it seems that Master's next tribulation is approaching. It would be best if you did not disturb her for the time being."

A period of decline and calamity?

Wu Ming's gaze turned somewhat serious.

Having been in the Holy Land for some time, he had already achieved the seventh level of primordial spirit refinement and become a Daoist master. He was no stranger to the tribulation of decline, knowing that it was a tribulation for Daoist saints and martial saints who had undergone nine blood and nine refinements. Once they passed through it, they could live for another thousand years; otherwise, they would die and their Dao would dissipate. Therefore, each tribulation was considered a life-or-death ordeal.

Seeing Wu Ming's solemn expression, Yu Yangyan patted him on the shoulder, then smiled and said, "Don't worry too much. Master's Daoist magic is divine, he is no ordinary person. Besides, this is only Master's third tribulation, he will surely overcome it."

"the third time……"

Wu Ming said thoughtfully, "So that means Master is nearly three thousand years old?"

"cough."

Yu Yangyan coughed, interrupting Wu Ming's thoughts.

Wu Ming came to his senses and looked at Yu Yangyan, asking, "These tribulations are getting harder and harder each time. If we can keep getting through them, can we live forever?"

Yu Yangyan's lips curled up slightly as he said, "Hahaha, you don't know this. If you can survive the tribulation of decline, you can certainly live forever. But there are only nine tribulations of decline at most. This ninth one is also called the tribulation of immortality. Once you survive it, you will be a true immortal being, able to live as long as heaven and earth."

"It is said that the founders of our holy land and the founding emperors of our Great Jin Dynasty were both immortal beings. The length of their existence is almost immeasurable, far exceeding 100,000 years."

Nine Refinements Dao Saint, Nine Blood Martial Saint, Nine Tribulations Immortal.

As Wu Ming listened to Yu Yangyan's words, a glint appeared in his eyes. He finally understood how to walk the path to immortality. It turned out that one had to go through all nine tribulations of decay. Once one had passed through them all, one would become immortal.

However, the tribulation was still too far away for him. Right now, he needed to cultivate step by step and strive to enter the eighth level of cultivation as soon as possible.

After chatting with Yu Yangyan for a while, Wu Ming led Yan Chuyu away. He had originally planned to pay his respects to the Qingming Peak Master, but since the master was not on the peak, he decided to give up and wait until he was summoned later.

soon.

Wu Ming found a cliff facing south.

With a thought, a flying sword instantly flew out from his sleeve, then streaked across the cliff face and pierced into the rock face, cutting through the solid rock wall as easily as cutting tofu, creating a huge hollow area.

then,

Wu Ming raised his hand again, activating the Earthly Fiend Dharma Form to crush the broken rocks one by one, and guided the power of the Earthly Fiend to further solidify the inner mountain walls.

Finally, Wu Ming took out many pieces of dark yellow crystal jade from his bag and threw them into the interior of the mountain wall, causing them to land in different positions. There were nine pieces in total. Then, with a flick of his finger, a stream of heaven and earth power was guided to connect the nine pieces of crystal jade, finally forming a unique array that enveloped the entire area.

"okay."

After doing all this, Wu Ming finally stopped and let out a soft breath.

The creation of the cave dwelling itself is not important; what is important is setting up a unique formation that can isolate him from the outside world.

soon.

Wu Ming arranged the newly opened cave dwelling, placing Yan Chuyu's residence on the outer side, which was a medium-sized stone cave, while his own secluded cave dwelling was located on the inner side, with several different quiet rooms.

For him now, everything needs to be kept simple. There wasn't even a bed in the quiet room, just a futon and all the dust was swept away, and that was enough.

For the next few days, Wu Ming stayed in the cave.

On the fifth day, news finally arrived from the Holy Land about his achievements in defending the Abyss and his rewards, totaling 370,000 resource points!
More than 300,000 resource points is undoubtedly a huge sum of money for him!
He has now entered the seventh level of cultivation, and the resources required for his future cultivation will be much more numerous and valuable than those required for the sixth level. According to his estimate, with these 300,000 resource points, he will have enough resources for the next ten years of cultivation, which directly solves the problem of lacking resource points after his recent breakthrough.

"very good."

After receiving the message, Wu Ming finally felt relieved and left his cave dwelling to go to the rear hall in the center of the holy land.

At his current stage, whether he is further cultivating the Divine Firmament Thunder Technique or condensing his primordial spirit dharma form, he can no longer cultivate directly. He needs to use some special resources as a foundation, such as Thunder Heart Jade, Blazing Fire Core, and so on.

Almost all spiritual resources can be found in the holy land; the only thing lacking is resource points.

quickly,

Wu Ming then exchanged the resources he needed in the back hall.

Instead of returning to Qingming Peak, he went straight to the Nine Heavens Thunder Pillar, a secret realm in the holy land used for cultivating thunder magic.

That was a secret realm located on the westernmost side of the holy land. This secret realm consisted of nine extremely huge stone pillars, each of which was over a thousand feet tall, comparable to some of the mountains in the holy land. Standing at the bottom and looking up, it was like a pillar supporting the sky.

These nine stone pillars are arranged in an array. Lightning flashes and arcs of lightning appear on each pillar from time to time. You can feel the terrifying power of lightning surging within them, but it is sealed inside the stone pillar.

Below the nine stone pillars, at the base of each pillar, extends a dark blue platform.

These platforms are not large, only a hundred feet in diameter. On each platform, there are scattered figures sitting cross-legged, some breathing in and out the power of thunder, some refining thunder talismans, and others guiding the power of thunder to temper spiritual treasures and magical artifacts.

In addition, there were many more figures gathered below these platforms. Most of them were Dao cultivators at the sixth level of cultivation, not qualified to ascend the 'Thunder Platform', and could only occupy positions near the Thunder Platform.

Wu Ming had also cultivated here before, and was one of the people below the Thunder Platform. It wasn't that the area above the Thunder Platform was forbidden to enter, but rather that at the sixth level of cultivation, the amount of thunder power absorbed below the Thunder Platform was already sufficient. Forcibly climbing the Thunder Platform might have been possible with his primordial spirit power at that time, but there was no need for it.

But this time, things were different.

Wu Ming rode a beam of lightning and landed directly above one of the lightning platforms.

Snap!

The moment he stepped onto it, the dark blue thunder platform beneath his feet, entirely constructed of thunder jade, immediately unleashed a surge of thunderous power, spreading directly along his body and exerting a powerful pressure upon him. However, Wu Ming remained calm, seemingly oblivious to this thunderous pressure, enduring it with effortless ease, and casually took a few steps forward.

One could feel that the closer one got to the lightning pillar in the center of the Thunder Platform, the stronger the thunderous pressure emanating from beneath one's feet became.

The edge is basically the limit that a typical seventh-level cultivator can withstand. To reach the innermost edge of the lightning pillar, one basically needs to be at the eighth level of primordial spirit cultivation.

On these nine thunder platforms, there are only a dozen or so figures at the edge of the thunder pillars.

As for the Seven Refinement Daoist Masters surrounding the Thunder Platform, there were many, more than a hundred of them. However, the Thunder Platform was large enough, with nine platforms, so it didn't look crowded, and each person could occupy a space to cultivate.

After sensing the surroundings, Wu Ming didn't go too far forward. He casually took a few steps and then sat down cross-legged in an open space.

"call."

He took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

The next period of time was for him to refine the Divine Firmament Thunder Talisman, cultivate the Thunder Element Dharma Form, and slowly settle down.

……

The years are long.

Nine years have passed in the blink of an eye.

At a certain point on the central peak of Qingming Peak, Wu Ming, dressed in a long, slender blue Daoist robe, stood in an open space, wielding a dark spear. The spear moved like a dragon, tumbling up and down, and every move he made carried a chilling aura.

For a Taoist master who has completed the seventh stage of primordial spirit cultivation, lifespan is extremely long, and the cultivation of various Taoist techniques also requires accumulation over time.

Nine years,

His skills have been steadily improving.

First is the Divine Firmament Upper Purity Talisman. He has already refined twenty-seven thunder talismans, and the power of a single move has reached the highest level among the seven refinements, even approaching the 'peerless' level.

The Jade Purity Method has also been cultivated to the seventh level of perfection. When released in combination with the Upper Purity Talisman, its power can be further enhanced.

Secondly, there are four Dharma forms, all of which have been cultivated to the eighth level of the corresponding Seven Refinements. By fusing these four Dharma forms with the Fighting Word Technique, their power can also reach the 'peerless' level!

Then there's the Nine Swords Killing Formation. This killing formation relies on the Primordial Spirit Formation, as well as the Soldier Technique and the Formation Technique. Both of these secret techniques are supreme-level secret techniques with no room for improvement, but the strength of his Primordial Spirit has been steadily increasing over the past nine years.

The distance from the seventh to the eighth refinement is much longer than that from the sixth to the seventh refinement. It took a full nine years, and Wu Ming still had not yet cultivated his primordial spirit to the limit of the seventh refinement. At most, he had only gone halfway.

However, because he possesses the Word of Mastery and relies on the evil energy in the Demon Subduing Diagram to repeatedly temper his primordial spirit, coupled with the growth of his primordial spirit itself, his primordial spirit soul power is now at least nearly twice as strong as it was nine years ago!
Under these circumstances, even though Wu Ming had not used the Nine Swords Killing Formation for nine years, it was still possible to be certain that the power of the Nine Swords Killing Formation he activated would definitely reach the level of a 'peerless' grandmaster!

From manipulating objects to supernatural powers and primordial spirits, Wu Ming has reached an unparalleled level in all these areas. Without a doubt, he is now a true unparalleled master!
A peerless master.

This is a title that only a master who has undergone seven refinements and seven bloodlines can possess, whose strength is almost invincible.

Normally, to reach the pinnacle, one must not only construct a perfect array, but also truly comprehend a law of heaven and earth.

However, Wu Ming has reached this level without relying on the power of the laws of heaven and earth, solely based on his current strength.

of course,

If he were to truly face those peerless grandmasters who wield the power of laws, the outcome would be hard to predict. He might be slightly inferior, but he would still be a formidable opponent.

In fact, Wu Ming also wanted to master the laws. He completed the cultivation of various Dao techniques in just seven years, and then focused on comprehending the laws of slaughter for the next two years.

However, comprehending the laws is not easy. Even with the existence of the Law Hall, which allows direct observation of the first level of the Law of Slaughter, Wu Ming still failed to comprehend it.

but,

Wu Ming could sense that his understanding of the Law of Slaughter had reached a bottleneck, and he was just one step away from completely entering the past and initially understanding and mastering the power of this law.

However, Wu Ming did not know how to break through this bottleneck and take that step. So after failing to comprehend the Law of Slaughter for a long time, he temporarily put aside his study of the Dao and even temporarily put aside his cultivation of the Dao, and instead focused his energy on cultivating the martial arts.

His martial arts have also reached the Seven Blood Realm!

This step, which is extremely difficult for many martial artists, was naturally not difficult for him; it was a natural progression.

Martial arts and Taoist arts, after reaching the Grandmaster level, are interconnected, both requiring the study of laws. However, in martial arts, the understanding and application of the laws of heaven and earth have another name—

Enter the Tao!

Having failed to grasp the laws of killing in the realm of Daoist magic, Wu Ming sought to understand and master them in the realm of martial arts. The spear technique he was currently practicing was a 'killing' lineage of spear techniques recorded in the Holy Land.

Wu Ming practiced wielding his spear in the open space for several hours until sunset, when he finally stopped.

"call."

He looked at the spear in his hand, lost in thought.

I still can't figure it out.

Could it be that to comprehend the laws of killing, simply studying in isolation is insufficient, and one must truly experience and apply them in order to master them in battle?
In fact, the bottleneck he encountered was not only in comprehending the Law of Slaughter, but also in the Primordial Spirit Formation, which also trapped him at the threshold of the 'Supreme Level'.

After countless attempts to comprehend and experience the formations, Wu Ming has now completely confirmed that above the perfect-level formations, there exists a supreme level, which he calls the Supreme, and he has always wanted to construct it.

Even though he has repeatedly refined the perfect-level formation over the years, improving it to its limit, he still cannot reach the supreme level.

The Law of Slaughter.

Supreme formation.

These are the two biggest bottlenecks for Wu Ming during the seventh stage of training.

After reaching the seventh stage of blood coagulation in martial arts, he used blood energy to nourish his primordial spirit, making his cultivation efficiency much faster than before.

It took him nine years to cultivate his primordial spirit from the initial stage of the seventh refinement to the middle stage. According to Wu Ming's judgment, it would only take him a maximum of four years to cultivate his primordial spirit to the limit of the seventh refinement.

Before that, he was determined to overcome these two bottlenecks.

"Perhaps it's time to come down the mountain."

Wu Ming looked up at the sky and murmured something.

He had just run out of resource points, and he also wanted to find an opportunity to return to Yong Kingdom.

After all, it has been far too long since he left Yong.

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(End of this chapter)