Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

A few days later, the Fire Spirit Shield's advancement was finally completed.

The crimson gold spirit patterns extended to every inch of the shield, making the entire shield look as if it had been recast, forming a jade shield that was warm and understated, yet exuded an extremely heavy sense of oppression.

The jade shield shimmered and flickered like breathing, drawing in fire-attribute spiritual energy from dozens of miles around with each movement.

The fourth-tier magic weapon is complete.

Lin Zhao gripped the Fire Spirit Shield, feeling the heat and weight emanating from his palm.

I've finally grasped the basics of the rules of fire.

He could clearly sense that the fire-attribute spiritual energy in the world was in harmony with his mind and moved at his command.

"It's done," he said softly.

This Five Sacred Mountains Dharma Body, after ten years of meditation, has finally reached a level comparable to the Azure Lotus Dharma Body.

The two Dharma Bodies are evenly matched in combat power, both comparable to Nascent Soul Dharma Bodies.

If the main body is added, the three combined are enough to fight a true Nascent Soul True Monarch head-on.

Lin Zhao reached Foundation Establishment at age 28, Core Formation at age 70, and now at age 120, it has taken him a full 50 years to build up his true combat strength from the peak of Core Formation to the Nascent Soul level.

It's not easy, but the higher you go in the cultivation realm, the more time and resources you need.

On the physical side, the divine sense has reached the peak of the Core Formation stage, and is only one step away from the fourth-order divine sense transformation.

When his physical cultivation breaks through to the late stage of Core Formation, his divine sense will most likely break through to the fourth level simultaneously, and his strength will experience a significant boost.

The only thing we lack now is resources.

A cold glint flashed in Lin Zhao's eyes.

Loulan Zhenjun, for the sake of my Great Dao, I have no choice but to ask you to die.

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After the Fire Spirit Shield was upgraded, the strange phenomena in the outside world gradually dissipated.

The lava sea in this underground cavity is less than one-tenth of what it used to be, with only a dark red lava lake remaining at the bottom.

The Heavenly Treasure Spirit Wheel was retrieved, and the Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix transformed back into a phoenix phantom, flying back onto the Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix Robe.

Over the past ten years, the robe has absorbed a large amount of fire energy and added some materials, successfully advancing to the third-tier top-grade level.

Lin Zhao stood up and left quietly.

External vigilance continues.

High in the sky, above a white cloud, Lin Zhao stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at the three busy people below.

Lin You and Luo Yu were in the northeast, and Ye Xiaoxiao was in the southwest. The three of them were spread out in a triangular formation, each guarding a section of the defensive line.

Ye Xiaoxiao has broken through to the peak of Foundation Establishment, and Lin Zhao is quite pleased with her progress.

After her disciple was transferred from a formal disciple to a nominal disciple, her potential was actually stimulated under external pressure.

She built the highest level of spiritual body, the Five Elements Spiritual Body, whose magical power surpasses that of others of the same level by ten times.

Back then, in order to temper her character, the instructors of the Daoist Temple placed four seals on her, making her known as the Lesser Five Elements Spiritual Body.

This was also the real reason why Lin Zhao kicked her out.

In just twenty years, she has not only broken through to the peak of Foundation Establishment, but also broken all four seals, allowing her to fully unleash the power of her Five Elements Spiritual Body.

Lin Zhao estimated that her combat strength had reached the Core Formation stage.

But not enough.

Lin Zhao decided to give her even more help. He raised his hand, and two golden wheels appeared in his palm.

Tier 3 auxiliary magic weapon, Heavenly Dawn Golden Wheel.

These were the resources he obtained from Wei Yuan Zhenren, the so-called peerless genius of the Golden Jade Sect. Over the years, besides using them to upgrade the Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix Robe, he refined the rest into two strands of Heavenly Dawn Gold, which he then reforged into these two golden wheels.

The Heavenly Dawn Golden Wheel exudes a precise and chilling aura, like a machine forged to its ultimate perfection.

With a thought, Lin Zhao sent out a Heavenly Dawn Golden Wheel that transformed into a precious pearl. It was capable of changing shape and could transform into other magical artifacts.

He tossed it with his hand, and the Heavenly Dawn Pearl flew in an arc, hitting Lin You squarely on the head as she was on patrol.

thump.

Lin You was hit and fell headfirst into the ground, where she remained for a long time without getting up.

It's a small punishment. As his niece, she has the resources to use as she pleases, but she hasn't broken through to the peak of Foundation Establishment yet. She needs to be given a good talking-to.

Then Lin Zhao raised his hand and pointed, and another Heavenly Dawn Golden Wheel transformed into a golden mirror, and then into a crimson-feathered golden phoenix, but its aura was much weaker, barely reaching the Core Formation level.

With a flap of its wings, the Crimson Golden Phoenix swooped down on Ye Xiaoxiao below.

Ye Xiaoxiao was looking down at a dense forest when she suddenly looked up.

Luo Yu reacted quickly, flashing in front of her, but was swatted away by the Golden Phoenix's wing, crashing through several trees and falling far into the forest.

Ye Xiaoxiao didn't have time to think about the origin of the golden phoenix, nor did she care about Luo Yu's injuries. She only knew that this thing's strength was comparable to that of a Core Formation cultivator.

If we don't take action, she will die.

She unleashed all her power.

Five-colored spiritual light surged from her body and intertwined to form a huge halo above her head, like a five-colored blazing sun hanging in mid-air. The Five Elements Divine Rings descended with a bang, forcefully resisting the impact of the Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix.

But that wasn't enough. Ye Xiaoxiao patted her storage bag, and four ancient statues flew out. Dragon scales, tiger stripes, wings, and tortoise shells were clearly visible, each one a top-grade second-tier magic weapon.

It was these four magical artifacts that made her go from a formal disciple to a nominal disciple.

After Ye Xiaoxiao used the power of the magic artifact to solve Luo Yu's problem, she originally wanted to send him back to Tianxing Peak, but Lin Zhao never saw her, so the magic artifact remained in her hands.

The spiritual power of the five elements within her body spread and merged with the power of the four symbols, causing four illusory figures of the four symbols to appear out of thin air.

Ye Xiaoxiao actually merged the Four Symbols Statue Magic Artifact with her own Five Elements Spiritual Body for a brief period of time, forming her own magic domain - the Five Elements and Four Symbols Magic Domain.

The process was exactly the same as when Lin Zhao created the Dharma Domain: using the power of the Dharma artifact, the Dharma Domain was formed ahead of schedule during the Foundation Building stage.

The Dharma Domain draws upon the spiritual energy within a ten-mile radius, empowering the Five Elements Divine Ring and continuously suppressing the Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix.

The four spiritual bodies absorbed spiritual energy to take shape and attacked the Golden Phoenix from four directions.

The Crimson Phoenix circled in mid-air, flapping its wings repeatedly, unleashing golden blades, fiery flames, and sharp claws in a continuous barrage of attacks as it battled the Four Symbols Spiritual Bodies.

Ye Xiaoxiao formed a hand seal, and five-colored spiritual light shone in front of her. The boundaries of the spiritual energy were distinct, yet they intertwined and circulated.

Her gaze sharpened, and seizing the opportunity, she pushed with all her might. The five-colored spiritual light surged in the storm, instantly transforming into a terrifying pillar of light.

Supernatural power, the divine light that extinguishes the five elements.

The divine light swept across, forcibly disintegrating the five elements of spiritual power, completely shattering and destroying the spiritual power structure, displaying extreme dominance.

Even the Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix, formed from a third-tier magic weapon, could not withstand the attack. Half of its body was melted into flowing molten metal droplets, and its originally intricate spiritual pattern structure was damaged in many places.

Lin Zhao, however, was somewhat surprised.

The Five Elements Divine Rings are standard equipment for the Five Elements Spiritual Bodies. The methods used in this Dharma Domain are clearly imitating the way he created the Dharma Domain back then.

However, this Five Elements Extinction Divine Light was beyond the scope of his teachings.

He himself only learned this supernatural power after he had reached the Core Formation stage.

Clearly, this was something Ye Xiaoxiao comprehended on her own based on the characteristics of her own Five Elements Spiritual Body.

But thinking about it, it's not surprising. This is the normal potential of the Five Elements Spiritual Body. Although Qin Tianjun also has the Five Elements Spiritual Body, he is mainly a sword cultivator, so his development of the Five Elements Spiritual Body is not actually very high.