Just as the old patriarch forced me to my death, I achieved the unity of Dao and fruition.

"They brought it back...they really brought it back."

Gu Changjin sat in the secret chamber of Lingdao Peak, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Deep within the Dao Fruit, the ice-blue fragment floated quietly.

It is not a complete grotto-heaven.

The Xuanming Cave Heaven was already in ruins, and he forcibly devoured and refined it, abandoning the crumbling ice mountains, cold rivers, and ruined formations on the outside, leaving only the core essence of the cave heaven.

But the significance of this thing is ridiculously great.

It now resides within the fruit of the path.

Outsiders cannot sense it, nor can they detect it with divine sense.

Storage bags can be stolen, cave dwellings can be destroyed, and magical treasures can be locked.

The fragments of the Xuanming Cave Heaven deep within the Dao Fruit are inaccessible to anyone unless they can directly touch the Dao Fruit itself.

And how can one encounter the existence of the Dao Fruit?

Gu Changjin couldn't imagine it for the time being.

At least those below the Nascent Soul stage shouldn't even think about it.

"I won't put my things in storage bags anymore."

"The entire cave is hidden within."

Gu Changjin became more and more satisfied the more he thought about it.

This thing is now a hidden storage space that no one can open, steal, or find.

What's even better is that he can go inside.

Although the fragments of the cave are not large, the core area is still intact. After being reinforced by the power of the Dao Fruit, its stability is much stronger than before.

If I encounter trouble in the future, I can simply hide inside and cultivate.

He cannot be found by outsiders.

Unless a Nascent Soul cultivator personally intervenes and meticulously transforms the void inch by inch.

But in the Western Wilderness, are Nascent Soul cultivators as common as cabbages?

If a Nascent Soul cultivator were to target him, he wouldn't need to worry about whether his cave could hold him; he could just think of his last words more quickly.

Gu Changjin regained his composure and looked at himself again.

Late stage of Golden Core.

Very strong... At least in the Xuan Yang Sect, or even in the Western Wilderness, he is a genuine elder-level expert.

But he had experienced the Nascent Soul stage.

In his own world, he devoured the spiritual energy of six kingdoms, slaughtered all the Golden Core cultivators, and finally stepped into the Nascent Soul stage.

That feeling is completely different from the Golden Core.

No matter how powerful the Golden Core is, it still traps magic power, soul, and spiritual energy within a single pill.

The Nascent Soul is different.

The Nascent Soul is like a cultivator truly gaining a second life.

The soul leaves the body, and the infant becomes heaven and earth.

With a single movement of his magic, the surrounding spiritual energy seemed to be held in his palm.

Gu Changjin was even well aware that he, at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, could easily kill more than a dozen late-stage Golden Core cultivators.

The difference in levels of understanding is just that unreasonable.

Therefore, the sense of security brought about by the later stages of the Golden Core realm only lasted for a very short time.

Soon, he began to dislike it.

"We still need to reach the Nascent Soul stage."

"Those who haven't reached the Nascent Soul stage are ultimately not qualified to sit at this table."

The Xuanming Devouring Heaven Scripture came to mind.

The quality of this technique is clearly superior to that of the "Jinyang Sword Manual".

It's not that the "Jinyang Sword Manual" is bad.

The ancestors of the Xuan Yang Sect were once wealthy, and this sword scripture allowed him to cultivate to the Golden Core stage, and even has a Nascent Soul chapter later on, which is already quite good.

But the Xuanming Devouring Heaven Scripture is different.

That is an ancient tradition of the Xuanming Dao Sect, which even the Nascent Soul True Monarch has not been able to fully comprehend.

Ice attribute is just the outer layer; the real core is devouring, refining, and reshaping the origin.

If he could combine it with the "Jinyang Sword Scripture" and deduce a sword-devouring technique suitable for his own body, it would definitely allow him to elevate his foundation even further.

However, to deduce the cultivation method, one needs to return to the Dao Yuan.

Gu Changjin had a sudden thought.

Deep within the Dao Fruit, besides the fragments of the Xuanming Cave Heaven, there was also a mysterious Dao light.

That was the Dao Yuan that I refined after I returned to my original position.

It is different from the first trace of the Dao.

In this life, he lived for thirty years, destroying six kingdoms, slaughtering Golden Core cultivators, entering the Nascent Soul stage, seizing cave heavens, searching for the remnants of Divine Transformation souls, and even touching upon the secrets of the Upper Realm that had disappeared.

The accumulated power was so great that the Dao Yuan that was refined far surpassed that of the previous one.

The light shone like a tide, splitting into wisps of pure white energy.

Gu Changjin gave a rough count.

Thirty-six strands.

Each strand is like the essence of cultivation condensed to its ultimate form.

It is neither spiritual energy nor magical power.

It's not just ordinary merit or good fortune.

Rather, it is the purest source of the Dao that remains after the Dao Fruit has refined the cause and effect of others and oneself.

A single thread returns to the origin of the Dao, which can be used to deduce the key gap in a Golden Elixir method.

Three strands can forcibly complete a flawed Nascent Soul secret technique.

If one is willing to invest, one can even directly infuse cultivation, repair the foundation, and refine the soul.

Of course, use a little less.

If you want to add anything further, you can only wait for the next trace of Dao to return to its place.

"Don't spend money recklessly."

Gu Changjin narrowed his eyes.

"But if it's necessary to spend the money, then we should."

He first extracted a wisp of the Dao Yuan and immersed it in the comprehension of the "Xuanming Devouring Heaven Scripture" and the "Jinyang Sword Scripture".

For an instant.

Countless characters, sword patterns, and devouring runes intertwined in his sea of ​​consciousness.

Flames, sword energy, profound coldness, and the Devouring Heaven Secret Pattern gradually merged together.

Gu Changjin did not rush to conduct a complete deduction.

Because he quickly thought of something else.

Within the memories of Xuanming's remnant soul lies an extremely insidious secret technique.

It is called the "Bloodline Primordial Embryo Law".

This method is not an orthodox cultivation technique of the Xuanming Dao Sect, but rather something that Xuanming Zhenjun modified in his later years in order to be reborn, combining the substitute pill method, the blood pact method, and the Devouring Heaven Secret Pattern.

To put it simply, it involves using the bloodline of one's own clan as a guide to create a "bloodline embryo".

The closer the bloodline, the greater the number of offspring, and the stronger the resentment, the more suitable the resulting primordial embryo is for a cultivator to break through to the next realm.

This thing cannot directly help someone break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

However, it can shield cultivators from some of their inner demons, backlash, and spiritual pressure during the Nascent Soul stage.

With the addition of the Daoist Yuan infusion, Gu Changjin might be able to advance from the late Golden Core stage to the mid-Nascent Soul stage in one go, skipping the early stage.

As Gu Changjin thought of this, the smile on his face grew increasingly gentle.

"Bloodline, race, willingly sacrificing their lives?"

"The loving clansmen willingly sacrificed themselves so that their ancestor could break through to the next level. The ancestor endured the pain to achieve the breakthrough. How touching!"

He almost burst out laughing.

Is being family-oriented the right thing to do?

Eat his food, use his things.

He abused his reputation to act arrogantly and domineeringly within the Xuan Yang Sect.

As a result, when he was about to be pushed into a death match, his group of filial sons and grandsons knelt down faster than anyone else.

Well now.

It's time for them to repay their ancestors.

Gu Changjin's divine sense stirred slightly, enveloping the entire Spirit Dao Peak.

Then, his smile deepened.

Skillful.

Just as I was thinking of the Gu family, they arrived.

At the foot of Lingdao Peak, a minor conflict is currently taking place.

Gu Jingshan, along with several elders and young members of the Gu family, stood in front of the stone steps of the mountain gate, their expressions not very pleasant.

They waited for three days.

Three whole days.

After the fierce battle that day, Gu Changjin looked like his life force was about to be extinguished and he was about to pass away. Everyone thought he wouldn't live past that night.

The Gu family was so excited that they didn't sleep all night.

It's not sadness.

It was preparation for attending a funeral.

They even came up with their crying lines.

What kind of ancestor was so loyal to the sect?

The whole family was extremely grateful.

He wished to inherit the ancestor's legacy and protect the Xuan Yang Sect.

As soon as Gu Changjin breathes his last, they will rush up to Lingdao Peak, kneel outside the cave, and cry their hearts out.

She cried for the sect, for Yun Qingli, and for the elders of each peak.

Then, it was only natural to receive the ancestor's belongings.

But the result?

One day passed.

The ancestor did not die.

Two days have passed.

Still nothing.

Three days have passed.

No.

Is this ancestor still alive or not?

The Gu family was on the verge of a mental breakdown from waiting.

If we wait any longer, what if the things the sect promised are intercepted by someone else?

So tonight, they couldn't resist coming.

Ostensibly, it was a visit to the ancestor.

In reality, they came to acquire resources.

The disciples of Lingdao Peak naturally refused to release him.

In the past, when the Gu family went up the mountain, they might not have dared to stop them.

After all, they were Gu Changjin's clansmen.

But things are different now.

After the fierce battle, Gu Changjin rewarded the disciples of Lingdao Peak and was clearly indifferent to the Gu family.

These disciples were also somewhat aware of the situation.

But they were equally puzzled.

Why isn't the ancestor dead yet?

Didn't they say he was about to pass away?

Could it be that the last flicker of life before death took a long time to recover?

At the foot of the mountain, an elder of the Gu family frowned and said, "We are our ancestor's blood relatives, and we have come to visit him. How dare you stop us?"

The Lingdao Peak disciple said with a forced smile, "Elder, please don't be offended. Before our ancestor went into seclusion, he gave an order that no one was allowed to enter without permission."

Gu Jingshan's face was gloomy.

"Anyone?"

"Are we, the Gu family, anyone?"

Another young member of the Gu family couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"Even with our ancestor in this state, why are you still clinging to the resources?"

The sound wasn't loud.

It was clear enough to the monks.

The disciples of Lingdao Peak's expressions changed slightly.

Gu Jingshan turned around and glared fiercely at the young man.

But that's what he actually meant too.

The old ancestor is almost dead.

If those pills, spirit stones, magic treasures, and treasures obtained are not left to the Gu family, then who else can they be left to?

Do we really have to take it to the grave?

Inside the secret room.

Gu Changjin slowly opened his eyes, a smile appearing on his face.

Gentle, kind, and even with a hint of the patriarch's satisfaction at seeing his descendants succeed.

"Got it."