Forging the Supreme Foundation
The very center of the Sea of Bitterness.
The place where the sword energy had erupted was the very center of the Sea of Bitterness, so Zhou Tong didn't need to spend much time searching and easily arrived there.
Standing at the bow of the ship, one can see a huge spring in the center of the vast sea, gushing up from the seabed, sacred and peaceful, filled with pure white light, it is like a true Immortal Qi aura, the most powerful, holy and divine Life Essence.
This spring water is so dazzling, it's like the morning dew of Immortal Domain flowing forth, incomparably brilliant, radiant, and full of vitality, completely comparable to the Divine Spring Liquid in the Primordial Forbidden Land.
"As expected of the Heavenly Venerate Life Spring Divine Liquid!" Just by getting close, Zhou Tong felt as if he were Feather Ascension Flying Immortal. His entire body was nourished by that supreme life force, his spirit was full, and his Immortal Platform spontaneously emitted Dao Sound.
After leaving the large ship, Zhou Tong went straight into the depths of the Life Spring. Immediately, an extremely terrifying killing intent came over him, making him feel as if his body was about to Rending, as if he was about to perish here.
"This is indeed a good place to temper my physical body and primordial spirit. I will forge the strongest supreme foundation here!" Zhou Tong did not immediately take out his treasures, but wanted to use the Killing Intent of the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate to temper his physical body and primordial spirit.
He knew that the transition from Great Sage to Quasi -Quasi-Emperor was extremely difficult. Even the Desolate Immortal King Desolate Heaven Emperor was able to break through in such a short time only because he had the guidance of the Immortal King Lord of the Forbidden Zone spirits of so many Dark Immortal King in the Void God Realm as his training subjects.
Even if Zhou Tong is strong now, he is not so arrogant as to think that he can break through the Quasi-Emperor level in a short period of time on his own without relying on external stimulation or pressure.
After all, he is still too young. The red line of becoming a supreme being at five hundred years old is almost impossible to break through on his own; he needs external stimulation.
The Killing Intent emanating from the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate is the perfect test subject. Only with such external stimulation and pressure can one forge a supreme foundation in the shortest possible time.
He went a step further, and his terrifying Killing Intent surged at the same time. He also fully opened the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, absorbing the Life Spring Divine Liquid of the Celestial Venerable Wheel Sea.
"Click!"
Zhou Tong's body instantly shattered like broken porcelain, cracks appearing on its surface, and terrifying killing intent invaded his body through these cracks.
It even invaded Immortal Platform and entangled his primordial spirit.
Zhou Tong's entire body was glowing, and the Five Great Secret Realms of the Wheel Sea, Dao Palace, Four Extremes, and Dragon Transformation simultaneously emitted a dazzling halo, forming a continuous expanse, doing their utmost to resist the killing intent of Lingbao Heavenly Venerate.
"Sizzle!", "Sizzle!", "Sizzle!"...
The Killing Intent, like a sword, was expelled from Zhou Tong's body and burst outward from the cracks in his body. After the Killing Intent dissipated, the cracked flesh naturally healed under the effect of the "Immortal Sutra".
However, as the old Killing Intent was forced out of the body and the old cracks healed, new killing intent invaded, and new cracks appeared.
Zhou Tong stood here for three whole days. After his physical body and primordial Divine Capital so powerful that he could almost ignore the killing intent here, he took another step and walked deeper into the area, where the Killing Intent ahead was even stronger.
He moved forward step by step. At first, it took him three days to take one step, then five days, seven days... and even five years later, it took him a full six months to take one step forward.
This was an unimaginable journey of tempering. The Killing Intent left behind by the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate was too terrifying and too powerful. The further we went, the more terrifying the Killing Intent became, enough to cleave Star Scripture in two.
However, during this process, the "Immortal Sutra" also became more active than ever before, its Killing Intent eroding the physical body, only to be expelled by Zhou Tong. In this back-and-forth, the "Immortal Sutra" operated at breakneck speed, and the injured parts, after being repaired, became even stronger.
It's not just the operation of the "Immortal Sutra" and the process of the Killing Intent corroding it; it's also a comprehensive check: whether the scripture Zhou Tong created himself is powerful enough.
Some places are powerful enough that they can quickly dispel the Killing Intent intent; while in places that are not powerful enough, the Killing Intent intent is dispelled more slowly.
This step forward is also about finding the weaknesses in our own scriptures so that we can improve them further.
For five whole years, Zhou Tong tempered his physical body and primordial spirit with the Killing Intent of Lingbao Heavenly Venerate, and used Lingbao Heavenly Venerate's Killing Intent and the Great Dao as his test subjects to gradually make up for the defects in his own scriptures, enabling him to take another crucial step forward.
Now, his physical body and primordial Divine Capital have reached an extreme realm, the limit of the Great Saint Realm.
If he were to slightly loosen his cultivation level, he could directly go out to undergo tribulation and become a perfect Great Sage.
In just five years, Zhou Tong has become stronger and has begun to build a supreme foundation!
"This is about it. Going any further would be a waste of time. By now, those people looking for me outside must have found this place by now. Even if they can't find it, Dao Yi will definitely help!" Zhou Tong took a step back and said softly.
His current Killing Intent is already the limit at his current level. To advance further, he must reach the Quasi-Emperor level; otherwise, it will probably take him one or two years to make even a single step forward.
Zhou Tong can't afford to wait any longer!
We must seize the Four Immortal Slaying Swords before the main force arrives here.
"Buzz!"
At this moment, Zhou Tong took out a bronze lamp, which he had found at the Great Thunder Sound Temple on Mars. It was a treasure made by the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate back then, specifically to deal with the corpse calamity.
I didn't need this lamp before, but I do now.
This is a lamp with a human body and a ghostly face, its light dim and eerie. At the wick of the lamp, there appears a withered little old man, which is quite strange.
The old man sat cross-legged there, chanting Scripture of Deliverance, and the flame on the lamp blazed brightly.
At the same time, the murderous aura around him subsided, and Zhou Tong's feeling of being about to explode disappeared instantly.
Enveloped in the hazy firelight, he approached the deepest part of the Life Spring step by step.
Although the Life Spring Divine Liquid of the Celestial Venerable Wheel Sea has medicinal effects comparable to the Divine Spring of the Primordial Forbidden Land, it has been tainted with too much Killing Intent from the Four Immortal Slaying Swords over countless years. Just one drop of the Life Spring Divine Liquid is enough to kill a Saint.
The flames on the ghost lantern blocked the divine liquid in the Life Spring, allowing Zhou Tong to calmly enter the depths.
During this process, he finally saw the true form of the Four Immortal Slaying Swords.
The dark red swords exuded an overwhelming Killing Intent. Each sword seemed to have devoured the blood of billions of living beings. Just by sitting there, they emanated a terrifying aura of earth-shattering destruction, enough to destroy the world.
Each sword has a different design, but they are all extremely terrifying designs: there are men who look down on the world and are arrogant towards All Gods; there are scenes of slaying True Immortal Realm; there are scenes of endless seas of blood; and there are scenes of all spirits lying dead.
"Slaying immortals brings profit, killing immortals brings death, trapping Immortal Four, the transformations of the immortals are infinitely wondrous, and the blood of the great Immortal Blood their robes..." Zhou Tong subconsciously thought of this poem.
The sword depicting the slaying of the True Immortal Realm is the Immortal Slaying Sword; the sword depicting a man looking down upon all men is the Immortal Slaughtering Sword; the sword depicting an endless sea of blood is the Immortal Trapping Sword; and the sword depicting countless spirits lying dead is the Immortal Ending Sword.
These four swords represent destruction and slaughter!
"Only when the four swords are combined can they form a complete Imperial Weapon. If they are used individually, their power will definitely be greatly reduced." Zhou Tong looked at the four swords in front of him. They had not been resurrected and were still quietly staying there.
Meanwhile, Zhou Tong was also thinking and calculating whether he could take these four swords away from here.
To break the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation by force, at least four Imperial Weapon are needed; however, if these four swords are taken away first, it will be much easier to subdue the Array Diagram later.