Days and months passed in the mountains in the blink of an eye.
The rolling mountain range was filled with towering ancient trees.
Their bark was rough and reddish-brown, their trunks straight and resilient. The tallest of them had even thrust their crowns into the clouds.
A faint golden light suddenly bloomed atop a branch.
The light and shadow shifted at once. The golden glow rapidly expanded, revealing a human figure.
"Three hundred zhang in an instant. Now that the Jade Cicada Secret Manual has advanced, the distance of Vertical Rainbow Light's aerial escape has indeed improved again!" Chen Mu said delightedly.
Over the past few months, Chen Mu had secluded himself in peace. He maintained a regular daily routine and cultivated step by step. The Jade Cicada Secret Manual had smoothly entered the ninth layer.
On the path of Qi Refining cultivation, he had once again taken a solid step forward.
The Jade Seed had grown increasingly round and archaic. Dense golden lines filled its increasingly solid outer shell.
Threads of golden light darted through those patterns, resembling a dense mass of plant roots, yet also like intertwined human blood vessels and nerves.
"Why does it look seventy or eighty percent similar to the Yin Spirit Embryo?"
Chen Mu raised an eyebrow and lightly tapped his brow. He pulled out a walnut-sized jade-white orb from the Secret Aperture. It was the Yin Spirit Embryo cultivated by the Heavenly Demon Body.
"The Divine Embryo is formed when Netherworld Yinling return to their origin and complete their innate Ghost Patterns. It is the foundation for Yinling to advance further."
"The Dao Foundation is formed when Qi Refining cultivators reshape their Jade Seeds according to the Dao Foundation Chart. It is also the basis for cultivating a Primordial Spirit."
"Qi Refining cultivators