Settling an Old Score

Time flies like water.

In his eighth life, before returning to Tianxing Prefecture, Lu Qingfeng was already Spirit Void Stage cultivator with a lifespan of eight hundred years, which was extremely abundant.

He wasn't in a hurry to fight the Demon King Hunshan.

Although the Demon King Hunshan was in a sorry state due to his three Curse, he was still a Core Formation Demon King after all. Even with the Dutian Blazing Fire Divine Banners in hand and several Divine Ability, Lu Qingfeng dared not say that he could kill him.

The difference between Spirit Void and Core Formation is like heaven and earth.

The former lived to be eight hundred years old.

The latter, however, lived for three thousand years and was respectfully called "True Person," meaning the pinnacle of human achievement. He was comparable to God of Earth, far surpassing Spirit Void.

"With the Triple Demonic Baleful Entangling Silk Divine Curse applied to his soul, it will take three to five hundred years for the Demon King Hunshan to refine the Baleful Threads and break free from the Curse. This time is perfect for improving my cultivation. When he is about to succeed, I will be even stronger, and I will have a better chance of success when I go to Zhouyuan Mountain."

Lu Qingfeng cultivated and honed his skills in seclusion, becoming as steady as an old dog.

With the 'Seven Birds Lesser Evolving Numerology' at his fingertips, Lu Qingfeng has complete control over when the Demon King Hunshan will be freed from the Curse, and there's no need to worry about delays.

Taking this opportunity, Lu Qingfeng could familiarize himself with the cultivation of the Spirit Void level.

His fifth incarnation had just advanced to the Spirit Void when he was killed by the Demon King Hunshan. His sixth and seventh incarnations both ended in death during the Foundation Establishment Realm. In his eighth incarnation, Lu Qingfeng re-entered the Spirit Void, carefully comprehending and accumulating experience for his future life.

Time passed.

One year.

Ten years.

Century.

Three hundred and twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye.

In this life, Lu Qingfeng has lived for 447 years.

Since entering the Spirit Void more than three hundred years ago, Lu Qingfeng has never stopped cultivating and often travels around to slay demons and monsters for training.

During this period, she experienced the Heart-Demon Tribulation of Heart Movement.

This calamity was perilous, but Lu Qingfeng possessed profound inner strength, having undergone eight lifetimes of reincarnation, making his resolve as firm as a rock, and he easily overcame it.

Fifty years of Grain Avoidance have Heart Movement.

After thirty-six years and seven Heart-Demon Tribulation, he entered the realm of Divine Silence.

"The Spirit Void and the body is true; the Divine Silence and the spirit is pure; the essence is one, and concentration and wisdom are one."

The state of Divine Silence is also a cultivation of the mind. In this process, the spirit is sometimes strong and sometimes weak. One must cultivate with a calm mind, or seek out elixirs to nourish and strengthen the Spirit Nurturing.

This process varies from person to person and can be long or short.

It took Lu Qingfeng a full 204 years to cross the Divine Silence Realm and step into the Fourth Realm Spirit Void — Fusion.

My Heart Movement, Divine Silence!

Passing through these two realms would be of immense benefit to Lu Qingfeng. Since both are cultivations of the mind and character, having had the experience of cultivation once, he could easily pass through them the second time.

It doesn't need to take two or three hundred years.

Whether in the game or in reality, it will bring Lu Qingfeng countless benefits. Especially in reality, time is precious. After advancing to the Spirit Void Stage and perfecting Grain Avoidance Bigu (abstaining from grains) technique, as long as resources keep up, he can surpass the Heart Movement and Divine Silence realms and enter the Fusion Realm in at most a dozen years.

Its significance is self-evident.

Based on this, Lu Qingfeng also had a bold idea in the game.

However, we'll have to wait until he defeats the Demon King Hunshan.

As for the Fusion Realm after Divine Silence, it involves combining 'spirit' and 'qi' to make true Primordial Spirit and more agile. At its peak, one can condense True Essence into True Essence Vortex, and then Core Embrace into true essence, achieving the status of True Person!

Lu Qingfeng is currently in the early stage of the Fusion Realm.

"After the Spirit Void Realm, Root Bone places greater emphasis on temperament and comprehension, while the limitations imposed on a cultivator by their Root Bone constitution are extremely rare, and the methods for doing so are virtually nonexistent. I have tried to find such methods in my eight lifetimes, but all I received were words of 'don't be delusional.' Even in my fourth lifetime at Fufeng Mountain, I couldn't find any information about such methods from the Luofu Sword Sect."

Lu Qingfeng shook his head and chuckled.

Root Bone constitution is predetermined and cannot be changed by human effort. A cultivator of sound mind would not even consider such a thing as defying fate, nor would they go to great lengths to search for it.

Such extraordinary spiritual treasures are not easy to find.

It's just a waste of time.

Even Mahayana True Immortal, at their level, would only keep an eye out for such rare and precious spiritual objects, even if it was for the sake of their own descendants.

Root Bone, in the end, just the beginning.

Character and wisdom are the most important factors in achieving Immortal Dao.

Therefore, Lu Qingfeng mainly focused on arduous cultivation and never went to great lengths to pursue such impractical things.

Even if a spiritual object is found, how can someone at the True Qi Realm find the same spiritual object in reality?

Even if you find it, how can someone with the True Qi Realm and Foundation Establishment level snatch it away?

By the time Lu Qingfeng has the strength to snatch it, he will already be at the Primordial Spirit or Mahayana stage, with very few limitations due to his Root Bone. Why would he care about mere innate Root Bone?

In this way.

In the game, you obtain spiritual items that enhance your Root Bone, but these Root Bone differ from those in reality. Consequently, your cultivation experience becomes disconnected from reality.

This move is extremely unwise, and Lu Qingfeng will not take it.

Therefore, he spent most of his time inquiring about Secret Method to improve one's aptitude, rather than spiritual objects.

But if such Secret Method truly existed in the world, wouldn't it create chaos?

Why would you need that rare and precious spirit medicine that enhances one's Root Bone?

Even if such Secret Method exists, it would likely require the use of various spirit medicine to cultivate; it cannot be created out of thin air.

And so, we've come full circle.

Let's just leave it to fate.

With this in mind, Lu Qingfeng long since stopped worrying about his Root Bone. The only thing he still needed to pay close attention to was the cultivation of Qingshan and Qingyu.

Finding Secret Method to accelerate cultivation, like the Luofu Heart Lamp, is far more reliable than seeking methods to improve Root Bone.

Lu Qingfeng stood up.

"It's almost time."

With the seven birds by his side, Lu Qingfeng stepped out of his cave abode where he had been in seclusion for over a decade.

Over the years, he traveled to various places, but never stayed in any one place for long, mostly staying around Tianxing Prefecture. Now, returning to Tianxing Prefecture was only tens of thousands of miles away.

If Lu Qingfeng rides his spirit bird at full speed, he can arrive in less than three days.

Lu Qingfeng walked slowly for seven days.

Tianxing Prefecture.

Zhouyuan Mountain.

This is a mountain range stretching for thousands of miles, its Spiritual Qi energy far surpassing that of Baiyan Mountain and Panlong Mountain. Nearby Zhouyuan Mountain lies the Red Sand River. The two mountains are nestled together, with the two demon kings, Hunshan and Hongsha, residing within them, watching over and assisting each other.

In recent years.

As the Hongsha Demon King's cultivation level continued to improve, the Demon King Hunshan was hampered by the Curse and remained stagnant. The two gradually drifted apart, and their relationship was not as good as before.

On this day, the sky was clear and blue, when suddenly a storm struck.

Drizzle!

Splash!

A strong wind arose, followed by a sudden downpour.

The area around Zhouyuan Mountain appeared somewhat desolate in the storm.

Because the Demon King Hunshan had been secluded for hundreds of years, most of the ambitious demons, both large and small, had sought refuge elsewhere. The neighboring Hongsha Demon King was the best place for them, and he had taken over many of Zhouyuan Mountain's territory.

This is also one of the reasons why the relationship between the two demon kings is not as good as before.

The main peak of Zhouyuan Mountain.

In the magnificent cave abode, the Demon King Hunshan into his true form, the 'Celestial Pivot Battle Ape,' with eyes gleaming with azure light. His eyes widened, and the surrounding Spiritual Qi surged like a storm with each breath, howling like a tornado.

For the past few hundred years, the Demon King Hunshan has not had an easy time.

The Baleful Threads tightly bound his soul, Sha Qi and Curse plagued him, making it impossible for the Demon King Hunshan to calm down and cultivate. He could only focus on refining the Baleful Threads and the Curse. If he slacked off even slightly, the Curse would deepen, and his years of hard work could be in vain.

My mind is tense.

A full six hundred years.

Fortunately, the Demon King Hunshan, being at the Core Formation stage, possessed a resilient will. While ordinary cultivators would have been driven to collapse by such torment, the Demon King Hunshan was single-mindedly refining the essence, and would be able to succeed in another three to five years.

Although six hundred years have been wasted, there is still hope of advancing to the Primordial Spirit Realm if one strives to catch up. Demon Race cultivators are Innate longer-lived than human cultivators.

"Once I refine the Curse, I will still be the overlord of Zhouyuan Mountain!"

The Demon King Hunshan had been feeling extremely frustrated in recent years, his anger and resentment yearning for an outlet. In the last three to five years, he became even more impatient.

At this moment.

An aura rapidly approached, arriving within the main peak in the blink of an eye.

"Um?"

The Demon King Hunshan sensed something for a moment, then flew into a rage, "A mere Spirit Void Cultivator dares to cause trouble at Zhouyuan Mountain? I haven't appeared for hundreds of years, have I truly been looked down upon?!"

He sensed that the aura emanating from that being was only at the Spirit Void Stage. Even if one had reached the Fusion Realm, the gap between them and Core Formation Demon King was still vast. For Spirit Void Cultivator to come so brazenly was clearly a provocation.

"Fine!"

"Perfect timing for me to stretch my legs!"

Just as the Demon King Hunshan was about to summon his powerful subordinates, he suddenly transformed into a burly man in purple robes and iron tower, and leaped into the sky from his cave abode.

He wants to take action himself.

"Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty."

Demons of all sizes gathered from all directions, and upon seeing the appearance of the Demon King Hunshan, they roared and shouted "Great King!"

Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse.

Although the Demon King Hunshan has been declining for six hundred years, he still has more than ten Spirit Void Foundation Establishment and thousands of minor demons at the Foundation Establishment and Postnatal.

They appeared together, making a grand entrance.

Sizzle!

Dark clouds gathered in the sky, and lightning flashed.

Hurricane.

It's getting more and more intense!

The Demon King Hunshan stood atop the peak, the gale swerving around him and the downpour escaping his grasp. Looking ahead, he saw a human cultivator standing in the void, carrying twelve large banners on his back, a rather strange sight.

The torrential rain arrived, but before it reached the cultivator, it evaporated into puffs of mist. The swirling smoke made him appear like an immortal descending to earth.

Despite his aura being only at the Spirit Void Realm, he exerted considerable pressure on him.

"This Spirit Void Cultivator— "

The Demon King Hunshan was cautious.

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