Spirit Bamboo Mountain Development

It took Jiang Yun over three hundred years to initially refine the Kongtong Seal. It was estimated that he would need to reach the Great Luo realm to fully refine all of its restrictions.

The Kongtong Seal currently had a rather singular function: it could be used to suppress fortune. However, as it was a supreme treasure of the Way of Man, and the fortune of the Way of Man was now dispersed, the Kongtong Seal, being a Spiritual Treasure closely tied to the Way of Man, could not exert its full power. Since it wasn't an offensive Spiritual Treasure, and the Dragon Race already possessed the Ancestor Dragon Pearl to gather and suppress the race's fortune, the Kongtong Seal had no room to be utilized and had been kept in the secret vault.

Before the emergence of the human race, this Spiritual Treasure was destined to have no opportunity to be used in Jiang Yun's hands. After a brief refinement, he stored it within himself.

Over the next thousand years, he spent four hundred years refining the Wood Spirit Pearl. Using the wood-attribute Origin Spiritual Energy from the Wood Spirit Pearl, he infused it into his liver. Through the refinement of his internal organs, he perfected the wood qi among the Five Qi in his Chest. With this, four of the Five Qi in his Chest had reached perfection in the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm; only the fire qi remained.

This cultivation session advanced his cultivation further, bringing the Grand Unity Grand Perfection realm within reach. Furthermore, his Five Qi had progressed, not only strengthening his Nascent Soul and Mana but also greatly benefiting his physical body. Originally, while cultivating the Star Body, his body was constantly being tempered by the power of the stars, and his physical body had already reached the peak of the Grand Unity realm. With the enhancement from the Five Qi this time, it finally broke through to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm in one fell swoop.

From now on, he could contend with Great Luo powerhouses with his physical body alone, and could be considered a mighty figure, at least on par with those at the bottom of the list of those who heard the Dao in the Purple Heaven Palace, like Burning Lamp.

After his cultivation breakthrough, Jiang Yun seized the momentum and retrieved the Kunlun Wood, a top-grade Spiritual Root, from his Inner World, preparing to absorb its Origin to perfect his own foundation.

As a top-grade Spiritual Root, the Kunlun Wood inherited the world-stabilizing function of the Chaos Spiritual Root, Jianmu. Its existence was like a pillar of space. For some fragile spaces, the Kunlun Wood's power could repair and reinforce the spatial structure, while simultaneously stabilizing the space to prevent spatial rifts. Secondly, the Kunlun Wood itself contained immense vitality, which could nourish living beings and nurture precious medicines. Its spiritual fruits were also top-grade for healing injuries.

As usual, after extracting half of the Kunlun Wood's Origin, he planted it in the Breathing Soil and then irrigated it with a sufficient amount of Three Lights Divine Water to help it recover its Origin.

Over the next seven hundred years, Jiang Yun single-mindedly absorbed the extracted Kunlun Wood Origin.

This time, the information inherited from the Kunlun Wood Origin was many times greater than that from the Gengjin Grape. His cultivation technique, the Jianmu Tongtian True Scripture, was significantly supplemented and perfected. In particular, it even included some cultivation knowledge for the Hunyuan Realm, which made Jiang Yun very happy.

In addition to these things, the inherited information also contained some memory fragments of Spiritual Roots, which he would review later at his leisure.

After absorbing the Kunlun Wood Origin, Jiang Yun's foundation was supplemented, further evolving to top-grade Congenital.

After two rounds of evolution, the original Innate Spiritual Root, Cloud Bamboo, had changed considerably. With its grade increased and its foundation continuously replenished, its physical form was also developing towards that of Jianmu.

The originally slender main trunk had gradually become as thick as a tree trunk, and the hollow bamboo segments were solidifying from the outside in, ring by ring.

The Inner World, originally opened up by the bamboo segments, initially formed a miniature world with the assistance of the Earth Spirit Pearl's Origin Spiritual Energy. Later, after he obtained other Spirit Pearls, as well as some Innate Spiritual Roots and Xirang, they were all incorporated into his Inner World. The space of the miniature world was expanded and reinforced, and the Spiritual Energy became increasingly abundant. With the upgrade of his own Spiritual Root's grade this time, his Inner World instantly evolved into a Small Thousand World.

The improvement of his foundation provided Jiang Yun with a more solid cultivation base, but it also meant that more resources would be needed for future cultivation advancements.

After another hundred years spent consolidating his cultivation, Jiang Yun deactivated the formation and emerged from his seclusion.

This closed-door cultivation had taken nearly fifteen hundred years. He had stayed in the Dragon Palace long enough; it was time to head back.

After emerging from seclusion, Jiang Yun found Ao Shun and expressed his intention to return home.

Ao Shun arranged for escorts and sent people to summon the eight individuals who were chosen to become disciples. He entrusted them to Jiang Yun, asking him to look after them on the journey. Finally, he presented the discipleship gifts from the Dragon Race, handing them over to Jiang Yun. He also asked Jiang Yun to convey the Dragon Race's wish to foster good relations with the Western Teachings.

After completing these arrangements, Jiang Yun led the group, bid farewell to the Dragon Palace, and set off for Mount Sumeru.

The journey was very smooth, with Jiang Yun, a mighty expert at the Great Luo level, providing protection.

The group followed the route he had taken, first arriving at the Spirit Bamboo Mountain Dao Field.

Having grown accustomed to the barren lands of the Western World and the Northern World, the sudden appearance of the Spirit Bamboo Mountain spiritual land made the others' eyes light up.

When selecting candidates for discipleship earlier, everyone had been drawn by the reputation of the Lord of the West and the top powerhouses of the Primordial Desolation. However, after witnessing the desolation of the West along the way, they had begun to feel anxious about the environment for their future cultivation.

Yet, upon arriving at the Spirit Bamboo Mountain spiritual land, their anxiety gradually dissipated amidst the dense Innate Spiritual Qi and Star Power. Nothing could illustrate the situation better than the scene before them.

After more than two thousand years of development, the Spirit Bamboo Mountain spiritual land had become increasingly prosperous.

The number of living beings gathered around Spirit Mountain had increased more than tenfold compared to before. The Spirit Veins of the eight outer strongholds had also connected with the Spirit Bamboo Mountain's Spirit Veins, forming a situation where eight mountains surrounded the center.

The remaining personnel, aided by fortune, had accelerated their cultivation, with each person's cultivation advancing by one or two steps.

After bringing the group to the Spirit Bamboo Mountain Dao Field to rest for a period, Jiang Yun took the opportunity to listen to the work reports from the various Hall Masters under him.

The Spirit Bamboo Mountain spiritual land now spanned a million li, and the Earth Veins within its borders had been repaired. The biggest issue currently was the short development time, with Spirit Veins and living beings slowly recovering. The goal for the next phase was to consolidate these development achievements and ensure stability within the current spiritual land area. Only when the number of living beings within its borders increased would they have the energy to expand outwards.

During this period of rest, the people from the Dragon Palace and the Mysterious Turtle also explored the surroundings of the Spirit Bamboo Mountain spiritual land. Everything here was vastly different from the Northern Sea.

The Mysterious Turtle was aware of the benefits of Merit. He understood and greatly appreciated the measures taken at Spirit Bamboo Mountain, which involved repairing Earth Veins and restoring the vitality of the land to earn rewards of Merit from the Heavenly Dao.

The other Dragon Race disciples felt the same. After understanding these measures, and with nothing else to do, they formed groups and went to the Mission Hall to take on tasks and earn Merit. With Merit, they could wash away their Karmic Force sooner and achieve greater accomplishments in the future.