Several thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, Su Ming's true body, sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes.
Before him, five figures identical to him also opened their eyes at the same time!
The first on the left flickered with razor-sharp Geng Metal energy from head to toe. Every time his eyes opened and closed, it was as if billions of sword qi were being born and extinguished.
This was the Geng Metal True Body!
The second was surrounded by boundless vitality. Every breath he took caused the immortal herbs and spiritual roots throughout the entire Dao Palace to grow wildly.
This was the Yi Wood True Body!
The third had an ethereal form, as if he were composed of endless emerald waves. He contained the dual Dao rhymes of nourishing all things and freezing the heavens and earth.
This was the Kui Water True Body!
The fourth was surrounded by roaring flames. They were no ordinary flames, but Southern Bright Leaving Fire powerful enough to incinerate a Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
This was the Li Fire True Body!
The fifth had an aura as heavy as an abyss. Simply standing there, he seemed to have merged with the earth of the entire Small World, indistinguishable from it.
This was the Wu Earth True Body!
These five True Bodies were not simple energy avatars. Like the Slaying of the Three Corpses, they possessed independent consciousness and could cultivate and comprehend the Dao on their own!
Most terrifying of all, their auras had all astonishingly reached the realm of Primordial Golden Immortal!
One sect, six Primordials!
Feeling the wondrous connection of blood and minds between himself and the five True Bodies, a smile finally lifted the corners of Su Ming's lips.
With these five Primordial Golden Immortal-level True Bodies, he could focus on six things at once!
They could help him comprehend laws and study the Dao of artifact refinement and alchemy.
Meanwhile, his true body could continue charging toward higher realms without distraction!
And with the Small World's tenfold time flow...
What an utterly heaven-defying cheat!
With a thought from Su Ming, the five True Bodies before him transformed into five streaks of light and successively entered his body.
Boom!
When the Five Elements True Bodies entered his body, they did not enter his dantian or Violet Palace. Instead, they directly merged into his limbs, bones, five viscera, and six bowels!
The Geng Metal True Body merged into his bones, making his immortal body indestructible and comparable to an Innate Spiritual Treasure!
The Yi Wood True Body merged into his flesh and blood. Its tremendous vitality circulated throughout his body, granting him nearly undying recovery.
The Kui Water True Body merged into his blood. Every drop contained the power of Primordial Heavy Water, incomparably weighty, yet capable of transforming into a heaven-surging Blood Sea!
The Li Fire True Body merged into his five viscera. Southern Bright Leaving Fire tempered his internal organs, making him immune to all poisons and impervious to all techniques!
The Wu Earth True Body merged into his spiritual soul and sea of consciousness, making his primordial spirit as steady as Mount Tai and unbreakable!
The Five Elements cycled, generating and overcoming one another, forming a perfect circulation within his body.
Su Ming slowly clenched his fist, feeling the explosive power within him. This was no longer as simple as one plus five equaling six. With the Five Elements True Bodies united with his true body, his overall combat strength was more than ten times greater than that of an ordinary Primordial Golden Immortal!
"Still not enough!"
A glint flashed through Su Ming's eyes.
Although these Five Elements True Bodies had already reached the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, they had ultimately been condensed on the foundation of his own vital essence and acquired spiritual veins. Their foundations were still lacking.
If he wanted to bring their potential to its utmost, or even surpass his true body, he had to find the highest-grade innate Five Elements treasures for them, use them as new cores, and have them undergo a rebirth-like transformation!
Several legendary supreme treasures instantly surfaced in Su Ming's mind.
Innate Five Elements Spiritual Roots!
"In the West, Jieyin and Zhunti's companion spiritual root—the Innate Bodhi Tree—belongs to metal."
"In the East, the Fusang Wood on the Sun Star, the home of the Heavenly Court of the demon race, belongs to wood."
"On Kunlun Mountain, the Peach Spiritual Root in the hands of the Queen Mother of the West belongs to water."
"At Longevity Mountain, in Wuzhuang Temple, Zhen Yuanzi's Ginseng Fruit Tree belongs to earth."
"And the most mysterious Yellow Middle Plum, whose name was known even in later generations but whose form was never seen, belongs to fire!"
Su Ming's eyes flickered uncertainly as he rapidly weighed the gains and losses in his mind.
Each of these five great spiritual roots was one of the Primordial Wilderness's top treasures. Obtaining them would be no different from snatching food from a tiger's mouth.
The Fusang Wood was on the Sun Star, the lair of Di Jun and Tai Yi. The Witch and demon races were mortal enemies to begin with, so this battle was unavoidable. They would have to face one another sooner or later.
The Bodhi Tree was the foundation upon which Jieyin and Zhunti would attain the Dao. Touching it would be tantamount to severing the Dao paths of those two future Saints, inevitably bringing endless pursuit and slaughter.
More troublesome still, these two had been chosen by the Heavenly Dao as the Western Cult Leaders. Touching them might provoke the Heavenly Dao's intervention and even alarm that old schemer Hongjun.
Su Ming had already made his calculations, but this matter could wait.
"I'll enter seclusion first and stabilize my realm."
Su Ming made his decision and closed his eyes once more.
Within the Small World, Time Acceleration activated. One day in the outside world was ten years here.
Ten thousand years passed in the snap of a finger.
When Su Ming opened his eyes again, his aura had completely withdrawn, without a trace of the sharpness he had displayed upon breaking through. He sat there quietly, yet seemed to have merged with the entire world, so profound that no one could see through him.
The world in his eyes had become ever clearer. The laws of the Great Dao were no longer ethereal threads, but tangible entities that could be touched and sensed.
The Primordial Golden Immortal realm had reached great completion!
"It's time to leave seclusion."
Su Ming rose to his full height. With one step, his figure vanished from the Small World. When he reappeared, he had already returned to the peak of Buzhou Mountain.
Sweeping out with his Divine Sense, he locked onto two familiar auras.
"Kong Xuan, Great Roc!"
Su Ming's Words Manifested as Law.
At that moment, Kong Xuan and Golden Peng had also just emerged from seclusion.
"Master is summoning us!"
"Master's aura... is countless times stronger than before! Could it be that he has broken through?"
They did not dare delay in the slightest.
In only a moment, Kong Xuan and Great Roc appeared before Su Ming and respectfully knelt on one knee.
"Greetings, Master!"
Su Ming's gaze fell on them, and he nodded in satisfaction.
After ten thousand years apart, the cultivation of these two brothers had also advanced at astonishing speed.
Kong Xuan was only one step away from the mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, while Great Roc had stabilized his cultivation at the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. The power within his bloodline had been further awakened, making him several times faster than before.
Kong Xuan especially had his Five-Colored Divine Light growing increasingly condensed. It faintly showed signs of becoming tangible, clearly indicating that he had gained considerable benefits.
"Rise." Su Ming spoke lightly. "You've made no small progress during these years of seclusion!"
With the current strength of the Kong Xuan brothers, unless an Ancestral Wu or a powerhouse on the level of Di Jun and Tai Yi took action, there were already few opponents among Grand Unity Golden Immortals who could stand against them.
"Very good. I've been traveling outside for a long time, and I wonder how things are at the Witch Clan Ancestral Land. It's time to go back and take a look!" Su Ming said. "You two will return to the Witch Clan Ancestral Land with me!"
"Yes, Master. We respectfully obey your decree!"
Su Ming swept out his sleeve. A gentle force lifted Kong Xuan and Great Roc, and the three of them vanished from the spot in an instant.
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