A hundred years later.
Earth Immortal Realm.
Inside Piyun Cave.
Fang Xi opened his eyes again, his expression surprisingly somewhat dazed. "How long... have I been in seclusion this time?"
Ever since obtaining a terrifying quantity of True Blood Pills from Venerable Hei Miao's storage pouch, he had remained in closed-door cultivation.
Even though True Blood Pills were pills from the Earth Immortal Realm, taking too many would still cause a certain degree of drug resistance.
For him, the effects of the True Blood Pills were naturally not as good as when he had first taken them, but they were still acceptable.
After all, these pills had at least a trace of effect even on Early Void Returning cultivators.
Back then, the Imperial Dragon Sect exchanged the Hun Yuan Heavenly Net Umbrella for these pills, Spirit Ointment for Spirit Transmutation, and other spiritual items. I supplied most of these True Blood Pills... Now they've merely returned to my hands.
At this thought, Fang Xi could not help smiling faintly.
He examined himself inwardly and saw that the Nascent Soul in his dantian's sea of qi had grown considerably, its body appearing somewhat more solid.
"For cultivators, a hundred years in seclusion pass in the blink of an eye... If I didn't occasionally come out to assimilate the External Incarnation, plant some flowers, sprinkle some water, and raise some tortoises... my emotions would easily grow indifferent."
"This seclusion brought considerable benefits. The Spirit Transmutation stage of the Heavenly Demon Slaughter Immortal Strategy is already more than halfway complete... The key thing is..."
Fang Xi examined himself inwardly. He saw that the Golden Patterns of the Eternal Evergreen Body were already ninety percent complete!
Unfortunately, after reaching this point, its progress had once again entered stagnation.
Trying to forge such an heaven-defying