Inside Zhou Yu's Cave Heaven Treasure.
Whoosh!
Zhou Yu's true body and Second Primal Spirit were both here. With a single thought, they chose to commit suicide.
As a Loose Immortal, Zhou Yu's true body's physical form had long since been destroyed beneath the Lightning Tribulation. His Second Primal Spirit had never possessed a body to begin with. Suicide at this moment meant having their souls scatter and dissipate.
However, given Zhou Yu's comprehension and spiritual realm, the essence of his life was no longer his soul, but his True Spirit, which contained all his memories and emotions.
After his soul scattered and dissipated, his True Spirit would not immediately return to the River of Fate. It would remain for a brief period.
If one reached the World God level, then even after their soul scattered and dissipated, they could survive for a time relying solely on their True Spirit. North Rest World God had been like this.
The reason North Rest World God had ultimately died after arriving in the Three Realms was because even his True Spirit had suffered irreversible damage.
At that moment, True God Zhou Yu pointed a finger from nearby.
Whoosh!
Two drops of Chaos Spirit Liquid immediately flew out.
In terms of value, these two drops of Chaos Spirit Liquid absolutely surpassed two true Empyrean Gods. Using them to reshape the souls and bodies of two Loose Immortals was extravagantly wasteful.
At this moment, when the Chaos Spirit Liquid came into contact with the True Spirits left behind after Loose Immortal Zhou Yu's suicide, his powerful mind immediately caused his souls to condense anew, while physical bodies rapidly formed as well.
To Zhou Yu's surprise, his Second Primal Spirit also swiftly condensed a physical body.
The true body and Second Primal Spirit are rules of the Chaos Universe. Only Mortal Realm lifeforms can possess a Second Primal Spirit. It seems my Second Primal Spirit has been directly acknowledged and does not need to be cultivated anew after my true body cultivates again.
Zhou Yu understood that his true body and Second Primal Spirit had committed suicide simultaneously and then used the Chaos Spirit Liquid to condense souls and bodies at the same time. This did not violate the most fundamental rules, so it had succeeded easily.
Even his Second Primal Spirit condensing a body was nothing remarkable.
The Second Primal Spirit was simply a second True Spirit. A complete True Spirit could naturally possess a complete body as long as the conditions were right.
This method of reshaping souls and bodies is simple enough when used on Mortal Realm beings, but for lifeforms that have already passed the Heavenly Tribulation, it probably won't be so easy. Zhou Yu quickly came to this realization.
Since I'm reshaping my body, both of us should cultivate Fiendgod Body Refining alongside the Qi Refining Path. Zhou Yu's attention swiftly returned to his true body and Second Primal Spirit.
Now that they had bodies, it would indeed be a pity not to follow the Fiendgod path.
Of course, the body-refining path had both advantages and disadvantages.
If they followed the Qi Refining Path, then as long as they had sufficient Origin Liquid, Zhou Yu's two bodies could rapidly return to the Loose Immortal level. With body refinement, however, they would have to slowly absorb stellar energy themselves.
In truth, this process could also be accelerated if he were willing to use Chaos Spirit Liquid. But Zhou Yu would have to be insane to choose that. It was far too wasteful.
Moreover, the greatest difficulty in cultivating the body-refining path was not the time needed to accumulate energy, but whether one could break through bottlenecks.
If one could not break through a major bottleneck, one would not even have the chance to undergo the Heavenly God Tribulation.
Many True Immortals in the Three Realms had experienced reincarnation and recultivation. Why had they remained True Immortals? A large part of the reason was that advancement in the body-refining path was not so simple.
A high realm did not guarantee a breakthrough.
However, I have the "Heaven Rewards Diligence" talent. No matter what bottleneck I face, I can always break through it. Zhou Yu sighed inwardly.
Heaven Rewards Diligence was indeed absurd. In the simulations, he had relied on this talent to grind away at time until he broke through to become a True God.
Of course, this talent was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.
Based on the simulations, it was easy to see that the greater the bottleneck, the longer it took to overcome through Heaven Rewards Diligence.
For example, when Zhou Yu cultivated the Creation Lotus Scripture, it had taken a full thirty billion years for him to advance from Empyrean God to True God. If he continued relying on that method, what about advancing from True God to Elder God?
He probably would not have any hope even after a Chaos Cycle.
In Zhou Yu's view, if he wanted to shorten the time needed for breakthroughs, he had to reduce the difficulty of breaking through as much as possible.
For example, if he replaced the Creation Lotus Scripture with top-tier methods such as the Inner Observation Ancestral God Scroll or Withered Silence World God, the difficulty of breaking through would decrease drastically, and the required time would certainly be much shorter.
Likewise, improving his own talent would also shorten the time needed for breakthroughs.
The Cultivation Genius talent I obtained while simulating the Cangyuan Realm also enhances physical aptitude. And now I've used two drops of Chaos Spirit Liquid to forge perfect bodies. Their physical talent is already extremely high. This time, recultivating Fiendgod Body Refining shouldn't take too long. Zhou Yu nodded to himself.
For him, as long as he cultivated to the peak of Void Returner, undergoing the Heavenly God Tribulation would not be too difficult.
Very soon, Zhou Yu returned to the World Prison, and this time, he brought his Second Primal Spirit with him.
Zhou Yu directly gave his Second Primal Spirit a bottle of Chaos Spirit Liquid to cultivate the Taowu Eighteen Gods and Devils. One bottle of Chaos Spirit Liquid was enough for a third-grade True Immortal to possess eighteen peak clones. It might not even all be used up.
As for Zhou Yu's True God true body, it naturally could not cultivate the Taowu Eighteen Gods and Devils.
To condense a True God divine body might require nearly a hundred bottles of Chaos Spirit Liquid. To restore all eighteen clones to peak strength?
It would require at least a thousand bottles of Chaos Spirit Liquid.
This World Prison had been personally refined by a World God, who had spent three Chaos Cycles refining it before obtaining eighteen bottles of Chaos Spirit Liquid. One could imagine how difficult it would be to obtain a thousand bottles.
Once my true body and Second Primal Spirit have grown stronger, I can let them cultivate the Taowu Eighteen Gods and Devils then. Zhou Yu did not dwell on it.
While his Second Primal Spirit cultivated, Zhou Yu moved and flew straight toward the exit of the hazy Chaos space.
Whoosh!
As Zhou Yu passed through the exit, a vast world suddenly appeared before his eyes.
This world was immensely vast. Though it was not as large as the ancient Pangu World, it was far more expansive than any major world in the Three Realms.
This was the World Prison, imprisoning countless captives: Empyrean Gods, Celestial Immortals, True Gods, True Immortals, and even Elder Gods and Ancestor Immortals.
Aside from those cultivation methods and eighteen bottles of Chaos Spirit Liquid, the prisoners here are another treasure of the World Prison. Every prisoner possesses a great number of treasures. Zhou Yu sighed inwardly. Since he had obtained the World Prison, he would certainly loot the treasures from these prisoners. At worst, he could release them someday if he had the opportunity.
Whoosh!
Zhou Yu did not hesitate. With a movement, he flew into the vast world.
Very soon, Zhou Yu landed upon a plain.
A blue-robed figure sat cross-legged there. He was somewhat thin, with a layer of dust scattered over his body.
The disturbance caused by Zhou Yu's arrival alerted the figure, who slowly opened his eyes.
"A True God?"
The figure was slightly startled.
"I am the new warden." Zhou Yu calmly said, "Hand over all your treasures."
"A warden? You broke through?" the figure asked. Generally, wardens were Empyrean Gods or First-Grade Celestial Immortals.
"That is none of your concern."
"I can give you my treasures, but my imprisonment term ended long ago. You must help me find out why I still haven't been released."
"Fine."
Zhou Yu nodded.
"These are my treasures."
With a wave of his hand, the figure tossed over a pile of treasures.
Nearly all of them were Pure Yang Top-Grade Dharma Treasures. A rough count put them at over a thousand.
"Truly outrageous."
Zhou Yu inwardly marveled. Over a thousand Pure Yang Top-Grade Dharma Treasures? The entire wealth of most Empyrean Gods and True Immortals in the Three Realms was nowhere near this much, yet this had come from merely one Celestial Immortal in the World Prison.
Of course, this was no ordinary Celestial Immortal, but a First-Grade Celestial Immortal.
The reason the Qi Refining Path of the Three Realms was weaker than Fiendgod Body Refining was because the Three Realms practiced third-grade Qi refinement.
True First-Grade Celestial Immortals and First-Grade True Immortals were comparable to, or even slightly stronger than, Empyrean Gods and True Gods.
However, becoming a First-Grade Celestial Immortal or First-Grade True Immortal was extremely difficult. It required a World God or Chaos Immortal to personally intervene.
Even becoming a Second-Grade Celestial Immortal required a specific cultivation method and the aid of a Chaos Treasure, making it just as difficult.
Zhou Yu did not think further. With a wave of his hand, he put away the treasures, then said, "I also need to inspect your memories."
"Inspect my memories? Don't go too far!" The figure immediately grew furious.
"You have no choice. Unless you self-destruct, I can forcibly inspect your memories anyway," Zhou Yu reminded him.
Upon hearing this, the figure fell silent for a moment. In the end, he nodded.
Having remained here for endless years, he longed to leave.
Thus, Zhou Yu easily inspected the Celestial Immortal's memories. However, there was nothing of value in them, so Zhou Yu did not linger and soon departed.
"I'll wait for your news!" the Celestial Immortal shouted from afar.
Zhou Yu waved his hand without saying anything more. If he appeared again, it would mean he had gained the strength to grant the man freedom. If he never gained that ability, then he would never appear again.
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