Croak.
The Frog Immortal Lord had grown increasingly adept at refining Buddhist artifacts. Barely back at the Primordial Beginning Temple, he spat out a lump of something resembling flesh and blood, Buddhist light spilling from it.
"Still, Pang Su hardly resisted at all."
Ren Qing narrowed his eyes. Collecting the nine violent deaths had gone far too smoothly. He did not believe a prince of Great Mo would abandon a chance to return from the dead.
With a slight shift of his thoughts, the Buddhist artifact silently sank into the shadow beneath his feet.
His flesh once again struggled to bear the burden, immortal light constantly seeping from his pores. Five violent deaths were already the limit of what he could withstand.
Hmm.
"To keep cultivating the Metamorphosis Immortal Art, either I need to make progress with the Vapor-Feeding Immortal Art, or I need to incorporate a second characteristic of the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerable into the Dharma Body Immortal Art."
The Vapor-Feeding Immortal Art required slow, painstaking work. He could not count on it for now.
Ren Qing's gaze fell on the three innate spiritual roots. The Dharma Body Immortal Art, on the other hand, held considerable promise.
"At the Ten Thousand Immortals Temple, I skimmed nearly a hundred Daoist lineages, swallowing their teachings whole without chewing. By the time I left, my mind was exhausted, and I chose my spiritual materials entirely on instinct. I ended up picking these innate spiritual roots."
"Thinking it over now, using innate spiritual roots to cultivate the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerable's characteristic, 'Ninefold halo on the crown,' seems to fit without any planning." He surveyed the three innate spiritual roots, a faint smile touching his lips.
The ninefold halo on the crown was modeled after the fleshy crown protuberance of the great