Several days later.
It was still Springwater Peak.
The Universe Sect's Grand Illusory World Formation had its own mysteries, including the ability to gather spiritual energy.
So when Fang Qing asked for a cave residence, Xuanmiao immediately exercised his authority as sect master. He reallocated the sect's share of spiritual veins and transformed Springwater Peak into a place with a Seventh-Order spiritual vein.
Now the entire peak looked reborn, shrouded in purple qi and majestic beyond compare.
Inside the cave residence.
Fang Qing sat cross-legged. The Radiant Light Armor on his body had grown even more ancient and weighty...
He tipped back his head and swallowed another "immortal pill" from a jade gourd. Every joint in his body crackled.
Roar! Roar!
Seventh-Order spiritual energy gathered. The phantom of a Horned Dragon could faintly be seen coiling around him before it gave a long cry and merged into his armor.
"Not bad... A Horned Dragon is an immortal beast, after all. The Body Refinement art in its bloodline inheritance surpasses the Three Mysteries of Inverse Scales Art... Or rather, the latter is merely a basic version of the former."
Fang Qing had fought a Mahayana divine beast before, so he knew how terrifying its body was. How much more so an immortal beast that surpassed even divine beasts?
As soon as he took Beigong Wei as his servant, he had her offer up the cultivation art she had obtained from her bloodline inheritance.
Though that Body Refinement art was better suited to a Horned Dragon, Fang Qing took its strengths to remedy his own art's weaknesses, integrating them into his Body Refinement art while using immortal pills to replenish what he consumed.
Besides, his true cultivation realm had long since reached unfathomable heights. The framework was already there; all that remained