Time passed unnoticed in seclusion, and ten years slipped quietly away.
On September 28, Year 38520 of the Great Qi Immortal Calendar, inside the Ascending Immortal Peak Cave Abode, more than half the immortal fruits and medicinal herbs piled on the jade table had been consumed.
After consuming most of his stockpiled low-grade immortal fruits and medicinal herbs, Liu Changxu's attempt to break through to Taiyi Golden Immortal had reached its most critical stage: reforging his immortal body.
To hasten his breakthrough, Liu Changxu unhesitatingly picked up the Blood Marrow Immortal Fruit on the jade table and swallowed it in a few bites. As its sweet juice entered his stomach, it instantly released an immense surge of energy that swept through his meridians and flooded his entire body.
Liu Changxu immediately circulated the Red Lotus Immortal Scripture at full power, guiding the surging energy. Bathed and nourished by this vast immortal spirit energy, his body began a complete transformation, as though shedding its old flesh and bones. Every inch of flesh and every strand of sinew and bone underwent metamorphosis and elevation.
As the reforging progressed, Liu Changxu's body seemed to become a bottomless black hole, ravenously drawing the surrounding Immortal Spirit qi into himself with ever-increasing force.
The Immortal Spirit Formation inside the cave abode activated on its own. Immortal spirit energy was continuously extracted from the low-grade immortal stones, transformed into pure immortal spiritual qi, and sent rushing into his body, providing tremendous support for this crucial transformation.
Yet while Liu Changxu's immortal body was at this critical stage of reforging, the situation outside had taken a sharp turn for the worse. Across the vast territory governed by the Purple Sun Immortal Sect, the Blood God Cult Remnants ran rampant. The flames of war rose everywhere, and countless