Middle Golden Core
Ten years later.
In front of the tea table in the courtyard of the cave abode.
Fang Yu slowly opened his eyes, and five-colored divine light appeared in them. His aura had clearly reached the Middle Golden Core Stage.
With abundant Spiritual Qi, plentiful elixirs, and top-notch Cultivation Method combined, he advanced to the Middle Golden Core Stage realm in just ten years, despite having Mid-Grade Spirit Root.
This speed isn't considered slow even within the Ascension Immortal Sect, where ' Heaven Spirit Root ' are abundant.
In order to refine a large number of pills that would increase cultivation level, he directly skipped his cultivation level and used a large number of fourth-grade spirit medicine collected from the Azure Lotus Secret Realm to refine third-grade pills that were most suitable for the Golden Core Realm. He even used up a bottle of Ten-Thousand-Year Stalactite Stone Milk.
Compared to his advancement in cultivation, what satisfied him most was his progress in Dao of Alchemy. He could now refine fourth-grade pills on his own, officially advancing to Fourth-Tier Alchemist.
However, refining fourth-tier pills was extremely costly, so he only started two batches before stopping. Firstly, the success rate was too low, resulting in a huge waste of spirit medicine.
Secondly, he plans to refine a large number of fourth-tier pills after his ' Molten Edge Flow ' is upgraded to Divine Ability, greatly improving his ' External Alchemy Technique ' level. At that time, he will no longer waste precious fourth-tier spirit medicine.
"The Dao of Alchemy is complete, the Dao of Arrays is complete, and the next step is the art of weapon crafting."
Fang Yu murmured something, connected with the Yuanchen Pearl, and arrived at the ' Azure Lotus Secret Realm '.
On Azure Lotus Island, everything was now desolate. The lush greenery and abundant grass had vanished, replaced by sandy soil and decaying buildings.
The Spiritual Qi there is even more scarce than in the mortal world.
Over the course of ten years, he had absorbed all the Spiritual Qi on the island into his own Purple Mansion, and at the same time, he discovered a rather unusual situation.
The fifth-order array at the center of the island should have weakened in power after he absorbed Spiritual Qi, or at the very least, developed some flaws. But strangely, the fifth-order restriction did not weaken at all.
At the same time, Fang Yu also discovered that Spiritual Qi was constantly seeping out from the vicinity of the restriction. According to Fang Yu's estimate, it would only take a hundred years for this place to recover to the level of a fourth-order Spirit Vein.
"It seems my previous assumptions were somewhat flawed. The Spiritual Qi in this secret realm originates from the center of the island, rather than the island absorbing Spiritual Qi from the outside world."
This fifth-tier Spirit Transformation level grand formation was not as simple as he had thought. Breaking it from the inside would not be easy; he would have to find its support point in the mortal world before he could possibly break it further.
Thinking of this, Fang Yu took a step forward and entered the Great Void. He took a deep breath, his chest swelled up, and then he opened his mouth and spat out a red bead the size of a longan.
This pearl is made of shimmering glass, and one can vaguely see the reflection of mountains and rivers within it.
The light from the bead slowly diminished, shrank, and finally disappeared, merging into a point in the Great Void.
Fang Yu felt a sense of loss at this moment, as he felt his ' Phoenix Sets the Plains Ablaze ' Divine Ability weakening as his Purple Mansion left his body.
However, it also has a clear connection with a point in the Great Void.
By placing one's own Purple Mansion within the Great Void, it can serve as a beacon of the Great Void, allowing one to sense the location of this place no matter how far away one is.
In this way, I can perceive the location of the Azure Lotus Secret Realm in the real world.
Lost in thought, he reconnected with the Yuanchen Pearl and returned to his own cave abode.
An indescribable feeling welled up in Fang Yu sensed that the connection between his own Purple Mansion and the Purple Mansion had become extremely blurred, and at the same time, his Phoenix Sets the Plains Ablaze Divine Ability was also becoming difficult to use.
Southeast direction!
Fang Yu suppressed the discomfort, transformed into a streak of light, left the cave abode, and fled towards the area where the Purple Mansion was located.
Mountains swept past his feet, and the further southeast he went, the stronger his connection with the Purple Mansion became. At the same time, the power of his Divine Ability abilities also increased. By the time he arrived outside a mountain range, his Divine Ability had almost fully recovered.
Fang Yu also found the location of the Azure Lotus Secret Realm in the present world.
' Ascension Peak!'
Looking at the ' Ascension Peak ' shrouded in clouds and mist ahead, Fang Yu knew that his exploration of the Azure Lotus Secret Realm was coming to an end.
The foremost of the eight True Disciple of the Ascension Immortal Sect is the Ascension Peak, which preserves the Spirit Transformation lineage, the "Ascension Immortal Ascension Scripture." The True Disciple Cultivation Method of the other seven peaks all originated from this Ascension Immortal Ascension Scripture.
Only True Disciple who have cultivated other True Disciple Cultivation Method to the point of reaching the Nascent Soul Great Perfection stage can peruse the Ascension Immortal Ascension Scripture and explore the Spirit Transformation realm.
Although this peak is among the eight True Disciple, it does not directly recruit disciples. Apart from the heads of each lineage and the senior disciples, no other disciples, including Nascent Soul elders, have the authority to enter.
"Why!"
Fang Yu sighed; his plan to investigate the Azure Lotus Secret Realm from the outside world had failed.
However, learning that the Azure Lotus Secret Realm is located within the Ascension Peak is already a considerable gain.
Returning to his cave abode, Fang Yu connected with the Yuanchen Pearl, his figure vanished, and when he reappeared, he had already entered his own Purple Mansion.
'As expected, the Yuanchen Pearl's ability to Void Penetration can be applied to my own Purple Mansion.'
Fang Yu sensed the star map within the Yuanchen Pearl revealing a link to his own Purple Mansion, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.
In this way, his Purple Mansion doesn't necessarily have to be placed on his own body. When he's not busy, he can reside in the Great Void, allowing the Purple Mansion to constantly absorb Great Void Xuanhuang Qi from the Great Purple Mansion, consolidating and expanding Purple Mansion, so that in the future the Purple Mansion can transform into a blessed land or a grotto-heaven.
Strolling through his own Purple Mansion, Fang Yu felt a sense of connection to his own flesh and blood. Every inch of land and every breath of air here seemed to be a part of his body. With his thoughts, the land could rise rapidly, mountains could descend into plains, rivers could change course, and fiery winds could rise in the air.
"Within my Purple Mansion, I am its master, able to easily manipulate heaven and earth, and comprehend the rules of heaven and earth. Even after leaving my Purple Mansion, I can still influence the rules of heaven and earth in the outside world to a certain extent."
Fang Yu murmured to himself, feeling as if this Purple Mansion was a private server-style miniature world. He could customize the rules of heaven and earth to a certain extent, and the one he could influence most profoundly was the "fire element."
Practicing building a fourth-order grand formation within one's own Purple Mansion is the simplest and least risky thing to do, as it also minimizes the chance of being discovered.
The next moment, his figure disappeared and he arrived on the plain in the middle of the Purple Mansion, where there was a phoenix tree that was more than three zhang tall.
Over the course of ten years, the piece of wood gradually grew, and Fang Yu recognized it as a phoenix tree. He immediately thought of the High Antiquity sacred tree of Phoenix Mountain, which was indeed a phoenix tree.
He stole Zhang Zhonghu's fortuitous opportunity in the Heart-Questioning Cave, and what he obtained was also a phoenix tree Spirit Root. Although this phoenix tree Spirit Root had forcibly adapted to the environment inside his Purple Mansion in order to survive and had become the Fire Phoenix Tree, it still gave Fang Yu a feeling that it was too coincidental.
However, after observing it over the years, he found nothing unusual about the Fire Phoenix Tree; it was just a mutated Spirit Root. Once it grew longer, he could use it to refine Law Treasure artifacts.
As the saying goes, "Many disasters don't cause worry, and many lice don't cause itching." Although there are some coincidences, this is, after all, the Great Scarlet Heaven, so occasional coincidences are to be expected.
Gathering his thoughts, Fang Yu waved his hand, and all sorts of fourth-tier materials emerged. The Molten Edge Flow Dao Foundation surged, connecting with the boundless fire energy within the cave abode, and began refining the array foundation.