The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

After leaving Di Xin's residence, Long Xuan returned triumphantly. Following this transaction, he had almost gathered all the materials needed to set up the Five Elements Reversal Formation, with only fewer than a hundred materials remaining to be collected.

The hardest-to-find peak-grade spirit stones were already collected: the Lonh Clan's Treasure Pavilion had two with fire and gold attributes, and he had just acquired two with water and earth attributes from Emperor Xin.

The last peak-grade wood spirit stone was a fortunate find from the storage bags of those two Gu Kings.

Soon after, the spatial ring hanging around his neck vibrated twice. He immediately retrieved a communication talisman from it to check.

This talisman carried a message from his Fire Clone at the Long Clan.

Long Xuan had just sent the remaining uncollected materials via the communication talisman, instructing that these materials be posted on the Long Clan's Mission Hall and a bounty be set up.

Because he was eager to set up the Five Elements Reversal Formation and wanted to complete the material collection as soon as possible, he set the contribution reward quite high. Even the now useless Spirit Surge Grass was offered as a reward.

He couldn't believe that the Spirit Surge Grass wouldn’t be tempting to them.

To his surprise, shortly after sending the message, he received a reply.

Long Xuan immediately looked at the information on the talisman.

The gist was that due to the generous rewards, the tasks he posted were quickly snapped up, and all the tasks were claimed shortly after they were posted.

Many people, though lacking the materials, knew where to find them, whether through trade or field collection. What mattered was that the tasks were taken, so gathering the materials was just a matter of time. Patience was all that was needed.

Seeing the information on the talisman, Long Xuan smiled with satisfaction. This meant the Five Elements Reversal Formation could commence.

He handed over all the newly collected materials to his clone and returned to his own herb garden.

Indeed, he planned not to visit the Long Clan again. All formation tasks were entrusted to his clone; his main body would not be involved.

Setting up such an extraordinary and dangerous formation required immense time. His main body, with numerous important matters to attend to daily, couldn’t afford to handle this physical labor and had to delegate it entirely to the clones.

Undoubtedly, the clone replicated all his abilities. Since it could refine pills, it naturally could set up formations as well. Furthermore, with the power of the Divine Ice Flame, any metal would be melted by them, leaving no concern about their capabilities.

Upon returning to his Herb garden, Long Xuan sat back in the familiar pavilion, took out paper and pen, and finally prepared to work on developing the second layer of the "Ten Absolutes Scripture."

This was the main reason he did not participate in the formation setup. He was too busy; after advancing to the Marrow Cleansing stage, the original first level of the "Ten Absolutes Scripture" had become useless. He needed to develop the second level of the "Ten Absolutes Scripture" suitable for Marrow Cleansing cultivation as quickly as possible.

This task could not be delayed; the technique was crucial for his cultivation speed, and the faster it progressed, the better.

After developing the "Ten Absolutes Scripture," he also needed to work on the second level of the "Purgatory True Demon Technique," or his body refining progress would stagnate.

He was quite occupied and would need to be in seclusion for a long period.

When his seclusion ended, the Five Elements Reversal Formation would likely have been successfully set up by his five clones. At that time, he would move, bringing all the spiritual herbs from this herb garden into the Spiritual Spring range.

With the Five Elements Reversal Formation as protection, he would truly be able to rest easy.

Long Xuan smiled and began writing the first character on the blank paper...

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, six months had gone by.

Long Xuan sat cross-legged on the ground, performing various complex hand gestures. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, and a glint of brilliance flashed.

"Flame Power! Condense for me!"

With his fierce shout, the fire spiritual energy within him instantly surged.

The Flame Power was a mutated spiritual energy formed by the fusion of wood and fire attributes.

Water nurtures wood, and wood generates fire. When water, wood, and fire attributes blend, they produce a more terrifying fire attribute. Long Xuan named this fire attribute "Inferno," calling it Inferno Power or Inferno Spiritual Energy.

He understood the principle long ago, but practical application posed numerous difficulties, with the ratio of attribute fusion being particularly troublesome.

After persistent effort and repeated attempts in the Origin realm, Long Xuan finally succeeded in researching the powerful Inferno Spiritual Energy.

After a period of violent agitation, the fire spiritual energy within him began to transform into Inferno Spiritual Energy, and soon the transformation was complete.

Long Xuan barely had time to rejoice. As the fire spiritual energy transformed into the stronger Inferno Spiritual Energy, his fire attribute spiritual energy was now far superior to the other attributes.

This imbalance would inevitably lead to an excess in one area, causing the Five Elements to become unbalanced and disrupting their cycle.

Therefore, he needed to quickly balance the Five Elements, and the simplest method was to adjust the power of the other four attributes to be in harmony with the Inferno Spiritual Energy.

Fortunately, the most challenging part was the beginning. Once he had successfully researched the Inferno Spiritual Energy formed from the fusion of three attributes, studying the other mutated-attribute spiritual energies derived from these three attributes became less difficult.

The research process is exactly the same each time, and the proportions of spiritual energy required are also identical; the only difference lies in the attributes.

Using the template for researching Inferno spiritual power as a reference, Long Xuan only needed to change the attributes. It took just a few months for the powerful mutated spiritual energies of Verdant (sen), Oceanic(miao), Prosperity(xin), and Mountainous(Yào) to be born in his hands.

Verdant Power is formed by the fusion of Gold, Water, and Wood attributes.

Oceanic Power is formed by the fusion of Earth, Gold, and Water attributes.

Prosperity Power is formed by the fusion of Fire, Earth, and Gold attributes.

Mountainous Power is formed by the fusion of Wood, Fire, and Earth attributes.

With the completion of the five major mutated spiritual energies—Prosperity, Verdant, Oceanic, Inferno, and Mountainous—Long Xuan's spiritual energy quality advanced to a higher level, causing his combat power to undergo a dramatic transformation, with his attack power increasing significantly.

He was already invincible at the same level, but now his combat power had doubled, allowing him to crush opponents at the same level.

Long Xuan opened his eyes, exhaled a breath of turbid air, clenched his fists, and felt the newly acquired power, his eyes showing signs of wild joy.

Although he had not advanced in level, he felt as though he had, experiencing a sense of unprecedented strength that made him eager to test his power.

However, he restrained this impulse. His current strength was still insufficient; the second level of his Purgatory True Demonic Technique had not yet been successfully deduced, and his body refinement was not perfect. He decided to forge ahead and complete the second layer of the Purgatory True Demonic Technique while the iron was hot.

He quickly walked to the pavilion, took out paper and pen, and began deducing the second level of the Purgatory True Demonic Technique without any rest.

When he was still in the Spirit Gathering Stage, deducing second level of the two techniques was fraught with difficulties, with constant bottlenecks making it impossible to proceed.

Unexpectedly, after advancing to the Marrow Cleansing Stage and gaining the insights of this realm, deducing the techniques of this level became smooth and effortless.

Following the previous patterns, he could almost complete it in one go, without encountering the difficulties that had caused him to be stuck for months.

Thus, six months later, two phantom images appeared in the sky—one of a Golden Crow and one of a Divine Dragon.

The phantoms of these two divine beasts appeared out of nowhere, emitting an incredibly terrifying aura.

The phantoms were enormous, and though they were mere illusions, their expressions were so majestic and fierce that it was as if they were alive. Long Xuan could feel the immense pressure emanating from these two divine beasts, leaving him profoundly shaken.

"So this is the Dharma Aspects? The spectacle is truly terrifying! It’s hard to imagine that a body refinement technique can produce such a formidable phenomenon!"

Gazing at the two Dharma Aspects in the sky, Long Xuan was both astonished and elated, murmuring to himself with great excitement.

These two Dharma Aspects were incredibly powerful. Although they were only illusions and could not be used for attacks, they could carry a portion of the divine beasts' power onto him.

Even though the power was not substantial, it was still the power of divine beasts. Even a tiny fraction of their strength was formidable for humans, whose physical bodies are weak. That small amount of divine beast power could significantly boost a human’s combat strength.

Moreover, unlike ordinary people who possess only one Dharma Aspects, Long Xuan had two.

By stacking the power of the two Dharma Aspects, he had become incredibly strong, with physical power so overwhelming that it even made him feel a sense of heart palpitations.

And this was just with two Dharma Aspects. His self-created Purgatory True Demonic Technique would produce an additional dharma image with each layer of cultivation.

As his realm continued to rise, how terrifying would it be to have a multitude of Dharma Aspects appear when he fought someone? Apart from the immense power, the mere sight of so many Dharma Aspects would be enough to intimidate the enemy, reducing their momentum by a significant margin.

Combining the power of all these Dharma Aspects, the strength would be unimaginably enormous.

Long Xuan dared not imagine further, as it was too terrifying. He was even frightened by the technique he had created himself. Could such a technique really be created by humans? It was simply terrifying.

He could not conceive of a body refinement technique more extraordinary than this. Even if his Purgatory True Demonic Technique was not the world's number one body refinement technique, it was probably among the top ten in the world. Long Xuan's heart raced with excitement.

After feeling the power of the second level of the Purgatory True Demonic Technique, he finally retracted the two Dharma image.

The second layer of the body refinement technique had been successfully deduced, sufficient to complete his training at the Marrow Cleansing Stage.

However, while the technique had been created, it still required someone to practice it.

The first layer of the Purgatory True Demonic Technique involves magma swimming, while the second layer involves glacier swimming. While swimming is not strictly necessary, it must be practiced in extremely cold environments.

Long Xuan frowned slightly. Such an environment is hard to find; the snowy mountains are naturally cold but not cold enough.

The Divine Ice Flame has already acknowledged him as its master, and fire does not harm the master. Both he and his clone have developed high resistance to the Divine Ice Flame so practicing with it might not yield the best results.

But since he could not find a suitable extremely cold environment, he had to make do with the Divine Ice Flame. Glacier swimming needed to be arranged for his clone as soon as possible…

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