Chapter 623: Blood Fiend Talent, Top-Level Killing Divine Power, Mastery of the Path of Killing

The so-called "Light of Immortality" is a unique power that only cultivators on the body refinement path can condense. Because it can resist the decay brought by the passage of time, it allows body refiners to maintain a peak state at all times. Therefore, it is named Immortality.

However, this does not mean it has reached its peak. From the initial "marrow light" that spreads to every bone, it then permeates every part of the human body, including flesh, tendons, hair, and nails, further forging the "Immortal Body."

Achieving perfection at the fifth stage means the Immortal Body is initially forged. The appearance of the "Furnace of Time" is to further catalyze the body's growth and acquire more power. The two combine, entering a furnace state.

The primary purpose of the Furnace of Time is to help cultivators transform the immense "nutritional foundation" brought by the "Nine Condensations and Nine Dispersals" into the first drop of "Primordial Marrow," achieving a qualitative breakthrough. Its second purpose is to constantly temper the will, allowing the spiritual instinct hidden within the flesh to further mature and then be imprinted into one's own will, achieving "Spirit-Flesh Unity."

This will is similar to the common understanding of the Nascent Soul, yet distinct. More precisely, it is a combination of the Nascent Soul and mental power, thereby reaching the standard of "Miraculous Power." It grants body refiners an extraordinarily powerful immortality, allowing them to regenerate from a single drop of blood without changing their essence. This is vastly different from Wang Yu's previous pseudo-immortality, which was almost completely annihilated by Master Kongkong. Although both are called "regeneration from a single drop of blood," their underlying meanings are entirely different.

The cultivation of a sixth-stage body refiner involves developing an even stronger deathlessness within the Immortal Body, hoping to achieve true immortality and deathlessness one day!

Wang Yu can now be said to be cultivating four paths simultaneously: Body refinement, spirit refinement, mind refinement... plus the Innate Star God system! Spirit refinement for ascending to immortality is the fundamental system of the current Vast Immortal Domain and also his foundation. The spirit refinement path also speaks of Spirit-Flesh Unity, but it refers solely to the Nascent Soul and the physical body, unlike body refinement's integration of mind, spirit, and body into one.

Cultivating multiple paths simultaneously is certainly not an issue. After all, many people also cultivate the body refinement path. For those proud prodigies with high status and exceptional talent, when their existing methods no longer give them an advantage over their peers, cultivating other methods or finding ways to compensate for their shortcomings are excellent choices.

Therefore, whether it is the "Three Flowers Gathering at the Summit" pursued by Void Refinement stage cultivators or the "Immortal Deathless Body" sought by sixth-stage body refiners, both require achieving "Spirit-Flesh Unity." Incorporating a path of mental will merely increases the difficulty. There is no fundamental conflict in cultivation itself.

However, Wang Yu's Nascent Soul has completely transformed into a "Lunar Star Soul" due to cultivating the "Lunar Body Refinement Tome." This "Spirit-Flesh Unity" will affect both paths of cultivation. Furthermore, the Star Soul is related to whether he can cultivate the "Lunar Dao Laws" in advance and gain accumulations far beyond those of his peers. He cannot predict what result thoroughly integrating the Star Soul with his physical body will yield. After all, he finds it difficult to abandon the miraculous effects of either. If it leads to a positive outcome, everyone would be pleased. But he fears a negative one, whether it's an issue with the Star God talent for quickly comprehending Lunar Dao Laws, or problems arising in his spirit refinement or body refinement paths – none of these are outcomes he wishes to see.

Wang Yu's current provisional cultivation goal is to ascend to immortality. To achieve this, comprehending Dao Laws is crucial, and the core of the Lunar Star Soul is his shortcut.

At the critical juncture of condensing the Furnace of Time, a vast amount of cultivation knowledge intertwined and surfaced in his mind. Fortunately, Spirit-Flesh Unity is a cultivation goal for the sixth stage, and this difficult choice will only present itself before he breaks through to the Dao Integration stage. Currently, his thoughts are too scattered. His superior comprehension makes him susceptible to mental obstacles, easily leading him into stubborn notions. This is also a common problem encountered in cultivation. He must overcome each of these personally; there are no shortcuts. The issue of how to resolve the conflict between the Star God path and the immortal cultivation path will need to be addressed after his future ascension. For now, he suppressed this matter in his heart.

As time passed, his powerful bodily foundation resulted in an exceptionally potent Light of Immortality, which effortlessly helped him condense the external "Outer Furnace." The nine Nether Dragons formed from vital energy and blood had already become akin to divine abilities. After being restructured into the Outer Furnace, they integrated beneath Wang Yu's skin. Their purpose is to continuously temper his physical body.

At that time, the immense "nourishment" provided by the Fei corpse allowed the Nine Condensations and Nine Dispersals to be fully achieved in a short period. Under the refining of the Outer Furnace, the Primordial Marrow, which had absorbed countless powers from "Golden Blood Divine Marrow," was about to be born.

Concurrently, his mental state, which had reached the late fourth realm of the "Glazed Heart Realm," made it incredibly easy for Wang Yu to condense his will. The internal "Inner Furnace" primarily honed his divine will. This also laid the foundation for his future Spirit-Flesh Unity. This second step of breaking through to sixth-stage body refinement also proceeded incredibly smoothly—a testament to the advantages of Wang Yu's solid foundation. As long as resources were in place, all breakthroughs were as simple as water naturally finding its course.

Next, the third step of body refinement: Heaven Swallowing! Essentially, this step involves nurturing and refining the internal organs and devouring a small world. This is also for the profound mysteries of the Dao Laws; although body refiners cannot directly comprehend them, they can plunder them from the heavens and earth. Once they acquire the physical manifestation, they can then comprehend its true meaning.

This step coincidentally has the same effect as breaking through to the Void Refinement stage. The Five Elements Cycle is sufficient to form a proto-inner world within a body refiner. This causes their peerless divine power to undergo a qualitative change, granting them the immense might to shatter worlds with a punch. Their "force field" can even allow a body refiner to lift a world, like an ant lifting an elephant, which is utterly incredible.

Of course, the "worlds" mentioned here are by no means "Small Thousand Worlds" inhabited by myriad beings, but rather the small realms of Qiankun (cosmos) opened up through spatial Dao Laws, which also include Void Refinement Grotto-heavens. A sixth-stage body refiner is comparable to a Void Refinement cultivator, but it's more than just a mere comparison; they possess an absolute advantage in physical strength and exceptional combat power.

Wang Yu's Yin Five Elements Corpse-Nourishing Array, set up in the Corpse Workshop, directly points to the essence of the Heaven Swallowing step. The Yin Five Elements are perfectly suited as breakthrough material for the "Undying Nether Dragon Art." However, it has not yet reached its peak and requires time for the Yin Five Elements cycle to be fully perfected. This will necessitate the Wei clan investing more corpse resources. The more Yin Corpses cultivated, the more benefits these Yin Five Elements locations will gain, significantly accelerating the perfection of the Yin Five Elements locations. Considering his Soul Transformation stage cultivation at the eighth level, and the existence of Qing Qing as a cultivation accelerator, achievements must be made within ten years; otherwise, it will not keep up with his pace of strength growth. Subsequently, cooperation with the various states of mountains and seas must also be deepened.

At this point, within just a few months, the first wave of benefits brought by the True Spirit Blood Beast Fei was completely assimilated by Wang Yu. The first and second steps of his body refinement breakthrough were fully perfected, and he only needed to wait for the fruits of this place to ripen before harvesting them for his breakthrough. And the second wave of benefits, significant enough to influence his future development, was also imminent.

"Innate True Demonic Physique!—Myriad Transformations!!!"

Instantly, the blood crystal embedded in Wang Yu's flesh turned to ash; the Fei corpse within it had been completely drained of all its essence. A dense killing intent erupted from his body. A crimson cocoon formed from vital energy and blood enveloped him.

During this first Myriad Transformation, everything related to Fei surged into his mind, and simultaneously, the innate talent acquired through "Heavenly Demonic Dao Seizure" integrated into his main body. This was a natural affinity for the path of slaughter. As if a child of slaughter created by heaven and earth, a scene of a sea of blood quietly manifested behind Wang Yu—precisely the materialized phenomenon of the Slaughter Dao Intent Realm. His Intent Realm weapon, which had already been successfully condensed, was a blood-red sword of slaughter! It suddenly underwent a change.

The talent of the Blood Beast Fei elevated Wang Yu's cultivated Slaughter Dao Intent Realm. If it was merely a superior intent realm before, it was now an ultimate intent realm, akin to the Frost Moon Dao! Black threads emerged within the crimson. Until at a certain moment, it split to form a new Intent Realm weapon... a black sword! An even more ferocious killing intent burst forth from it. The two swords of slaughter, one black and one red, plunged into the sea of blood phenomenon. The boundless sea of blood represented Wang Yu's comprehension of the Slaughter Intent Realm, but now it was completely absorbed by the twin swords.

Extreme sharpness, extreme killing intent, extreme blood intent. Indeed. This "Blood Intent," which should be a Blood Dao Intent Realm, automatically formed after he acquired Fei's talent through Myriad Transformations, as if he was born with mastery over Blood Intent. It was precisely its appearance that elevated the Slaughter Dao to the level of an ultimate intent realm. The vast sea of blood phenomenon vanished, yet this did not mean Wang Yu had lost it. On the contrary, its extreme condensation led to a surge in its power!

"Abi" and "Yuantu"—these were the names of the two illusory Intent Realm swords. They symbolized the essence of slaughter and bloodshed, and were also a manifestation of how Intent Realm cultivation simplifies complexity. Aside from the accumulation of "quantity," his Slaughter Dao Intent Realm could now be considered perfected. This is already one of the cultivation tasks for Void Refinement stage cultivators after they forge their Qiankun Grotto-heavens. Achieving this prematurely was purely due to his talent. If his Intent Realm ever reaches perfection, it will signify that he has gained the qualification to comprehend the Slaughter Dao Laws. This illusory Intent Realm weapon will be the optimal vessel for condensing the nascent form of his Dao Fruit.

Before reaching the Dao Integration stage, Intent Realm weapons can be used for offense. Once a nascent Dao Fruit is condensed, it becomes a cultivator's most powerful method but also their most fatal weakness. For this reason, Dao Integration cultivators would never bring out their nascent Dao Fruit for combat, even if it meant damaging their vital essence. Once shattered, their cultivation path would face the calamity of collapse. Any who aspire to the Mahayana stage would not take such a risk. After all, the essence of cultivation is to seek longevity, and the essence of longevity is to persist without death. Regardless of how powerful the methods are, all divine abilities and Dao techniques are merely incidental gifts on the path to seeking longevity. They are means, not the goal! The pursuit of combat power is only to protect the safety and stability of one's own path.

The newly condensed Abi and Yuantu twin swords of the Slaughter Intent Realm, in Wang Yu's eyes, would be "new arrows" that would allow the "Twelve Phases of Guanghan" to unleash even greater power. He dared not imagine how much the power of these slaughter-oriented arrows would increase. Moreover, this was also a necessary process for him to complete the third step of Intent Realm integration. The development of this killing move would still require time; it wasn't something he could simply pick up and use.

‘However, since there's already a good start, I'll use this as a clue for preliminary integration, and begin comprehending and developing it…’

Such a thought flashed through his mind.

Wang Yu had a preliminary grasp of Fei's talents, but the benefits brought by the True Spirit bloodline were far more than just this. There was also its top-tier divine ability, born to carry a Great Dao. Through Heavenly Demonic Dao Seizure, this divine ability also became his instinct, barely occupying the first of ten empty slots.

"Slaughter Sword Scripture"—its name was quite ordinary. However, unlike direct immortal melodies like the "Ice Phoenix Cry of Heaven Song," this was fundamentally different. Although it was a divine ability, it was also a path for cultivating the Great Dao of Slaughter. From low to high, different realms featured different powerful slaughter sword moves. If one could perfect it, they would fully comprehend the Slaughter Dao Laws, easily condense the "Slaughter Dao Fruit," and subsequently achieve immortal realm strength.

Furthermore, Wang Yu had an intuitive realization, like a heaven-bestowed inheritance of innate knowledge. Specifically—in the judgment of the Cosmic Sea Heavenly Dao, he was the last Blood Beast "Fei" in the world. Therefore, the bloodline inheritance he received was also top-tier: a racial Dao Scripture nurtured by heaven and earth, born alongside Fei itself. Only successive Blood Beast Kings could cultivate it, and only Blood Beast Fei could cultivate it. The Slaughter Sword Scripture was a unique inheritance bestowed upon Fei by the Cosmic Sea Heavenly Dao. Each realm had corresponding slaughter divine abilities, leading directly to the immortal Dao Fruit.

—A great opportunity! A truly great opportunity, its value far exceeded the Nine Tribulations Rogue Cultivator's inheritance Wang Yu had previously obtained. Moreover, among the nine human immortals, there seemed to be no one who had condensed a Slaughter Dao Fruit yet. As for other races, it was unknown. At least within the human race, pursuing this path would not face contention for the Dao with existing immortals, so the road ahead was relatively clear. It must be known that a Dao Fruit is unique. The Nine Tribulations Rogue Cultivator's inheritance pointed directly to the "Illusory Form Dao Fruit." This path was already occupied by the foreign True Immortal, Purple-Eyed Immortal. Only by eliminating him could one attain the Illusory Form Dao Fruit. Illusory Form belongs to the spatial Great Dao branch. More than one True Immortal realm can accommodate it. The Great Dao of Slaughter should also have many branches, and the Slaughter Sword Scripture is a race-specific Dao path. Given that no other Fei were known to exist, in reality, no one was contending with Wang Yu. However, over so many years, countless proud prodigies and monstrous talents had emerged in the long river of time. It was possible that some had forged their own paths, attempting to attain the Fei's Dao Fruit. This was also highly probable. After all, attracting the favor of a Dao Fruit wasn't necessarily limited to the "Slaughter Sword Spirit." While it was orthodox, it wasn't necessarily the only method. The greatness of time lies in its ability to give birth to countless variables.

Currently, Wang Yu could view five divine abilities within the Slaughter Sword Scripture. These corresponded exactly to his realm. To attain the Dao, he would likely need to perfect all nine forms and comprehend the final immortal-style divine ability to have a chance at Dao validation. These sword moves and divine abilities could be instinctively mastered to a minor accomplishment level, but to perfect them, one needed to understand not only how but also why.

His cultivation tasks became increasingly numerous. Wang Yu couldn't help but feel a "happy dilemma." Conveniently, many slots in his "placement bar" were empty, making them perfect for cultivating the Slaughter Sword Scripture. It was, in fact, his first time genuinely cultivating a sword Dao classic. Although he had used swords frequently and possessed supreme spiritual treasures like the "Yama Emperor Sword," he was actually more proficient in fist arts and archery. Sword scriptures were a new endeavor for him.

At this point, all the benefits Wang Yu gained from the Fei corpse had been fully assimilated. This transaction was undoubtedly a massive profit, even making him feel a slight fondness for the Path of Oblivion.

Moreover, the terrifying aspect of the Innate True Demonic Physique he had now fully experienced. Although the True Demonic Physique's initial talent might not match a True Spirit bloodline, its characteristic of plundering everything perfectly aligned with the profound mysteries of true devils. Demonic Embryo, Demonic Body... perhaps there was one last chance for transformation. Wang Yu vaguely sensed that he would only comprehend the opportunity for physique evolution after performing "Heavenly Demonic Dao Seizure" ten times.

“It’s time to emerge from seclusion…”