Chapter 671 - 366: Land of Immortal Arrival

Lü Zhong felt a sudden jolt as a vast ocean of knowledge appeared in his mind.

Compared to this influx, the memories and knowledge he had accumulated over nearly three hundred years were but a tiny fraction. After a quick search, he found the information he was looking for.

It was a Visualization Secret Skill.

It was called the "Star God Skill," and could be cultivated by anyone who possessed a Primordial Spirit.

By visualizing a Star Map, one could refine the essence of the sun and moon to nourish their body.

Dispelling the searing heat in one’s Divine Soul from consuming a Supreme Yang Object was merely a side benefit of this Visualization Skill; its true purpose was as a Body Refining Technique.

’The essence of the sun and moon is difficult to gather. For now, this technique can only be used to dispel the side effects.’

The Secret Skill came with its own Star Map, which contained three thousand brilliant major stars and 98,001 dim minor stars, combined to form a total of 365 constellations.

The more stars one visualized, the stronger the effect. Furthermore, visualizing different constellations yielded subtly different benefits.

Lü Zhong went out into the courtyard. As he drew down the starlight from the heavens, he began to visualize the Star Map.

Starting with a minor star, through continuous visualization and observation, he soon discovered a mysterious resonance forming between himself and it. As the star in his Sea of Consciousness grew brighter and clearer, he felt a cooling sensation spread through his Divine Soul, and his heart became as tranquil as an undisturbed well.

At the same time, the starlight he had drawn down transformed into specks of light that entered his body. There was no discomfort, but he couldn’t sense any benefit either. This was likely because the amount of starlight was too small, incomparable to the essence of the sun and moon, which was seized from Creation itself.

Lü Zhong did not feel this was a pity.

From the very beginning, all he had wanted was to dispel the side effects of the Six Yang Sandalwood True Pill.

The Body Refining effect, which was the Cultivation Technique’s intended purpose, was so minimal as to be almost nonexistent without meeting the prerequisites. This was the expected outcome under the circumstances.

Having visualized to this point, the effectiveness of the Star God Skill was confirmed.

Now, he just had to wait for the Spirit Medicines to mature, and he could begin his Alchemy.

’It’s a pity. If I could get the Inference Realm under my control, the abundant Power of Earth Fire there would make cultivating the Supreme Yang Spiritual Medicines much more efficient,’ Lü Zhong thought to himself.

He had long since devised a plan to annex the Southern Barbarian lands.

The prerequisite was reaching the Divinity Transformation stage.

Once he achieved Divinity Transformation, the fate of the Southern Barbarian lands would be settled.

When that time truly came, even if Lü Zhong wanted to elevate his sect’s name to an Immortal Sect, those in Central Earth wouldn’t be able to stop him. What was destined to be his would be his, sooner or later.

If he failed, then naturally, all would be for naught.

...

A day in heaven is a year on earth.

This saying was an extremely fitting description for a Nascent Soul Cultivator in seclusion.

Time always flowed by imperceptibly.

Lü Zhong himself didn’t know when it started, but his periods of seclusion had grown longer and longer. Often, three to five months would pass in what felt like the blink of an eye. He had a theory about this: as his horizons and experience broadened, his Divine Soul had begun to automatically filter out useless information.

「Three years passed in seclusion.」

The situation in the Southern Barbarian lands was unnervingly calm.

Ever since the battle on the border, the Demon Court had completely retracted its fangs, no longer making its presence known to the world. Only those cultivators who coveted the Spirit Medicines in the Vast Forest Sea could still sense the Demon Cultivators’ existence.

There was nothing Lü Zhong could do about this.

After all, he had tried. He had sent his Incarnation into the Forest Sea on multiple occasions to investigate the Demon Court, but in the end, he had come up with nothing, wasting millions of Spirit Stones in the process.

During the Lantern Festival, Lü Zhong left his cave residence early.

It wasn’t to make an appearance at the Bihai Sect; his Incarnation was there to handle the miscellaneous affairs of the celebration. He had emerged from seclusion this time to reunite with his family, a long-standing custom of his.

Having not seen them in a while, he found that Tianwen and Jiuge had grown up quite a bit.

They were the very picture of a perfect pair.

Lanterns, delicacies, a beautiful wife, and a pair of children at his side.

’This kind of life... it’s really not bad!’

Lü Zhong thought.

...

After a brief moment of relaxation, Lü Zhong was busy once more.

He spent all day in his Quiet Chamber, never once stepping outside.

After a period of calculations, the construction of the Singularity finally surpassed ten percent. However, he felt little joy. As progress advanced and the Singularity’s model grew more complex, calculating future nodes would only become more difficult. Otherwise, how could the Gounan Ghost Emperor have failed to master this technique?

The reason Lü Zhong was confident in his success was that he had absorbed a large number of Soul Forged Incarnations, causing his Divine Sense to far surpass that of his peers. This gave him the necessary computational power to master the Sleeve Universe Technique. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, this Divine Power Technique was something only a cultivator at the Divinity Transformation stage could hope to grasp.

It had to be said, the Outer Body Incarnation truly had endless wondrous uses.

And for the foreseeable future, it would continue to benefit him.

Reining in his scattered thoughts, Lü Zhong ended his calculations for the day.

His mind had become muddled, making it difficult to continue. Rather than grit his teeth and push through, which would introduce immense risk, he preferred to slow his progress and allocate time to Qi Refining instead.

First, he sat cross-legged for a while to calm his Heart and Spirit.

Only then did Lü Zhong reach out, magically drawing a fiery-red jade bottle from a nearby Jade Shelf. Inside was the third batch of Six Yang Sandalwood True Pills he had just refined. The jade bottle holding the Pills was a special item, meticulously crafted from Fire Jade Marrow. Therefore, not only did it prevent the medicinal efficacy from dissipating, but it could also slightly nourish the Pills within.

He pulled open the Jade Barrier, and golden motes of light immediately spilled out.

This was a phenomenon that occurred when the Yang Spiritual Qi was overly dense.

He tilted the mouth of the bottle, and a golden Pill rolled out.

Surging Yang Qi steamed off it, making it resemble a small, rising sun.