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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 5: [Seeking Immortality in the Eastern Sea]
Volume 5 (Pinyin): [Dong Hai xun xian]
Chapter 33 (470): [Eight-Star Spiritual Master]
(33rd of Volume 5)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Li Songjian was the Hidden Lord's elder brother.
The Hidden Lord had long been aware of Li Songjian's actions but had refrained from acting to avoid alerting him, preferring to follow the trail to its source.
Thus, learning that Li Weiyi had killed him stirred little emotion within him.
He even secretly suspected that Li Weiyi might have deliberately killed Li Songjian, taking on the role of the villain to spare him the pain of fratricide.
However, the revelation that Li Songjian and the Clan Chief of the Yao Li Tribe were both traitors deeply shocked the Hidden Lord.
The Clan Chief of the Yao Li Tribe was not only a Giant of the Immortal Realm but also a Great Immortal Realm expert.
Without a Transcendent figure in the clan capable of absolute authority, how could they possibly deal with him in the absence of irrefutable evidence?
What if Li Songjian had deliberately set a trap before his death?
This incident could reignite internal strife within the Jiu Li Tribe, which had only recently united.
After a brief moment of solemnity, Yao Qingxuan's expression returned to calm.
"Why are you looking at me? You're the Hidden Lord. Go investigate yourself."
The Hidden Lord's gaze turned solemn.
"This matter is of grave importance. Though the Forbidden One of Guan Shan has fallen, Xu Fodu and Yang Shenjing still live. With the Rice Palace's support, the Twin Rice Sect is using the Book of Radiant Stars to expand its territory in the Southeastern Nether Realm, their ambitions are boundless with their schemes certain."
"Now, dawn has broken over Old Yu Prefecture, dispelling the Netherworld's darkness and restoring light."
"Traveling west from Old Yu Prefecture, past Old Sand Prefecture where the White Desert lies, we reach Old Lin Prefecture along the Huang River. Further southwest lies Old Bin Prefecture, bordering Li Prefecture."
"The Twin Rice Sect has long coveted the Jiu Li Tribe, the Blood Sea Coffin Dock, and the Otherworldly Coffin."
"I predict that Old Lin Prefecture and Old Bin Prefecture will soon regain their light, becoming part of the Twin Rice Sect's Living Realm. At that point, Li Prefecture will be directly adjacent to their territory."
"If we fail to eliminate these hidden threats now, the consequences will be catastrophic."
Old Yu Prefecture, Old Sand Prefecture, Old Lin Prefecture, and Old Bin Prefecture were four of the two hundred and seventy-two prefectures swallowed by the Netherworld a millennium ago.
Located in the Southeastern Nether Realm, they border the Twenty-Eight Provinces of Lingxiao.
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The Hidden Lord departed to help Li Weiyi gather cultivation resources.
The opportunity presented by the Ancient Immortal Dragon Remains, fiercely contested by those below the Immortal Realm, required a top-tier expert to oversee the proceedings.
Acquiring resources was secondary; self-preservation was paramount.
Without such protection, the Jiu Li Tribe's Martial-Mystic Cultivators would become easy prey, utterly defenseless against their enemies.
Li Weiyi temporarily entrusted Yu'er to Yao Qingxuan's care.
After setting up a Formation within a wooden tower, he entered the Blood Mud Space.
Beneath the Fusang Divine Tree's radiant glow, the Phoenix Blood Trees, standing like pillars across the blood-soaked earth, sprouted fist-sized spore buds. These buds added a vibrant touch of life to the otherwise desolate landscape.
Li Weiyi first traveled to Tanggu Sea, where he harvested a Xihe flower.
He then retrieved the four-thousand-year-old Nine Tribulation Bamboo.
One bamboo stalk was used to feed all seven of the Little Seven simultaneously.
"Whoosh!"
Activating the Dao Ancestor's Tai Chi Fish, he wove a Cocoon of Time, enveloping all seven creatures within its temporal embrace.
The more living beings contained within the Cocoon of Time, the shorter its duration.
Every advantage came with a drawback.
Given the current state of the Moon Dragon Island Sea Market, Li Weiyi couldn't afford a prolonged seclusion anyway.
Bringing the Little Seven into the Cocoon of Time was the optimal method for rapidly enhancing their strength.
If any of them reached the Seventh Heaven, their combat prowess would rival that of weaker Ninth Heaven Martial-Mystic Cultivators.
More importantly, their innate abilities would advance to the next level, greatly benefiting Li Weiyi.
Should they all reach the Eighth or Ninth Heaven, Li Weiyi might even dare to assess the true power of the Rice Palace, which Tang Wanzhou and Liu Ye had described as "unimaginably powerful."
Li Weiyi sat cross-legged on the ground.
He opened the iron box from the Buddhist shrine, bathing in the white radiance emanating from the page of the Book of Radiant Stars.
Next, he retrieved the jade bottle containing the Transcendent Golden Essence Bone Marrow.
He could feel the terrifying heat radiating from within, even hotter than the nearby Xihe, making it too scorching to approach.
"The power contained within is truly terrifying. A single drop of this marrow could probably pierce through a Spiritual Artifact."
How could Li Weiyi dare to consume it so casually?
Transcendent beings, especially those who had just died, possessed blood that could boil an entire pond.
A single drop of Golden Essence Bone Marrow could undoubtedly melt earth into magma.
Martial-Mystic Cultivators in the Dao Seed Realm cultivated the "Minor Golden Bone" within their Dao Bodies.
The Immortal Body cultivated the Great Accomplishment Golden Bone, ten times stronger than the Minor Golden Bone.
Transcendent bones, however, were known as Immortal Golden Bones, surpassing even the Great Accomplishment Golden Bone by another tenfold.
When it came to cultivation resources, higher rank wasn't always better. If the rank was too high, it might be unusable or too dangerous to use.
Li Weiyi's gaze fell upon the Book of Radiant Stars before him.
A thought struck him, and he carefully tilted the jade bottle, pouring a single drop of Golden Essence Bone Marrow onto the book's radiant white pages.
"Sizzle!"
The drop hissed like a drop of water landing on a scorching-hot pan.
The Golden Essence Bone Marrow boiled on the page, its golden light intertwining with the book's white radiance.
Wisps of golden mist began to rise.
Li Weiyi inhaled deeply, drawing the mist into his body.
Finding the absorption too slow, he directly opened his Divine Pivot, Ancestral Field, and Wind Mansion acupoints, channeling the golden mist and radiant light into his Innate World.
From there, the Veins and String Meridians transported the energy throughout his body.
Even the quality of his Spiritual Qi underwent a strange transformation.
Within the Cocoon of Time, the Little Seven, having devoured the Nine Tribulation Bamboo, lay sprawled on the ground, greedily absorbing the golden mist.
Time flowed on.
Half a month passed within the cocoon.
During this time, the Hidden Lord sent a vast quantity of Millennial Essence Herbs, five True Spiritual Pills, and another portion of Golden Essence Bone Marrow, worth tens of millions of Yongquan Coins - enough to make even Great Immortal cultivators green with envy. It was truly a massive investment.
Each.True Spiritual Pill was priced at around one million Yongquan Coins.
The Jiu Li Tribe had reaped substantial gains from their attack on the Southeastern Nether Realm, resulting in a large quantity of Millennial Essence Herbs.
Through the Hidden Lord's coordination and purchases, they acquired seven Essence Medicines over three thousand years old.
Each of these was priceless, beyond the means of even ordinary Dao Seed Realm elders who emptied their entire fortunes.
The Hidden Lords was unaware that the Seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors were Imperial-Grade, but even if they were merely Lord-Marquis Grade, once fully matured, they would still become seven Immortal Realm powerhouses.
Naturally, no effort was spared in nurturing them.
Another half-month passed.
Li Weiyi, whose Psychic Power was already at the peak of a Seven-Star Spiritual Master, refined his third True Spiritual Pill. He felt the Tri-Colored Flame Spiritual Light in his Spirit Realm intensify to its limit, burning fiercely like a seething sea of fire.
He then retrieved the Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone and absorbed it into his Spirit Realm.
Controlling all the Tri-Colored Flame Spirit Light, he converged it toward the Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone, condensing his eighth Psychic Power Star.
Twelve hours later...
Li Weiyi was bathed in radiant light, a series of dazzling concentric circles appearing between his brows.
Within the Spirit Realm, the eight psychic Power Stars revolved, each growing simultaneously in size and brilliance.
Since he began absorbing the radiant energy from the Book of Radiant Stars and condensing Psychic Power Stars using the Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone, the process had become remarkably easier.
What had once been a sense of resistance now felt like an active gathering.
The radiant energy of Fusang and the Golden Crow represented the ultimate yang, the essence of daylight.
In contrast, the starlight from the Book of Radiant Stars embodied the yin, a soft, gentle radiance that was part of the night.
When these two forces combined, the yin and yang of heaven and earth harmonized, the Tai Chi rotated, and Li Weiyi's Psychic Power naturally ascended to a higher level.
As a Five-Star Spiritual Master, Li Weiyi's combat prowess, unleashed through his Psychic Power Spiritual Light, had only been comparable to Inheritors of the same cultivation realm.
Now, he could even contend with the Young Heavenly Emperor, who shared his realm.
With sufficient preparations - talisman, Formations, puppets, and other Psychic Techniques - he felt utterly fearless.
"Boom!"
The Fusang Divine Tree Light Shadow rose behind Li Weiyi, shattering the Cocoon of Time.
The tree's shadow towered dozens of zhang high, its branches lush with foliage, and its form permeated with flowing strands of flame and radiant light.
It seemed to breathe in sync with Li Weiyi, rhythmically drawing in the radiant energy of the Fusang Divine Tree from the Tanggu Sea.
This energy transformed into rivers of light, surging into the space between his brows.
Each Psychic Power Star shone brighter than before.
The destructive energy contained within Li Weiyi's spiritual flames had reached a new level, rivaling the power of a fully mastered third-tier Great Flame Technique.
In contrast, the Sixfold Samsara Burning Karma Technique remained at the minor accomplishment stage of the third tier.
"At my current cultivation realm as an Eight-Star Spiritual Master, combined with the special power of my flame Spiritual Light, merging Psychic Power and Martial-Mystic Power to unleash the Sixfold Samsara Burning Karma Technique would undoubtedly rival the power of a third-tier Imperial Technique."
"If I could cultivate the third tier of the Sixfold Samsara Burning Karma Technique to great accomplishment, then merge Psychic Power and Martial-Mystic Power, how much stronger would its power become?"
At this thought, the image of Huoxin flashed through Li Weiyi's mind. He yearned to clash with Huoxin's legendary fourth-tier Blazing Ember Divine Flame.
If he could defeat Huoxin and seize his Blazing Ember Divine Flame, refining it into the Sixfold Samsara Burning Karma Technique, he could surely achieve great accomplishment in the third tier.
At that point, harnessing the momentum of mastering the third-tier Great Technique, he could condense a Dao Fruit and instantly ascend to the Seventh Heaven of the Martial-Mystic Path.
The Sixfold Samsara Burning Karma Technique's manual clearly stated: "Third tier: Karmic Fire Transformation, directly breaking through to the Dao Fruit."
"The Western Monster Race will undoubtedly send Ember Spirit experts to Moon Dragon Island. Defeating even one would allow me to cultivate the third tier of the Sixfold Samsara Burning Karma Technique," Li Weiyi mused inwardly, weighing which faction to target first.
After all, both sides were enemies.
Compared to the Western Monster Race, Huoxin posed a far greater threat.
His strength surpassed even Qiongji Daozi's.
Though Li Weiyi had encountered him twice, Huoxin had barely revealed his true power, leaving an impression of unfathomable depth.
Being inseparable from Zhenxin, he undoubtedly possessed formidable trump cards.
Even an assassination attempt would have a negligible chance of success.
Over the past month, the Seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors had broken through to the Seventh Heaven, their bodies growing significantly larger.
Calling them the "Little Seven" no longer seemed appropriate.
They were also refining their physical bodies, their physical strength increasing dramatically.
Each membranous wing now possessed the sharpness of a spiritual artifact battle sword.
"With my Psychic Power reaching the Eighth Stars, I can finally face Inheritors of the Ninth Heaven without relying solely on physical strength. The combat power unleashed by my Psychic Power will be no less formidable than that of my physical body."
Li Weiyi's Golden Bone had advanced to sixty percent of the Immortal Body's strength in just one month.
The strength of his tendons and skin had surpassed sixty percent as well.
To reach seventy percent strength in such a short time, he needed to break through his Martial-Mystic Path cultivation. By leveraging the transformative effects of a breakthrough on his physical body, he could achieve rapid advancement.
Yao Qingxuan and the Hidden Lord hadn't disturbed him, indicating that the Calamity Crossing Temple, Rice Palace, and Demon Clan hadn't yet begun excavating the Ancient Immortal Dragon Remains.
This matter was of utmost importance, requiring thorough preparation.
Li Weiyi consumed his fourth True Spiritual Pill and wove another Cocoon of Time.
Within the cocoon, he repaired the Formation Lotus Platform while simultaneously inscribing new Divine Swiftness Talismans onto it.
His goal was to further enhance the platform's speed.
As an Eight-Star Spiritual Master, the Divine Swiftness Talismans he inscribed would undoubtedly surpass their previous iterations in speed.
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