Nine Dragons Immortal Slaughtering Formation.
Rank: Earth Rank High Grade
Features: Control Dragon Souls to form an Immortal Slaughtering Formation, which can trap enemies, kill enemies, and destroy Divine Souls. It can also be combined with other Spirit Treasures to control Dragons and kill enemies.
The Nine Dragons Immortal Slaughtering Formation is a Formation passed down from the Immortal Spirit Realm. This Formation requires nine Dragon Bones and Dragon Souls as its Formation eyes. If they cannot be found, then the bones and souls of Flood Dragons can be used instead. The higher the Rank of the Dragon Bones in the Formation eyes, the stronger its power. This Formation is not perfect; it requires the caster to use a powerful Divine Soul to control the nine Dragons, consuming a huge amount of Qi. If an item capable of controlling nine souls can be found, this problem can be easily resolved.
Immortal Spirit Realm?
Li Mu was greatly shocked, never expecting this Formation Legacy to be connected to the Immortal Spirit Realm.
Li Mu had read some ancient texts about the Immortal Spirit Realm, which was said to be the world Mahayana Cultivators ascended to after cultivating to the extreme and transforming into Immortals.
As for what that world was truly like, few messages had been transmitted down. However, the Immortal Spirit Qi there was certainly much stronger than in their world.
This Formation Legacy was very likely a weakened version of a Formation created by a powerful being from the Immortal Spirit Realm for their descendants.
However, even a weakened version was extremely powerful. The Nine Dragons Immortal Slaughtering ability could summon nine Dragon Clan souls within the Formation, combining them with nine Dragon Bones to condense temporary flesh and blood bodies.
Like Rebirth, the nine Dragons would encircle and kill, and during the encirclement, they would also cast illusions and create dilemmas. Those with weak Divine Souls would be affected by the Formation. Not only that, but the nine Dragons, even if defeated, would madly absorb all the Spiritual Qi in the space, turning it into a Spirit-barren land.
Furthermore, if the Dragon bodies were destroyed, they would be infinitely reborn through the nourishment of the Formation's Spiritual Power, continuously.
After learning of the Nine Dragons Immortal Slaughtering Formation's power, Li Mu's eyes gleamed with excitement, but soon he became troubled.
Where could he find Dragon Bones?
To unleash the true powerful might of the Nine Dragons Immortal Slaughtering Formation, nine sets of Dragon Bones and nine Dragon Souls were required.
But the Dragon Clan had long since disappeared from the Southern Spirit Continent. How could it be easy to find a True Dragon now?
However, Li Mu knew very well that a True Dragon's entire body was a treasure. Dragon scales and Dragon Bones were High Grade Artifact Refining Materials, and Dragon Blood and Dragon Gallbladders were even rarer Spirit Medicine Materials.
In the Jade Slip, Celestial Evolution Divine Lord did indeed use Dragon Bones to cast the Nine Dragons Immortal Slaughtering Formation, but there were only two sets, with the rest being Flood Dragon skeletons and Flood Dragon souls.
The Formation's power was greatly reduced.
As a result, when he faced that peerless Demonic Venerable, he was defeated miserably because the Formation was imperfect.
If the Nine Dragons Immortal Slaughtering Formation could have been perfectly unleashed, Celestial Evolution Divine Lord surely wouldn't have been defeated!
It was a pity that those two sets of Dragon Bones and Celestial Evolution Divine Lord's other various precious Materials were lost when his physical body died, with only a wisp of his Divided Soul escaping.
Li Mu pondered for a moment. Currently, he had no free proficiency points, so even though he had learned the Cultivation Technique, he had no way to use it. He could only find an opportunity to complete these Dragon Bones later.
If not, for now, he could only use Flood Dragon Bones.
Li Mu decided to clear another thousand acres of Heavenly Wind Grass to harvest a wave of free proficiency points and then raise the Rank of this Formation.
Li Mu took out another Jade Slip, which was an Artifact Refining Jade Slip Legacy.
Eightfold Heavenly Fire Tempering Method
Rank: Heaven Rank Low Grade
Features: A more powerful Artifact Refining Divine Method than the Divine Refinement Spirit Fusion Method. It uses Heavenly Fire to condense a Heaven and Earth Furnace, and eight layers of Heavenly Fire condense into a hammer. It can open the Heavenly Eye. All things in Heaven and Earth have their own Divine Mark patterns when forged. Once the Heavenly Eye is opened, the path of Divine Marks becomes clearly visible.
The Eightfold Heavenly Fire Hammer requires the collection of three types of Heavenly Fire. With Heavenly Fire as the Furnace, the three types of Heavenly Fire Cultivate both internally and externally, greatly increasing the success rate of Artifact Refining. It can even integrate Heavenly Fire with Fire-element Cultivation Techniques. By taking a wisp from each of the three Heavenly Fires and gathering them in the Divine Sea, a Heavenly Fire Eye can be condensed. When Artifact Refining, one can observe the Divine Marks of Heaven and Earth, easily capture Divine Marks, and precisely imprint Divine Marks with the falling Heavenly Hammer.
Putting down the Jade Slip, Li Mu's heart couldn't help but tremble.
He was shocked by this Artifact Refining Legacy Method. He hadn't expected that Heavenly Fire could also condense the power of Heaven and Earth to form a Heavenly Furnace, refining artifacts both internally and externally.
This greatly increased the success rate of Artifact Refining.
This forging method could even condense Heavenly Fire into the Sea of Consciousness to open a Heavenly Eye. It was not only an Artifact Refining Technique but also a Cultivation Technique that allowed one to Cultivate through Artifact Refining.
Honestly, obtaining the Artifact Refining Legacy of the Eightfold Heavenly Fire Tempering Method was much more effective than gaining Divine Ability through ordinary Artifact Refining upgrades.
This time, he had truly stumbled upon a treasure.
As long as he learned the Eightfold Heavenly Fire Hammer and obtained Heavenly Fire, Li Mu was confident he could definitely forge six-tier spirit treasures, and even seven-tier Spirit Treasures might be within his grasp.
Just thinking about it made his heart pound.
His current Five Elements Sword Formation still used five fifth-tier Spiritual Swords. If all of them were replaced with six-tier spirit treasures, a normal Soul Transformation Cultivator would definitely not be his match in one go.
It seemed he had to find a way to get his hands on Heavenly Fire again.
It was truly a pity that he hadn't managed to get that wisp of Tribulation Nascent Soul Heavenly Fire during his Heavenly Tribulation.
Li Mu pondered for a moment, feeling that his leisurely days weren't actually that leisurely.
...
Red Immortal Ridge.
A white-eyed old man in a fiery cloud robe looked displeased, his brows tightly furrowed.
The Nine-Eyed Purple Poison Spider in front of him was nowhere to be found.
The hidden entrance in the spider's nest had already been cleared into a path by someone.
“Who on earth found this place?!”
Just then, another figure, riding a Flying Sword, rushed over from a distance, falling in a panic.
“Greetings, Venerable Tianyun!”
The man was drenched in sweat, speaking with fear and unease, glancing towards the spider's cave entrance.
He found that there was sharp Sword Qi here, and the Nine-Eyed Purple Poison Spider guarding the place was nowhere to be seen.
Venerable Tianyun stood with his hands behind his back, his expression shifting between clear and cloudy.
“Didn't I tell you that while I was in secluded Cultivation, you were to monitor this place and report any developments to me?”
As Venerable Tianyun spoke, a powerful Soul Transformation Divine Might surged forth. The man, who was only a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivator, couldn't withstand the pressure and instantly fell to his knees with a thud.
“Venerable, spare my life! Venerable, spare my life! I was in secluded Cultivation, trying to break through. I wasn't…”
“Shut up! Now get out…”
The Nascent Soul True Lord, having received a pardon, still dared not leave, eventually mustering the courage to plead, “Venerable, my antidote…”
A cold aura radiated from Venerable Tianyun's eyes, but a Nascent Soul True Lord was also a capable assistant to him, so he took out a bottle and threw it to the other party.
“It can only guarantee that you won't be poisoned for ten years. Now, get out!”
Receiving the antidote bottle, the Nascent Soul True Lord dared not linger and left on his Flying Sword.
Seeing no one around, Venerable Tianyun stomped his foot. Soon, the ground churned, and a colossal creature emerged.
It was none other than the Nine-Eyed Purple Poison Spider from before.
“Master…”
This Nine-Eyed Purple Poison Spider was indeed the Spirit Beast of the Soul Transformation Venerable before him.
So Venerable Tianyun asked his Spirit Beast who it was that dared to trespass here and how the other party had broken the Formation.
The Nine-Eyed Purple Poison Spider told him the truth in detail.
However, how the Formation was broken and how they entered, it hadn't seen, as it had temporarily avoided the confrontation.
“Nascent Soul True Lord?”
Venerable Tianyun was greatly puzzled. This Immortal Cave was one he had accidentally discovered, left behind by a High Grade Cultivator.
It was highly probable that it was the Immortal Cave left behind by Celestial Evolution Divine Lord.
In truth, many people in the world didn't know that Celestial Evolution Divine Lord had long since perished in a life-and-death battle with a certain Demonic Venerable.
He had searched for a long time and finally found Celestial Evolution Divine Lord's Immortal Cave a hundred years ago, but he was blocked by the Formation outside the Immortal Cave. He tried various methods but still couldn't break it.
Now, he had finally spent a great deal to commission someone to refine a fifth-tier Magic Treasure for breaking Formations, and he would obtain it in half a year.
He never expected someone to beat him to it.
It was truly hateful!
Although he didn't know what method the other party used to break the Formation and enter, a mere Nascent Soul True Lord was not worth mentioning.
If the other party miraculously survived inside, he only needed to wait patiently. When he came out, he could kill him and obtain Celestial Evolution Divine Lord's Immortal Cave Magic Treasure.
“You stay here. If the other party comes out, report it immediately.”
Venerable Tianyun left these words and then sent out a compass. The compass emitted a silver light in the sky, instantly enveloping the area.
Afterward, it disappeared into the air, extremely concealed.
This was actually an illusion Formation Spiritual Artifact.
The Nine-Eyed Purple Poison Spider also burrowed underground, quietly guarding the place.
It also wanted to take revenge. It had been injured before, and the resentment in its heart could not be dispelled.
Now its master was here.
No matter how powerful the other party was, they would not escape death.
Venerable Tianyun also remained here, sitting outside the Formation, waiting for his prey.
This place was full of High Grade Spirit Beasts, and no one dared to come here.
...
Painting World Treasure Mansion.
In a flash, Li Mu had spent over a month in the Immortal Cave's spiritual land, cultivating the Spiritual Field and planting various Spiritual Plants.
The Azure-Eyed White Ape swiftly moved through the jungle, arriving beside Li Mu.
“Master, the Heavenly Wind Grass is ripe!”
The Azure-Eyed White Ape, now recognizing Li Mu as its master, had become exceptionally docile and respectfully sought Li Mu's instructions.
“Ripe?”
Li Mu was deeply surprised and stood up.
It had only been a little over a month. How could the Heavenly Wind Grass have ripened so quickly?
“Yes, Master.”
“This is Divine Lord's spiritual mansion, equipped with a special Formation. The growth rate of planted Spiritual Plants is significantly boosted. For mere second-tier Spiritual Plants, the speed is more than ten times faster than outside.”
The Azure-Eyed White Ape had lived in the Painting World Treasure Mansion for several centuries, managing every plant and tree in this Immortal Cave's spiritual land, so it naturally understood the growth of Spiritual Plants better than Li Mu.
“Let's go, follow me to see.”
Li Mu walked through the air, and the Azure-Eyed White Ape joyfully followed closely behind him, diligently serving him.
Soon, they arrived at the Heavenly Wind Grass planting area.
Indeed, the newly cultivated thousand-plus acres of Spiritual Field were lush with Heavenly Wind Grass, growing extremely vigorously.
He hadn't expected that after a period of cultivation, it would ripen in just over a month.
The densely packed thousand acres of Heavenly Wind Grass swayed in the wind, growing delightfully.
Emitting a faint emerald green light, a unique fragrant scent of herbs wafted for thousands of miles.
The second-tier Heavenly Wind Grass cultivated this time was all of excellent quality.
Li Mu was very pleased. He cast multiple Gold Blade Techniques, and countless sword lights swept across.
Within a few breaths, the Heavenly Wind Grass in the thousand acres of fertile land fell one after another, and the harvest was complete.
Clusters of verdant light floated up with the wind, engulfing Li Mu.
Talent Divine Power - Plant Spirit Extraction activated. You extracted a cluster of Plant Spirit. Free proficiency points + 2.
Talent Divine Power - Plant Spirit Extraction activated. You extracted a cluster of Plant Spirit. Free proficiency points + 1.
Talent Divine Power - Plant Spirit Extraction activated. You extracted a cluster of Plant Spirit. Free proficiency points + 2.
...
After harvesting the thousand acres of Spiritual Field, Li Mu glanced at his personal character panel and gained over fifteen million free proficiency points.
The Superior Spiritual Field produced second-tier High Grade Spiritual Plants like Heavenly Wind Grass. It was a pity that after ascending to the Nascent Soul stage, the attributes of the Spiritual Plant light clusters obtained from second-tier Spiritual Plants also decreased.
Fortunately, what it lacked in quality, it made up for in quantity. The thousand acres of Heavenly Wind Grass yielded enough free proficiency points.
Seeing Li Mu's smiling face, he treated the thousand acres of harvested Spiritual Plants like trash, no longer paying attention to them.
The Azure-Eyed White Ape cocked its head to the side, very human-like, and scratched its head.
Why was his master so eccentric?
This second-tier Heavenly Wind Grass was just an ordinary Spiritual Plant, nothing special. Placed in this Immortal Cave's spiritual land, it was trash among trash, not worth planting at all.
Why was he so partial to planting it?
He really didn't understand!
Li Mu descended from the sky and, ignoring the Azure-Eyed White Ape beside him, began to open his attribute panel.
Nine Dragons Immortal Slaughtering Formation.
Ding, you consumed one free proficiency point. Nine Dragons Immortal Slaughtering Formation proficiency + 1.
...
Ding, you consumed one free proficiency point. Nine Dragons Immortal Slaughtering Formation proficiency + 1. Nine Dragons Immortal Slaughtering Technique Rank has been raised to: Level Three. You have comprehended the Nine Dragons Immortal Slaughtering Formation, Heaven and Earth Trapping Formation.
He consumed 1.6 million free proficiency points, successfully raising the "Nine Dragons Immortal Slaughtering Formation" from entry-level to Level Three.
But it was far from over.
He still had 13 million free proficiency points to continue upgrading. How could Li Mu give up?
After a while longer, he finally used up over ten million free proficiency points, raising the Nine Dragons Immortal Slaughtering Formation to Level Five.
However, without the 'Spirituality' attribute, like other life skills, it still couldn't be further improved.
He could only pause the upgrade.
Li Mu took out the Celestial Void Cauldron from his storage space, checked the growth of the Nine Yang Spirit Grass, and the progress of the Phoenix egg's incubation. Under the illumination of the Spiritual Void Fire, the Nine Yang Spirit Grass still needed thirty years to ripen. As for the Phoenix egg, it would probably take forty to fifty years to hatch.
Li Mu put the Celestial Void Cauldron away again. He could afford to wait that long.
After putting away the Celestial Void Cauldron, Li Mu's gaze turned to another Legacy Jade Slip and began to study it.
The familiar steps unfolded again. Li Mu closed his eyes slightly, studying the Jade Slip Legacy and simultaneously adding points to it.
Ding, you consumed one free proficiency point. Eightfold Heavenly Fire Tempering Method proficiency + 1.
...
Ding, you consumed one free proficiency point. Eightfold Heavenly Fire Tempering Method proficiency + 1. Eightfold Heavenly Fire Hammer Rank has been raised to: Level One. You have comprehended: Heavenly Fire as Furnace.
Ding, conditions not met. Lacks Heavenly Fire. Eightfold Heavenly Fire Tempering Method Rank cannot be further increased.
He consumed 100,000 free proficiency points, successfully raising the "Eightfold Heavenly Fire Tempering Method" from entry-level to Level One.
It was a pity that there was no Heavenly Fire.
No matter how many free proficiency points he added, he couldn't add more. He needed to possess the Heavenly Fire attribute to continue using free proficiency points.
Li Mu felt the inherited knowledge he gained after upgrading and then stopped.
He had over a million free proficiency points left, which he would save for unforeseen needs.
Just as Li Mu was about to put away the Immortal Cave Spirit Treasure, he suddenly discovered that the Formation left outside had been triggered.
A fourth-tier Heaven Trapping Formation had been set up outside the door.