Chapter 292 – Great Shaman Body Forging Art Second Layer, Physical Body at Earthly Immortal Realm! [8k]

At this point, even Su Xing’s expression turned strange.

So the Clear Heart Art never actually existed at all — it was merely a joke by the Luotian Sect’s ancestor?

And this single joke had left the Azure Cloud Sect’s ancestor trapped for tens of thousands of years with no way out?

Su Xing immediately felt cold sweat running down his back.

The contest between top cultivators often wasn’t fought within battle, but outside of it?

Just as Su Xing was lost in wild speculation, Luo Qingniu explained:

“After Qingyunzi heard the Luotian Ancestor say it was merely a calming technique, he immediately lost interest and left with a flick of his sleeve…”

“It wasn’t until one or two cosmic cycles later that Qingyunzi and our Luotian Ancestor each became supreme powers of the Three Thousand Worlds.”

“What Qingyunzi cultivated was One Qi Transforms into Three Purities, but toward the end, he discovered a critical flaw within it — his mind was constantly restless and unsettled.”

“And at that time, Qingyunzi thought of the Clear Heart Art that our Luotian Ancestor had obtained… He believed the Clear Heart Art could surely remedy the flaw in his One Qi Transforms into Three Purities!”

“So he went to our Luotian Ancestor to request it… but was refused multiple times…”

“Ahem, well, there was nothing that could be done about it, right? After all… the Luotian Ancestor was only teasing him back then. Who could have predicted he’d take it seriously?”

As he spoke, Luo Qingniu spread both hands in a helpless gesture.

Seeing Luo Qingniu’s barely suppressed amusement, Su Xing felt a wave of dark humor rise within him.

“Ahem, Qingyunzi really was deceived quite thoroughly by the Luotian Ancestor, wasn’t he?”

“So karmic retribution… has now found its way to me?”

Su Xing felt rather helpless, his mind racing to think of a solution.

After bidding farewell to Luo Qingniu, Su Xing studied the breakthrough insights left behind by predecessors for the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art…

…

Soon, the immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing returned to reality.

“So, was the visualization diagram the Luotian Ancestor obtained back then actually the Ruyi Visualization Method?”

Su Xing recalled the incantation of the Ruyi Visualization Method.

“Supreme Ruyi… the human spirit craves purity, yet the mind disturbs it; the human heart desires stillness, yet desires pull at it… Those who recite this method shall obtain the jade of Ruyi, sheltering their spirit…”

It seemed that the concepts of Ruyi, calming the heart, and sheltering the spirit truly were related to clearing the mind.

And when Su Xing had cultivated the Ruyi Visualization Method in the past, he had indeed felt his mind settle into tranquility on multiple occasions.

“So the Ruyi Visualization Method and One Qi Transforms into Three Purities were very likely meant to be cultivated as a complementary pair?”

“It’s just that the visualization method needs to be cultivated when divine sense is first being developed. The Luotian Ancestor spent who knows how many tens of thousands of years just to master this technique…”

“Qingyunzi is already deeply affected by the flaw of One Qi Transforms into Three Purities. Unless he disperses his cultivation and starts over from scratch, could he possibly make it in time?”

Su Xing felt somewhat uncertain.

But regardless, Su Xing had more or less found the technique Qingyunzi was seeking.

As for whether Qingyunzi would spare Su Xing after learning the truth — that remained unknown.

“Well, let’s give it a try!”

Su Xing murmured, his gaze turning to the simulation panel.

【After departing from the Luotian instance, you obtained critical information about breaking through to the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, and also learned of a past incident.】

【Over the following period, your daily cultivation shifted to nurturing the seed of primordial energy with primordial energy, while simultaneously stimulating the birth of the primordial energy flower.】

【At the same time, you wished to comprehend the Great Dao of Space, but without a suitable supreme treasure to assist your cultivation, you could only set it aside for now.】

【Cultivation knows no passage of time — and just like that, twenty years passed…】

【In the twentieth year, you made a trip to the Beast Taming World…】

【In the twenty-eighth year, a Demon Saint descended, and you stepped in to delay it for five years…】

【In the thirty-third year, you decided to head to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, because the Origin-channeling Flower would emerge in two years’ time.】

【This time, you wanted to try whether you could pilot the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel, bringing your family and friends together through the world barrier to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】

【But when you used the spatial Dao to explore the boundaries of the lesser chiliocosm where Earth was located—】

【You discovered that Earth, along with the countless small worlds surrounding it, were all enveloped by an invisible force.】

【This force cut off the possibility of outsiders reaching Earth, and also severed the paths from Earth to other worlds…】

【After careful deliberation, you realized this was very similar to the so-called Severing of Heaven and Earth.】

【You speculated that Red Moon had used its own power to seal the entire shattered Luotian Realm, making it difficult for outsiders to locate, while native cultivators within could only leave through spatial passages.】

【Unless one possessed Red Moon’s authorization — like Blood Three — and was permitted by Red Moon to leave.】

【However, you also discovered that because Red Moon’s power was limited, if one’s strength surpassed Red Moon’s, one could forcibly break through this barrier and leave Earth — though doing so would certainly alert Red Moon…】

【After several attempts, you abandoned trying to pilot the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel to force your way out, and instead fought your way through the end of the Slaughter Battlefield…】

【In the thirty-third year, you arrived at the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】

In the Real World, Su Xing frowned slightly upon seeing this.

His heart lurched, and his expression turned grim…

“Damn it — so that means I currently can’t bring my family and friends away from Earth?”

“The spatial exit nodes have already been sealed by Red Moon?”

“Perhaps once my strength grows further… I’ll be able to take my family away from Earth, but definitely not now!”

Su Xing immediately felt a headache coming on.

In his original plan, at the very least, he could bring his family and friends to flee Earth.

But now it seemed that with Su Xing’s current strength, that was clearly impossible to achieve…

“If my cultivation realm, spatial passage mastery, and Shielding Heavenly Secrets all reach a certain level, perhaps I can leave Earth without Red Moon noticing…”

Su Xing’s resolve hardened, and he quickly set himself a goal.

“In this simulation, I still need to comprehend the spatial Dao!”

“If I can reach the Initial Glimpse level of the spatial Dao, at the very least I should be able to bring the spirit field grotto-heaven with me, right?”

“If I place my family inside the spirit field grotto-heaven, that’s also an option!”

Su Xing thought to himself, then turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【After arriving at the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, the first thing you did was go to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion in White Emperor City to sell the corresponding intelligence.】

【After selling the intelligence, you piloted the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel and headed to the Black Water Realm.】

【Upon entering the Black Water Realm, you carved out a cave dwelling near the secret realm, quietly awaiting its opening…】

【And so, two years passed.】

【In the thirty-fifth year, the seed of primordial energy within your body had become far more active than it was decades ago, but there was still no sign of it advancing into a primordial energy flower.】

【You understood that you needed to refine a Earth Origin Pill to assist the cultivation of the primordial energy flower…】

【One day, the secret realm emerged, its phenomenon attracting the attention of cultivators within a ten-thousand-li (5,000 km) radius.】

【You entered the secret realm at the first opportunity. With your prior experience, you spent only three to five days before successfully locating the Origin-channeling Flower.】

【After leaving the secret realm, you encountered three Advent Cult cadres — two Earthly Immortals and one cultivator at the Human Immortal Realm Peak.】

【You fought one against three, battling for a day and a night. This time, you didn’t even need to rely on the No Martial Virtue talent to slay all three of them.】

【Afterward, you destroyed any magical artifacts that might contain tracking marks, seized a large batch of treasures, and left the Black Water Realm.】

【Returning to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, you immediately went to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion and spent considerable resources to purchase a Void Stone from them.】

【From then on, you carved out a cave dwelling in the Hundred Thousand Mountains and cultivated in peace.】

【Each day, aside from nurturing the seed of primordial energy, you devoted yourself to comprehending the Great Dao of Space.】

【With the aid of the Void Stone, your understanding of the Great Dao of Space steadily improved.】

【In the thirty-seventh year, you went to the Celestial Demon City front lines to join the battle.】

【You displayed your Human Immortal Realm Peak cultivation and obtained the position of Myriarch.】

【But your true purpose was to find Shadow Tribe alien deities on the front lines — the divinity within their bodies would greatly accelerate your progress in the spatial Dao.】

【And so, eight years passed…】

【In the forty-fifth year, you finally encountered a Shadow Tribe deity of Lesser Divine Power.】

【You struck immediately, slaying it completely.】

【From its body, you obtained a sliver of divinity…】

【This strand of divinity was impure and mixed, containing properties such as teleportation and shadow leaping — overall, it was closely related to the spatial Dao.】

【You used the Luotian Immortal Transformation Art to purge the impurities from the divinity, gradually crystallizing it into a fragment of Great Dao of Space comprehension…】

【In the fiftieth year, you succeeded!】

【You obtained a comprehension fragment of the Great Dao of Space, containing abundant spatial Dao insights.】

【Without hesitation, you immediately began studying this Dao fragment…】

【The collapse, compression, and formation of space unfolded before your eyes across the vast expanse of time…】

【And so, another seven years passed…】

【In the fifty-seventh year, you finally finished completely absorbing this Dao fragment.】

【Your comprehension of the Great Dao of Space improved by fifty percent.】

【When executing spatial teleportation, your maximum range approached a hundred li (50 km).】

【Your Dao Embryonic Form could now cover a space spanning several dozen zhang at maximum…】

【At the same time, your supernatural art Spatial Severance was further enhanced…】

【Yet you sensed that your spatial Dao was still some distance away from reaching the Initial Glimpse threshold.】

【Afterward, you remained on the Celestial Demon City front lines, hoping to continue finding Shadow Tribe deities, but found none.】

【In the sixtieth year, you intercepted a Heavenly Immortal realm great demon, earning a major merit. Your position was promoted to the commander level, equivalent to an Earthly Immortal realm cultivator.】

【In the sixty-seventh year, you requested leave, heading to the Hundred Thousand Mountains to pursue the Void Strange Beast corpse.】

【The moment the secret realm opened, you entered.】

【After traversing layer upon layer of void mazes, you beheld the corpse, and also collected four Void Spirit Stones.】

【After you departed the void secret realm, you were ambushed — as expected!】

【Five cultivators, all at the late-stage Earthly Immortal realm!】

【Among them, a black-robed cultivator sowed discord and fanned the flames, hoping to kill you together and then divide the Void Strange Beast corpse.】

【You remained silent and expressionless, stepping back half a pace as if somewhat frightened — but in truth, you were feigning weakness.】

【Then, the moment the black-robed cultivator let his guard down, you directly unleashed nineteen hundred sword auras, combined with your No Martial Virtue talent, instantly killing him in one strike.】

【The black-robed cultivator didn’t even have a chance to struggle — the sword auras pierced straight through his heart, and he was as dead as dead could be…】

【Witnessing this, the remaining four Earthly Immortal realm cultivators were all shocked, clearly shaken by your killing-the-chicken-to-scare-the-monkeys approach.】

【But the Void Strange Beast corpse was far too precious for them to give up easily.】

【During the standoff, one human Earthly Immortal realm cultivator proposed that the sword strike you just displayed must have been your trump card, and you surely couldn’t unleash it again in a short time.】

【He therefore urged the other three to gang up on you…】

【Be that as it may, of the remaining two humans and two demons, not a single one dared to make a move.】

【You let out a cold snort, took the storage artifact from the black-robed Earthly Immortal realm cultivator you had killed, rode your sword away with casual elegance, without the slightest hint of panic.】

【The four Earthly Immortal realm cultivators exchanged glances, chose to abandon the pursuit, and instead delved into the void secret realm to see if any other treasures remained undiscovered.】

【After riding your sword for hundreds of thousands of li, you finally relaxed a little, using disguise techniques to change your appearance and suppress your aura.】

【With the strength those four Earthly Immortal realm cultivators possessed, you alone truly could not have held them off — you would have had no choice but to flee in disgrace.】

【But fortunately, you had bluffed them successfully…】

【Not daring to linger outside for long, you traveled by airship all the way back, intending to return to Celestial Demon City.】

【A month later, you returned to the Celestial Demon City front lines.】

【For cultivators at the commander level equivalent to Earthly Immortal realm, Celestial Demon City was quite lenient — as long as you ensured the cities within your jurisdiction didn’t fall, you had ample time for cultivation.】

【You first inspected the black-robed cultivator’s storage artifact, and within it discovered an identity token.】

【Advent Cult blood-numbered cadre — Blood Forty-Eight!】

【You exclaimed what a coincidence — Blood Forty-Eight had also been slain by you… With this, the Advent Cult’s strength was further diminished.】

【You destroyed all items in the storage artifact that might leave traces.】

【Afterward, you hid within Celestial Demon City and continued your arduous cultivation…】

In the Real World, Su Xing raised an eyebrow at this.

“Blood Forty-Eight… another Advent Cult cadre dealt with by me?”

“Based on the information I’ve gathered so far, those numbered after Blood Forty should all be cultivators below the Heavenly Immortal realm. Against these numbered cadres, even if I can’t defeat them, I have absolute confidence in keeping my life…”

“But those numbered before Blood Forty — Heavenly Immortals — with my current strength… I probably can’t withstand them!”

Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators had not only survived two calamities and vastly increased their magical power, but having cultivated for tens of thousands of years, they likely possessed numerous trump cards, treasures, and might even command greater divine arts!

Even their Dao comprehension… their mastery of Spirit Domains might surpass Su Xing’s.

“Simply increasing cultivation alone isn’t enough… After breaking through to the Earthly Immortal realm, I need to further deepen my Dao comprehension and enhance my various supernatural arts!”

Su Xing murmured, while also feeling a touch of curiosity.

【So you brought out the Void Strange Beast corpse and pondered how to maximize its value.】

【You began dissecting the Void Strange Beast’s interior. You discovered that the beast’s flesh was extraordinarily tough — no less durable than an Earthly Immortal realm body tempering cultivator.】

【After considerable effort, you managed to disassemble the Void Strange Beast and found a crystal core within its body!】

【The Void Strange Beast crystal core — the most fundamental source of the Void Strange Beast’s power!】

【This crystal core was not only a crucial material for refining spatial supreme treasures, but it also contained pure, dense origin energy of the Great Dao of Space!】

【From then on, you spent each day studying this crystal core, continuously deepening your comprehension of the Great Dao of Space through it…】

【And so, ten years passed!】

【In the seventy-seventh year, your comprehension of the Great Dao of Space was approaching the threshold of Initial Glimpse…】

【Just one more step, and you would fully step into the Initial Glimpse level!】

【And in this year, your Wisdom in Foolishness bonus triggered — the speed at which you studied the void crystal core doubled instantly!】

【Year eighty-five: After eight years of contemplation, your comprehension of the Great Dao of Space finally, barely, reached the level of Dao Initial Glimpse!】

【At this point, when you employ the art of teleportation, you can easily traverse a thousand li (500 km). At Arm’s Length Yet Worlds Apart — nothing describes it better!】

【Your Great Dao of Space can now cover a hundred-zhang (333 m) radius, and you can even envelop the entire spirit field grotto-heaven within it!】

【Within your Spatial Spirit Domain, when you employ Spatial Severance, even Earthly Immortal realm cultivators would have no choice but to flee in panic…】

【Congratulations, your Great Dao of Space comprehension has reached the Dao Initial Glimpse level!】

In the Real World, Su Xing’s eyes blazed with wild joy when he saw this.

“Decades of bitter cultivation, and I’ve finally reached the Initial Glimpse level!”

“This speed is truly astonishing!”

Su Xing’s heart pounded wildly.

Reaching Initial Glimpse in any Great Dao comprehension — this was something that even Earthly Immortal realm cultivators, and even some Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators, could not accomplish!

And this was the Great Dao of Space, no less — one of the most profound Dao comprehensions of all?

Dao comprehension was divided into Dao Embryonic Form, Initial Glimpse, Minor Attainment…

Su Xing had now taken a solid first step forward.

Without extraordinary opportunities, an ordinary cultivator would need at least over a thousand years to cultivate to the Dao Initial Glimpse level…

But Su Xing possessed the Acquired Dao Physique combined with the Late Bloomer talent, giving him a comprehension speed over six or seven times that of an ordinary cultivator.

Add to that the assistance of two extraordinary items — the Dao fragment and the Void crystal core — and only then could he progress this quickly!

“Wonderful! Great Dao of Space at Initial Glimpse… this means I can bring the spirit field grotto-heaven into the Three Thousand Worlds!”

“And a hundred-zhang (333 m) spirit field grotto-heaven is large enough for family and friends to live inside!”

For Su Xing, this was undoubtedly a shot of adrenaline.

Beyond his own cultivation, what he cared about was simply his family and friends…

“Then next, it’s time to fully trigger the primordial energy flower and attempt to cultivate the Great Shaman Body Forging Art to the second layer!”

Su Xing murmured to himself.

“Use immersive simulation… duration: 30 days!”

【Ding…】

The next second, Su Xing’s consciousness appeared in the simulated world.

Without the slightest hesitation, Su Xing consumed a Spirit Awakening Pill, activated the Great Wisdom talent enhancement, and began refining Earth Origin Pills.

Previously, Su Xing’s mastery of the Earth Origin Pill was still some distance from Minor Mastery.

By the sixteenth day of the immersive simulation, Su Xing’s mastery of the Earth Origin Pill reached Minor Mastery.

When the thirty-one-day simulation ended, Su Xing’s mastery of the Earth Origin Pill was still a considerable distance from Major Mastery.

“What a pity… still some distance from Major Mastery!”

“In that case, let’s continue with the immersive simulation!”

After returning to reality, Su Xing said decisively:

“Use immersive simulation, duration… 500 days!”

Five hundred days of immersive simulation cost Su Xing merely 500 points of origin energy.

Completely affordable!

But Su Xing pursued cost-effectiveness, and his remaining Great Wisdom state balance was only a little over five hundred days.

Combined with the Late Bloomer’s double enhancement, Su Xing refining pills for five hundred days was equivalent to a Saintly Hand of Alchemy researching for a full decade!

That was quite a worthwhile trade…

By around the four hundred and sixtieth day of the immersive simulation,

Su Xing had already refined over a hundred batches of Earth Origin Pills.

And on this day, Su Xing finally refined a batch of supreme-grade Earth Origin Pills!

This meant that Su Xing’s mastery of Earth Origin Pill refinement had thoroughly entered the Major Mastery level!

At this moment, Su Xing was a genuine eleventh-rank alchemy Grandmaster!

…

When the immersive simulation ended and Su Xing returned to reality, his eyes held a glimmer of anticipation.

“Supreme-grade Earth Origin Pills, combined with decades of prior accumulation — that should be enough to fully bring the primordial energy flower into bloom, shouldn’t it?”

Su Xing’s gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【Year eighty-seven: After spending nearly two years, you finally refined a batch of supreme-grade Earth Origin Pills.】

【And with decades of prior bitter cultivation, your ability to channel primordial energy was just one final step away…】

【Once the seed of primordial energy blooms into a primordial energy flower, your primordial energy will become far more powerful, endlessly regenerating…】

【And so you hesitated no longer. You consumed the supreme-grade Earth Origin Pill, channeled the seed of primordial energy within your body, and began closed-door cultivation…】

【The seed of primordial energy resided in the deepest recesses of your body, within your dantian, yet it was distinct from immortal power.】

【Like a seed breaking through soil, as you continuously channeled the seed of primordial energy, the primordial energy grew ever more vigorous…】

【Three years passed in this manner…】

【Year ninety: After three years of bitter cultivation, you felt the seed of primordial energy within you becoming incredibly restless.】

【One day, you felt a stirring in your heart. That seed of primordial energy within you seemed to have broken through some shackle, and like parched earth greeting sweet rain, it finally pushed a small shoot outward…】

【From a seed of primordial energy, it began to take root and sprout…】

【Yet this seemingly minor change caused an earth-shaking transformation in your primordial energy!】

【Your physical body doubled in strength within mere days!】

【From one unit of power of mountains and rivers to two units of power of mountains and rivers!】

【And the primordial energy now regenerated endlessly, replenishing several times faster than before…】

【What excited you even more was that the form and quality of the primordial energy had undergone a night-and-day transformation!】

【The enhancement to your physical defense and strength from primordial energy reached a full threefold increase!】

【Congratulations, you have successfully advanced to the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art!】

【With pure physical strength alone, you can battle early-stage Earthly Immortal realm cultivators!】

In the Real World, Su Xing’s eyes lit up when he saw this.

He finally understood why the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art could rival early-stage Earthly Immortal realm cultivators.

One must know that the gap between the Earthly Immortal realm and the Human Immortal realm was as vast as heaven and earth.

An ordinary Human Immortal Realm Peak cultivator — even several of them — would struggle to contend with an Earthly Immortal realm cultivator.

The fundamental reason lay in the metamorphosis of magical power and the different tiers of Dao comprehension.

And the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art provided a qualitative enhancement to primordial energy!

The full doubling of raw strength was actually secondary…

It was the threefold boost to defense and physical strength from primordial energy that was the real game-changer!

“Tsk tsk, after reaching the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, if I use every trick at my disposal, I could even fight a Peak Earthly Immortal realm cultivator!”

“It’s just that against a Heavenly Immortal…”

Su Xing shook his head slightly. Heavenly Immortals had survived the thunder tribulation, and their constitution and magical power had undergone tremendous improvement. Su Xing had never fought a Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator, so he didn’t yet have the confidence to contend with one.

“Still, this is only year ninety of the simulation, and I’ve already completed the main objective ahead of schedule. Next, I should find a way to leave the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm and venture to other worlds…”

Su Xing murmured.

“Based on previous patterns, there are still over forty years of simulation time remaining. Perhaps the Great Shaman Body Forging Art can be refined even further?”

“And there’s the exploration of the Yellow Sand Realm from before — just what secrets are hidden in that desert?”

“If I offer up the Ruyi Visualization Diagram… could Qingyunzi spare me?”

Su Xing felt a sense of anticipation as his gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【After reaching the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, you decided to leave the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm and explore the Yellow Sand Realm.】

【And so, one late night, you traveled to the southwestern part of the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, boarded the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel, and headed for the Void wormhole.】

【After passing through six Void nodes, you finally arrived safely in the Yellow Sand Realm.】

【Because your Great Dao of Space comprehension had reached Initial Glimpse, your journey through the Void was considerably smoother.】

【The Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel’s hull suffered only minor damage, and you yourself were uninjured.】

【After arriving in the Yellow Sand Realm, you infiltrated an oasis city called Yellow Sand City.】

【This city was the largest in the Yellow Sand Realm, with even a Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator stationed there as guardian.】

【Within the city, you spent your days tempering your body and cultivating the Great Shaman Body Forging Art.】

【At the same time, you did not forget to investigate the secrets hidden within the Yellow Sand Realm.】

【Ten years passed in this manner.】

【Year one hundred: Your cultivation of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art remained at the introductory level of the second layer.】

【The difficulty of cultivating the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art had doubled. You estimated that even with Earth Origin Pills to assist you, reaching Minor Mastery of the second layer would take at least one to two hundred years…】

【And so, in between your cultivation sessions, you investigated the so-called lands of extreme heat and extreme cold deep within the Yellow Sand Realm’s desert.】

【Based on your observations and deductions, these so-called lands of extreme cold and extreme heat… were very likely a naturally-formed tribulation ground for transcending the twin fires of yin and yang!】

In the Real World, Su Xing was momentarily stunned when he saw this.

“The Yellow Sand Realm actually has a natural site for transcending the twin fires of yin and yang?”

Su Xing took a deep breath, a flash of excitement in his eyes.

One must know that the Three Calamities of wind, fire, and lightning could not be transcended just anywhere at any time.

For instance, the twin fires of yin and yang within the fire calamity required finding a peculiar location.

It needed to possess a yang fire hot enough to incinerate immortals, as well as a yin fire cold enough to freeze immortals to death.

If one could successfully transcend the twin fires of yin and yang tribulation, their magical power would undergo metamorphosis, and they would achieve the Earthly Immortal realm!

“Come to think of it, there were rumors circulating in the Yellow Sand Realm about immortals being burned to death and frozen to death… it might very well be the land of twin fires of yin and yang!”

After a pause, Su Xing muttered:

“However, transcending the twin fires of yin and yang requires sufficient comprehension of the Great Dao of Fire, or consuming the appropriate pills to resist the twin fires’ burning…”

“Completely transcending them in this simulation is a bit unrealistic, but I can explore in advance and accumulate experience…”

With these thoughts, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【After learning about the anomaly deep within the desert, you decided to personally investigate.】

【After traversing layer upon layer of yellow sand, you finally arrived near the legendary desert forbidden zone where Immortal realm cultivators had been burned to death.】

【What surprised you was that before you even reached your destination, while still a hundred li (50 km) away, you could already feel a heart-palpitating wave of scorching fire energy.】

【This made your expression shift. The rumors were clearly not all fabrications. Such temperatures would be almost impossible to occur naturally in the mortal world…】

【And so you pressed forward another several dozen li, ultimately stopping ten li (5 km) away from your destination.】

【At this point, the surrounding air was distorted by heat waves, and as far as the eye could see, the yellow sand had been transformed into flames. The extreme temperatures were difficult for even you to endure.】

【Bear in mind, you had already reached the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, with a physical body far surpassing Human Immortal realm cultivators, yet you still found it hard to bear.】

【This confirmed that this place was indeed rife with extraordinary phenomena…】

【Through your divine sense, you detected that in the basin ten li (5 km) ahead, what you sensed felt like a blazing fireball, as if it could incinerate all things in existence…】

【You did not rush forward, but instead waited quietly ten li (5 km) away until the sun slowly set…】

【When the sun sank behind the mountains and the bright moon hung high, you felt the surrounding temperature plummet rapidly…】

【In the blink of an eye, it dropped to twenty or thirty degrees below zero.】

【This drastic temperature difference made you sense that something was off.】

【So you continued forward, but the farther you went, the more you noticed the abnormality of the surrounding temperature…】

【When your divine sense reached the area ten li (5 km) ahead — the target zone that had burned like a blazing inferno during the day — it had now frozen into ice, radiating a bone-chilling cold like ten-thousand-year frost.】

【Your heart jolted, knowing this was exactly as you had predicted — the land of twin fires of yin and yang!】

【And an extremely rare variant at that, where both yin and yang fires originated from the same source!】

【It was precisely because of this that the area had become a forbidden zone of the Yellow Sand Realm, where even immortals could not survive!】

【But for you, this was the perfect natural location for transcending the twin fires of yin and yang tribulation and ascending to the Earthly Immortal realm!】

In the Real World, Su Xing finally confirmed that the Yellow Sand Realm could indeed help him ascend to the Earthly Immortal realm, and joy welled up in his heart.

“An ordinary Human Immortal Realm Peak cultivator might need hundreds of years of searching to find a place to transcend the fire calamity?”

“Yet I never expected my luck to be this good — to have found one so quickly?”

Su Xing was in high spirits. This mysterious region deep within the desert had clearly saved him a great deal of time.

“And for the location of the lightning calamity, the belly of the Amalgamated Beast should meet the requirements!”

“This means for the Three Calamities of Immortals, I’m only missing the final wind calamity location, and everything will be in place!”

After a pause, Su Xing murmured:

“However, before transcending the twin fires of yin and yang tribulation, my comprehension of the Great Dao of Fire still needs further improvement. Ideally, it should reach the Initial Glimpse level, and combined with the Yin-Yang Pill, I’d have a perfect chance of success!”

Improving his Great Dao of Fire comprehension went without saying.

As for the Yin-Yang Pill, it was specifically prepared for transcending the twin fires of yin and yang.

It could amplify the effect of the yin-yang fires in Shedding Impurities and Cleansing Marrow and tempering one’s internal organs!

But this pill was extremely valuable. If Su Xing wanted to refine it himself, it would likely require considerable effort.

“Then again… do I really need to refine this Yin-Yang Pill myself?”

Su Xing rubbed his chin, recalling how that “Blood Ninety-Nine” had spent centuries gathering resources to break through to the Earthly Immortal realm, his cultivation stalled at Human Immortal Realm Peak.

Perhaps Su Xing could find ready-made Yin-Yang Pills on him!

“Tsk tsk, pills you craft yourself — how could they ever be as satisfying as ones you steal?”

Su Xing muttered with a chuckle, his mind already forming a plan.

His gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【After confirming that the deep desert held the land of twin fires of yin and yang you had been seeking, you returned to Yellow Sand City and focused on your cultivation.】

【Thirty years slowly passed in this manner…】

【Year one hundred and thirty: Over these thirty years, your second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art had progressed significantly, but reaching Minor Mastery was still a very long road ahead.】

【One day, your Blessed by Fortune talent began sending frantic warnings…】