Wasted Spiritual Root to Embark on Demonic Cultivation

Chapter 451

This Golden Body Sarira must have belonged to an expert who possessed Body Refinement cultivation comparable to Nascent Soul in life. The Buddhist Golden Body was actually a type of physical body divine ability.

Its ability to rival pure Body Refiners showed just how extraordinary it was.

For Wang Yu, as long as he refined this sarira and seized the power of the Golden Body within it, he could complete most of the Indestructible Spiritual Bone in his body. At that point, breaking through to mid fourth-rank Body Refinement would be as simple as a single thought.

The existence of the sarira itself was meant for absorption.

Moreover, Wang Yu also cultivated Buddhist heart sutras. Using the Prajna Heart Method to isolate the Buddhist philosophical concepts inside would not be too difficult.

All in all.

This Golden Body Sarira was very suitable for him to refine.

It felt very much like the tower spirit had analyzed his performance over this period, learned more about his situation, and specially provided this “targeted” choice after careful consideration.

Wang Yu did not hesitate for long. He needed strength to break the current heavenly cage. It was only a matter of time.

Inside the Eastern Extreme Capital ruins, the stronger one was, the more good things one could seize. This snowball effect would gradually expand his advantage until it became unstoppable.

Yellow Springs Monastery, this major enemy, was also a difficulty he needed to face head-on.

“Once the exploration of Eastern Extreme Capital ends, I will return to the sect and enter seclusion. Only after exhausting all resources will I come out again. By then, I may be able to start preparing for the matter of the Holy Lord Heavenly Palace.”

After silently planning in his heart, Wang Yu no longer hesitated.

He sent the Golden Body Sarira into his dragon spine. Large amounts of Silver Blood Divine Marrow immediately swarmed over as the Yin Nether Demonic Dragon Art operated at full power.

Wang Yu immediately stood up and began practicing fist techniques, using dynamic movements to match the internal energy circulation of the technique and accelerate the refinement speed.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Wang Yu looked like a steamed shrimp. His entire body flushed red and emitted hot steam. Large beads of sweat poured down like rain.

Golden spots occasionally appeared on the surface of his body. Those were leaked traces of the Buddhist Golden Body power. The strength contained within was simply too enormous.

He silently recited the Prajna Heart Sutra in his mind, discarding the Buddhist principles that the high monk had spent his entire life studying inside the sarira like worn-out shoes.

Block it! Block everything!

Influenced by his previous life, Wang Yu’s impression of Buddhism was average. However, there truly existed a unique karmic connection between them, so the benefits he had gained could no longer be counted.

As the Golden Body Sarira was digested, Wang Yu’s arms were the first to complete the forging of the Indestructible Spiritual Bone, followed by the final leg bones.

Once the Indestructible Spiritual Bone was fully formed, it would mean Wang Yu had stepped into mid fourth-rank Body Refinement. What followed was completely fusing the Silver Blood Divine Marrow with the Indestructible Spiritual Bone.

Using vast amounts of qi and blood power, he would obtain an Indestructible physical body that remained in peak condition forever, without needing any youth-preservation pills to maintain his youthful appearance.

That would count as late fourth-rank. To break through to the fifth rank, he would need to advance the Silver Blood to the Golden Blood Divine Marrow realm.

At that time, he would possess the power of a heavenly god. He could move mountains and overturn seas with his bare hands and shake the vast earth, truly possessing world-destroying brute force.

Accordingly, the strength of the Force Domain would also rise to an unimaginable level. The higher the realm, the more terrifying a Body Refiner’s brute force became, and their techniques would also develop in more diverse directions.

At high realms, the weaknesses of pure Body Refiners had actually been smoothed out. Instead, because of their outstanding combat power, they were revered as battlefield killing gods and were talents that all major factions desperately sought.

Unfortunately, this path was far too difficult, and the resources required were not something ordinary factions could afford to nurture. It was only because Wang Yu had the Idle Slots that he had been able to advance almost purely through hard grinding in the low realms.

Once his realm became higher, his ability to earn money also rose with the tide.

Wang Yu’s wealth-gathering ability far exceeded his combat methods, and he had never been stingy with taking risks. Only then had he been able to keep his Body Refinement cultivation rising at the same pace.

Even so, after breaking through to fourth-rank Body Refinement back then, his Body Refinement had stagnated for a long time because the Idle Slots were stretched too thin.

Only after recently arriving at Eastern Extreme Capital did it begin to soar uncontrollably. This was also thanks to his sufficiently deep foundation. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to support this level of rapid advancement.

After breaking through this time with the help of the Golden Body Sarira, he had basically reached the limit. He would need a longer period of fiendish qi tempering to slowly accumulate the next round of foundation.

Accumulating deeply before erupting fiercely, this was exactly Wang Yu’s current situation.

As time passed.

The golden light flickering on Wang Yu’s body surface gradually faded, replaced by a perfectly harmonized silver marrow halo. The Indestructible Spiritual Essence also gradually became complete.

He had touched upon a higher realm.

After an unknown amount of time, Wang Yu suddenly stopped his dynamic practice. A series of cracking sounds rang out from all over his body. His body proportions and muscle distribution were rapidly adjusting and changing.

They were evolving toward a more perfect physique that was better suited for exerting force, more aesthetically pleasing, and stronger.

Even his height had increased slightly, making him look more imposing. The path of Body Refinement was originally a method to forge the perfect physical body.

Those who refined themselves into large muscular figures were not necessarily wrong.

After all, more muscle mass meant greater strength and endurance. Wang Yu pursued a more balanced and perfect path, and chasing the extreme of power was also a legitimate Body Refinement dao.

The effect of the Golden Body Sarira had far exceeded Wang Yu’s expectations.

Not only did it help him completely forge the Indestructible Spiritual Bone, the powerful yet gentle Buddhist origin even assisted him in achieving a certain level of nourishment.

Seizing this golden opportunity, Wang Yu broke through to mid fourth-rank Body Refinement in one go.

Every aspect of his physical body surged dramatically. Combined with his mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivation, he had truly established a solid foothold in this stage crowded with major experts.

As for becoming a powerhouse among Nascent Souls, that would require far more time and effort.

The time needed would double yet again.

It was simply unavoidable that the time required for cultivation breakthroughs grew longer and longer. Such was the law of the world; breaking it was extraordinarily difficult.

After spending some time adapting to his now more perfect body.

Wang Yu put on his clothes and continued charging toward the next floor of the Celestial Star Tower. He had already passed one-third of the three hundred floors. According to the pattern, after the one-hundredth floor there was a chance of encountering mid-stage Nascent Soul opponents.

The time required to clear each floor also grew longer.

Wang Yu estimated that reaching the one hundred and thirtieth or fortieth floor would meet his expectations. At that point he could consider exiting the Celestial Star Tower and directly making a move against the people from Yellow Springs Monastery.

No matter what, the probability of reaching the top was minuscule.

Judging by the strength of someone like Sky-Tearing Eagle, once they reached late-stage Nascent Soul, Wang Yu would definitely not be a match. Since he knew he could not reach the summit, it was better to give up early.

He could also secure the initiative in the battles outside.

If he could seize the advantage first and set up traps at the entrance of the Celestial Star Tower, then as long as the strong experts from Yellow Springs Monastery did not emerge in a group, he could kill them one by one.

He could make them bleed until they went insane.

However, The other side was not foolish either. Wang Yu could think of the benefits of exiting early, and so could the people from Yellow Springs Monastery. Therefore, creating this time gap would inevitably require sacrificing some opportunities.

In the end, it came down to who was more willing to give up. Judging by the usual mindset of demonic cultivators, giving up one or two items already in hand was probably the limit they would pay for the sect.

Completely abandoning everything, entering only to turn around and immediately set traps, was almost impossible.

Even selfless dedication would not extend that far.

Thus, this became a thousand-layer cake showdown of “you think one layer deeper than me, but I think one layer deeper than you.”

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Rewinding to the moment when the Celestial Star Ranking showed unusual activity.

After entering the Celestial Star Tower, Scorching Sun Old Demon did not choose to climb the tower. Instead, he endured for one hour before unexpectedly giving up on the Celestial Star Tower opportunity entirely.

One could enter this place only once; a second entry was impossible.

Exiting the tower meant abandoning this chance. Such a choice naturally carried his own careful considerations. For someone at the level of an old demon like him.

He had already attempted to seek Spirit Transformation opportunities countless times.

Every time he returned empty-handed. After too many cycles of hope and disappointment, it was inevitable that other thoughts would arise. Exactly how did the Venerables from the Heaven-Refining Demonic Sect and the Sword Sect break through? Where exactly were their opportunities?

Therefore, even though this concerned the opportunities of the Ancient Immortal Dynasty.

Scorching Sun Old Demon still chose to give up. He felt that the lifelong accumulated wealth of the Nascent Souls from Yellow Springs Monastery was far more attractive. Moreover, he himself had not climbed the tower.

It was enough for people like Master Youming to climb. As long as they chose physical rewards, there would be a chance to snatch them.

The old demon’s thinking was this simple and straightforward, yet it also carried tremendous boldness.

Master Youming was also a renowned old demon. Could he not think of this layer? Of course he could! But personal boldness had nothing to do with wisdom.

To bet or not to bet, that was the question.

This psychological game depended entirely on what mental choice each made. Thus, when Wang Yu appeared on the Celestial Star Ranking, Scorching Sun Old Demon had already secretly concealed himself from everyone.

He quietly exited the tower without touching the Core Formation ants from Yellow Springs Monastery.

Instead, he secretly took out the formation flags he carried with him and began setting up man-eating traps, waiting for the moment when the people from Yellow Springs Monastery would walk right in.

This move was truly clever.

At the same time.

Inside the Celestial Star Tower, the test difficulty for Nascent Soul great perfection was actually the same as Wang Yu’s, all within the Nascent Soul realm range.

Compared to Wang Yu, even though Master Youming climbed to the two-hundredth floor at an extremely fast speed, he still failed to enter the Celestial Star Ranking. This was the disadvantage brought by age, and it could be said to be extremely severe.

He had twenty chances to choose rewards, and Master Youming chose to accumulate them every single time.

He kept accumulating until he reached his personal limit, hoping that through this layer-by-layer accumulation, the final reward he received would reach fifth-rank Spirit Transformation level.

It could be said that he was extremely experienced.

At this moment.

Master Youming’s expression showed faint excitement. Even when facing multiple late-stage Nascent Soul opponents as tests, his emotions had not fluctuated this much.

After pondering for a moment, Master Youming chose to accumulate both opportunities again under option six, continue accumulating!

Ordinary fifth-rank low-grade treasure pills might not be able to help him break through the major realm bottleneck. If he accumulated a few more times, the tower spirit would surely judge and give him the treasure pill most suited to his situation.

Master Youming’s situation was similar to Scorching Sun Old Demon’s. Both had pursued Spirit Transformation opportunities many times only to return empty-handed.

But he was even more resolute, believing that Eastern Extreme Capital was different.

This time he might truly obtain the reward he deserved.

Neither choice could be said to be right or wrong, they had simply made different trade-offs. Scorching Sun Old Demon was more realistic and leaned more toward the sect.

This was perhaps related to his identity as the Zhuo Clan’s Ancestor Liezu. He still had an entire large family behind him that needed him. His way of thinking naturally differed from someone like Master Youming, a lone powerhouse who only needed to feed himself.

However.

While delighted, Master Youming had also made arrangements for the people from Yellow Springs Monastery, taking every aspect into consideration.

In the end.

How the situation would develop would depend on whose methods were superior.

Master Youming turned a deaf ear to everything outside, focusing solely on climbing the tower and the Spirit Transformation opportunity. His long-dormant heart began to stir with unprecedented restlessness.

【Two hundred and first floor test: “Paradise of Bliss Illusion”…】

Another half month passed.

It had already been a full month since everyone entered the Celestial Star Tower. More cultivators arrived from the inner city to the palace city and entered the Celestial Star Tower one after another.

Some cultivators chose to head to the gates of the imperial palace or wander around the area, attempting to find flaws in the restrictions or gaps caused by the passage of time.

This line of thinking was very reasonable. After all, Wang Yu and Yin Gui had monopolized the Immortal Officials’ Medicine Vault precisely by finding a “dog hole.” Otherwise, how could they have snatched food from the mouths of those great cultivators?

The progress of each faction differed for now and would not be detailed.

Wang Yu, however, had already reached the one hundred and fiftieth floor. His progress far exceeded his own estimate, but it had also come at no small cost.

The higher he went, the greater the difficulty. Facing mid-stage Nascent Soul opponents.

Whether in divine ability strength or the combat intelligence infused by the tower spirit, everything far surpassed what this realm should possess. It gave Wang Yu the feeling that he was fighting peerless geniuses of the same realm.

In truth, anyone who could cultivate to this point was a heaven's chosen. Who among them had not been exceptionally talented and highly regarded by countless elders and seniors?!

Therefore, challenging across realms became increasingly difficult the further one went.

Even Wang Yu had no confidence in fighting a great cultivator head-on unless he possessed special advantages and could succeed through schemes and plots.

In a normal fight, simply not being crushed by raw power was already good enough.

One or two life-and-death battles were still within his tolerance. The difficulty lay in the endless continuous fighting, with only twelve hours of rest. It was inevitable that he would feel exhausted.

For a Nascent Soul cultivator, once their demonic essence was completely depleted.

Without the assistance of a fourth-rank spiritual vein environment or by consuming supreme-grade spirit stones to recover, simply restoring a full reserve of demonic essence would take a very long time.

The purity of the spiritual qi environment had very high requirements. Absorbing ordinary spiritual qi could also restore it, but much more slowly, recovery time measured in months.

In this regard the tower spirit had not restricted him. The spiritual qi environment it provided was average, barely sufficient.

Mental fatigue, however, was not so easily dispelled.

The battle on the one hundred and fiftieth floor pitted Wang Yu against a heaven-blessed prodigy from the Ancient Immortal Dynasty named “Marquis Pinghai” Dongfang Liusu, who specialized in sword dao and talisman techniques.

With a single move of ten thousand sword talismans, he had nearly blasted Wang Yu into slag. Although Wang Yu ultimately won by a narrow margin, he was also gravely injured. This made Wang Yu realize that the combat talent he had always been proud of.

Might be nothing in the eyes of true heavenly genius.

He had cultivated for too short a time. His experience was indeed insufficient and somewhat lacking in substance.

“One hundred and fiftieth floor. That’s about enough. If I continue, my injuries will only grow heavier and I won’t be able to deal with the crisis from Yellow Springs Monastery outside.”

His thoughts turning, Wang Yu looked at the final reward for this floor. He had not claimed any rewards for these fifty floors, choosing to keep accumulating instead.

His goal was the same as Master Youming’s — to break through the limit of the fourth rank.

He had originally thought he was still a little short.

But when he actually saw it, his expression froze.

【1. Immortal Dynasty Divine Ability Technique (fifth-rank)】

【2. Miraculous Spirit Pill (fifth-rank)】

【3. Magic Treasure True Artifact (fifth-rank · type selectable)】

【4. Secret Technique (unknown)】

This time he could only choose one, and the accumulation option had disappeared, as if the tower spirit knew his limit.

Wang Yu forcefully suppressed the excitement in his heart. He had no idea that Master Youming had accumulated a full two hundred floors to break the limit reward, while he had only accumulated fifty floors.

Yet he had still obtained a fifth-rank Spirit Transformation-level reward.

It was clear that the age factor actually carried enormous weight in the tower spirit’s judgment. Unfortunately, Wang Yu had no way of knowing this for now.

Obtaining a fifth-rank technique alone made this trip completely worthwhile.

It was absolutely worth it.

After hesitating for a moment, he preferred a guaranteed reward. Thus, he chose the first option.

“I want the Immortal Dynasty Divine Ability Technique!”

Judging from the situation, the tower spirit would select the fifth-rank divine ability most suited to him and pass it down. Just thinking about it made him a little excited.

“—Here it comes!”