I Seek Immortality Through Serendipity

Aside from the already cracked Spirit-Devouring Jade Armor Bottle, there was another high-grade treasure, which was a three-inch-sized ”bell.”

After Gu Yuan refined it, he immediately learned its name and abilities.

This bell, named Locust Ghost Heart-Stealing Bell, could, once activated, release endless ghostly sounds that attacked others’ Divine Souls. If their Divine Soul Power was weak, they would be immobilized on the spot, their thoughts scattered, unable to move.

However, if one encountered someone with exceptionally strong Divine Soul Power, it would naturally be useless.

Besides this, there were also four middle-grade treasures, covering both attack and defense.

But these treasures were of little use to Gu Yuan. With a wave of his sleeve, he fed all of them to the Treasure Refining Celestial Cutting Gourd.

”Clang!”

At Spirit Treasure Cliff, the Treasure Refining Celestial Cutting Gourd had been fed numerous treasures by Gu Yuan, significantly increasing its spirituality. Now, after swallowing these five treasures, the ancient seal patterns flowed like a golden waterfall, and a faint consciousness quietly surged, growing stronger.

But compared to the Daoist Jade Golden Bottle, that unparalleled aura still felt lacking.

”It just feels like something’s missing...”

Currently, Gu Yuan had several Tier Three Peak treasures in hand, all on the verge of becoming Tier Four Spiritual Treasures.

The Muddy Cloud Boundary Determining Gui, Treasure Refining Celestial Cutting Gourd, and Yin Yang Sword Pill had either been nurtured for millennia or fused with numerous treasures, completely surpassing the ordinary Tier Three High-grade range.

Gu Yuan originally thought that by fusing a few more treasures, he could let the Treasure Refining Celestial Cutting Gourd cross this threshold and reach Tier Four Spiritual Treasure level.

But after merging another high-grade treasure and four middle-grade treasures, Gu Yuan sensed the subtleties.

The Treasure Refining Celestial Cutting Gourd’s spirituality increased further, and the Heaven-Slaying Essence Qi within grew sharper, holding a lethal power even against the Late Stage Golden Core, far exceeding Tier Three Treasure range. Yet, it still seemed short of the effortless grace of the Daoist Jade Golden Bottle.

It was like a continually built temple missing a main beam.

”Forget it, I’ll decide back at the Thousand Waves Sect or Daoist School...”

Unable to find a reason, Gu Yuan stopped pondering, put away the Treasure Refining Celestial Cutting Gourd, and picked up the silver glittering Sword Pill.

”Hiss!”

As soon as it touched, a cool breath flowed out, with a hazy Moonlight Power spurting from the Sword Pill, swirling around Gu Yuan’s fingertips, casting a large area of silver radiance. At first glance, it seemed like he was holding a Bright Moon between his fingers, not a Sword Pill.

”Such pure Moonlight Power!”

Gu Yuan couldn’t help but exclaim.

This Sword Pill, cold like water, with rich Moonlight flowing like a trickling stream, gave him the feeling not of metal, but as if it was a natural moon fragment under the bright moon.

A wonderful treasure!

Back when he was engaged in Magical Combat with the Yinghuai Great Demon, he noticed the uniqueness of this Sword Pill and thought it a pity.

This Sword Pill and the Sword Seal practiced by the Sword Cultivator Puppet were both extraordinary, except that the anomaly was only seven hundred feet wide, and it was unknown what it encountered, getting harmed by the Yinghuai Great Demon and turned into a puppet.

But this Sword Pill was undoubtedly a high-grade Sword Pill.

In fact, it’s even more profound than the high-grade Sword Pill he once refined with Master Xuan Guang at the Daoist School.

”If I merge this Sword Pill into the Yin Yang Sword Pill, I wonder what changes would occur?”

Gu Yuan mused internally.

The Sword Pill is the Sword Seal. Ever since he fused the Sword Pill with the Yin Yang Sword Seal in the Realm of Yin Yang, his Sword Pill became a ”Melting Furnace,” capable of refining all Sword Pills and Sword Techniques. The more Sword Techniques learned, the more powerful the Yin Yang Sword Intent, and the more Sword Pills refined, the sharper the Yin Yang Sword Pill.

Previously, despite having included Taiyin’s Dao Charm in his practiced Sword Techniques, they were still more dominantly dynamic and vigorous.

If he could learn the Sword Technique engraved in this Sword Pill, it would surely enhance him further, bringing the Yin Yang further.

However, this couldn’t be rushed.

Solely by using the Sword Pill to infer its Sword Technique remained time-consuming and uncertain of success.

As a current strategy, he should wait for the Heart-devouring Insect to finish absorbing the Yinghuai Great Demon’s memories and learn the background of this Sword Cultivator Puppet before proceeding.

With this thought, Gu Yuan stopped worrying and, while patiently refining and nurturing this Sword Pill with Mana, awaited the Heart-devouring Insect’s refining process.

Furthermore, multitasking, he took out the Stone Liquid, searching for opportunities all around.

Sadly, as his cultivation grew, the opportunities the Stone Liquid revealed became increasingly sparse.

This time, it yielded nothing again.

Anticipating this result, Gu Yuan silently closed his eyes, choosing not to speak, and waited quietly.

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Three days passed in a flash.

In the Cave Mansion, shining brightly atop the stiff body of the Yinghuai Great Demon, was the green silhouette of the insect. Once with wings spread wide, it let out a screech and suddenly plunged into the Yinghuai Great Demon’s brow.

The Yinghuai Great Demon’s body shuddered, and then the tightly closed eyes snapped open, with a green insect image flashing and disappearing.

Upon awakening, it excitedly checked its hands and feet. Confirming it could move freely, a flattering smile appeared on the Yinghuai Great Demon’s aged face, hurriedly bowing toward Gu Yuan and said:

”Thank you, Master, for making this possible. Thank you, Master, for making this possible!”

”The little insect has completely taken over this body and refined the memories!”

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan simply asked, ”How much strength is retained? Is there combat power of the Late Stage Great Demon?”

Hearing this, the Heart-devouring Insect’s face dropped significantly. Helplessly it said, ”It’s due to my incompetence. Though the body of a Late Stage Great Demon can move freely, I can’t exert its full strength, unable to activate its anomaly.”

It had only just broken through to the Early Stage of Great Demon, inhabiting this body as if a child piloting a mech, at most utilizing half of its strength.

Expecting this result, Gu Yuan asked again, ”Where is the Great Demon’s Cave Mansion? Do you know the Sword Technique on this Sword Pill?”

”Reporting to Master, before coming here, the Great Demon was originally afraid that after obtaining the Longevity Fruit, it would be ambushed, and its belongings would be lost. Therefore, it placed many spiritual materials in the Cave Mansion.”

”With my occupancy of this body, being that demon, I can also control the Cave Mansion’s Restriction. If Master desires, I can retrieve the spiritual materials for you immediately.”

”As for the Sword Technique on this Sword Pill, I know it is a Superior Sword Technique named Toad Moon Sword Scripture!”

”This Sword Scripture originates from an ancient Sect named Moonlight Divine Sect. It’s said to be founded by a powerful figure in the Mahayana Realm in the Central Land Divine State.”

”The history of this Sect is ancient and deep, spanning tens of thousands of years, with a long lineage. However, a great upheaval occurred within the Sect, leading to the severance of its legacy, with only a small portion of True Scriptures left incomplete.”

”The Sword Cultivator Puppet’s name was Zhan Junxi, who was the current Sect Leader of Moonlight Divine Sect, known as Moonlight Ascendant. In those days, alongside the Yinghuai Great Demon, he explored a secret realm, was harmed by it, and refined into a puppet, with the Sword Scripture obtained by it.”

The Heart-devouring Insect, having assimilated the memories, was fully aware of the Yinghuai Great Demon’s past and narrated it smoothly.

”Mahayana Realm?!”

Gu Yuan was slightly astonished.

”After the Daoist Embryo Realm, it’s the Venerable Primordial Image Realm, and after which, it’s the Celestial Spirit Realm, and following that is the Mahayana Realm!”

The Heart-devouring Insect swiftly explained.

”To think it’s such a realm?!”

Gu Yuan did not expect that the Toad Moon Sword Scripture and this Sword Pill would have such a background, being a Mysterious Technique left by a Sect in the Mahayana Realm.

It’s known that even the top combat strength of Tier Four Sect in the East Mountain Realm barely reaches the Daoist Embryo Realm.

The Primordial Image Realm has become as elusive as a dragon showing its head without its tail.

As for the Mahayana Realm, Gu Yuan until now had never heard of it.

How could such a Sect suffer a severance of its legacy ending in such a fate?

Faced with this question, the Heart-devouring Insect also shook its head, not knowing.

”The Moonlight Divine Sect has declined for millennia, even Zhan Junxi himself is unaware of that history, let alone the Yinghuai Old Demon.”

”However, it’s said that the Moonlight Divine Sect still has an unparalleled Mysterious Technique hidden within its Sect grounds. After the Yinghuai Old Demon refined Zhan Junxi into a puppet, it used his sword to massacre the entire Moonlight Sect, seeking this technique, but failed.”

”Still, it wasn’t without gain. The Old Demon acquired a Map from within Moonlight Divine Sect.”

”The Map details a hidden Pocket World treasure path but the location of the Pocket World and its method of activation remains elusive, like the moon reflected in water.”

”The opportunity the Old Demon wanted to offer Master is precisely this Map!”