Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams

After all, the Netherworld Dog Filth Furnace itself is a demon artifact, and throughout countless years, it has devoured and absorbed countless living beings.

If that wisp of incomplete will wanted to hide, even if Wushi Qianrou is the artifact spirit, it would be difficult to detect.

”I have now reached the Realm of Perfect Fetal Breathing. Next, you should begin preparing for the condensing pill process.”

”This...” Wushi Qianrou’s expression slightly changed.

Yet Shen Chongxu spoke again: ”There is no rush this time. Take it slowly.”

”I have enough patience to wait.”

Hearing this, Wushi Qianrou was slightly stunned, then a burst of joy surged in her heart.

She thought Shen Chongxu would again recklessly break through like before.

”Rest assured, Master, as long as there is enough time, I am quite confident in helping you successfully break through to the Golden Core Realm.”

Shen Chongxu nodded at her words but said nothing.

...

In the Black Water Pavilion, Yunshui City.

Shen Yuan, pale-faced, sat cross-legged on a cushion.

His divine sense had crossed thousands of miles to battle with the incomplete will, and for him, it was not as easy as it seemed on the surface.

In cultivating the Path of Great Derivation, his divine spirit is stronger than that of ordinary cultivators.

But after all, Yunshui City is thousands of miles away from where Shen Chongxu is. Without the help of the White Jade Turtle Shell, it was unrealistic to project his divine sense over there, let alone fight that incomplete will in Shen Chongxu’s Sea of Consciousness.

Just like I said to Shen Xiubai before.

He knows a bit of everything but isn’t proficient in anything.

When dueling with that incomplete will, whether it’s Literary Daoist Techniques, Sword Dao Sword Intent, or Body Cultivation Martial Dao, any of them could easily defeat the opponent.

Yet he wasted a huge amount of power of the divine soul.

”Great-Grandfather!?”

While Shen Yuan was pondering secretly, Shen Xiubai suddenly came to the second floor of the Black Water Pavilion.

He was full of joy, but upon seeing Shen Yuan’s pale face, he suddenly became concerned and approached him.

”Great-Grandfather, what happened to you?”

Shen Yuan opened his eyes and smiled, shaking his head.

”Great-Grandfather is fine.”

”How is the research on the ’Twenty-Four Solar Terms Celestial Rotation True Seal’ going?”

Shen Xiubai slightly bowed and said: ”I was just about to tell you.”

”Following Uncle Xu Zhan, I have surveyed the terrain of that area and roughly determined the location of the Dao Seal Jade Carving.”

”However, that area is close to the Void Combination Corridor Array, with many Southern Border cultivators coming and going.”

”Uncle Xu Zhan suggests that it’s not wise to clash with those Southern Border cultivators, to avoid exposing the existence of the Dao Seal Jade Carving.”

Shen Yuan nodded and said: ”There’s still over a month before the Autumn Equinox. It’s not too late to go there closer to the time.”

”In the next few days, focus on your cultivation.”

Shen Xiubai respectfully bowed, still a bit worried: ”Great-Grandfather, are you sure you’re alright?”

He could clearly sense that Shen Yuan’s divine spirit’s aura was slightly weak, and even his eyes had dimmed quite a bit.

Shen Yuan nodded: ”Truly, I’m fine. Just need a moment of adjustment.”

”Go ahead.”

Seeing him speak like this, Shen Xiubai didn’t ask more, bowed, and left the Black Water Pavilion.

...

Huaisang County.

Since Shen Chonghong was attacked, Shen Chongming deliberated repeatedly and eventually decided to let Shen Chongxuan head to Huaisang to continue leading the search for the Three Immortal Mountains.

Now, Shen Chongxuan’s attainment in the Literary Dao has already surpassed Lu Zhiyuan’s in life, reaching the Three Apertures of the Literary Heart.

Back then, Lu Zhiyuan received the Literary Dao inheritance left by Shen Wenyan, perfected and improved it, finally establishing a prototype of the Literary Dao.

The Literary Heart can grow nine apertures, each aperture able to nurture a wisp of Vast Righteous Qi, thereby deriving different Lifebound Characters.

Every three apertures of the Literary Heart compare to a great realm of an Immortal Dao Cultivator.

That is, four apertures correspond to the Golden Core, seven to the Purple Mansion, and the nine fully developed are no weaker than a Nascent Soul Realm mighty figure.

Now in the Three Apertures of the Literary Heart realm, Shen Chongxuan’s strength is comparable to the Late Stage of Fetal Breathing. If he can successfully condense the third Lifebound Character, he would have the strength of the Fetal Breathing Perfection Realm.

When Shen Chongxuan arrived in Huaisang, he also brought the sea map and some ancient books about the East Sea that Shen Chonghong had previously obtained from the cave mansion.

Late that night, Shen Chongxuan was focused on studying a book called ”Mountain and Sea Magazine of Natural History” when a cultivator hurriedly came to the door and knocked.

”Come in.”

Shen Chongxuan put down the book in his hand and spoke.

A Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer cultivator named Liu Gui pushed the door open and respectfully bowed: ”Young Master Chongxuan, there’s been some disturbances in that mountain cave mansion.”

The cave mansion he mentioned is the one he and Shen Chonghong explored together last time.

The master of the cave, Situ Jing, was originally a cultivator of the Great Chu Immortal Dynasty. After returning from overseas and the dynasty’s fall, he hid in the remote mountains of Huaisang and built a cave mansion.

”What happened?”

Shen Chongxuan asked curiously.

He hadn’t yet visited that cave mansion, just knew it still contained a giant cauldron pill furnace and a peculiar little tree.

Liu Gui bowed and said: ”A few days ago, we discovered a few wild beasts intruding into the cave mansion.”

”Everyone thought the beasts accidentally entered. After slaying them, they didn’t take it to heart.”

”But in the past couple of days, more and more intelligent Qi Cultivation demon beasts have intruded into the cave.”

”They seem to be attracted by something.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongxuan squinted his eyes slightly, stood up, pondered for a moment, and said: ”Take me to have a look.”

Liu Gui bowed, gesturing: ”Master, please follow me.”

The two of them transformed into streaks of light under the moonlit starry sky, flying towards the cave mansion.

Before they reached the cave mansion, they heard the sounds of combat and fighting in the distance.

From the violent Spiritual Qi fluctuations around them, they could determine that both sides of the battle were formidable, at least reaching the eighth or ninth layer of Qi Cultivation.