Innate Immortal Seed

Chapter 479: Chapter 461: The Possibility of Improving the Cultivation Technique

Its horns were magnificent and its whiskers fluttered. Its aura grew more majestic and profound, and the breath it exhaled was like boiling magma.

With every wisp of Holy Beast Aura he refined, the image of the Fire Dragon grew one step closer to the Azure Dragon Illusion within the Crystal Stone.

After fusing with a full thirty-three wisps of Holy Beast Aura, Bai Zichen was certain that the Fire Dragon Returning Essence Scripture he practiced was now worlds apart from the original technique.

Not even the senior who created this technique by observing a Fire Dragon up close could possibly have a greater mastery of the Fire Dragon Returning Essence Scripture than he did now.

The original technique was created by observing the daily habits of a Fire Dragon Immortal Beast, mimicking how it inhaled and exhaled Pure Yang Celestial Fire.

The circulation of True Essence was inspired by the flow of Fire Element Spiritual Power during the Fire Dragon Immortal Beast’s respiration.

That’s why, upon reaching Perfection in the technique, a cultivator could transform their body into a Fire Dragon and command Pure Yang True Flame.

But how could a so-called Fire Dragon Immortal Beast ever compare to an Azure Dragon Sacred Beast?

A Demon Saint was a supreme existence in the Celestial Demon Realm. Only a few such beings existed in the entire Demon Race—true titans who stood proudly at the very apex.

To be able to perceive the image of the Azure Dragon Sacred Beast, fuse with its Holy Beast Aura, and adjust his draconic form was a tremendous stroke of fortune.

The circulation path for True Essence in the Fire Dragon Returning Essence Scripture hadn’t changed, but its inner substance was now completely different.

If he were to transform into a Fire Dragon again and reveal his draconic form, even his Divine Techniques would be extraordinary.

’The other benefits are secondary. I’ve already cultivated the Five Crystal Glaze Body, so it’s unlikely I’ll need to risk my life by transforming into a Fire Dragon... The most important thing is that my Fire Spiritual Root’s aptitude has risen by a huge margin. This efficiency in refining nature’s spiritual energy, this attraction to Fire Element Spiritual Energy... it’s truly wonderful.’

Bai Zichen spread his arms, and specks of crimson light, like red stars or fireflies, danced around the cavern.

Standing at the center, he was like a giant fireball as countless red stars converged on him like moths to a flame.

He had never felt such a strong affinity for Fire Element Spiritual Energy.

’If my Fire Spiritual Root was at seventy percent of a Celestial Spiritual Root before, calling it ninety percent now would be a conservative estimate. The time it’ll take me to reach the Peak of Early-Stage Nascent Soul has been shortened by at least thirty years.’

For Bai Zichen, the improvement of his Spiritual Root’s aptitude was the best news he could have received.

It could be said that this had shored up his greatest weakness.

At the very least, his cultivation speed was no longer a weak point compared to other Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

This was mainly because there were few Elixirs suitable for Nascent Soul Cultivators, making it impossible to rely on popping pills to rapidly increase one’s Cultivation.

Thus, cultivators with lower efficiency in refining nature’s spiritual energy would inevitably be left behind.

’Even if it had no other effects, just for the improvement to my Fire Spiritual Root aptitude alone, I could never hand over the Holy Beast Essence Blood... For you, it’s an enmity that obstructs your Path. For me, is it any different?’

The Dragon Monarch needed the Holy Beast Essence Blood to help it take the most crucial step.

Countless Transformed Great Demons had fallen before the Celestial Chasm of Tier Five—not only in the present age, but even in the Ancient Era.

Back then, the number of Tier Four Great Demons was a hundred times what it is now, yet they still failed to produce a higher proportion of Divinity Transformation Demon Lords.

As for Bai Zichen, he didn’t need to worry about breaking through bottlenecks before reaching Divinity Transformation; he only needed to focus on raising his Cultivation.

But if he were to spend two or three hundred years in the Early-Stage Nascent Soul realm, and just as long in the Mid-Stage, the time left for him to study the mysteries of Divinity Transformation would dwindle.

The Holy Beast Essence Blood had improved his Spiritual Root, drastically reducing the tedious time he had to spend on Cultivation and naturally increasing his chances of breaking through to Divinity Transformation.

This Cyan Jade Crystal Stone was no less important to him than it was to the Dragon Monarch.

To try and take the Holy Beast Essence Blood was to sever his path to Longevity and Vision—an unforgivable, irreconcilable act.

’It’s a pity there are no more Fire Dragon Immortal Beasts in the Cultivation Realm. Otherwise, by comparing one with the Azure Dragon Sacred Beast, I might have been able to deduce the next few layers of the Fire Dragon Returning Essence Scripture on my own...’

Bai Zichen was still far from capable of creating a Nascent Soul Level Cultivation Technique from scratch.

However, he was confident he could follow the path of its creator, using the Fire Dragon Immortal Beast as a reference and infusing a sliver of the Azure Dragon Sacred Beast’s divine essence to deduce another two or three layers of the technique.

’It’s not that the present is inferior to the past, but that the world has undergone a massive change. In the Ancient Era, Blessed Lands were everywhere, there was no shortage of immortal materials and divine objects, and there were even Spirit Medicines that had been growing since the Creation of Heaven and Earth.’

Whenever Bai Zichen read biographies from that period, he found them increasingly surreal, as if describing a world other than his own.

One could wander into any barren mountain or desolate ridge, bend down, and pick several thousand-year-old Spirit Medicines.

Many Spirit Medicines weren’t even processed through Alchemy; they were simply ground up and consumed directly.

Things like Thousand-Year-Old Blood Ginseng and Thousand-Year-Old Golden Crown Lingzhi weren’t even considered rare.

In that era, because of the abundance of natural wonders and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, the Hundred Skills of Cultivation were valued far less than they are today.

Alchemy skills were crude, and their efficiency was extremely low.

Unless a Spirit Medicine was at least ten thousand years old, it wasn’t even considered worthy of Opening the Furnace and Refining Pills.

’The Forbidden Technique only began to flourish after the Near Ancient period, and the Sword Dao has also seen its most glorious moments in the last few tens of thousands of years.’

Bai Zichen circulated his new and improved Fire Dragon Returning Essence Scripture for one full Circulation, savoring the feeling.

The Holy Beast Aura of the Azure Dragon had invisibly altered every aspect of the Cultivation Technique.

Unfortunately, this change could only manifest in him, the wielder of the Holy Beast Essence Blood.

Even if he were to personally teach a Direct Disciple in the future, the version of the Fire Dragon Returning Essence Scripture they cultivated would be worlds apart from his.

’Just fusing with the Holy Beast Aura brought such benefits. The Demon Saint Pearl is said to have been personally refined by a Demon Saint from the Celestial Demon Realm. No wonder it can purify and advance the bloodlines of the entire Demon Race.’

This gave Bai Zichen an idea. In the future, he should keep an eye out for Exotic Treasures similar to the Demon Saint Pearl.

What ordinary cultivators might cast aside as worthless could, in his hands, perhaps unlock other miraculous uses of the Holy Beast Essence Blood.