Time passed slowly. In the blink of an eye, three months had passed since Zhou Tong had arrived at the Mountain Sea Marsh.
During these three months, Zhou Tong had traversed more than half of the Mountain Sea Marsh, but he hadn't been able to find any trace of that peacock. One thing he was certain of was that the peacock had definitely gone into hiding long ago. In fact, it had even set up formations to block out divine sense.
During the past three months, the only thing Zhou Tong had done was to wipe out those Diremonsters and cultivators who hadn't hidden themselves very well and were covered in sin.
But of course, the reason why Zhou Tong had killed these sinful cultivators was because of some of the techniques he had acquired during his previous year of experimentation.
During the past year, he had meditated on a large number of techniques. Some of them were written in a rather complicated manner, and even Zhou Tong hadn't been able to understand some parts of them. But during these past three months of experimentation, many of the parts which he had been unable to understand had gradually become clearer.
During these past three months, he had greatly improved his understanding of those secret arts, divine abilities, and techniques.
"If I continue to search like this, I'll be wasting time. In fact, I'll be wasting my cultivation. It just so happens that during this period of time, I've already collected enough resources to break through. "Zhou Tong pondered for a moment, then landed on a desolate, uninhabited island.
He casually opened up an estate within the mountain, then set down some formations and restrictions, then immediately sat down in the lotus position.
"Let's begin!"
Zhou Tong waved his hand, and a jade bottle appeared in his palm. He pulled out the stopper, and instantly, a dense amount of elemental energy began to emanate from within the bottle. Just breathing in a single breath was enough to make one feel refreshed.
This jade bottle contained the liquefied elemental essence which Zhou Tong had collected from the sinful cultivators of the Mountain Sea Marsh during the past three months. There was more than a hundred thousand kilograms in total.
Training as a Ki Refiner was very simple. As long as one's level of insight was high enough, one could simply spend enough resources and soar into the heavens. Zhou Tong's soul was extremely powerful, and his level of insight was virtually comparable to that of a Pure Yang True Immortal. Naturally, his rate of cultivation was astonishingly fast.
However, in the past year or so, he'd spent most of his time comprehending and cultivating the cultivation techniques and books of this world to deepen his foundation. The remaining time was practically spent on the Fiendgod Body Refinement.
Therefore, his strength as a Qi Refiner hadn't made much progress in the past year. He had only familiarized himself with the Wanxiang realm from a systematic point of view.
But now, he had time and resources. It was time to take a step forward.
"Absorb!!"
Zhou Tong opened his mouth and sucked. Immediately, a massive amount of liquefied elemental essence flew into his mouth.
As the liquefied elemental essence entered his body, within his Zifu region.
The scorching sun above the sea of elemental energy started to radiate extremely pure elemental energy. For a moment, the entire sea of elemental energy started to boil. At the same time, the sea level naturally began to rise.
"Crash!!"
At the same time, the sea of elemental energy began to condense into one mysterious speck of essence after another. These specks of essence flew out from the surface of the sea, quickly flying into the skies, towards the trillions of stars at the very top of the Zifu region, as well as the sun and the moon.
These trillions of stars, the sun, and the moon were all moving in an incomparably mysterious manner. They were connected to the sun, moon, and stars in the outside world, and were affected by the true sun, moon, and stars, which was why they were moving in this manner.
And it was precisely because of the movement of the sun, moon, and stars that the purest Wanxiang level elemental energy could be born.
"Crash!!!"
As soon as the specks of essence that rose from the sea of elemental energy flew into the skies, they were immediately drawn into the natural 'grand formation' formed by the revolving stars in the skies. And then, those specks of essence were ground apart by the revolving formation, fusing into every single star. In particular, the Lunar Star and the Solar Star took up the largest share.
"Rumble!!!"
The stars revolved. They seemed to know no exhaustion, constantly revolving within the Zifu region. As they absorbed more and more essence, they began to transform as well.
"Rumble!!!"
Finally, after reaching a certain level, all of the sun, moon, and stars underwent a qualitative transformation. The most obvious change was that the Wanxiang level elemental energy they emitted had become even purer.
"Twelve thousand kilograms of elemental energy, and I've only reached the middle Wanxiang level. I wonder if my three hundred thousand kilograms of liquefied elemental essence will be enough to break through to the Primal level!" Zhou Tong was rather speechless. He seemed to have underestimated the amount of resources he needed.
As a Fiendgod Body Refiner, Zhou Tong's body was far more powerful than that of other Ki Refiners. Naturally, the amount of resources he needed to break through was far greater than that of other Immortal cultivators.
"Time to continue!" Zhou Tong spent a few days to properly comprehend the middle Wanxiang level, then continued to train.
This time, he used up twenty thousand kilograms of liquefied elemental essence, which caused the countless stars within his Zifu region to once more undergo a comprehensive transformation.
After spending a few more days to settle down, Zhou Tong continued to refine liquefied elemental essence. This time, he used up forty thousand kilograms of it to reach the level of perfection.
By now, only 250,000 kilograms of liquefied elemental essence remained of his original three hundred thousand kilograms.
"Continue. Today, I'll use this opportunity to break through to the Primal level as a Ki Refiner!" Zhou Tong opened his mouth and sucked in, instantly swallowing all of the liquefied elemental essence into his body.
All of the liquefied elemental essence was instantly refined, transforming into the purest form of elemental ki within his Zifu region. The entire sea of elemental ki instantly began to expand to an unprecedented degree.
"Arise!"
With but a thought, Zhou Tong caused millions upon millions of specks of light to fly out from within the vast, boundless sea of elemental ki. The countless specks of light merged into the countless stars, condensing into the Golden Crow and the Moon Rabbit.
In the instant that all of the essence merged into the stars, the sun, the moon, and the stars, which had long since reached their limits, instantly transformed into pillars of light that shot downwards.
"Rumble!" "Rumble!" "Rumble!" ….
Millions upon millions of pillars of light shot down from the highest point of the Zifu region. The pillars of light from the stars were somewhat slender, but the pillars of light from the Sun and the Lunar Star were incomparably bright. It was as though they were divine light capable of cleaving apart the heavens and the earth.
Finally, the countless pillars of light all converged in the central region of the Zifu region, gradually forming a colossal object.
The Sun's pillar of light formed the head of a tortoise, while the Lunar Star's pillar of light began to form the head of a snake. The essence of millions upon millions of stars condensed into a colossal body.
As the pillars of light illuminated the colossal object, it began to gradually solidify and become clearer. Finally, when the light dissipated, a legendary existence appeared — the Tortoise Serpent.
When cultivators of any race or bloodline broke through to the Primal level as a Ki Refiner, they would form a Tortoise Serpent Primal Spirit.
This was determined by the cultivation system of this world. What was cultivated according to this cultivation system was the Tortoise Serpent Primal Spirit.
The tortoise represented Yang and the snake represented Yin. The tortoise represented hardness and the snake represented softness. The Tortoise Serpent represented both hardness and softness, Yin and Yang.
The intersection of Yin and Yang, the harmony of hardness and softness, gave birth to all living things.
This was the true essence of the Tortoise Serpent Primal Spirit.
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