Following that, Qin Di stayed by the Golden Water River to gain enlightenment for ten years. After integrating the Heavenly Dao laws he had previously comprehended, he quietly left.
To him, the Golden Water River was a good place to cultivate, but he had grasped too many laws. The Seventy-Three Heavenly Rules Great Dharma was equivalent to a seventh-stage Skyimmortal. However, his current cultivation level was only at the second-stage Skyimmortal.
His cultivation level and laws did not match. This could not continue.
To cultivators, laws were only one aspect. The other aspect was physical matter.
At that moment, what Qin Di really lacked were spiritual lands, immortal meridians, and a large number of immortal materials.
There were many Skyimmortals, Zu Xian, and even Sengoku ginseng living by the Golden Water River. Therefore, Qin Di did not dare to use the Star Refinement Art to extract metal-element immortal materials from the river. He did not dare empty the entire Golden Water River to fill his Grotto-heaven. If he relied on absorbing immortal qi alone, his advancement speed would be too slow.
To him, the best way to advance was to find an uninhabited planet and use the Star Refinement Art to extract immortal materials and immortal meridians. At the same time, he could merge a large number of spiritual lands into his Grotto-heaven.
In addition, he could also deprive others of their Grotto-heaven and use it to build his own world. However, this method was somewhat cruel.
Unfortunately, the Grotto-heavens he had picked up in Zhuolu had been left in Luobu Immortal Mountain. A portion had been broken down into immortal materials, while the other portion was in the hands of his main body. As for his metal-element avatar, he did not carry any additional Grotto-heavens. He could only place his hopes on the future. If he encountered an ignorant Skyimmortal that came knocking on his door, he would have a chance to kill and snatch their treasures.
"I, Qin Di, am an immortal cultivator. I respect my heart. I don't offend people who don't offend me.
"I still have a Grotto-heaven left behind by Immortal Lord Scarlet Sun. It's a seventh-stage Skyimmortal's Grotto-heaven. If I can devour it, it will at least double my Grotto-heaven's size."
All along, Qin Di's Grotto-heaven had been much larger than ordinary Skyimmortals. That was why he could devour it. Otherwise, devouring a seventh-stage Grotto-heaven would be like a thin snake swallowing an elephant. Not only would he fail to devour it, but it might also shake his immortal foundation and cause him damage.
Qin Di left Rigel, the main planet of the Aquarius Galaxy, and flew westward for half a year before stopping at a barren planet.
Not only were there no people on this desolate planet, there were also no immortal veins or high level immortal materials. Fortunately, it was quiet and undisturbed.
Qin Di took out the Grotto-heaven left behind by Immortal Lord Scarlet Sun and held it in his palm, pondering on how to refine it.
Scarlet Sun Immortal Lord was a fire cultivator. Even his grotto-heaven world was fiery red in color. It contained a large number of fire-elemental immortal meridians and immortal materials. As for Qin Di's avatar, it was metal-elemental, which was different from Immortal Lord Scarlet Sun's Grotto-heaven. If he wanted to fuse with it, he would have to refine this Grotto-Heaven thoroughly.
Qin Di pondered for a long time. In the end, he couldn't help but shake his head. "It's really too troublesome to refine such a Heavenly Abode! Instead of spending the effort to extract fire-elemental immortal materials and immortal meridians, build an immortal array, and seal them in a corner of the Grotto-heaven, I might as well kill two metal-elemental Heaven Immortals and fuse with their Grotto-heavens!
"Since I'm in the White Tiger Seven Stars now, most of the Heaven Immortals here are metal-elemental cultivators. Can't I find a suitable hunting target?"
Therefore, he put away Scarlet Sun Immortal Lord's Grotto-heaven, jumped onto the Immortal boat, and continued flying westward.
After flying for another three months, he arrived at the periphery of the Aquarius Galaxy.
There was a 'Immortal Hunter Star' here, which meant that immortals set out to hunt.
Further away from the periphery of the Aquarius Galaxy was an undeveloped area. There were some wild ape demons there.
The so-called wild ape demons were just not willing to be controlled by humans. It didn't mean that they were weak or uncivilized. There were also Heaven Immortals and Zu Xian among these ape demons. As for cultivation techniques, they were naturally nurtured by nature. They were passed down from generation to generation and gradually improved. Since humans could be born during the primordial era, demons could also be born. The heavens had already made a balance between the two. There were also many Great Sages in the Goblin world, similar to Zu Xian and Sengoku among humans.
Because of the existence of the ape demon planets, many Heaven Immortal hunters gathered on the Immortal Hunter Star, which was located at the periphery of the galaxy. These hunters relied on hunting the ape demons' Grotto-heaven Worlds and could also fuse with them to improve their own cultivation level.
In this way, the hunting between humans would turn into hunting between humans and demons, which was not necessarily a bad thing.
It was said that a long time ago, Sengoku Yuan Jin and Sengoku Shen came to an agreement that no large-scale killing between humans and demons would be allowed. Even if there was a killing, the scale would be limited. However, now that Sengoku Yuan Jin had sealed the mountain gate, the conflict between humans and demons had gradually intensified. Therefore, more and more cultivators came to the Immortal Hunter Star, and the whole planet became more and more lively.
These Celestial Immortal Hunters would usually go out in groups and return with a small number of them. More than half of them would die outside. Those who returned would obtain enough grotto-heavens and leave the Immortal Hunter Star without a word. They would find a place to improve their cultivation level.
Needless to say, among those who died, some died in the hands of the ape demons, and some died in the hands of human cultivators.
It was said that the Grotto-heaven Worlds of the ape demons were slightly different from the Grotto-heaven of humans. On average, it would take twice the time to refine and fuse them. In comparison, it was more convenient to seize the Grotto-heaven of humans.
Qin Di obtained a lot of information from the star map and landed the Fairy Boat on the Immortal Hunter Star.
He first went to the largest Immortal Ruins on the Immortal Hunter Star and exchanged the Level Seven Grotto-heaven from Celestial Lord Scarlet Sun for a Level Six Grotto-heaven of a metal-elemental Heaven Immortal.
This transaction seemed to be a loss, but because there were fewer fire cultivators here, the demand for a Fire-elemental Grotto-heaven was limited. Therefore, the price of a Fire-elemental Grotto-heaven was lower, while the price of a metal-elemental Grotto-heaven was higher. Therefore, there was no other way.
In this regard, Qin Di did not care. Only by swallowing it into his stomach would it belong to him. What was the use of keeping something that could not be fused? If his cultivation level was too low and he died outside, it would be meaningless no matter how many Grotto-heavens he had.
Following that, Qin Di rented a cave abode in the Immortal Ruins and began the process of fusing in seclusion.
In the past ten thousand years, after many advancements, the Grotto-heaven World in his body had become very big.
If the Grotto-heaven World was said to be as big as the Qinghai Province when he first advanced to the Earth Immortal Stage, then when he advanced to the Spirit Immortal Stage, his Grotto-heaven was as big as the territory of China. Now that he was a Heaven Immortal, his Grotto-heaven World was as big as the entire Asia.
Inside the Grotto-heaven, there were all kinds of creatures, including spirit herbs and animals. There were even apes. However, he did not open the Grotto-heaven to let humans settle in. This was because he felt that he was not strong enough. The Grotto-heaven Heavenly Dao was incomplete and there were all kinds of flaws. Therefore, he did not want the people who entered the Grotto-heaven to develop abnormally.
It was as big as Asia. Although it sounded very shocking, it was far from enough to manifest the Grotto-heaven! It had to have an area no smaller than Earth.
If it was too small, it would be like the moon, unable to support human survival.
Even for a behemoth like Earth, it was just a planet that could not emit light!
The real Jin Xian, after manifesting the Grotto-heaven, had to be at least as big as the sun. It could emit light and heat as it pleased!
For example, the previously mentioned Betelgeuse had a radius 26 times that of the sun and a volume more than 17,000 times that of the sun.
To form such a big Grotto-heaven, how many planets and Immortal Meridians would he need to fuse and absorb?
Therefore, Qin Di felt that he still had a long way to go in the path of cultivation.
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