The most difficult process of refining an Earth Embryo into an avatar was the early processing of the Earth Embryo. This process was the easiest time to fail. Even if Gu Zheng were to do it, he wouldn't have much confidence in succeeding.
Fortunately, Gu Zheng had finished the early processing of the Earth Embryo. Although it would be very difficult for Gu Zheng to refine the Earth Embryo, it was only a matter of time.
The refining of the Earth Embryo into a doppelganger was divided into three stages: initial, advanced and perfect. Gu Zheng estimated that the whole process would take more than 20 years.
More than 20 years was definitely a long time for Gu Zheng, so he did not plan to do it in the Untainted Land. He wanted to take the Earth Embryo through the space crack of the Star Ruins Mountain to the world outside the circle to refine it. According to the flow of time in the world outside the circle, only half a year had passed in the Untainted Land, even if he stayed there for more than 20 years.
It was rare for the space crack of the Star Ruins Mountain to open. Gu Zheng not only took the Earth Embryo to the world outside the circle, but also took Meow Meow and the others there. When the time came, Gu Zheng could refine the Earth Embryo in the cave, and Meow Meow and the others could also cultivate in the cave.
After opening the space crack of the Star Ruins Mountain, Gu Zheng appeared in the cave in the world outside the circle.
"Fellow Taoist Gu!"
As soon as Gu Zheng appeared in the cave, he saw Sun Cheng, whose face was full of joy.
Although Sun Cheng was a servant of the Star Ruins Mountain and could not go too far away from the Star Ruins Mountain, it was an exception if he opened the space crack of the Star Ruins Mountain. That was why Gu Zheng dared to say in front of Fairy Fei Yu that Sun Cheng only needed one year to recover his strength.
When Angry Man became a Sage-to-be, Gu Zheng placed Sun Cheng in the cave outside the circle after he made food cultivation for Sun Cheng in the Star Ruins Mountain. Now Sun Cheng had been cultivating in the cave for a long time.
First, he had been turned into a special spirit body by the Star Void Mountain. Then, Gu Zheng had used the high-level Life Dao to reforge his body. His body was in a rather special state. In addition, Gu Zheng had used a special food cultivator to help him cultivate. Naturally, Sun Cheng's speed of recovery was very fast.
According to the time in the Untainted Land, it had been less than a year since Sun Cheng's fleshly body was rebuilt. However, his state had already recovered to the early stage of Daluo Jinxian, which was faster than Gu Zheng had expected.
"Not bad. Your strength has already recovered to this extent. By the time I bring you back to the Star Ruins Mountain, I believe your strength should be comparable to Daluo Jinxian's late stage or peak stage!" Gu Zheng said with relief.
"Ah?"
Sun Cheng's eyes widened. Even though he was a little special at the moment, after his strength had been restored to its original level, the progress of his cultivation had become much slower. When Gu Zheng said that his strength should be able to reach Daluo Jinxian's late stage or peak stage when he brought him back to the Star Ruins Mountain again, he was truly shocked.
"I don't plan to bring you out of here for the time being. You have all the time in the world to cultivate. Moreover, I have already repaired 60% of the damage to the Star Ruins Mountain. You will gain a faster cultivation speed because of the repair of the Star Ruins Mountain, "Gu Zheng said.
"Fellow Daoist, why don't I feel that my cultivation speed has increased?" Sun Cheng was puzzled.
"That's because you haven't obtained the Commander's Starlight yet. Only by obtaining the Commander's Starlight will your cultivation speed increase because of the repair of the Star Ruins Mountain."
Gu Zheng's voice paused for a moment before he told Sun Cheng about Commander Starlight.
"Cultivation aside, completely absorbing the Commander's Starlight will allow my cultivation to reach the peak stage of Daluo Jinxian?"
After listening to Gu Zheng's words, Sun Cheng's eyes widened again.
"That's right. That's indeed the case. However, completely absorbing the Commander's Starlight will still take a long time."
Gu Zheng smiled slightly and shot the Commander's Starlight of the Star Ruins Mountain into Sun Cheng's glabella.
Sun Cheng's body trembled. He immediately felt the difference. Now, he was guarding a treasure trove of energy waiting to be absorbed.
After chatting with Sun Cheng for a while, Gu Zheng prepared to refine his clone.
After drawing an Immortal Array on the ground, Gu Zheng took out the Earth Embryo from the Chaos Space.
Sitting cross-legged opposite the Earth Embryo, Gu Zheng made many hand seals in succession. The Immortal Array on the ground also shot out rays of light continuously, forming a faint halo on the Earth Embryo's body.
Pressing his index finger between the Earth Embryo's glabella, Gu Zheng's blood flowed into the Earth Embryo's body through his index finger.
After receiving Gu Zheng's blood, the Earth Embryo's entire body glowed with a faint red light. The originally featureless face quickly grew facial features. Due to the difference in body size, the Earth Embryo's facial features looked smaller. However, its appearance was exactly the same as Gu Zheng's.
After the Earth Embryo had facial features, it formed a strange connection with Gu Zheng. What Gu Zheng had to do next was to refine it using a secret technique. This was a quiet and long process. During this process, Gu Zheng had to devote himself to the refinement. He would not know anything about the outside world and would need someone to stand guard beside him.
A doppelganger refined using the Earth Embryo was very different from a normal doppelganger. Normally, a doppelganger was a real person. However, a doppelganger refined using the Earth Embryo did not have organs or bones. It was a special life form.
Although it did not have organs or bones, the Earth Embryo had an Immortal Power ball. The amount of Immortal Power this ball contained represented its strength. Similarly, the Earth Embryo also had Divine Sense. The amount of Divine Sense in its body also represented how powerful its Divine Sense could be.
No matter what method a cultivator used to refine a clone, the main goal was to leave a way out for himself and to have multiple lives. If the main body died for some reason, at least the clone would be able to rise again. Secondly, refining a clone also had the possibility of helping the cultivator in battle. However, by the time a cultivator could refine a clone, the main body's cultivation had already reached a certain level. Even if the clone could cultivate on its own, it was almost impossible for it to help the main body in battle. After all, due to the huge difference in cultivation, the main body could handle problems without the clone. If the main body could not handle problems, the clone would be useless.
Gu Zheng's Earth Embryo had refined his doppelganger primarily to leave a way out for himself. Although his doppelganger didn't have any organs or bones, once something happened to his main body, the Earth Embryo doppelganger would quickly enter a transformation period. Once the transformation period was over, it would become a true Gu Zheng. As for using the clone to help in battle, Gu Zheng did not have high hopes in this aspect. He was already very powerful now, so it was not easy for the clone to help him.
Unknowingly, a month had passed in the cave. According to the standard of the flow of time in the Untainted Land, Gu Zheng had refined his clone for more than four years.
Over the past four years, Gu Zheng had always been in a cross-legged state. He hadn't even opened his eyes once. As for the avatar sitting across from Gu Zheng, it was now the same size as Gu Zheng. It looked like Gu Zheng's twin brother.
Gu Zheng opened his eyes. The refinement of his clone had reached the initial stage, so he could finally stop and take a rest.
The so-called initial stage of the clone referred to the 'skin and flesh'. The 'skin' of the clone was exactly the same as Gu Zheng's. When Gu Zheng died, his' flesh 'had met the conditions to transform into the real Gu Zheng.
"Mister!"
Meow Meow, who had been cultivating beside Gu Zheng, immediately called out happily when it sensed that Gu Zheng had finished refining.
Meow Meow rubbed its head against Gu Zheng's hand, which was stroking its hair, and said softly, "Mister, are you tired?"
"It's okay. It's just the initial stage of refining, so it's not too tiring. I'll be able to recover after adjusting my breath. When the final stage and the perfect stage of refining is over, I'll be really tired! "
Gu Zheng sighed with emotion. Refining his clone for four years was like a day. On the surface, it seemed to be motionless, but in fact, it was very exhausting.
"Mister, you've worked hard."
Meow Meow put its hands on Gu Zheng's body and gently massaged his shoulders. However, it wasn't just a simple massage. She was channeling her yao power into Gu Zheng's body, quickly helping Gu Zheng's tired mind recover.
Enjoying Meow Meow's massage, Gu Zheng closed his eyes in comfort. "It's worth the effort. After all, it's an extra life."
"Mister, what do you need to do in the final stage and the perfect stage?" Meow Meow asked.
"There are many things that need to be done. The two most obvious points are that the clone body at the large success stage has a ball of immortal power, while the clone body at the perfect stage has a divine sense." Gu Zheng said.
"Mister, you're different from ordinary people. The immortal energy balls in your body are the Yin Yang Immortal Balls and the Five Elements Immortal Balls. When the time comes, will your clone have these things as well?"
"Due to the fact that my body is rather special, the things that my clone needs to do in the Great Success Stage are actually more than the Perfect Stage. At that time, not only will my clone possess the Yin Yang Immortal Sphere, it will also possess the Five Elements Immortal Sphere," Gu Zheng said.
"The Yin Yang Immortal Balls and the Five Elements Immortal Balls? Mister's clone will definitely be very powerful in the future. He'll also master the Dao you've mastered! "Meow Meow praised.
"How could it be that easy?" Gu Zheng smiled wryly.
His clone was another him. The Dao he had mastered could also be mastered by his clone. From this point alone, Gu Zheng's clone would indeed be very powerful. After all, Gu Zheng himself had mastered many types of Dao, and most of them were of the Great Dao.
However, no matter what method was used to refine the clones, they all had a common characteristic. Whether it was the Celestial Arts or the Power of the Dao of the original body, the clones' cultivation had to be at the same level as when the original body grasped these things.
In other words, if Gu Zheng's clone wanted to master the Five Elements Dao, his cultivation base had to be at the late stage of Daluo Jinxian's level. If he wanted to master the Five Elements Dao, his cultivation base had to be at the early stage of the Quasi-Sage Realm. If he wanted to master the Dao of Death and the Five-colored Divine Light, his cultivation base had to be at the middle stage of the Quasi-Sage Realm.
"It's okay. The clone can cultivate on its own. Mister is also an Immortal Chef who can quickly increase his strength through food cultivation. Since he can stay in the outside world to cultivate, his strength will definitely increase many times faster than ordinary clones! "Meow Meow said.
Gu Zheng shook his head and said, "You only understand the clones in common sense. The Earth Embryo Clone is very different from the clones in common sense! According to ordinary clones, they can cultivate on their own and use elixirs and food cultivation to increase their cultivation base. However, the Earth Embryo clone doesn't have organs. It's completely different from ordinary living beings. Not only can it not cultivate on its own, but it can't use food cultivation or elixirs to increase its cultivation base. "
"Ah? If that's the case, then isn't the Earth Embryo clone useless? It can only be considered as an extra life for Mister, but it can't help Mister in battle? "Meow Meow exclaimed.
"No matter what kind of doppelganger the Immortal Cultivators refine, it's not realistic for it to become the main body's assistance in battle. The real significance of it is to have one more life and one more escape route. However, the Earth Embryo clone isn't useless. It has its own advantages compared to ordinary clones. Take cultivation as an example. Although it can't cultivate on its own, as long as it's within a certain range of me, my cultivation is equivalent to its cultivation. It can increase its immortal power by as much as my immortal power increases! "Gu Zheng said.
"Mister, your cultivation is equivalent to your clone's cultivation. This is very good. At least Mister can come to such an environment. If Mister consumes food cultivation, will your clone's immortal power increase as well? "Meow Meow asked.
"No. If it can do that, I wouldn't have consumed the Black Hole Food Cultivation."
Gu Zheng paused for a moment before continuing, "However, if I can be blessed by Heaven and Earth, my clone's immortal power will increase as well. This is a very good point!"
Meow Meow's eyes lit up. "Wow, this is really good! Mister, your chances of being blessed by Heaven and Earth are much higher than ordinary people! "
"Now that the crack will open again in five months, I have to make the best use of my time and strive to refine my clone to the perfect stage before the crack opens."
During the time he was talking with Meow Meow, Gu Zheng's tired mind recovered quickly with Meow Meow's help. He once again immersed himself in refining his clone.
Five months in the Wilderness was equivalent to 20 years in the cave. Gu Zheng needed 20 years to refine his clone to the perfect stage. This was already very fast in terms of speed.
Gu Zheng would definitely have a hard time fighting like this, but there was nothing he could do about it. Only a perfect avatar could share the blessings of heaven and earth with him, and his appointment with Fairy Qixuan would come in five months. When he gained control of the Seventh Sense, he would inevitably receive the blessings of Heaven and Earth. If his clone couldn't reach the perfect stage by then, it would be a big loss.
Before he knew it, seven years had passed. Gu Zheng had used seven whole years to make the Yin Yang Immortal Sphere appear in his clone's body, which would make countless cultivators green with envy.
With the sphere in his clone's body, Gu Zheng could rest for a while. Seven years of nonstop refining was like a day to Gu Zheng. Even though he was very strong, he was still very tired when he stopped.
In the cave, besides Sun Cheng who was focused on increasing his strength, there was also Meow Meow who was waiting for him to rest. As for Die Ling and Wraith, they had left the cave half a year ago to explore the outside world together and help Gu Zheng collect some ingredients from outside.
Gu Zheng wasn't too worried about Wraith and Die Ling going out together. With their strength, there should be very few things in this plane that could threaten them.
Gu Zheng had wanted to chat with the artifact spirit when he rested during the initial stage of his clone, but she had already entered a state of cultivation, so Gu Zheng didn't disturb her. This time, Gu Zheng was able to rest while the artifact spirit was still in a state of cultivation. Gu Zheng couldn't help but sigh. The artifact spirit was really working hard this time.
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