Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The three Gold Corpses frantically attacked each other, unleashing terrifying shockwaves and horrific collision sounds, spreading horror in all directions.

Vast expanses of land crumbled under the assault of the three mighty Gold Corpses, yet they bore not a single injury on their bodies.

The most terrifying aspect of such corpse monsters as the Gold Corpses is their incredibly tough bodies, impervious to blades and spears, insusceptible to water and fire, with a defensive power far surpassing that of the White Ghost Emperor.

Zhao Yu, even using the Supreme Grade Magic Artifact, the Extreme Demon Saber, obtained from Saint Heir, couldn't inflict the slightest damage on any of the Gold Corpses.

Of course, these newly born Gold Corpses also had a weakness, their fragile divine sense, utterly unable to withstand the White Ghost Emperor's Illusion Technique or any attack targeting the divine sense.

The White Ghost Emperor grinned savagely, his right hand forming a fist. On top of the fist, he condensed a pitch-black Ghost Horn a foot long. He leaped, ghost-like, appearing behind one of the Gold Corpses and hammered his fist into the neck of that Gold Corpse.

The pitch-black Ghost Horn struck the neck of that Gold Corpse with a burst of incredibly terrifying ghostly force, shattering the neck instantly.

The headless Gold Corpse, out of control, began attacking randomly, eventually collapsing heavily to the ground.

Zhao Yu slapped his storage bag, and a pitch-black coffin flew out. The Nine Extremes Corpse Emperor emerged from it and pounced straight at the body of the headless Gold Corpse.

The Nine Extremes Corpse Emperor grabbed the head of the headless Gold Corpse, its mouth splitting open, swallowing the head of the Gold Corpse and started to chew vigorously.

Ordinary Silver Corpses couldn't devour a Gold Corpse's body as they couldn't even bite through it. However, the Nine Extremes Corpse Emperor, a monster cultivated by the strongest Immortal Dao Secret Technique of the Demon Sect, vastly surpassed ordinary Silver Corpses and naturally could devour the body of a Gold Corpse.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Zhao Yu activated his Devouring Dao Fruits, aiding the Nine Extremes Corpse Emperor in devouring the body of the Gold Corpse.

After a dozen breaths, the Nine Extremes Corpse Emperor had completely devoured and refined the body of the Gold Corpse.

With a thought from Zhao Yu, a cool stream of energy flowed out from inside him, continuously entering the body of the Nine Extremes Corpse Emperor, finally allowing its quality to break through, evolving into a Superior Grade Nine Extremes Corpse Emperor while its cultivation level also evolved to Supreme Grade Third Order.

The Nine Extremes Corpse Emperor, being a demonic corpse refined by the Demon Sect's sect-defending secret technique, possessed infinite power, but both quality enhancement and cultivation advancement were extremely difficult.

Although Zhao Yu previously had the resources of the North Desolate, the resources there were scarce, and even with his Devouring Dao Fruits, advancement for the Nine Extremes Corpse Emperor was challenging.

The White Ghost Emperor cracked a grin, seizing the moment while the other two Gold Corpses fought each other. Suddenly, he moved, appearing ghost-like behind one of the Gold Corpses, and hammered a fist into the neck of that Gold Corpse.

A wave of pitch-black ghostly force erupted from the Ghost Horn of the White Ghost Emperor, blasting the head of that Gold Corpse right off.

The Nine Extremes Corpse Emperor took the opportunity to pounce, subduing the headless Gold Corpse and voraciously started feasting on its body.

With the loss of the two Gold Corpses, the third Gold Corpse was effortlessly taken down by the White Ghost Emperor without any surprises.

Although the three Gold Corpses possessed a mighty physical form that even Nascent Soul Experts found problematic, their weak divine senses absolutely couldn't withstand the White Ghost Emperor's Illusion Technique. This made it easy for the White Ghost Emperor to manipulate them at will.

If it were a Nine Extreme Gold Corpse, it wouldn't easily fall prey to the White Ghost Emperor's Illusion Technique, because the Nine Extreme Gold Corpse is fashioned from the corpses of demons refined through the Immortal Dao Secret Technique, and are innately endowed with various high resistances. Stay tuned for updates on empire

"It has reached its limit today!"

Zhao Yu glanced at the Nine Extreme Gold Corpse and realized it had reached its limit. Unable to continue devouring a third Gold Corpse, he thus collected the third Gold Corpse and carefully searched the surrounding area.

"Found them, three Lifebound Magic Treasures! Unfortunately, they have all lost their Spirituality and are worthless now."

Zhao Yu found the three Lifebound Magic Treasures of dead Nascent Soul Cultivators, a flicker of regret passing through his eyes.

When a cultivator dies, their Lifebound Magic Treasure sustains severe damage. If no one refines and nourishes it, the Spirituality of the treasure will gradually diminish over time, ultimately turning into a mundane item.

Only if placed within certain Spiritual Lands and through special treasure refinement methods can a Magic Treasure, without a master's nourishment, harness the power of the Spirit Vein and grow increasingly powerful.

Besides, enclosing some Magic Treasures in a special treasury can also preserve the prowess and Spirituality of these treasures and Magic Artifacts, maintaining their past might without a master's refinement.

Some powerful Spiritual Treasures that have developed Spirituality and have not been severely damaged can also absorb the Spiritual Energy of the Spiritual Land to maintain their power and Spirituality.

Of course, if too much time passes, those masterless Spiritual Treasures will eventually have their Spirituality eroded by time, degenerating from Spiritual Treasures to Magic Artifacts, and ultimately to mundane objects. However, Spiritual Treasures can endure far longer than Magic Artifacts.

"These three Nascent Soul Cultivators had no Spiritual Treasures, or rather, the Spiritual Treasures were gravely damaged and erased by time!"

A flicker of regret crossed Zhao Yu's eyes as he entered the Spiritual Medicine Garden.

In that Spiritual Medicine Garden grew various kinds of Spiritual Medicines. Many Spiritual Medicines, over the long years, continued to grow and wither, forming a fragrant medicinal soil.

"Indeed, besides various Miraculous Elixirs, heritage scriptures, the most precious thing in these ancient ruins is the Spiritual Medicine Garden. Over the long passage of time, it can give birth to many millennium-old Spiritual Medicines!"

Although the Spiritual Medicine Garden was neglected and many Spiritual Medicines had withered, some had grown for ten thousand years.

"Ten-thousand-year-old Nine Mystical True Flowers, ten-thousand-year-old True Cloud Grass of Creation and Destruction! Found them, finally found them! With these two types of Spiritual Medicines, I won't need to replant them, saving a whopping five hundred years! No wonder so many people desperately seek treasures in secret realms."

Zhao Yu's eyes lit up as he carefully plucked several ten-thousand-year-old Nine Mystical True Flowers and True Cloud Grass of Creation and Destruction, placing them in a jade box.

Zhao Yu's mouth curved slightly, a hint of a smile appearing: "What a pity, these Nine Mystical True Flowers and True Cloud Grass of Creation and Destruction are only enough for me to refine six batches of Infant Solidifying Pills. But six batches of Infant Solidifying Pills are enough to make countless Nascent Soul and Golden Core Cultivators go mad."

A single inferior Infant Solidifying Pill would cause a frenzy among many, a genuine Infant Solidifying Pill would never appear at an auction, even among Nascent Soul Experts, exchanges are extremely rare.

In both empires, Fourth Order Alchemists are few and far between, less than five people. Every Fourth Order Alchemist is a precious asset to the major powers, and only they are capable of refining Infant Solidifying Pills.

Even though the Nascent Soul Sects of the two empires also cultivated Nine Mystical True Flowers and True Cloud Grass of Creation and Destruction, these Spiritual Medicines require ten thousand years to be used for medicinal purposes, so even those Nascent Soul Sects have very few Infant Solidifying Pills.

In these two empires, most Nascent Soul Experts have never consumed an Infant Solidifying Pill, but are survivors who forcibly condensed their Nascent Souls. Cultivators with a Heavenly Spirit Root are naturally endowed with a twenty percent Nascent Soul condensation success rate, which can be increased to around thirty to forty percent with the practice of top-tier cultivation techniques.