Cultivating To Immortality

A moment later, after the soul search was complete, Fang Hong sealed the two demons’ demon souls into a jade bottle, planning to refine them into the demon soul banner another day.

As for their corpses, Fang Hong directly fed them to the demon gourd, refining them into two precious spirit pills.

This soul Search didn’t yield any important intelligence, but he did learn some internal information about the Black Bear Clan.

Besides these two Black Bear Old Ancestors, the clan still had one Body Integration Middle Stage Demon King, ten Void Refining Stage generals, and thirty Divine Transformation Elders.

As for Black Bear Clansmen below Divine Transformation, Fang Hong couldn’t be bothered with them; the spirit pills refined from them were ineffective, and their soul grade was too low, so refining them into the demon soul banner wouldn’t increase its power.

Fang Hong began to search the Storage Pouches of the two Old Ancestors and found many good things.

Inside were over three million Origin Stones, two high-grade spiritual treasures, hundreds of spiritual artifacts, and some miscellaneous artifact refining materials.

These items weren’t top-tier, but they were all useful resources.

Fang Hong’s expression was calm as he collected them all, planning to deal with them slowly in the future.

Fang Hong continued to examine the Black Bear Old Ancestor’s storage bag and suddenly saw a dark token.

Upon closer inspection, the token was precisely the Black Bear Clan’s Old Ancestor Token, a sacred object symbolizing the highest authority.

Anyone holding this token could command the entire Black Bear Clan; even the other elders had to obey.

Fang Hong’s eyes flickered slightly, and an idea immediately formed in his mind.

He casually took some fresh blood from the Black Bear Old Ancestor, dripped it onto the token, and infused his qi.

As the blood seeped in, the token glowed.

Immediately after, Fang Hong, in the identity of the Black Bear Old Ancestor, issued an urgent decree.

There was an important matter to announce in the clan, requiring all high-ranking Elders and generals to immediately come to the Immortal Cave and await summons.

To be safe, Fang Hong also took out the Locking Chain and silently arranged it in the void around the Immortal Cave, covering the entire mountain peak.

As long as those Elders and generals stepped into this place, their escape route would be completely sealed.

With the trap set, Fang Hong stood quietly in the shadows, concealing his aura, like a cold stone statue, patiently waiting for his prey to take the bait.

In less than half an incense stick’s time, the high-ranking members of the Black Bear Clan indeed all arrived.

More than a dozen powerful figures were seen flying from a distance, their auras growing stronger one after another, landing instantly on the wide open space outside the Immortal Cave.

"Second Old Ancestor, the Old Ancestor summoned us, what exactly happened?" a Void Refining general curiously asked.

"I’m not sure either, we’ll know when he comes out." Another Elder shook his head; that was the only remaining Body Integration Stage Old Ancestor of the Black Bear Clan.

His expression was solemn, with a hint of doubt in his heart, but he still waited patiently.

At this moment, the gate of the Immortal Cave opened with a boom, and the sound of the heavy stone door echoed through the valley.

All the Elders and generals looked up in unison, their gazes directed towards the entrance of the Immortal Cave.

However, what awaited them was not the figure of the Black Bear Old Ancestor, but seventy-two Flying Swords glowing with black thunder light.

Boom.

The Flying Swords, carrying the power of thunder, shot out like divine punishment, sword light crisscrossing, thunder rumbling.

"What?" The Body Integration Stage Old Ancestor’s expression suddenly changed, reacting the fastest, immediately casting a secret technique to unleash a thick protective shield in front of him.

Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh

Sword light tore through the air, mixed with the terrifying aura of Nirvana Divine Thunder.

"Ahhh."

Screams instantly resounded throughout the open space.

Except for that Body Integration Old Ancestor, the rest of the Void Refining generals and Divine Transformation Elders had no time to resist, and were instantly pierced by the nirvana divine thunder sword, their life force devoured, perishing on the spot.

"Who is it? Come out."

The Body Integration Stage Old Ancestor, seeing his clansmen instantly annihilated, was greatly alarmed, his eyes bloodshot, roaring repeatedly, desperately supporting his shield to resist the sword rain.

At this moment, a green-skinned ox-headed man slowly walked out from within the Immortal Cave, his steps steady, his hands clasped behind his back, looking calm and collected.

"You."

The Body Integration Stage Old Ancestor’s pupils constricted, his heart trembled violently, as if he had seen the shadow of death.

Fang Hong gently raised his right hand, and his fingertip lightly flicked.

In an instant, the seventy-two nirvana divine thunder swords fiercely stabbed towards that Body Integration Stage Old Ancestor.

"Ahh."

Accompanied by a tragic scream, that Body Integration Stage Old Ancestor was simply no match; his protective shield was instantly pierced, and his body was impaled by the seventy-two Flying Swords, firmly pinned to the ground, blood flowing profusely, a horrifying sight.

"Who exactly are you? My Black Bear Clan has no grievances with you, why do you do this?"

The Body Integration Stage Old Ancestor struggled to utter his last words, his eyes filled with resentment and despair.

"Everything is for Immortal Ascension." Fang Hong replied expressionlessly, simply, and then completely killed that Body Integration Stage Elder.

At this point, all the high-ranking members of the Black Bear Clan, whether Old Ancestors, generals, or Elders, were all ambushed and killed by Fang Hong alone, cleanly and thoroughly, leaving no one alive.

Fang Hong retrieved his Flying Swords, his expression calm, and skillfully handled the corpses.

He first extracted the souls, searched each one, and then sealed the demon souls into jade bottles for later use.

Then he threw the corpses into the demon gourd, refining them into spirit pills.

The entire process was smooth and flowing; Fang Hong didn’t even know how many times he had done it.

After all this was done, Fang Hong retrieved the Locking Chain, and with a flash of his figure, silently left the Black Bear Clan’s territory.

No one knew of this trip; he had annihilated the high-ranking members of a clan here.

After leaving the Black Bear Clan, Fang Hong’s next target was another major demon king clan—the Golden Armored Centipede Clan.

...

Ten days later.

Deep within the Golden Armored Centipede Clan’s lair, in a dark Immortal Cave, Fang Hong sat calmly.

Similar to the Black Bear Clan, Fang Hong had secretly ambushed and killed all the high-ranking Old Ancestors, Elders, and generals of the Golden Armored Centipede Clan.

This trip yielded rich rewards: one Body Integration Late Stage spirit pill, two Body Integration Early Stage spirit pills, eight Void Refining spirit pills, and twenty-nine Divine Transformation spirit pills.

These were all good things to aid his cultivation.

Including the gains from the Black Bear Clan, Fang Hong had now collected a considerable number of precious spirit pills.

As long as he refined and absorbed all these spirit pills, his cultivation would surely advance further, approaching the next realm.

In addition to spirit pills, he also obtained over ten million Origin Stones, dozens of spiritual treasures, and hundreds of spiritual artifacts.

Although these spiritual treasures and spiritual artifacts were not top-tier, their sheer quantity was immense, and their value was equally not to be underestimated.

As for how to deal with them, Fang Hong already had a plan in mind; he would directly use the Spirit Devouring Secret Art to feed all these spiritual artifacts and spiritual treasures to his own life bound spiritual treasure to help it advance.

After tidying everything up, Fang Hong took out the Star Tower, entered its internal space, and began to seclude himself to refine these spirit pills.

...

Time quietly flowed, three months later.

Fang Hong awoke from his cultivation, his aura several times stronger than three months ago.

During these three months of seclusion, Fang Hong refined all the spirit pills he had, his cultivation steadily improving, ultimately breaking through to the Body Integration peak realm, just a step away from the Mahayana Stage.

At the same time, his spiritual treasures also underwent a qualitative leap.

The demon soul banner, after devouring a large number of high-grade souls, successfully broke through its bottleneck and advanced to a low-grade heavenly spiritual treasure.

The fire cloud gourd and the Soul Nurturing Pearl, after he continuously fed them idle spiritual treasures and spiritual artifacts, also simultaneously advanced to low-grade heavenly spiritual treasure, their power increasing exponentially.

Fang Hong put away the Star Tower, silently leaving the Golden Armored Centipede Clan’s territory, his Cultivation ceaseless, heading towards Sky Phoenix City, searching for his next target.