A Farmer's Journey To Immortality

Innate Cube number seven floated forward slowly.

It was dark emerald green, mixed with faint black smoke that swirled endlessly inside it.

As soon as it fully formed, information instantly entered Aksai’s subconscious mind.

[ Innate Spirit Spell: Venom Dominion. ]

This spell allowed Aksai to instantly release a massive cloud of highly concentrated poison essence into his surroundings.

However, this was not ordinary poison.

The poison could directly invade spirit essence itself. Any cultivator trapped inside the poison cloud would find their spirit circulation disrupted.

Their techniques would weaken. Their defensive barriers would slowly corrode. Even healing techniques would become unstable under its influence.

The poison would continue spreading as long as Aksai supplied spirit essence to sustain it.

It was both an offensive and battlefield-control spell.

Before the Sea of Consciousness could stabilize—

Another surge of poison essence appeared.

A second vortex formed nearby.

More poison essence gathered.

Compressed.

Solidified.

Then—

Cube number eight was born.

This cube looked completely different. Its body was transparent green, with purple lines moving across its surface like flowing veins. It radiated a strange life force.

As soon as it fully stabilized, another Innate Spirit Spell revealed itself.

[ Innate Spirit Spell: Toxic Regeneration. ]

Aksai immediately understood its terrifying nature.

This spell allowed him to convert poison essence directly into healing energy.

Any poison present inside his body or in the surrounding environment could be absorbed and transformed into regenerative power.

The stronger the poison—

The stronger the healing effect.

Ordinary poison attacks from enemies would no longer simply harm him.

Instead, he could actively consume those poisons and convert them into recovery energy.

Broken bones could heal faster.

Damaged flesh could regenerate quickly.

Spirit exhaustion could recover faster during prolonged battles.

All he needed to do was expose both his enemies and himself to poison clouds at the same time. His seventh Spirit Spell matched well with the eighth one in this regard.

Since it was Aksai’s own poison, Venom Dominion couldn’t really hurt its host, which was Aksai himself.

However, Aksai could stop his Druid’s Poison Heart from beating at will after casting Venom Dominion.

This way, he would become vulnerable to his own poison to some extent.

After that, he could use Toxic Regeneration.

Pairing these two poison-related Innate Spirit Spells had synergistic effects.

The effect of buffing himself while debuffing his opponents could be achieved simultaneously.

The two Spirit Spells could also be used in other ways as well.

For example, artifact forging and alchemy creation.

He could affect the items he created by using his Innate Spirit Spells as the foundation for their creation.

The spells perfectly matched the philosophy of the Heretic Poison Dao.

Poison becoming medicine.

Destruction becoming restoration.

Inside his Sea of Consciousness—

All eight Innate Cubes now floated together.

Eight distinct colors.

Eight unique powers.

The spiritual pressure radiating from Aksai instantly became several times stronger.

Even among the countless cultivators across the entirety of Dadangar World—

There had likely never been a Core Formation Lord like him.

Eight Innate Spirit Spells.

A completely absurd existence.

A monster by every possible standard.

Yet Aksai remained completely unaware and focused.

His consciousness still floated deep within enlightenment.

The Heretic Poison Dao continued revealing more truths to him.

Outside his spiritual world—

His body had finally stopped trembling.

The boiling blood began calming.

His bones stopped cracking.

His muscles slowly relaxed.

Both hearts gradually returned to a stable rhythm.

The Heavenly Poison Demon Tree surrounding him seemed to react to the changes.

Its roots began glowing faint green.

Its leaves rustled loudly despite the absence of wind.

Even the Demon Tree itself seemed to recognize the terrifying transformation happening to its master.

It had to be noted that the second bloodline refinement was not finished at this point, even if it looked like it was. This process came in waves, and Aksai had only faced the first wave. The second wave of the bloodline refinement would not be as intense as the first one, but it would certainly cause him discomfort. As such, Aksai was not in a hurry to end his seclusion.

He knew that there were some major tasks he needed to complete back on Emerald Cove Island. However, he could not risk his safety before the second bloodline refinement completely subsided.

If Aksai’s guess was correct, the subsequent wave of the bloodline refinement would not grant him as many benefits as the first one. It would merely strengthen his previous gains and offer some boost to his life essence as a druid. However, it might make him relive the bloodline memories like last time.

Aksai was quite interested in learning what kind of information he would gain this time from the bloodline memories. However, he knew that he had no control over it, so he decided not to think about it for the time being.

Time passed like an unceasing river.

Eventually, the violent waves of spirit essence inside the underground cultivation cave had finally settled.

Aksai slowly opened his eyes.

For a few moments, he remained seated beneath the Heavenly Poison Demon Tree, allowing his body to fully adjust to the tremendous changes he had just undergone.

The cave around him had returned to silence. The roots surrounding the chamber no longer glowed as brightly as before, and the strange poisonous mist floating around him had almost completely dispersed.

He exhaled deeply.

A faint smile appeared on his face.

This time, the results had exceeded even his own expectations.

Not only had his cultivation advanced from the fourth stage of the Core Formation realm all the way to the sixth stage, but his second bloodline refinement had also completed successfully.

More importantly, he had gained two additional Innate Spirit Spells, pushing the number of Innate Cubes inside his Sea of Consciousness to a terrifying total of eight.

Even now, he could still feel the tremendous power from his Dantian.

Every vein, every bone, every muscle felt stronger.

His control over poison essence had become far more natural than before.

The Heretic Poison Dao had opened an entirely new road for him.

Aksai slowly stood up and stretched his arms.

Crack.

A faint series of sounds escaped his joints.

His body felt strangely light.

Yet powerful.

He looked at the massive Demon Tree towering above him.

The tree had calmed down as well. Its countless roots had sunk back into the surrounding stone walls and underground tunnels, once again silently performing their task of connecting with the other Demon Tree positioned on Emerald Cove Island’s surface.

Through the spiritual connection between the two trees, Aksai could vaguely sense everything happening on the island.

Nothing unusual for the time being. Everything remained stable. He could still afford to not end his seclusion.

Good.

Arkaal should have already made some progress in the Enchanted Everwood Farm.

Aksai’s eyes narrowed slightly.

"Let’s see how productive our newest worker has been."

The next moment—

His figure vanished from the underground cave.

A faint ripple passed through the surrounding space.

Then silence returned once more.

...

Inside the isolated dimension of the Enchanted Everwood Farm—

A sudden distortion appeared in the air near one of the central wooden pathways built between the massive cultivation zones.

Aksai stepped out calmly.

The familiar sight of the farm spread before him.

The endless stretches of spirit fields.

Rows of medicinal herbs swaying under artificial spiritual sunlight.

Various sections dedicated to first, second, third, and some limited-in-quantity-rich-in-quality fourth order resources.

The distant Gu Insect Farm with its countless specialized habitats.

The giant Demon Tree standing like a dark mountain at the far end of the isolated dimension.

The entire place was full of life.

And full of activity.

Everything was functioning smoothly.

Not far away—

Yelia floated quietly above one of the resource processing sections while observing several Woodland Fiends carry out some maintenance work.

She noticed Aksai immediately.

Her face brightened slightly.

"My liege."

Aksai nodded at her casually.

"Everything stable?"

Yelia smiled.

"Perfectly stable. Nuri’s optimization changes have already improved the Gu Farm’s efficiency by many levels. The breeding cycles have become more consistent as well."

Aksai gave an approving nod.

"Good."

Yelia floated closer.

"Would you like me to report the rest?"

Aksai shook his head lightly.

"Later."

His eyes shifted toward the massive structure standing not too far away.

The alchemy lab.

A giant wooden and stone facility built separately from the rest of the farm. Spirit arrays covered its walls while several chimneys continuously released thin streams of colorful smoke into the artificial sky overhead.

Aksai smiled faintly.

"I’ll go check on Arkaal."

Yelia immediately nodded.

"I still have a few environmental calibrations left to finish in the Gu Farm."

Aksai waved his hand lightly.

"Continue your work, dear. I’ll go on my own."

Seeing Aksai’s back, Yelia smiled faintly. She could tell that Aksai was in a good mood today because he had addressed her affectionately. Although it wasn’t his first time doing so, such forms of affection were indeed rare and needed to be cherished from time to time.

Without knowing what Yelia was thinking, the Spirit farmer started walking toward the alchemy facility in a good mood, with a pep in his step. He thought that this was probably the happiest he had been in quite some time, and there was probably no way to top this feeling anytime soon.

How could Aksai have known that Arkaal would make this day even better for him with his recent creations?