Chapter 594 - 327: Purple Gold Extreme Fire

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

The tolling of bells echoed across the misty river as a massive fleet, composed of over thirty hundred-zhang giant boats, sailed downstream.

Half a month had passed since Lü Zhong left the Little Yuan Palace.

He followed the route map he’d received, boarding a ship bound for Yongchun Immortal Harbor. From there, he would transfer to a sea vessel and set out for his destination, the East Sea.

It would still be some time before the fleet reached Yongchun Immortal Harbor.

Lü Zhong, having chartered an entire passenger ship for himself, spent his days meditating for Qi Refining and helping Shuini with her parasite problem. Even so, he still had a considerable amount of free time.

But this didn’t mean Lü Zhong could simply relax and drink tea.

There were far too many other tasks demanding his attention: examining the King Beast corpses for hidden secrets, taking stock of his gains from the Ten Thousand Witches Hall, and assimilating the Spiritual Objects and treasures he’d acquired.

So many things were waiting for him to handle.

’The Immortal Path is long. I have a three-thousand-year lifespan, yet I can’t find a single day to rest!’ Lü Zhong thought, setting down his teacup with a sigh.

He turned and made his way to another part of the ship.

It was originally a cargo hold, but he had meticulously converted it, setting up Prohibitions and Arrays to turn it into a reasonably spacious Quiet Chamber.

It was a full thirty zhang in size, making it very convenient for his work.

Walking to the center of the Quiet Chamber, Lü Zhong first activated the Restriction Array to seal the room off from the outside. Only then did he lightly stroke the Storage Ring on his left hand and release the two King Beast corpses.

Even after half a month, the corpses still retained a certain degree of vitality.

Gazing at the ceaselessly twitching muscles, Lü Zhong hesitated for a moment before flipping his hand over to retrieve his tools and begin the dissection of the King Beast’s corpse.

Demon Beasts, unlike cultivators, didn’t need to form hand seals to activate their Innate Divine Techniques. They simply had to channel energy through the Spirit Patterns inside their bodies. These Spirit Patterns appeared as a Demon Beast advanced in rank; the more powerful the Innate Divine Technique, the more complex the Spirit Pattern.

By analyzing these Spirit Patterns, one could understand the principles behind a Demon Beast’s Innate Divine Technique.

If one could fully grasp these principles, they could create a Secret Skill based on them. In fact, most of the wonderfully strange high- and low-tier Secret Skills in the Cultivation Realm were created in this exact manner.

After a Secret Skill was created, one could continue to perfect it, with the possibility of eventually refining it into a Divine Power Technique.

This was Lü Zhong’s current goal.

’With the Gray Mist Space, I can run continuous simulations,’ he thought. ’I might actually be able to analyze the King Beast’s Spirit Patterns and create my own unique Divine Technique.’

Days passed one by one.

As the dissection progressed, he managed to strip the Spirit Patterns from the King Beast’s body.

The Original Spirit Patterns he obtained were incredibly complex. Each branch consisted of nearly a thousand lines, many of which were useless. Lü Zhong had to analyze them one by one, weeding out the chaff to extract the true Spirit Pattern.

This process was extremely taxing on his Heart Power.

Whenever his Heart Power was depleted, he had no choice but to turn to other tasks.

For instance, he would have his Purple Nether Extreme Fire devour the Warm Jade containing Sun Fire Essence. He hoped this would induce the Spirit Fire’s Metamorphosis sooner, enhancing its ability to purify his True Essence.

Spirit Forging Fire was, after all, a Low-tier Spell.

At the Nascent Soul Stage, it could no longer keep up with his needs.

If not for the Purple Nether Extreme Fire, the spell would have likely become useless, forgotten by Lü Zhong just like the Qingyang Fire Rain Technique and others.

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Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, half a year had passed.

The fleet was still sailing on the Heaven-Reaching River. After leaving the frigid lands of the Northern Border, the dense mist over the water finally dissipated, replaced by a view of rolling green mountains.

Many passengers came out onto the decks to admire the beautiful scenery along the banks.

At this very moment, Lü Zhong was still busy in his Quiet Chamber.

After half a year of hard work, he had completed the preliminary analysis of the Original Spirit Pattern. From it, he finally identified the Bat-winged King Beast’s Divine Technique.

White Origin Divine Light.

According to the results of his analysis, this divine light was a specific counter to Star Power.

It was especially effective against the Flying Star Inheritance, capable of breaking through almost all of its techniques.

Needless to say, Lü Zhong was not pleased by this discovery.

Fortunately, he had obtained the complete Spirit Pattern for the White Origin Divine Light through his dissection. With it, he could not only create a new Secret Skill but also research a way to counter the divine light.

That way, even if he encountered similar techniques in the future, his strength wouldn’t be so severely hampered.

However, creating a new Secret Skill often took centuries, so Lü Zhong had no intention of starting now. He decided to wait until he returned to the Southern Barbarian lands.

Without pausing to rest, he moved on to dissect the next King Beast.

Lü Zhong retrieved the other corpse from his Storage Ring—a bizarre, grotesque thing that resembled a sliced-open maggot. Just as he was preparing to dissect it, he noticed that something was amiss.

Unlike the Bat-winged King Beast, which had retained its vitality long after death, the Maggot King Beast’s corpse was showing clear signs of liquefaction. The essence of its flesh and blood was coalescing inside it.

If he weren’t absolutely certain that the beast was dead beyond any doubt, he would have suspected it was about to be resurrected.

After some thought, Lü Zhong decided to wait and see.

As time passed, Spirit Patterns began to materialize where the essence of flesh and blood had gathered. Then, all the Spirit Patterns converged, ultimately forming a Small Seal.

Lü Zhong watched, his expression unchanged, but inwardly he was utterly stunned. A passage from an ancient text he had once read flashed through his mind.

It was about Spirit Treasures.

Spirit Treasures were divided into two types: Innate and Acquired.

And the scene before him looked exactly like the birth of an Innate Spiritual Treasure.