Chapter 243: Ten Thousand Insect Peak
The Ten Thousand Insect Peak had been left unattended for over a decade, and the grass and trees on the mountain, nourished by spiritual energy, were exceptionally lush.
Su Yan descended onto the mountain, as if he had entered desolate mountains.
As far as his gaze could reach, there were some spiritual herbs that had just entered the ranked, but they were ordinary spiritual herbs like White Jade Ginseng.
Their quantity was not large either; they were formed naturally by the nourishment of heaven and earth spiritual energy.
“The main hall and cave dwelling are ready-made, they only need some repairs from the Sect Affairs Pavilion. As for the grass and trees on this mountain, they indeed need tending.”
Su Yan took a rough look and had a plan in mind.
The Beast King Sect had many servant disciples, but it was not easy to recruit them into the sect.
On the Ten Thousand Insect Peak, Su Yan would definitely release his fierce insects, and the fewer people in the sect who knew about them, the better.
Even if servant disciples were loyal to the sect, they could not compare to subordinates controlled by himself.
If those subordinates had the Blood Marrow Worm enter their bodies, and if Insect Yuan Blood were added, they would absolutely not betray him.
“Later, have Yang Lun select a group of young ones to enter as servant disciples.”
Su Yan pondered, the management of the Ten Thousand Insect Peak was something he had to do.
However, other matters also needed to be put on the agenda; the metamorphosis of the Six-Winged Blood Centipede and the Flame Armored Scorpion was imminent.
The Six-Winged Blood Centipede still lacked a Netherworld Centipede King as a molting material. A Netherworld Centipede King was at least third-order, and such a calamity beast was not easy to find. Therefore, he had to find a way to hunt one.
The Flame Armored Scorpion was similar. In addition to lacking a Blazing Purple Scorpion, he also needed to order someone to search for the Netherlight Spirit Flame. These two items were not easy to find either.
Actually, it was the refinement of his Natal Spiritual Artifact. Now that he had broken through to the Dan Qiao Realm, the Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower naturally needed further refinement. The method for refining Qin Jingtian’s Jing Tian Tower and a Dao Soldier Origin obtained previously, along with the spine of a flood dragon, were precisely the best materials for refinement.
As for the last matter, it was the Seed Aperture Pill.
The Spiritual Aperture Illumination Fruit Tree had been collected by him, and there were eighteen Spiritual Aperture Illumination Fruits on the tree. Coupled with the one obtained at auction previously, Su Yan now possessed nineteen Spiritual Aperture Illumination Fruits.
Even if the auxiliary materials for refining the Seed Aperture Pill were insufficient, the current Su Yan could still refine several batches.
“First, I’ll refine the Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower, then take a look in the Water-Fire Secret Realm, and then refine the Seed Aperture Pill.”
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On the main peak of the Beast King Peak, Su Yan arrived outside the Sect Leader’s Great Hall.
Just as he was about to bow, a gentle voice came from within the hall.
“Su Yan, come in.”
Upon hearing this, Su Yan knew it was Chu Qidao’s voice and replied, “Thank you, Sect Leader.”
He straightened up and strode into the great hall. At this moment, only Chu Qidao was in the hall, dressed in a long robe, standing in the center.
Noticing Su Yan enter, he turned around with a smile and glanced at Su Yan again.
“As expected of the Kylin Son of my Beast King Sect.”
Chu Qidao’s praise was not stingy. It was worth noting that this disciple had only entered the sect a little over a year ago, even less than two years.
With such achievements, one could imagine how extraordinary his foundation and talent were.
Su Yan felt no shame and offered a smile: “It was a mere opportunity.”
Chu Qidao seemed to see through him: “In the cultivation world, opportunities are also a form of skill. Moreover, your diligence in cultivation is likely to shame many. You are here for the Water-Fire Secret Realm, aren’t you? Have you made your preparations?”
“Preparations?”
“Why didn’t Junior Brother Gu explain it to you in detail?”
Su Yan showed a confused expression: “Grandmaster mentioned a little. I know that the Water-Fire Secret Realm is a secret realm where heavy water and heavenly fire interweave, capable of tempering bone structure and solidifying one’s foundation.”
Chu Qidao’s expression twitched slightly, and he thought, ‘Is that how it was introduced?’
“He didn’t tell you the whole story.”
Chu Qidao waved his large sleeve, and his True Essence condensed into an illusion before Su Yan.
In the distance before Su Yan, a floating mountain appeared. There was no vegetation on the mountain, and the rocks were black, as if cast from iron.
Suddenly, clusters of heavenly fire descended and landed on the mountain. Before long, the mountain body turned red, and heavenly fire surged, completely dyeing the illusion before his eyes.
A moment later, the sky darkened, and like ink, heavy water fell onto the mountain, continuously spreading. It hung in mid-air, and the entire mountain seemed to sink slightly.
“Water-Fire Secret Realm. Heavenly fire and heavy water cycle down, tempering the mountain body. The mountain body forged from this water-fire metal alone is a Sixth-order Saint treasure. The heavenly fire burns, and the heavy water applies pressure; it will not be a comfortable experience going in.”
Su Yan’s expression froze. His own grandmaster hadn’t told him this.
Chu Qidao smiled like a fox in a daoist robe and said lightly, “However, given your body cultivation level, I doubt it will be life-threatening.”
Whether he stuck his head out or drew it back, it was still a knife. However, the tempering by heavenly fire and heavy water was definitely a rare opportunity for the Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower.
Therefore, Su Yan said seriously: “I request the Sect Leader to help me open the Water-Fire Secret Realm.”
Chu Qidao nodded, waved his large sleeve, and Su Yan, along with him, instantly arrived behind the main peak.
The two passed through the clouds and mist, landing on a mountain path. They ascended the steps, passed through mountain walls like swords, and arrived before a cave dwelling.
Chu Qidao raised his hand and formed hand seals, inscribing a complex rune with his True Essence on the cave dwelling.
The door of the cave dwelling immediately emitted a golden light and then slowly parted.
“Go in. I grant you one month.”
“Yes.”
Su Yan stepped inside, and the world immediately changed. He landed on a floating black mountain.
The black mountain was rugged, with protruding rocks everywhere. The entire mountain body was a single piece, with no signs of rubble, as if cast from black metal.
Su Yan looked up. The surroundings were bright, without mist or smoke, and without any discernible boundaries.
A rumbling sound suddenly came. Su Yan looked up and saw that the sky was changing, with a gloomy black cloud pressing down.
Drops of black heavy water began to fall, smashing onto the floating mountain.
Not good!
The heavy water came particularly swiftly. Qingjin scale patterns immediately appeared around Su Yan’s body.
Clanging sounds erupted, hitting his body as if struck by a heavy hammer.
Su Yan frowned in pain, thinking: “Such heavy heavy water. The essence of water vapor, a single drop can weigh a thousand pounds. If ordinary disciples were to enter…”
Su Yan shivered just thinking about it, a drop weighing a thousand pounds, falling continuously, especially with the heavy water suspended in the surrounding environment after it fell.
It was as if the entire floating mountain was immersed in heavy water, the essence of water being extremely dense, but the gravity around the body also increased severalfold instantly.
Su Yan could only resist with his Qingjin scale patterns, but in just a moment, he already detected minor injuries to his body.
This discovery shocked him.
With his current physical body strength, even just the Qingjin scale patterns were enough to withstand blades and spears without leaving a mark.
However, the power of this heavy water was clearly not just in its impact; the shock and erosion from the essence of water vapor were equally terrifying.
He steadied his mind and suddenly smiled: “This is good. The essence of water vapor will reforge my foundation.”
While being injured, the essence of water vapor contained within the heavy water also continuously nourished his body. Between destruction and repair, his physical body became even stronger, and in his meridians and bloodlines, there was an added characteristic of the heavy water’s thickness and inclusiveness.
This was the benefit of the secret realm.
Su Yan activated his Heavenly Python Dharma Body and the Five Poisons Body Forging Scripture. Behind him, the Subduing Tiger Ming King True Intent appeared. He did not hide his Insect Bone Armor Body either, activating all of them.
He exuded divine light all around, his figure like that of a god, instantly floating on the mountain, his aura soaring to the heavens, attracting more heavy water to condense.
Su Yan circulated True Essence around his body. The python beasts of the three Heavenly Python Dharma Bodies actively devoured the water, and the Subduing Tiger Ming King raised his hand to subdue the heavy water, all actively merging into his body.
His body was constantly impacted, but under the powerful regenerative ability of his physical body, it gradually began to adapt.
After about half an hour, Su Yan stood firm on the floating mountain.
He opened his eyes and saw only crystals of heavy water suspended on the floating mountain.
He raised his hand and released the Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower, suspending it directly in mid-air.
In just a moment, countless heavy water converged towards the Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower, the vast essence of water vapor seeming to want to crush the spiritual artifact pagoda.
Su Yan’s gaze was calm, and he raised his hand, inputting the Dao Soldier Origin of the Jing Tian Tower and the spine of the flood dragon into the tower, integrating them.
“Fortunately, Bai Cang, Yuan Ye, and the White Cang Ape were sent into the Insect Realm Space to be suppressed, otherwise they would have died.”
The Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower appeared stable at this moment, but it was like the center of a maelstrom, where power had already converged.
Let alone Yuan Ye and the others who were Dan Qiao Realm martial artists, even a Dan Qiao Realm Fourth Heaven would likely not fare well under such a formation.
“Using water as momentum can break through mountain mist and suppress all things…”
Su Yan calmly refined, drawing formations with his hands, integrating his insights and the formations for refining the Jing Tian Tower.
Red, chain-like True Essence appeared in his body.
The True Essence chains were hundreds of meters long, shuttling between the heavy water and connecting to the Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower, like dancing crimson snakes.
Su Yan transformed his bloodline into power and integrated it bit by bit into the Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower. The Fierce Insect Cauldron within his body was also constantly vibrating, integrating its power into it.
Strange, ferocious, and ancient insect patterns were branded onto the tower’s body. The red light seemed to fully reveal the ferocity of the fierce insects.
“Boom.”
After about an hour and a half, the heavy water reversed and disappeared. The entire secret realm turned red from the sky downwards, flames spreading in the sky, and red clouds enveloped the sky above the floating mountain.
The floating mountain immediately became scorching hot. Su Yan felt as if he had entered a furnace.
The temperature suddenly rose by hundreds of degrees, and Su Yan’s face also turned red.
Streams of fire descended from the sky like meteors.
Su Yan looked up, and the Flame Armored Scorpion was directly released by him. The True Intent Flame Armored Scorpion also appeared at the same time.
Without needing further commands, the two immediately exhaled heavenly fire, channeling it towards the tower’s body.
Burn!
The flames burned fiercely, scorching the Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower red. Even the flood dragon skeleton and Dao Soldier Origin within accelerated their melting speed at this moment.
…
Water and fire alternated, mountains floated and sank.
A month passed like this. The Subduing Tiger Ming King True Intent had transformed from a thirty-foot golden body into a solidified Ming King statue, with golden light flowing and divine light radiating.
Su Yan sat cross-legged beneath it, True Essence flowing around his body. The Heavenly Python Dharma Body was like a tattoo, forming a thin layer over his Insect Bone Armor Body.
His Insect Bone Armor Body had become like black gold; while possessing the wild aura of fierce insects, it also had a cold majesty, like a divine general.
The superficiality of True Essence in his physical body was completely removed by the heavy water and heavenly fire. Although his cultivation was still at the Core Opening Realm First Heaven, his aura was as deep as an abyss, even more profound than a Core Opening Realm Second Heaven.
This was not a difference in realm or quantity, but a heaven-and-earth difference in quality.
If ordinary Core Opening Realm cultivators were like pebbles, then Su Yan was like a piece of steel tempered countless times.
“It’s finally integrated.”
Su Yan opened his eyes, a flash of joy in his gaze. It had taken a full month, and only today had he managed to integrate that section of the flood dragon’s spine into the Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower.
Rumble…
In the sky, it was precisely the time when the heavy water and heavenly fire were reversing.
Su Yan leaped up. The Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower, exuding ferocity, shot into the sky. What was merely a foot in size before Su Yan now grew instantly against the wind, transforming into a hundred-meter-tall tower in the blink of an eye.
The flood dragon’s shadow transformed into a colossal being and charged into the Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower. The tower vibrated, and in an instant, countless illusory fierce insects appeared, their ferocity blanketing the entire Water-Fire Secret Realm.
The tower spun, and the next moment, red light was released, instantly devouring all the heavy water and heavenly fire above and below the floating mountain.
Treasures of light scattered, appearing in layers on the Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower.
A Fourth Tier Spirit Tool!
Su Yan’s True Essence surged, and his True Essence of the First Heaven was instantly on the verge of Minor Accomplishment.
However, Su Yan moved his mind and suppressed this surge of True Essence.
A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he thought, “The Natal Spiritual Artifact is indeed closely connected to the cultivator themselves. Ascending to a Fourth Tier Spirit Tool can also trigger a breakthrough in cultivation, but I’m not in a hurry this time.”
After Gu Sanqian’s guidance, he had already set his goal.
Possessing the Insect Consciousness Seed and the Insect Bone Armor Body, he had the capital to push both his Qi and Blood Golden Core and his Divine Soul Golden Core to Nine Revolutions.
This was not him boasting; it was because the Insect Bone Armor Body and the Insect Consciousness Seed themselves would strengthen as the fierce insects grew stronger.
Under these circumstances, Su Yan had a greater innate advantage.
Now, by accumulating True Essence and refining his physical body and spirit to their optimal state, he would naturally achieve a breakthrough when the time came.
With this in mind, Su Yan’s eyes narrowed slightly: “I wonder how many materials for the Seed Aperture Pill Xia Wan’er and Lan Yunyue have collected.”
Su Yan’s thoughts moved, and he directly flew towards the outside of the Water-Fire Secret Realm.
As his figure disappeared from the secret realm, the conversion speed of heavy water and heavenly fire on the floating mountain gradually slowed down.
It rose and fell like a long breath. The originally condensed spiritual energy now became slightly more gentle.
“The younger generation is truly formidable.”
An ancient voice sounded. Although its aura was deep, it contained a heavy tone of decay.
A colossal beast gradually appeared behind the floating mountain. Its head alone was equivalent to half the size of the floating mountain, and its pair of eyes were like hanging full moons.
“Young Master Chu did a good job. The prodigies of the Beast King Sect this generation far surpass those of the past.”
An old humanoid figure appeared on the floating mountain at the same time, his eyes full of relief.
An aged humanoid figure simultaneously appeared on the Floating Mountain, their eyes filled with relief.
