Chapter 1913: Chapter 707: Establishing the Blood Pool, Breaking Through Nine Layers, End of Ten Thousand Paths, Dao Body Concealed (Six-Thousand-Word Mega Chapter)
Luo Chen sighed and summoned the attribute panel.
[Lifespan: 186/900]
[Spirit Root: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth]
[Physique: Fire Spirit Body (Five Spirits Dao Body Hidden)]
[Realm: Ninth Layer of Golden Core 1/100, Ancient Desolation Fourth Order 35/100]
[Cultivation Techniques: Phoenix Nirvana Sutra Grandmaster 650/1000, Myriad Dao Great Finalization, Master of Ten Thousand Beasts Scripture 510/1000]
On the shimmering attribute panel, each entry flickered faintly.
Luo Chen did not look at other attributes, focusing solely on the first five main entries.
The surge in lifespan was expected.
Not only had he broken through three realms continuously, but his physical body had also reborn after Nirvana, once advancing to the middle stage of the Ancient Desolation Fourth Order.
Adding a hundred years to his lifespan was only normal.
Luo Chen even had a feeling that if he fully absorbed the power of the Tai Sui within him, his lifespan limit would soar even higher!
After a glance, Luo Chen paid no further attention.
For now, he no longer had the pressure of longevity. Nearly nine hundred years old, he was already long-lived. Some Nascent Soul True Masters who had suffered severe injuries also only had this lifespan, and he, Luo Chen, was only in the Golden Core Period, so why rush.
Luo Chen’s attention was mainly on the new term that had appeared.
[Physique: Fire Spirit Body (Five Spirits Dao Body Hidden)]
The Fire Spirit Body, he understood, was a physique transformed to adapt to the "Phoenix Nirvana Sutra" after Nirvana.
But how about the (Five Spirits Dao Body Hidden)?
"Could it be that my Five Spirits Dao Body hasn’t disappeared? It’s merely concealed by the Fire Spirit Body, rendering it unable to manifest?"
Luo Chen was quite puzzled.
He attempted to operate the "Yi Mu Medicine King Sutra" he had cultivated in his early years, but after executing just a small circulation, he felt his Qi Power was sluggish, and his meridians subtly ached.
Clearly, this was not the behavior of the Five Spirits Dao Body.
According to ancient records, the Five Spirits Dao Body could cultivate multiple techniques simultaneously, how could there be such sluggishness.
Yet, the panel indeed displayed this way.
Pondering hard for a while and experimenting for half a day, he still didn’t come to a conclusion.
Unwilling, Luo Chen eventually gave up.
His gaze moved down, sweeping past the changes in realm, focusing on the changes in cultivation techniques.
First was "Phoenix Nirvana Sutra"!
From the entry level of Grandmaster Level in the Blazing Refinement Prison, to a progression bar of 650, a full increase of one hundred and fifty proficiency!
The changes during this time...
"It must have originated from that bodily transformation in Nirvana!"
A transformation did not only bring changes to the body itself but also a metamorphosis in the cultivation technique.
Luo Chen could feel that his current efficiency in operating his natal Qi technique and absorbing Heaven and Earth Qi far exceeded before.
Moreover, when outputting Qi Power or casting techniques, it was also one or two degrees faster than before.
Do not underestimate these slight advancements.
One must know that most of Luo Chen’s techniques were already cultivated to Great Perfection.
Even further, based on Great Perfection, Luo Chen continuously optimized and researched, reaching an unsurpassable point.
That he could still improve from such a foundation, how could it not surprise Luo Chen.
"It seems now, this Fire Spirit Body is more suited for cultivating ’Phoenix Nirvana Sutra’, and the subsequent proficiency improvement should also accelerate significantly."
"Perhaps I have the chance to cultivate it to the Great Perfection level before the Nascent Soul Stage!"
Evidently, this was another piece of good news after his lifespan surged, realm improved, and the Five Spirits Dao Body still existed.
Luo Chen smiled briefly, then inexplicably sighed.
"Alas..."
His gaze lingered on "Myriad Paths Confluence".
This self-created cultivation technique that once absorbed the strengths of many schools was finally at its limit.
He had sensed this a long time ago.
The progress in body refining slowed increasingly, forcing him to continually seek foreign techniques, even redeeming numerous ancient body refining techniques from the Ten Thousand Immortals Gathering Demon Hunter Department.
With these patchwork efforts, he managed to cultivate to the Ancient Desolation Fourth Order.
But, it stopped there.
After advancing to the Ancient Desolation Fourth Order in Penghu, he clearly sensed that body refining had reached its limit!
This limit originated from "Myriad Paths Confluence", and also from himself!
If traced back to the root, it all led to the "Sky Roc Transformation" body refinement technique!
In the early years, Luo Chen and Wang Yuan acquired "Sky Roc Transformation" from the black market in The Great River District.
It was a piece of beast skin, along with the pleasantly surprising "Emperor Liquor" pill formula.
But at that time, "Sky Roc Transformation" itself was an incomplete Third Order Technique, requiring the integration of Sky Roc-type demon beasts’ blood essence into the body for cultivation.
Wang Yuan didn’t take it, only utilizing some advantages to enhance himself.
Luo Chen used it as a blueprint, with the help of the system in Bai Ye’s cave mansion, under distress, created the "Myriad Paths Confluence".
Over the years, the well-read Luo Chen gradually pushed this body refinement technique to the Fourth Order Level.
Then, it reached the limit.
The foundation of "Sky Roc Transformation" was too thin, and it was incomplete.
The Sky Roc blood essence Luo Chen introduced was from a mere Second Order Fiery Fire Cloud Roc.
The combination of the two allowed him to cultivate to the Ancient Desolation Fourth Order, which was already extremely fortunate.
Without the Tai Sui Original Body and that wisp of Nirvana Sacred Fire’s assistance, Luo Chen could never have achieved the mid-stage level of the Ancient Desolation Fourth Order.
With a sigh, Luo Chen gradually gathered his thoughts.
"For now, let’s leave it at that!"
"Body refining is unclear ahead, with many branches. It can serve as a guarantee of martial strength, but difficult to aspire to Longevity."
"Abandoning it is impossible, but seeking higher-order techniques in the future, either switching or borrowing, then creating another anew is not out of the question."
"But for now, the immediate priority is still in the cultivation of Qi refinement."
Having reached the Ninth Layer of Golden Core, one must consider the matter of Nascent Soul Formation.
However, before this, there is a small matter Luo Chen needs to attend to.
That is to take stock of the gains from the expedition to the Land of Fallen Demons.
Can’t risk life and limb, yet remain clueless about what was gained or lost!
With a thought, he raised his hand.
Streaks of light swirled in the air of the wooden cabin.
Gazing at those precious items, Luo Chen revealed a knowing smile.
"This trip hasn’t been for nothing after all."