First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 59: Swallowing the Purple Yang Vermilion Fruit

It was almost exactly as Shen Mo had expected.

This so-called Xuanzhi monk was indeed a demonic cultivator.

As early as twenty years ago, he had secretly colluded with the mortal demonic sect, Blood Robe Gate.

Using divine pills as bait, he secretly cultivated the disciples of Blood Robe Gate, having them gather sacrificial materials and kill mortals.

But as Blood Robe Gate grew stronger, their actions became increasingly intolerable to the martial world of Tianyou City.

Finally, five years ago, the Shen family gathered numerous righteous forces to attack Blood Robe Gate and annihilate it.

The Xuanzhi monk only received this news several days after the destruction of Blood Robe Gate.

For him, having tasted the sweetness of gathering blood offerings through mortal hands, he naturally wouldn't give up.

So, he rushed to the former site of Blood Robe Gate and encountered Gu Ming and Gu Chao, the siblings.

He chose to strongly support the two of them in revitalizing Blood Robe Gate and continue to use them to gather blood sacrifices for him to refine the Soul Refining Banner.

"The Divine Ability of the monk is vast, and it is precisely with his support that I have made such rapid progress in my martial cultivation," Gu Ming sighed and said, "He also promised that as long as I successfully complete the blood sacrifice for the Soul Refining Banner, he will accept me as his direct disciple, teach me immortal techniques, and guide me onto the path of cultivating immortality."

"Teach you immortal techniques and accept you as his disciple?" Shen Mo sneered, "Your body and bones have long been corroded by his demonic techniques. It's hard to say how many more years you can live, yet you still think about cultivating immortality?"

He could see that although Gu Ming's martial strength was extremely strong, it was only superficial. The techniques he was taught were most likely demonic techniques that consumed life force and depleted one's essence.

Otherwise, his cultivation wouldn't have advanced so quickly.

Not only him, but the situation was the same for Gu Chao and the others.

The Xuanzhi monk only saw them as tools for cultivation and would never sincerely pass on his knowledge.

"It's not over yet," Shen Mo rubbed his furrowed brow and sighed inwardly.

Originally, with the destruction of Blood Robe Gate and the capture of its leader, the matter should have been settled.

But unexpectedly, it involved a demonic cultivator.

If he wanted to return to his sect with peace of mind, he still needed to resolve this matter and not leave any loose ends.

"What is the strength of this Xuanzhi monk?"

"Stronger than an Immortal Master."

"How much stronger?"

"I heard the monk say that his cultivation has reached the Second Heaven of the Gathering Qi Realm."

Gu Ming said seriously.

He dared to fight Shen Mo earlier precisely because he didn't sense the aura of the Gathering Qi Realm from him. That's why he had the courage to do so.

But he didn't expect that although Shen Mo's cultivation was still at the peak of the Body Tempering Realm, he had many hidden cards and his combat power was not inferior to someone who had just entered the Gathering Qi Realm.

Even so, Gu Ming estimated that this Immortal Master's combat power should still be inferior to that of the Xuanzhi monk.

"The Second Heaven of the Gathering Qi Realm?"

Shen Mo murmured to himself, not finding it strange.

If there really was a powerful demonic cultivator, their name would usually be high on the Black List and they would be hunted down year-round.

There was no need for such secrecy.

"According to the rules of the cultivation world, if you come across clues about a demonic cultivator, you can report it to the sect."

"But..."

He pondered for a moment, hesitating.

At this moment, Shen Mo had two choices.

The first was to return to his sect and report the matter about the Xuanzhi monk to the elders and higher-ranking sect cultivators.

The advantage of doing so was that he wouldn't have to deal with the aftermath.

The sect cultivators would receive orders to kill this monster.

But the problem with doing this was that he didn't know how long it would take for everything to be resolved.

Moreover, when the cultivators from the Linyang Sect arrived, they would only focus on killing the demonic cultivator and wouldn't care about the safety of the Shen family.

If the Shen family were to face retaliation during this period, it would be a disaster.

More importantly...

Shen Mo lightly stroked the Soul Refining Banner in his hand, feeling reluctant.

"Although this Soul Refining Banner is an evil object used for blood sacrifices, its power is not small."

If he informed the sect, it would mean that the Soul Refining Banners involved in this matter would also have to be handed over.

And he had some thoughts of keeping this spoils of war for himself.

"I'll handle it myself!"

After thinking for a moment, Shen Mo made up his mind.

"The Second Heaven of the Gathering Qi Realm, although his strength is not bad, if I can successfully break through, it shouldn't be difficult to kill him!"

He decided to stay in Tianyou City for another day and immediately swallowed the Purple Sun Zhu Guo to attempt a breakthrough.

If the breakthrough goes smoothly, he will order Gu Ming to lure out and kill the evil cultivator behind the scenes to eliminate future troubles.

After the interrogation, Shen Mo left Lingfeng Terrace.

Several waves of martial artists from the rivers and lakes came to visit Shen Mo.

The incident of the Blood Cloth Sect killing Ming Wang quickly caused a sensation in Tianyou City, and many people came to see this legendary immortal teacher.

Shen Mo had Shen Zhiyun drive away all these people and refused to see them.

"Although the Blood Cloth Sect has been dealt with, there is still support from evil cultivators behind them."

Shen Mo informed Shen Zhiyun about the information regarding Xuanzhi Shangren.

After learning about it, Shen Zhiyun's face changed slightly: "Will my Shen family be retaliated against by evil cultivators?"

"It's alright, as cultivators, I will handle it myself."

Shen Mo shook his head and said, "I will stay at the Shen family for another day, resolve this matter, and then leave."

"Find me a quiet room and don't let anyone disturb me."

"Okay." Shen Zhiyun nodded repeatedly.

At night, in the guest room of the Shen family.

Shen Mo operated the "Heavenly Origin Technique" and continuously absorbed the spiritual energy of the surrounding heaven and earth.

He was adjusting his state.

He was about to break through!

This time, in order to impact the Qi Gathering Realm, he needed to adjust his state to its peak in order to have the greatest chance of success.

"Hoo!"

He flipped his palm, and the Purple Sun Zhu Guo, covered in thunder patterns, appeared in his hand.

"Finally, it's time to gather Qi!"

Placing the Purple Sun Zhu Guo in front of him, Shen Mo took out a large amount of Yang-Boosting Powder and Small Foundation Building Pills from his Qiankun Bag in succession.

After preparing everything, he began.

"Gurgle!"

He swallowed the Purple Sun Zhu Guo first, and soon, Shen Mo felt the fruit juice in his body quickly turning into a tremendous medicinal power.

This medicinal power was extremely powerful, squeezing his internal organs, meridians, and causing a faint pain.

[You have consumed the Purple Sun Zhu Guo, and the tremendous medicinal power is exploding in your body. The constantly emerging medicinal power makes it difficult for you to bear.]

"Swallow it!"

Feeling wave after wave of medicinal power attacking him, he didn't dare to be negligent and quickly operated the "Heavenly Origin Technique" to the extreme!

[You have activated the "Heavenly Origin Technique" and gradually absorbed the medicinal power, refining it into internal energy and blood essence. After your refinement, your physical strength has increased.]

[During the process of operating the "Heavenly Origin Technique," you unexpectedly gained a bit of destiny.]

[After your unremitting efforts, the medicinal power in your body has finally been partially refined. Your current strength has approached the limit of the Body Tempering Realm.]

The devouring power of the "Heavenly Origin Technique" at the stage of Body Tempering and Integration was very strong.

Even though the medicinal power of the Purple Sun Zhu Guo was extremely abundant, it was quickly refined and turned into spiritual energy and blood essence in his body.

With the continuous absorption and accumulation of medicinal power, Shen Mo's body swelled even more, even expanding his physique by a circle.

But he didn't rashly start to impact the Qi Gathering Realm.

Because he knew that to open multiple Dantian, it required a huge amount of energy, blood, and spiritual energy.

Although his current accumulation seemed abundant, it would be quickly consumed when it came to the critical moment of breaking through.

"Ugh!"

After about half an hour, Shen Mo continuously refined the medicinal power of the Purple Sun Zhu Guo and finally felt the critical point.

At the moment when it felt like a pressure cooker was about to explode, he began.

"Breakthrough!"

Just as he muttered to himself, the surging power of blood and energy in his body rushed towards the Qi Sea.

The terrifying power of blood and energy, like the bursting of the Yellow River, was unstoppable, pounding against the tightly closed Qi Sea barrier.

Under the crushing force of his terrifying power of blood and energy, the barrier of the Qi Sea gate was almost crushed like rotten wood.

At the moment the gate opened, Shen Mo's inner vision discovered a small cyclone slowly condensing above the Qi Sea.

This cyclone kept pulling and erupted with a strong suction force, collecting all the scattered spiritual energy in his body.

[You have successfully broken through, opened the gate of the Upper Dantian, and condensed the Dantian in your body. Your strength has skyrocketed.]

"This is the Upper Dantian."

Seeing this scene, Shen Mo felt delighted.

Opening the Dantian meant that the breakthrough was successful.

But he didn't stop there. After preparing for a long time, he wouldn't be satisfied with a conventional foundation.

(End of this chapter)