Immortal Blood and Flesh

It shed the sickening stench of blood and rot from the Blood Demon Fetus. Under the extreme purification of the Great Sun True Fire, only the purest essence of life remained. It floated there quietly, with golden magma seemingly flowing slowly inside it. Every flicker of its light was like the powerful beating of a heart.

Thump, thump, thump.

The dull yet powerful rhythmic sound actually caused the surrounding spiritual energy to produce ripples visible to the naked eye.

Earth-Rank Foundation Establishment Spiritual Item: Myriad Spirit Blood Amber

Ranked 83rd on the Earth Ranking of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Items.

Origin: Gathers the living souls and vital blood of ten thousand people, nurtured into a fetus through demonic secret arts, and then cleansed of all resentment and impurities by ultimate yang true fire. It can only be born when extreme yin turns into yang.

Efficacy: Contains majestic and immaculate life essence. Can forge a Qi and Blood Dao Platform, which not only vastly improves physical strength but also grants powerful self-healing abilities.

Gu Yang was somewhat shocked in his heart.

This...

Is this the Foundation Establishment spiritual item reward mentioned at the very beginning?

Myriad Spirit Blood Amber...

Lin Zhennan exhausted his schemes and sacrificed his entire clan, only to do all the hard work for my benefit in the end.

Besides this spiritual item, there was one other thing.

The Nine Nether Soul-Locking Flame, which had now been scattered and lost its host.

It was like a swarm of blue worker bees that had lost their queen, darting aimlessly in the air. Yet, due to the extreme yang aura radiating from Gu Yang, it dared not flee, only emitting extremely faint sizzling sounds that resembled the weeping of ghosts.

So this is... the thing everyone was fighting tooth and nail for.

Gu Yang's eyes were indifferent. Without the slightest hesitation, he raised his hand and beckoned.

The cluster of ghostly blue fire attempting to escape was instantly engulfed by the Great Sun True Fire surging from his palm.

Screech!!

A shrill and miserable scream seemed to echo in the void.

Domineering! Unreasonable!

The Great Sun True Fire was like a tyrant patrolling its territory. It did not give the Nine Nether Soul-Locking Flame any chance to fuse or resist, directly tearing it apart, devouring it, and assimilating it.

Within Gu Yang's dantian, the Five-Color Lotus Platform shook violently.

Black flames wrapped around a golden core, like gods and demons dancing together.

Afterward, Gu Yang did not hesitate at all. He opened his mouth and inhaled.

The still-beating Myriad Spirit Blood Amber fell directly into his mouth like a ripe cherry.

It melted the moment it entered.

Immediately following was a scalding and metallic sweetness that made one's scalp tingle.

It was not a mundane scent of blood, but a torrent of energy that concentrated the life essence of thousands upon thousands of beings, something close to the Dao itself.

Boom!

Gu Yang's body jolted violently, his skin instantly turning bright red like a cooked prawn.

Berserk qi and blood power exploded within his body, like an immemorial savage dragon rampaging through his narrow meridians, trying to find an outlet to vent.

Pain!

A severe pain ten times worse than when he forged the Yin-Yang Glazed Platform!

This time, it was not his meridians that shattered, but his bones and flesh.

Crack, crack...

The bones all over Gu Yang's body let out teeth-aching crisp sounds. That was the sound of them being forcefully crushed by the berserk qi and blood, only to be instantly reconstructed under the terrifying vitality of the Myriad Spirit Blood Amber.

Destruction and rebirth alternated thousands of times with every breath.

Chaos Lotus Platform, protect my true body!

Gu Yang gritted his teeth and let out a low roar.

Buzz!

Inside his dantian, that five-color foundation rumbled and spun.

A grayish phantom of a lotus flower, exuding an aura of primal chaos, materialized out of thin air.

However, this lotus flower did not bloom. Instead, it took the form of a bud ready to burst, tightly enveloping Gu Yang's entire person in its center.

The monstrous blood fiend aura from the outside and the toxic fire erupting from underground were all completely isolated.

The interior of the lotus platform formed its own independent realm.

In this absolutely safe, enclosed space, Gu Yang finally stopped suppressing the two forces slaughtering each other within his body.

Refine for me!

The Great Sun Heaven-Incinerating Scripture circulated madly.

The recently devoured Nine Nether Soul-Locking Flame was now as docile as a bullied little wife, forcefully pinned to the bottom of the dantian by the domineering Great Sun True Fire, turning into the purest yin fire fuel.

Meanwhile, under the high-intensity pressure, the Myriad Spirit Blood Amber turned into golden blood as viscous as mercury, madly washing over Gu Yang's limbs and bones.

Every inch of muscle fiber was torn apart, and upon restructuring, it would shimmer with a faint golden glow.

Every bone was pulverized, and upon regeneration, it became as indestructible as divine iron.

This was a leap in the essence of life.

This was the crossing from a mortal body to a treasure body.

Time became blurred amidst the pain.

An unknown amount of time passed.

The sea of qi within Gu Yang's dantian had now transformed into a vast golden ocean.

Above that crystal-clear second layer, the Yin-Yang Glazed Platform, countless patterns of blood qi began to intertwine and solidify.

That was the cry of myriad spirits, the anthem of life.

Rumble—

Like a surging great river, silencing ten thousand horses.

A lotus platform, completely crimson and seemingly carved from the highest grade of blood jade, resoundingly took shape!

This was Gu Yang's third-layer Dao platform—the Crimson Blood Imperishable Platform!

If the first layer was the foundation and the second layer was spiritual power, then this layer represented physique and vitality.

Phew...

Gu Yang suddenly opened his eyes.

A seemingly tangible bloody light shot out from his eyes, actually striking two ripples into the void before him.

The Chaos Lotus Platform slowly dissipated.

Gu Yang slowly stood up.

At this moment, although his outward appearance remained that of a gray-robed rogue cultivator, his inner self had undergone an earth-shattering transformation.

He slightly clenched his fist.

Crackle, pop.

The air was crushed in his palm, emitting a series of crisp sounds like firecrackers.

Without needing to use the slightest bit of spiritual power, relying solely on his physical strength, he could now blow up an early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator with a single punch!

Looking inward at his dantian.

Three layers of Dao platforms were stacked.

The Five-Color Lotus Platform was the base, the Yin-Yang Glazed Platform was the trunk, and the Crimson Blood Imperishable Platform was the peak.

The total amount of liquid dharma power in his body skyrocketed once again!

A full forty thousand wisps!

An ordinary peak Foundation Establishment cultivator would only have 40,000 wisps of dharma power.

Yet he, who was only at the third level of Foundation Establishment, already possessed dharma power several times that of his peers!

This was clearly raising a humanoid ferocious beast within his body!

Gu Yang raised his right hand, condensing a wind blade at the tip of his index finger.

Without any hesitation, he slashed down viciously at the back of his left hand.

Snikt.

The wind blade, capable of slicing through gold and severing jade, unexpectedly only left a white mark on his skin.

Gu Yang frowned slightly and increased his strength.

Finally, the skin broke open, deep enough to see the bone.

However, in the very next second after the wound appeared.

The flesh and blood at the wound seemed to have a mind of their own, as countless granulations madly squirmed and intertwined.

In just a single breath.

The wound healed without leaving even a trace of a scar, the skin as smooth and clean as before.

This was the passive divine ability that came with the Crimson Blood Imperishable Platform—Imperishable Blood Body (Initial Stage).

As long as his head or heart wasn't instantly blown to pieces, any physical injury could heal itself in an extremely short amount of time.

This was his true trump card.

In the cultivation world, being able to fight was nothing; being able to survive was the absolute truth.

Ding!

Successfully devoured the Nine Nether Soul-Locking Flame (Incomplete)

Proficiency of the Great Sun Heaven-Incinerating Scripture has increased!

The Great Sun True Fire's 'Soul Scorch' special effect has upgraded.

Soul Scorch: The Great Sun True Fire will carry true soul damage. For those burned by the true fire, their physical bodies may not be destroyed, but their divine souls will collapse first. Deals extra damage to ghost cultivators, soul bodies, and body-snatchers.