Sixteen days later, in a deep mountain somewhere.
"Roar!!"
An extremely tiger-like low roar came out from a very hard to notice pit hole, and inside the pit hole, a white cat was slowly stretching its body.
"The feeling of getting rid of all the injuries is really comfortable!"
Looking at Duke by his side, joy was also revealed in his eyes.
It had been sixteen days since he ambushed and killed the bear. After killing the bear, Duke commanded Xiaoha to find an abandoned nest of some unknown beast to live in.
They had lived there for sixteen days.
Sixty-eight pieces of bear blood and flesh pills were refined, and since this nest was close to a water vein, Duke also took Shisan to the waterside to collect some river water and made a few clear water pills.
After making the clear water pills, Duke and Shisan had been living a simple life, always hiding in this pit hole.
Eat and drink enough then sleep, wake up and refine some books into pills to pass time.
In this pig-like life, with Duke's generosity in eating and drinking, Xiaoha grew another size. At the same time, Duke's injuries were completely healed.
It was just that neither of them had taken a bath for half a month, not to mention their fur was dirty, it was also covered with a layer of dust.
But Duke didn't care about these trivial matters at all. It was hard to finally recover from his injuries, so he didn't care about these details.
"Roar!!"
Seeing that Duke's injuries had healed, Shisan couldn't help but pounce on the cat from behind and gave Duke a good lick.
Duke let the dog do whatever he wanted, but this silly dog was getting more and more presumptuous, which made Duke give him a slap to calm him down.
"After the injury is healed, it's time to consider breaking through!"
Duke lay on the bear skin, his mind sank into the Black Cauldron space. Inside the Black Cauldron space, the pills used for cultivation were still placed in it.
This Black Cauldron space seemed to have the effect of stabilizing the potency and preventing the loss of efficacy.
These pills had been placed in the space for more than half a month, and the potency was still abundant.
After looking over the pills, Duke's eyes fell on a jade box.
The jade box contained the Primordial Core Realm Breakthrough Pill that allowed those who had achieved Great Perfection in Fleshly Body Realm to break through to the extreme and attain the Water and Fire Immortal Garment achievement when swallowed.
As for the essentials and key points of taking the Extreme Realm Pill, the maid had told him many times.
According to the maid, impacting the Water and Fire Immortal Garment required the cultivation base at the Great Perfection of Fleshly Body Realm, and no progress in the Primordial Core Realm. Otherwise, it would have very dangerous consequences.
There were only nine Primordial Core Realm Breakthrough Pills that could be taken in one's life for breaking through the realm. No more than that.
Either break through the realm with nine pills, or completely miss the martial achievement of Water and Fire Immortal Garment.
In addition, the maid specifically told Duke that there would be Nirvana during the process of completing the Water and Fire Immortal Garment.
In fact, Nirvana occurs in every one of the four major achievements.
Only by persevering through Nirvana and extending the Nirvana time for the longest can the effect of the Water and Fire Immortal Garment be the strongest.
Although the Water and Fire Immortal Garment is known for being immune to fire and water, impervious to knives and guns, in fact, people are different, so the strength of this Water and Fire Immortal Garment is also different.
And this difference lies in the appearance of Nirvana. The longer one persists through Nirvana, the more benefits one gets.
After sorting out what the maid said to him in his mind, Duke took a deep breath.
Next, all his major efforts would be focused on cultivating the Water and Fire Immortal Garment.
As for finding the maid and reuniting with her, there was no hurry for that matter.
A cat without strength by his side would always feel restless.
And moreover, pursuing strength has always been his first goal.
"My vital essence is a little deficient now, I must adjust my state to optimal before I can continue."
With this thought, Duke also took out a Qi and Blood Replenishing Pill from the Black Cauldron space and stuffed it into his mouth. As for the double-refined Qi and Blood Replenishing Pill, the potency was too violent, which would be counterproductive for him who had just recovered from serious injuries.
With the Qi and Blood Replenishing Pill entering his stomach, Duke immediately assumed the stance to stand like a stake to practice.
Seeing Duke starting to stand like a stake, Shisan, who was bored, yawned lazily, lying on the bear skin, silently watching Duke practicing.
Time quickly came to dusk, and as Duke let out a low tiger roar in his throat, he also shook his body.
"An ancient book often said that there must be destruction before construction. After being injured once, I feel that there is still room for further improvement within the Fleshly Body Realm."
"Since this is the case, I will first impact the Fleshly Body Realm to its limit. In this way, impacting the Water and Fire Immortal Garment will be much more secure."
With this thought, Duke also gave up the idea of resting and continued to swallow Qi and Blood Replenishing Pills to continue standing like a stake, pushing himself to his limit.
Soon, it was midnight.
Duke had already practiced for nearly five hours. Without continuing to practice, Duke walked out of his hiding pit and came outside.
This pit was on the side of the only small hill near the pit. There were branches and dead vines of bushes covering it so that the entrance of the pit could not be seen without looking closely.
Standing at the entrance of the pit, amidst the howling cold wind, Duke subconsciously looked up at the moon in the sky.
At this moment, the moon was close to full moon. Apparently, the full moon was about to come again.
"The full moon is about to come again soon. It's time again to collect moonlight and refine pills," Duke thought to himself with a slight sigh. Time passed so fast that a month had gone by.
He recalled that a month ago, he was still eating and drinking without worry in the pavilions, but now he was living in the deep mountains, advancing cautiously and carefully at every step.
"Life ah!"
Duke suddenly understood the meaning of the state of mind that he heard Su Xiuwu talk about before, but what he should pay attention to at the moment was still the upcoming cultivation of the Water and Fire Immortal Garment.
"It looks like I still have to put the Water and Fire Immortal Garment on hold for a while. First wait until the full moon night to collect moon essence and refine pills. That is the most important thing."
"In addition, before starting the cultivation of the Water and Fire Immortal Garment, I still need to continue refining Sun Essence Pills. Although I still don't know what effects these two pills have, just keep taking them will get things done anyway."
"After all, there are no side effects."
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In the hinterland of Yunzhou, on a certain high mountain.
The pavilions were built along the mountain with orderly layout.
In one of the pavilions halfway up the mountain, a petite jade-carved girl was annoyed, resting her cheeks on her hands while looking at the bright moon outside the window.
"Miss, it's time to rest," said Yun Shan with a dangling sleeve as she approached Su Qiluo, missing an arm and looking thinner. Su Qiluo silently nodded while looking at Yun Shan.
"Miss, are you thinking about the general again?" Seeing Su Qiluo's worries, Yun Shan couldn't help asking.
"Aunt Yun Shan, do you know where the general is now?"
"Miss, the general is the divine general sent by heaven to protect you. He must be looking for you somewhere right now!"
"Or perhaps, the general has already returned to the Su Family!"
"But..." Su Qiluo wanted to speak again, but only sighed, "I hope so!"
"Alright, miss, time to rest!"
"Well, aunt Yun Shan, you should rest early too!"
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
and couldn't return to the real world. Finally, I gave up and decided to go with the flow, only to discover that writing a diary could make me stronger. Since no one could read it, Su Luo wrote freely, daring to pen anything and everything. Female Lead #1: "Not bad. This diary helped me steal all the protagonist's opportunities. I just want to get stronger." Female Lead #2: "I don’t care about reaching the peak of the cultivation world. Right now, I just want to enjoy the chaos." Female Lead #3: "What? Everyone around me is a spy? I’m the Joker Demon Lord?" ... It’s so strange. Why is the plot completely off track, yet the ending remains the same? Are you all just messing with me?!
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
