Outside the quiet room, stars gradually began to rise. After a while, Chu Zheng slowly opened his eyes and sighed deeply.


    What is the pinnacle? No further progress possible. He had reached the end of the Spirit Spring Realm and was within reach of entering the Dao.


    The time Chu Zheng spent cultivating the Immortal Path, strictly speaking, was just over half a year. With the boost from the Heavenly Star me and the continuous consumption of Spirit Pills, his advancement in cultivation was terrifyingly rapid.


    Entering the Dao in less than a year, this pace, even for a monster with a Superior Immortal Bone and a special Spiritual Body, was unmatched.


    At the peak of the Spirit Spring Realm, the next step was to prepare for entry into the Dao and to condense the Dao Foundation.


    This step was of utmost importance. As the saying goes, "A tall building rises from the ground." Entering the Dao is the foundation of bing an immortal.


    Building a threeyer Celestial Foundation is low-grade and can at most step into Soul Condensing, with no hope for the Divine Infant.


    Those who build a sixyer Celestial Foundation are considered mid-grade and can undergo the Nine Transformations of Divine Infant, with the possibility of reaching Tongxuan.


    Above the seventhyer is considered high-grade, possessing the qualifications to be an immortal.


    Constructing a Celestial Foundation doesn''t rely on external items, but the higher the grade of the Immortal Bone, the stronger the foundation. This is an undisputed fact.


    A Celestial Foundation constructed from a High-Quality Immortal Bone typically has sixyers, with a small portion exceeding sevenyers; those are the cream of the crop among High-Quality Immortal Bones.


    Those with poor talent can use Spiritual Objects to potentially enhance the quality of their Celestial Foundation, presenting an opportunity to change their fate.


    Even those with Lower Quality Immortal Bones, given sufficient support from Spiritual Objects, can hope to condense a Mid-Quality Celestial Foundation. There have been rare examples of this in the Cangyun Realm.


    In the Taixuan Divine Fire Scripture, constructing a Celestial Foundation has little to do with the grade of the internal Fire Seed, and depends more on the Immortal Bone.


    However, as cultivation grows deeper, the extraordinary nature of the Taixuan Divine Fire Scripture will gradually emerge; it can enhance an already established Celestial Foundation.


    In the Divine Infant Realm, refining Immortal mes offers a chance for transformation and the opportunity to push one''s Celestial Foundation to the eighthyer, which qualitatively assures True Immortal aptitude.


    However, this process involves many risks, as the Immortal me already contains a True Spirit.


    In the process of refining, if one is backfired upon by the Fire Seed, they will be burnt to ashes, which has happened to many.


    With the Five Elements Shaping Pill avable, at least until reaching the Golden Core, Chu Zheng does not need to spend too much effort on Qi refining; he can continue his cultivation as nned. Stay connected with m|vl|e|mp|y|r


    The most pressing matter now facing Chu Zheng is to prepare for the condensation of his Celestial Foundation.


    He possesses no Immortal Bone. ording to orthodox Immortal Path cultivation, he simply should not be able to cultivate immortality, so whether he can condense a Celestial Foundation ispletely unknown.


    Chu Zheng unfolded the Taixuan Divine Fire Scripture and after observing it back and forth in his mind for a long while, a sh of inspiration suddenly crossed his mind, bringing forth an extremely audacious idea.


    His current rate of cultivation was all thanks to the Heavenly Star me. If he wanted to further elerate his cultivation on the Immortal Path, he would have to switch Fire Seeds.


    Fire Seeds cannot coexist; if one wishes to refine a new Fire Seed, in addition to stripping away the existing one, it means overpowering the weaker with the stronger, and the grade of the Fire Seed does not change because of this.


    Just as a Divine Infant Cultivator consuming first or second order elixirs, no matter how many are consumed, they only add impurities to the body and barely increase cultivation.


    What Chu Zheng wanted to try was to merge these Divine Fire Seeds by consolidating them with Samadhi True Fire, seeking a transformation.


    Samadhi converges to be fire, and disperses to be Qi; fundamentally, it''s not the same thing as a Seed of Divine Fire, but perhaps there is something worthwhile in the method of merging.


    With Chu Zheng''s current perspective, trying to adjust aplete Immortal Ascension Method was indeed a bit too demanding; he could only make some attempts.


    Cultivating various paths and learning from analogous disciplines is the right way. Chu Zheng seeks a result where one plus one is far greater than two.


    Constantly devouring Fire Seeds and merging them is not impossible.


    Contemting for a moment, Chu Zheng stood up and walked out of the quiet room.


    He nced at the Scripture Pavilion, quickly withdrawing his gaze.


    More than ten days ago, that pavilion had already lost its allure to him, as he had exhausted its useful information.


    The rest was mostly dross, like some emperor of a certain dynasty favoring someone or the various verbal skirmishes among officials at court meetings—such meaningless historical records were hardly worth mentioning.


    In another ordinary world without the intervention of supernatural powers, Chu Zheng might have been interested in the historical evolution of the Great Zhou.


    He might even have sought to verify how many concubines the former emperors of the Great Zhou had and how these concubines had been involved in overt and covert struggles due to factional conflicts in the court.


    But now, these matters no longer attracted Chu Zheng''s interest.


    For one thing, under the influence of supernatural powers, not much had changed between the Great Zhou and its predecessor dynasties.


    From the structure of the entire dynasty, for ordinary mortals, there was always a pathway to rise, but it was limited to the secr world, bing a Martial Path Grandmaster or pursuing a bureaucratic career to a position of high authority, that was the pinnacle.


    For a dynasty, in the event of continuously extending lifespans, over a thousand years, for Chu Zheng as of now, could no longer be called ancient history.


    The lifespan of someone in the Jade Bone Realm had exceeded a thousand years, and the changes brought about by this prolongation of lifespan were far from as simple as they seemed on the surface.


    At this moment, standing within the Great Zhou Imperial Pce, through these ancient books in the Scripture Pavilion, Chu Zheng, at a nce, had already seen the secrets from the birth of Great Zhou beingpletely unearthed.


    A dynasty without a long lifespan, for Chu Zheng, was gradually losing its allure, much like a tasteless dish.


    Time seemed extended in his eyes, yet history was gradually shortening.


    After a soft sigh, Chu Zheng employed the Invisibility Technique, transforming into a breeze, drifting towards another corner within the pce.


    This ce was the imperial treasury, storing the most precious treasures of Great Zhou.


    Previously, Chu Zheng had little interest in this ce, but Zhao Liangguang''s storage bag changed his mind; there might be many cultivation resources here.


    The security of the treasury was not very strict, only because that cultivator in the Entry Path Realm was cultivating not far away, able to sense even the slightest rustling of grass in an instant.


    However, he clearly had not noticed Chu Zheng''s presence, cultivating earnestly, not even dispersing his Divine Sense.


    Chu Zheng silently passed through the treasury''s main gate, and upon seeing the inside of the treasury, he nced around once, then began to transfer everything into his Small World, collecting everything indiscriminately.


    Before leaving, he wrote a promissory note, then released Zhao Liangguang after applying certain measures to make sure he would sleep for a few days, long enough for him to get far away.


    ...


    ...


    When Zhao Liangguang awoke, the storage bag at his side was already empty, with the Spirit Stones, Elixirs, and Magic Artifacts all having vanished.


    Within the Imperial Treasury as well, it was utterly empty, having beenpletely plundered.


    In a corner next to the treasury''s door, a note was stuck.


    [Consider it borrowed; when free, go to Taixuan Holy Land and mention my name; my name is Chu Zheng.]


    "Taixuan Holy Land... Chu Zheng..."


    Seeing these words, Zhao Liangguang''s scalp tingled, having long received news of the majormotion outside.


    No matter how deste Taixuan Holy Land was, it still remained a holy ce, there was no way he could dare to demand those items back.


    After pondering for a moment, Zhao Liangguang decided to temporarily withhold the information regarding Chu Zheng.


    Great Zhou held too many secrets, attracting that much attention was not ideal.


    ...


    ...


    Although Zhao Liangguang did not n to escte matters, but within just a few days, the news of Chu Zheng appearing in Great Zhou had already spread uncontrobly.


    Even if the surrounding nations had been turned upside down, not a single Soul Condensing Monk dared to step into Great Zhou.


    The more powerful the sect, the more they dreaded Great Zhou.


    After all, the sky above was still ruled by the Zhao''s.


    They say the heavens are utterly impartial, but as long as there are humans, true fairness is impossible, as it goes against human nature.


    But now, the situation had changed.


    The confirmed news of Chu Zheng''s appearance forced them to set foot on thisnd.


    ...


    ...


    The news about his own appearance in Great Zhou, naturally, was released by Chu Zheng himself, aiming to stir the waters to facilitate his own movements.


    When a host of geniuses from the Hidden Dragon List flocked towards the Great Zhou Dynasty, Chu Zheng had already stealthily returned, making his way back to Giant Marsh.


    He nned to pass through this area and continue exploring eastwards, seeking Spiritual Objects that could elevate the quality of his Celestial Foundation.


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