Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Half a month later, at the No. 3 Immortal City stronghold, inside a camp.

"call!"

Zhou Ling opened his eyes, exhaled, and his gaze became bright and piercing.

After half a month of recuperation, his cultivation has now fully recovered.

He then moved his hand, and a skeleton appeared, standing a full ten feet tall, exuding a terrifying aura.

It is so striking that it sends shivers down one's spine.

It was the skeleton of the Soul-Devouring Beast.

"The skeleton contains a soul flame of considerable quality."

Zhou Ling gazed at the skeleton, preparing to extract and fuse the soul flame within.

Under his [Intermediate Observation], he could see that this soul flame was extremely troublesome.

After absorbing the Soul Devouring Beast's demon soul, its grade has reached the fourth-tier top-grade. Fusing it with the demon soul will not be so easy.

If one can fuse with it, it will greatly enhance one's soul.

At the same time, a single soul flame is also quite powerful.

"Azure Lotus Spirit Flame!"

With a flick of his hand, Zhou Ling unleashed a surge of azure light, followed by a burst of intense azure flames that formed a lotus-like flame, with ripples of azure flame spreading outwards.

"melt!"

With a flick of his finger, Zhou Ling unleashed a surge of Azure Lotus Spirit Flame, enveloping the bones of the Soul-Devouring Beast.

The soul flame within must be refined.

After all, the Soul Flame also contains the demonic soul of the Soul-Devouring Beast.

Zhou Ling was still unable to integrate it into his sea of ​​consciousness.

Meanwhile, the spiritual flames, such as the Blazing Sun Flame, were brimming with energy.

It is not suitable for fusing this soul flame.

If not controlled properly, it can easily damage the Soul Flame.

"Hoohoo!"

As the skeleton was continuously burned by the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame, a phantom of a monster that looked like a monkey emerged from within the skeleton, roaring incessantly.

And a gray flame rose up as a result.

A series of piercing sounds pierced through the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame and resounded in Zhou Ling's sea of ​​consciousness.

This is an attack launched by the Soul-Devouring Beast's demonic soul.

With Zhou Ling's current spiritual cultivation, even if the Soul-Devouring Beast were to fully recover, it might not be a match for him.

Besides, now only a demon soul remains.

However, since the demonic soul is fused with the soul flame, dealing with it is not so easy.

As the divine soul dharma form condensed, the divine soul attacks that had entered Zhou Ling's sea of ​​consciousness all collapsed with a roar.

However, Zhou Ling did not use his divine soul avatar to attack the demon soul.

After all, when a demon soul merges with a soul flame, the dissipation of the demon soul can easily damage the soul flame.

Therefore, by using the gentle spiritual flames of the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame, the demon soul was slowly burned away.

Like boiling a frog in lukewarm water.

Finally, this demonic soul completely merged into the Soul Flame, even enhancing the power of the Soul Flame.

Therefore, Zhou Ling simply condensed the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame to continue burning the demon soul.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

The Azure Lotus Spirit Flame is like a constantly blooming azure lotus, continuously refining the demon soul and the soul flame.

The phantom of the demonic soul continued to shrink.

Strands of soul power merged into the gray flame.

This made the gray flames appear even more mysterious and intense.

[You are suppressing the Soul Flame. Demonic Beast Pressure +1, Soul Flame Soul Imprint +3]

During this process, system prompts kept ringing out.

Zhou Ling looked surprised, not expecting that Soul Flame could trigger [Beast Pressure] to assist in fusing the demon soul during the process of fusing the demon soul.

With this soul imprint, the demon soul will have its own divine soul mark, making the subsequent fusion with the soul flame much easier.

Zhou Ling focused intently, concentrating his divine sense to manipulate the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame, refining the demon soul while suppressing the soul flame.

It's unclear how much time passed, but the Soul-Devouring Beast's demonic soul completely merged into the Soul Flame.

The Soul Flame noticeably increased in size, its gray flames blazing brightly and dazzlingly, brimming with abundant divine soul power.

Zhou Ling only glanced at it, but he felt a strong suction force within it, as if it wanted to pull his soul into it.

"This is the Soul Flame!"

Looking at the gray spiritual flame before him, Zhou Ling licked his dry lips, a look of joy on his face.

He was also full of anticipation for the power of this soul flame.

As for the method of fusing Soul Flames, he already knew it under the [Intermediate Analysis].

Thinking back to the considerable impact the divine soul dharma form condensed after taking the Soul Cleansing Pill had on the camp last time.

Zhou Ling also waved his hand, setting up an even stronger barrier.

Then, with a thought, Zhou Ling caused a golden soul light to shine, and the Golden Lotus Soul Form condensed, enveloping the Soul Flame before returning to his sea of ​​consciousness.

"Buzz buzz buzz!"

The soul flames enveloped by the golden lotus soul image suddenly surged violently, transforming into a blazing gray flame that tried to break through the golden lotus soul image.

Instantly, the gray flames illuminated Zhou Ling's sea of ​​consciousness, filling it with gray light.

Zhou Ling continued to gather his soul power, reinforcing the Golden Lotus Soul Image and accelerating the refining of the Soul Flame.

"boom!"

The Soul Flame was like a gray sun, its gray light spreading across Zhou Ling's sea of ​​consciousness, causing his soul to feel a burning pain.

Having already fused with five spirit flames, Zhou Ling knew this was an unavoidable situation during the fusion process.

Of course, if he cannot withstand such a counterattack of soul flames, then his soul will, like that demonic soul, eventually become nourishment for the soul flames to grow stronger.

[You are fusing with Soul Flame, your resilience increases by 1, Soul Flame fusion progress increases by 20]

At this moment, the talent "The More Setbacks, the Stronger You Become" was unleashed.

In an instant, a surge of golden spiritual light erupted in Zhou Ling's sea of ​​consciousness, enveloping the gray light.

"Hoohoo!"

Before long, golden runes condensed within the gray soul flames, shimmering with golden light, mysterious and unfathomable.

Zhou Ling could feel that this soul flame had become much more intimate with him.

The wisps of intense soul power on it flowed into its own divine soul dharma form.

This caused a mysterious aura to permeate his entire sea of ​​consciousness.

His three divine soul avatars continued to grow larger during this process.

The Golden Lotus Dharma Form could originally only condense two Golden Lotus Soul Seeds, but now it has reached three.

This means that when Zhou Ling uses the Golden Lotus Dharma Form, his divine soul can be amplified threefold.

Not only the Golden Lotus Dharma Image, but the other two Divine Soul Dharma Images also saw a significant increase.

"Boom boom boom!"

Zhou Ling sat cross-legged in meditation, rapidly circulating the Three Pure Creation Technique within his body, his sea of ​​consciousness gleaming with golden light.

The power of the soul surged forth like a mighty river, vast and boundless.

The three divine soul emanations shone with golden light, displaying unparalleled mystique.

"I didn't expect that fusing with this soul flame would also significantly improve my soul."

"It's just that my spiritual cultivation only recently reached the mid-Nascent Soul stage."

"This improvement is still not enough to break through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm."

Feeling the changes in his soul within his sea of ​​consciousness, Zhou Ling was overjoyed.

Not only did his spiritual cultivation improve, but his spiritual soul and spiritual dharma form also became more refined.

This means that his soul attack will be even more powerful.

Although he is now at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, the Three Pure Creation Technique itself provides amplification and enhancement.

Given the current situation, the effect of the increase will be enhanced.

"If I were to unleash my Divine Soul Dharma Avatar attack now, I estimate that dealing with a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator wouldn't be difficult at all."

Feeling the power of the divine soul avatar, Zhou Ling felt it was better than ever before.

At that moment, with the slightest thought, his soul was able to sense the situation three hundred feet away within the evil mist.

Moreover, it is extremely clear.

It should be noted that it was only with the help of [Intermediate Observation] that I was able to see so far.

Currently, it is only at the level of spiritual cultivation.

That's how it can be done.

"Hoohoo!"

With a thought, Zhou Ling's hand flashed with gray flames. Soul Flame appeared in his hand.

"It possesses the attributes of devouring, purifying, and defending."

Zhou Ling's face lit up with joy as he sensed the state of the Soul Flame.

The Devouring attribute allows it to devour other divine souls and increase its own size.

Purification can dispel some strange and evil spirit domains.

Defense, on the other hand, is the ability to protect one's consciousness at all times.

Zhou Ling was extremely satisfied with the three attributes of Soul Flame.

At the same time, I also felt a bit of luck.

You should know that this soul flame is a top-grade fourth-tier soul flame.

Even with the help of the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame, it's not easy to fuse them smoothly.

After all, he was only at the late stage of the Golden Core realm.

Back then, when he fused five spiritual flames, the highest one he could create was Earth Spirit Fire, a second-tier high-grade flame.

A fourth-order spiritual flame, which could self-destruct at any moment.

Let's go down in flames.

Fortunately, during the process of this soul flame fusing with the demon soul, it also incorporated Zhou Ling's divine soul imprint.

Therefore, he became somewhat more friendly with Zhou Ling, which prevented him from self-destructing.

Finally, Zhou Ling used the "The More Setbacks, the Stronger You Become" technique to completely integrate it.

"With such a powerful divine soul and soul flame, we now have a powerful trump card to deal with the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan."

Zhou Ling's face showed excitement, and he thought to himself.

Although he killed the fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan leader last time, he used three spiritual flames to condense a defensive circle.

Only with the full force of its divine soul and dharma form in defense could it block the opponent's golden eye divine soul attack.

Now, with this Soul Flame, combined with the defense of the Soul Flame and the Divine Soul Dharma Image, Zhou Ling believed it would be enough to block the Golden Eye Divine Soul attack from last time.

This undoubtedly gave him a significant advantage in dealing with the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan in the future.

After all, the soul attacks of the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan are virtually impossible to defend against; with the slightest thought, countless golden eyes will sprout in one's sea of ​​consciousness.

Those with weaker spiritual cultivation have their spiritual souls directly transformed into nourishment for the Blood Eye.

Then, a thought flashed through his mind, and he put the Soul-Devouring Flame into his sea of ​​consciousness.

"In the past two weeks, no Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan members have come knocking on our door."

"The Immortal City stronghold is relatively safe."

"However, it's almost time to head to Cloud Sea Immortal City."

Zhou Ling pondered this in his heart.

With half a unit remaining, the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan army will attack Cloud Sea Immortal City.

He planned to return to Yunhai Immortal City first.

After all, the spiritual energy concentration in Cloud Sea Immortal City is much higher than here, making cultivation more effective.

Of course, he had plenty of pills, so this didn't have a big impact.

The main consideration is still Qi Jianzhi and Feng Lan.

Then, he got up and left the tent.

"Feng Lan, collect the Azure Lotus Sword Formation. We're preparing to return to Cloud Sea Immortal City."

Stepping out of the tent, Zhou Ling transmitted his voice to Feng Lan.

The Immortal City stronghold has now reached a radius of fifty li, which is not small in scale.

The original hundred or so cultivators were far from enough.

Fortunately, Yunhai Immortal City subsequently dispatched two more groups of cultivators.

There are more than three hundred cultivators here.

It will continue to expand until it is developed into a celestial city.

Of course, these things have little to do with Zhou Ling.

After all, this was just a trial for him.

The trial period is now halfway over.

After completing the trial, they will leave the Youyun Starfield and return to their respective grottoes to continue their cultivation.

"Boss, we're heading back to Cloud Sea Immortal City!"

Seeing Feng Lan retract the sword formation, Qi Jianzhi walked over and asked Zhou Ling.

"Okay, go and inform the others that we'll head to Cloud Sea Immortal City this afternoon."

Zhou Ling nodded and said.

"Yes, boss."

Qi Jianzhi nodded.

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In the Cloud Sea Immortal City, there is a secluded little courtyard.

A tall figure dressed in a black robe entered the courtyard.

"Greetings, Elder."

The tall figure followed another figure in black robes in the courtyard and bowed.

"Any news?"

The figure in black robes asked a question, his voice hoarse and grating.

"I just received news that Zhou Ling will return to Cloud Sea Immortal City in the next two days to participate in the upcoming great battle against the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan."

The tall figure replied to the other party with utmost respect.

"Oh, this is a good opportunity to make a move."

The figure in black robes nodded, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

He was none other than Liu Zhengjia, whom the Dao Alliance had been searching for.

Knowing that Zhou Ling had come to the Youyun Star Region for trials, he also used many means to get to the Youyun Star Region.

I have been lying in wait in the Cloud Sea Immortal City for this period of time.

Waiting for an opportunity to strike against Zhou Ling.

He had previously visited the Stone Rock Wasteland Star outpost.

However, Zhou Ling remained inside the stronghold and never went out.

This left him with no opportunity.

After all, the stronghold has a level 5 defensive array. If he were to launch a direct attack, the cost would be too high, and he would be easily exposed.

After all, the leaders stationed in the stronghold all have ways to contact Cloud Sea Immortal City.

If he fails to break through and his identity is exposed, he will inevitably be hunted down by the cultivators of Yunhai Immortal City.

Especially City Lord Chen, who is already at the Refinement of Emptiness realm. Once he senses your aura, there's no way you can escape.

In the Youyun Starfield, if he wanted to teleport back to other celestial realms, he could only do so through the teleportation array of the Immortal City.

Therefore, he dared not launch an attack on the Immortal City stronghold rashly.

Even after lurking in the evil mist for a month, he couldn't withstand its corruption and had to return to Cloud Sea Immortal City first.

Wait for other opportunities.

Now, Zhou Ling is finally leaving the Immortal City stronghold.

"Elder, this kid's performance in this trial was extremely outstanding. He not only refined a brand-new type of aura-absorbing stone, but also killed a fifth-order golden-eyed spirit race leader."

"He is now highly respected in Cloud Sea Immortal City. If we were to make a move against him, we would have to kill him in one blow."

"Otherwise, it would be better to leak this information to the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan."

“Zhou Ling killed Jin Gu, and the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan already hates him intensely and will definitely do everything in their power to intercept and kill him.”

The tall figure spoke cautiously to Liu Zhengjia again.

Liu Zhengjia hesitated for a moment; this was undoubtedly an extremely safe opportunity.

But he still shook his head and said in a deep voice, "These alien races are unreliable. This opportunity is rare, so I will take matters into my own hands."

He remembered that he had leaked Zhou Ling's information because he believed that the alien race in the Star Sea would definitely be able to intercept and kill him.

Unexpectedly, the alien races in the Star Sea collapsed completely.

A fifth-tier clansman was killed by Zhou Ling instead.

This has led to him being treated like a rat in the street by everyone in the Dao Alliance.

It even implicated the entire Liu family and the Zixiao Sect.

So this time, no matter what, he's going to do it himself.

Make sure to be foolproof.

Upon hearing this, the tall figure paused for a moment, but did not say anything more.

After all, Liu Zhengjia was a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator who cultivated lightning attributes, making him incredibly powerful.

Personally dealing with a junior in the late Golden Core stage would definitely not be a problem. (End of Chapter)