Mysterious mirror hanging high

The Red Bearded Dragon said in a deep voice, "Xuan Jing, this first time, I, the old dragon, will show you the way. From now on, you can freely enter and exit Qianlongyuan with the Dragon Palace token. I will not delay your cultivation."

Jing Yu nodded and suddenly asked, "Fellow Daoist Chixu, do you know where Master Yuanji is now? I sent him a message a few days ago, but there was no response."

Chixu Longyan said, "Actually, I haven't seen Yuanji for a long time... He seems to have been spotted by a great figure in the [Lapis Lazuli Pure Land], one of the three great Buddhist lands of Futu Xianzhou. He is now concentrating his [Golden Body of Vow Power] in the [Shouguang Pagoda], a precious place of practice in the Liuli Treasure Temple."

"The ancient Buddhist cultivation method is quite different from the foundation-building alchemy method. When transforming into a spirit, one needs to use incense and vows to build a golden body, which is equivalent to the transformation of the Nascent Soul into the body of law in the foundation-building alchemy method."

"This process is much slower than that of Taoist monks. It can take as little as ten years or as long as several dozen. During this time, they have to block their perception. It's normal that they can't receive your message."

"So Master Yuanji will soon become a deity and Buddha?"

Jing Yu smiled and bowed, "Congratulations in advance, Master."

The Red Bearded Dragon said casually, "Of course... After he passes away and becomes a god, we'll have a good reunion..."

After the red-bearded dragon left, Jing Yu sank his body and dived into the depths of the dark dragon abyss like a fish.

As soon as I entered the abyss, I felt a sudden increase in pressure all over my body, as if a heavy burden was pressing down on me.

The water in the abyss was unusual, with a faint golden-green color. Every drop of water seemed to contain the ancient dragon's power, heavy as mercury, pressing people's bones and muscles to creak.

The four walls of Qianlongyuan are not rugged reefs, but layers of dragon-scale crystals, emitting a bright green light in the darkness.

Upon closer inspection, those crystals were actually engraved with dense dragon patterns and ancient seal characters, which seemed to record the dragon clan's secret body-building methods.

As the undercurrent surges in the abyss, the sound of dragon roars can be faintly heard, sometimes as low as thunder rolling through the abyss, and sometimes as clear as the collision of gold and jade, as if countless real dragon souls are chanting here for a long time.

The deeper you go, the stronger the dragon's power in the water becomes.

Suddenly, a strange vortex arose in the undercurrent, and countless golden and green light spots gathered like fireflies, condensing into a translucent dragon-shaped shadow at the bottom of the abyss.

The shadow raised its head and chanted loudly, then pounced towards Jing Yu.

The pressure in Qianlongyuan was constant, and the sea water here was as thick as mercury. Jing Yu's speed dropped sharply, but the dragon-shaped phantom was not affected. He couldn't dodge in time and was hit in the chest by the dragon-shaped phantom.

bang——

There was a muffled sound like the beating of a huge drum, and Jing Yu's clothes on his chest instantly exploded, revealing his skin with a golden and jade-like luster.

The moment the dragon shadow hit him, his muscles and bones made a clanging sound like the sound of metal clashing. The shock wave generated by the collision exploded a circle of circular water waves visible to the naked eye at the bottom of the abyss. Jing Yu took advantage of the momentum and leaned back. His body floated back more than ten feet like catkins along the momentum of the dragon shadow.

"What a domineering dragon might!"

A hint of sweetness rose in Jing Yu's throat, and he was secretly shocked. The impact had seemingly been neutralized by his gentle strength, but in reality, the true dragon aura contained within the dragon's shadow had already penetrated his internal organs. If Ku Du's precious body had not already reached the Golden Body realm, its dharma-body indestructible, his internal organs would have been shaken to the point of displacement.

Looking up, the shadow did not dissipate, but instead lingered in the vortex at the bottom of the abyss. Its dragon eyes were as sharp as torches, as if it was examining whether this intruder was qualified to endure the test of the dragon clan's secret realm of body forging.

"The difficulty of this [Hidden Dragon Abyss] is too high! No wonder no one wants to come even though the Inner Sea Dragon Clan has opened it."

Jing Yu exclaimed, "We've only just entered the abyss. If we go any deeper, who knows what will happen next?"

"what?"

However, Jing Yu soon discovered some miraculous changes taking place in his body.

The collision with the dragon-shaped shadow just now not only made his physical body a little more solid due to the heavy pressure, but also after the dragon's might and energy penetrated into his limbs and bones, it actually resonated with the [Dragon Bone Relic] in his Dantian, which increased the speed of refining the [Dragon Bone Relic] by more than twice!

"I never thought that the dragon's might and energy here would actually have a catalytic effect on refining the Dragon Bone Relics?" Jing Yu was delighted.

"In this way, the speed of body refining can be greatly accelerated, and it is expected that within two to three hundred years, the body refining realm can break through to the spirit transformation realm..."

In this way, Jing Yu simply settled down near the [Qianlongyuan]. Every time he entered the abyss to temper his body, he would not come up until he could no longer bear it. Every few months, he would leave the inner sea and go to the major sects in the world to learn from the experience of his predecessors and comprehend the power of the laws. His life was quite fulfilling.

In the blink of an eye, it was five years later.

The sky was shaking, and Jing Yu, dressed in a gray robe, appeared above the East China Sea. He looked down and couldn't help but smile.

Five years is enough time for a lot of changes. The original [Dragon Slaying Island] and [Turtle Subduing Island] no longer exist. A few years ago, Ye Xingyun and several friendly gods worked together to use their great magical powers to completely combine the Dragon Slaying Island, Turtle Subduing Island and the surrounding scattered islands together, and reorganized them into a giant island with an area no less than that of the [Yunchuan Region].

Renamed to [Tiansu Island].

Today, not only have several large immortal cities been newly built on Tianxu Island, but the number of resident cultivators has also skyrocketed by dozens of times, and almost all of them are independent cultivators who have come here because of its reputation.

At this time, the newly built Shenhua formation around Tianxu Island had already been fully opened. When the formation automatically recognized Jing Yu's spiritual aura, it opened a hole that was only wide enough for one person to pass through, allowing Jing Yu to pass through.

In the center of Tianxu Island, a solitary peak rises from the ground. The top of the peak is cut into a platform, and the surrounding area is engraved with ancient array patterns. Spiritual inspiration gathers here like a tide, forming a vortex of spiritual mist visible to the naked eye.

Lu Yingzhao sat cross-legged in the center of the formation, his eyes slightly closed. Fine arcs of electricity flowed through the purple thunder armor around his body. The armor pieces fit his body like dragon scales, and each piece emitted a cold purple light.

The ponytail tied high behind her head was blown by the strong wind, and occasionally a few strands of green, red and black light burst out from her hair, like wandering sword energy.

Even when she was sitting in meditation and regulating her breathing, she still exuded an overbearing aura of supremacy, as if even the inspiration of heaven and earth had to make way for her.

The most eye-catching thing is the three faint petal marks between her eyebrows——

Three flowers gather together!

These three petals are not still, but slowly rotate with her breathing, and each rotation causes the surrounding spiritual energy to tremble.

"call--"

Lu Yingzhao slowly exhaled a dragon-like breath, which condensed into a fist-like shadow in the air, shattering a reef a hundred feet away. She opened her eyes, and the three-colored divine light in her pupils flashed away, replaced by pure sharpness.

"The origin of the three flowers has been restored, and the spiritual energy has reached its peak..."

She looked down at her fists. The knuckles were long and the joints were distinct. They looked ordinary, but they had shattered the Nascent Soul Dharma image of a pseudo-god and tore apart the ghost magic power of the god level.

She raised her head and met Jing Yu's gaze. Lu Yingzhao raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said lightly:

"Xuan Jing, the path of dual cultivation of Dharma and body is very different from that of Nascent Soul Transformation. I will explain it to you one by one during the process of Transformation... Be sure to observe carefully, as this opportunity only comes once, after all..."

"There is no possibility that Lu will fail and try again after reaching the God level."