Practice begins with immortality

In an underwater cave somewhere in the South China Sea.

"Xiao boy, something terrible has happened!" Tian Xuanzi said to Xiao Miao in his mind.

Hearing this, Xiao Miao immediately ended his cultivation. Over forty years later, Xiao Miao's cultivation had reached the peak of the late Jindan stage, nearly reaching the perfection of the Jindan stage.

At the same time, he has the meaning of yin and yang, which is the embodiment of the yin and yang spirit body.

Although he fell to the early stage of Golden Core due to the acquired condensation of Yin and Yang Spirit Body, his cultivation speed was more than twice as fast after he had the Yin and Yang Spirit Body, and his mana at the same level was 30% more than before.

According to Tianxuanzi, among spiritual bodies, the strongest in terms of profound and pure mana, aside from those with innate purity, is the Yin-Yang spiritual body. The purity of a Jindan cultivator's mana is a crucial factor in whether or not he can break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

"Master Xuan, what's going on?" In his sea of ​​consciousness, Xiao Miao was communicating with Tian Xuanzi.

"Something's happened! That giant whale is about to wake up. Let's get out of here before they can react!" Tian Xuanzi said anxiously. With the giant whale's power, it could devour even a true god, not to mention a pseudo-god.

Hearing Tian Xuanzi's urging, Xiao Miao immediately set off.

On the way, Xiao Miao communicated with Tian Xuanzi while hurrying on his way.

"Master Xuan, what exactly is the giant whale you are talking about? Where does it come from? I have been in the South China Sea for so many years and have never heard you or anyone else mention it." Xiao Miao asked curiously.

After hearing this, Tian Xuanzi was silent for a moment before speaking, "Actually... this won't be known to cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage. No, even those isolated, independent cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage won't know either. Also, if everyone knew, everyone would flee, and there wouldn't be any lives left to fill the giant whale."

"I didn't tell you at the time because I estimated it would still be at least four or five thousand years before the giant whale awakened. By then, you might not have died and left this world for the greater world. I didn't expect this kind of change, but fortunately, it's not too late."

"Now that you want to know, I'll tell you everything I know." Tian Xuanzi paused, then continued, "More than 1,500 years ago, I had just broken through to the Nascent Soul stage. At that time, I was only 260 years old and a casual cultivator."

"At that time, I was full of pride and thought that with my own talent, even breaking through to the Spiritual Transformation stage would be easy. It wasn't until I killed a Nascent Soul Demon Cultivator and searched his soul that I learned about the giant whale. I realized that if I broke through to the Spiritual Transformation stage in the South China Sea, I would be devoured by the giant whale."

"Wait a minute. Master Xuan, you broke through to the Nascent Soul stage at the age of 260?!" Upon hearing this news, Xiao Miao's heart was shocked and he almost stumbled and fell from the air.

Even though he now possessed the Yin-Yang Spirit Body and the vast amount of resources left by Elder Xuan, it would still take him another two decades to achieve a breakthrough. More importantly, Elder Xuan was a casual cultivator, having been in the Qi Refining Stage since then, and he did not have that many resources for his cultivation.

"No need to be so exaggerated." Tian Xuanzi said calmly: "I was born with amazing comprehension, and I can master any technique and trick in one go."

"More importantly, I have the opportunity."

"When I first embarked on the path to immortality, I stumbled upon a fragment of an ancient technique. This technique has a great origin and is the ultimate secret weapon of a dominant force in a vast world."

"This technique requires extremely high comprehension, but once mastered, the effects are incredibly powerful. It can make a cultivator like a top-grade spirit stone. Even when not practicing the technique, no, to be more precise, every move is practicing the technique to absorb spiritual energy for cultivation."

"Depending on this residual skill, even though my aptitude is only mid-grade spiritual roots, even though I am a casual cultivator, my cultivation speed is incredibly fast."

"Later, I found some fragments of the technique. I was lucky and found the most important part. This made things easier. I spent some time deducing the missing parts and completing it to the Nascent Soul stage. Since I didn't know the name of this technique, I named it the Huanling Sutra."

"You know what happened next. After leaving the South Sea, I went to the Southern Yan Immortal Cultivation Realm. There, I spent nearly three hundred years cultivating until I reached the Perfect Nascent Soul stage and broke through to the Spiritual Transformation stage. After surviving the heavenly tribulation, I was ambushed and my advancement was interrupted, resulting in my current state."

"But once I've completely recovered from my injuries with the Resurrection Water, and then used the Soul-Nourishing Wood as my body, I'll be able to complete my ascension to the Divine Transformation!" Tian Xuanzi said this with a hint of excitement. He already had enough Soul-Nourishing Wood, and if he wasn't mistaken, the Resurrection Water existed within the Water Moon Cave Heaven!