My Mythical Path to Immortality in Another World

Because Zhao Xuan had already comprehended the Wood Spirit and Water Spirit, the two primordial forces condensed into a physical form.

The other eight are newly realized, and have not yet integrated enough spiritual energy to transform into primordial power, thus appearing illusory.

Since it has not yet been transformed into the power of origin, it is naturally not qualified to merge into the essence, let alone achieve the Dao fruit of essence.

As for the Dao Fruit, Zhao Xuan did not rush to condense it.

Although a first-grade essence Dao fruit can only guarantee a lifespan of sixty years, it cannot be condensed by spiritual energy in just sixty years.

The cultivation period for each of the twelve grades of essence increases exponentially: one grade takes sixty years, two grades one hundred and twenty years, three grades one hundred and eighty years, and so on, increasing by sixty years for each grade.

However, the twelve grades are divided into four levels, and the required level of spiritual energy for each level is different.

First-grade spiritual energy is sufficient for grades one, two, three, and three; while grades four, five, and six require grade two spiritual energy.

Grades 7, 8, and 9 require level 3 spiritual energy, while grades 10, 11, and 12 require level 4 spiritual energy.

Each leap in spiritual energy requires it to be condensed tenfold in order to contain more profound mysteries.

The required spiritual energy for a 12th-grade essence to reach perfection is enormous.

Just like building a house, the higher the floor you build, the higher the requirements for the foundation and materials.

Therefore, the cultivation realm is not that one cultivates Qi and Shen in sequence after the essence is perfected.

Instead, each realm has three levels of cultivation: three levels of essence cultivation, three levels of qi cultivation, and three levels of spirit cultivation.

This is also why the fourth realm is the realm of gods.

Once the Three Treasures have cultivated to the ninth grade, the requirements for each grade are too great.

The divine realm can absorb the faith of all beings, and within the faith of all beings lies the scattered essence of the Three Jewels.

The divine realm can absorb the scattered Three Treasures Qi of all living beings and refine it into its own Three Treasures Qi.

This brings us to the Nine Ancient Practices. Those who practice the Nine Ancient Practices are people who choose one treasure and cultivate it to its ultimate level. Because it is so difficult, they can be said to use any means necessary.

Zhao Xuan extracted a portion of the essence from the Nine Ancient Industries, compared it with his own supernatural powers, and divided his own Three Treasures into thirty-six parts.

Combining the legend of the thirty-six-petaled creation lotus from his previous life, he transformed his essence into a twelve-petaled lotus platform of essence, a twelve-petaled lotus platform of qi, and a twelve-petaled lotus platform of spirit.

After they have each reached their full potential, they will be merged into the Thirty-Six Grades of Creation Lotus.

The Three Jewels unite to achieve Great Perfection.

Zhao Xuan already had a draft in mind regarding the twelve spirit essences.

The essence should be vibrant, which means vitality and agility. It should be based on the five elements, and the mutual generation of the five elements is vitality.

With the aid of the power of the Four Wonders, it can be infinitely varied and become even more agile.

The Four Wonders refer to the four spiritual energies of the sun, moon, wind, and thunder.

The last three should serve a suppressive purpose, preventing them from going too far.

Zhao Xuan has determined that the Three Treasures of Man correspond to the Three Treasures of the Great Dao.

Nourish people with the help of Heaven, let people follow the way of Earth, and let Earth serve Heaven. These are the first nine types of Qi among the three treasures: essence, vital energy, and spirit.

The latter three are about man conquering nature, earth trapping man, and heaven deceiving earth.

The nine types of spiritual energy constitute the energy of the Heavenly Dao, and the last three should be suppressed with the power of the Human Dao.

Humanity has three forces that are just right to suppress variables.

The first is the power of divine authority. This god is not a cultivator in a divine realm or a ghost or deity, but rather a creation of the beliefs of all living beings. Gods are created to encompass the unknown and thus suppress fear.

Secondly, there is the power of imperial authority. Since the flourishing of human civilization, imperial authority has been supreme, mobilizing all people to suppress misfortune.

Thirdly, it is the power of civil rights, the collective power of all people, united as one, daring to fight against nature with human strength.

Of the three powers, civil rights are the strongest, not only because they are the most burdensome, but also because they can unite and integrate forces.

This thing is ethereal and difficult to comprehend.

However, when faced with the right opportunity, imperial power is more likely to awaken to the truth, namely the power of the sun, moon, and stars.

The star here specifically refers to the Ziwei Star, which is revered as the imperial star by the human race and is blessed with the power of imperial authority.

There is a similar lotus platform in the middle dantian, but it does not have solidified petals.

These are the twelve spirits of Qi that Zhao Xuan comprehended.

Qi (vital energy) should be heavy, as it represents substantial support.

It uses nine kinds of profound humanistic power to support the first nine grades of Qi, and then uses three kinds of earthly power to suppress it.

Humanity's weight lies not only in the power of the three authorities, but also in the five virtues and four vices of human beings.

The five virtues are benevolence, righteousness, courage, wisdom, and trustworthiness, while the four evils are greed, anger, ignorance, and resentment.

Zhao Xuan found the power of reincarnation, the power of oblivion, and the power of oaths—the power of the earth that could trap the power of humanity.

Everyone possesses the five virtues and four evils, only varying in degree. It wouldn't be a problem for Zhao Xuan to produce some to use as seeds.

The power of reincarnation, the power of oblivion, and the power of oaths are inherently difficult to comprehend, but Zhao Xuan possesses the Oath Stone.

The so-called power of oblivion is most abundant in the River of Oblivion, which flows deep within the Netherworld.

The waters of the River of Oblivion are formed when the Sea of ​​Blood flows into the Netherworld and is empowered by the power of reincarnation.

Although Zhao Xuan couldn't comprehend it, he could still use his supernatural powers to activate the Oath Stone and obtain a tiny bit of the three powers as a seed.

It is these twelve spirits of divine essence, because Zhao Xuan currently has nothing that can draw out their aura as a seed.

Therefore, the twelve-tiered Divine Lotus Platform has not yet been cast.

However, it cannot be denied that Zhao Xuan has several more trump cards up his sleeve.

It took Zhao Xuan half a month to introduce twenty kinds of spiritual energy seeds, which exhausted him.

After another half-month of seclusion to transform his mindset and develop several techniques, Zhao Xuan emerged from seclusion.

A month ago, Zhao Xuan was a second-rank official, but now he is a third-rank official.

We have no choice but to stay here, because the beast tide is coming soon.

The King of Jin ordered all cultivators in Jinyang City to voluntarily go to the city towers in the four cardinal directions of the outer city to accept the mission.

Zhao Xuan went to the East City Tower, which was something he had arranged with Zhao Mingcheng and the others.

After Zhao Xuan ascended the city wall, tens of thousands of soldiers in golden armor were already lined up in formation.

These soldiers were from the Jinyang Guard, one of the ten guards of the Zhao state.

Like the Imperial Guards, which were also one of the Ten Guards of Zhao, the Jinyang Guard was also composed entirely of cultivators of the sixth rank or above.

The total number of people was 60,000, and the reserve force, which consisted of cultivators, numbered 100,000.

Among them were many generals and officers who were masters or grandmasters.

Grandmasters and great grandmasters usually cultivate in seclusion or live as ordinary people in seclusion. Apart from demon hunters and military camps, it is rare to see these people.

There was a registration desk on the city wall, where Zhao Xuan registered his identity information.

The sergeant at the registration desk gave Zhao Xuan a black token, which looked like it was made with some kind of meteorite iron.

Zhao Xuan used his magic power to refine it, and a huge giant stone tablet appeared in an unknown place.

The stone tablet was lined with countless names, and Zhao Xuan saw his own name at the very bottom, followed by a large zero.

When Zhao Xuan saw the stone tablet, his mouth almost watered.

Zhao Xuan, who was no longer suited for cultivation and was considered naive and innocent, recognized that the stone tablet was made of Ziwei Star Stone.

Such a large piece could easily be called a Saint-level treasure.

The Heavenly Stems Squad also obtained one, which Zhao Xuan used during their seclusion.

Raise your cultivation level to the third rank.

Earlier, it was mentioned that Zhao Xuan could condense his essence into a Dao Fruit, but why didn't he do so?

The demand for the Three Treasures and Twelve Grades of Golden Flower Dao Fruit increases exponentially.

Zhao Xuan also needs to condense the same amount of various spiritual energies within it.

Some of these spiritual energies are easy to obtain, while others are extremely rare.

Zhao Xuan naturally wanted to put the easily obtainable items at the back and the rare items at the front.

Among the twelve spirit essences, the power of the five elements is the easiest to obtain, followed by the power of wind and thunder, then the power of the sun and moon, and finally the power of the three powers.

Of the three powers, civil power is the most difficult to obtain, followed by divine power, and then imperial power.

Because the power of imperial authority can be helped to coalesce using the Purple Star Stone.

The palm-sized Purple Star Stone that the Heavenly Stems Squad possessed was already quite precious, but it could only condense the equivalent of sixty years of imperial power.

The imperial power contained in the stone tablet that Zhao Xuan saw was so great that it wouldn't be a problem to place it last.

Then Zhao Xuan received some information in his mind.

The stone tablet made of Ziwei star stone is called the Merit Monument, and the token in his hand is called the Star Token.

The Star Token will collect information and report it to the Merit Monument. The Merit Monument will then compile the information and issue tasks to the Star Token holder.

After completing the mission, the merit monument will analyze your contributions and award you merit points.

When you have accumulated enough merit points, you can contact the Merit Monument through Star Orders to upgrade your privileges or exchange them for resources.

Of course, there are other functions as well, such as trading, communication, teleportation, and protection, all of which require merit points to unlock.

You can treat the Star Token as a magic weapon that can be upgraded, but its functions all require collecting merit points.

After Zhao Xuan was taken to a certain place, he was handed over to a soldier surnamed Xie.

Zhao Xuan also discovered Zhao Mingcheng and others here.

Everyone looked rather grim.

Upon further inquiry, it was discovered that their team was a corpse-collecting team.

The corpse collection team has two responsibilities: first, to collect the bodies of fallen soldiers; and second, to collect the bodies of the monsters killed by the soldiers.

Zhao Xuan and his team were responsible for collecting the bodies of fallen soldiers.

Forehead?

Zhao Xuan was somewhat taken aback, but quickly understood.

The latter half of his seclusion was spent transforming his state of mind.

He infused all the tricks he had seen, heard, and even read about online or in books in his past life into his pure state of mind, transforming them into a calm and ordinary mind.

Even a peaceful state of mind can be destroyed by unbearable blows.

There's nothing new under the sun, and Zhao Xuan's calm mindset allows him to remain composed no matter what situation he encounters.

Because he anticipated all possible scenarios.

Zhao Xuan instantly understood why they had become part of the corpse-collecting team.

Although the imperial court stipulated that all cultivators should help the soldiers defend the city when the beast tide arrives, the soldiers do indeed need the help of cultivators to reduce their own casualties.