Covering the Sky: Starting with divine thoughts, I cultivate the Yellow Springs Ghost Path.

"If that's the case..."

Zhao Tianpeng released the divine source that had been sealing the corpse of the Gold-Eating Beast.

"A quasi-emperor's corpse, a special ancient beast, and its killing intent has been neutralized—it seems to be the best choice right now."

After thinking for a while, he made a decision. He opened his mouth and spat out a stream of innate essence mixed with the origin, which transformed into beams of Dao light flashing with profound Dao runes and entered the corpse of the Gold-Eating Beast sealed in the divine source.

The corpse of the Gold-Eating Beast transformed into streams of primordial essence and fused with the runes of the Great Dao within the Dao light. Ultimately, it transformed into a dark, deep divine light that pierced through the divine source and returned to Zhao Tianpeng, leaving only a massive divine source in its original location.

He felt something emerge from his very being, and in a moment of inspiration, he waved his hand and unleashed a jet-black divine light. A huge black ferocious dog leaped out of the light and landed on the ground. Its fierce eyes swept around the surroundings, and it sniffed the little girl protected by the Purgatory Pagoda. The ferocious dog then circled around Zhao Tianpeng, its tail swishing rapidly.

Zhao Tianpeng carefully examined his companion spirit, which was pitch black with a metallic luster, and its hair was like steel needles; it was a metal body.

"Did it completely inherit the characteristics of the Gold Eater?"

Zhao Tianpeng sensed the condition of the companion Yin spirit and, sure enough, the Gold-Eating Beast's talents were fully preserved. This meant that the companion Yin spirit could, like the Gold-Eating Beast, devour rare metals and immortal gold and divine iron to evolve its own body.

"If I were to gather all nine Immortal Golds and have my symbiotic Yin Spirit refine them, wouldn't its strength then be no different from that of an Immortal Artifact?"

Zhao Tianpeng looked at the symbiotic Yin spirit circling around his feet, thought for a moment, and took out a fist-sized piece of Daluo Silver Essence from the Sea of ​​Bitterness. He had robbed it from Duan De. He usually didn't need orthodox materials for refining weapons, so he had kept it in his hand without touching it. Now it was a good time for the symbiotic Yin spirit to refine it and enhance his strength.

The accompanying Yin spirit opened its mouth and swallowed the Great Luo Silver Essence into its belly, beginning to refine it. After about an hour, the entire piece of Great Luo Silver Essence was completely refined by it.

Zhao Tianpeng could clearly feel that the body of the companion Yin spirit was becoming stronger. He was now considering whether or not to let the companion Yin spirit devour the longevity lock.

He thought about it. The life-suppressing longevity lock was an invaluable treasure for someone nearing the end of their lifespan, but it was irrelevant to him. The value of keeping it was not as great as the value of letting his companion spirit devour it and become stronger.

After thinking it through, he gave the longevity lock made of purple-gold divine iron to his symbiotic Yin spirit to swallow and refine. However, this time the refining was not so simple, and the speed was even somewhat slow.

"Tsk, as expected of the divine iron that Amitabha Buddha infused with boundless compassion and merit, repeatedly refined and tempered to become divine, it is no less than the nine great immortal metals."

"Furthermore, it has already been refined into a complete secret artifact, making it much more difficult to refine than the Great Luo Silver Essence."

"We can only rely on time to refine it."

With a wave of his hand, Zhao Tianpeng's accompanying Yin spirit leaped up and transformed into a stream of pure energy, returning to its origin.

He collected the divine energy from the ground, then led the little girl out of the stone chamber and back into the mine tunnel. The mine tunnel, which was originally filled with eerie yin energy, now seemed ordinary. After walking four or five miles forward, a soft, flickering light came from the mine, and a rich spiritual energy rushed towards them, making them feel peaceful.

"Big brother, there's a crane calling!"

The little girl shook Zhao Tianpeng's hand and pointed to the light ahead, shouting.

Zhao Tianpeng led the little girl for several more miles, and a bright world appeared before their eyes. The vigorous life essence after the source was transformed flowed quietly like mist and smoke, with a gentle radiance flowing around, a scene of peace and holiness.

A surge of primordial energy stirred, shimmering with iridescent light, as a crane spread its wings and soared freely through the ancient mine.

"Roar..." Then another earth dragon with a lizard body and dragon scales crawled past not far away.

Then, a flock of bright red birds flew by, flapping their wings so loudly that the air seemed to surge violently.

"They are all spirits formed from the overflow of divine essence."

Zhao Tianpeng saw the little girl's eyes sparkling as she stared at the birds and cranes. He turned to look at these spirits, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes. Then he took out a piece of white jade about the size of a finger joint. Legend has it that this precious jade was born from a fragment of the essence of heaven, and it was extremely hard and eternally indestructible.

He summoned a wisp of divine power from a quasi-emperor forbidden artifact, melting the Nine Heavens White Jade Wall and infusing it with numerous runes, ultimately forging a bracelet.

He held the bracelet up to the spirits formed from divine essence, and a tremendous suction force drew them all into it. Patterns of birds and cranes appeared on the small bracelet. Finally, he placed a few divine essence particles into the bracelet and put it on the little girl.

"Now, whenever you want, these little birds and cranes will come out and play with you."

The little girl curiously touched the small bracelet on her wrist. Divine light flowed from the bracelet, and streams of divine light and essence emerged, transforming into fiery red birds and cranes that flew around her. Some birds landed on her shoulder and gently pecked at her hair, making her giggle. The cranes carried the little girl as they flew through the mine.

Zhao Tianpeng turned his gaze to the front. In this peaceful place, the ground was covered with many white bones, most of which were very hard and had a shimmering sheen.

He went forward and picked out quite a few bones, these were all useful talents in the future, and he should not not pick them up just because the bones were not of high quality.

After carefully selecting his way forward for more than a mile, he arrived at the place with the densest spiritual energy. Two bottomless holes appeared in front of him. One was filled with spiritual energy soaring into the sky, with source energy constantly rolling upwards. The other was filled with malevolent energy soaring into the sky, more terrifying than the sharpest sword light, making people tremble.

The two were very close together, and all around them was silent.

The hole that spewed out the source energy was surrounded by fossilized bones, exuding a chilling aura. The hole from which the source energy was emitted, however, was surrounded by shimmering light and filled with source stones.

Embracing yin and yang, and embracing yang and yin, this is a completely natural tai chi diagram, not carved by human hands; it is the great power of nature.

"The ability to see ghosts!"

Looking at the natural Tai Chi diagram before him, Zhao Tianpeng saw that the intermingling of primordial energy and malevolent energy contained the divine power of the Great Dao. Knowing the situation all along, he only needed to follow the steps to get through.

But he felt he had missed out, so he kept staring at the terrain and pondering how he could utilize the divine power of the Yin-Yang cycle.

"Let me think about it, let me think about it."

"Terrain and Origin Techniques."

"The Way of the Ghosts".

"What commonalities exist that can be connected and utilized here?"

"perhaps....."

Zhao Tianpeng considered a possibility and, after some deliberation, thought to himself, "It's feasible!"

"Big brother, come with me."

Just then, Xiao Nannan rode over on a crane, trying to pull Zhao Tianpeng to the other side of the mine.

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

Zhao Tianpeng followed with some doubt. When he got there, he found that a group of divine essence spirits had dug a large pit in the ground. The little girl pointed to the pit as if presenting a treasure. Inside, a piece of purple jade stone, about the thickness of an arm, was exposed. The surface of this purple jade stone was smooth as a mirror, and inside it seemed that endless purple clouds flowed. It was an immortal divine essence!

This is a divine jade!

Zhao Tianpeng found the origin of this precious jade in the Miscellaneous Chapter of the Yuan Emperor's Classic.

"Purple Jade Marrow can see out invisible demons and evil spirits, and can guard the mind and prevent inner demons from arising, making it easier for people to comprehend the Dao. Although it is not as hard and solid as the Nine Heavens White Jade Wall, it has the ability to heal itself and can be refined into a treasure for enlightenment."