In the world of "Covering the Sky," one can refine Gu (a type of poison) to become an immo

"Fellow Daoist, are you really going to choose this place?" Sect Leader Li asked somewhat uneasily.

After reaching an agreement with Sha Xiao, he personally led Sha Xiao to select a mountain peak as their cave dwelling.

Soon, Sha Xiao selected a mountain peak with three overlapping mountains.

This mountain has abundant water resources, with streams flowing gently down its slopes and several small lakes at its foot.

The mountain is also covered with bamboo forests, pines and cypresses, ancient trees, and swirling clouds and mist.

Ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, Polygonum multiflorum, cranes, white deer, monkeys, and so on are all available.

There are karst caves inside the mountain, which are warm in winter and cool in summer. A small river flows through the mountain not far away, making the scenery serene and beautiful.

Everything seemed so wonderful.

However, this mountain is located almost at the edge of the Lingxu Cave Heaven, and is only two or three hills away from the demon beast territory inside the Lingxu.

The mountain is located on the edge of a spiritual vein, where spiritual energy is scarce and the magic array cannot protect it, making it extremely vulnerable to demonic beasts.

Moreover, the hilltops that have never been developed for many years look alright from a distance.

Once you get close, you'll find it teeming with all sorts of snakes, insects, and rodents, making it really inconvenient for people to live there.

Seeing that Sha Xiao had chosen this mountain, Sect Leader Li felt uneasy, thinking that Sha Xiao had some kind of dissatisfaction.

"Fellow Daoist Li, you are overthinking it. I chose this place mainly because it is rich in resources."

As he spoke, Sha Xiao pointed to the distant, roaring forest and laughed:

"Our clan's new method makes good use of resources. But whether something is effective or not naturally needs to be tested."

"Those wild beasts are both the best resource and the best tester."

"I'm afraid you don't believe me, so let me demonstrate for you."

As he spoke, Sha Xiao asked Sect Leader Li to place him on the mountaintop and sit down cross-legged.

While adjusting his condition, he recalled the pitfalls he had encountered on his path of spiritual practice.

When Sha Xiao first began his cultivation, he looked at Earth's scarce resources and, without hesitation, chose the memories of the Savage Demon Lord.

After all, strength is temporary, but being handsome lasts a lifetime!

Who can resist a stylish cape?

Moreover, strength is generally recognized as not consuming resources, which perfectly suited his situation at the time.

But he soon discovered that the power was a trap.

The biggest problem with the Force Gu is that the vast majority of Force Gu worms with names and identities are created by nature, and very few Gu formulas can be artificially created.

Those few that can be refined require a considerable amount of resources.

The Mad Demon Lord was able to become a supreme being through sheer strength during a time when the world was rich in resources and powerful insects roamed the earth.

He himself claims that "your immortal Gu is my immortal Gu".

While the supernatural beings refine poisons, I practice martial arts; by slaying all the supernatural beings, I will seize power!

The Savage Demon Lord didn't develop any powerful Gu formulas at all; his mind was entirely focused on refining transformation Gu worms.

After that, there were hardly any Li Dao cultivators, let alone those at the Quasi-Immortal Venerable level, or even those at the Seventh Rank. It was a complete wasteland.

If that's all there is to it, it's fine; consider it as honing the basics.

At the time, Sha Xiao always thought he was the only cultivator in the world, and he was never in a hurry until he went to university.

He and his best friend Ye Fan were admitted to the most prestigious university, and his cultivation level also broke through to the second stage.

These were two such happy things, but Sha Xiao felt like crying.

Upon entering university, he discovered that while the names of his classmates weren't exactly household names, they were certainly well-known.

Pang Bo, Li Xiaoman, Zhou Yi, Lin Jia, Liu Yunzhi...

Looking at Ye Fan beside her, Sha Xiao realized that she had entered the world of Shrouding the Heavens.

With only a few years left until the Nine Dragons Pull the Coffin, and with only a few Gu worms left, Sha Xiao was immediately at his wit's end.

In just a few years, not a single resource can be found on Earth.

No matter which venerable one he chooses, it's like a skilled cook trying to make a meal without rice.

Time is of the essence, and it is almost impossible to deal with those two old monsters on Mars by relying on one's own cultivation.

After much deliberation, he finally chose the notorious Thief Demon Lord, known for his thieving ways.

As the saying goes, technological advancements rely on archaeology.

Archaeology and cultivation are also major features of the fantasy world, and you shouldn't miss them.

The quasi-emperor weapons of Kunlun, the sword pool of Emei, the Buddhist treasures of Leiyin Temple, here I come!

As it turned out, the experience gained from stealing the Heavenly Demon Lord was indeed useful, and all the ruins were successfully entered.

The vast majority of resources are protected by the great formation, so a change in one part affects the whole.

Earth's resources are already scarce, and Sha Xiao simply doesn't have the resources to refine the Yu Dao Gu worms that can travel through space.

This directly leads to a vicious cycle where obtaining resources requires refining Yu Dao Gu worms, and refining Yu Dao Gu worms requires resources.

Unable to obtain the large items, Sha Xiao could only search the mountains and fields for smaller ruins, trying to dig for treasures from the garbage dumps.

Right now, I've managed to break through to the third rank and have another chance to obtain the Venerable Skill Pack.

However, the precarious state of the hollow passage constantly reminded Sha Xiao that if he made the wrong choice, he would not be able to resolve the problem of the hollow passage in a short period of time.

Then his path of cultivation will likely be interrupted, and all his ideas will vanish like bubbles in the water!

This choice could very well determine his life.

Whether Ye Fan will rampage through the battlefield or be left to fight alone, it all comes down to this!

Looking at the Spirit Ruins before him, where spirit beasts roamed everywhere and even the air itself seemed to carry a sweet spiritual energy, Sha Xiao smiled confidently.

This time, he will definitely not make the wrong choice!

Come out!

Renowned throughout the world for his Gu cultivation, he broke the destiny of the Gu world and single-handedly increased the proportion of Gu immortals. He is the leader of the Three Immortals of Qingmao Mountain—the Great Love Immortal Venerable!

"Boom!"

Once the thought was settled, countless thoughts and memories washed over his single point of true spirit.

Memories, like floating ice, melted instantly, while a vast ocean of truth surged over Sha Xiao like a tidal wave.

This allowed him to quickly skim through each of the Great Love Immortal Venerable's Gu-refining processes from a first-person perspective.

From a mere four-flavored wine worm to a fixed immortal journey, from slave gu to perseverance gu, from a half-finished product with a sea of ​​people to the Four Elements Regret Blood Refining Pool!

Knowledge flowed through his mind like water, leaving behind true meaning and taking away confusion.

Gradually, Sha Xiao realized how crude her previous methods of refining Gu had been.

If it were him now, he would never have allowed the world to refine Gu in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, and in the end, he only managed to refine three sixth-level Cosmic Dao Gu worms with similar functions.

Instead, they directly refine a complete set of disposable Gu worms, which can increase their own combat power and Dao traces, and also avoid the pressure brought by Gu worms.

However, the Great Love Immortal Venerable has no concept of regret; once he's done refining it, he's done it.

In the eyes of great love, all kinds of venomous insects have their uses.

There are no useless Gu worms, only useless Gu masters.

Sha Xiao opened her eyes, looked at the world in front of her, and couldn't help but smile.

For example, the flowers, trees, snakes, insects, ants, and beasts under our feet.

Although each one looks ordinary, in his eyes, beneath the surface of these mortal objects are fragments of divine runes!

Where am I? This is Beidou!

This was created by the Boundless Heavenly Venerable using a Lesser Completion Chaos Body, and reinforced by countless Great Emperors, to maintain their cryogenic chambers!

Every living being in the Big Dipper constellation, and even every inch of land in the Big Dipper constellation, contains the Dao principles of countless Great Emperors etched by the Chaos Body.

These principles complement each other, opening doors, large or small, for everyone born and raised on this land.

Therefore, the golden age of the Big Dipper was always more prosperous and glorious than that of other ancient stars!

The vast BeiDou system holds immense potential!

Sha Xiao looked at the vast expanse of Dao marks, and his saliva was practically dripping from his mouth!

He fought such a rich war on Earth?

He simply and decisively took out a Rank 6 Immortal Gu and placed it on the ground.

The aura of the Immortal Gu spread out, instantly suppressing all living beings and forcing them to the ground.

With a "thud," several cultivators hidden high in the sky fell down from the opposite mountain. They were none other than the elders of the Spirit Ruins Cave Heaven.

"That means...if that thing were in my hands..."

"Shh! It's already a huge opportunity that they're willing to keep us here. Don't be so arrogant!"

"Mute!"

A group of white-haired and white-bearded old men ran briskly towards the mountaintop, chattering away across several mountains.

Although she couldn't see who those people were or hear what they were saying, Sha Xiao could guess pretty accurately.

He thought for a moment, then his eyes lit up, and he chose to take out a large amount of the alien source left over after refining the Attitude Immortal Gu.

"My God! That's a Source??? Can there really be such a large and orderly Source in the world? If I had that many Sources, I would have already reached the Four Poles!"

"You're ignorant! The source within the source vein is all in large chunks like this."

"Not only that, he probably shaved a large chunk of source material into smaller pieces for easier storage, and then simply discarded the scraps. I've only ever heard of holy sons and holy lords being so extravagant..."

Sha Xiao casually chopped up a large amount of raw material according to his needs and tossed it around in various corners of the mountains.

"Ouch—!!! I can't take it anymore, my heart is aching, someone help me up."

Just watching Sha Xiao's gameplay from afar made a group of old men's hearts ache.

Some people even wanted to climb over directly and secretly pick up those precious resources.

After arranging the source material casually, Sha Xiao activated his true essence. As soon as the true essence moved, the crack in the void spread downwards by another half inch.

Sha Xiao's face turned pale, and he solemnly channeled his true energy out.

Under his manipulation, the silvery-white true essence split into dozens of strands, and the true essence, like fine threads, connected each source stone.

A group of old men finally managed to run up to the opposite mountaintop despite the pressure of the Immortal Gu, only to see Sha Xiao holding up an outdated Immortal Gu.

Then, everything opposite was enveloped by the energy emanating from the Originium. When divine sense probed it, it was like a mud ox sinking into the sea; even with eyes wide open, it was all foggy and nothing could be seen.

The hilltop where Sha Xiao was located was completely silent, and no trace of any presence could be detected.

Only the ever-flowing fog and the increasingly heavy oppressive aura told them that something big was happening inside.

As the thick fog rose, Sha Xiao tilted her head and looked at the opposite mountain peak.

Frustration, regret, closing one's eyes to contemplate, greed—the elders' reactions varied.

He smiled slightly and said, "Come on, come on, greedy fish."

If I want to relieve the pressure in my body, I have to rely on your contributions to my body.

Regaining his composure, Sha Xiao focused his mind. His reason for spending money wasn't just for fishing.

They are not worth Sha Xiao risking the collapse of his inner energy to mobilize his true essence.

What he needed to do was to quickly refine a complete set of Gu insect armor to deal with the dangers to come.

Sha Xiao first removed the first-turn belt Gu from his waist, and then separated the second-turn armor Gu, which resembled a longhorn beetle.

Then, he pried the three-turn Void Gu, which resembled a large jellyfish, out of his head.

Then he took out all the countless sword gu, equalizing gu, white jade gu and other gu worms from the bottom of the empty acupoint true essence sea and arranged them in a row in front of him.

Finally, he solemnly took out all the ancient divine spring water and placed it aside in preparation.

He was ready to throw all his divine power into the task at any time if it was insufficient.

The art of Gu is ever-changing, but different needs arise depending on each person's characteristics and fighting style.

As for Sha Xiao, he had already discovered that he wasn't cut out for fighting during countless battles alongside Ye Fan.

At most, just like on Earth, they would rely on their size and cultivation advantages to crush those weaker than themselves.

Fortunately, he had a good brother named Ye Fan, who was a born battle maniac.

Thinking of this, Sha Xiao chuckled and started working.

The earth trembled and the mountains shook; the Dao fire spread and burned away impurities; the great formation rotated and extracted life force.

With his actions, all the creatures on the mountain were instantly drained of their life force, their life force burned away, and their life force was gathered into a single mass.

With a wave of his hand, Sha Xiao summoned all the head Gu of the wild beasts, which flew out of thin air and joined him.

Throw the spying gu into a large fire, then add various auxiliary ingredients.

Before long, Sha Xiao broke it down into a farsighted Gu and a stealth Gu.

Sha Xiao then combined various insect eyes, snake shapes, beast eyes, bird eyes, and farsighted Gu into one.

After a period of time, the three-turn detection Gu jumped out of the fire.

The color of the blood clot gradually changed from bright red, with some parts turning green and others turning purple.

While the bloodline refining was being carried out here, Sha Xiao was also refining various Gu worms next to it.

For example, using the limbs of wild animals to refine bone-path Gu worms, various fresh animal bones and Gu worms that have not rotted underground are all thrown into the fire.

Second-stage bone spears, second-stage bone armor, third-stage legless bird gu, and other gu insects were refined by him like dumplings being dropped into boiling water.

Or perhaps various beast-power Gu, grass Gu, earth-path Gu, water-path Gu, food-path Gu, transformation-path Gu, etc., are crafted using wild animals...

Of all these Gu worms, Sha Xiao was most concerned about the Blood Path Gu Worm.

Many other types of Gu worms are only used for combined refining or even subjugation.

He often had to refine the Gu worms three to five times before he could find the Gu worm he wanted with great difficulty.

Such a method of refining poison is not sophisticated at all.

However, the memories of the Great Love Immortal Venerable told him that as long as the exact formula for the Gu poison is not known, exhaustive search is the only way to achieve godhood!

From the Peeping Gu to the Farsighted Gu, from the Farsighted Gu to the Detecting Gu, from the Detecting Gu to the Blood-Detecting Gu, and finally from the Blood-Detecting Gu to the Blood-Dividing Gu.

"Hahaha! It's finally done!"

Sha Xiao looked at the leech-like Gu worm and burst into laughter.

Who would have thought that such a tiny insect could separate the blood vessels within a living organism?

During the long wait, the blood clot had turned into rainbow colors.

Sha Xiao looked at the colorful blood and sighed helplessly:

"The information contained in a mortal beast without cultivation is too limited. Let alone chaotic blood, we can't even extract chaotic aura. We'll just have to make do with it."

Sha Xiao threw the Blood Gu and many auxiliary Gu worms into the long-awaited Blood Cluster.

As soon as the leech-like blood-splitting worm entered the blood cluster, it swelled up like an inflating balloon, becoming round and plump, and pinkish.

It lay on the skull that had long since merged into one, gradually transforming into a human skull, and poured all the bloodline information it had absorbed and itself into the skull.

White bone fluid dripped down the surface of the skull, making it grow whiter and whiter until finally, its jaw disappeared abruptly.

Only upon closer inspection can one discover that the chin has become completely transparent, like crystal.

Looking at the Gu worm in front of him, Sha Xiao let out a long sigh of relief and smiled: "The improved version of the First-Stage Blood Skull Gu is finally complete."

"Hehehe, now as long as we collect enough blood from divine bodies, we can help Ye Fan speed up the purification of his holy blood."

"What era are we living in? Still using the traditional Devouring Heaven Demon Art? It's hard to say who the true inheritor is!"

With the skull tossing in her hand, Sha Xiao's mind was already turning dark, and she couldn't help but laugh.

After carefully collecting their most important achievement, Sha Xiao began organizing the accompanying Gu worms, categorizing them one by one:

"Three-turn Six-ear Gu, hmm, reconnaissance type. Tiger Bone Gu, disposable. Water Arrow Gu, combat type. Mud Gu, also disposable..."

He collected the useful ones and placed the useless ones in various corners of the mountain. After working for several hours, he finally managed to organize all the Gu worms that covered the mountain.

Sha Xiao rubbed her waist and walked to the outdated Immortal Gu, taking out the freshly made Glowing Gu and shining it on the sundial.

Looking at the Gu worms covering the mountains and fields, he took out the Four-Turn Void-Searching Gu and, using the mountain as a limit and space as a trace, planned out a void array diagram.

"Old man Tao Zhu, your ultimate technique is about to astound the gods and immortals in another world!" Sha Xiao laughed, urging the Gu worms to activate.

Countless Gu worms representing the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, and earth) gathered together, one after another, forming a chain around the mountain.

"The boundary wall of the five realms is standing!"

In an instant, five thin, constantly flashing light shields enveloped the entire mountain along the spatial traces.

The Outdated Immortal Gu and the Blinding Immortal Gu were activated simultaneously, concealing the existence of this mountain from the river of time and from existence itself.

In that instant, the mountain briefly disappeared from the Big Dipper and from the universe!

"Buzz!"

Not far away, in the magma deep underground, a white bone tower trembled violently for a moment.

Sha Xiao took a deep breath, recalling the immortal scriptures in the small coffin, and manipulated the Gu worms to carve parts of the immortal scriptures in every corner of the mountain.

With everything ready, Sha Xiao laughed as he activated the outdated immortal Gu, proudly declaring, "I'll say it again: the world is about to accelerate!"

"Sixth-Rank Immortal Path Killer Move: Time Has Passed!"