Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

In the Heavenly White Tower, monks from the North Desolation all knew that Zhao Yu, Su Bingyun, and others had obtained the Foundation Establishment Fruit of the Moon Spirit by relying on Talisman Treasures.

This fruit was a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure essential for refining the Universal Consolidating Gold Pill, and it was sure to attract countless cultivators because, although powerful, they were not Golden Core cultivators.

In the North Desolation, no one dared to covet the treasures held by Golden Core cultivators, yet mere two late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators could not intimidate those Foundation Establishment cultivators eager to form their cores.

Upon arriving beside the Colorful Spirit Fairy, everyone went to the Dan Ling Sect's Flying Boat station and boarded a flying boat of the Dan Ling Sect, heading directly towards the sect.

Once the Colorful Spirit Fairy returned to the Dan Ling Sect, she announced that she would enter closed-door cultivation.

Zhao Yu led his many disciples back to Little Dan Ridge.

"Sect Master, these are my gains from the Heavenly White Tower. Please have a look and see if there's anything you like; I offer them to you!"

As soon as he returned to Little Dan Ridge, Fang Shitou gave a simple smile and handed his storage bag to Zhao Yu.

"Shitou, you are thoughtful!"

A hint of surprise flashed across Zhao Yu's eyes; he had already promised the named disciples that the gains from the Heavenly White Tower would all belong to them.

Zhao Yu took Fang Shitou's storage bag and glanced inside, picking out more than a dozen sprouts capable of refining the Tricolored Mist Spirit Pill.

"I'll take these spirit herbs! These are for you!"

Zhao Yu took out more than a dozen bottles of Superior Grade Red Jade Pills, Superior Grade Chi Heart Pills, and a bottle of First Order Superior Grade Lifespan Extension Pill and handed them to Fang Shitou.

"Thank you, Sect Master!"

A flicker of delight passed through Fang Shitou's eyes upon seeing the multiple bottles of pills.

Over the years, Zhao Yu had seldom concocted such low-ranking spirit pills, and the Qi Refinement Realm's superior grade spirit pills at Little Dan Ridge were only eligible for his beloved wives and concubines like Tuoba Xue and Wei Xinlan.

As a named disciple, Fang Shitou received one Superior Grade Red Jade Pill each year. He was well aware of the value of Superior Grade Red Jade Pills, Superior Grade Chi Heart Pills, and First Order Superior Grade Lifespan Extension Pills. With so many pills, he could possibly advance to the Great Perfection of Qi Training.

After letting Fang Shitou leave, Zhao Yu visited a cave planted with Soul-Nurturing Wood. The entire cave was chillingly cold, and underneath lay the bodies of Zhao Yu's slain enemies.

This cave was artificially made by Zhao Yu as a Yin place suitable for nurturing ghosts and corpses.

"I haven't cultivated the Nine Extremes Mixed Yuan True Marvelous Corpse Demon Scripture, so transforming this body into a demon corpse with spirituality would be very difficult! If I proceed in a standard manner, it might take a hundred years for this body to develop spirituality!"

Zhao Yu took out the corpse of a seventh-layer Body Refinement cultivator, falling into deep contemplation.

The combat power of the Nine Extremes Mixed Yuan Corpse Demon was immensely strong, not inferior to the Ghosts. Moreover, the memories of Fang Linghai contained various secret techniques for sacrificing the Nine Extremes Mixed Yuan Corpse Demon and divine skills that needed the Corpse Demon to perform.

Zhao Yu was very eager to create a Nine Extremes Mixed Yuan Corpse Demon; in doing so, he would have another powerful ally.

"The White Ghost Emperor has devoured a massive amount of high-quality souls, which should perfectly enhance my corpse refining talent!"

As Zhao Yu thought, a cool breeze flowed from deep within his body into his soul, initiating another transformation of his soul talent.

"Zhao Yu."

"Corpse Refining Talent: Corpse Refinement Genius (0/10000)."

"I see! If I want this body to develop spirituality, the best strategy would be to switch to cultivating the Nine Extremes Mixed Yuan True Marvelous Corpse Demon Scripture. Just by practicing this scripture and channeling mana, with some further sacrifice, this body could develop spirituality."

"Even without practicing the Nine Extremes Mixed Yuan True Marvelous Corpse Demon Scripture, there is still a way! That is to treat this corpse as a life-bound spirit corpse for refining rituals."

"Fang Linghai has all the required materials for the ritual refinement, and they are all of the highest quality. Thus, the most difficult step has been accomplished!"

Once Zhao Yu's soul talent underwent a transformation, the various difficulties encountered during the demonic corpse refining were easily resolved. He sat in the cave, took out various spirit materials, and arranged them on the body of the seventh-level Body Refinement cultivator.

He then activated the secret technique for refining the life-bound spirit corpse and began the refinement of the corpse."

A month later, in that eerie, chilly cave.

The seventh-level Body Refinement corpse trembled slightly, generating a trace of spirituality, and opened its eyes.

Zhao Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief, revealing a slight smile, "Success! The toughest step, bringing spirituality to the corpse, has finally been achieved!"

If it wasn't for Zhao Yu's soul talent being that of a corpse refining genius, he would not have been able to instill a trace of spirituality in the seventh-level Body Refinement corpse within one month.

However, just bringing forth spirituality in the seventh-level Body Refinement corpse was only the beginning. To enable it to possess the combat strength of the Golden Core level, numerous hours of continuous refining rituals would still be required.

The Nine Extremes Mixed Yuan demonic corpse that Fang Linghai created took him forty years and an array of extremely rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures to refine.

"As long as it can open its mouth to feed, I can enhance its strength by feeding it Dao Fruits!"

Zhao Yu's corners of his mouth lifted slightly as he tossed a Corpse Origin Pill into the corpse's mouth and then activated the ability to digest Dao Fruits, assisting the refined corpse in digesting the pill.

Two months later.

The refined corpse had devoured all of the corpse refining resources Fang Linghai had, could move freely, and its skin had turned to a pale silver color, though it had not yet advanced to a Silver Corpse.

This refined corpse, previously having the Cultivation Level of seventh order Body Refinement, naturally evolved much faster than regular refined corpses.

"Go, devour this Nine Extremes Mixed Yuan demonic corpse! Then you can evolve into a new Nine Extremes Mixed Yuan demonic corpse!"

Zhao Yu threw the Nine Extremes Mixed Yuan demonic corpse that Fang Linghai had refined in front of the refined corpse.

The refined corpse opened its wide mouth and bit down hard, barely managing to bite off one finger of the Nine Extremes Mixed Yuan demonic corpse. Zhao Yu activated the ability to digest Dao Fruits, assisting the refined corpse in slowly refining the Nine Extremes Mixed Yuan demonic corpse.

As the refined corpse incorporated parts of the Nine Extremes Mixed Yuan demonic corpse, sections of its body turned to silver.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

A month later.

With Zhao Yu's assistance, the refined corpse finally completed the refinement of the Nine Extremes Mixed Yuan demonic corpse, its entire body turning silver and growing to a height of ten feet, its appearance fierce and emitting a terrifying miasma of corpse energy.

"Nameless Corpse Refining."

"Nine Extremes Mixed Yuan Demonic Corpse: Mid-grade (0/10000)."

"Cultivation level: Third Order Low-grade (0/3000)."

Zhao Yu corners of his mouth twitched up slightly, revealing a slight smile as he said, "From now on, you will be called Nine Extremes Corpse Emperor!"

The Nine Extremes Corpse Emperor nodded slightly.

Zhao Yu thought to himself: "I now possess the combat strength of a third Golden Core, which should allow me to contend with Golden Core cultivators, right? Well, overthinking is useless. With successful cultivation, why not celebrate?"

Zhao Yu left the Nine Extremes Corpse Emperor in the cave to cultivate on its own. After freshening up and changing his clothes, he eagerly walked toward the study.