Chapter 1866: Ten Thousand Poisons Mixed Origin Body

A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Vol. 10: War in the Demon Realm by Wang Yu

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Last edited by wdlln on 2011-07-28 at 05:24 GMT+8

The strange scent was a mix of pungent and a wonderfully intoxicating fragrance.

Suddenly, Han Li flipped his hand, and the purple wooden box brought by Bai Guo'er appeared in his grasp. With a flash of green light, the lid of the box opened on its own, revealing several dark green demonic pills.

"With the poison from these Cold Pond Demonic Spider pills, I should be able to complete the final layer of the Myriad Poisons Primordial Body. If I combine the power of this divine ability with the transformation technique of the Startled Sting Formula, my physical body will likely become almost indestructible, rivalling the legendary true spirits," Han Li muttered, a trace of excitement flashing across his face.

With a flick of his wrist, the demonic pills in the wooden box trembled, then leaped out and dropped into the giant cauldron with soft plopping sounds. In a moment, these demonic pills rapidly dissolved and shrank within the giant cauldron, eventually becoming part of the mysterious liquid. With another hand seal, the silver flames below surged by more than twofold, almost completely engulfing the giant cauldron. Immediately, the liquid inside began to churn even more violently.

Han Li gazed at the giant cauldron before him; his expression had returned to normal, yet the flicker in his eyes betrayed the solemnity in his heart. The liquid in this cauldron, refined from over a hundred exotic poisons, had a formula Han Li acquired at the Black Domain Exchange, specifically from the body refinement technique accompanying the Heaven-Reaching Gong. To cultivate the second layer of the Spirit Refinement Art, Han Li needed to further enhance the strength of his physical body. Naturally, he eagerly pursued any method that could make his body more powerful.

The Heaven-Reaching Gong itself was somewhat of little practical use, but the accompanying body refinement technique was quite extraordinary. This was evident from the body-refining strongman who struck the black gong that day. This was also one of the reasons he traded for the Heaven-Reaching Gong at the exchange. During the Myriad Treasures Convention, he hadn't immediately studied this alien body refinement technique. However, later, during his travels among the human and demon races, he thoroughly comprehended it. The result was both astonishing and delightful!

This alien body refinement technique, named "Myriad Poisons Primordial Body," turned out to be a mysterious art far exceeding his expectations. The art comprised seven layers, each layer providing a certain miraculous effect that strengthened the physical body. If all seven layers were cultivated, it could enable an ordinary human's body to directly rival that of high-level demon cultivators renowned for their physical prowess, and render them impervious to all poisons. However, the only trouble was that this body refinement technique differed greatly from ordinary cultivation methods; it required the body to be immersed in a specially formulated poisonous liquid to be effective. And with each advancement to a new layer, the toxicity of this auxiliary cultivation liquid naturally had to become more potent.

This cultivation method, relying entirely on external forces, was extremely dangerous! According to the cultivation manual, eight or nine out of ten cultivators would either die from the poison during cultivation or have their physical bodies collapse from the unbearable strain. This was even based on the alien race who created this method, whose physical bodies were originally much stronger than humans. If an ordinary human were to cultivate this technique, their chances of survival would naturally be exceedingly low. Even the strongman who struck the Heaven-Reaching Gong that day, despite his exceptional talent, only managed to cultivate the first two layers and dared not continue.

But for Han Li, none of this presented a significant problem. With a physical body cultivated through various spiritual herbs and fruits, alongside the Vanishing Saints Demonic Arts, his strength and resistance to poisons had long reached a level far beyond what an ordinary human could aspire to. Even though the Myriad Poisons Primordial Body was exceptionally potent, it should pose no great danger to him. What's more, he had long used the Crystalline Moon Liquid acquired from Cai Liu'ying. He applied it to his entire body every so often, then used a secret technique to fully absorb the spiritual liquid's effects, making his physical foundation even more solid. This significantly reduced the possibility of backlash while cultivating the Myriad Poisons Primordial Body, almost to a negligible level.

Over the years, Han Li also drank a small cup of Crimson Silk Immortal Wine every few days. To his pleasant surprise, he discovered that this wine truly had the miraculous effect of improving one's constitution. However, unlike the drastic changes brought about by the Myriad Poisons Primordial Body and Crystalline Moon Liquid, this spiritual wine's effects were extremely subtle, slowly altering one's cultivation aptitude. Without prolonged consumption, the changes would be almost imperceptible. But if one persevered, the immense benefits would naturally be evident. As a result, Han Li felt even more confident in his ability to advance to the late Integration Stage.

As soon as he finished his travels among the two races and returned to his cave dwelling, he immediately began collecting various exotic poisons. Initially, the first few layers of the Myriad Poisons Primordial Body were manageable, with common toxic materials being sufficient. However, upon reaching the last three layers, it became extremely difficult to find suitable toxic materials among the human race. This forced him to leverage Qin Su'er's influence and turn his attention to the demon race. He spent over a hundred years cultivating the Myriad Poisons Primordial Body to the sixth layer, and today, he finally gathered all the toxic materials required for the seventh layer. Particularly the demonic pills of the Cold Pond Ink Spiders, the last ingredient, were extremely rare even among the demon race. Qin Su'er searched for several decades before finally finding a sufficient number recently.

Of course, during these years, Han Li also continued his cultivation of the Vanishing Saints Demonic Arts and his spiritual power. After testing and discovering that the mysterious power of the green liquid was still effective on Corrosive Poison Grass, and successfully cultivating other spiritual herb seeds brought back from the Guanghan Realm, he refined several types of elixirs that could enhance cultivation at the Integration Stage. Han Li had invested immense effort into finally gathering all the necessary ingredients and auxiliary materials for these elixirs, regardless of their specific formulas. Any one of these elixirs, if taken outside, would certainly cause those old monsters of the Integration Stage to fight tooth and nail for them. After all, there were only a handful of elixirs capable of advancing Integration Stage cultivation among both the human and demon races, and their production was atrociously low. Those Integration Stage old monsters who managed to obtain some naturally reserved them mostly for breaking through bottlenecks, being unable to bear consuming them during regular cultivation.

But for Han Li, who possessed the mysterious green liquid, he consumed these elixirs continuously, one every few days, a level of luxury that would make other Integration Stage old monsters envious enough to spit blood if they knew. Consequently, his spiritual power refinement speed was almost seven or eight times faster than that of ordinary Integration Stage cultivators. Therefore, despite only cultivating for a little over two hundred years, his spiritual power had already greatly increased. As long as Han Li could complete the final layer of the Myriad Poisons Primordial Body, and then diligently cultivate for another hundred-plus years, he should be able to begin breaking through the initial bottleneck. He was confident that with the aid of some spiritual elixirs, his powerful physical body, and divine sense, he had a good chance of breaking through this barrier, which was not easily overcome by ordinary Integration Stage cultivators.

After quickly re-evaluating everything in his mind, Han Li's expression shifted. Suddenly, a green light flashed on his body, and he slowly floated up, sitting cross-legged, silently moving to hover above the giant cauldron. The green light intensified, and then several garments flew out from within it. Han Li then dropped naked into the cauldron. The multicolored poisonous liquid immediately completely submerged his body, leaving only his head exposed.

Outside the cauldron, the silver flames suddenly let out a clear cry. As the flames swayed, they faintly formed several silver firebirds, about a foot in size, which circled the fiery cauldron erratically, continuously spouting silver flames from their mouths. In an instant, the cauldron became incredibly hot. Billowing masses of five-colored poisonous mist rapidly surged out from within, filling the entire room. Consequently, Han Li's figure was completely obscured. Only faint, crisp sounds, like bones cracking, could be heard intermittently emanating from the poisonous mist.

Days turned into weeks, and the forbidden area where Han Li was in seclusion, once sealed, never opened again. Apart from Bai Guo'er and two other disciples who occasionally came to check on the restrictions, for most of the time, the place remained utterly silent, like a dead zone. Several years later, Qi Lingzi successfully formed his Nascent Soul and became a high-level guard in Tianyuan City. After decades of arduous cultivation, Bai Guo'er finally advanced to the late Core Formation Stage. However, to ensure she could smoothly form her Nascent Soul in the future, she came alone to the mist-shrouded entrance of Han Li's secluded area, offered a quiet prayer, and then left the cave dwelling to begin her solo travels among the human race. As for Hai Dashao, he also cultivated to the mid-Core Formation Stage, and after Bai Guo'er left the cave dwelling, he became the disciple who most frequently visited the forbidden area.

And so, two full Jiazi cycles (120 years) eventually passed.

One day, Hai Dashao was steering a crystal-clear canoe, soaring rapidly about several tens of miles above Han Li's cave dwelling. Suddenly, his expression changed. He made a single hand seal, the escape light retracted, and his magical artifact abruptly stopped in mid-air. Then, with a look of surprise and suspicion, he gazed towards the distant sky. In the distant sky, he saw a perfectly straight, five-colored hurricane, which had appeared at some unknown time! This hurricane, roughly a thousand zhang (about 3.3 km) high, resembled a colossal pillar reaching to the sky. Faintly, countless silver electrical arcs flickered nearby, and continuous rumbling sounds emanated from within it. And the location where the hurricane appeared was precisely at the peak where his master's cave dwelling was situated.

"Could it be Master...?" Hai Dashao sensed the intense fluctuations of ambient spiritual energy from afar. His expression flickered between uncertainty for a while, before he finally muttered with a look of pleasant surprise.

The distant celestial phenomenon lasted for nearly half a day before finally dissipating, and the sky returned to its original state. Witnessing this, Hai Dashao no longer hesitated. He stamped his foot on his magical artifact, and the canoe instantly transformed into a blue rainbow, shooting away rapidly. In a moment, he arrived at the peak where Han Li's cave dwelling was located and hastily descended as his escape light retracted.

"Master! You've truly emerged from seclusion! The celestial phenomenon just now was also caused by Master, wasn't it?! Your disciple congratulates Master on your great advancement in cultivation!" As Hai Dashao hurriedly entered the main hall of the cave dwelling, he saw a man and a woman seated inside. Immediately, he bowed to the man with joyful surprise and eagerly greeted him.

The man, of course, was Han Li, who had just emerged from seclusion. The woman beside him was Bing Feng, who had also been cultivating in the cave dwelling for many years. "So, it's Yue Tian. The celestial phenomenon just now was indeed caused by my advancement to the mid-Integration Stage," Han Li said with a slight smile, looking at his disciple. "This is already the result of your martial aunt Bing Feng's intervention, activating the cave dwelling's restrictions to suppress most of the ambient spiritual energy. Otherwise, it might truly have attracted the attention of others."

heimaunoorwGMT+8, 2011-07-28 06:02