Chapter 2487: Double Happiness (Sold Out Today)

Wang Changsheng remembered something, turned, and entered a secret room. The Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron came into view.

"I hope I can separate out the Ink Qilin's essence blood," he murmured.

Wang Changsheng felt uneasy, as this was crucial for his cultivation of the Qilin Spirit-Slaying Hand.

He opened the cauldron lid. A mass of dark red liquid floated inside, and the Blood Qilin Stone's color had faded slightly.

Wang Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief. Being able to extract some Qilin essence blood was enough. While the quantity was small, there was also the small flower that had grown for 30,000 years—or more precisely, the Blood Qilin Flower.

The Blood Qilin Flower grew on the Blood Qilin Stone and should have absorbed a significant amount of Ink Qilin essence blood.

Wang Changsheng took out a blood-red jade bottle and collected the Ink Qilin essence blood.

With his current artifact forging skill, refining a mid-grade Sky-Reaching Spirit Treasure from the Ink Qilin's remnant soul would not be an issue. However, that would be a waste of materials.

He planned to keep the Ink Qilin's remnant soul and gather water-attribute forging materials to refine it into a high-grade Sky-Reaching Spirit Treasure, to be passed down as a family heirloom.

Of course, he would likely need to reach the Integration stage before having any hope of forging a high-grade Sky-Reaching Spirit Treasure.

Before this, Wang Changsheng wasn't very confident about reaching the Integration stage. However, after obtaining the True Spirit Origin, his confidence soared.

The True Spirit Origin could completely transform him. Relatively speaking, Wang Changsheng would benefit more from consuming the True Spirit Origin because the Ink Qilin excelled at water manipulation, which aligned with his cultivation technique. Wang Ruyan's benefits from consuming the Ink Qilin Origin would be somewhat less.

Spirit bodies are divided into innate spirit bodies and acquired spirit bodies. Innate spirit body users, like Gongsun Yang, are born with them. Cultivators who refine some spiritual objects of heaven and earth, such as the Heavenflame Fire Pearl or the Myriad Glow Soil, will experience faster cultivation speeds and stronger divine abilities after refining them.

Although Wang Changsheng couldn't become an acquired spirit body after refining the True Spirit Origin, his cultivation speed would increase, and his divine abilities would improve significantly, which was already quite good.

Innate spirit body users face no bottlenecks during the Void Refinement stage and cultivate exceptionally fast; Song Yuchan is an example. However, their cultivation speed slows down after reaching the Integration stage.

Wang Changsheng took out the Azure Adamantite Divine Jade, placed it inside the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron, closed the lid, and exited the room.

At this time, the thundercloud was still several tens of feet in size.

After a rumble of thunder, the thundercloud churned violently, transforming into a silver lightning centipede over a hundred feet long, its body enveloped in countless silver electrical arcs.

Wang Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief. The advancements of the Qilin Turtle, Twin-Pupiled Rat, and Wood Spirit had all attracted unique lightning power, and the Twin-Pupiled Rat and Wood Spirit were both severely injured. Since this was just ordinary lightning power, the Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada should be able to get through it!

The silver lightning centipede dove from high above, heading straight for the Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada.

In a massive, smoking crater, the Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada's wings had several large holes, and its aura was weak.

As the silver lightning centipede charged down, the Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada let out a strange hiss. Golden light erupted from its body, and a spherical aura enveloped it completely.

The silver lightning centipede plunged down, opening its gaping maw and swallowing the Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada.

Not long after, countless golden lights shot out from within the silver lightning centipede, piercing through it.

A rumble of thunder echoed, and dazzling silver lightning enveloped the entire valley.

A moment later, the lightning dissipated. The Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada lay in the large crater, its body charred, covered in multiple bleeding holes, and its aura weak.

Wang Changsheng hurried over and frowned upon seeing the scene.

The Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada had advanced to the sixth rank, but its injuries were even more severe than the Wood Spirit's. The Wood Spirit could recover by absorbing monster beast essence blood and Creation Divine Water.

Wang Changsheng took out an Azure Marrow Pill, fed it to the Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada, and brought it back to Azure Lotus Peak for recovery.

He summoned Wang Moshan and instructed, "Pass down the order to collect spiritual elixirs and miraculous medicines for healing spirit insects."

The Wang family now had tens of thousands of cultivators and a vast influence, making it much easier to gather cultivation resources.

"Yes, Old Ancestor, I will..."

Before Wang Moshan could finish, he seemed to sense something and looked up. Multicolored spiritual lights appeared in the sky, gathering together to form thousands of five-colored auspicious clouds.

Tens of thousands of five-colored auspicious clouds converged in a certain direction, colliding and breaking apart, transforming into a massive spiritual energy vortex.

A white light shot skyward, forming a gigantic phantom of a woman.

The spiritual energy vortex slowly rotated, and countless five-colored raindrops poured down, landing successively on the woman's phantom, making it increasingly dazzling.

After roughly fifteen minutes, the spiritual energy vortex dissipated, and the woman's phantom vanished with it, replaced by a massive thundercloud.

"Yuqi is attempting to break through to the Void Refinement stage!"

Wang Changsheng's gaze was fixed on the thundercloud in the sky. If Bai Yuqi advanced to the Void Refinement stage, the Wang family would have a sixth-rank formation master, and Wang Changsheng would also be able to cultivate the fifth level of the Grand Void God Forging Art.

After a booming clap of thunder, a thick silver lightning bolt ripped through the sky and struck downwards.

On an island in the lake, Bai Yuqi sat cross-legged on a bluestone plaza at its center, her gaze resolute.

She channeled a spell into a blue formation disk, and the lake water around the island churned violently, forming a dense blue water curtain that protected her.

The silver lightning struck the blue water curtain, which momentarily dented before quickly returning to normal.

Soon, the second lightning tribulation struck, followed by the third...

Each lightning tribulation struck, with each successive one more powerful than the last.

Bai Yuqi, relying on multiple sets of fifth-rank formations, blocked all of them, but her face turned pale, and her magical power was severely depleted.

She quickly swallowed a Golden Jade Replenishing Pill, and her complexion soon regained its healthy flush.

As time passed, Wang Mengbin also received a message and teleported back.

He looked at the thundercloud high above, holding his breath, his expression worried.

After roughly fifteen minutes, the thundercloud was still several tens of feet in size. After violent churning, blue electrical arcs appeared, and the thundercloud turned blue.

The blue thundercloud churned fiercely, transforming into a blue lightning python over a hundred feet long, which then plunged from the sky.

Bai Yuqi showed no fear. With a change of her spell, the lake water churned violently, and eighteen thick water-wave tornadoes shot skyward, like eighteen blue water spears, thrusting towards the blue lightning python.

The eighteen water-wave tornadoes successively struck the blue lightning python. The blue lightning python's body exploded, and a dazzling blue lightning light enveloped an area of several miles.

A moment later, the lightning dissipated. Bai Yuqi was enveloped by a faint silver light curtain, with several other light curtains still around her, her face pale.

She had successfully advanced to the Void Refinement stage. The Sky-Lightning Spirit Transformation Talisman and the sixth-rank pills had both played crucial roles.

Wang Mengbin rushed over immediately, took out an Azure Marrow Pill, and fed it to Bai Yuqi.

Wang Changsheng also arrived, a wide smile on his face.

"Old Ancestor, the Sky-Lightning Spirit Transformation Talisman still has some power left, and the Sea-Suppressing Pearl hasn't been used yet," Bai Yuqi said.

Bai Yuqi handed the dimming Sky-Lightning Spirit Transformation Talisman and the Sea-Suppressing Pearl to Wang Changsheng. The talisman had little power remaining; it would be fine for defending against the Five-Nine Lightning Tribulation, but for the Six-Nine Lightning Tribulation, it could probably only block a few strikes.

"Rest well and recover. There's a very important matter I need your help with later," Wang Changsheng instructed. "Mengbin, take Yuqi back for now!"

He then accepted the Sky-Lightning Spirit Transformation Talisman and the Sea-Suppressing Pearl.

Wang Mengbin acknowledged and led Bai Yuqi away.