The news of Xu Xing’s entry into the Inner Lingyin Peak spread quickly.
Although the True Men and True Monarchs of each peak openly praised Xu Xing’s commitment, behind closed doors, they used his experience as a counter-example when lecturing their disciples.
"Choosing the wrong method, even if one has extraordinary talent and genius, can lead to years of stagnation if it deviates from the right path."
"If the method is not correct, the path becomes narrower and narrower."
"For someone with Immortal Genius like Xu Xing, several decades spent on the wrong path can still be remedied, but if you make a mistake, you will regret it for the rest of your life."
At Purple Lightning Peak, Daoist Haoyu instructed his junior disciples and explained the true meaning of the Immortal Journey.
"The immortal path is long..."
"Everyone has their own karmic method, which cannot be forced."
"If you make a mistake in one step, even if you make the right moves later, it is difficult to make up for the loss of the first misstep."
At Hainei Peak, True Monarch Zheng Dan sighed upon hearing that Xu Xing had entered Lingyin Peak.
「Three thousand miles southwest of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace.」
There was a mountain, lush and towering, rising to a height of around three hundred zhang. Unlike the nearby mountains, the center of this mountain was hollow, and a Heavenly Pond hung at the top, gathering the incoming clouds and rain. The pond water was clear and translucent, and immortal mist lingered around it.
If one dived down from the pond, they would see a person-high cave built on an inner cliff.
With a small water-avoiding Spell, Xu Xing entered the Cave Mansion in Biyuan Mountain from the Heavenly Pond. He took out a blue compass and a Hundred-Year Luminous Pearl—a congratulatory gift from a previous Outer Sect Disciple—from his Storage Bag.
After a gentle call, the light-containing Magic Formation within the Hundred-Year Luminous Pearl activated. In an instant, a brilliant light shone at the Cave Mansion Entrance.
A jade plaque hung from the lintel of the mansion, engraved with the words "Flying Feather Immortal Residence."
In front of the two Stone Doors, an ancient stone was placed, its surface concave.
With the ancient stone as the boundary, a white light barrier emerged behind it, shielding the Cave Mansion.
The array techniques of the Immortal Sect are truly marvelous. Logically, this Cave Mansion is located in a deep ravine that never sees sunlight, and the rock walls should be damp and covered in moss, yet the Cave Mansion Entrance is exceptionally dry. There’s no sense of stale air...
Xu Xing marveled for a moment, then placed the blue compass on the stone foundation at the entrance.
The white light barrier in front of the Cave Mansion retracted, the Prohibition fully opened, and the two Stone Doors also opened accordingly.
He stepped into the inner room.
Inside, there was a main hall, a Pill Room, and a Cultivation Room.
There were no other rooms.
The Spiritual Energy and spiritual veins of the entire Biyuan Mountain are drawn into the Cultivation Room. Indeed, worthy of being called a Xuanjing Abode, it has much more abundant Spiritual Energy than the cramped Dan Lu in the Inner Sect Peaks...
Xu Xing casually let out the Azure Fire Wolf Spider from his Spirit Beast Bag to guard the house, then opened the layers of Cave Mansion Prohibition and hid in the Cultivation Room.
As soon as he sat down, he could feel the abundant Spiritual Energy in the Cultivation Room.
With just a little breathing, his Cultivation seemed to have slightly improved.
First, I will refine the First-class Purple Magpie Morning Glow to achieve Condensing Resplendent Clouds. Only then will my Cultivation in the Immortal Foundation Realm be truly stable. The Sect hasn’t given me the reward for Purple Magpie Valley yet. I should take this opportunity to quickly increase my strength. Perhaps the reward for me from the Sect will not be a Seventh Grade Golden Cicada Sword Pill, but a higher-quality Sword Pill...
Xu Xing sat on the Cushion in the Cultivation Room and took out the First-class Purple Magpie Morning Glow he had picked during his trip to the Purple Magpie Valley.
This Purple Magpie Morning Glow was like a Five-colored Cloud Brocade, warm and gentle in his hand, as light as nothing.
A First-class Purple Magpie Morning Glow... it has only five colors of radiance. Sect Cultivators can create their own radiance, mostly in three colors. But by refining external objects, a third-class Purple Magpie Morning Glow can give Cultivators two more colors. Second-class... grants four more...
Xu Xing pondered silently. Refining external objects and creating one’s own radiance is not a matter of one plus one equals two. Often it is less than two. A First-class Purple Magpie Morning Glow only has five colors of radiance, and I can create three colors myself, totaling eight colors. To create nine bands of radiance, I need to achieve a result greater than eight from the combination of three and five. For external Cloud Mist, Cultivators can only refine one kind at a time. More than that would make their own radiance impure and unclear. In that case, when they reach the Immortal Foundation Middle Stage of "Spread Mist, Birth Profound," they will suffer a great loss.
Too much thinking is of no use... The amount of radiance born depends on the purity of Magic Power and the compatibility of the external Cloud Mist. I have the Nine Luminaries Immortal Fate [Spring God Ju Mang], which makes me naturally close to all birds; I shouldn’t be hindered in this...
Xu Xing glanced at the Nine Luminaries Immortal Fate in his consciousness space, and his confidence surged.
When it came to the purity of his Magic Power, his three great constitutions had built his Immortal Base, achieving flawlessness. In the Immortal Foundation Realm, concerning a solid foundation, he was confident that he ranked at least among the top few in the Flying Feather Immortal Palace.
He extracted a trace of Magic Power from his Immortal Base. Then, as if peeling silk from cocoons, he stripped strands from the "Five-colored Cloud Brocade" in his hand, separating out wisps of Morning Glow and merging them into his own Magic Power.
The Morning Glow and Magic Power traveled through his Meridians, circulating and cleansing...
After one Great Zhou Cycle, a stream of cloud mist magic power slowly emerged. Xu Xing channeled this cloud mist magic power to his fingertips and then commanded the Hundred-Year Luminous Pearl to retract its light-containing Magic Formation. In an instant, the Magic Power radiated a dazzling light, steaming like a fire cloud. This was the first band of red radiance to be born.
Withdrawing the cloud mist magic power, Xu Xing returned to refining the Purple Magpie Morning Glow, slowly extracting a trace of brilliant radiance from it and blending it into his own Magic Power, removing impurities and refining its essence.
After repeating this process several times, eight bands of radiance gradually formed around his body from his Magic Power, shining brightly in the dark room.
Only the final band of black radiance had yet to form.