With the final light sound of a collision, there was no longer any Buddhist Sect in front of Ning Zhuo, only a wall, seamlessly fitted and indistinguishable from its surroundings.
"I did it!" Ning Zhuo wanted to laugh with joy.
Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit: ??!!
It stood frozen in place, motionless, like a sculpture.
After a long while, its gaping mouth trembled before slightly closing.
And then, in the next moment, it raised its head and roared wildly, spewing a gigantic pillar of fire from its throat!
Ning Zhuo pressed on and sealed the Demon Sect once more, showing no trace on the surface.
The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit went mad!
It jumped up and down in the main hall, banging its head against columns and floor tiles, causing the entire Magma Fairy Palace to almost bounce.
At the peak of Fire Persimmon Mountain, fire and magma erupted simultaneously, violently and overwhelmingly.
Meng Kui sighed and had no choice but to activate the great formation, putting all his effort into suppressing the rioting Magma Fairy Palace.
This was the most violent eruption in the history of the Magma Fairy Palace.
Meng Kui guarded for a full day and night before the palace finally calmed down.
He was utterly exhausted!
Even with Meng Kui's Nascent Soul Stage cultivation, he couldn't withstand the repeated riots of the Magma Fairy Palace.
After this arduous effort, Meng Kui's face showed a look of exhaustion, with bags under his eyes and a much paler complexion.
Soon, thick smoke covered him, obscuring his appearance and figure.
After returning his soul to his body, Ning Zhuo took a Phoenix Soul Blood Fragrance Pill and fell asleep.
While Meng Kui struggled to suppress the palace, Ning Zhuo slept soundly.
A day and a night later, Ning Zhuo opened his eyes, feeling refreshed, his soul power mostly recovered.
The Phoenix Soul Blood Fragrance Pill truly had excellent effects!
Ning Xiaoren came to visit him.
Ning Zhuo, lying in bed, tried to get up but was stopped by Ning Xiaoren.
Ning Zhuo's face was full of guilt: "Uncle Xiaoren, I let you down, I am deeply ashamed."
Ning Xiaoren gently reassured him: "It happened unexpectedly, who knew there would be such mechanisms in the palace? It's not your fault!"
Ning Zhuo nodded: "After this incident, I realized my own inadequacies. I want to read more books, especially those related to spirituality. Uncle Xiaoren, you are my father's friend, you will help me, won't you?"
"Uh..." Ning Xiaoren was taken aback, swearing inwardly, but he smiled warmly on the surface, "I'll help you find some."
"In the meantime, just lie in bed and rest, don't overexert yourself and affect your recovery."
"Yes, Uncle Xiaoren." Ning Zhuo cupped his hands and then asked, "When will the books arrive?"
Ning Xiaoren coughed twice and said: "I'll handle it as quickly as possible and get someone to bring them to you."
Ning Zhuo, lying in bed, then met with Ning Chen and Ning Yong, among others, expressing his gratitude for their concerns and gifts.
Due to Ning Zhuo's previous proactive support, he had quite a high popularity within the renovation team, especially among his peers.
This was, of course, intentional on Ning Zhuo's part.
While they stood by his bed, chatting with him, Ning Zhuo secretly used the embryonic form of his divine skill to connect each of them with the Life-hanging Thread.
This exploration of the Immortal Palace had significantly boosted his Life-hanging Divine Ability.
After absorbing nine Illusion True Lotus Seeds, two new segments had grown on the rhizome. Moreover, at the very top of the rhizome, a thumbnail-sized leaf had sprouted.
Upon sensing the embryonic form of the divine skill, Ning Zhuo immediately gained many insights.
"The Life-hanging Thread Divine Skill has greatly improved, connecting my peers with the thread is now a breeze!"
"The qualitative change lies in—I can now attach the Life Thread to mechanism artifacts."
"To be precise, mechanism artifacts with complete spiritual nature."
All things had spiritual nature, but not all had complete spirituality.
The first one Ning Zhuo thought of was Yuan Dasheng!
It was now in the Spirit Movement stage, with complete spirituality being the standard of ten-fold spirituality.
Late that night, after sleeping for most of the day, Ning Zhuo got up and went to his Uncle Ning Ze's cultivation secret room to practice.
The guards immediately adjusted their positions to protect him at the center.
Amidst the heavy floating clouds around him, Ning Zhuo summoned back the Golden Blooded War Ape - Dasheng.
Within the clouds, he exercised the embryonic form of his divine skill on Yuan Dasheng.
After a long while, a nearly transparent Life-hanging Thread appeared on the top of the Golden Blood Battle Ape - Dasheng's head.
"I did it!" Ning Zhuo was exhilarated.
Suddenly, in a moment of intuition, he moved the Life Thread, gently pulling it!
Next moment, the Life-hanging Thread wavered and lifted.
At the end of the thread dangled a round, red spiritual essence.
This red essence shone brilliantly, sometimes perfectly round and smooth, sometimes forming into the adorable, naive face of a baby monkey, chirping incessantly.
"I've extracted Yuan Dasheng's spiritual essence!" Ning Zhuo, the initiator, was stunned on the spot.
Just like how the Life Thread had drawn his soul out of his body into the Immortal Palace, he had now done something similar.
The Golden Blood Battle Ape - Dasheng had no soul, so Ning Zhuo had entirely extracted its spiritual essence!
Ning Zhuo took another mechanical monkey out of his storage bag.
This mechanical monkey had been crafted with the help of Zheng Jian and the Zheng Family's artifact refining chamber.
Compared to the Golden Blood Battle Ape, its materials were much more exquisite, two or three grades higher in general. After all, many items in the Magma Fairy Palace had their restrictions.
Following his instincts, Ning Zhuo directed the Life Thread, connecting it to the new mechanical monkey.
The monkey's head spirit attached to the Life Thread seamlessly transferred to the new mechanical monkey.
The next moment, the mechanical monkey opened its eyes, revealing two green glows.
Tree Martial Fighting Ape - Dasheng!
The mechanical monkey is yellow and green in color, primarily made from steel vine wood, Gale Wood, Black Tortoise Star Iron, and Golden Emperor Quartz.
The monkey stood eight feet tall, with a slender build, long arms reaching its knees, and a solemn, majestic appearance.
To provide ample space for demonstrating combat techniques, Ning Zhuo specifically designed the framework of Tree Martial Fighting Ape - Dasheng to be pieced together.
He used life-filled trees for the muscles, allowing for quick repairs even if damaged in combat through the Grafting Technique.
The most crucial part was the talisman imprint slots; Ning Zhuo had created six in total. Currently, they held: Brute Force Talisman, Gale Talisman, Growth Talisman, Black Tortoise Talisman, Vajra Talisman, Sharp Edge Talisman.
Ning Zhuo designed and created Tree Martial Fighting Ape initially to train himself and to use combat as a method to gradually find a combat body closer to Yuan Dasheng.
As it turned out, things progressed more smoothly than he had expected—he directly transferred Yuan Dasheng's spiritual essence into the Tree Martial Fighting Ape!
Without Ning Zhuo's command, Yuan Dasheng's spiritual essence, once calmed, began to control the new body on its own.
It moved continuously, from small to large gestures, initially flexing its fingers, gradually moving its legs, and eventually it danced around, stirring the floating clouds intensely.
Before it could create more disturbance, Ning Zhuo stopped it in time.
"Now, I can bring Yuan Dasheng alongside me."
This was indeed a pleasant surprise for Ning Zhuo.
But the surprises didn't end there.
In the books Ning Xiaoren had sent over, Ning Zhuo discovered the secrets of the Spirit Movement stage!