Chapter 110: Celestial Magnetism, Boundless Beasts

At this moment, Mu Yuan’s Zhenqi was more condensed than ever before. Having blended two types of heaven and earth energies, righteous and unrighteous, he unleashed a fiery crimson radiance like a dragon. Grasping and capturing became effortless.

The surrounding Heaven’s Might Atmosphere grew increasingly turbulent under Mu Yuan’s influence, eventually becoming as chaotic as boiling water. After refining the righteous energy, Mu Yuan’s Zhenqi became more agile and lively. With a single leap, he soared into higher layers of righteous energy. The further he ascended, the more intense the True Solar Heaven’s Might became, until it manifested as a brilliant red glow, completely purging any chaotic energies without any impurity. Mu Yuan was overjoyed, realizing that the Southern Barbarians region was closest to the solar stars, making the True Solar Heaven’s Might most concentrated. He promptly employed his methods to absorb all of this fiery righteous energy!

The power of heaven and earth was limitless. This layer of Heaven’s Might Atmosphere stretched endlessly and was incredibly dense. Although Mu Yuan had trained in various Zhenqi types and possessed more abundant energy than many cultivators of his level, within half a day, he felt a sense of blockage within his body. Continuing to absorb, the True Solar Heaven’s Might no longer integrated with his Zhenqi but instead formed a cloud-like layer outside his body.

Seeing this, Mu Yuan felt somewhat pleased. He had started refining the righteous energy below and had now spent half a month. Although refining wasn’t difficult, the gradual process of dissolving and assimilating was time-consuming. By now, the seed of Longevity True Qi in his Dantian had sprouted and grown into a towering tree, surrounded by Tide True Qi like a galaxy, rooted in a massive cauldron, supplying endless Zhenqi. Even the red sun in the sky moved among the branches of the great tree!

The surrounding True Solar Heaven’s Might that had attached to him was dissolved anew using the Primordial Five-Colored Mirage Light. With a forceful shake, his tattered robe scattered into fragments, replaced by a robe woven from True Solar Heaven’s Might, fiery red and appearing somewhat arrogant!

Mu Yuan smiled slightly, his internal Zhenqi moving as he willed. Various Zhenqi types intertwined and collided with the fiery righteous energy on his body. Gradually, the robe turned ashen gray, which satisfied Mu Yuan.

Observing that the Longevity True Qi, after absorbing the True Solar Heaven’s Might, gradually merged with the Great Sun True Fire, becoming a unified fiery red mass. The two Zhenqi types, entangled by righteous and unrighteous forces, ground against each other. When surrounding heaven and earth energies flowed into his body, they transformed into incredibly condensed true force, incomparable to the loose Zhenqi from before!

“This is the Void Refining Realm—truly marvelous. The condensation level of Zhenqi now is vastly different from before refining. The same meridians can accommodate more Zhenqi!” Mu Yuan flicked his finger, and a cyan-red true force leaped at his fingertip like a sword gleam. With a casual point, it shot out, piercing countless layers of Heaven’s Might, traveling hundreds of miles. Mu Yuan could still sense it as if he were physically present there!

“Now, only the Eternal Art remains. With the Void Refining Realm complete, only one step is left to reach the Core Formation Realm. I must hurry!” Mu Yuan hovered within the Heaven’s Might Atmosphere, unafraid despite the fierce winds. He successively broke through several layers of Heaven’s Might Atmosphere until he reached the outermost layer where the True Solar Heaven’s Might was purest. The Mystic Wind Yin Fiend and True Solar Heaven’s Might within him had gradually worn down into a balanced state. Although the depth of his Zhenqi hadn’t changed, it was undoubtedly a different realm compared to before refining.

Threads of Zhenqi flowed through his meridians, and his Spiritual Sense expanded boundlessly. With the Yin-Yang Dual Spirits achieved, this was the foundation enabling him to wield his sword to slay enemies from a thousand miles away. Otherwise, his true force could only travel a few dozen miles, and the Spiritual Sense attached to the Zhenqi would be difficult to sustain. Even if the righteous and unrighteous energies didn’t disperse, they would escape his control and become useless!

Longevity Patriarch and Mountain Elf had long been suspended in the lower layers of righteous energy. These two progressed extremely quickly in refining. Longevity Patriarch was understandable, as he was already akin to a Primordial Spirit, but Mountain Elf’s rapid progress surprised Mu Yuan.

With a sweep of his gaze and Divine Sense, Mu Yuan observed Longevity Patriarch’s Wood Mansion Heaven’s Might and Mountain Elf’s Ice Soul Heaven’s Might—one deep cyan, the other snow-white and nearly invisible—each encircling them. Seeing their significantly increased strength, Mu Yuan was very pleased. Before he could collect them back into the Gourd, the lower Heaven’s Might Atmosphere suddenly churned violently. Looking down, the sea of cloud-like righteous energy surged like waves, with streaks of lightning-like righteous forces darting about. Mu Yuan saw clearly that someone was refining the righteous energy below!

“What a coincidence! To encounter a fellow cultivator while I’m refining!” Mu Yuan noticed that person was absorbing a sparse layer of Celestial Magnetism Heaven’s Might from the atmosphere. This type of Celestial Magnetism Heaven’s Might was typically most concentrated at the north and south poles, yet this person was refining it here, which greatly piqued Mu Yuan’s curiosity!

Once Celestial Magnetism Heaven’s Might was successfully refined, it could almost ignore metal-based Magical Artifacts, rendering them useless at first encounter. It had always been highly favored by cultivators, especially those practicing metal-based arts. However, over the years, Mu Yuan had never seen anyone attempting or having refined such righteous energy. Now witnessing it, he couldn’t help but feel curious. He stored Longevity Patriarch and Mountain Elf into the Gourd and stood quietly within the righteous energy, looking down!

Above the Southern Barbarians, Celestial Magnetism Heaven’s Might was scarce to begin with. As this person absorbed it, it stirred up raging righteous winds everywhere. Mu Yuan watched with growing excitement and couldn’t resist stealthily descending to observe the refining cultivator!

This look truly shocked Mu Yuan. The one refining wasn’t human but a massive two-headed monster, dragon-like yet not quite, covered in brown scales, dragging a crocodile-like tail over ten feet long, with four sharp claws beneath its belly and a pair of cyan fleshy wings on its back. Its large mouth gaped open, strenuously capturing Celestial Magnetism Heaven’s Might!

“How strange that such a monster masters the method of Celestial Magnetism Heaven’s Might!” Mu Yuan was extremely curious, knowing that cultivation methods for Celestial Magnetism Heaven’s Might were exceedingly rare. Apart from a few ancient lineages, even the Profound Yin Sect’s Longevity Palace lacked such techniques.

As the Heaven’s Might Atmosphere churned violently, the monster seemed to detect Mu Yuan’s presence. It roared loudly and charged forward directly, opening its blood-red maw to reveal sharp fangs. A stinking, venomous fluid sprayed toward Mu Yuan, remaining cohesive even amid the fierce righteous winds.

“What an unreasonable monster! It can’t even focus on its own refining but comes to trouble me!” Mu Yuan muttered but wasn’t afraid. Since beginning his cultivation, he had always fought opponents stronger than himself. Rarely encountering one weaker, he didn’t use his Flying Sword or treasures. Instead, he released his newly refined righteous and unrighteous energies, forming a large fiery circle of Zhenqi that instantly vaporized the venom into cyan smoke, emitting sizzling sounds and a foul stench!

Seeing Mu Yuan dispel its venom with a single move, the Demon Beast even abandoned its refining, turned around, and fled. Flapping its fleshy wings, it descended directly toward the ground. Mu Yuan inwardly chuckled; it seemed he had needlessly interrupted the beast’s cultivation. He simply leaped, stored the Minghe Immortal Sword, and transformed a cloud under his feet, gently descending!

After refining the righteous energy, Mu Yuan could use his highly condensed righteous and unrighteous energies to manifest this cloud for travel. Although its speed still couldn’t compare to Elixir Formation’s qi flight, it was aesthetically pleasing, could change forms freely, and was most ingenious.

Just as he descended below the clouds, he heard incessant roars from where the monster had landed. Mu Yuan looked and was greatly startled. He saw countless wild beasts and monsters, densely packed without end, rampaging unchecked through the mountains. Along their path, trees fell and forests were destroyed, dust billowing intensely. Even high in the air, Mu Yuan felt the mountains below shaking. As he drew closer, overwhelming clouds of dust rolled upward, turning the clear blue sky and bright sun dim and yellow. The noise in his ears was like countless drums and gongs clamoring; despite his resilient Spiritual Sense, he felt dizzy!

“What scene is this? Boundless Beasts?!” Witnessing the beast tide rolling forward like a flood—countless giant elephants, lions, tigers, rhinos, and dragon beasts galloping, with innumerable birds in the sky, recognizable and unrecognizable—it seemed they sensed Mu Yuan’s presence. A large flock of birds turned and surged toward him, pressing down overwhelmingly!

Facing the massive flock of birds, darkening the sky like a vast black cloud, their wingbeats generating violent winds, Mu Yuan dared not confront this multitude of creatures. He lifted his form and dashed higher into the sky. Unexpectedly, among them were highly adept flying wyverns, ferocious beyond doubt and incredibly fast in flight, like winged dragons with claws sharp as blades. Seeing Mu Yuan ascend, these wyverns spiraled upward, their sharp claws reaching out to seize him!

Seeing he couldn’t shake them off, Mu Yuan raised his hand and released a series of Purple Heaven Immortal-Slaying Thunder. Now that the Dragon King’s Dynamic Force was fused with his bones and blood, he no longer needed to focus his intent; he could unleash it casually. As the thunder exploded, piercing shrieks followed, blood sprayed, feathers scattered, and many wyverns fell from the sky!

But the bird flock was simply too numerous. In a short while, Mu Yuan had slain over a hundred, yet they continued swarming relentlessly. Mu Yuan grew weary of killing and urged his escape light, attempting to evade them. Then, he heard several long roars piercing the clouds below. Several sprinting Demon Beasts actually flew up, transformed into human forms mid-air, and surrounded Mu Yuan to attack!

For Demon Beasts, shapeshifting wasn’t difficult. Upon reaching the Qi Refining Third Layer level, they could freely alter their meridians and acupoints. The few Demon Beasts that flew up possessed considerable cultivation. However, after refining the righteous energy, Mu Yuan’s confidence soared. He transformed the Six Harmonies Sword Pills into a brilliant ring, sword gleams blazing. With several swift strikes, he killed the nearby birds and met the surrounding Demon Beasts head-on!

These Demon Beasts’ human forms were all burly with ordinary faces. One of them shook its body, releasing dense showers of sharp needles—this was a porcupine spirit that had refined its quills into Magical Artifacts. Mu Yuan circled his sword gleams upward, enveloping these needles. The others closed in, mostly using artifacts refined from their own bodies, their Magical Power surging. But in terms of techniques, they were no match for Mu Yuan. As Mu Yuan executed a set of sword techniques, he forced them into a defensive stance, killing them with ease.