With a "poof," the moment the azure flame made contact with the demon ape, it actually ignited the rosy light coating its surface.
The dried corpse was immediately enveloped by a raging inferno.
At this same time,
As for the physical body below, it sat expressionless and motionless, as though in deep meditation.
Under the Nascent Soul's seal, the azure Nascent Soul Fire burned for three days and three nights. Even at
Fortunately, at the end of the third day, the secret technique was finally completed.
A muffled explosion rang out from within the azure Nascent Soul Fire, and a plume of black smoke dispersed from the flames. The demon ape corpse, which had appeared unchanged throughout, instantly crumbled to ash. Only a fist-sized, glittering object remained amidst the firelight.
The Nascent Soul opened its eyes in a flash, gazing intently at that shimmering object within the flames, a hint of a smile appearing on its face. At the same time, the Nascent Soul Fire from its mouth ceased abruptly.
With a flash of golden and azure light, the Nascent Soul vanished mysteriously.
The next instant, the motionless physical body below also opened its eyes, and one sleeve swept dramatically toward the sky.
A wave of rosy light swept through, and all the Nascent Soul Fire was extinguished on command, thoroughly revealing what lay within.
It was none other than a blood-red, crystalline object that glittered with sanguine light.
A sharp whistling sound rang out as a blast of wind shot forth. In the blink of an eye, it struck the blood-red crystal.
With a crisp "crack," the crystal shattered, and an extremely viscous black-red liquid oozed out from within.
The moment the liquid was exposed to the void, it suddenly roiled and condensed, transforming into a small black-red monkey about half a foot tall.
The monkey let out a shrill cry, and a primordial aura erupted from its body—one so savage that even
But immediately, a muffled thud came from one wall of the secret chamber. A ball of black-red light had crashed into it, only to be bounced back by the power of the restriction.
The black-red light flickered and took the shape of the ape once more, then darted off in another direction like a headless fly.
But at this moment, the prepared
He tossed it into the air. The bottle spun around, its opening aimed toward the sky.
Inside, white rosy light flickered in and out of visibility.
With a "poof," a spray of white threads shot out from within. With a single movement, it entangled the black-red ape in midair, then pulled back, easily drawing it into the jade bottle.
The small bottle trembled, then drifted soundlessly downward, landing steadily in his palm.
"Good, very good. This is indeed the True Spirit blood of the Mountain Giant Ape. I didn't expect the newly refined True Blood to be so pure. Once I absorb and refine it, the giant ape transformation should surpass even the Heavenly Peng form."
He then carefully stored the jade bottle away.
Although he had refined the True Spirit blood, it was naturally impossible to absorb and refine it right away.
After days of exhaling Nascent Soul Fire to burn the demon ape corpse, his vital energy had been significantly depleted. He needed to restore his magical power first.
He took some medicinal pills, then retrieved two spirit stones from his storage bracelet. With a calm expression,
A day later, when he ended his meditation with a shift in expression, his magical power had been fully restored.
Feeling the pure spiritual power surging and brimming within him once more, he smiled and flipped his palm. A golden, half-foot-long broken blade appeared in his hand.
It was the remnant blade obtained from the demon ape—the one suspected to be a Profound Heaven treasure.
When he had obtained this treasure that day, he had been too hurried to examine it closely. And along the journey back to Cloud City with Xianxian, he certainly could not have taken it out.
Now,
He swept his spiritual sense into it more than a dozen times, but just like the Profound Heaven fruit, the moment his sense touched the surface, it was repelled by a mysterious force. Moreover, the object currently contained not a trace of spiritual energy—it looked like nothing more than an ordinary piece of scrap metal.
Yet this unassuming remnant blade had unleashed heaven-shaking power that day. If the Profound Heaven fruit had not been stimulated to transform once more into the Profound Heaven Sword, he would likely have perished under a single slash of this blade.
Recalling the heaven-shaking might of the blade's strike that day, a blue glow flashed in
Sure enough, the spirit eyes could peer directly into the interior of the remnant blade. But apart from countless golden runes the size of rice grains, there was nothing else to be seen.