Cultivating To Immortality
Chapter 457: Dao Foundation
Liu Jiang simultaneously Cultivated the two great Daos of poison and fire throughout his life.
This Heavenly Poison Gourd was forged by him over tens of thousands of years, collecting countless rare poisons from all over the world, and then repeatedly refining them with his own Origin of the Poison Dao.
Once activated, it can spray mist containing terrifying toxicity; even an Immortal Emperor of the same grade would fall victim if they were not careful.
However, although these two Dao Artifacts were extraordinary, Fang Hong did not think much of them.
He planned to feed them to his own Dao Artifact later to enhance its grade.
Among the immortal herbs collected by Liu Jiang, a peculiar flower named ’Heavenly Poison Flower’ particularly caught Fang Hong’s attention.
The Heavenly Poison Flower is a special immortal herb, entirely black, with purple patterns adorning the edges of its petals.
It emits an eerie fragrance, containing extremely potent venom, making it one of the most toxic substances in the world.
For Cultivators who practice Demonic Techniques of poison year-round, the Heavenly Poison Flower is an invaluable treasure, helping them quickly improve their Poison Dao Cultivation.
However, for ordinary Cultivators, the Heavenly Poison Flower is not very useful.
If not handled properly, they could suffer a backlash from the venom; at best, their Cultivation would be crippled, and at worst, they would die on the spot.
Liu Jiang primarily Cultivated Demonic Techniques of poison in his early years, and the reason he was able to cultivate the mysterious Heavenly Poison Law was precisely because he obtained the Heavenly Poison Flower and refined it, thus achieving success in the Poison Dao.
In other words, without a deep foundation from years of Cultivating Demonic Techniques of poison, refining the Heavenly Poison Flower would be extremely difficult.
But Fang Hong was quite interested in this incredibly dangerous Heavenly Poison Law.
He himself mastered the Law of Life and possessed the divine spring of life which can purify all things, so he could completely tame the terrifying toxicity of the Heavenly Poison Flower and help him condense the Heavenly Poison Law.
Besides these conventional treasures and resources, Fang Hong also found a tattered beast hide map deep within the storage device.
According to Liu Jiang’s memory, he accidentally obtained this incomplete map hundreds of years ago in an Ancient Tomb.
Over the years, Liu Jiang spent a great deal of effort researching this incomplete map, eventually deducing that it was likely a key to an Immortal Cave left behind by an ancient mighty figure.
However, the location recorded on it was in a certain sea area within the vast Barren Sea.
The Barren Sea is distant and fraught with danger, so Fang Hong could not explore it immediately.
He could only temporarily put away this incomplete map, intending to explore this mysterious Immortal Cave once his strength advanced further in the future.
After dealing with all his gains, Fang Hong’s figure flickered, and he arrived at the Medicine Valley within the Years Pearl Space.
He planted all the immortal herbs he had collected from the ruins this time.
After doing all this, Fang Hong returned to his secluded cultivation chamber, sat cross-legged, took out the Heavenly Poison Flower, and placed it in front of him.
Fang Hong closed his eyes and began to circulate his cultivation technique, preparing to refine the Heavenly Poison Flower and assault the Heavenly Poison Law... Days passed, and in the blink of an eye, two months quietly slipped by.
On this day, Fang Hong was still sitting cross-legged in the secret chamber, his eyes closed, with Immortal Qi fluctuations swirling around him.
On the ground in front of him, four jade boxes were neatly arranged, each box filled to the brim with Immortal Pills and dao pills.
These Immortal Pills and dao pills included demon pearls obtained from the ruins, as well as various dao pills he had refined himself.
For example, Dao Replenishing Pills, Dragon Qi Pills, Profound Sun Pills, and the dao condensing pill that assists in condensing Laws, all had been refined.
In addition, there was a bodhi dao fruit.
These treasures were Fang Hong’s final preparations for assaulting the Immortal Emperor Realm.
Within these two months, Fang Hong Cultivated diligently day and night, finally succeeding in completely refining the Heavenly Poison Flower, and another Heavenly Poison Law meridian appeared in his body.
At this moment, Fang Hong had already mastered thirteen great Laws simultaneously: the basic Five Elements, Heavenly Poison, Hurricane, Lightning, Light, Darkness, Ice, Life, and Time.
With thirteen great Laws, the abundance of Immortal Qi in Fang Hong’s body was terrifying.
Inside the secret chamber, Fang Hong slowly awoke from his meditation.
After this period of quiet Cultivation and precipitation, Fang Hong had long since adjusted his state to its peak; the best time to assault the Immortal Emperor Realm had finally arrived!
Fang Hong hooked his finger, and three smooth, plump dao condensing pills, along with the bodhi dao fruit, floated together in front of him, which he then directly absorbed into his abdomen.
"Boom!"
A dull, massive sound exploded within his body.
The mellow medicinal power of the dao condensing pill and the Origin of the bodhi dao fruit instantly merged, surging through his meridians like a volcanic eruption.
Fang Hong dared not delay for a moment, immediately circulating the Ten Thousand Laws Origin Demon Art at full power, guiding this violent medicinal power to slowly comb through all the meridians in his body.
As the medicinal power continuously circulated through his limbs and bones, the Dao patterns on the surface of Fang Hong’s thirteen law meridians became increasingly bright and clear, like stars twinkling in the night sky.
Streams of Law power moved along the meridians, slowly beginning to converge and intertwine towards the dantian, forming a dense web of Laws!
This was the crucial step to advancing to Immortal Emperor—condensing the Dao foundation.
Once the Dao foundation is formed, the future path of Cultivation can extend further. Fang Hong was currently using thirteen Laws as his foundation to fully construct his own supreme Dao foundation.
At the same time, the ten immortal apertures within Fang Hong’s body began to expand wildly again, each immortal aperture urgently needing Immortal Qi to fill it.
Feeling the strong sense of emptiness emanating from the immortal apertures, Fang Hong hooked his finger again, absorbing a large number of Immortal Pills and dao pills he had already prepared into his body.
As soon as these medicinal pills entered his mouth, they instantly dissolved, transforming into pure Immortal Qi, continuously pouring into the ten immortal apertures, supporting their expansion and stabilization.
In this way, Fang Hong fully assaulted the Immortal Emperor Realm in the secret chamber.
Immortal Qi surged endlessly within his body, immortal light swirled around his body, and his aura was also wildly skyrocketing, becoming stronger and more terrifying... In the blink of an eye, another three months passed.
Fang Hong was still sitting cross-legged in the middle of the secret chamber, his eyes closed.
The aura around him had undergone an earth-shattering transformation, reaching a new height, far surpassing his previous self.
In the depths of Fang Hong’s dantian, the previously empty area now revealed a swirling cloud of gray mist.
The mist was vast and boundless, slowly rotating like a nebula in the void.
Within the mist, thirteen rays of light of different colors faintly emerged, corresponding to the thirteen great Laws Fang Hong Cultivated; the lights intertwined and were inseparable.
And right in the center of this Chaos cloud mist, a green lotus quietly floated, appearing exceptionally striking!
This green lotus was crystal clear, with dense Dao patterns engraved on its lotus leaves, and various Dao lights flickered incessantly.
This green lotus was the Dao foundation Fang Hong spent three months intertwining and condensing from thirteen great Laws; it was extremely inclusive and could accommodate all Laws.
Ancient texts say that when all Laws return to one, it is Chaos.
Chaos gives birth to all things; everything in the world comes from Chaos, containing the most fundamental power.
The green lotus within Fang Hong’s body at this moment was precisely within that gray Chaos cloud mist, perfectly fitting the characteristics of Chaos.
Therefore, Fang Hong simply gave this green lotus, which contained his entire Dao foundation, a fitting name—Chaos Green Lotus.