Chapter 495: Heavenly Venerate’s Immortal Cave

What greeted his eyes was a palm-sized gray rock, casually placed on the ground.

The rock surface was rough, its color dull, almost blending in with the surrounding stone walls. It looked unremarkable and showed no special features.

If it weren’t for the Demon Gourd emitting a strong sensation at this moment,

even if Fang Hong had passed by this place a thousand times, he would never have guessed that beneath this ordinary rock lay hidden the secret Immortal Cave of a Heavenly Venerate expert.

Fang Hong slowly brought the Demon Gourd closer to the gray rock.

Just as the Demon Gourd was less than three feet away from the rock, its body suddenly burst forth with dazzling purple light.

Streams of purple-gold light poured out, precisely enveloping the rock.

A faint white glow appeared on the rock’s surface, a sign that the restriction laid down by Xia Wudi all those years ago was rapidly disintegrating under the purple light.

In just a few breaths, the restriction completely vanished without a trace.

And that gray rock slowly dissolved in the light, transforming into an oval-shaped spatial teleportation gate in the blink of an eye.

Inside the teleportation gate, shimmering lights flowed, and vague scenes of the other end were faintly visible.

Xia Wudi’s secret Immortal Cave finally saw the light of day at this moment.

The Demon Gourd completed its mission, transforming into a black shadow and flying back into Fang Hong’s body.

Fang Hong dared not be careless in the slightest. After all, this was the secret Immortal Cave of a Heavenly Venerate expert, and no one knew if there were other unknown dangers.

He immediately had a thought, summoning the chaos bell, which hovered above his head, ready at all times to defend against any sudden situations that might arise.

After making full preparations, Fang Hong carefully lifted his foot and slowly stepped into the spatial teleportation gate.

A dazzling light flashed, and Fang Hong only felt his vision blur. A moment later, he landed steadily on solid ground.

When Fang Hong clearly saw the scene before him, he was stunned on the spot, his face filled with surprise.

This is Xia Wudi’s secret Immortal Cave? 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Isn’t it a bit too simple.

Fang Hong looked around and found himself in an enclosed stone chamber.

This room had no doors or windows, its overall height and width were no more than four or five zhang, and the walls and floor were constructed from the most ordinary bluestone.

The stone surfaces were devoid of any superfluous carvings, appearing exceptionally plain.

Embedded in the walls were several fist-sized glowing beads, emitting a soft yet bright light that illuminated the entire stone chamber.

Looking at the furnishings inside, they were simple to the extreme.

Aside from a two-tiered bookshelf near the wall and a round meditation cushion placed on the floor beside the bookshelf, there was nothing else.

Such an arrangement was so plain it was almost crude.

If he hadn’t known beforehand that this was the secret Immortal Cave of Xia Wudi, a peak Heavenly Venerate expert, Fang Hong might have thought he had stumbled into a reclusive cultivation place of some ascetic monk.

Fang Hong composed himself, calmed his mind, and released his Divine Sense, carefully sweeping every corner of the entire stone chamber.

From the walls to the floor, from the bookshelf to the meditation cushion, no detail was overlooked.

After confirming that he found no abnormal restrictions or traps, and felt no dangerous aura, he finally relaxed.

He stepped towards the only bookshelf.

Fang Hong was full of curiosity, wanting to see what this Heavenly Venerate expert had left behind in his Immortal Cave.

The bookshelf was made of unknown wood. Although it had endured the erosion of time, it was still intact, with only a faint layer of dust on its surface.

The bookshelf had two tiers. The upper tier neatly held three cyan jade pendants.

The jade pendants were similar in size, about the width of a palm, with smooth and warm surfaces, emitting a faint Immortal Qi.

These three jade pendants, placed separately on the upper tier by Xia Wudi, were clearly not ordinary items and must be extremely precious treasures.

The lower tier was stacked with hundreds of books, exuding an old, musty scent.

Fang Hong’s heart stirred, and his gaze fixed on the three cyan jade pendants.

Still maintaining full caution, he first used his Divine Sense to carefully sweep over the three jade pendants again. After repeatedly confirming that there were no residual restrictions or any abnormal trap fluctuations, he dared to probe them with his Divine Sense.

Half an hour later, Fang Hong finally finished examining all three jade pendants.

He slowly withdrew his Divine Sense, a smile he couldn’t hide appearing on his face, and he couldn’t help but say, "This trip was truly not in vain."

These three seemingly ordinary cyan jade pendants indeed contained extremely valuable content.

The first jade pendant completely recorded a profound Dao technique, named Refining Heaven Technique.

This Refining Heaven Technique was precisely Xia Wudi’s core Dao technique that he Cultivated throughout his life, a rare Heavenly Venerate-level Dao technique.

The Cultivation path was clear and complete, progressing step by step from early to peak.

As long as one could cultivate diligently, they could completely breakthrough all the way to the peak Heavenly Venerate realm with this Dao technique, making it a top-tier Dao technique in the Immortal Realm.

The content of the Refining Heaven Technique was extremely rich. After successful Cultivation, one could condense Xia Wudi’s famous Great Dao, the Devouring Great Dao.

This Devouring Great Dao was Xia Wudi’s signature move that allowed him to dominate the Immortal Realm, possessing infinite power capable of devouring the energy of all things in heaven and earth for his own use.

This Dao technique even contained a detailed record of the entire refining process of the Demon Gourd.

It turned out that back then, in order to refine this Demon Gourd, Xia Wudi had specifically ventured deep into the Heavenly Demon Realm to capture ten Ancient Outer-Heaven Demon.

These ten Ancient Outer-Heaven Demon were ancient Devil Heads in the Heavenly Demon Realm who had reached the Immortal Emperor level, possessing incredibly formidable strength.

And what they were best at was devouring and refining Immortals, converting the Immortals’ Cultivation and soul into their own power.

Xia Wudi was inspired by the refining Divine Ability of these ten Ancient Outer-Heaven Demon.

Combined with the Devouring Great Dao he had comprehended, he finally refined this unique Demon Gourd.

However, the Demon Gourd’s refining Divine Ability was still slightly inferior compared to true Ancient Outer-Heaven Demon.

After all, those ancient demons could directly refine living beings.

Whether they were Immortals or Vicious Beasts, they could be devoured and refined while still alive, with extremely high conversion efficiency.

The Demon Gourd, however, could only refine the corpses of already deceased beings, converting them into spirit pills containing pure energy.

In terms of refining flexibility and efficiency, it was ultimately a step behind.

Upon obtaining this Refining Heaven Technique, Fang Hong was overjoyed.

Although the Ten Thousand Laws Origin Demon Art he had been Cultivating was profound, it had never reached the Heavenly Venerate level.

Now with the Refining Heaven Technique as a reference and blueprint, he could completely Fuse the two cultivation techniques, leveraging their strengths and compensating for their weaknesses.

He could perfect and upgrade his own Ten Thousand Laws Origin Demon Art, allowing it to also advance into a true Heavenly Venerate-level Dao technique.

This would undoubtedly be a tremendous help for his future Cultivation path.

Previously, he had been troubled by not being able to find a suitable Heavenly Venerate-level Dao technique, but now the long-standing problem that had plagued him was unexpectedly solved.