Clan Cultivation: I Transmigrated With My Smartphone-Chapter 697 - 610: Building the Grotto World_2

Once again looking towards a scene, the lotus still sits poised there, the lotus above its head flickering and changing.

The roots and stems of the lotus, entrenched in the void, continuously absorb void energy, transforming it into Spiritual Qi, nourishing the entire world.

However, its speed is relatively slow, requiring two hundred years to repay the debt.

During this process, everything can only rely on oneself.

Once, Lu Xuanji intended to pay off part of the Spiritual Qi on behalf of the lotus.

But at the moment of acting, he abandoned the thought.

Many things still depend on oneself; when others do everything and take shortcuts, there's usually a price to pay.

The process of transforming Spiritual Qi and nourishing the world, although tedious and dull, is also a moment of sensing the Heavenly Dao Laws in a mysterious way, enhancing his Dao Insights with benefits beyond words.

His figure flickered, and Lu Fan left the Grotto Heaven, returning to the Lu Family, appearing in the Cave Mansion.

Closing his eyes, Lu Xuanji felt the changes within himself, with an extreme sense of lightness, debt-free and relaxed; his body harmonized with all techniques, his Primordial Spirit resonated with the Heavenly Dao, especially the insights into the Pure Yang Dao became ever clearer, with the perceptions becoming increasingly refined and agile.

Buzz!

At that moment, within his Divine Thought, he sensed a vast world.

This world stood tall in the cosmos, seemingly at the center of the universe, yet also surpassing the cosmos, becoming a brand-new world.

This world is vast and boundless, unimaginably vast with no known boundaries.

The Purple Mansion Realm, before this world, seemed like a speck of dust facing a gigantic sun.

This world emitted a peculiar magnetic field, attracting many worlds within the endless void, leading these worlds in migration, in gentle movement.

This world is none other than the Immortal Realm.

In the vastness of the Immortal Realm, Lu Xuanji felt tremendous shock and also a sense of his own insignificance.

An inexplicable force emanated from this Immortal Realm, seemingly guiding him toward ascension into the Immortal Realm;

But at the same time, a force from the Purple Mansion Realm drew him to remain steadfastly there.

Buzz buzz buzz!

Feeling the inexplicable pull from the Immortal Realm, Lu Xuanji activated the cultivation technique, and suddenly, runes appeared above his head, constantly condensing and transforming, turning into a massive portal—none other than the Immortal Realm Gate.

The Immortal Realm Gate engraved in the Sea of Consciousness.

Creating a mystical connection with the Immortal Realm.

After repaying the karma of the Heavenly Dao, the Purple Mansion World's suppression on him reached its limit, no longer able to hold him down. Following the mystical perception, he sensed the aura of the Immortal Realm and used this strand of aura to condense into the Immortal Realm Gate.

Activating the cultivation technique, the Immortal Realm Gate trembled slightly, emitting a sizzling sound as colossal resistance surged, seemingly to stop everything, suppress everything.

The pressure increased, the difficulty increased, and a mysterious intuition advised him that it was time to give up.

To abandon everything, for relinquishment would bring better outcomes.

Persistence inherently leads to failure.

Yet Lu Xuanji gritted his teeth without the slightest thought of giving up, continuing to pull.

Meanwhile, magical power was heavily consumed, his body trembled slightly, and sweat broke out on his forehead.

After approximately one day, the Immortal Realm Gate gently trembled, and a thread of gray mist wafted out from it.

Swoosh!

This single thread, roughly finger-length, was exceptionally heavy, akin to the weight of Mount Tai pressing down.

It fell into Lu Xuanji's palm, seeming to struggle like a Flood Dragon.

Being of Void Refining cultivation, he barely managed to suppress the gray mist; if it were a Divinity Transformation cultivator, they simply couldn't catch it.

"What a wondrous Immortal Realm Qi!"

Lu Xuanji took a deep breath and activated the Secret Technique to refine this strand of Immortal Qi.

The Immortal Qi distorted and transformed, eventually crystallizing into a green crystal, known as the Immortal Crystal.

The Immortal Crystal, condensed by Void Refining cultivators with Immortal Realm Qi through painstaking refinement.

For cultivators below Void Refining, the Immortal Crystal is useless and unusable; but for Void Refining cultivators, it's an invaluable treasure, allowing enhancement of bloodline and aptitude through it, refining the Divine Soul, and elevating the grade of the Primordial Spirit.

By using the Immortal Crystal, one can refine magical power and perceive the Great Dao.

After reaching Void Refining, the speed of cultivating by absorbing Spiritual Qi becomes painfully slow; with the aid of Immortal Crystals, the speed increases manifold.

Immortal Crystals are also the hard currency in transactions among cultivators above Void Refining, purchasable for ninety-nine percent of items.

A Void Refining cultivator spends a year extracting Immortal Realm Qi, resulting in an Immortal Crystal, considered a standard unit of Immortal Crystal.

In the past, Lu Xuanji too relied on the Eighth Grade Tree of Time to extract Immortal Artifact Qi to refine Immortal Crystals.

Seemingly recalling something, Lu Xuanji took out the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures: Qiankun Gourd [for nurturing Magical Treasures], Chaos Map [for chaotic celestial secrets], Godslaying Hammer [extreme attack], Heaven-Supporting Pillar [extreme attack], Shadowless Sword [stealth assassination], Immortal Shield [peerless defense], Heaven-Fixing Mirror [immobilizing enemies], Grotto World Eye [insight into the void], Heaven-Reaching Bridge [escape], Heaven-Clashing Axe [extreme attack], Heaven-Sealing Talisman [sealing enemies], Profound Celestial Ladder [escape], Tunneling One Map [calculate celestial secrets], Time Bell [alters time], Door of Wonders [calculate celestial secrets], Grotto Heaven Divine Spear [extreme attack], Celestial Secret Ball [calculate celestial secrets], Heaven-Evasion Coffin [avoid celestial secret calculations], Awakening Bell [protecting the Primordial Spirit], Chaos Thunder Talisman [absorb celestial tribulation power], Book of the Earth [focus on defense], Heaven Mending Cauldron [focus on alchemy], Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron [produce Spirit Stones], Void Celestial Armor [focus on defense].

The thirty-three treasures fluctuated up and down.

Enhancing oneself, extracting Immortal Qi.

Woooo!

The Immortal Realm Gate trembled, extracting a thread of Immortal Qi, followed by another.

The extraction speed was much faster than his own.

In just one day, more than fifty threads of Immortal Qi were extracted, and the Immortal Qi condensed into many Immortal Crystals.

Activating the cultivation technique, refining the Immortal Crystals, the cultivation speed significantly accelerated.

"Still a bit lacking; according to my estimation, it requires another five hundred years to enter the Second Layer of Void Refining!" Lu Xuanji contemplated and walked out from the seclusion area. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Ding ding ding!

At that moment, bells rang.

Ringing nine times in succession.

Lu Xuanji sent a voice transmission: "I, the main self, will hold a lecture on Purple Sun Mountain in seven days; all Dao companions are welcome to come and listen!"

The voice spread throughout Chu Country; cultivators from everywhere perceived the Daoist.

The crowd was abuzz.

Seven days later, people swarmed and gathered under Purple Sun Mountain.

The cultivators of the Lu Family mobilized, maintaining the order around.

Arranged according to cultivation levels, the many cultivators stood respectfully below, gazing up at the peak, at the legendary figure of Chu Country.

Standing atop the mountain, Lu Xuanji looked down, overlooking the multitude of cultivators.

Among the throng, he saw many cultivators from the Lu Family, his two sons Lu Fan and Lu Xian, along with their Dao companions and many descendants. At this moment, Lu Xian had reached the Third Layer of Divinity Transformation cultivation, and Lu Fan was almost at the First Layer of Divinity Transformation.

In the crowd, there were also two disciples, Zhao Qiweng and Li Qingwei.

Zhao Qiweng, blessed with the Longevity Body, spent long years refining his foundation, reaching the pinnacle in each realm, intentionally slowing his progress, having meticulously cultivated for over two thousand years, yet remained at the peak of Purple Mansion.

As for Li Qingwei, this seemingly less-talented disciple had diligently cultivated over the years and reached the status of a Nascent Soul Great Cultivator.

Among the crowd, he also noticed Long Xuan and Ning Xue, both maids.

Long Xuan had reached the Seventh Layer of Divinity Transformation, and Ning Xue was at the Eighth Layer, requiring a thousand years of arduous cultivation to reach the peak of Divinity Transformation, with hopes of touching the barrier of Void Refining.

There were also many cultivators from Wu Country, demon cultivators from Yue Country, various Demon Race cultivators from the Hundred Thousand Mountains, even Sea Race cultivators from overseas—all gathered here.

Moreover, some foreign cultivators appeared at the site.

Suddenly, Lu Xuanji saw a familiar figure—Ye Qingcheng.

His former Dao companion from the past, still alive, having reached the Divinity Transformation realm.

Lu Xuanji slightly communicated, feeling a faint trace of joy.

Having cultivated for three thousand years, many predecessors had been outlasted by him, many contemporaries too, and even not a few successors.

But now, seeing Ye Qingcheng, this old friend still alive, he felt inexplicable delight.