Published: March 3, 2025
One day later.
Yuan State, Yuan Yang Sect.
In the cave dwelling of Heavenly Peak, Liu Yu sat cross-legged in the training room, summarizing the gains and losses from this trip.
The main purpose of this journey was to acquire the fourth-tier spiritual fire and elevate the rank of the Azure Yang Devil Fire.
Now that the goal was achieved, even without any additional rewards, it could be considered a complete success.
However, to obtain the spiritual fire, Liu Yu had to slay a yuan ying true monarch, which naturally brought more than just one reward.
Aside from the Nine Nether Demonic Fire, Liu Yu also acquired two true treasures and the entire fortune of the Bone Old Demon.
Before leaving the Black Bone Sect, he took the opportunity to loot their sect treasury.
Although there were no unexpected surprises, he still collected a large number of spiritual stones, magical and spiritual artifacts, elixirs and talismans, along with various spiritual herbs.
Spiritual stones and magical artifacts were of minimal use to Liu Yu at this stage.
However, the Black Bone Sect's centuries-old collection greatly enriched his reserve of spiritual herbs.
"Among the spiritual herbs collected this time, there are even a few essential materials for refining the 'True Pill.'"
"With these few auxiliary herbs, I've almost gathered everything needed to refine the 'True Pill.'"
"The main medicine, 'Heavenly Heart Herb,' was found by the death warriors, and the auxiliary herbs were collected mostly through the sect, with the remaining few I should be able to gather in a few years."
"I just need to polish my magical power, and once the spiritual herbs are fully gathered, I can start refining the pill and work on breaking through to the mid-stage yuan ying."
Liu Yu stroked his storage bracelet, thoughts flashing in his mind, and he felt quite pleased.
Over the past fifty years, he had certainly not neglected his alchemy studies.
By cultivating a large number of spiritual herbs in the Immortal Abode and occasionally discussing alchemy insights with Ink Plum, his success rate for refining the Flying Immortal Pill had already reached an astonishing forty to fifty percent.
Although he had yet to refine other fourth-tier spiritual pills, Liu Yu’s alchemy skills were firmly established at the master level.
Once the spiritual herbs for the 'True Pill' were fully collected, he could immediately set to work on refining it.
The path of cultivating immortality grew increasingly difficult as one progressed.
Even though he had extraordinary aptitude due to his secret methods, he still inevitably faced bottlenecks.
Without breaking through this bottleneck, his cultivation could not continue to improve.
If he devoted time to painstakingly refine his cultivation for dozens or even hundreds of years, Liu Yu was confident he could break through.
But the leak of news regarding the spiritual treasure was like a sword hanging over his head, leaving no room for him to take his time and cultivate at a steady pace.
He needed to raise his strength as soon as possible.
Though the news of the Sword of Ruin being leaked was uncertain, Liu Yu was not one to entrust his safety to the whims of an uncertain fate!
Thus, as soon as he obtained the formulas for the four types of pills, he began simultaneously gathering the necessary spiritual herbs for all four.
After all, controlling a yuan ying sect and having a group of loyal death warriors at his command, he had made considerable gains over the decades.
"It's a pity that in order to avoid exposing my identity, I had to give up the spiritual vein of the Black Bone Sect."
"Otherwise, integrating into a fourth-tier lower-grade spiritual vein would surely elevate the quality of the Heavenly Peak's spiritual vein significantly, bringing it closer to the fourth-tier high quality."
Reflecting on the spiritual vein of the Black Bone Sect on Moonshadow Mountain, Liu Yu shook his head slightly, feeling some regret.
Relocating a spiritual vein was not a matter of one or two days, and the commotion it would cause was impossible to hide.