Cultivation Starts from Farming

Chapter 1077: Chapter 455: Fifth Stage Body Refining (Part 3)

"It is as difficult as climbing to the sky to make a significant improvement again."

"Unless... I can craft a Quasi-Fifth-Order Puppet!"

Thinking of the words "Quasi-Fifth-Order Puppet," Xu Ping couldn’t help but recall the Earth Guardian Puppet he had seized.

However, after years of research, he had barely managed to understand a bit of its superficial aspects, grasping its energy circuits and some of the mysterious materials.

The journey to fully comprehend its core crafting technology, and to personally create a Quasi-Fifth-Order Puppet, still seemed a distant goal.

"A Quasi-Fifth-Order Puppet... this is not an endeavor that can be achieved overnight." Xu Ping gently shook his head, temporarily suppressing his desire.

"I should wait until after my breakthrough to Divinity Transformation, when my Divine Soul, mana, and vision have transformed again, to fully tackle this challenge."

"For now, the most important thing is to plan... the breakthrough to Divinity Transformation!"

Xu Ping’s eyes shone like tangible lightning, then gradually faded away.

He slowly closed his eyes.

The surging blood and energy around him gradually calmed down, and the external golden radiance and immortal Dao rhythm were all withdrawn, returning to his seemingly ordinary body.

Xu Ping began to quietly operate his cultivation technique, consolidating his Nirvana Golden Body.

Blood Bone Island returned to silence.

...

Time flowed quietly like water.

Six months passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Xu Ping, who had been sitting still like a statue, finally opened his eyes again.

No longer was there any abnormal vision of power leaking from his eyes, only a gentle and calm gaze, as if containing an infinite starry sky, unfathomably deep.

He lightly clenched his fist, feeling his blood and energy full and harmonious, his body as solid as a mountain, with the realm of his first turn of the Nirvana Golden Body completely consolidated, no longer a bit of virtuality.

At this moment, he had truly transformed the power gained from his breakthrough into his own foundation.

"It is time..."

Xu Ping whispered to himself, his voice calm.

The time to return to the Nanchuan Realm had arrived.

In the following days, Xu Ping collected all the precious resources and array materials he had accumulated here over centuries.

Through his Divine Sense imprint, he also summoned back the Water Lake Rat.

Seven days later.

At the horizon, a dual-colored purple-blue escape light flickered as if traversing through space, its speed astonishing.

The light converged, revealing a giant rat the size of a small hill, with fur exhibiting a magnificent purple-blue hue, which was the Water Lake Rat.

"Master."

A fawning smile appeared on the Water Lake Rat’s face.

"Hmm."

Xu Ping nodded slightly.

The Water Lake Rat and the Spirit Worm were to definitely accompany him back to the Nanchuan Realm.

The Water Lake Rat was to be used as a flying tool, while the Spirit Beast Spirit Worm was directly stored by Xu Ping in the special space of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

Everything was ready.

Xu Ping and Duan Shuang stood side by side on the broad, platform-like back of the Water Lake Rat.

Duan Shuang, dressed in a plain white long dress, maintained her upright and graceful posture, yet her clear eyes carried a hint of subtle complexity, quietly overlooking the island below that had borne witness to her centuries of cultivation.

From the time she first achieved the Golden Core to the secluded cultivation here, to her successful Nascent Soul Formation, and presently to the Late-Stage Nascent Soul... after all, there was some sentiment.

Xu Ping perceived Duan Shuang’s emotional fluctuations and did not speak much, merely gently holding her cool hand.

Duan Shuang felt the warmth from his palm and withdrew her gaze.

"Let’s go." Xu Ping said softly.

"Alright!"

The Water Lake Rat, understanding the cue, erupted in purple-blue escape light under its four paws, enveloping its massive body completely.

In the next instant, the escape light flashed, vanishing as if teleporting, beyond the horizon of Blood Bone Island, leaving only the tireless waves crashing against the rocky shore.

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Two months later.

An obscure sea region far from the main routes, low in Spiritual Qi, and rarely visited by even sea beasts.

The sky here was perpetually overcast, the seawater an unhealthy gray-black, with massive whirlpools silently rotating on the sea surface, emitting chaotic spatial fluctuations.

This place was precisely where the Nine Nether Elder, by virtue of his Divinity Transformation Realm cultivation and profound understanding of spatial arts, had painstakingly located a relatively weak spot in the space barrier.

Currently, at the center of this desolate sea region, a vast and complex array was quietly operating.

Countless runes shimmered with ghostly light, bridging and weaving on the ground, forming an array map with a profound geometric aesthetic.

At the core of the array, powerful energy converged, like an invisible drill, slowly tearing at the barely perceptible spatial wall in an effort to forcibly open an unstable passage.

At critical nodes of the array, two figures were seated cross-legged.

One of them, with a thin, emaciated figure, was none other than the Nine Nether Elder.

The other was naturally Hongyi.

His breath was steady as he assisted the Nine Nether Elder, maintaining the stability of the array.

As Xu Ping and Duan Shuang approached within the escape light of the Water Lake Rat,

The Nine Nether Elder and Hongyi both opened their eyes simultaneously, their gaze turning towards the arrivals.

"Senior Nine Nether, Fellow Daoist Hong."

Xu Ping, taking Duan Shuang along, descended from the escape light, landing at the edge of the array, smiling while cupping his fists, his demeanor composed and confident.

The withered face of the Nine Nether Elder curved into a meaningful smile, his deep gaze scanning Xu Ping:

"A few days ago, though separated by thousands of miles, this old man vaguely sensed the blood and energy surging from Blood Bone Island, the Dao rhythm resonating, with an implicit aura of nirvana and immortality spreading... "

"Seeing you now, Young Friend Xu, it seems you have indeed cultivated that legendary Nirvana Golden Body, congratulations, congratulations!"

Xu Ping’s smile remained unchanged, his tone calm: "This junior succeeded by chance, thanks to Senior Nine Nether’s generosity back then, granting the crucial Nine Heavens Gang Wind Essence, otherwise this body would be hard to achieve."

His words were courteous, yet his posture casual.

Now that his Nirvana Golden Body was achieved and with the Puppet Array under his control, his apprehension towards this mysterious Divinity Transformation Ghost Cultivator had indeed reached its lowest. At least, they now interacted on equal terms.

Hongyi also smiled, nodding in greeting to Xu Ping and Duan Shuang.

After some simple pleasantries, they quickly got to the main topic.

The Nine Nether Elder’s voice was hoarse as he said: "The interdimensional array is ready, and the spatial passage is stable. We can depart at any time to return to the Nanchuan Realm."