Chapter 38: Lower Rank Human Soul Immortal

Using the Enlightenment Stele from the Divine Formula Card, Fire Venerable successfully raised his cultivation level to Lower Rank Human Soul Immortal within a year.
Subsequently, the Divine Formula Card passed to Gold Venerable in turn.
Sitting by the lake inside the Miniature Realm Sphere, Gold Venerable remained motionless like an iron ingot, fully focused on comprehending the essence of the Metal element.
Qu Yi’s true self simply lay back on a soft chair, keeping his eyes closed, while his immortal consciousness continued to scan the “Essence Energy Path” formation taught by the Artifact God.
Wood Venerable, Water Venerable, Fire Venerable, and Earth Venerable were also busy, each finding a place to further understand their own elemental essences.
Only four months passed.
Gold Venerable, sitting by the lake, suddenly opened his eyes. The light emanating from them seemed capable of piercing through space, extremely sharp.
Immediately, Gold Venerable stood up swiftly, his body as firm as an iron spear, creating a rustling sound. At the same time, he slapped his right hand onto the lake’s surface. A burst of golden light appeared and spread across the water.
The golden light transformed into countless golden threads, all sinking into the lake without causing even the slightest ripple, as if nothing had entered.
Gold Venerable had now comprehended the art of sharpness. The fact that the golden light had caused no disturbance demonstrated the essence of sharpness—extreme sharpness that could pierce through objects invisibly, killing silently.
With a faint smile, Gold Venerable took out the Divine Formula Card and threw it into the distance.
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Wood Venerable picked up the Divine Formula Card.
At that moment, he was in a bamboo forest within the Miniature Realm Sphere, surrounded by green bamboos about the size of a person, with a gentle breeze blowing.
Wood Venerable wrapped the upper ends of ten bamboos together in one spot and wove them into a bamboo leaf bed, then lay down on it and began meditating with his eyes closed.
Five months later.
Wood Venerable suddenly sprang up from the bamboo leaf bed, radiating a sense of comfort and ease as he floated in the air.
A green mass of immortal energy appeared in the palm of his right hand and struck the bamboo leaf bed.
The bed immediately loosened and then rapidly stretched, doubling in height in the blink of an eye. In another instant, the ten bamboos shrank back to half their original height.
Wood Venerable had now comprehended the art of flexibility.
Smiling, he took out the Divine Formula Card and threw it in a certain direction.
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Since Qu Yi became a Human Immortal, the activity space inside the Miniature Realm Sphere now consisted of a complete planet. This planet resembled a honeycomb, with landmasses connected together, and each “honeycomb entrance” was a huge lake.

At this moment, Shui Zun was on an island in a lake. He reached out and took the divine formula card. Immediately, he sat upright in the center of the island and began to meditate with closed eyes.

Four months later, Shui Zun, who had been sitting on the ground, suddenly emitted thick streams of water vapor that formed a white mist, similar to frost. The mist drifted around, covering the entire island. Soon, countless tiny water droplets appeared on the ground, forming a mat of water droplets. The green grass on the island grew wildly, reaching a height of five meters. Shui Zun was completely hidden among the grass.

At that point, Shui Zun opened his eyes, stood up gently, and said with a smile, “I have mastered the Nourishment Method.” What had just happened was because Shui Zun had understood the Water Nourishment Method. Using the power of nourishment, he infused water energy into the ground, while also injecting the power of moisture into the grass, thus creating such an extraordinary phenomenon.

After smiling, Shui Zun took out the divine formula card and threw it in a certain direction.

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Tu Zun was currently in an empty valley. When the divine formula card flew over, Tu Zun waved his right hand and knocked it down, catching it in his hand. “Jin Zun, Mu Zun, Shui Zun, and Huo Zun have all reached the rank of Lower Human Soul Immortals. I’m falling behind. But it won’t take long before I can catch up too,” Tu Zun said softly, his lips slightly parted.

Immediately afterward, he sat upright on the ground.

Seven months later, a fierce wind suddenly arose in the valley. The land around it rumbled, and a thick layer of yellow clouds formed in the sky. These clouds condensed into a mass resembling a compressed planet, which then rushed straight toward Tu Zun with tremendous force.

Just as the mass was about to crush Tu Zun, it suddenly floated upward, flew into the air, and quickly shattered and disappeared. Tu Zun opened his eyes, smiled secretly, stood up slowly, and said, “I have mastered the Bearing Method.” He used the power of bearing to catch the falling mass and then the power of lifting to raise it.

At this time, Jin Zun, Mu Zun, Shui Zun, and Huo Zun arrived in the valley and surrounded Tu Zun. “Congratulations, Tu Zun,” they said together.

What was originally thought to take two years now only took twenty months—Qu Yi’s five avatars had all reached the rank of Lower Human Soul Immortals.

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Qu Yi’s true body, lying on a soft chair, suddenly sat up at the moment Tu Zun reached the rank of Lower Human Soul Immortal. Inside his dantian, the original five energy masses changed again.

Each air mass was evenly divided into three parts, resembling three balls connected in a row. At this point, one of the balls turned into a “1” shape, and this “1”-shaped air mass was connected to the other two balls by an invisible airflow.
This “1” symbolized Qu Yi’s five avatars, who had already grasped a certain Faoh.
Qu Yi then moved his hands swiftly, first using the Jianrui Faoh to inject a mass of Golden Element primordial energy into the lake. Moments later, he used the Shenchui Faoh, turning all the Wood Element primordial energy into stretching force, which immediately turned into bending force, creating a row of huge waves on the lake surface. When the Zrun Faoh was used, a strip of bright flowers grew along the lake’s shore. The Wenhuo Faoh was directed at the Vessel God, aiming to bake the entire Vessel God from warm to hot; fortunately, the Vessel God was extremely powerful and easily dodged it, only turning the soft chair into dust. When the Chengdan Faoh was activated, a solid stone path formed right beside the newly appeared flower strip.
Within Qu Yi’s body, chaotic energy could be transformed into primordial energy of the five elements at any time, and he could control the cultivation levels of his five avatars—something he had just demonstrated.
“Qu Yi, you’ve grown bold—daring to play tricks on my Vessel God,” shouted the Vessel God, whose infantile body floated in the air as it pointed at Qu Yi.
Qu Yi immediately took out an identical soft chair from his space ring and said with a smile, “Vessel God, I’ve noticed you’ve been lying on that same soft chair since the cultivation world—never changing it. I specially crafted a new one and wanted to take this opportunity to replace it for you.”
Facing the Vessel God, Qu Yi had to say something flattering.
Sure enough, the Vessel God settled onto the new soft chair, pouted slightly, then closed its eyes and fell asleep, not even bothering to evaluate Qu Yi’s breakthrough to the lower rank of Human Soul Immortal.
Qu Yi shrugged and lay down as well, continuing to scan the “Primordial Energy Dao” formation.
As for cultivation breakthroughs, Qu Yi wasn’t very concerned, as if such speeds were entirely normal.
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On a mountain near the Yulin mineral deposits in the Lanlin Mountains, the Fire Lord stepped out of his wooden house.
Over the past three years, the disciples of the Tongzhou Hall had all seen rapid progress in their cultivation. With the array preset method, their artifact refinement efficiency had increased significantly, allowing them to undertake many refinement tasks and earn substantial wealth.
Naturally, the use of cultivation spaces became much more frequent, enabling many disciples to advance in their cultivation.

The sect leader, Yun Zhouzi, upon learning that Zhen Nantian had already obtained a deposit of minerals on Fangyang Star, listened to his plans without any objections and agreed immediately. Then, Yun Zhouzi sent a hundred Disciples of the Human Soul Immortal to Fangyang Star, who settled in the Lanlin Mountains.

Meanwhile, Zhen Nantian also recruited thousands of cultivators below the Tribulation Stage on Fangyang Star and sent them to the Lanlin Mountains to assist the Tongzhou Sect in mining the Yulin minerals.

In the Immortal Realm, cultivators below the Great Vehicle Stage are countless and hold little value. Such cultivators would be overjoyed if any major faction were willing to employ them, so it was easy for Zhen Nantian to recruit a thousand of them.

After coming out of his wooden house, Fire Venerable found that Zhen Nantian had already designated ten mining caves in the entire Yulin mineral area. In each cave, there were cultivators coming in and out, mining the Yulin minerals.

Suddenly, Zhen Nantian flew in front of Fire Venerable.

“Fire Venerable, I thought you’d really spend three years cultivating in that wooden house. Thankfully, you came out more than three months early.” Zhen Nantian laughed heartily, clearly indicating that he had enjoyed a comfortable life during those three years.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhen Nantian glared at Fire Venerable as if he’d seen a demon and shouted in panic, “Fire Venerable, you’ve actually reached the cultivation level of a Lower Human Soul Immortal!”

Undoubtedly, according to the norms of cultivation in the Immortal Realm, advancing from a Disciple of the Human Soul Immortal to a Human Soul Immortal is a significant hurdle. Countless such cultivators get stuck here for life, unable to make progress. Most of them need tens of thousands of years to possibly reach this level.

Fire Venerable, however, was an anomaly in cultivation. He had previously advanced from a one-star Disciple of the Human Soul Immortal to a six-star one in just four or five years by using a cultivation space. Although Zhen Nantian was surprised, he could still accept it—after all, some disciples of major factions in the Immortal Realm could also achieve such rapid progress. But the fact that Fire Venerable had reached the level of a Human Soul Immortal in only six or seven years was truly frightening.

Fire Venerable patted Zhen Nantian’s shoulder and said with a smile, “Fatty, why be so surprised? I’m not going to eat you.”

Zhen Nantian struggled to steady himself and continued to stare at Fire Venerable in disbelief. After a while, he said gloomily, “Fire Venerable, from now on, I truly admire you.”

Such a rapid rate of cultivation was rarely seen in the history of the Immortal Realm, and Zhen Nantian had no choice but to admit it. If he had known that, aside from Fire Venerable, the other four avatars of Qu Yi had also reached the level of Human Soul Immortals in such a short time, he would likely have been shocked to death.

Of course, Zhen Nantian never imagined that Fire Venerable could advance his cultivation so quickly thanks to the Help of Enlightenment Stele. Fire Venerable smiled faintly, then looked at the Yulin mineral deposits and said, “Fat guy, you’ve managed things well over these three years. Well, three years are almost up, and we need to prepare to face the various forces from Fangyang Star.” Zhen Nantian responded with nods.