Chapter 0074: Tempering the Body with Divine Thunder

Looking at the corpses of the members of the Wild Wolf Mercenary Group around him, Huang Long waved his hands, and a sphere of Samadhi True Fire turned them to ashes. After finishing this, he patted the blue ox beside him and said, “Let’s go.”

Half a month later, in the heart of the Magical Beast Mountains, Huang Long stopped. Examining the surroundings, he nodded in satisfaction. The environment here was good, and it was located on the edge of the core area of the Magical Beast Mountains. He intended to build a cave dwelling here and visit often in his free time.

Huang Long jumped down from the Sky Blue Python Ox and approached a mountain range. He chanted spells with his hands, stepped lightly, and shouted, “Rise!”

Under the astonished gazes of the Sky Blue Python Ox and the Great Asura Sulis, the mountain walls in front of them began to rise as the ground trembled. Gradually, courtyard complexes made of earthen walls took shape.

Next, Huang Long spat out Samadhi True Fire, which tempered these earthen walls, giving them a smoothness akin to marble and a hardness surpassing that of iron.

After completing this, he chanted more spells, and trees sprouted from the ground, arranged in an orderly pattern around the courtyards. Before long, a complex nestled among lush trees appeared before everyone.

Once the simple dwelling was completed, Huang Long raised his hands. A cloud of mist condensed in midair, and then it turned into rain. These drops were not ordinary rain but spiritual rain formed from the essence of heaven and earth. As soon as these drops touched the ground, the trees grew taller, their leaves becoming lush and green, while various flowers and plants also sprouted in the empty spaces.

The entire complex, covering several miles, was filled with abundant spiritual energy.

Through the use of the five elements—wood, fire, metal, water, and earth—Huang Long expended some of his magical power but finally completed the first cave dwelling he had built in this world. However, it was still quite simple. Compared to the Magu Cave on Erxian Mountain in his past life, it was vastly inferior.

But it would have to do for now.

Huang Long released the 365 top-grade spiritual stones collected from the Five Pits Divine Cauldron. With a gesture of his hand, they sank into the ground around the complex. Then, he took out a circular wheel and placed it at the center of the formation, creating a Heavenly Star Array.

This Heavenly Star Array was modeled after the one from Emperor Juntian’s celestial court in Huang Long’s past life. Of course, Emperor Juntian’s array used the innate spiritual treasures, the River Map and Luo Book, as its core, making Huang Long’s version far less powerful.

The circular wheel at the heart of this array was a top-tier treasure—a Star Gathering Wheel.

As the grand array was set up, a mass of star energy descended from the vast starry sky and fell into the mansion, enveloping it completely. With this Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array, Huang Long believed that even high-level magical beasts from the Sacred Realm would find it difficult to break in. This array did not require Huang Long to infuse it with magical power to operate—it could actively absorb star energy to sustain itself, focusing on defense and combat. Moreover, thanks to the star energy within, a person who practiced there for a year would gain the equivalent progress of several years or even decades outside. As for the plants and trees, over hundreds or thousands of years, they could even evolve into sentient beings capable of taking human form, just like in the Pangu world.

With the cave mansion completed, Huang Long ascended a nearby mountain and used his great powers to carve the words “Ma Gu Immortal Mansion” into it. Previously, it had been known as Ma Gu Cave, but now “Ma Gu Immortal Mansion” was more appropriate. The four characters stretched down from the mountain peak by a hundred feet, deep into the mountain, written in an elegant style. Combined with Huang Long’s profound insights into the Dao, Tian Qing Python Ox and Asura Sulis were instantly captivated, entering a state of transcendence. Huang Long did not disturb them; only after they regained their senses did he nod and say, “Follow me into the immortal mansion,” before leading them inside.

Upon entering the Ma Gu Immortal Mansion, Tian Qing Python Ox and Asura Sulis felt an indescribable sense of comfort throughout their bodies. Their pores widened as if their entire being had entered a pool of spiritual energy from the universe. Both of them had previously practiced in the Group of Immortals Pavilion, where the Netherworld Divine Tree absorbed abundant spiritual energy. However, the Ma Gu Immortal Mansion was no less impressive.

This Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array was constructed using 365 top-quality spiritual stones, which Huang Long had spent two years having Bogu collect from various auction houses. Naturally, their effect in absorbing spiritual energy was comparable to that of the Netherworld Divine Tree. Still, the Netherworld Divine Tree was still growing, and Huang Long could not predict its ultimate potential.

Inside the Ma Gu Immortal Mansion, Huang Long chose a courtyard in the center, and Tian Qing Python Ox and Asura Sulis each selected one as well. After that, Huang Long truly began his days of cultivation in the Magical Beast Mountains.

At present, although Huang Long had reached the stage where his Yuan Shen could leave his body, it still could not go too far or for too long, as his Yuan Shen was still weak and could not withstand the forces of thunder and lightning like his physical body could. In essence, his Yuan Shen was a Yin spirit, and what Huang Long needed to do was use the forces of thunder and fire from the universe to temper this Yin spirit, gradually strengthening it until it transformed into a Yang spirit. Once the Yuan Shen truly became a Yang spirit, it would be time to enter the Tribulation Phase.

Sitting in lotus position within the immortal estate’s courtyard, the Yellow Dragon practiced the “Water-Fire Primordial Dragon Art” to absorb the celestial and stellar energies. With a thought, his primordial spirit emerged from his head, swallowed a “Spirit Guide Pill,” then sat back on the ground and began practicing the “Mystical Clear Divine Thunder Body Tempering Art,” gradually drawing in the thunder and fire from heaven and earth.

The “Void Nourishing Pill” nourished the primordial spirit in its state of returning to emptiness by strengthening its essence, while the “Spirit Guide Pill” helped the primordial spirit in the out-of-body phase to better temper itself with thunder and fire.

As the “Mystical Clear Divine Thunder Body Tempering Art” continued, faint streaks of thunder and fire could be seen surrounding them, constantly entering the primordial spirit’s body. Through this continuous tempering by the thunder and fire, the Yellow Dragon’s primordial spirit grew increasingly solid.

Gradually, streaks of thunder and fire surrounded the Yellow Dragon’s primordial spirit, filling the entire courtyard with lightning.

Around the Yellow Dragon’s physical body, columns of water and dragon energy formed, making his water-fire dragon form even more solid.

This cultivation process lasted a full two months.

When two months passed, the Yellow Dragon’s physical body and primordial spirit floated in mid-air above the immortal estate, emitting waves of pressure. Fortunately, the estate’s grand sealing array was activated, preventing any nearby magical beasts from being disturbed.

Yet even so, the anomaly here attracted a sacred realm magical beast from hundreds of miles away. That day, a roar echoed through heaven and earth, shaking the forests, and even causing ripples in the spiritual energy within the immortal estate.

The Yellow Dragon awoke from his seclusion.

At that moment, faint traces of lightning could be seen flickering within the pores on the surface of his primordial spirit.

After retracting his primordial spirit, when the Yellow Dragon stepped out of the courtyard, the Sky Blue Python Ox and the Great Asura Sulis were already waiting outside. Upon seeing him, they bowed respectfully and said, “Master!”

The Yellow Dragon nodded, used his divine vision to observe the outside situation clearly, and smiled, saying, “I’ve been cultivating for two months and wanted to go out and stretch my limbs. Come with me.”