The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 778 778 Everything is Ready_1

[Destiny Points: 58.]

Until the remaining Destiny Points were depleted, the Basic Destiny "Luck" did not get upgraded to Gold-grade as Shen Mo had hoped.

Furthermore, since he didn't continuously invest Destiny Points, most of his other Basic Destinies and Special Destinies also remained unpromoted. Only "Danger Perception" had upgraded from Purple-grade to Orange-grade, significantly boosting its ability to predict danger!

Besides this, Shen Mo had also drawn several grey, white, and green-grade Special Destinies from the Destiny Pool. Most of them, much like the Special Destinies "Courage," "Cold Resistance," "Tough Skin," and "Scent," were rather unimpressive.

Only by spending a large number of Destiny Points to elevate their quality, or by drawing higher-grade Special Destinies to replace them, could they prove useful.

For example, the Special Destiny "Tough Skin" was replaced by "Indestructible Body," a Special Destiny of the same type but higher quality.

Of course, these Special Destinies were not entirely useless. From their effects, one could roughly judge the kinds of wondrous abilities they might possess if promoted to a high grade. If Shen Mo had enough Destiny Points and encountered certain extreme dangers, he could select one of these already drawn Destinies with a particularly useful effect and temporarily upgrade it to deal with the perilous situation. For instance, if Shen Mo were trapped in an extremely frigid land and his cultivation and abilities were insufficient to withstand the erosion of the cold, he could use Destiny Points to enhance "Cold Resistance." Or, if he encountered an unspeakably terrifying entity that chilled one to the bone, he could enhance "Courage"... and so on. In this way, he could resolve any disaster! However, Special Destinies meant for extreme situations were not universally applicable; he might go his entire life without using one even once. It wasn't very cost-effective to spend a vast amount of Destiny Points to upgrade them now. It was better to accumulate and save some Destiny Points, upgrading them only when they were truly needed!

Aside from these "unimpressive" Destinies, Shen Mo's luck was decent enough for him to draw a Purple-grade "Brilliant Divine Storage." Wearing it on his back slightly increased his soul power.

Compared to his already astonishingly profound and powerful soul, the overall increase was not very significant, but it was better than nothing.

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After updating his Destiny, Shen Mo took out his various magic treasures one by one: the Taiyi Sword, Demon Slaying Sword, Nine-Extreme Crystal Sand Energy, Green Cloud Umbrella, seven Big Dipper Swords, twelve Mountain Pearls, Immortal Binding Rope, Dark Cloud Bag, Ruyi Soul Stealing Needle, Wildland Fire Cauldron, and so on.

Many factors determine the actual combat power of a cultivator, and magic treasures play a crucial part among them.

These past years, relying on his increasingly sophisticated forging skills, Shen Mo had continuously incorporated various rare spiritual materials, offered by Red Flame Sect disciples, into his magic treasures, selecting them based on their different effects and properties. He kept these magic treasures stored in his Dantian, nourishing them with his power of chaotic Yuan. From time to time, he also used the "Spiritual Wisdom" Skill to increase the spirituality of his magic artifacts.

To date, the grades of all magic treasures in his possession had, to varying degrees, been elevated.

Magic artifacts that were originally of profound level had successively given birth to Artifact Spirits, transforming into spiritual-level artifacts, while Spiritual Artifacts continued to climb to greater heights.

The Taiyi Sword, for instance, was a top-grade Spiritual Artifact. It had not made any progress towards becoming a spiritual treasure after the fall of its former master, Senior Gu Song, the founder of the Taiyi Sword Alliance. Only when Shen Mo took it as his own, re-forging and enhancing it by imbuing it with his Proficiency in Swordsmanship, power of chaotic Yuan, and peculiar Skills, did it see notable improvements. Now, it is on its way to transforming into a low-grade spiritual treasure!

The Demon Slaying Sword, Green Cloud Umbrella, Big Dipper Swords, Immortal Binding Rope, and other magic treasures, it went without saying, were also constantly improving, gradually ascending towards medium-grade, high-grade, and even top-grade Spiritual Artifacts.

The Nine-Extreme Crystal Sand Energy had long since entered the ranks of Spiritual Artifacts.

With a large number of disciples proficient in forging, along with Gold Man Tai 26, helping him to extremely refine various precious spirit golds, each grain of sand energy in this treasure had surpassed nine rounds of extreme refining, reaching fifteen rounds. They became increasingly immaterial, gathering into a diffuse cloud of sand-like energy when amassed.

Even more so, in addition to being arrayed on the body's surface and incorporated into the Chakras, it could also permeate the internal organs, flesh, and blood along with the flow of Mana, making Shen Mo's already unmatched vitality even more robust and solid!

However, what had recently captured Shen Mo's utmost attention were the twelve Mountain Pearls!

The most basic material for this treasure was a pearl condensed by Ming Cang through the expenditure of his Essence, Qi, and Spirit. Shen Mo further refined it by adding various spiritual materials and then incorporating entire mountains into it. When hurled using the "Tianhe Nine Turns" martial arts and cultivation method, it possessed frighteningly destructive power.

However, as Shen Mo cultivated the Divine Bridge and the enemies he faced grew stronger, the power of the Mountain Pearls began to seem insufficient.

For a Divine Bridge Realm (Fifth Stage) expert, a mountain from the Primordial Realm crashing down on them would be like a mortal being hit by a pebble; it wouldn't be enough to injure them at all! But what if the mountains refined into the Mountain Pearls were not from the Primordial Realm, but Immortal Mountains from within the Universal Realm?

At present, Shen Mo's cultivation level was insufficient. He currently lacked the power to sever such massive and vast Immortal Mountains as Five Dragon Mountain or Jade Spring Mountain at their roots and refine them into the Mountain Pearls.

One day, when he possesses such terrifying strength, if he were to refine Immortal Mountains like Five Dragon Mountain or Jade Spring Mountain into Mountain Pearls and activate them with immortal arts, a single pearl crashing down... even a True Immortal struck by it would likely suffer grievous injuries to their bones and immortal body!

Therefore, Shen Mo had not given up on these twelve Mountain Pearls. He was still working to elevate their grade, so that once he possessed sufficient strength, he could refine even larger and more magnificent mountains into them.

BUZZ!

Shen Mo's fingers flicked across each of the Mountain Pearls, activating the "Spiritual Wisdom" Skill.

Waves of formless, colorless, and soundless Dao Rhyme rippled out from his fingertips, beginning to enhance the spirituality of the Artifact Spirits within the pearls!

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「Time passed by in the blink of an eye.」

Zhao Lingyin, Qian Xiaofeng, Lu Taorui, and others who were traveling outside had already left Crane City and moved on to their next destination.

Through the "Reverse Yin and Yang" Skill, Shen Mo transferred his real body to their location several times. After shooing away Qian Xiaofeng and the others, he cultivated "The Sutra of Cloudy and Rainy from Wushan" with Zhao Lingyin. As they experienced endless joy, they were also able to enhance each other's Cultivation Realm.

Relatively speaking, Zhao Lingyin benefited more!

If Shen Mo wanted the cultivation effect of "The Sutra of Cloudy and Rainy from Wushan" to surpass that of "Chaotic Yuan and One Qi," he would have to cultivate it with a female cultivator at the Formless Realm, or even a female Immortal.

This time, when Shen Mo used his Skill to switch between his real body and his Gecko False Body, he had suppressed the Cultivation Realm of the Gecko False Body to below the Golden Core Realm, leaving it with strength approximately equivalent to the early-stage Spirit Sea Realm.

He had already promised the Silver-haired Child to explore the True Immortal's cave mansion with him. A normal Flying Escape for the journey there and back alone would take three to five years!

Suppressing the Cultivation Realm of the Gecko False Body would allow it to persist for a much longer time without dissipating. That way, if Shen Mo encountered an irresistible and inescapable danger in the True Immortal's cave mansion, he could instantly transfer his real body back to Jade Spring Mountain, allowing the Gecko False Body to suffer the calamity in his stead!