89: Second-tier Great Demon, Subspecies of the Soaring Roc Bird

Qingyuan Realm.

Southwest region of the continent, Cangqing Mountain.

November 1st, early morning.

Warm golden light spilled from beyond the sky, penetrating through layers of the sea of clouds and shining upon the peaceful Solitary Mountain Taoist Temple.

After five years, the Yu Xuzi's figure appeared once again in the Yuxu Temple, and a sudden sense of security and relaxation instantly enveloped his heart.

This was clearly just an ordinary Taoist temple on a wild mountain.

The spiritual essence was incredibly thin, without any mystical qualities.

But now, this place seemed to have become the Yu Xuzi's spiritual anchor.

Having transmigrated through so many worlds and seen so many sights, in the end, only Cangqing Mountain could give him the feeling of "home."

"This is... the smell of sunlight!"

"The true radiance of the sun!"

The Yu Xuzi stretched his body comfortably, his mind completely empty.

Shortly after.

Accompanied by excited cries, two massive golden figures soared into the sky, tearing through the sea of clouds with sharp whistling sounds as they headed straight for the high heavens.

They were precisely Embracing Star and Soaring.

Behind them, three slightly smaller Golden Eagles were flapping their wings vigorously to catch up, their eyes rolling around in excitement.

They had truly been stifled for too long inside the grotto-heaven.

The Yu Xuzi knew this as well and simply couldn't be bothered to intervene, letting them go out to frolic.

Regardless, there was no danger in the Southwest region of the Qingyuan Realm.

Within the unknown space.

The Myriad Heavens Star Disk, shimmering with a bronze glow, drifted unsteadily, and the Yu Xuzi's Divine Soul phantom appeared once again.

"Five more Micro Dust Worlds have appeared; not bad."

The Yu Xuzi nodded slightly.

He had now confirmed once again that as his cultivation level grew higher, the speed at which the stars were lit within the Myriad Heavens Star Disk also became faster.

Back when he was still in the Qi Refinement Stage, lighting up one Micro Dust World took six or seven years.

But now, within a short five years, five Micro Dust Worlds had been lit one after another.

At the same time, the Yu Xuzi also discovered that after his Breakthrough to the Mid Dao Foundation Realm, the speed at which Micro Dust Worlds were lit was still increasing; it probably wouldn't take half a year for another one to appear.

"Unfortunately, no matter how many Micro Dust Worlds there are, they cannot compare to a Lesser Thousand World."

"I can only find some low-Rank First and Second-Rank Resources; without higher-level ones, they are no longer of much use to me now."

To this day, the only world where he could be certain of obtaining Third-Rank or even Fourth-Rank treasures was still the outlier that was the Qingyuan Realm.

Regarding these other Micro Dust Worlds, the Yu Xuzi no longer even had the interest to pick up his brush to record fates and obtain rewards.

With his current strength, while he couldn't say he was invincible in the Dao Foundation Realm, he wasn't far from it.

If he truly took a fancy to something, he could just snatch it... trade for it.

"Wait!"

"That is..."

The Yu Xuzi's Divine Soul phantom trembled violently and instantly appeared at the third inner ring of the Myriad Heavens Star Disk.

Every star here represented a Minor Thousand Worlds.

And now, right beneath his feet.

A certain star had already begun to glow.

"A Lesser Thousand World, is it finally coming?"

...Mid-November.

The couple, Embracing Star and Soaring, who had been frolicking outside with their children for half a month, finally returned.

Western part of the Yuxu Grotto-Heaven.

Yunbao Hall.

The Yu Xuzi sat cross-legged before a boiling, scorching hot fire vein, with dozens of Spirit Medicines floating around him, his expression as calm as a deep abyss.

It was time to help Embracing Star and Soaring Breakthrough their Bloodline shackles.

The Second-Rank Wind-Chasing Golden Eagle Bloodline was still a bit too low, its upper limit too weak, with no hope of breaking through to the Third-Rank.

Therefore, it was best to feed them Bloodline evolution Medicinal Pills at the same time they broke through to become Second-Rank Great Demons, taking advantage of the Breakthrough's threshold and Opportunity to let their Bloodline reach the next level!

Their high-level Bloodline was a Fourth-Rank Demon Emperor Species—the Fuyao Roc!

This was the powerful Bloodline with the potential to Breakthrough to a Third-Rank Demon King or even a Fourth-Rank Demon Emperor.

Even if current Resources could not yet allow them to reach it in one step and become a true Demon Emperor Species, it was still possible to let the Bloodline advance further and become a Demon Emperor subspecies.

Only in this way could they barely keep up with the Yu Xuzi's footsteps.

So as not to gradually become mascots like they were now.

"Buzz—"

The hunyuan cauldron flew out from his sleeve and landed upon the Earth Fire Vein.

On either side, Embracing Star and Soaring excitedly fanned up fierce winds, seemingly tireless and putting in extra effort.

The already surging and scorching Earth Fire became even more turbulent!

Because they knew what kind of Medicinal Pill was to be refined today.

Second-Rank Medium Grade Spirit Pill: [Pure-Blood Demon Spirit Pill].

It had only one effect: to greatly promote the evolution of a Yao Beast's Bloodline.

The necessary main Materials included nine types of Second-Rank Spirit Medicines and Materials, including: True Blood Demon Vine, Dragon Scale Golden Fruit, Heavenly Heart Flower, and a large amount of Second-Rank Great Demon flesh and blood essence, among others.

The auxiliary Materials were even more complex, including more than fifty types of First-Rank spiritual Materials.

"Refining this is not easy, and the Materials are just enough for two batches; I must strive for success on the first try!"

The Yu Xuzi closed his eyes to regulate his breathing for fifteen minutes, and once his essence, Qi, and spirit reached their Peak, he suddenly opened his eyes.

With his palms pressing down on empty air, the already scorching hunyuan cauldron began to vibrate.

The Earth Fire rolled like a Dragon, gushing out from the fire vent, but it was divided into three different temperatures by his exquisite Divine Sense.

Mild fire, intense fire, and scorching fire!

One by one, Spirit Medicines and Great Demon flesh were tossed into the cauldron, being scorched and refined within different temperature zones, even crossing and fusing with each other... This was the "Three-Fire Refining Method" he had recently obtained from the Fei Chen Realm; it was quite ingenious, able to maximize the preservation of medicinal essence while greatly improving the efficiency of refining Medicinal Pills.

The drawback was that it had very high requirements for the refiner's Divine Sense.

However, as it happened, the Yu Xuzi's Divine Sense was so powerful that it was now comparable to a Dao Foundation Peak Cultivator, or perhaps even greater!

For three full days and nights.

The Yu Xuzi sat in place without moving, only his fingers weaving thousands of hand seals like butterflies through flowers.

The medicinal liquid within the hunyuan cauldron churned, gradually fusing into a golden-red slurry, and a dense medicinal fragrance instantly permeated the air.

"Combine!"

The Yu Xuzi shouted in a low voice.

All the medicinal liquid in the hunyuan cauldron converged at the center like a rainbow bridge, reacting violently under the high-temperature scorching, constantly compressing and condensing, with the faint sounds of Dragon roars and Phoenix cries echoing out.

Finally, it transformed into four golden-red pills the size of pigeon eggs, with Dragon patterns flowing on their surfaces.

The Pure-Blood Demon Spirit Pill was complete!

Beside him, Embracing Star and Soaring were already panting from exhaustion, but their eyes were even brighter... Half a month later.

At the top of Yuxu Mountain, Embracing Star and Soaring, who had fully recovered and reached their optimal state, lay on the ground.

"The power of this pill is overbearing; with your insufficient cultivation, consuming it will surely be incredibly painful, and there is even the danger of perishing."

The Yu Xuzi looked at them, "Do you dare to take the risk?"

"Cree— Cree—"

The two Golden Eagles let out long cries that shook the heavens, spreading their wings with not a hint of hesitation in their eyes.

A Spirit Beast's cultivation was inherently ten or a hundred times more difficult than that of the Human Race; to have the Opportunity to follow the Yu Xuzi, they would have no regrets even in death.

They were also very proud.

They were unwilling to be useless caged birds, but wanted to be true overlords of the high heavens, Firmament Rocs!

The Yu Xuzi nodded, and with a flick of his fingers, two Medicinal Pills shot into the mouths of Embracing Star and Soaring respectively.

Almost the instant the pills entered their stomachs, a sudden change occurred!

"Cree—!"

Painful, sharp cries tore through the sky.

Their golden feathers stood on end, and fine beads of blood seeped out from under every feather; the bones in their wings made continuous "crackling" sounds, as if being crushed inch by inch by an invisible, massive force.

"Endure it; only through destruction can there be rebirth."

The Heaven And Earth Spiritual Essence began to stir, frantically being drawn and gathered, turning into two massive spiritual essence vortexes that poured into their bodies.

Gradually, their body sizes began to slowly grow.

All the old feathers on their bodies fell off, revealing bloody flesh.

New feathers began to sprout.

But they were not the original pure gold, but a strange color of gold tinged with crimson, and crimson tinged with cyan, flowing with a brilliant radiance.

Cyan scales grew on the claws beneath their bellies, the tips of the claws glinting with a cold light that could easily crush refined iron.

Their sharp beaks began to deform, the upper and lower jawbones extending outward, the original sharp teeth falling out one after another, replaced by rows of new, fine serrations.

A bulge appeared on the top of their foreheads, shaped like a crown.

Their heads looked seventy percent like a Roc and thirty percent like a Dragon.

Their auras were rising!

Their massive wings extended frantically amidst the golden-red light!

Finally, as two clear cries soared into the sky from the mountain Peak.

"Boom!!!"

Two streaks of golden light broke through the air, hovering above Yuxu Peak, the shadows they cast covering the entire mountaintop, truly like clouds hanging from the sky!

The Yu Xuzi looked up, a gratified smile finally appearing in his eyes.

It was a success.

At this moment, Embracing Star and Soaring were no longer simple Wind-Chasing Golden Eagles; their wingspan stretched thirty zhang, their wing feathers were magnificent gold and green, the edge feathers were like swords, and the sound of wind and thunder faintly echoed as they flapped.

Second-Rank Great Demons, the subspecies Bloodline of the Fuyao Roc!