Record of a Demon's Cultivation

Chapter 312: Heading to the Secret Realm



Translator: Cinder Translations

Song Wen cupped his fists and spoke to Fang Pengyi.

"Peak Master, recently, I have had a sudden insight that my cultivation is about to break through the early stage of Foundation Establishment. I would like to take a leave of absence for a while to enter seclusion and cultivate."

Fang Pengyi replied, "A breakthrough in cultivation is a good thing. You can rest assured and go into seclusion."

Song Wen expressed some concerns, saying, "I'm just worried that this will delay the refinement of the human snake's Mystic Qi."

Fang Pengyi said, "The refinement of the human snake's Mystic Qi is not something that can be rushed. The Supreme Elder has also instructed that there is no need to hurry. The First Supreme Elder will not blame you for such a small matter. Moreover, with your cultivation improving, refining the human snake's Mystic Qi will also be more effective."

Yang Yu made it clear that there is no urgency regarding the refinement of the human snake's Mystic Qi.

This indicated that for the time being, Song Wen would not need the 'Xuan Qi' from the human snake's corpse.

Therefore, the urgency of Song Wen's request significantly diminished.

While Song Wen was indeed skilled in corpse refining, it did not mean that others could not learn the methods of corpse refining.

As long as they are given enough time to comprehend some secret techniques of corpse refining and diligently cultivate, many cultivators can achieve decent skills in corpse refining.

The next day.

Fang Pengyi delivered the Golden Core technique of "Longevity Technique."

Meanwhile, Song Wen was busy making large purchases on the Medicine Peak to prepare for his so-called "seclusion."

The reason he claimed to be entering seclusion was to increase his visible cultivation level to the mid Foundation Establishment stage.

This was to prepare for entering the Canglan Secret Realm.

After all, entering the Canglan Secret Realm with the early Foundation Establishment cultivation level was too low and would attract unwanted attention.

Having a mid Foundation Establishment cultivation level, while still relatively low among many cultivators entering the Canglan Secret Realm, would at least not seem too conspicuous.

Each time the secret realm opens, there are always cultivators whose cultivation has long been stuck at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, unable to break through, who take the risk to enter the Canglan Secret Realm seeking opportunities for a breakthrough.

Song Wen was entering the Canglan Secret Realm primarily to obtain the Yin Yang Blood Weeping Branch and Ten Thousand Year Spiritual Liquid.

He had acquired the method to refine the Golden Core and insights into the process using the silver merit token.

The Golden Core can increase the probability of forming a Golden Core by 30%, which greatly excited Song Wen, and he planned to try refining a Golden Core himself.

To refine a Golden Core, he needed to gather the required spiritual herbs for the refinement.

The Yin Yang Blood Weeping Branch, as a key ingredient for forming the Golden Core, is extremely rare and is not planted in the Beastmaster Sect's herb fields.

In addition,

With the silver merit token, Song Wen also obtained insights left by the predecessors of the Beastmaster Sect regarding forming a Golden Core.

The process of a cultivator forming a Golden Core can be roughly divided into three stages.

First, the spiritual energy stored in the core field needs to be converted into mana.

This process requires a large amount of spiritual energy and typically uses high-grade spiritual stones or spiritual herbs that contain abundant spiritual energy for provision.

The Ten Thousand Year Spiritual Liquid is undoubtedly the best choice.

Next, the mana is condensed into a Golden Core.

The Golden Core is ingested during this process.

Finally, in the last stage of condensing the Golden Core, the vast majority of cultivators will experience a heart tribulation.

The so-called heart tribulation is a trial of the cultivator's heart and nature.

Overcoming the heart tribulation leads to a significant increase in spiritual consciousness and advancing to the Golden Core stage.

If one cannot successfully overcome the heart tribulation, the lighter ones will suffer injuries, and their cultivation will regress; the more severe cases will be burned by fire and fall into demonic paths, resulting in death.

The occurrence of heart tribulation is not absolute.

Some individuals with strong wills or those who have never committed acts of slaughter and

are purely benevolent may not experience a heart tribulation.

Overall, the number of people who form a Golden Core without experiencing heart tribulation

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After ten months, Song Wen emerged from seclusion.

He revealed his cultivation aura, now at the mid Foundation Establishment stage.

During these ten months, Song Wen continuously refined and consumed Blood Spiritual Pills, which further advanced his cultivation.

However, there was still a considerable gap to the late Foundation Establishment stage bottleneck.

As soon as Song Wen left seclusion, he went straight to the human snake cave to see Liu Jiang.

During Song Wen's time in seclusion, Liu Jiang had temporarily taken charge of the human snake cave.

Seeing that Song Wen had successfully emerged from seclusion, Liu Jiang intended to report

to Fang Pengyi and return the management of the human snake cave back to Song Wen.

Liu Jiang was skilled in nurturing human snakes, but he knew very little about the process of corpse refining.

He found managing the refinement of the human snake's Mystic Qi to be quite challenging.

However, Liu Jiang's request was halted by Song Wen.

Song Wen's reason was that he had just made a breakthrough and still needed some time to

solidify his cultivation.

The real reason is that in three months, the Canglan Secret Realm will open, and Song Wen has temporarily lost interest in managing the Human-Snake Cave.

After leaving the Human-Snake Cave, Song Wen arrived at the Xuan Alchemy Room.

Although he had obtained the formula for the Foundation Establishment Pill and insights on alchemy, what he learned from books felt insufficient.

While the alchemists in the Xuan Alchemy Room had never refined the Foundation Establishment Pill, many of them had used the various spiritual herbs involved in its

refinement.

He planned to ask them for advice on the extraction and fusion methods of these herbs.

As soon as he arrived at the Xuan Alchemy Room, he encountered Zhou Siyi.

"Junior Brother Wu, you've come out of seclusion?" Zhou Siyi exclaimed with surprise.

After noticing Song Wen's cultivation aura, she continued, "You've broken through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage! That's great!"

Song Wen smiled and replied, "I just broke through, and my cultivation is not yet fully

stable."

After chatting for a few moments with Zhou Siyi, Song Wen took his leave, though he seemed

a bit reluctant.

Three months later.

On the main peak of the Beastmaster Sect.

In a small square, fourteen Foundation Establishment cultivators had gathered.

These individuals were volunteers from various peaks of the Beastmaster Sect who wished to

enter the Canglan Secret Realm.

As soon as Song Wen landed in the square, two people approached him.

"Elder Wu, are you also going to enter the Canglan Secret Realm?"

Rong Jingyun looked quite surprised.

Beside her was her companion, Heng Cheng.

Entering the Canglan Secret Realm was entirely voluntary, and the sect did not force anyone

to participate.

Anything obtained within the secret realm, apart from the Yin-Yang Blood Weeping Branch,

would belong to the individual.

Before this, Song Wen had not expressed to anyone his intention to enter the secret realm.

Thus, Rong Jingyun was so surprised to see him wanting to enter.

Song Wen clasped his fists and replied, "Greetings, Elder Rong and Elder Heng. I was just a

loose cultivator before and never had the opportunity to enter any secret realm. This time, since the Canglan Secret Realm is opening, I'm curious and want to see it for myself."

"The secret realm is filled with powerful beasts and numerous dangers. You must also remain

vigilant against threats from other cultivators. Elder Wu, please consider this carefully," Rong Jingyun advised.

Song Wen replied, "I'm merely curious about the existence of the secret realm. If I encounter

any beasts or cultivators, I'll avoid them from a distance. I don't think it will cause any

trouble."

Song Wen feigned ignorance of the harsh realities of the cultivation world.

Rong Jingyun shook her head and did not continue to persuade him.

Due to their past interactions in the Human-Snake Cave and the benefits Song Wen's corpse

refining technique had brought her, she had spoken out of concern. Since he didn't seem to appreciate her advice, she chose not to press further.

Heng Cheng was not well acquainted with Song Wen; he merely nodded in goodwill as a form

of greeting.

Song Wen noticed that there were other familiar faces in the square.

Feng Qi and Leng Tianlu.

Behind the two, there was also a person wearing an iron mask.

The mask concealed the person's aura and blocked spiritual perception, making it difficult to

sense their cultivation level or appearance.

However, Song Wen felt a hint of familiarity in the person's figure.

Moreover, the way the masked individual looked at him was filled with malice.

This left Song Wen feeling somewhat puzzled.

He didn't seem to have any deep-seated enmity within the Beastmaster Sect.

About half a quarter of an hour later, the time reached noon.

A hunched figure appeared in the air above the square.

It was Tu Lian.

Looking at the fourteen people in the square, Tu Lian said, "The agreed departure time has

arrived. You all follow me aboard the ship."

As soon as she finished speaking, a flying ship over thirty meters long suddenly appeared

before her.

Everyone flew up and boarded the ship.

The ship sped westward.

(End of the Chapter)

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