The induction fate had concluded half a month ago, yet its aftershocks still lingered.
The renown of the Mountain and Sea Hermit had only just started to blossom. Previously showcased rely in the Heart Beast Black Market, this triumph over his peers made every cultivator recognize Li Mo’s extraordinary talent.
Major and minor factions alike sought to establish ties with this newly ascended Weak Crown Stage cultivator of the Mountain and Sea Hermit lineage.
Unbeknownst to many, the market outside the Mountain and Sea Daoist Temple had already expanded severalfold, now hosting daily trades conducted by hundreds of loose cultivators.
Jin Li understood that the market’s profits were too vast, and without sharing them, relying solely on their own resources to maintain stability would be impossible.
Shops sprouted around the Artifact Refining Shop, and Jin Li rented them at low rates in spirit stones to interested factions willing to cooperate.
While running these shops, these factions inevitably invested more manpower into Duozhi Mountain.
Thus, the Mountain and Sea Daoist Temple’s industry chain found its vitality and solidified unbreakable interests, fostering the market’s continual growth.
Although the Mountain and Sea Daoist Temple could never beco another Heart Beast Black Market—after all, their influence wasn’t strong enough to manage Weak Crown Stage practitioners—it could at least beco an essential hub for loose cultivators passing through Duozhi Mountain.
Qingming Daoist Temple followed suit, setting up a handful of shops of its own.
It operated inns offering places for rest or closed-door cultivation, leveraging its proximity to Duozhi Mountain to earn spirit stones for cultivation.
As a result, more factions began to realize the strategic value of dicine fields.
The "cake" of Mountain and Sea Daoist Temple had already been nearly divided up. For others wanting to enter the fray, the only choice was to seize the dicine fields, stirring undercurrents across Duozhi Mountain.
The dicine fields at higher altitudes were guarded by Weak Crown Stage cultivators. Although they lacked Taoist Bodies, their strength far surpassed newly ascended Daoists.
Li Mo and Qingming instead beca the perceived "soft targets" in their eyes, but given the two-year grace period, no one dared challenge them directly for the dicine fields just yet.
Instead, their attention turned toward the vacant Zhu Xi Taoist Temple.
With Zhu Xi’s death, the accompanying dicine fields were masterless, drawing the secret interest of many factions, though no one dared make the first move.
The first cultivator occupying Zhu Xi Taoist Temple was certain to provoke a collective assault.
Loose cultivators didn’t entertain the thought of claiming the dicine fields themselves.
Instead, they hoped Li Mo would take the initiative to challenge the higher-altitude dicine fields. On one hand, it could enhance the Artifact Refining Shop’s output of magic artifacts. On the other, they were simply curious to watch the spectacle.
Could soone as gifted as the Mountain and Sea Hermit truly be content to remain in the background?
But to their disappointnt, Li Mo had not left his Daoist Temple since his Foundation Establishnt breakthrough.
All external affairs of the Mountain and Sea Daoist Temple were handled by Jin Li and his companion. Were it not for the occasional release of large batches of magic artifacts, one might assu Li Mo had already left Duozhi Mountain in secret.
In reality, Li Mo was content, cultivating in solitude as spirit stones flowed to him ceaselessly. In half a month, he had earned 1,500 mid-grade spirit stones.
Add to that the mist fog spiritual energy saturating Duozhi Mountain—no need to worry about the destructive nature of the Primordial Postnatal Dao Body. This place was truly a Blessed Land Cave Heaven.
Over the past ten-odd days, his primary focus had been refining his spiritual power.
After liquefying it, the once fully packed mist fog spiritual power within his Middle Dantian had been reduced to rely a tenth of its original volu.
This was because Li Mo’s spiritual power was incredibly pure. For other new Weak Crown Stage practitioners, their Middle Dantian might only hold a ager, thin layer of liquefied power.
No matter how strong a Three Path Body might be, without sufficient spiritual power to sustain it, it’s ultimately wasted potential.
Attempting to challenge the high-altitude dicine fields would not only disrupt his cultivation but also carry an exceptionally high risk of failure.
Crack, crack, crack...
The Eight-Ard Spine Nerve extended from his back, operating like a production line that tirelessly refined Artifact Embryos. anwhile, his eyes remained shut as he ditated to nourish his spirit.
Suddenly, Li Mo felt an extraordinary and subtle sensation, as though his soul were wrapped within a thin mbrane.
He quickly realized that the divine skill of his Mud Pill Palace had finally taken form. Inspecting it closely, he identified the skill’s na: "Brain God No Orifice."
Li Mo’s consciousness plunged into his Mud Pill Palace.
Within, he witnessed a dramatic transformation. It now appeared as if encased in a layer of rcury, with every thought of his rippling outward in delicate undulations.
The so-called "Brain God No Orifice" condensed the Mud Pill Palace into a brain cell the size of a mote of dust.
This almost entirely eliminated the possibility of soul-seizing by a Great Ability Cultivator, as they would find it impossible to detect the existence of Li Mo’s Mud Pill Palace.
Of course, when facing a Great Ability Cultivator outright, the skill would rely ensure a more dignified death for him.
Li Mo flipped through the Creation Book and, as expected, noticed a newly forming Spell Page on the last, half-damaged sheet. Once he imprinted his Lower Dantian, the Spell Page would fully manifest.
But he hesitated slightly.
Imprinting all three Dantians would inevitably result in the ergence of an Innate Taoist Body.
Yet, with his Three Path Body already complete, revealing a Taoist Body would make him far more than simply "exceptionally gifted"—it would make him a target for dissection and study.
Li Mo decided to temporarily put aside the idea of imprinting his Lower Dantian.
However, utilizing the Spell Page to transform his Primordial Postnatal Dao Body into an Innate Taoist Body remained an option.
With the Leakless Body concealing his Taoist Body’s aura, it would be difficult for anyone to distinguish between an innate or postnatal origin.
Throughout his seclusion, Li Mo realized the Spell Page’s purpose wasn’t rely for controlling magic as if it were an extension of his body; it was a thod for surpassing the inherent limitations of magic.
For example, Hui Qingyi’s upper limit only reached the Thirty Years Old Stage. Advancing beyond that would require consuming vast amounts of effort to innovate, which seed far from worthwhile.
However, after imprinting it through the Spell Page, it would beco a natural magic for Li Mo, evolving alongside his own ascension to the Uncertainty Nascent Soul stage.
Li Mo took a deep breath.
As his gaze fell on the Spell Page, a human-shaped silhouette made of mist soil erged faintly upon it.
Then, the glass-like Spell Page began to disintegrate, until the Primordial Dao Body was fully imprinted and it reverted into an ordinary Creation Book page.
Li Mo’s pupils widened as a surge of heat burst out from within his body.
He put away the Desert Map, only to find his skin beginning to tallicize, its hue resembling brass, as torrents of mist fog spiritual energy surged into his pores.
Before long, the tallicization spread to his flesh, with intricate patterns carving themselves across the surface of his skin.
Li Mo gritted his teeth, enduring the discomfort and suppressing the Dao Body aura threatening to erupt at any mont. The surge of heat coursed through his body, further intensifying the tallicization.
In the end, even his bones were not spared.
"Primordial Dao Body..."
The heat flowed along his Eight Extraordinary ridians, fortifying them further. The enhancent to his physical body from the Primordial Dao Body was in no way inferior to the Paoxiao Swallowing Body.
Ultimately, the heat gathered in his Lower Dantian, but it couldn’t contain the influx.
Li Mo watched as the heat surged into his Middle Dantian and was fully absorbed by the Tao Seed, transforming it into the core organ of his Primordial Dao Body.
From the reaction of the Penglai Old Taoist back then, it seed the Primordial Postnatal Dao Body was deeply connected to the Sub-Device Sect, with their magic likely created using the Dao Body as a template.
Mastery over the Primordial Postnatal Dao Body required an exceptionally unusual physique.
Li Mo couldn’t help but suspect that the anatomical structure of Sub-Device Sect disciples’ Lower Dantian resembled a Tao Seed, facilitating the channeling of spiritual power to remodel their bodies.
"The gap between Immortal Sects resembles the chasm between immortals and mortals."
It’s hard to imagine a sect where all disciples possess Tao Seeds, enabling them to cultivate and master postnatal Dao Bodies.
Li Mo exhaled deeply.
Without the Creation Book, he could never have bridged such a gap; to beco immortal would have remained a re pipe dream.
He didn’t believe the Sub-Device Sect disciples were innately superior in talent. With immortality on their side, physical reconstruction was likely the simplest achievent.
It beca clear just how frenzied those seven thousand years of transition from ancient tis to present must have been, enough for sects to forge a path of Immortal Dao that utterly defied ethics and reason.
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