Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

"The art of Human Puppetry is too malevolent and fierce! It requires the use of living geniuses, even cultivators with Heavenly Spirit Root, to have a chance of success in its refinement. This technique should not be circulated in the world. As for those two Fourth Order Human Puppets, I shall refine them into Nine Extremities Corpse Demons and let the Nine Extremities Corpse Emperor devour them."

Zhao Yu meticulously went through the memories of the Lord of Heavenly Departing, searching for the most valuable secret technique divine powers, while some technique secrets were added to the Scripture Pavilion of the Dan Ling Sect, becoming part of the sect's foundation.

The top God Transformation Grand Sects, aside from their core divine powers, also absorbed other sects' cultivation techniques to strengthen their own foundation.

Like the Heavenly Departing True Fire Divine Power, regardless of the cultivation technique one practices, one can cultivate this divine power. Naturally, cultivators using Fire Attribute cultivation techniques have a significant advantage when cultivating the Heavenly Departing True Fire Divine Power over cultivators of other techniques.

In the following days, Zhao Yu began to cultivate the Heavenly Departing True Fire Divine Power.

The Lord of Heavenly Departing primarily cultivated this divine power and had collected many materials essential for cultivating the Heavenly Departing True Fire. With his soul talent as a magic genius, although his main cultivation technique was the Mountain Sutra, cultivating the Heavenly Departing True Fire Divine Power was very smooth for him.

Fang Shitou, Le Ziling, and True Man Changfeng were busy subduing the numerous Spirit Islands that were once under the control of the Lord of Heavenly Departing.

When the Island Masters of those islands heard that the Lord of Heavenly Departing had fallen at the hands of Zhao Yu, they all defected and chose to serve Zhao Yu.

The ten-plus Spirit Islands secretly controlled by the Lord of Heavenly Departing were also effortlessly obliterated by Fang Shitou and the White Ghost Emperor, sent by Zhao Yu.

A year later, all the Spirit Islands that originally belonged to the Immortal City of Heavenly Departing fell under the control of Zhao Yu.

Deep within the Immortal City of Heavenly Departing sat an active volcano, covered entirely in formations to prevent eruption, directing the volcanic flames to various Earth Fire Chambers.

Zhao Yu stepped into the active volcano and saw, floating in the magma within the belly of the volcano, a red fire altar. In the center of the altar, a Magma Spirit Flame was being nurtured.

That red Magma Spirit Flame had been nurtured using the power of the active volcano for three hundred years at the expense of nearly one hundred million Low-grade Spirit Stones, one and a half million medium-grade Spirit Stones, and one thousand high-grade Spirit Stones.

The Magma Spirit Flame was fully matured. Once the Lord of Heavenly Departing advanced to the middle stage of Nascent Soul, he could refine this Magma Spirit Flame and further enhance the formidable power of his Heavenly Departing True Fire Divine Power.

The reason the Lord of Heavenly Departing did not refine this Magma Spirit Flame was that his control of the Heavenly Departing True Fire Divine Power had already reached his limit. If he continued to enhance this divine power, he would lose control over the Heavenly Departing True Fire.

"This Spirit Flame is mine now!"

A flicker of burning desire passed through Zhao Yu's eyes as he activated the Heavenly Departing True Fire Divine Power, conjuring a mass of red fire in his hand.

Zhao Yu urged that mass of red fire to make contact with the Magma Spirit Flame, beginning to refine it bit by bit.

Zhao Yu slightly furrowed his brows, "Too slow! If I continue at this pace, it will take at least thirty years for me to fully refine this Magma Spirit Flame. Powerful divine powers are indeed challenging to cultivate."

Many Nascent Soul Cultivators only master one or two powerful divine powers as cultivating a powerful divine power requires massive amounts of time, energy, and resources.

Some powerful divine powers even take several hundred years to master. It would be incredibly remarkable for Zhao Yu to spend thirty years mastering the powerful Heavenly Departing True Fire divine power, which is entirely due to his soul talent as a magic genius.

Once the Mountain Treasured Body is fully cultivated, it naturally comes with three Divine Skills. This is what makes the superior treasured bodies in the Cultivation World so precious.

"Let's try a different method!"

Zhao Yu activated the Heavenly Separation True Fire Divine Power, wrapping a strand of Lava Spirit Flame and directly sending it into his body to stimulate the devouring of the Dao Fruit.

The mana in Zhao Yu's body surged crazily, entering deep into a mysterious place within him, where the strand of Lava Spirit Flame was instantly devoured and melted.

"Fire Series Divine Skill Talent: Outstanding (0/1000)."

"Divine Skill: Heavenly Separation True Fire (Lava Spirit Flame Integration 0%)."

A hint of fervor flashed in Zhao Yu's eyes as he chose to enhance the integration of the Lava Spirit Flame, "Improving the power of the Heavenly Separation True Fire is a must! Of course, I'll enhance the strength of the Heavenly Separation True Fire!"

A mysterious power surged from within Zhao Yu, entering his body and strengthening his Heavenly Separation True Fire Divine Skill, increasing its power slightly.

A slight smile curled at Zhao Yu's lips, a hint of fervor glinting in his eyes, "That's enough for today! But in just three months' time, I will have completely refined that mass of Lava Spirit Flame, elevating my Heavenly Separation True Fire Divine Power to a level threatening to Nascent Soul Cultivators!"

Three months later, inside the belly of an active volcano.

"I've finally succeeded!"

With a thought, Zhao Yu displayed the Heavenly Separation True Fire Divine Power, producing a ball of crimson fire in his hand that burned quietly, its power contained within.

Zhao Yu mused secretly, "With my current mana, I can still merge another powerful spirit flame! If I could merge one more powerful spirit flame, my Heavenly Separation True Fire Divine Power could exceed that of Heavenly Departing True Lord's. However, the Lava Spirit Flame was a top-tier spirit flame found by the True Lord after hundreds of years of search.

Finding a comparable spirit flame would rely on luck or depend on my subordinates' efforts."

The Lava Spirit Flame, ranked ninety-seventh among spirit flames in this realm, was a treasure that the Heavenly Departing True Lord had spent centuries discovering, searching everywhere for clues before finally obtaining it. These spirit flames were treasures that were stumbled upon rather than sought after, and were extremely rare.

"Having achieved success in cultivation, why not celebrate!"

Zhao Yu flew directly out of the volcano, returned to his cave mansion in Immortal City, found Nangong Shiyao and Shangguan Lingxiu, and together they went boating and strolling by the lake, reveling in the joy of spring.

Three months later, a streak of Escape Light flew from the distance, landing outside the great formation of Immortal City, and revealed a figure – a tall Daoist in a gray robe, with a bushy beard and a carefree demeanor, appearing outside the city.

The Daoist released a terrifying aura of a Third-Order Nascent Soul, shouting, "I am a free practitioner from the Sea God Meeting, Hai Ling. I seek an audience with Zhao Yu, the lord of Immortal City!"

An Escape Light flew out from Immortal City, revealing Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu slowly said, "I am Zhao Yu. What brings Hai Ling here today? Are you perhaps here to stand up for the Heavenly Departing True Lord?"

The Heavenly Departing True Lord and the Sea Dragon King had joined the Sea God Meeting, a loose organization of Nascent Soul cultivators. It was Hai Ling who had introduced the True Lord to the Sea God Meeting.

Hai Ling smiled and said, "You worry too much, my friend Zhao. I'm here to invite you to join the Sea God Meeting. It's a loose organization where the chairman gathers everyone merely for the exchange of information and resources."

"As for your conflicts with the Heavenly Departing True Lord, we won't intervene."

"In three months, on Wind and Rosy Clouds Island, there will be our decade-ly Sea God Meeting, followed by a large auction. After the auction, there will also be an exchange meeting and information trading meeting among the Nascent Soul Cultivators."

"Would you care to join the Sea God Meeting?"