Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

"The Cangfeng Realm has a True Disciple of the Shuanghua Sword Sect seated by the Divinity Transformation Cultivators, practicing the Shuanghua Sword Scripture. The scripture is cultivated by a pair of partners, one cultivating the Yin Sword and the other the Yang Sword. Their practice complements each other, achieving harmony between Yin and Yang, which significantly speeds up their cultivation."

"Both of them are True Disciples of the Shuanghua Sword Sect, peerless geniuses with Heavenly Spirit Roots. When their Yin and Yang swords unite, they can even temporarily contend with a cultivator at the Golden Core First Layer."

"Even the White Ghost Emperor had its right claw wounded by their Ghost Slaying Sword Art. If not for its three talents—Indestructible Ghost Body, Gathering Yin Ghost Body, and Radiant Yang Ghost Body—the White Ghost Emperor would need at least a year or two to recover."

"Unfortunately, the Shuanghua Sword Scripture also caps at the Golden Core Great Perfection, without the opportunity to ascend to the Nascent Soul Level."

Zhao Yu skimmed through the memories of the two, a hint of regret flashing in his eyes.

The Shuanghua Sword Scripture is a top-tier sword cultivation technique that directly points to Divinity Transformation, incredibly exquisite. Yet, even the True Disciples of the Shuanghua Sword Sect only possess a heritage that reaches the pinnacle of the Golden Core Great Perfection level."

"The Cangfeng Realm is very powerful, and the place where the Heaven-Piercing White Pagoda appears is right in the center of the Cangfeng Realm, so the top Foundation Establishment Cultivators from several Great Sects within the Cangfeng Realm have all entered!"

"Among them, the strongest two are True Disciple Chang Xuanzhen of Myriad Beasts Sect and Saint Heir-apparent Fang Linghai of the Corpse Demon Sect. Chang Xuanzhen has attained the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment and is said to have cultivated a Third-Order Demon Beast.

Corpse Demon Sect's Fang Linghai possesses a Nine Extremes Chaotic Yuan Demonic Corpse that can likewise rival a Golden Core cultivator."Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"If I want to get the opportunity for Nascent Soul condensation, I must go to the Spirit Arena at the center of this layer of the Heaven-Piercing White Pagoda and compete for the sole Nascent Soul condensation resource. They are the enemies I can't avoid!"

"There are eleven months left until the Spirit Arena ends. Before that, they will definitely be hunting down other Foundation Establishment Cultivators around the Spirit Arena."

"During this time, I can raise my Physical Cultivation Level to the Golden Core tier!"

Zhao Yu immediately found a Spirit Mountain rich in spiritual power, dug out a crude cave mansion, then swallowed a Jinyuan Spirit Capital Fruit and, after refining the medicinal power of the Jinyuan Spirit Capital Fruit with the Swallowing Dao Fruit technique, began his cultivation of the Golden Sha Beast God Body.

After Zhao Yu's talent ascended, becoming a Body Refining Genius, he discovered that his cultivation speed had increased dozens of times.

Six months later, within the crude cave mansion, Zhao Yu slowly opened his eyes. Seeing the filth oozing out from all over his body, he revealed a smile: "Finally, I have cultivated the Golden Sha Beast God Body to the Seventh Level!!"

"Golden Sha Beast God Body: Seventh Level (0/300)."

After bathing and changing clothes, Zhao Yu went to an open space to test his abilities.

As soon as Zhao Yu activated the Golden Sha Beast God Body, a pale golden glow covered his body. He took out a top-grade spiritual weapon-level magic sword and, infusing it with mana, viciously stabbed toward his left hand.

Clang!

Sparks flew about, and the magic sword couldn't harm Zhao Yu in the slightest.

Zhao Yu then took out the Wind Shadow Needle, and the thirty-six needles continuously pricked his body, producing a series of crisp sounds.

Zhao Yu calmly analyzed, "The strongest aspect of a Body Cultivator is their powerful physical body! The physical body of an ordinary Golden Core Cultivator can't withstand the attack of a top-grade spiritual weapon and requires a magical protective shield or treasures for defense. Although my body is strong, whether it can withstand the power of a Talisman Treasure remains a question."

Talisman Treasures wield a third of the power of a magical treasure and are terrifyingly potent. Zhao Yu didn't know if his body could withstand a Talisman Treasure's power. However, he also wasn't willing to test the power of Talisman Treasures on his own body.

Zhao Yu, lost in thought, mused, "The Golden Sha Beast God Body only reaches Eighth Level! It seems I must find a more powerful Body Refining Technique! Otherwise, I'll be wasting the talent of my Body Refining Genius!"

The Mountain Sutra is profound and vast, allowing one to cultivate extremely dense mana and significantly extend one's lifespan compared to other techniques, but it has one drawback—slow Cultivation speed!

With an Earth Attribute Heavenly Spirit Root and a Wutu Spirit Body, Zhao Yu would have been able to condense a Golden Core by now if he had cultivated other Earth Attribute techniques. However, he was only at the Seventh Level of Foundation Establishment due to the slow practice pace of the Mountain Sutra.

Yet, Zhao Yu had no plans to switch his primary Cultivation Technique, for the simple reason that the lifespan extension offered by the Mountain Sutra was twice that of ordinary techniques. Moreover, cultivating the Sutra would increase his success rate of Condensing Nascent Soul by twenty percent.

For cultivators with Heavenly Spirit Roots, condensing the Nascent Soul offers a twenty percent success rate increase. As long as Zhao Yu diligently practiced the Mountain Sutra, he would have a forty percent success rate of Nascent Soul condensation in the future.

But a forty percent chance of Nascent Soul success was still too low in Zhao Yu's eyes. He was aiming for a one hundred percent Nascent Soul condensation success rate.

"First, I'll elevate my Fire Spirit Root to the level of a Heavenly Spirit Root, which will further increase my Cultivation speed."

After enhancing his Earth Attribute Spirit Root to the level of a Heavenly Spirit Root, elevating his remaining Spirit Roots to that level would only marginally increase his cultivation speed.

Zhao Yu returned to his cave mansion and swallowed the Spirit Flame Vermilion Fruit. After devouring the entirety of the Vermilion Fruit, he raised his Fire Attribute Spirit Root to the level of an Earth Spirit Root.

Zhao Yu continued using his devouring Dao Fruits to consume a millennium age Spirit Flame Transcendent Fruit, directly enhancing the aptitude of his Fire Attribute Spirit Root.

One month later, inside the simple cave mansion, Zhao Yu opened his eyes, his body covered with a layer of impurities and waste.

"Zhao Yu."

"A Heavenly Spirit Root level Fire Spirit Root."

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Yu's lips, "Not bad, my Cultivation speed has increased a bit. While the increase is small, the cumulative effect over time will save me a lot of time."

After bathing and changing his clothes, Zhao Yu left the rudimentary cave mansion and, following the guidance of his senses, moved towards the direction of the Spirit Arena.

In a forest.

Chang Xuanzhen stepped inside, then suddenly let out a sneer, "Trash gathered together is still trash! Do you really think that by combining forces to ambush me, you could kill me? All of you can go to hell!"

Chang Xuanzhen slapped his Spirit Beast Bag and a beast with a body length of five zhang, covered in yellow fur with nine Demonic Patterns of blood-red color, the Red Blood Demon Pattern Fox, leapt out.

The Red Blood Demon Pattern Fox's eyes flashed fiercely, its tail whipped as it looked towards a seemingly deserted area to the northwest, baring its ferocious teeth.

"Attack!"

A Foundation Establishment Great Perfection cultivator, who was hiding there using Invisibility and Concealment Techniques, felt a trace of fear flashing in his eyes. He shouted loudly and directly sacrificed a Talisman Treasure that looked like a brick of gold.

The Red Blood Demon Pattern Fox vanished on the spot with a whoosh and reappeared in front of the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection cultivator in a blink of an eye. It swiped its paw at his head, smashing the cultivator's skull effortlessly.