Asura Emperor Venerable

Shi Hao happily devoured the Fire Element.

Then, he stopped only when his Little Star Universe reached its limit, directly entering the Immortal Abode to avoid any unforeseen issues.

It took two days for the Black Hole to completely refine the Fire Element. Shi Hao exited the Immortal Abode and repeated the process.

The strength of his body immediately skyrocketed at a pace visible to the naked eye. Originally, his bones were merely encased in a faint bronze color, but now it was spreading inward.

Once all the bones were fully transformed into Bronze Immortal Gold, it meant he had completed the Body Refinement part of the seventh layer of the Copper Armored Immortal.

"At this rate, I just need about a month to finish Bone Refining." Shi Hao murmured, a smile playing on his lips.

Of course, he also gathered many Elemental Cores for Weng Nanqing—after she advanced to the Immortal Level, she focused on the rules of fire and poison, so these Cores of Fire Element were quite helpful to her.

Others cultivate by absorbing Elemental Cores, which is similar to refining Immortal Stones but more efficient. However, Shi Hao was different. With Black Hole Devouring, energy and rules continuously flowed in.

But the comprehension of rules still depended on oneself. Neither Immortal Stones nor Elemental Cores could provide absolute help in this regard, they could only serve as aids.

However, for geniuses, understanding rules isn't really difficult, but tempering the body is a step-by-step process, which limits their progress in cultivation.

Now, by refining Elemental Cores, the process of body refinement can be greatly shortened, naturally allowing geniuses to make rapid progress in their cultivation.

Day after day passed, Shi Hao's physical strength improved rapidly as he reviewed the early work created by the Hongwu Immortal King in his mind, extracting useful parts to integrate into his own methods.

Hmm?

He realized that essentially, the Nine Deaths Heavenly Art is also a type of Immortal King technique, dealing with how to use energy and rules to refine the body. However, the Nine Deaths Heavenly Art is unique in that it must be comprehended on the edge of life and death, and requires "dying" repeatedly.

Nevertheless, the Nine Deaths Heavenly Art is more creative, and if it were truly created by an Immortal King, it would be among the best of Immortal Kings.

Shi Hao decided to advance the Nine Deaths Heavenly Art to the ninth level as soon as possible, so he could extract its essence and integrate it with his own methods.

Practicing others' methods, no matter how advanced, is always inferior to walking one's own path.

Shi Hao adhered to this principle, using the methods of the Hongwu Immortal King only as reference, completely avoiding being overshadowed by them—although at the moment, practicing Immortal King techniques would surely help more.

But as the Hongwu Immortal King said, if Shi Hao wished to challenge for Immortal King status, he must chart his own path.

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed. Shi Hao had already transformed all his bones into Immortal Gold, but he was still a bit short on rule comprehension, needing to settle for a few more days before challenging the Seven Stars.

By now, he had already delved into the first layer region, far from the camp, yet he hadn't encountered any Silver Spirit-level Fire Elements, indicating he hadn't reached the second layer region yet, showing just how enormous this Elemental Cave was.

Of course, Shi Hao hadn't always ventured deeper, instead sweeping back and forth across the first layer region, naturally delaying his entry into the second layer region.

However, as so many days passed, with more people entering, the Fire Elements in the first layer region had sharply reduced.

Previously, no matter where one went, one would see dense clusters of Fire Elements. Now?

One needed to search to find a gathering place of Fire Elements.

The environment here had completely become elementalized, with fiery red crystals everywhere, extremely unstable, where a strong enough impact would cause an explosion, creating a strong shockwave that could easily kill Copper Armored Immortals below Five Stars.

"Fire Elements, oh Fire Elements, where are you?" Shi Hao had been searching for quite a while, unable to find a gathering of Fire Elements, feeling a bit anxious.

Hmm?

After a few more steps, a flickering flame appeared before him.

Shi Hao was not frightened but delighted, finally having found it.

Ahead, a giant Crystal Stone stood like a mountain, entirely red, with dense Fire Elements atop and around it, some already in a state of awakening, but most still asleep.

Why were the awakened ones?

Because someone had arrived here before Shi Hao, engaged in a fierce battle with these Fire Elements.

It was a woman with a slender figure, dressed in a light yellow combat outfit that outlined her beautiful figure, with curves in all the right places, especially those long, straight legs full of allure.

However, her face was covered with a black cloth, revealing only the upper part of her eyes. Her forehead looked like beautiful jade, and her eyes were so lively as if they could speak, filled with enchanting allure.

Even from such a distance, even though Shi Hao hadn't seen her face, his heart felt as if it received a heavy blow, almost unable to breathe.

But it was only a moment. Shi Hao quickly adjusted his mindset, becoming calm like an ancient well again.

He took large strides and headed towards the Fire Elements.

With a loud bang, the battle erupted immediately, as large numbers of Fire Elements surged toward Shi Hao.

Consequently, the yellow-clothed woman naturally noticed.

She glanced towards Shi Hao and immediately let out a long shout, holding her sword and charging over.

"Get lost!" she shouted.

Wow, how domineering of you.

This isn't your home but a place for everyone to train. You can't just draw a circle and claim it as your private territory because you arrived first.

"Hehe, I'm afraid I cannot comply." Shi Hao shook his head.

"Then I'll help you!" The yellow-clothed woman was already upon him, thrusting her sword.

Boom, Sword Qi soared to the sky, indescribably terrifying.

This woman is so strong!

She is a Nine Stars Copper Armored Immortal, yet her combat power far exceeded this level, definitely a Super Ultimate Peak Immortal, possibly even a hundred-step prodigy!

Shi Hao couldn't help but feel a surge of fighting spirit. Such opponents were rare. To his knowledge, only Woo Yueyi had reached this level.

Come, let's test your combat power.

Shi Hao raised his fist, heading towards his opponent.

Is it necessary to use an Immortal King Artifact against a Copper Armored Immortal?

Hehe, not needed.

Bam!

With one strike, the woman staggered back, and Shi Hao also trembled slightly.

Impressive, truly impressive, almost on par with him.

Knowing that Shi Hao was now a Six Stars with a combat power of Fifteen Stars, this woman could match his combat power, truly formidable.

——An Immortal Artifact should add about two stars to combat power, so her actual combat power should reach Thirteen Stars, meaning her real combat power exceeded her realm by four levels.

A hundred-step prodigy, without a doubt.