Longevity Strange Immortal

"Don't think that just because there's a Bodhisattva in its name, it truly belongs to the Buddhist Sect!"

Li Mo took a deep breath and channeled all the Great Sun Spiritual Power into body refinement, forcibly making the Sunlight Dharma Body unable to spare attention for the Ground Lying Demon Infant.

As the Ground Lying Demon Infant approached, the Tao Seed refused to remain idle.

It began perfecting the Nine Nether Buddha Light Illuminating Scripture alongside the No-Life Ten Directions Festival, with some parts of the cultivation content overlapping in ways indescribable.

"Is this... trying to create a technique for cultivating both Buddha and Demon?"

Li Mo's spirit lifted.

The Tao Seed's reaction indirectly indicated that Nascent Soul fusion was not entirely impossible.

He controlled the two streams of Spiritual Power with his Divine Sense, following the newly perfected cultivation route, repeatedly cycling through the Circulation Cycle until the turbulence in the Mud Pill Palace gradually subsided.

At the same time, countless White Bone Spiders swarmed into the Mud Pill Palace.

The White Bone Spiders repaired the palace, yet the surface cracks couldn't be sealed; Li Mo resolutely had the spiders transform into a bone-like layer, encasing the palace that was on the brink of collapse.

Had it been an ordinary cultivator, their entire head might have shattered into fragments.

With the imprint of the Creation Book combined with the long-term body refinement via the Sunlight Dharma Body, Li Mo's organs and bones had long surpassed the qualities of mundane beings.

The Turbid Blood Spiritual Power boiled furiously, while the body of the Ground Lying Demon Infant continued to grow, its aura faintly tinged with traces of Buddha essence.

Suddenly, the temple transformed into a pitch-black robe, its open chest and abdomen brimming with sharp teeth.

The neck bore a grotesque head resembling a bull's, composed of countless heads of varied sizes, each face displaying distinct emotions.

The sight was utterly eerie and incomprehensible.

Li Mo discovered that the Sunlight Dharma Body had no adverse impact on the Ground Lying Demon Infant; instead, it seemed to facilitate its promotion to the Divine Separation Stage.

Puff, puff, puff—

The Ground Lying Demon Infant breathed deeply. Four pairs of arms stretched wide, its lower body morphing into eight legs, mirroring the traits of the Sunlight Dharma Body.

In its hands was a flesh-and-blood lantern, formed from a fake demon.

As the two entities were separated by merely ten paces, the Sunlight Dharma Body began to be tinged with Demonic Qi.

The original compassionate expression shifted to an indifferent regard for all beings as straw dogs, a transformation aligning more with Li Mo's understanding of the True Buddha.

Boom.

The Turbid Blood Spiritual Power surged as the Ground Lying Demon Infant successfully ascended to the Divine Separation Stage.

Its name became "Ground Lying Free Demon Head Dharma Body."

"Amitabha Buddha."

"The Heavenly Sovereign of Freedom."

The two Dharma Bodies seemed to engage in philosophical debate, chanting scriptures to one another.

The Ground Lying Dharma Body no longer felt resistance and sat cross-legged on the reverse side of the Lotus Throne, directly opposing the Sunlight Dharma Body.

The Sunlight Dharma Body above represented infinite great brightness.

The Ground Lying Dharma Body below embodied endless great darkness.

In a certain sense, if Li Mo were cultivating purely Buddhist or purely Demon Sect techniques, they wouldn't have been so harmonious.

The True Word Sect techniques appeared to be Buddhist in nature, but their core was closely tied to the Demon Sect.

The techniques of the No-Life Sect, on the other hand, were modifications of Buddhist teachings into demonic practices, which could be discerned through the cultivation methods.

"What a pity..."

"But come to think of it, the complete fusion of Dharma Bodies is hardly something that happens overnight."

Li Mo scrutinized the Buddha Demon Dharma Bodies and realized they had not fully merged.

Complete fusion would result in "Buddha Demon in One," where the Buddha Demon Dharma Bodies combined into a single entity, and the Turbid Blood Spiritual Power and Great Sun Spiritual Power unified.

Currently, they relied on the Lotus Throne as a buffer to establish a connection between the Dharma Bodies.

Still, in all matters, the initial step is the hardest.

The first step was the most critical; the next phase involved deepening the fusion of the Dharma Bodies, with Li Mo possibly not needing surgical intervention.

Unless something unexpected occurred, once the Tao Seed birthed the cultivation technique for Buddha Demon dual cultivation, the fusion of the dual Dharma Bodies would naturally follow.

Li Mo reclaimed the two streams of Spiritual Power into the Mud Pill Palace.

After their preliminary fusion, the Turbid Blood Spiritual Power and Great Sun Spiritual Power no longer clashed, enabling effortless transformation between the two forms.

The Dharma Bodies' fortunes were interconnected—if one broke a bottleneck, the other would ascend as well.

The Ground Lying Dharma Body swallowed all Turbid Blood Spiritual Power, refining it as a torrent of Demon Heads poured from the massive mouth on its abdomen.

Millions of Demon Heads gathered around the Lotus Throne, chanting "Ground Lying Free Demon Head Dharma Body."

The Sunlight Dharma Body, unwilling to cede ground, radiated seven-colored Buddha Light behind its head as five hundred thousand Demon Heads voluntarily departed from the Ground Lying Dharma Body's vicinity.

When the Demon Heads reached the Lotus Throne's front side, their hideous visages transformed instantly.

The Demon Heads morphed into benevolent monk-like faces, encircling the eight legs of the Sunlight Dharma Body and chanting scriptures. The contrast between front and back couldn't be more striking.

"Hmm?"

Li Mo felt an intense infusion of Great Sun Spiritual Power akin to Dharma Transmission, causing his body refinement efficiency to double, his bones audibly colliding within.

As the fifty thousand Buddha Heads chanted, they too assisted the Sunlight Dharma Body's refinement process.

"Interesting..."

The heads associated with both Dharma Bodies could replenish up to a million each, far from reaching the limits of body refinement efficiency, stirring Li Mo's expectations for the ultimate fusion of the Dharma Bodies.

"Oh right, there's also the Dark Moon Sword Intent."

Li Mo recalled the Dark Moon Sword Intent tied to the fake demon.

After the Demon Infant's ascension to the Divine Separation Stage, the fake demon had become a Dharma Body Artifact, yet the Dark Moon Sword Intent remained independent.

The crescent-shaped Dark Moon Sword Intent swiftly entered the Mud Pill Palace.

The Ground Lying Dharma Body proactively received the Dark Moon Sword Intent, and as the Sword Intent merged into the flesh-and-blood lantern, the Dharma Body Artifact gradually took on the shape of a treasure bottle.

The bottle's design was simple—a crescent moon pattern.

"Dark Moon Treasure Vase."

"So that's it; the Dharma Body Artifacts for the Buddha Demon Dharma Bodies mirror each other. The Sunlight Dharma Body carries the Yang-associated Sun Treasure Bottle, while the Ground Lying Dharma Body holds the Yin-associated Dark Moon Treasure Vase."

The Dark Moon Sword Intent advanced further, likely becoming the superior Sword Intent "Taiyin."

"It looks like all future Dharma Body Artifacts must be similar. The first artifact should form a Bottle from the Sword Intent."

Not just for the Buddha Demon Dharma Bodies—even the Beast Weapon Sword's Dharma Body Artifact would follow this pattern, paving the way for the eventual fusion of all Dharma Bodies.

Li Mo understood that achieving the ultimate union of all techniques might be unrealistic, but he considered the possibility nonetheless.

After all, his perspective remained limited; while Land Immortals might fail to achieve it, immortals who had truly attained the Tao might succeed.

"It's always wise to plan ahead. How could I, in my entry into the Tao, have anticipated the vastness of heaven and earth?"

Li Mo spent a hundred days stabilizing the cultivation of the Ground Lying Dharma Body before throwing himself into preparation for the Fate Knowing Stage Death Disease.

The Fate Knowing Stage Death Disease loomed near, leaving him no time to linger and sense the True Void Hometown deeply.

Li Mo merely perceived the existence of the True Void Hometown faintly, using the Gu Worm left behind all those years ago to transmit information without much difficulty. However, it was nearly impossible to enter the True Void Hometown through the Heavenly Sword Sect.

He didn't dwell on it further, transmitting the methods for entering and exiting the True Void Hometown quietly to the Heart Beast Sect across thousands of miles with the help of the Gu Worm.

Li Mo didn't trust the No-Life Sect greatly, otherwise, he wouldn't have gone through such trouble.

"Why does it feel like the Sword Cultivators serving as prison guards are also imprisoned within the Heavenly Sword Sect?"

After dozens of invocations of the Alchemy Divine Power, Li Mo finally birthed a satisfactory recipe for Corpse Wine, albeit only suitable for the Nascent Soul Stage.

"Muddy Spirit Wine."

"Use the brain of a Nascent Soul Cultivator as the medicinal primer, add three drops of Corrosive Soul Water, and place it within a Corpse Belly for fifty years to form the mash. Its medicinal effects suppress Spiritual Wisdom growth and erode the spirituality of objects."

Though the potency of Muddy Spirit Wine might be limited, even the smallest gains are valuable.

Li Mo selected fifty thousand Corpse Mountain Tenants to ferment the Muddy Spirit Wine, while also gathering vast quantities of top-grade spiritual materials with similar properties.

He didn't spare the Magic Artifacts either.

Taking two years, Li Mo successively refined four Fake Magical Treasures: "Blood Pattern Locks," which resembled spiderwebs composed of flesh and blood, meant to seal off the rebellion of sentient organs.

Unfortunately, the engraved "Blood Flesh Spirit Pattern" was somewhat incomplete; otherwise, he would've used Low Grade Magical Treasures as disposable tools without hesitation.

"No room for wishful thinking."

Li Mo gritted his teeth, summoned his Lifebound Flying Sword from the Sword Pouch, and set it to work within his Five Internal Organs. He excised partial organ tissue.

The tissue soaked in the Corpse Wine, nurtured further with Innate Essence.

Within moments, the tissue grew into complete organs yet devoid of Taoist Body essence.

"Damn it, if it's truly a lost cause, I might as well abandon my current organs entirely. After surviving the Fate Knowing Stage Death Disease, I can graft new ones instead."

The downside was this would damage the Great Wilderness Immortal Body linked to the Five Internal Organs and waste the blank pages imprinted on them—but it was still better than suffering from organ backlash.

The Xia Dao Palace simulated the conditions likely encountered during the Fate Knowing Stage Death Disease.

Li Mo found the result unsatisfactory.

He poured all his cultivation effort into refining Blood Pattern Locks, disregarding the waste of spiritual materials.

Knock-knock-knock.

The main hall's doors were knocked upon.

Li Mo returned to his senses belatedly, hearing Daoist Bai Shuo's uneasy voice: "Senior Brother Taiyi, I've gathered the skulls; the Storage Bag is placed by the side of the window."

"Thank you."

"Senior Brother, there's something strange to mention. The past few days, Purple Sun Palace has shown traces of Water Attribute Spiritual Energy."

Daoist Bai Shuo might have sensed the abnormality in the Spiritual Energy, which prompted him to break his closed-door cultivation.

Li Mo furrowed his brows, scanning the surroundings with the Cave God's Eye, quickly detecting specks of faint blue intermingled with the Yang Attribute Spiritual Energy.

He didn't filter the Spiritual Energy he absorbed, letting the Sunlight Dharma Body process the Great Sun Spiritual Energy while throwing the rest into the Sword Pouch.

The rarity of Water Attribute Spiritual Energy had escaped notice until now.

"This could be trouble."

The Great Sun Sword Tomb, hosting Yang Attribute Flying Swords, essentially served as a Blessed Land Cave Heaven, providing Sword Cultivators with various Yang Attribute Spiritual Energy.

The emergence of Water Attribute Spiritual Energy might signal an issue within the Great Sun Sword Tomb.

Li Mo dashed out of the main hall to join Daoist Bai Shuo, gazing skyward together.

Under a blazing sun, vast clouds drifted leisurely, giving little away, yet an intangible sense of foreboding lingered.

Daoist Bai Shuo murmured gravely, "Senior Brother Taiyi, by tracing the flow of Water Attribute Spiritual Energy, it likely emanates from the Northwest."

"Northwest..."

Li Mo's voice was particularly heavy before reverting to normalcy.

"Don't overthink it; it may just be disturbances in other areas, or perhaps Water Element Sword Cultivators sparring within the Great Sun Sword Tomb."

"Bai Shuo, have you succeeded in forging the Evil Erasing Sword Pill?"

"Reporting to Senior Brother Taiyi, it's just been completed."

Daoist Bai Shuo respectfully saluted as a sword pill with insect-like wings emerged from his mouth, distinct from those of Daoist Ye Zhuo.

A sword pill functioned as an external organ for the Sword Body, akin to the spiders composing the White Bone Treasure Body.

Li Mo grew increasingly resolute to use the White Bone Treasure Body as the foundation of the Sword Body.

The two exchanged idle chatter for a while before Li Mo prepared to return to the main hall to resume his retreat. Yet, as he reached the doorway, he unexpectedly froze on the spot.

Plop.

A raindrop fell to the ground.