142: Chapter 142 Return to the Wilderness, Strength Greatly Increased

A flash of light in the void, and Lu Hu's figure appeared in the Continent of Desolation.

Familiar spiritual energy of heaven and earth rushed toward him. Compared to the oppressive environment of the upper realm, the atmosphere of the Continent of Desolation felt exceptionally peaceful. Lu Hu exhaled deeply, the God-Slaying Qi and remnants of Heavenly Fire heat around him slowly retracting. The violent aura from the life-and-death battle with Ancestor Yama was also fading.

Lu Hu did not linger and returned to Tianduan Mountain for secluded cultivation.

The life-and-death battle with Ancestor Yama was the most dangerous and valuable fight Lu Hu had ever encountered.

Ancestor Yama's overwhelming suppression of realm, the majestic power of an undying being, and the scenes of himself using the Power of Creation to withstand attacks and risking his life with multiple Great Daos kept replaying in his mind.

Lu Hu lay on the stone bed, eyes closed, as the patterns of the Great Dao slowly circulated around him. The Five Elements Dao, Heavenly Fire Dao, Great Dao of the Demonic Heart, Dream Fantasy Great Dao, God-Slaying Dao... many Great Dao powers that previously operated independently began to slowly blend and fit together under the guidance of his mind.

In the previous battle, although he could activate various Daos, they fought independently. He could only trade injuries for kills, relying on his heaven-defying recovery ability to drag down Ancestor Yama.

Now, calming his mind to comprehend the Dao, he truly sensed the connections between different Daos and felt the threshold of integrating multiple Great Dao powers.

The essence of the power of the Immortal Undying realm, the method to break realm suppression, the ultimate use of the God-Slaying True Body, deeper control over the Power of Creation... countless cultivation insights emerged. Lu Hu's aura was sometimes violent like a raging fire, sometimes deep like an abyss. The space around him trembled slightly, but fortunately, he had set up formations so not a trace of his aura leaked out.

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

Lu Hu emerged from seclusion, his aura restrained, his eyes deep and bright. His tiger fur shimmered as if containing the entire starry sky.

After this month of seclusion, Lu Hu not only fully digested all the insights from the battle with Ancestor Yama, but his cultivation also surged. Moreover, his various Great Dao powers were now integrated; he no longer needed to use a specific physique or stop using other Dao powers to push one to its limit.

His combat power could be said to have doubled.

If he encountered Ancestor Yama again, he wouldn't need to risk his life or exhaust the opponent. He could simply activate his integrated Dao powers to suppress and kill him with absolute strength.

Lu Hu stretched his limbs. Thinking of his gains, he nodded slightly, then focused his mind to take stock of all the rewards from his trip to the upper realm.

With a wave of his hand, a pitch-black long saber wreathed in dense demonic qi appeared in the center of the hall.

This was the Immortal Saber from Ancestor Yama's hand. Its material was extraordinary, imbued with the source power of an Immortal Undying. Its sharpness far exceeded ordinary immortal artifacts; even when Lu Hu had previously activated the Five Elements Barrier and the Protective Heavenly Fire, it had been shattered by a single strike.

Although the main reason was Ancestor Yama himself, as the weapon of an Immortal Undying, it ranked among the top tier of immortal artifacts.

“Let me refine it,”

the void-breaking sword pleaded. The Dao power it mastered was heaven-defying, but its physical hardware couldn't keep up. If it integrated the source of this saber into its body, its grade would rise, and the spatial power it could exert would surely increase several times over.

“Alright.”

Lu Hu gave the saber to the void-breaking sword, then took out Ancestor Yama's seemingly ordinary clothing.

The interior of this garment contained a storage world. When Lu Hu's consciousness sank into it, even with his composure, he couldn't help but be slightly moved.

Inside the storage space, there were countless materials for artifact refining, all excellent for crafting top-tier immortal artifacts, a hundred times rarer than existing materials in the Continent of Desolation.

Besides that, there were several Immortal Herbs with unknown effects.

And over a hundred technique jade slips, containing the cultivation methods of the Upper Realm's Demon Immortal Clan and the original immortal beings of the Upper Realm.

Lu Hu didn't care about the Demon Immortal Clan's techniques; he mainly looked at the immortal cultivation methods. These methods were perfectly compatible with the creatures of the Continent of Desolation and were even more powerful. Among them were three that could lead to the Immortal Undying realm.

As an Immortal Undying and the patriarch of the Yama Clan, Ancestor Yama's accumulated wealth was naturally extremely abundant. This time, it all went to Lu Hu.

Lu Hu couldn't help but smile and invited Emperor Xuan and others to Tianduan Mountain.

He distributed all the refining materials, sharing them not only with these immortals but also with his core team at Tianduan Mountain.

As for the technique jade slips, he gave them to Emperor Xuan, asking him to help transcribe copies to distribute to others, making Tianduan Mountain's cultivation system more complete.

The Immortal Herbs, however, Lu Hu kept for himself.

After dealing with the spoils, Lu Hu began to sort through the key information obtained from the upper realm.

The Extradimensional Demons occupying the upper realm were collectively known as the Demon Immortal Clan.

To occupy the upper realm, the Demon Immortal Clan had also paid a heavy price, suffering great damage to their primordial qi, which they had yet to recover from.

The current Demon Immortal Clan was roughly composed of seventy-two Lower Demon Tribes, thirty-six Upper Demon Tribes, and twelve Eternal Demon Clans.

These Demon Immortal tribes accounted for ninety percent of the experts in the entire Demon Immortal Clan.

The minimum standard for a Lower Demon Tribe was to have over a hundred True Immortals and at least three Tai Xuan Immortals.

With this requirement, even if their entire Continent of Desolation went there, they would barely be comparable to a Lower Demon Tribe, and a bottom-tier one at that.

Tsk tsk, a larger world is truly impressive!

Above the Lower Demon Tribes were the thirty-six Upper Demon Tribes. The minimum standard was over ten Profound Immortals, plus at least one Immortal Undying!

The Yama Clan, to which Ancestor Yama belonged, was one of the thirty-six Upper Demon Tribes, ranked in the lower-middle tier, with a terrifying foundation of two Immortal Undyings and nearly a hundred Profound Immortals.

If a lower-middle-tier tribe was like this, the power of the top-ranked Upper Demon Tribes was hard to imagine.

And above the Upper Demon Tribes were the leading tribes at the peak of the Demon Immortal Clan, the twelve Eternal Demon Clans.

The immortal from the Yama Clan that Lu Hu met had only just entered the True Immortal realm and didn't know much. He only knew that the Eternal Demon Clans were the most noble and powerful top-tier forces in the Demon Immortal Clan, with an unfathomable number of experts.

Whether it was a Lower Demon Tribe or an Upper Demon Tribe, they could only bow down and act like dogs before the lords of the Eternal Demon Clans.

Lu Hu toyed with the cross-realm teleportation jade, silently calculating his own strength.

After this seclusion, his combat power had increased significantly.

He didn't know what level Ancestor Yama was in the Immortal Undying realm, but now he could easily suppress him. In the Immortal Undying tier, he should be considered a standout.

He had nothing to fear from lower-middle-tier forces like the Yama Clan among the thirty-six Upper Demon Tribes. As for those ranked higher, even if he couldn't win, he should be able to retreat safely.

Except for the mysterious twelve Eternal Demon Clans, the other Demon Immortal families were not beyond his reach.

But a fatal problem lay before Lu Hu, causing him a great headache.

The Demon Immortal beings of the upper realm seemed to naturally possess a special sensing ability; as soon as they saw him, they could immediately tell he was an outsider.

With this identification ability, as soon as Lu Hu stepped into the upper realm, he would be exposed upon meeting anyone.

This time he was discovered by the Yama Clan.

If he went next time and was discovered by a higher-ranking demon tribe or even an Eternal Demon Clan, what should he do?

“To stay in the upper realm for a long time, the problem of identity exposure must be solved.” Lu Hu pondered, then took out Ancestor Yama's corpse.

Come on, the Spirit Tiger Body Tempering Method produced by the system.

Let me see where your limit is!

Lu Hu grabbed Ancestor Yama's corpse and began refining it!

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