The medicinal energy surged, waves crashing against Li Mo's body.

The Doulu Tripod, once used to nurture the No-Life Mother, had now become the medium for Li Mo's transformation. The Tattooed Beasts emerged one by one, absorbing the scraps.

Li Mo did not stop the Tattooed Beasts.

Although it appeared to be the promotion of the Three Dharma Bodies to the Body Integration Realm, it also included the seven Tattooed Beasts. He hoped to push the strength of his flesh body to its peak through this process.

Crack, crack, crack.

Spiritual Power erupted explosively within the meridians, and the Three Dharma Bodies experienced a brief moment of deviation.

Compared to Li Mo's unyielding flesh body, the Three Dharma Bodies struggled visibly against the erupting Taboo, relying solely on the support of the medicinal energy.

After all, no matter how profound the foundation of the Dharma Bodies was, they were still at the Void Refining Stage and could barely withstand the corrosive power of the Body Integration Realm's Death Tomb.

The Buddha Demon Body's flesh and blood began dissolving, swathes of Evil Ghost Buddha forms perishing; the Artifact Pill Body's magnetic field became unbalanced, with planets colliding uncontrollably; and the Symbiotic Dharma Body's Lifebound Flying Sword all became defective tools...

"Cough, cough, cough."

Li Mo's internal organs occasionally experienced disarray; aside from the Great Wilderness Immortal Body, the Ten Thousand Sword Immortal Bone and the Innate Saint were becoming exceptionally unstable.

This process was expected to last two to three years.

"Only when the Three Dharma Bodies become fully subordinate to the physical body can the promotion to the Body Integration Realm proceed smoothly, or else they risk taking control unexpectedly."

Li Mo secretly planned his breakthrough to the Body Integration Realm, then began arranging within the tripod.

He had previously considered refining a massive Sword Shuttle as a temporary Cave Mansion, but now realized that the Doulu Tripod could meet all his needs.

No matter what experiments Li Mo conducted, as long as he remained inside the Doulu Tripod, they would not affect the outside world.

The Doulu Tripod's Immortal Pattern was named "Sumeru," signifying that the interior was an independent small world, unaffected by external disturbances.

As time passed.

The Three Dharma Bodies began to adapt to the Taboo, growing increasingly cohesive with the physical body.

Li Mo's face broke into a smile, understanding that his promotion to the Body Integration Realm was now inevitable—he would break through the bottleneck within the next two to three years.

He devoted himself entirely to cultivation, repeating the Circulation Cycle monotonously.

The Artifact Pill Body was the first to show signs of a breakthrough, its massive size a testament to the vast quantities of resources it had absorbed.

Li Mo forcibly suppressed the Artifact Pill Body.

He planned to have the Three Dharma Bodies advance to the Body Integration Realm simultaneously, leveraging the moment of Spiritual Power's transformation to promote the Da Ai Mi Tian into a Spiritual Treasure.

"It's coming."

Li Mo felt the opportunity for the Body Integration Realm.

The Three Dharma Bodies abruptly shut their eyes and fell into slumber. Spiritual Power immediately spiraled out of control, and the muffled sounds of explosions echoed continuously as the flesh and bones struggled under the strain.

Li Mo was not fearful but excited instead.

The abnormal behavior of the Spiritual Power signified that the Externalized Dharma Bodies were undergoing transformation.

According to the records in ancient texts, when Externalized Dharma Bodies step into the Body Integration Realm, they inevitably encounter danger, the first of which is "Seizing Heaven's Secret."

Li Mo's Divine Sense needed to rebrand the Spiritual Power within the shortest possible time.

To others, this might be a painstakingly tedious task, but to Li Mo, with his terrifying Divine Sense and its meticulous precision, it was nothing short of effortless.

Li Mo's Divine Sense swept across the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, and the Spiritual Power immediately settled into peace.

He then began adding spiritual materials to the tripod.

The previous spiritual materials had primarily been used to heal injuries; now he had to switch to ones that assisted breakthroughs. Stacks of rare spiritual materials, unobtainable even at the largest ports, were thrown into the Doulu Tripod, stirring medicinal energy into a tangible essence.

Li Mo took a deep breath, retrieving a Jade Bottle from the Corpse Mountain Mini World.

After opening the Jade Bottle, he allowed a flood of cancer cells to enter his body.

Although the cancer cells had been detached for too long and were only at the Nascent Soul Stage in strength, they contained an indescribable vitality.

Back when Li Mo shared the method to access the True Void Hometown with Tian Changwen, the latter had mobilized the Heart Beast Sect to breed beast swarms, specifically using cancer cells as containers for storing vitality.

The resources Tian Changwen had prepared for Li Mo to ascend to the rank of Land Immortal, though seemingly unimpressive within the Corpse Mountain Mini World, had consumed an unimaginable amount of effort.

"If I can't manage to promote to the Body Integration Realm even with all this, might as well just hit myself against a block of tofu and die."

Li Mo nourished the Three Dharma Bodies with vitality, then advanced to the next stage himself, the Externalized Dharma Bodies simultaneously beginning Void Realm integration.

Within the Dantian, the Void Realm began gradually collapsing.

Li Mo felt a sharp pain in his Dantian, cold sweat soaking his Magic Robe as the Taboo swiftly seized ground, intensifying the corrosion of his flesh and bones.

Typically, the Body Integration Realm involves the Void Realm merging with the Externalized Dharma Bodies, carrying far less risk than what Li Mo was undertaking.

Were it not for the extensive simulations he had conducted beforehand, Li Mo would never have dared to gamble so recklessly—any misstep would result in the Externalized Dharma Bodies exploding within his body.

And that might even blow open a gap atop the Side Room Tomb.

Li Mo patiently secluded himself in cultivation.

As the Void Realm shrank, it simultaneously formed a Dantian within the Externalized Dharma Bodies, perfectly replicating a miniature Void Realm inside.

"The path I walk is indeed one that leads to the heavens."

Li Mo couldn't help but feel a surge of pride—nothing compared to the exhilaration of being the only sober one while everyone else was drunk.

At that moment, the Side Room Tomb began to tremble.

Bang, bang, bang.

The heartbeat quickened in frequency, its size rapidly swelling, and its surface became covered in blue-purple veins.

"The Death Tomb's consciousness has fully awakened!"

The heart grew facial features. Its eyes scanned the room and locked onto the Doulu Tripod.

Even with the protection of the Spirit Root Worms, the Death Tomb's consciousness still easily sensed them—Li Mo's understanding of the Death Tomb was shallow, making it hard for the Spirit Root Worms to simulate perfectly without leaving flaws.

Roar!

A chorus of roars echoed.

One Sword Ghost after another charged madly at the Doulu Tripod.

Li Mo couldn't help but worry—how would he find the energy to fend off the Sword Ghost's assault?

One Sword Ghost smashed headfirst into the Doulu Tripod, causing blood to splash, but only making the tripod stagger slightly without damaging the Spiritual Treasure.

The other Sword Ghosts approached the Doulu Tripod using all sorts of methods, striving to break through its body.

Li Mo felt the increasing consumption of Spiritual Power but noted that the Doulu Tripod remained intact. It truly lived up to its reputation as one of Leiyin Temple's foundational treasures.

He set his mind at ease and continued refining the Three Dharma Bodies.

The Taboo intensified, yet Li Mo merely had to expend more Innate Essence—his stockpile of over ten thousand years still afforded him confidence.

The cultivators outside detected the anomaly in the Death Tomb.

The interior of the Death Tomb resounded with deafening explosions, followed by incessant collapses and bursts of ominous energies, only to abruptly cease within a few breaths.

They were witnessing such an astonishingly bizarre scenario for the first time.

Zhang Qiyang remained clueless, merely recognizing that the commotion was caused by Li Mo—even Mahayana cultivators could not drive the Death Tomb into such disarray.

The cultivators couldn't hide their curiosity about what kind of scheme Li Mo was working—it was clear from his earlier fleshly transformation that his temperament wasn't impulsive.

They decided to wait until the Sword Testing Conference concluded, determined to uncover the true identity of the Innate Immortal Seed.

The outside world fell into silence.

Only Qi Yunfei continued using the Sky Dome Mirror, trying to discern the truth about Li Mo, though his Lifebound Flying Sword barely managed to glean even the slightest detail.

"He really went deep into the Death Tomb. What exactly is he trying to do?"

"His flesh body has already broken through the Body Integration Realm, but could he be aiming for the promotion of the Externalized Dharma Bodies? Impossible—even the Immortal Body cannot avoid the impact of the Taboo. This is outrageous."

Qi Yunfei noticed the subtle seeds of doubt sprouting in his Mental Realm—his Tao Heart bore an imperceptible crack due to a mere junior.

"Thirteen Immortals, what kind of freaks are they? I can't comprehend them, I truly can't comprehend."

Qi Yunfei's eyes turned toward Yu Xiao, who had begun another round of Thunder Refining Body.

A massive Sword Shuttle stretched across the Void, the Sword Intent leaking from it growing increasingly intense, igniting a battle spirit that even Thunder Residence Sword Cultivators could sense.

Thunder Residence Sword Cultivators shuddered in fear.

Yu Xiao had always been regarded as indifferent to everything, but now he seemed like a drawn blade, with an icy sharpness fully revealed.

They instantly understood that Yu Xiao's battle spirit was directed at Li Mo.

To Yu Xiao, while the Heavenly Sword Sect boasted ancient and powerful Sword Cultivators, most were over ten thousand years old, their cultivation systems ill-suited for the current Cultivation World.

Years of sparring with them yielded only modest progress.

Li Mo, however, was different.

With his combined achievements of Body Sanctification and Ru Dao Sword Intent, they were unprecedented—perhaps stimulating Yu Xiao to reach new heights.

"Little junior brother, your growth rate is truly astonishing."

Yu Xiao's lips curved slightly, a faint surge of thunderlight spreading outward—it lasted only an instant but left all cultivators on the scene unnerved.

Had Li Mo been present, he would have immediately recognized it as the aura of an Immortal Body.

The Twelve Immortals, reborn into another life, were all either Immortal Bodies themselves or Taoist Bodies honed to their mortal limits, a single step away from becoming Immortal Bodies.

Zu Xiuyun's grand plans had quietly enabled the Twelve Immortals to finish their transcension.

......

Li Mo lowered his gaze, lost in thought.

"An Immortal Body? Is it Yu Xiao's, or is it emanating from the Thunder Residence Sword Tomb? Why do I feel a strange familiarity, as if I've encountered it before?"

Li Mo mulled over countless possibilities, swiftly suppressing his distracting thoughts.

The Death Tomb's consciousness behaved like a tantrum-prone child. Unable to deal with Li Mo directly, it enveloped the Doulu Tripod entirely with veins.

As soon as the Doulu Tripod opened, it would instantly solve Li Mo; concurrently, the veins sought to locate its weaknesses.

The veins pulled the Doulu Tripod into the air, positioning it alongside the heart.

"Hmm?"

Li Mo's expression became subtly peculiar, as the cancer cells touched the heart, triggering an involuntary stirring within the Innate Saint.

"Within the Side Room Death Tomb... could it contain a fragment of an Innate Saint?"

The Sword Tomb was a creation modeled after the Twenty-Eight Sword Tombs, formed by a Nascent Soul Stage Day Patrol Deity breaking through its limits and transforming.

"The Twenty-Eight Sword Tombs' core is the Immortal Head, so ordinary Sword Tombs and Death Tombs containing Immortal Body remnants make sense. Furthermore, the remnants in the Side Room may not be limited to the Innate Saint."

Li Mo understood one thing.

Every Lifebound Flying Sword was forged from the harvested vitality of countless disciples of affiliated Sword Sects.

"Heh, the Side Room Death Tomb truly is a Blessed Land Cave Heaven—perhaps it could even help my Ten Thousand Sword Immortal Bone grow a few more sections."

Li Mo maintained the Three Dharma Bodies, spreading the cancer cells into the Death Tomb's flesh.

"It seems feasible—there's no apparent resistance from the Death Tomb toward Da Ai Mi Tian. Since it doesn't interfere with the promotion, why not take things to the extreme."

The Doulu Tripod began shaking.

Pulled by the veins, the Doulu Tripod gradually approached the heart.

Soon, the Doulu Tripod was embedded into the heart's surface, with the Spirit Root Worms adjusting its aura, gradually merging the two.

Five years later.

The heart's size expanded to nearly a kilometer.

By the time the Sword Testing Conference neared its conclusion, it had grown to over three kilometers.

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