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Chapter 177 - 37 Da Ai Mi Tian

Chapter 177: Chapter 37 Da Ai Mi Tian

No artifact cultivator noticed when the flesh transformation began spreading within the Practice Hall.

Almost without any sign, and without any fluctuation of spiritual power, the walls suddenly started to grow flesh and organs for no apparent reason.

In just two days, the walls had already acquired distinct human characteristics.

Eyes appeared and stared eerily at the passing artifact cultivators, occasionally oozing blood.

The artifact cultivators felt a lingering fear and became even more curious about Li Mo’s situation.

What cultivation technique could cause such abnormal flesh transformation, or did Li Mo suffer an unexpected deviation?

The Chaotic Burial Furnace attracted the attention of countless spies, and rumors spread incessantly.

Only some Nascent Soul Great Powers recognized that the Practice Hall originated from the Great Miao’s Tumor and Divine Fetus Technique, a life-bound magical artifact that others avoided at all costs.

They couldn’t help but feel astonished.

The Great Miao’s Tumor and Divine Fetus Technique was not well-known, and the life-bound magical artifact it produced was extremely sinister, parasitizing organs and bones like a Gu Worm, drawing nutrients far beyond ordinary life-bound magical artifacts.

Over time, it could easily cause the body’s foundation to be affected by the life-bound magical artifact.

However, considering that Daoist Qingtian had the Paoxiao Swallowing Body and Heavenly Human Seven Apertures, with extraordinarily abundant qi blood and spiritual power, he indeed could bear the burden of the Great Miao’s Tumor and Divine Fetus Technique.

But what puzzled the Nascent Soul Great Powers was, with such a grand scale of the Practice Hall, what kind of artifact form did Li Mo choose?

Even the Old Earth True Monarch couldn’t quite grasp the situation.

He hurried back to the Chaotic Burial Furnace, feeling that Li Mo’s life-bound magical artifact had already transcended the scope of the Great Miao’s Tumor and Divine Fetus Technique.

Could it be?

Was Qingtian daring enough to choose self-created forms for the Great Miao’s Tumor and Divine Fetus Technique?

The Old Earth True Monarch felt his scalp tingle, knowing Li Mo well, it was indeed something the latter would do, evident from the modification of the Taoist Body.

The Old Earth True Monarch dared not stray from the Chaotic Burial Furnace, staying dutifully to protect Li Mo’s path.

About ten days later, the flesh transformation in the Practice Hall not only did not recede but began to expand over the entire mountain.

The ground of the streets inexplicably sprouted meat tumors, and the interiors of buildings were filled with viscous blood.

Boom boom boom...

The Old Earth True Monarch squinted his eyes.

The mountain gate began to tremble slightly, and the soil became colorful, indicating that the Nine Nether Immortal Energy beneath the ground was also attracted by Li Mo.

The Old Earth True Monarch gazed at the base of the mountain, then without hesitation activated the Mountain Protection Array.

Subsequently, the flesh transformation receded like a tide, eventually concentrating within ten meters of the Practice Hall, with the Nine Nether Immortal Energy vanishing completely.

The Old Earth True Monarch knew what lay buried deep beneath the Chaotic Burial Furnace, and it must not get out of control before reaching the Golden Cauldron Sect’s door.

The number of spies outside the Chaotic Burial Furnace unknowingly doubled, with some artifact cultivators even setting up temporary residences in the wilderness.

He sent a mental message to Li Mo, urging him to be extremely cautious while refining the life-bound magical artifact and to avoid the Great Miao’s Tumor and Divine Fetus Technique if necessary.

Wasting the twin fetus was no problem; there were other techniques to refine life-bound magical artifacts.

Li Mo naturally agreed readily, but he was also suffering in silence, as refining Da Ai Mi Tian proved much more difficult than usual.

Any slight mistake and Da Ai Mi Tian could backfire on him.

The Practice Hall was in disarray.

The various tools around had come alive due to Da Ai Mi Tian.

The bronze tripod sprouted deformed facial features, resembling a half-metal, half-flesh head, rampaging around the Practice Hall with its three legs.

The tables and chairs fought each other, leaving fragments of flesh scattered everywhere.

If someone entered the Practice Hall, they would mistake it for a bloody slaughterhouse, with a thick layer of dried blood crust on the ground.

Li Mo sat cross-legged in the center, as utensils born from the bloody transformation dared not approach within a hundred meters of him due to his connection with Da Ai Mi Tian.

He silently thanked himself for removing the Daoist Collection from Dome Mountain in advance; otherwise, after Da Ai Mi Tian’s destruction, most human slips would have been ruined as a result.

Li Mo held his life-bound magical artifact in his palm.

The life-bound magical artifact still retained the form of a baby, emitting silent cries that stimulated nearby objects to animate.

The salamander stood beside Li Mo.

The little creature wore a slightly fearful expression, but dove underground upon Li Mo’s signal, leaving only the top of the sapling on its head to grow robust.

The salamander released waves of vitality, aiding in Li Mo’s recovery from his injuries.

If it weren’t for Da Ai Mi Tian being born from the Primordial Tao Seed’s Magic Artifact Catalog, Li Mo would never have dared to refine such a costly life-bound magical artifact.

Lost in thought, he sliced open his abdomen with his right hand, extracting a rib from his body, his back already soaked with sweat from the pain.

The salamander increased the concentration of its released vitality to help Li Mo’s rib regrow, though some leaves on its sapling had already withered.

The life-bound magical artifact wrapped around the bone, immediately making a crisp sound of chewing bones.

While the life-bound magical artifact was digesting the rib, Li Mo continuously used his own blood to engrave patterns, further strengthening his connection with the life-bound magical artifact.

Because refining the life-bound magical artifact required all his blood, flesh, and bones, ensuring his foundation wasn’t damaged relied not only on the salamander’s vitality; it also inevitably required wasting the Nourishing Yuan Fruit’s medicinal power.

Li Mo looked pained in expression.

In the lower Dantian, out of the five Nourishing Yuan Fruit trees, three bore fruits with seven hundred years of medicinal power, while the remaining two had been completely exhausted.

"Sigh, better finish the life-bound magical artifact soon."

Li Mo sighed, decisively recalling the salamander, and divided the seven hundred years of medicinal power of one Nourishing Yuan Fruit into seven parts, distributing it among the tattooed beasts.

The little guys cheered excitedly, as the seven hundred years of medicinal power were enough for them to advance further.

The Candle Dragon remained calm on the surface, but its constantly writhing body in the tattoo map on Li Mo’s chest revealed its inner unease.

Li Mo nourished the tattooed beasts with the Nourishing Yuan Fruit, and the Ancient Sacred Body equally benefited greatly.

The Ancient Sacred Body, though only just imprinted as the Innate Taoist Body, had absorbed hundreds of years of Nourishing Yuan Fruit’s medicinal power, its displayed power indeed surpassed the other Four Tao Body.

The Nourishing Yuan Fruit’s medicinal power, as Innate Essence, allowed the Tao Body to transform.

To form a perfect Golden Core, relying solely on the Ancient Sacred Body was impossible; most importantly, it required the support of the Paoxiao Swallowing Body and Primordial Dao Body, both of which could significantly enhance Li Mo’s foundation.

Without hesitation, Li Mo infused a Nourishing Yuan Fruit’s medicinal power into the Paoxiao Swallowing Body.

The surging qi blood sped up the recovery from injuries, the heart’s beating frequency suddenly accelerated, and jade liquid-like blood coursed throughout his body.

Another Nourishing Yuan Fruit’s medicinal power then acted on the Primordial Dao Body.

Crack crack crack...

Li Mo subconsciously activated the Primordial Dao Body, his body swelling to over four meters, with skin not only covered in mysterious patterns but also cloaked in crystal-like scale armor.

If the Practice Hall weren’t the residence of the Nascent Soul Great Powers who guarded the mountain gate through generations, the Primordial Dao Body’s destructive power could directly reduce the building to ruins.

Li Mo’s speed in cutting through flesh and bones became incredibly fast.

Once the life-bound magical artifact swallowed, its aura gradually approached that of a high-grade magical artifact, although its appearance remained that of a baby, it was more stable.

If other Core Formation artifact cultivators saw this, they’d undoubtedly be astonished.

Under normal circumstances, even if they fortuitously nurtured a twin fetus, the initial life-bound magical artifact refined from it was no more than a low-grade magical artifact.

If the artifact cultivator’s Tao Body aided the twin fetus, mid-grade magical artifacts were already the ceiling.

Yet Li Mo’s Da Ai Mi Tian, not even fully refined, had already reached high-grade magical artifact status, its potential likely unimaginable.

The aura exuded outside the Practice Hall became exceedingly mixed.

The spies of various factions had no idea what Li Mo was doing, just an instinctive fear, as if a giant beast from the Wilderness resided within the Practice Hall.

"What a freak..."

In the shadows, a Nascent Soul Great Power couldn’t help but sigh.

"Perhaps the Path’s threats from the beast-like Innate Taoist Body to other Taoist bodies are profound, plus Qingtian’s deep foundation, allowing the Primordial Dao Body to regenerate creation."

The Old Earth True Monarch shared similar views, as with Qingtian being an unprecedented wielder of the Five Dao Body, any creation wasn’t surprising.

Li Mo became aware of the outside commotion but focused all his attention on Da Ai Mi Tian.

Taking advantage of the interim transformation of the Tao Body, he used all his flesh and bones for refining Da Ai Mi Tian, finally accomplishing its formation.

The transformation of the Tao Body would inevitably affect the medicinal efficacy of the Nourishing Yuan Fruit due to the healing of flesh and bone injuries, but as long as the foundation remained intact, it was no issue.

Li Mo endured the Tao Body’s anomalies, examining Da Ai Mi Tian before him.

Composed of countless grainy meat tumors, Da Ai Mi Tian was not limited to a baby’s form but continually morphed between various shapes.

The core of the magical artifact was only fist-sized, resembling a meat tumor-like embryo.

The remaining parts of Da Ai Mi Tian, under Li Mo’s control, sometimes turned into blood fog, sometimes appeared osseous...

With a slight mental movement, Da Ai Mi Tian eagerly ventured back into his body, the core parasitizing his heart, while the rest spread like cells among the flesh and bones.

Da Ai Mi Tian retained the characteristic of "mutation" to the greatest extent.

Whether living or dead, anything could become a host for Da Ai Mi Tian’s parasitism.

After parasitism, the core of Da Ai Mi Tian presented the most terrifying mutation effects, while the rest was considered secondary parasitism with somewhat reduced effects.

Da Ai Mi Tian’s function seemed singular, but whether enhancing artifacts and tattooed beasts or causing irreversible mutation in enemy bodies, its bizarre extent was beyond words.

Plus, Da Ai Mi Tian also possessed infinite growth potential.

High-grade magical artifacts weren’t the limit; a breakthrough beyond existing grades was just a matter of time, possibly achieving a Magic Treasure at Li Mo’s Thirty Years Old Stage.

What eased Li Mo’s mind was that the life-bound magical artifact required no cumbersome subsequent artifact refining.

Da Ai Mi Tian relied on absorbing nutrients to metamorphose, faintly similar to tattooed beasts, although the life-bound magical artifact lacked any spiritual wisdom.

Not long after Li Mo stored Da Ai Mi Tian in his heart, the aura of the life-bound magical artifact had already strengthened, soon to autonomously complete a First Refinement.

Once Da Ai Mi Tian reached Hundred Refinements, with enough nutrients, it would naturally surpass high-grade magical artifacts and achieve a Magic Treasure.

"Da Ai Mi Tian is undeniably closer to cancer compared to other Cancer Artifacts; who knows what difference would emerge after several transformations."

Li Mo dared not slack, activating the leakless body to suppress the Tao Body’s aura.

The Practice Hall lay in a disordered state.

The flesh-transformed utensils returned to their original material, although already dilapidated.

Everything seemed like an illusion, the Old Earth True Monarch also deactivated the Mountain Protection Array, yet the spies from various factions didn’t reduce their presence.

They all wanted to see whether Daoist Qingtian could form a perfect Golden Core.