The Demonic Cultivator In Zombie World
Chapter 390: Earth Fire Tribulation

Chu Xuan's eyes lit up with joy at the sight. Since Tian Mozi had reached the Deity Transformation stage, he had seldom used the White Bone Stele. The bones inside had not been replenished for a long time.

Chu Xuan glanced at the stele and quickly realized that the bones had turned black and gray. As long as he could replenish enough fresh bones, the White Bone Stele would be renewed and restored to its full potential.

With even these aged bones, it was already capable of withstanding the full force of a Corpse King's attack. If he replaced the bones entirely, or even added more to the stele, its defensive power would undoubtedly become even more formidable!

At that point, no Nascent Soul cultivator's attack would be able to pierce its defense. He would truly be invincible below the Deity Transformation stage!

With this thought in mind, Chu Xuan immediately ordered his corpse puppets, who had been harvesting zombies, to strip the bones from the fallen undead. In this way, the zombies would have another use. Soul essence, blood, muscle, bone, and skin—all could be utilized!

"However, if I am to cultivate all the Great Dao, I will need an immense number of zombies. Relying only on the Zombie Matriarch and Zombie Empress won't be enough. Harvesting the powerful zombie kings scattered across Blue Star would be too troublesome. It would be much quicker to have a few cultivators contribute selflessly."

Chu Xuan sighed lightly. He sensed that one day, the resources he required might exceed what all the zombies on Blue Star could provide. He couldn't just drain the land dry. But if he didn't do so, his cultivation speed would slow down. It was truly a headache.

Chu Xuan didn't let himself dwell on this for too long. His attention quickly shifted to a spiritual sense jade slip. This jade slip had been obtained from Shang Xingchen after Chu Xuan had saved him. According to Shang Xingchen, it contained the inheritance of the Supreme Bliss Pill King, along with the formulas for the Great Soul Spirit Pill, Boiling Blood True Pill, and Focus Spirit Pill.

"The Supreme Bliss Pill King… I seem to recall something about him," Chu Xuan murmured as he closed his eyes to recollect.

Before long, a detailed image of the person emerged in his mind. The Supreme Bliss Pill King was a Deity Transformation cultivator from the Exquisite Treasures Alliance and a renowned Deity Transformation alchemist. His name was widely known across the region.

Not only did the cultivators of the Exquisite Treasures Alliance regularly seek his alchemical services, but even the Reincarnation Divine Sect, the Heaven Shaking Divine Sect, and several surrounding Sixth-level cultivation sects had Deity Transformation cultivators who sought him out for alchemical concoctions.

The Supreme Bliss Pill King's partner had once gone out to search for treasures but had unknowingly become infested by an ancient parasitic insect, suffering greatly.

The Supreme Bliss Pill King had used every possible means to try and expel the ancient parasitic insect, but to no avail. As he saw his partner on the brink of death, he had no choice but to venture out in search of rare heavenly treasures, hoping to forge a Nascent Soul stage elixir that could forcefully aid in his partner's recovery.

Afterward, the Supreme Bliss Pill King mysteriously disappeared. Many speculated that he had likely perished during his quest for these treasures. After all, the world was full of perilous and desolate places.

Unless one was a Tribulation-crossing powerhouse rampaging through the universe, there was always the risk of falling into danger and meeting one's demise.

Chu Xuan had obtained a great deal of information from the Exquisite Treasures Alliance cultivator Jin Dafu's storage ring after slaying him, including details about the Supreme Bliss Pill King.

Now, Chu Xuan placed the spiritual sense jade slip to his forehead.

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Moments later, a look of joy spread across his face. It was indeed a treasure! Inside was the Supreme Bliss Pill King's lifetime of alchemical knowledge. The Deity Transformation master had meticulously recorded all his insights into the Alchemy Dao, documenting everything from his greatest achievements to the smallest of details.

However, due to the overwhelming volume of information, a single spiritual sense jade slip could not contain it all. The Supreme Bliss Pill King's teachings were divided into three separate jade slips. This one was only the first.

The first jade slip contained his Nascent Soul stage alchemical techniques, along with his profound insights into various Nascent Soul elixirs. It also included numerous self-created and improved Nascent Soul pill recipes.

The second jade slip was dedicated to Deity Transformation stage pills and the alchemical methods related to them.

The third jade slip contained the Supreme Bliss Pill King's musings and understandings regarding Astral Projection stage elixirs.

With these alchemical insights, Chu Xuan's chances of success when refining pills would dramatically increase. Even if it were his first time refining a pill, the odds of success would be much higher. As for the self-created and improved pill recipes, they were even more valuable.

The materials required for these pills were generally much less rare compared to those in widely circulated pill recipes. Often, the extremely rare materials had been replaced with easier-to-obtain, more affordable ones.

"The remaining two jade slips... Are they with Shang Xingchen? Or did he not get them either?"

Chu Xuan mentally noted this, intending to investigate further later.

He had been particularly interested in the recipe for the Great Soul Spirit Pill, which was also included in the current jade slip.

"It requires a large quantity of soul essence, as well as Purple Soul Flowers and Spiritual Shadow Roots... The Purple Soul Flowers are easy enough to grow—just plant them in the bodies of the zombies."

"But the Spiritual Shadow Roots require Spiritual Qi to grow, and they take an extremely long time to mature. If I need to purchase them, it will cost me a lot of spiritual stones."

Chu Xuan frowned. His gaze suddenly landed on a large glass vat inside his cave residence. The vat appeared to contain nothing more than ordinary soil.

However, only Chu Xuan knew that this soil had been soaked in Purifying Soul Gold Rain! At first, he had worried that the soil might contain some insects or other small creatures that had been exposed to the rain, and if they gained spiritual intelligence, they might cause trouble, disrupting his cultivation and bringing disaster.

Thus, he had carefully removed the soil, using his spiritual sense to eradicate all plant seeds and insect eggs before placing it in the glass vat. Since then, nothing unusual had appeared in the vat, and he had forgotten about it. But now, as he needed to plant spiritual herbs, he suddenly remembered this "meritorious soil."

"I wonder if this soil, soaked in Soul- Cleaning Gold Rain, has any special properties? Could it possibly accelerate the growth of spiritual plants?"

Chu Xuan couldn't help but become intrigued. If it could indeed speed up the growth of spiritual plants, even by just a fraction, it would be immensely valuable.

"Let me start by testing with some common spiritual herb seeds," Chu Xuan muttered to himself, his expression filled with an expectation that bordered on impatience. "I hope you won't disappoint me. If you do, you know the consequences."

He glared at the soil, attempting to intimidate it with his fierce gaze, as though hoping to force it into cooperating. Suddenly, Chu Xuan felt an unusual heat rising from his body.

"Strange... I've already reached Nascent Soul. Why am I still feeling this way?"

His brows furrowed in confusion.

Something was amiss. There was no doubt about it.

Without hesitation, he swiftly left the cave, his body moving like a blur. He shot eastward, heading directly for the eastern sea. Within moments, he plunged himself into the depths of the ocean.

Yet, even submerged in the vast expanse of water, the heat within him only intensified. What was even more troubling was how rapidly this sensation was growing stronger.

Chu Xuan's expression darkened. He moved southward, reaching the frozen ice at the South Pole. He immersed himself in the ice, hoping its cold would quell the growing internal heat.

But even surrounded by ancient ice that had never melted for millennia, the fire inside him only surged more fiercely. To his shock, the ice around him began to melt.

A burning fire, as if appearing from nowhere, had somehow manifested beneath him. It was not a fire he had summoned, yet it seemed to materialize out of thin air, following him wherever he went.

"Earth Fire Tribulation!" Chu Xuan's eyes widened as realization dawned upon him.

In his path to higher realms, a cultivator would inevitably face Heavenly Tribulations. He had already survived the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation.

But this... this was the Earth Fire Tribulation, something he had only read about in ancient texts. It was said that this tribulation manifested when a cultivator was breaking through into certain hidden small realms.

"Could it be that I've truly stepped into the Soul Transformation Realm? Is that what triggered this Earth Fire Tribulation?" Chu Xuan felt both startled and overjoyed at the realization.