After refining the Five Elements Lotus Seed, Xiao Fei spent some more time and finally succeeded in refining the Jianmu fruit in his hand into an immortal artifact.
This was a spatial treasure, containing a world within it, usable for storage, and for trapping and killing enemies in battle. Coupled with his own spatial laws, it offered endless possibilities for plundering and killing.
After successfully refining these two immortal artifacts, one of his clones continued to comprehend laws, while the other focused on cultivation.
Since entering the True Immortal realm, his cultivation speed had slowed considerably. He now meditated daily, absorbed immortal energy, and consumed refined Earth Essence Pills, but his progress was minimal.
With his talent, he could only be considered mediocre among True Immortals.
In fact, the majority of beings in the Immortal Realm were Earth Immortals, True Immortals were already few, and Heavenly Immortals were even rarer.
Thus, the population structure of the Immortal Realm was also pyramid-shaped, with fewer beings at higher levels.
As the various grotto-heavens and sacred lands controlled all resources, a large number of rogue immortals were forever stuck in the Earth Immortal realm.
Xiao Fei, who had broken through to the True Immortal realm through his own resources, was truly a rare find.
Now, consuming Earth Essence Pills was of little use to him, but he believed in the power of sheer effort.
If one or two pills a day were ineffective, he would consume more – ten at a time, and if not, then a hundred.
Coupled with his ample time, as long as he could make a little progress each day, he would eventually cultivate to the Heavenly Immortal realm.
Xiao Fei continued to cultivate with this persistent determination.
Ten thousand years passed…
Twenty thousand years passed…
One hundred thousand years passed…
In the blink of an eye, fifty thousand years had passed in the space!
After these five hundred thousand years of diligent cultivation, Xiao Fei had advanced his cultivation to the peak of the True Immortal realm.
With just one more step forward, he would break through his current realm and become a powerful Heavenly Immortal.
Xiao Fei's old rival, the Heavenly Demon Guard, and the demon Jia Yin were both Heavenly Immortals.
At that time, he would no longer fear these two, and could even show his fangs and contend with them.
However, with victory so close, Xiao Fei still could not take that final step forward.
Just a little bit more!
Just a little bit more!
He had attempted to break through countless times, but still had not succeeded.
Now, he wanted to make one last attempt. If this one also failed, he would have to find another way.
He first sat on the mountaintop and calmed his mind, meditating for a year. Then, he took out several large chests and placed them before him.
These chests were filled with immortal pills he had researched and refined himself over the years, numbering at least several thousand.
These immortal pills had different properties, but when combined, they were generally divided into five major categories: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water.
With the immortal herbs he cultivated in his space, these were already the highest grade and most potent batch.
He wanted to see if he could successfully break through the bottleneck by using a large amount of Five Elements energy.
After making all preparations, he activated his laws of dispersion and formation, creating a domain of laws before him. The several chests of pills were instantly decomposed into the purest energy.
This energy surrounded Xiao Fei, and with his breath, it gradually surged into his body, absorbed by him…
Ten months later, all of this Five Elements energy had been absorbed into his body.
Xiao Fei had completed his cultivation. His cultivation realm remained at the True Immortal stage.
Not only had he failed to break through to Heavenly Immortal this time, but the large amount of Five Elements energy had accumulated in his body, causing severe damage.
At the most dangerous moment, his body almost exploded.
It seemed that brute force alone was not enough. Great effort did not always lead to miracles; it could very well lead to self-destruction.
At this moment, Xiao Fei walked down from the mountaintop, his face a mixture of emotions, shifting from green to white, then black, then green…
This was not due to him developing any new skills, but rather the Five Elements energy within him acting up.
He had absorbed too many pills at once, far exceeding his control, resulting in an imbalance of the Five Elements within his body.
There must be some other secret to breaking through from True Immortal to Heavenly Immortal that he was not yet aware of.
This was the difficulty of being a rogue immortal: information was scarce, and there was no opportunity to access higher-level information.
When he encountered doubts or puzzles in his cultivation, there were no resources to consult, nor anyone to ask for advice.
He truly felt the lack of knowledge when it was needed, and at this moment, he greatly missed Zhu Yu.
At the same time, he felt fortunate that he still knew Zhu Yu.
Xiao Fei walked to the side of the Enlightenment Spring at the foot of the mountain. Another clone had been comprehending laws here for 500,000 years.
During these five hundred thousand years, his gains in laws were considerable.
Even many Heavenly Immortals would not have had such an opportunity to calmly comprehend laws for 500,000 years.
Moreover, his comprehension of laws was aided by the Enlightenment Spring, making it even more effective.
If he were to compare his cultivation with that of Heavenly Immortal level powerhouses now, he would surely be inferior. However, if it were only about laws, he was very confident.
"I will sit here and recuperate for a while. It's your turn now to run errands."
This clone, with a face that shifted from green to red, sat beside the Enlightenment Spring. His condition would require at least several hundred, or even a thousand, years to recover.
The clone who had comprehended laws for 500,000 years did not say a word. He picked up the yellow gourd beside him and stood up to leave.
He first flew towards the towering tree in the center of the space.
After more than 500,000 years of growth, Jianmu had finally become a towering tree.
The tree had already grown its third branch, and after years of growth, a fruit the size of a soybean had appeared on the third branch.
As Xiao Fei approached Jianmu, his mind moved, and he appeared within the world of Jianmu.
As Jianmu continued to grow, the first Jianmu world, being the first, had also grown considerably and expanded somewhat.
This brought great joy to the Giant tribe. They were large in stature and consumed a lot, preferring wider lands.
Time in the first Jianmu world was not synchronized with the space but with the outside world.
Xiao Fei had cultivated for over 500,000 years in the space, but only 3,000 years had passed here.
However, in these 3,000 years, the Giant tribe had undergone earth-shattering changes.
When Xiao Fei entered the small world, he saw Han Yi and Han Er leading teams, engaged in combat with each other.
These two teams comprised a total of 200 giants, all of whom were immortals with Earth Immortal strength.
Han Yi and Han Er had long since cultivated to the Earth Immortal realm. If Xiao Fei didn't hurry to break through, he would be caught up by these two simpletons.
Seeing Xiao Fei appear, the two immediately walked up to him with great excitement.
"What are you doing?"
"Reporting to Master Xiao, we are practicing combat formations!"
Xiao Fei looked at the chaotic scene on the field and saw several individuals who had become frenzied and were directly attacking their own teammates.
"This is not practicing battle formations; this is a brawl.
By the way! Where are Fei Yu and Huang Feifei?"
Xiao Fei remembered that he had assigned the task to these two. If they were present, things surely wouldn't have devolved to this point.
"Lord Fei Yu and Lord Huang Feifei have recently gone into seclusion for cultivation."
"Alright, I understand. Continue your practice."
Xiao Fei instructed the two to continue the brawl, as the Giant tribe's cultivation method involved enduring more beatings.
Since Fei Yu and Huang Feifei were doing this, it was likely a critical moment for their breakthrough to the True Immortal realm.