The appearance of Fairy Zixia made Wang Xiaoqiang aware of the crisis. Not to mention the Biluo Realm, even the Immortal Realm hides experts of Immortal Emperor level,

An Immortal Emperor is two major realms above Wang Xiaoqiang's level, completely beyond his ability to handle. To remain undefeated and to pacify the entire Immortal Realm, he must elevate his cultivation base.

After ascending the throne of the Yan Kingdom, Wang Xiaoqiang restructured the army, while simultaneously advancing his cultivation to charge into the Immortal Emperor stage. With his current comprehensive strength, to have the power to contend with an Immortal Emperor, he must step into the Immortal Emperor stage.

The military strength of the Yan Kingdom is comparatively weaker than that of the Yue Kingdom, but as an ancient nation of ten thousand years, it still holds some depth.

At the very least, there are quite a few elite soldiers. The elite troops number more than 1,110,000 soldiers, and all have the True Immortal realm cultivation base or above, fully capable of forming the Ring Spirit Formation,

Wang Xiaoqiang entrusted this army of over 1,110,000 to Cheng Jin, instructing him to form one hundred Myriad Circle Spirit Formations and one hundred Thousand-Position Spirit Formations.

While Cheng Jin spared no effort forming these spirit formations, Wang Xiaoqiang began dedicated cultivation,

On this day, he sat cross-legged on the ground and took out all the gold coins from the Sumeru Ring, numbering over fifty million gold coins,

More than fifty million gold coins piled up like a mountain.

The golden glow dazzled the eyes, casting a bright yellow hue throughout the entire room.

If the ordinary people of the Yan Kingdom saw so many gold coins, they would surely die of excitement.

But to Wang Xiaoqiang, these coins were merely a heap of cultivation resources. Without hesitation, he waved his hand, releasing a stream of Fire Element Spiritual Energy. The spiritual energy fell upon the coins, igniting them with roaring flames...

Quickly, the mountain-like pile of gold coins was refined and condensed by the Fire Element Spiritual Energy into a lump of gold the size of a watermelon.

This gold block radiated brilliant golden light, dazzling the eyes, and a powerful force emanated from it, incredibly vast.

This large lump was refined gold.

Out of over fifty million gold coins, a pile as large as a mountain, only a watermelon-sized piece of refined gold was extracted, showcasing its precious rarity.

Wang Xiaoqiang beckoned with his hand, and the piece of refined gold flew up, floating in the air before him. He took out a handful of Melting Pills, crushed them, and sprinkled them on the refined gold,

As soon as they made contact, the piece of refined gold dissolved, turning into a liquid state, like mercury... this is "Flowing Gold."

Seeing the Flowing Gold about to fall, Wang Xiaoqiang grasped with his right hand in the form of a snake swallowing, and immediately a suction formed from his palm, drawing the Flowing Gold into his palm, the watermelon-sized refined gold turning into a bowl-sized lump of Flowing Gold.

He quickly sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and used a breathing technique to absorb the Flowing Gold into his body, where it spread throughout, flowing through every part,

Finally, the Flowing Gold formed a gold foil paper-like metallic layer beneath Wang Xiaoqiang's skin.

Even with just this layer, Wang Xiaoqiang's body changed color, turning golden yellow, shining all over like a golden Buddha. Suddenly, the gold foil paper-like metallic layer burst apart, merging into Wang Xiaoqiang's bones, flesh, and even his internal organs and nerves.

Instantly, a beam of light erupted from Wang Xiaoqiang's body. The brilliant golden light made his body a semi-transparent metallic form, just like the refined gold lump.

At this moment, Wang Xiaoqiang's physical body had reached the texture and strength of refined gold, and his Undying Golden Body had stepped into the Hinayana Realm.

Both Qi cultivation and body refinement are like ascending to greater heights—the higher you go, the harder and more formidable it becomes,

After reaching the Minor Completion Realm with his Undying Golden Body, Wang Xiaoqiang's physical strength and power became more than twice as formidable as in the early stage.

After completing the body refinement, Wang Xiaoqiang began Qi refinement,

He placed a large pile of Superior Pills on the ground; these superior-grade pills came both from the Imperial Palace Pill Room and from contributions by various Feudal Kings. In any case, the quantity was ample, fully capable of supporting Wang Xiaoqiang's rapid cultivation and advancement.

A large pile of Superior Pills resembling grains—if observed by ordinary cultivators, they would probably fight to the death to seize them,

Yet Wang Xiaoqiang remained calm, and with a thought, released 200,000,000 Spiritual Springs to absorb. Previously, he would not dare absorb in this manner, as the violent Spiritual Power could have blown his body apart, but now it's different—now he was at the Minor Completion Realm of the Undying Golden Body, his physical body could fully withstand it.

Absorb, absorb, absorb, absorb…

The heap of Superior Pills was completely consumed, and the 200,000,000 Spiritual Springs were filled, expanding and contracting in the air.

If other cultivators saw this, they would definitely be shocked to death, because a pile of Superior Pills like this would take an ordinary cultivator, even one at the Immortal Emperor stage, three years to fully absorb and refine,

But Wang Xiaoqiang took only half a stick of incense's time to absorb and convert it completely.

Eventually, the 200,000,000 Spiritual Springs divided into two, becoming 400,000,000 Spiritual Springs,

With a thought, Wang Xiaoqiang absorbed the 400,000,000 Spiritual Springs into his body, and at this time, his total number of Spiritual Springs reached 600,109,600,

The 600,109,600 Spiritual Springs simultaneously quivered, and the internal Spiritual Power surged explosively, condensing into a Thunder Elephant Embryo within his body.

At this time, Wang Xiaoqiang did not stop training. He retrieved another large pile of Superior Pills from the Sumeru Ring, placed them in front of him, and released 200,000,000 Spiritual Springs to continue absorbing and refining...

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After relentless and arduous cultivation, three months later, Wang Xiaoqiang's cultivation base stepped into the Nine Elephant Realm of the Immortal King, the Half-Step Immortal Emperor stage,

However, his body refining cultivation did not have significant breakthroughs after reaching the Minor Completion Realm, which relates to the scarcity of cultivation resources.

After stepping into the 'Undying Golden Body' Minor Completion Realm, the resources required for cultivation drastically increased. Previously, a bowl-sized lump of Flowing Gold could advance his cultivation significantly, but now it barely makes a mark.

Originally, body refining did not belong to humans; it was a Dharma Sect practiced by various innate creatures during ancient times. Those innate creatures were robust Divine Beasts with formidable physical bodies,

When those Divine Beasts cultivated, they could easily acquire Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and also devour Spirit Mines. For instance, a Divine Beast with cultivation equivalent to Wang Xiaoqiang could devour a Gold Mine to cultivate the Undying Golden Body, but Wang Xiaoqiang could not do this; he could only rely on gold coins.

Thus, cultivation became extremely difficult. The gold coins of the Yan Kingdom were almost depleted by him, the king. To preserve the economic lifeline, the remaining forty million gold coins in the treasury could no longer be used.

To break through, Wang Xiaoqiang had to turn his gaze to other countries.

During this period, the wars between the major empires in the Immortal Realm escalated. Some countries, confident in their strong national power and numerous experts, wantonly invaded weaker nations. In order to protect themselves, the weak empires had to form alliances with neighboring kingdoms.

The flames of war swept through, and people lived in despair.

To quell the flames of war between the countries of the Immortal Realm, a figure akin to heaven's chosen must emerge, one strong enough to subdue all heroes, pacify the countries of the Immortal Realm, and achieve great unification of the Immortal Realm. (To be continued. If you like this work, please go to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)

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