Mo Wuji hurriedly opened the other two jade boxes, discovering that each contained a Heaven-grade spirit stone. What would happen if he used these three Heaven-grade spirit stones for cultivation?

Indeed, a loss may turn out to be a blessing in disguise. He, who was almost dead, not only survived by seizing an opportunity but also made a fortune.

Judging from the way Qi Laoshi and the woman looked, it seemed they were specifically looking for him.

Thinking they were specifically looking for him, Mo Wuji suddenly remembered that he had thrown Qi Laoshi's things to those three unlucky fellows. Those three must have fallen into Qi Laoshi's hands. In that case, Qi Laoshi must know about the Immortal Sunflower Refined Gold he had.

Qi Laoshi and the woman were looking for him, and it might really be related to the Immortal Sunflower Refined Gold, after all, the Immortal Sunflower is a treasure for refining artifacts. Who wouldn't want materials for refining flying magical treasures that could traverse the stars?

Thinking of this, Mo Wuji finally understood why the woman had three Heaven-grade spirit stones. These three Heaven-grade spirit stones were clearly obtained from the same spirit stone mine he was in. Those three unlucky fellows must have mined these Heaven-grade spirit stones, but Qi Laoshi and that woman killed them, so their belongings naturally fell into the woman's hands.

Cold sweat instantly broke out on Mo Wuji's back, and he felt a little scared. If he hadn't met Ren Tianxing halfway, he would very likely have gone to the spirit stone mine under the swamp again after using up the spirit stones he had. If he had really gone, he would have fallen right into Qi Laoshi's hands.

He carefully refined the storage ring with the large space and branded it with his spiritual thoughts before sending all his belongings into the storage ring. In the end, he didn't dare wear the storage ring on his finger but hung it around his neck with a thin string.

As for the other storage ring, Mo Wuji took out all the items inside and kept them on his person, planning to give them to Ren Tianxing in the future.

Having done all this, Mo Wuji took out a pile of Earth-grade spirit stones and then took out a Heaven-grade spirit stone, preparing to break through to the tenth level of the Spirit Building Stage.

...

Yindu City, the capital of the Heaven Merchant Empire.

This was the largest capital city of the five great empires, bar none. Changluo, the largest city in the Star Han Empire, would be merely a small district if placed in Yindu.

Yindu City was not only the largest capital city in the five great empires, but few pure cultivation cities could compare to it. This was because Yindu City was a place where cultivators and ordinary people lived together. The laws here were strict, and the coexistence of cultivators and mortals not only avoided conflict but also made the city even more prosperous and lively.

After extraterritorial cultivators invaded the five great empires, Yindu City also became the largest base for resisting the extraterritorial cultivators. The headquarters of the Hundred Sect Alliance was located here.

In Yindu Square, the largest square in Yindu City, stood two huge stone steles. These two steles were the Hundred Sect Alliance Contribution Ranking and the Five Great Empires Sect Contribution Ranking. However, these two steles were many times larger than the two steles in An Yang City Square, standing in the middle of the square like two giant towers.

At this moment, many cultivators had gathered in the middle of the square, and almost everyone was discussing the Hundred Sect Alliance Contribution Ranking.

Because a strange name had appeared on the Hundred Sect Alliance Contribution Ranking stele: Loose Cultivator 2705, contribution points 9022, ranked thirteenth.

"Who is this? How could a loose cultivator get more than nine thousand points and rank thirteenth?"

"I heard that the loose cultivator's contribution tokens are anonymous and may even be lost, which means that the loose cultivator's score is likely to be more than nine thousand points..."

"I know this loose cultivator. A few days ago, he was still ranked tenth, but he has dropped three places in the past few days."

"I wonder who this guy is. He actually surpassed Senior Brother Liu Mang of the Great Evolution Sect..."

...

It wasn't just the many cultivators in Yindu Square who were discussing it. In the Hundred Sect Alliance's residence, many sect elders and sect leaders were also asking who this Loose Cultivator 2705 was. With such strong strength, how could he be a loose cultivator?

In any sect, he would be a True Disciple.

At this moment, a slightly fat man stood up. He cupped his fists at the crowd who were still discussing and asking, squinting his eyes and said, "Fellow Daoists, I don't think there is a need to investigate who this 2705 is. After all, we have issued ten or twenty thousand loose cultivator tokens. I think when he goes to exchange his points, we will naturally know who he is. I have a new proposal now."

"Elder Feng, please speak." Seeing the slightly fat man stand up to speak, many people in the hall agreed.

Even Feng Zhenqiu of the Asking Heaven Academy expressed his agreement.

Although this slightly fat man looked harmless, he was actually a genuine True God Realm expert. He was Feng Zhe, one of the Guardian Elders of the Great Evolution Sect.

Feng Zhe's eyes narrowed into slits, "Fellow Daoists, the loose cultivator tokens that have been issued are all inferior products after our refining, with only the function of recording points. Because these tokens cannot record the sect and identity, the points obtained cannot be linked to the sect. We generally only issue them to loose cultivators below the Mortal Shedding Stage. These tokens are much easier to refine, and we didn't care about them originally, after all, loose cultivators below the Mortal Shedding Stage generally don't have strong combat power.

"But now I think we were wrong. That Loose Cultivator 2705 was able to get a loose cultivator token, so he must also be a loose cultivator below the Mortal Shedding Stage. He was able to obtain more than nine thousand points alone, and even enter the top ten of the contribution list, which shows how much he has contributed to our five great empires. I suggest that in the future, we should also refine a batch of loose cultivator tokens, without setting a threshold, so that anyone can obtain these contribution tokens."

"I agree with Elder Feng's opinion." This time, it was Feng Zhenqiu of the Asking Heaven Academy who spoke.

Although the Great Evolution Sect was ahead of the Asking Heaven Academy on both rankings, Feng Zhe's proposal was beneficial to the entire five great empires, so Feng Zhenqiu, as the Second Dean of the Asking Heaven Academy, naturally would not object.

"I agree too!"

"Agree!"

Many elders and sect leaders present stood up and expressed their agreement.

...

Mo Wuji didn't know that his obtaining more than nine thousand points as a loose cultivator had caused such a big impact. At this moment, he was frantically absorbing Heaven-grade spirit stones.

During the several months of arduous cultivation in Thunder Valley, he had only cultivated from the ninth level of the Spirit Building Stage to the late stage of the ninth level of the Spirit Building Stage. Now that he had Heaven-grade spirit stones, Mo Wuji once again enjoyed the incomparably comfortable feeling of cultivation. Cultivating with Heaven-grade spirit stones, plus a pile of Earth-grade spirit stones, was like bathing in a spiritual pool. This comfort made every pore on Mo Wuji's body open, and a hundred meridians were frantically circulating spiritual energy.

The cultivation realm, which was originally difficult to reach, finally rose rapidly.

In just one day, Mo Wuji cultivated to the perfection of the ninth level of the Spirit Building Stage. The pure and rich spiritual energy with a trace of Dao concept from the Heaven-grade spirit stones poured into every meridian of Mo Wuji's body like rolling waves.

Just as the second day passed, Mo Wuji's whole body shook, and a sense of breaking out of a cocoon surged into his heart. At this moment, he broke through to the tenth level of the Spirit Building Stage.

Mo Wuji suppressed the joy in his heart and absorbed spiritual energy even more frantically. He had experience. When absorbing spiritual energy, he mainly absorbed the Earth-grade spirit stones underground, and then intermittently absorbed the spiritual energy in the Heaven-grade spirit stones.

The benefit of this method of cultivation was that he could prolong the cultivation time of the Heaven-grade spirit stones, otherwise, a Heaven-grade spirit stone would soon be absorbed by him.

Of course, the disadvantage of this method of absorbing spiritual energy was that the cultivation speed was slowed down a bit. Even slowed down, it was still much faster than the nearly five months he had spent cultivating from the early stage of the ninth level of the Spirit Building Stage to the late stage of the ninth level of the Spirit Building Stage.

Mo Wuji really didn't want to go back to that snail-like cultivation speed, so he had to use Heaven-grade spirit stones sparingly.

Heaven-grade spirit stones were something that couldn't be bought even if you wanted to.

Piles of spirit stones were absorbed by Mo Wuji, and the spirit stone debris was collected by Mo Wuji, and then another pile of spirit stones was thrown out.

Mo Wuji, who was cultivating underground, gradually forgot everything.

A month later, Mo Wuji broke through the tenth level of the Spirit Building Stage and, as he had expected, advanced to the eleventh level of the Spirit Building Stage. Two months later, Mo Wuji broke through the eleventh level of the Spirit Building Stage again and advanced to the twelfth level of the Spirit Building Stage.

After reaching the twelfth level of the Spirit Building Stage, Mo Wuji was also muttering to himself. He didn't know if it was because he had opened up a hundred meridians and needed to cultivate to the twelfth level in each realm, or if it was because the Immortal Mortal Art required him to cultivate to the twelfth level.

In any case, Mo Wuji had gained experience. Reaching the twelfth level of the Spirit Building Stage meant that he was about to shed his mortality. Having prepared everything, Mo Wuji fully operated the Immortal Mortal Art, wanting to directly enter the Mortal Shedding Stage.

As Mo Wuji's cultivation became higher and higher, his speed of absorbing spiritual energy became faster and faster, and the scene became more and more grand. The area within a meter was filled with spiritual fog.

"Boom!" A tremor that broke through his body made Mo Wuji suddenly open his eyes, and he looked in surprise at the Heaven-grade spirit stone in his hand that had turned to ashes.

It wasn't that he had broken through to the Mortal Shedding Stage, but that before he was about to break through to the Mortal Shedding Stage, his one hundred and first meridian suddenly opened.

Mo Wuji naturally knew what it meant for him to open a meridian now. It would mean that his strength would increase exponentially, not only would his strength increase exponentially, but his potential would also increase exponentially.

In fact, that was the case. At the moment when his one hundred and first meridian was opened, the Heaven-grade spirit stone in his hand was emptied, and there were few Earth-grade spirit stones left on the ground.

A feeling of powerful strength surged, and Mo Wuji clenched his fist secretly. Although he had never fought against powerful opponents of the same rank, he had a confidence in his heart that he was invincible among his peers.

Throwing out another pile of Earth-grade spirit stones and taking out the second Heaven-grade spirit stone, Mo Wuji was determined to break through the Spirit Building Stage and enter the Mortal Shedding Stage at this time.