Reverend Insanitys Biography of Qitiab

"It's time to refine the Gu," Qi Tian said as he took out a Gu.

This Gu was like a silkworm, its body white and delicate, resembling pearls. Its head had no eyes, and instead, there were nine eyes, each a different color: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple, appearing as though gemstones or agates were embedded in them.

This was the Nine-Eyed Alcohol Worm Qi Tian had refined when he was in the Southern Wilderness. It was a four-turn Gu that could refine True Yuan to a higher realm.

Qi Tian was currently a mid-level four-turn Gu Master, and using the Nine-Eyed Alcohol Worm was just right for him.

However, this was in the Central Continent, where Gu Worms were suppressed by foreign domains, causing it to regress to a three-turn level.

If he were inside his Blessed Land, the foreign domain Gu Worms would not be suppressed, but once he left the Blessed Land, the Nine-Eyed Alcohol Worm would not be very effective.

Thus, Qi Tian planned to reverse refine the Nine-Eyed Alcohol Worm.

Gu Masters raise, use, and refine Gu Worms. The refining of Gu is broadly divided into two categories: amalgamation and reversal.

Amalgamation is the process of upgrading a lower-turn Gu to a higher-turn one. Reversal, on the other hand, is the opposite.

There were many ways to reverse refine the Nine-Eyed Alcohol Worm.

Using the Fanran Gu would yield a Seven-Perfumed Alcohol Worm. However, this method would waste one of these worms, which was not cost-effective.

Using the Mocet Gu could result in any random Gu Worm, and there was even a possibility of a completely new type. But this was a matter of luck, and the resulting Gu would most likely not be what Qi Tian needed.

After all, Qi Tian now had the Night Soul Blessed Land and wasn't lacking in ordinary Gu Worms. What he was lacking were rare or precious Gu Worms, especially five-turn ones.

Another option was using the Wandering Gu, which would yield two three-turn Seven-Perfumed Alcohol Worms. This could allow him to re-amalgamate the Nine-Eyed Alcohol Worm because amalgamation in the Central Continent, if accepted by the local Heavenly Dao, would result in a Central Continent Gu Worm.

But this had its problems too. Qi Tian was a Southern Wilderness Gu Master, and although he had spent some time in the Central Continent, he had not fully recovered his powers. Without recovery, using these Alcohol Worms would not advance his cultivation.

Qi Tian also had other plans. It wouldn't be hard for him to acquire two Golden Relic Gu to reach the peak of the four-turn level. Given this, the Nine-Eyed Alcohol Worm's role became limited.

Therefore, Qi Tian decided to use the Butterfly Transformation Gu to obtain a Yin Qi Butterfly. The Yin Qi Butterfly was a rare Gu Worm.

Besides soul-path Gu Worms, his Blessed Land also contained other types. The Butterfly Transformation Gu was available in all turns, from one to four. Qi Tian used a four-turn Butterfly Transformation Gu for the reversal.

Qi Tian threw the Butterfly Transformation Gu into the glowing orb created by the Alcohol Worm and added several auxiliary materials to begin the reversal.

Soon, the glowing orb dissipated, revealing a plump white silkworm.

The silkworm began spinning silk, and within the time it took for one tea break, a white cocoon the size of a bowl began floating in the air.

"White silkworm spins into a cocoon, Yin Qi Butterfly breaks out of its pupa."

This process was extremely slow, requiring patience. After two hours, the cocoon began to crack, and a white butterfly struggled to break free from the split.

A moment later, a delicate white butterfly fluttered its wings and flew away. The Yin Qi Butterfly had been successfully refined.

The Yin Qi Butterfly was not Qi Tian's goal, so he continued refining Gu.

This time, Qi Tian took out two three-turn Ghost Eyes Gu. Ghost Eyes Gu were common soul-path scouting Gu, and they were not lacking in the Night Soul Blessed Land.

"Butterfly wings set with eyes, Ghost Eye Butterfly emerges."

With the addition of materials such as Xuan Yin Mist Essence, Clear Stone, Ghost Crying Seeds, Soul Grass, Blood Drinking Flower, and Locust Heart Wood, two Ghost Eyes Gu transformed into dark misty orbs.

The misty orbs adhered to the Yin Qi Butterfly's pure white wings, gradually forming black patterns that spread across the wings. The white butterfly became a black-and-white creature, with two black eyes now embedded in the butterfly's wings.

"Ha... the Ghost Eye Butterfly is finally refined," Qi Tian wiped the sweat from his forehead.

The Ghost Eye Butterfly was a four-turn scouting Gu, extremely effective, even rivaling some five-turn Gu in terms of performance.

This Gu was something Qi Tian had created in his past life, and it had been a key part of his reconnaissance methods before he ascended to immortality, saving him from numerous dangerous situations.

Within the Blessed Land, there were many soul-path Gu Worms that covered various aspects such as attack, defense, movement, healing, scouting, and storage.

However, Qi Tian had high standards and generally dismissed ordinary Gu Worms. Especially when leaving his Blessed Land, it was necessary to have a set of high-quality Gu Worms.

Among them, scouting Gu was particularly important. Most three-turn scouting Gu Worms in the Blessed Land couldn't meet Qi Tian's needs. Though there were four-turn ones, they either had mediocre effectiveness or consumed too much True Yuan.

The Ghost Eye Butterfly, however, had been improved by Qi Tian over several iterations in his past life. Its effectiveness was exceptional.

"Gu Worms: raise, use, and refine. These three aspects are vast and profound, filled with mysteries. The Ghost Eye Butterfly feeds on souls, and in the world of Gu Masters, taking lives is not taboo. Thus, obtaining souls is easy, and it doesn't differentiate between human or beast souls, making it easy to raise. However, using it is more troublesome."

The Ghost Eye Butterfly was excellent, but like many other Gu Worms, it came with its own price.

Similar to Zombie Gu or Wood Spirit Gu, certain Gu Worms required other Gu Worms to be used in conjunction. Otherwise, prolonged use would result in the Gu Master's body being corrupted into a true zombie or tree person.

For the Ghost Eye Butterfly, the cost was the loss of an eye.

In the Blessed Land, the ethereal glow shone brightly, enveloping the area in tranquility.

Strands of ethereal light filtered through the gaps, casting their glow on Qi Tian.

Qi Tian's expression remained indifferent, his right eye tightly shut, while his left eye was wide open, not blinking.

A black-and-white patterned butterfly fluttered around his left eye for several moments before darting directly toward it.

It landed on his left eyeball, and the butterfly began to gnaw at it.

Instantly, Qi Tian felt a numbing sensation in his eye, followed by an intense, sharp pain.

He gritted his teeth, sucking in a cold breath, and endured the agony.

As the saying goes, "The eyes are the windows to the soul," and the pain was excruciating, piercing through to his very heart.

But Qi Tian could not close his left eye; he could only allow the Ghost Eye Butterfly to continue.

He could even hear the faint sounds of his eyeball being eaten away.

If he had used other Gu Worms, like the Ear of the Earth, to undergo this process, a Gu Master would typically use other Gu Worms to numb their nerves and lessen the pain.

But with the Ghost Eye Butterfly, no such method could be used. Qi Tian had to rely solely on his iron will to endure it.

Despite Qi Tian's body having grown strong, his body swayed from the unbearable pain.

The fluid flowing from his eye was stabilized in the socket by his Gu Worms.

Eventually, his entire eyeball was consumed, leaving the socket empty.

However, Qi Tian's face remained pale. The intense pain only slightly subsided, but it still tormented him.

His temples throbbed, and his heart pounded violently.

At this point, he had succeeded halfway.

The Ghost Eye Butterfly had contracted into a mixed black-and-white liquid mass inside his eye socket. Gradually, the black and white separated, with the white forming the sclera and the black forming the pupil, creating a new eyeball.

Qi Tian infused the eyeball with True Yuan. A bright golden True Yuan followed, energizing the eyeball.

The eyeball immediately gained a surge of vitality. Root-like tendrils visibly grew from it, embedding themselves into Qi Tian's eye socket.

This was another round of intense pain!

It felt as if dozens of earthworms were burrowing into his brain through the wound.

This sensation was not only painful but also nauseating.

After enduring the agonizing eye replacement, Qi Tian examined his surroundings. His left eye could still see, but his vision had decreased, and his sight was somewhat blurry.

When Qi Tian infused more True Yuan into his left eye, his vision began to improve, gradually matching the effect of the three-turn Ghost Eye Gu.

Of course, this wasn't the true purpose of the Ghost Eye Butterfly; Qi Tian was merely testing his new eye's vision.

He took out a mirror and, with the faint ethereal light, took a look.

In the mirror, his face was pale, his brow furrowed. His left eye was larger than his right, slightly deformed, and had a hollow, lifeless look.

"It seems it will take some time to adjust before it fully recovers." Qi Tian was still quite satisfied with the results.

At that moment, Qi Tian couldn't help but think of a martial arts manual from Earth, the Sunflower Scripture.

The first sentence of the first page read: "To practice this skill, one must castrate oneself with a knife."

To gain immense power, one must sacrifice and pay a price!

The practitioners of the Sunflower Scripture gained enormous strength in a short period of time.

Compared to their sacrifices, what Qi Tian endured was nothing.

The world of Gu Masters was not lacking in healing Gu Worms.

Qi Tian was merely enduring the excruciating pain of an eye replacement.

If he couldn't bear this pain, how could he achieve his grand ambitions and conquer the world?

After completing this, Qi Tian finally lay down on the bed.

He didn't know how much time passed, but eventually, he fell into a deep sleep despite the lingering pain.

After all, continuous Gu refining and eye replacement had left Qi Tian.