Three days later, the news that Nie Tian's palace had been destroyed spread like wildfire in the Holy City of Secrets. Everyone was talking about it.
It was said that someone had sneaked into the Purple Firmament Palace and injured the Emperor Nie Tian without him noticing.
The Purple Firmament Palace had always been the most heavily guarded place in the Holy City of Secrets. It was said to be a dragon's lair and a tiger's den. Someone had actually managed to sneak into the palace without anyone noticing and injured the Emperor.
For a time, all kinds of rumors were flying all over the Holy City of Secrets. The Zixiao Dynasty, as the party involved, had never made any explanation.
Almost at the same time, a bounty was spread from the Zixiao Dynasty's palace. It was issued by the highest level of the Zixiao Dynasty. The content of the bounty was very simple. It was to find a mysterious man in black robes.
When the news came out, the entire Haozhou and even the Holy City of Secrets were in an uproar. They were also looking for the mysterious man in black.
Similar bounties had been issued by the Shangyuan Sect, the Freelance Warrior Alliance, and even the Sea Race.
No one had expected that the Zixiao Dynasty, the oldest power in the Southern Barbarian Continent and the symbol of imperial power, would also participate.
Everyone was guessing the origin of the mysterious man in black, and even more shocked by what was hidden behind it.
After all, before the bounty was issued, the Zixiao Dynasty, the Shangyuan Sect, the Freelance Warrior Alliance, and even the Sea Race had caused quite a commotion.
The Five Transcendental Forces had jointly issued a bounty, and they were doing their best to search for the culprit. It was easy to imagine the impact it had on the entire Tianji Sacred City. The seven continents of the Tianji Sacred City, including the Mediterranean Sea, were all turned upside down.
However, as the person involved, Xi Qianye, was peacefully cultivating in the Rain Listening Pavilion.
He had been sitting cross-legged in the cultivation room for ten days. Traces of blue light swam around his body, exuding an unparalleled spirituality. He was like a spirit in the sea, full of vitality and boundless.
That was the essence of water, representing the purest water elemental spiritual energy. Because Nie Renxiong was born with a water elemental spiritual body, once the hidden potential in his body was stimulated, his physique would change accordingly.
Xi Qianye was now like a ball of water, a ball of incomparably pure innate water elemental energy.
Weng!
A silent energy aura radiated out from Xi Qianye's body. It was as though something had broken out of its shell. The entire cultivation room was enveloped by a blue watery light. In an instant, the void seemed to have transformed into an ocean.
Xi Qianye's body completely disappeared from where he stood, as if he had become one with the boundless blue ocean around him. Although the space inside the cultivation room wasn't big, it gave people a boundless and shocking feeling at first glance, as if it was a vast and boundless ocean.
In the end, the boundless ocean turned into a ball of water vapor. The water vapor kept twisting and turning, and finally turned back into a human figure.
"As expected, the awakening of a Great Sage's Water Spirit Body has great benefits."
Xi Qianye looked at his body that had completely turned into water and smiled faintly.
The Spiritual Body of Water was the most unpredictable. It could change into thousands of forms with a single thought. In the Immortal Cultivation World, if someone could cultivate a single Spiritual Body of Water to a high level, it would be an extremely difficult and terrifying Spiritual Body.
The blue light receded and the water vapor dissipated. Xi Qianye had completely returned to the appearance of a normal person. His entire aura had changed greatly. Standing there, he seemed to be as vast and profound as the deep space.
After ten days of cultivation, he had finally raised his cultivation to the Great Sage realm.
"Cultivating to the Great Sage realm has increased my strength by a lot.
But before that, I'll cultivate the sixth Underworld Emperor Corpse Pattern of the Underworld Emperor Corpse Refining Technique. "
Xi Qianye did not immediately come out of seclusion. Instead, he continued to cultivate in seclusion.
Cultivating the sixth Underworld Emperor Corpse Refining Technique was very simple. He only needed to constantly devour resources.
At the All Saints Banquet, he had purchased a large amount of resources, including the Hundred Blood Saint Origin Pill and a large amount of Great Sage blood essence. His goal was to advance to the Underworld Emperor Corpse Refining Technique.
The cultivation resources that were extremely precious in the eyes of others were free in the eyes of Xi Qianye. He devoured them in large quantities. In an instant, he had devoured the wealth that a Half-step Emperor might not be able to accumulate in his lifetime.
If it were someone else, they would have been heartbroken. But Xi Qianye naturally did not feel that way.
The crude devouring cultivation method was naturally the simplest. In just three days, Xi Qianye had cultivated the sixth Underworld Emperor corpse pattern of the Underworld Emperor's Corpse Refining Art. His entire being was like a reactor furnace, erupting with energy like a volcano at all times.
"With my current cultivation, I should be able to fight against those so-called Half-step Emperors."
Xi Qianye clenched his fist slightly and felt the boundless power in his body. He smiled slightly.
Although it was not comparable to his Five Elements Spirit Body, it was already very good to be able to cultivate a crippled body to such a level in such a short time.
On the fifteenth day, Xi Qianye finally stepped out of the door of the cultivation room.
Ten days ago, he knew that someone had been waiting for him in the living room of the Huang Yue Park.
As soon as he stepped into the living room, he saw a white-haired old man in white sitting cross-legged on a chair with his eyes closed. When he saw Xi Qianye come out, he immediately stood up and bowed. "Prince Nie, this old man is here at your invitation. I hope I didn't disturb you."
"You are too polite. I was busy with cultivation and made you wait for ten days." Xi Qianye smiled faintly.
The person who came was none other than the Misty Mountain Master who had traded the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Source Serum to him at the All Saints Banquet.
At that time, he just casually said that he could help the Misty Mountain Master, which was not very trustworthy. Nie Yan did not expect him to really come.
"It's okay. Cultivation is first." The Misty Mountain Master quickly waved his hand.
"Since the Misty Mountain Master is willing to believe me, then please follow me."
Xi Qianye did not say much and directly invited the Misty Mountain Master to the side hall.
The problem with the Misty Mountain Master was actually very simple in his view. In the depths of the Misty Mountain Master's sea of consciousness, there was a strange energy entrenched. That energy was constantly corroding the Misty Mountain Master's soul and completely obscuring his heavenly senses, making him unable to merge with the world and see the laws of the world.
The Misty Mountain Master's ability was unable to disperse that strange energy, but for Xi Qianye, it was naturally very simple.
After an incense stick's worth of time, Xi Qianye walked out of the side hall with an icy-blue ball of light in his hand. His eyes were filled with reminiscence.
Although that ball of icy-blue energy was only a small ball, it emitted a terrifying chill that could shake the world. If it was not imprisoned by Xi Qianye, once it was emitted, the entire Raindrop Listening Pavilion would probably be frozen in an instant. All living beings below the Great Sage Realm would die tragically.
"In the blink of an eye, it has been 137 years. Could it be that you are still in the Southern Barbarian Continent?"
Xi Qianye looked at the icy-blue ball of light in his hand and muttered to himself.