Teng Huayuan carefully walked through the forest and spread out his powerful Nascent Soul divine sense. Suddenly, his face lit up as he noticed Wang Lin's location. Just as he was about to teleport over, a strange wind blew by and a gloomy voice floated over.
"Scram!"
Teng Huayuan's expression changed greatly. Without any hesitation, he backed up a few steps and took a closer look.
He saw a cloud of black mist coming from the distance. A withered arm reached out and silently pressed toward Teng Huayuan.
Teng Huayuan spread out his divine sense and was shocked. This person was at the mid stage of Nascent Soul. He backed up again without any hesitation.
The withered arm gently waved, turned into a giant hand, and reached toward Teng Huayuan.
Teng Huayuan let out a wry smile and escaped without a word. A mid stage Nascent Soul cultivator was not something he could fight against. Although he already knew there were powerful cultivators in the forest, he didn't expect them to be at the mid stage of Nascent Soul.
Teng Huayuan's body flickered and disappeared. A cold snort came from the black mist and the giant hand also disappeared without a trace.
Just as Teng Huayuan's figure appeared in the sky outside the forest, his expression changed greatly. The giant hand silently appeared behind him and viciously grabbed him.
Teng Huayuan secretly cursed. He slapped his bag of holding and took out a piece of beast skin. He quickly pointed at it and the beast skin released a yellow glow. The beast skin wrapped around his body and he flew off into the distance, narrowly dodging the giant hand.
Even so, he was still hit by the wind from the giant hand. He coughed out a mouthful of blood as he escaped. His face was pale and he quickly escaped without looking back.
A cloud of black mist appeared in the sky. Shortly after, the black mist shrank, revealing a person inside. It was a skinny man that looked like a mummy. He looked at the direction Teng Huayuan escaped but didn't chase. Instead, he turned around and went back into the forest.
He calmly floated around in the forest, as if he was looking for something. Not long after, he stopped in an open space and stared at the ground with an expressionless face. He waved his hands, and the ground under his feet split into two. It was as if someone had torn the ground apart, revealing a long crack.
The moment the crack appeared, a shrill cry came from underground. A black figure quickly rushed out and was about to escape.
The mummy-like man let out a snort and the surrounding area turned into a cage. The black figure that charged out let out a scream of fear as it slammed into the cage and bounced back. It no longer tried to escape, but knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
The mummy-like man slowly said, "I haven't seen master in 100 years. I didn't expect master's body to become a corpse demon. Since you have intelligence, you can be considered one of us. I won't kill you, but you must use the connection you have with master to help me find his Nascent Soul."
The corpse demon nodded and looked at the mummy-like man with fear.
The man waved his hand and the cage around him immediately disappeared. He stared at the corpse demon and said eerily, "Let's go, take me to find it. If you can find master's Nascent Soul, then after I devour it and obtain freedom, I can consider helping you evolve into a corpse demon."
Shi Mei was stunned for a moment, then immediately became overjoyed. She nodded her head vigorously, then stood up and ran into the depths of the forest.
The man followed her expressionlessly.
At this moment, somewhere in the ruins where sunlight couldn't reach, the blue-skinned man looked in the direction of Wang Lin with hesitation in his eyes.
As for Wang Lin, although he had absorbed a large amount of Yin Qi yesterday, its quality was only at the sixth or seventh level. With such a quality, no matter how much he absorbed, after combining with his spiritual power, his growth would not be too great. Moreover, it was no longer suitable for Opening Apertures for cultivation. Wang Lin's eyes flashed as he looked into the depths of the ruins. His goal was there.
He was ready to explore deeper to see where the quality of the Yin Qi in the ruins was!
After all, the higher the quality, the higher the success rate!
In the middle of the night, Wang Lin made a hand seal with his right hand and shot out a ball of light to test his Yin Qi. Then, he walked into the depths of the ruins.
After walking for a while, the ball of light floated in midair. The red light was dense, and it rapidly flickered several times. With a "pop" sound, it split into two.
The moment the two red balls of light appeared, Wang Lin's face lit up. He knew that this meant that the quality of the Yin Qi here was beyond ordinary and had reached Superior Grade.
As he moved forward, the two red balls of light flashed and their quality slowly increased.
Superior Grade 2, Superior Grade 3 … all the way to Superior Grade 5.
Wang Lin stopped. In front of him was a wide road with ruins on both sides. However, he could still see that countless years ago, this should have been a prosperous place in the city.
Wang Lin calculated the distance and estimated that it was not even one-thousandth of the total area of the city. Thus, he immediately sped up.
The red light emitted by the ball of light was particularly dazzling in the silent ruins. Wang Lin spread out his divine sense along the way and his expression was highly focused.
The quality of the two balls of light increased bit by bit. Superior Grade 6, Superior Grade 7, Superior Grade 8.
The days rose and fell. On the fourth day, Wang Lin had already entered deep into the ruins of this mysterious city. He estimated that even if he wasn't at the center of the city, he shouldn't be too far away. After all, he was walking in a straight line.
Along the way, he could see several deep pits that were dozens of feet wide. These pits were filled with rainwater and were extremely turbid. There were also some strange snake-like creatures that would occasionally leap out of these pits, baring their vicious fangs at Wang Lin.
In addition, the collapse of the surrounding buildings was even more severe. As far as the eye could see, there were almost no broken walls that were more than 30 feet tall.
Among the overgrown weeds, there were also some muddy swamps on the ground. There were also some strange creatures living in the mud. Wang Lin had once been ambushed by these creatures. From then on, he became even more vigilant towards this place.
Although he had already gone far, the quality of the Yin Qi hadn't increased by much. Until now, it still hadn't surpassed Superior Grade and reached Heavy Yin!
On the fifth night, Wang Lin walked out of the swamp. What appeared in front of him was a huge complex of buildings. Although these buildings had all collapsed, he could still see some of the flourishing scenes from countless years ago.
Among them, the most conspicuous was a giant pit with a diameter of more than 300 feet and a depth of more than 300 feet in the center.
This giant pit was very strange. Logically speaking, it should be filled with rainwater, but there was no liquid in this giant pit.
Wang Lin walked closer to take a look. Although the night was hazy and the surrounding Yin Qi affected his vision, he could still vaguely see countless holes at the bottom of the pit like a beehive.
The moment Wang Lin came to the edge of the pit and looked out, the two balls of light floating in the air suddenly burst out with a red light that he had never seen before. Then, they quickly fused together, turning from two to three. This meant that the Yin Qi here had reached Heavy Yin quality!
Wang Lin's eyes flashed. He didn't rush to jump in immediately. Instead, he walked around the edge of the giant pit. As he walked, he kept staring at the three balls of light. He found that in front of him, the three balls of light had fused together, turning into two balls of light.
Wang Lin understood. The key to the increase of the Extreme Yin quality was this deep pit!
Wang Lin touched his chin and hesitated for a moment. In the end, he didn't jump in immediately. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the ground and quietly waited for dawn.
Not long after, the sky gradually brightened. The moment the Yin Qi dissipated, Wang Lin immediately stood up and jumped in. The moment he fell into the pit, a small green sword appeared in a flash, emitting a cold light.
Wang Lin looked up at the sky. Logically speaking, this place was so deep that it should have been full of rainwater for countless years.
Wang Lin squinted his eyes. What he saw was the densely packed honeycomb-like holes on the ground.
Although he didn't know how deep the holes were, it was obvious that all the rainwater had flowed into them. Wang Lin squatted down and touched the ground outside the honeycomb-like holes. It was slightly damp, and he was even more certain of his analysis.
He carefully observed his surroundings. After confirming that there was no danger, he sat cross-legged on the ground and waited for night to come.
The sun set, and night covered the earth. The darkness was like a flood drowning the ruins. All kinds of birds and beasts ran away, unwilling to stay in this place at night.
The red light of the balls of light in front of Wang Lin grew stronger bit by bit. Finally, it turned from one to two, and then from two to three.
Ordinary Grade 4, Grade 6, Grade 8, Grade 10, Grade 1, Grade 3, Grade 6, Grade 10, and finally, it broke through to Heavy Yin!
At this time, it wasn't midnight yet, but the quality of the Yin Qi had already reached Heavy Yin Grade 1!
Wang Lin was pleasantly surprised. He spread out his divine sense to observe the inside of the pit. Gradually, he discovered something strange. The increase in the quality of the Yin Qi had a lot to do with the honeycomb-like holes on the ground.
He saw traces of Yin Qi coming out from the holes on the ground and quickly fusing with the surroundings.
As time passed, the red light of the three balls of light flickered again. They had reached Heavy Yin Grade 2!
Finally, when midnight came, they reached Heavy Yin Grade 5!
Wang Lin didn't hesitate anymore. He immediately breathed in and out the Yin Qi according to a specific breathing method.
As the traces of Yin Qi condensed in the Sea of Qi in his chest, Wang Lin discovered the difference in quality. The purity of the Yin Qi in his chest was ten times higher than before.
A qualitative change could lead to a quantitative change.
This also meant that the time he spent to absorb the Yin Qi was ten times longer than before. Now, he only needed twice the time to achieve the same result.
Soon, in the Sea of Qi in his chest, the Yin Qi formed a whirlpool. This whirlpool spun faster and faster, and the strange change that happened to the Dantian Meridian appeared again.
The Yin Qi within a radius of a hundred zhang immediately fluctuated and rushed towards Wang Lin.
As the whirlpool in the Sea of Qi became bigger, the speed and range of his absorption also became crazier. In a short while, it surpassed the previous limit and reached a distance of ten thousand zhang.
The range continued to expand, twelve thousand zhang, fourteen thousand zhang, fifteen thousand zhang!
Within a radius of ten li, the Yin Qi surged as if there was a supernatural being pushing it from the dark. It crazily rushed into the huge pit and was devoured by Wang Lin.
As the Yin Qi whirlpool in the Sea of Qi continued to expand, Wang Lin gradually felt that he couldn't control it. He immediately controlled the situation and used all his strength to break through the Sea of Qi. The breakthrough had begun!
The Yin Qi whirlpool was like a spinning cone, trying to pierce through the Sea of Qi. Slowly, there were signs of the Sea of Qi opening.
The signs became more and more serious. If breaking through the Sea of Qi was like breaking a tough wall, then the wall was now full of cracks and was on the verge of collapsing.
As time passed, after two hours, the Sea of Qi could no longer withstand the pressure. With a loud bang, the Sea of Qi collapsed completely.
A large amount of human potential spewed out from the Sea of Qi like a volcanic eruption. It quickly merged with the Yin Qi and formed strands of extremely high quality Yin Qi.
At this moment, Wang Lin's own spiritual power in his dantian immediately trembled and rushed out uncontrollably. Taking advantage of the fact that the newly formed Yin Qi was not strong enough, Wang Lin quickly rushed up and began to devour it.
Every time a strand of Yin Qi formed, it was immediately devoured by Wang Lin's spiritual power to strengthen itself. Gradually, as Wang Lin devoured more and more spiritual power, the quality of his Yin Qi increased again and became even sharper.
A nebula-like object appeared at the Sea of Breath meridian. It slowly rotated, and waves of blue spiritual energy slowly spread out.
Wang Lin felt the extremely unfamiliar spiritual power in his body. His eyes flashed and he lightly pointed at the stone beside him.
In an instant, a blue light flashed and the stone immediately turned into an ice sculpture, emitting strands of Yin Qi.
Wang Lin took a deep breath and immediately kicked the ice sculpture. With a "ka ka" sound, the stone shattered into countless pieces.
Wang Lin took a closer look and suddenly took a deep breath. He was shocked to find that the internal structure of the stone had completely changed. There was no longer the structure of a stone. It was clear that from the inside out, there were countless cracks on the ice layer.
In other words, when he pointed just now, the spiritual power in his body not only froze the stone, it also changed the internal structure of the stone and completely turned the stone into an ice stone!
Wang Lin didn't know that after the series of devouring and merging, a strange change had occurred in his spiritual power. Even if Situ Nan were to wake up, he would definitely be confused and wouldn't be able to figure out what was going on.
In the ancient times, other than the division of cultivation, there was also a division of spiritual power. Spiritual power was divided into three mysterious divisions: Extreme, Dao, and Beginning!
These three divisions were not separated from each other. Once they were formed, they would not change for the rest of their lives unless they started cultivating again.
The difficulty of entering these three divisions wasn't too high, but it wasn't too low either. Most of the time, it was by chance and by accident.
In the ancient times, out of these three divisions, those with even a little bit of experience in cultivation would not choose the Extreme Realm. This was because even though the Extreme Realm had high attack power, it had too many flaws. The most fatal flaw was that it was the ultimate of all things. From then on, one's spiritual power could only walk the extreme path and would not be compatible with any other attribute. This was the key problem when one broke through the original level and entered the Spirit Severing Stage.
The Spirit Severing Stage needed to merge with heaven and earth to form a cycle and not walk the extreme path.
Even so, there were many benefits to the Extreme Realm. It could be said that the spiritual power of the Extreme Realm was undefeatable among those of the same cultivation level.
Once one's cultivation reached the advanced stage of the original level, even though there was no possibility of entering the Spirit Severing Stage, one could become the most powerful cultivator below the Spirit Severing Stage.
Most importantly, as one's cultivation increased, the Extreme Realm didn't even need any magic treasures. This was because their spiritual power was already the most powerful magic treasure among those of the same cultivation level.
As for the Dao Realm, it was a realm that all cultivators dreamed of. Legend had it that as long as one's spiritual power reached this realm, then entering the Spirit Severing Stage was just a matter of time.
Because of this, the Dao Realm became the biggest pursuit and dream of ancient cultivators.
As for the Primordial Realm, if the Extreme Realm was death, then the Primordial Realm was life!
It wasn't something that cultivators below the Spirit Severing Stage could comprehend and reach. Even for Spirit Severing Stage cultivators, the Primordial Realm was a realm that they could only dream of but not reach.
The three spiritual power realms were all vague and unreal. Especially after the ancient times were destroyed, the rumors about the three realms gradually disappeared with the passage of time.
Cultivators nowadays didn't care about their own spiritual power. What they cared about was the realm of their cultivation.
Wang Lin didn't know that his current spiritual power was already developing towards the Extreme Realm because of the Extreme Yin Mutation and the devouring!
The reason for all of this was because of the Yellow Springs Ascension Method. It was actually one of the few cultivation methods that could cultivate the Extreme Realm.
However, the cultivation method that Situ Nan taught Wang Lin was very different from the Yellow Springs Ascension Method of the ancient times. Many parts of the cultivation method had been damaged with the passage of time. Most of them were reorganized by later generations.
As for the spiritual power reaching the threshold of the Extreme Realm, the most important reason was still the heaven defying bead …
Wang Lin looked at his fingertips and his eyes flashed. At this moment, he suddenly raised his head and leaped out of the pit. He saw the blue-skinned man approaching him like a bolt of blue lightning.