Chapter 152: Crossing the Mortal Realm, Pointing at the Illusory Void
Chapter 152: Crossing the Mortal Realm, Pointing at the Illusory Void
“For how many days have I been buried?”
After being tricked by the Six Desires Radish, Li Si was a bit confused about the passage of time. Fortunately, the Thousand-Eyes Mask was very useful.
“It has been nineteen days.”
“Wow!” Li Si was slightly surprised, but he did not plan to return just yet. Instead, he found a room in the desolate town to rest and recuperate.
He had several goals for this trip.
First, he wanted to search for the remaining population from the former Sacred Raven Kingdom who had not migrated to his territory. Currently, with a population of one million in his domain, it still wasn’t enough. He needed to take advantage of this quiet period to gather more people, ensuring the success of his next plan.
Second, he intended to collect those Evil God Idols. The pollution power inside the idols was very useful. He had only searched for one day before and obtained 21,600 pieces of White Fate Firewood.
This was not a small amount. He estimated that if he cleared out all the areas that originally belonged to the Sacred Raven Kingdom, this number could increase by at least ten times, maybe even twenty times.
Only a fool would pass up such easily obtained wealth.
Third, Li Si also wanted to conduct a large-scale survey of the surrounding regions. He needed to note down where there were friends, where there were enemies, and where it was suitable to farm monsters. All this information would be useful in the future.
Fourth, he planned to gather some materials for crafting formation bases along the way.
Li Si could now easily create small and medium-sized formation bases. These bases could be used to build City Protection Arrays. His plan was to designate six major city clusters, fifty key cities, and one hundred important towns within his territory.
In the future, to resist large-scale enemy invasions, relying solely on Li Si to fight was impossible. They needed to be self-reliant.
Therefore, each of the fifty key cities would require one medium formation base. A medium formation base could host ten to fifteen Formation Arrays.
A small formation base could host five to eight Formation Arrays.
This was a very effective defense method.
Unfortunately, at present, Li Si had only crafted eight medium formation bases and twelve small ones, which was far from his target. He had used up all the various crafting materials stored by the Yunhua Sect. What could he do?
He had no choice but to search outside.
It could be said that he had little time but many tasks, like an old ox working without pay, which made him feel very stressed.
The only thing that could relieve his worries was a thick wallet.
Sitting in the empty room, Li Si summoned the Fate Forge to check the thickness of his current wallet.
One piece of Purple Firewood.
One thousand pieces of Golden Firewood.
One thousand five hundred pieces of Cyan Firewood, with an additional 215 portions of Azure Fortune stored in the bank (Yunhua Law Seal).
42,100 pieces of White Firewood, and 1,000 portions of White Fortune stored within himself.
590 pieces of Black Firewood, and 500 portions of Black Fortune stored within himself.
600 million pieces of Gray Firewood, and 21 portions of Gray Fortune stored within himself.
It was so detailed and realistic. Life really was tough.
Sighing, Li Si opened the remnant scroll information and found the incomplete technique from the Lanshan Sect, the “Lamp-Lighting Void-Crossing Scripture.” After focusing for a moment, a line of information appeared.
“Would you like to deduce the fifth layer of the ‘Lamp-Lighting Void-Crossing Scripture’? It requires 100 portions of White Fortune.”
“Deduce!”
Instantly, as 100 portions of White Fortune were consumed, Li Si naturally obtained the fifth layer of the technique. This method was the simplest because Soul Cultivation techniques were very rare. They were not recorded in the Floating Cloud Sect’s secret library, nor in the Jiuxuan Spirit Sword Sect’s secret library.
This time, many people had come to join him, including some hidden inheritors from small Soul Cultivation sects. However, after checking, Li Si found that firstly, their techniques were of low quality and couldn’t compare to the “Lamp-Lighting Void-Crossing Scripture.” Secondly, they only had the first three or four layers of their techniques; the later layers were all missing.
In short, this matter was very bizarre.
It had been proven that Soul Cultivation techniques helped increase the strength of the soul and were beneficial for its recovery. For example, when he was tricked by the Six Desires Radish, if he hadn’t been cultivating the “Lamp-Lighting Void-Crossing Scripture,” he would have been truly finished.
Of course, the True Cultivator system also had methods to enhance the soul, and some were even quite good. However, that required at least reaching the Divine Transformation Realm. Given Li Si’s current state, if he wanted to reach the Divine Transformation Realm, he either had to spend resources quickly or it would take several years.
After successfully deducing the technique, Li Si did not rush to cultivate. He was currently advancing five techniques simultaneously, steadily and without haste, ensuring that his cultivation progress would reach full capacity within five years.
He never considered focusing exclusively on one technique because that wouldn’t be cost-effective.
The Divine Transformation Realm was the starting line for triggering the Blood Coffin Curse. As long as he didn’t provoke newly ascended Evil Gods, the Blood Coffin Curse wouldn’t affect him.
And by the time he finally reached Divine Transformation, he wouldn’t just have one type of Nascent Soul transforming; his ability to resist risks would be much higher.
Next, Li Si took out the Medicine King Cauldron and some Radish Exuviae, and began trying to refine pills. These Radish Exuviae could be eaten directly or stewed in soup, but neither method was as effective as refining them into pills.
After several attempts using his Heaven-Mending Magical Power, Li Si discovered that these Radish Exuviae were truly good materials. Because they were refined from physical objects, the pill formation speed was fast, the yield was high, and the process was reduced by at least four-fifths.
Based on the two highest quality spirit pills Li Si could currently refine: one was the Longevity Elixir, and the other was the Spirit Nourishing Pill.
By using 500 portions of Radish Exuviae and consuming 10,000 points of Heaven-Mending Magical Power, he could refine one batch of Longevity Elixirs in three hours, yielding 15 pills.
Similarly, using 5,000 portions of Radish Exuviae, it only took three hours and 100,000 points of Heaven-Mending Magical Power to refine one batch of Spirit Nourishing Pills, yielding 12 pills.
By the way, the Longevity Elixir could not only be used to improve the World Transcending Dao Body but also to heal injuries, revive the dead, and regenerate flesh and bone. As long as there was still a breath of life, it could surely save a person.
It could also reduce Aberrant Corruption and replenish Magic Power. One Longevity Elixir could replenish 10,000 points of Magic Power.
If Li Si had refined the Longevity Elixir using his Heaven-Mending Magical Power alone, it would have been a joke. He would need to consume 3 million points of Heaven-Mending Magical Power to refine one batch of 12 Longevity Elixirs.
Using that method to improve the World Transcending Dao Body was barely acceptable. But using it for healing or replenishing Magic Power? Wow, you spendthrift, I ought to beat you up!
In any case, Li Si now had an impulse to distribute the Longevity Elixir on a large scale to all the Golden Core and Nascent Soul Cultivators in his territory.
After all, the ability of the World Transcending Dao Body to resist Aberrant Corruption was really extraordinarily strong.
Just imagine hundreds of guys with World Transcending Dao Bodies casually jumping out, bathing in highly Aberrant Corrupted pits, chatting and laughing, with no ordinary people around…
Uh, boss, could you please use a different analogy?
As for the Spirit Nourishing Pill, it was even better. Not only could it reduce Soul Alienation Contamination and repair damaged souls, but one pill could also replenish 10,000 points of Soul Power. The main effect was that taking one Spirit Nourishing Pill could increase the Soul Evolution Level by 1%.
By accumulating this over time, one could light ordinary Soul Lamps without even needing to go to the Palace Ruins Secret Realm.
Alright then, Li Si stopped everything else and focused solely on refining Spirit Nourishing Pills. He refined four batches a day and continued for two months straight, consuming a total of 1.2 million portions of Radish Exuviae and obtaining 2,880 Spirit Nourishing Pills.
Then, he started frantically consuming the spirit pills.
Taking one pill increased the Soul Evolution Level by 1%. Every time it reached 100%, it could be consumed to light one ordinary Soul Lamp.
Originally, Li Si only had two Soul Lamps left. But this time, he lit 29 more in one go, bringing the total to 31 Soul Lamps.
To be honest, Li Si himself was a bit dumbfounded. Wouldn’t such grinding bring down divine retribution?
Of course, he didn’t know that if Shendanzi were here, he would probably be unable to resist stamping his feet in anger.
Could the Spirit Nourishing Pills from his Shendan Sect light Soul Lamps? Are you kidding me?
It was true that the Longevity Elixir could be used to improve the World Transcending Dao Body, but that didn’t mean the Spirit Nourishing Pill could do the same for Soul Lamps. These were two different things.
So, the real situation was probably that the Six Desires Radish was an innocent little radish that had escaped from the Seven Emotions Medicine Field. It hadn’t been contaminated before Li Si snatched half of its essence. These Radish Exuviae contained the dregs of the Seven Emotions Great Medicine, which were even a bit better than ordinary dregs.
The reason one could light Soul Lamps after passing trials in the Palace Ruins Secret Realm was entirely because the Palace Ruins Secret Realm was also extracting the dregs from the Seven Emotions Medicine Field…
The two actually achieved the same goal through different means.
In any case, Li Si had lit 31 ordinary Soul Lamps in this muddled way.
He himself felt that this wasn’t quite right. Then, when he tried to position these 31 Soul Lamps, his “Lamp-Lighting Void-Crossing Scripture” finally couldn’t help but activate automatically. His soul forcefully left his body, like a blazing fire, instantly illuminating both the Mortal Realm and the Illusory Void.
Then, the 31 Soul Lamps automatically rose, one after another merging into his soul. With each merge, his soul grew twice as strong. By the time the ninth one merged, the fifth layer of his “Lamp-Lighting Void-Crossing Scripture” directly reached completion!
He attained a new realm, equivalent to the Divine Transformation Realm in the True Cultivator system.
The previous realm was Lamp Lighting, meaning lighting the lamp to show the way. This new realm was World Salvation—not the World Transcending Dao Body, which was a True Cultivator concept. This World Salvation referred to crossing the Mortal Realm and pointing directly at the Illusory Void.
In other words, before this, Li Si, or any other Cultivator in the True Cultivator system, needed a Land Deed Seal or an Idol of Fortune to enter the Illusory Realm from the Mortal Realm.
But in the Soul Cultivation System, as long as one cultivated to the World Salvation realm, they could rely on their soul to travel between heaven and earth, reaching the highest heavens and the deepest underworld.
It was incredibly awesome.
“Why does it feel like the Soul Lamp is more suitable for Spirit Cultivators?”
“What about that Five-Tone Ruins and the Seven Emotions Medicine Field? They also focus more on the mind. This clearly belongs to the masters of the Soul Cultivation System!”
Li Si felt he had discovered some secret.
Of course, the Five-Tone Ruins and the Seven Emotions Medicine Field had fallen from the Land of Infinite Vastness. That place couldn’t be divided into two systems: Soul Cultivation and True Cultivation. They were clearly complementary.
The best evidence was that his Bedrock Dao Heart could also merge with the Soul Lamp, becoming a Bedrock Soul Lamp.
In any case, watching the remaining 22 Soul Lamps whizzing around his soul, Li Si gritted his teeth and continued to deduce the sixth layer of the “Lamp-Lighting Void-Crossing Scripture.”
This time, the cost was much higher, starting directly at 1,000 portions of White Fortune. Fortunately, it was still affordable.