Bewildering Spirit Eye

Sucked in by that black vortex, Li Tianming hit the ground so hard he saw stars.

"Where is this?" He immediately scrambled to his feet and discovered that he was actually inside a sealed chamber. Black walls surrounded him on all sides, and the stone slabs beneath his feet were exceptionally hard. Only a circular passage ran through the ceiling, its walls made of bronze—it should have been that well.

"I should be beneath the well."

His gaze swiftly swept across the surroundings. Within this enclosed chamber, he found only two things. One was the divine source that had fallen from above just now. The other sat before him: what looked like a white jade sphere, perfectly round and pristine, giving off a crystalline glow.

It was this white jade sphere that illuminated the surroundings completely, keeping the chamber from becoming pitch-black.

"Take a look at this." Li Tianming brought the Little Yellow Chick out from the Companion Space. To be honest, he found this white jade sphere somewhat eerie and did not dare act rashly.

"So there really was something here?" The Little Yellow Chick circled the white jade sphere once before saying, "It's rather strange. You figure it out yourself. Give me the divine source—I can't wait to evolve."

"Right in here?"

"Where else? Your father is still outside. Who knows when they'll come charging in to kill us?" The Little Yellow Chick rolled its eyes.

The process of refining a divine source to evolve was mainly carried out by the companion beast. If the evolution succeeded, when they cultivated again, the companion beast's enhanced bloodline abilities would further transform the beastmaster. During this evolution, Li Tianming only needed to stand guard nearby.

"They think I'm a First-Order Companion Beast, so they definitely believe I can't refine this divine source. Little do they know that what I call evolution is really more of a breakthrough through the shackles of my own bloodline." The Little Yellow Chick spoke with smug disdain.

"Enough. Stop bragging." Li Tianming handed it the divine source. Naturally, he was not worried in the slightest that the Little Yellow Chick would fail to handle it.

Although he had heard that companion beasts faced countless variables when absorbing divine sources to evolve, and generally required elders to stand guard and assist them, there had been many cases throughout history of failed evolutions. There were even examples of companion beasts dying during the process. Young people's companion beasts basically did not dare evolve alone. Yet Li Tianming felt that the Eternal Purgatory Phoenix would not have such a problem—it could even eat Spirit Ore raw.

With the divine source in its grasp, the Little Yellow Chick was overjoyed. Its expression was like that of a child receiving its favorite toy.

"You study that sphere first. If there's no problem, I'll begin afterward." Though it looked carefree and heartless, it was actually quite meticulous. Even with the divine source in hand, it could still restrain itself.

Li Tianming had long been unable to wait. He was now standing beside the white jade sphere.

"This well used a divine source as its key, yet after entering, there's only this white jade sphere. That means this thing must be worth several times more than the divine source." Li Tianming said.

"That depends on whether you have the fortune to obtain it."

"Mm."

Li Tianming nodded. He readied himself and reached out to touch the white jade sphere. It felt icy cold to the touch, but there was no sense of rejection. He picked it up and examined it before his eyes.

The white jade sphere was exceptionally pure and smooth, without a single flaw on its surface. Li Tianming turned it over several times. It seemed like an ordinary piece of jade, with nothing particularly strange about it.

Then, an eye appeared upon the white jade sphere!

The eye appeared without warning and met his gaze, as though a person had suddenly appeared before him!

When his eyes collided with the eye on the sphere, Li Tianming's mind buzzed. For a moment, the world spun around him, heaven and earth overturning. Then came a boom. He was dizzy and disoriented, and in the next instant, he seemed to have arrived in a world containing nothing but white light. Blinding radiance filled every direction, leaving him unable to see anything. Countless people seemed to be whispering beside his ears—tens of thousands of them, as though they were before his eyes and yet also at the edge of the heavens.

"Within the Realm of Huan Tian, I am supreme. In the unseen currents of fate, I have guided you here!"

Such a booming voice suddenly resounded between heaven and earth. Every word exploded in Li Tianming's mind like a cannonball, enough to make him remember them with absolute clarity.

That sentence contained two pieces of information. The first surely came from the owner of this white sphere, who called himself the supreme being within the Realm of Huan Tian. Unfortunately, Li Tianming had never heard of a place called the Realm of Huan Tian.

The second sentence was even more mysterious. What did it mean, guided here by unseen fate? He had initially come for the Qingling Grass. Then, after encountering Jiang Feiling, he learned that there was a divine source here. Only because of the eye in his dark left arm had he discovered this well. How could that count as being led here by this person through unseen fate?

"Young man, only when you cultivate my 'Divine Soul Heavenly Tome' to the level of the 'Heavenly Extreme Eye' will the 'spirit core' truly open. At that time, you will be able to come to the Realm of Huan Tian and pursue my divine traces!"

Another sentence that made his head thunder.

This sentence contained even more information. First, this person had left behind something called the "Divine Soul Heavenly Tome," which sounded like a cultivation art. Then, Li Tianming had to cultivate to the level of the "Heavenly Extreme Eye" before something called the "spirit core" would truly open. Only then could Li Tianming reach the place known as the Realm of Huan Tian.

As for this so-called "spirit core," he felt that it was likely the white jade sphere in his hand—the eye itself.

Before Li Tianming could react, the white expanse continued changing. A great deal of golden mist suddenly gathered before him. The golden mist shifted and transformed, eventually forming one golden character after another.

"First Layer of the Divine Soul Heavenly Tome: 'Bewildering Spirit Eye.'" Li Tianming read along with the words.

There were simply too many of these golden characters, and they were extraordinarily complex. Yet every time he read one, it seemed to be engraved directly into his mind, remembered with perfect clarity. Around a quarter of an hour later, he finally finished reading all the words.

By then, a complete cultivation art for the "Bewildering Spirit Eye" had been wholly engraved in his heart, impossible to forget.

"Once the Bewildering Spirit Eye is cultivated to great success, the second layer of the Divine Soul Heavenly Tome may be opened." That voice appeared again.

Li Tianming was still somewhat dazed. He shook his head and suddenly realized that the white world had vanished. He had returned to the sealed chamber. The white jade sphere remained in his hand, but the eye that had appeared earlier was gone.

"What are you doing? You've been chanting scriptures for ages. I thought you'd become a monk." The Little Yellow Chick stared at him with wide eyes from nearby.

It took Li Tianming a long while to come back to himself. He studied the white jade sphere in his hand for a long time. Its glow had already begun to dim, and no matter what he did, it seemed to give no response.

The inheritance had ended. Perhaps the sphere would only react again once Li Tianming made a breakthrough in the Divine Soul Heavenly Tome.

"Have you ever heard of a place called the Realm of Huan Tian?" Li Tianming asked. He considered himself fairly knowledgeable and had read quite a few books from Yanhuang Academy, yet he had never heard of that place.

"No."

"I think I obtained a stroke of fortune."

"What kind of fortune?"

"A cultivation art called the 'Divine Soul Heavenly Tome.' It's somewhat like the methods of a **-type beastmaster," Li Tianming said.

**-type companion beasts were rare breeds, and their grades were generally very high. It was said that Liu Qing was a rare **-type beastmaster, possessing a **-type companion beast. Such beings wielded the power to bewilder souls and minds, making them impossible to guard against. They could confuse opponents in battle and even control souls.

"Then try cultivating it. Once I finish refining the divine source, we'll see what results your cultivation has produced."

It had already begun refining the divine source!

Since it still needed some time, Li Tianming sat down and carefully studied the first layer of the "Divine Soul Heavenly Tome," the "Bewildering Spirit Eye."

"This is a cultivation art, not a battle art."

-type beastmasters also possessed certain " battle arts," which Li Tianming had seen before. However, they were not the same type as the Divine Soul Heavenly Tome he now remembered. ** battle arts could only be performed upon the foundation of a **-type beastmaster; ordinary people could not cultivate them. But the Divine Soul Heavenly Tome directly turned a person into a **-type beastmaster by forging their eyes.

Such an inconceivable cultivation art should belong to the category of "special cultivation arts."

There were two kinds of cultivation arts. Aside from special cultivation arts, the other kind was the extremely common "realm cultivation art." For instance, the Mystic Gold Art and the Eternal Purgatory Scripture were both realm cultivation arts. Realm cultivation arts converted heaven and earth spiritual energy into Beast Essence, broke through realms, and condensed spiritual sources. They were the foundation of cultivation, even more important than battle arts.

Li Tianming had once heard that the ancestors had also created some special cultivation arts, capable of creating something from nothing and being added to the framework of realm cultivation arts. Today, he had finally seen one. For example, the Divine Soul Heavenly Tome did not conflict with the Eternal Purgatory Scripture at all.

He began studying the cultivation method of the "Bewildering Spirit Eye."

"This is somewhat frightening. It means opening 'phantom spirit veins' within the eyeball itself for Beast Essence to pass through. The phantom spirit veins are incredibly tiny and need to spread across the entire eyeball. This is not a matter of connecting existing channels, but forcibly carving them out. Even the slightest failure could completely destroy the eye."

"For the first layer, the Bewildering Spirit Eye, one must open eighty-one phantom spirit veins within even a single eye, allowing Beast Essence to circulate inside it. Such an intricate cultivation method is enormously dangerous. Anyone without a special gift in their eyes simply cannot cultivate it."

"However, once it succeeds, that eye will become a Bewildering Spirit Eye. Even if one is not a **-type beastmaster, they can create ** effects—perhaps even stronger than those of a **-type beastmaster."

"The Bewildering Spirit Eye is already this complicated. I wonder which layer the 'Heavenly Extreme Eye' is, the one capable of opening the spirit core and reaching the Realm of Huan Tian?"

Li Tianming had a premonition that what he had obtained might truly be a great treasure. As long as he could cultivate it properly, it would definitely bring enormous benefits.

"It feels like an unparalleled treasure. I wonder how it compares to the saint beast battle soul I obtained before?" He felt that his luck was indeed quite good. Judging by his sixth sense, the "spirit core" in his hand might not be inferior to the saint beast battle soul.

Moreover, he had obtained it in such an ordinary place.

"There really is something to this unseen fate." He felt that he had encountered far too many things guided by unseen fate. His meeting with Jiang Feiling, for example, had given him that very feeling.

He somewhat believed that obtaining this "spirit core" was not merely luck, but that its owner had been calling to him through unseen fate.

"Let's start cultivating!"

At this thought, his heart surged like a tidal wave. He felt as though he were the chosen son of heaven. It was an exhilarating feeling, but a little wishful fantasy was enough. If he became too complacent, who knew where he might stumble and fall again? That fall three years ago had been especially brutal.

So in his dictionary, there was no such thing as the chosen son of heaven.

There was only becoming stronger and taking revenge!

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