Phantom Spirit Veins

The first step in cultivating the Bewildering Spirit Eye was to forcibly carve "Phantom Spirit Veins" into one's eyes.

There were eighty-one Phantom Spirit Veins in total. Each had its own shape, crisscrossing one another. Their opening order and speed were both extremely important.

The moment Li Tianming began cultivating and tried to carve out the first Phantom Spirit Vein, he failed outright.

Beast Essence pierced into his eyeball and drew blood. The pain was simply unbearable.

"Is this really a cultivation technique meant for humans?"

He could not help but doubt it.

The Bewildering Spirit Eye had over ten thousand characters' worth of changing incantations, yet he had only cultivated a single line and was already in such agony. There was no need to even think about what came next.

Moreover, his left eye was in excruciating pain now and could not endure any further cultivation. If this continued, going blind in both eyes would be perfectly normal.

He was fairly resilient, so he tried it with his right eye. In the end, he nearly blew himself up. The pain made his entire body tremble; pain in the eyes truly was terrifying.

"To carve out eighty-one Phantom Spirit Veins while taking their order, intersections, and speed into account, all in one go—are you kidding me?"

Li Tianming truly understood that saying: it was not that he did not work hard, but that his talent was limited.

Why did the owner of this spirit core think he could inherit his mantle and lead him here?

Li Tianming was completely certain that if he wanted to cultivate this Divine Soul Heavenly Book, he could not even cross the first step of ten million. This was simply not something a human could cultivate.

"I thought I'd obtained an unparalleled cultivation technique." He felt a little depressed.

Just as he was feeling down, he suddenly saw his left arm wrapped in strips of cloth.

"How did I forget about this eye!"

He suddenly understood. His original eyes did not have that talent, but the eye in the palm of his Dark Arm was unfathomable. It could see clearly even at the bottom of a murky lake. This was the eye that might have been drawn here by some unseen force!

Of course, it was still Li Tianming's eye.

He acted as soon as he thought of it, guiding Beast Essence into the third eye in his palm by the same method. He remained careful and cautious, but what happened next left him not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Sure enough, in the face of absolute talent, hard work is a joke."

The technique that had been utterly impossible with his original eyes now surged forward like bamboo splitting before a blade with this third eye. It was like a fish returned to water—everything went as smoothly as it possibly could. He had not even familiarized himself with the later incantations, yet the path to opening Phantom Spirit Veins was as familiar as a well-traveled road. He felt that even if he closed his eyes while carving them out, he would not make a mistake.

The whole process followed its natural course. Looking down at that eye, he could clearly see the network of Phantom Spirit Veins slowly taking shape within it. A single eye had directly become an entire cultivation system, just like a human body.

Only six Beast Pulses had been opened in Li Tianming's body, yet this tiny eye already possessed eighty-one Phantom Spirit Veins. Though each one was small, they were exquisitely refined and tough, like the veins of a leaf. They completely transformed that eye, as though they had placed a sharp weapon in the hands of a burly man.

The comparison was vivid. Li Tianming's original eyes were like two infants; even giving them a top-grade Beast Weapon would be useless. But the third eye was absolutely a burly man. Now that it had both a weapon and a cultivation method, the combination of that burly man and his weapon would only grow stronger and stronger.

Having successfully opened the Phantom Spirit Veins, the next step was the cultivation method itself: gradually cultivating the Bewildering Spirit Eye's characteristics into those veins, then using the Phantom Spirit Veins and the Bewildering Spirit Eye to erupt with power through his gaze and line of sight, until it affected his enemy.

"This left arm is truly inconceivable." Even Li Tianming himself felt that it resembled a monster. In fact, he had made mistakes while opening the Phantom Spirit Veins and had even injured this eye, but he could feel it recovering at an incredibly rapid pace. This likely meant that the Dark Arm was not only hard, but also possessed powerful regenerative abilities.

"There seem to be quite a few mysteries surrounding me—the Primordial Chaos Giant Beast lifebound beast, the Dark Arm, and now this spirit core."

He wanted to uncover all of those mysteries. He had the feeling that this might be the greatest mission of his life.

Over the following days, he focused wholeheartedly on cultivating the Bewildering Spirit Eye, while Little Yellow Chick devoted itself to refining the divine source.

Five days later, Li Tianming had achieved some results. He felt that his Bewildering Spirit Eye was already capable of bewildering opponents like a **-type beastmaster.

With that, the Dark Arm would be even more helpful in battle.

The Bewildering Spirit Eye, great strength, an iron shield... and perhaps even more abilities waiting for him to uncover.

"Success!" On that very day, a delighted voice rang out from a ball of flame within the secret chamber. The flames began to disperse, and a terrifying aura swept outward.

Li Tianming was looking forward to it. Little Yellow Chick's current appearance was far too cute and silly, with no killing power at all. If it could return to its former phoenix form, that would be truly impressive.

Then, the flames vanished.

Under Li Tianming's eager gaze, so full of anticipation at seeing a "phoenix," a tender yellow chick appeared before him once again.

"Damn!" Li Tianming was speechless. Looking at Little Yellow Chick, whose appearance had barely changed at all, he said, "Are you sure your evolution succeeded? Why do you still look so pathetic?"

"Brat, say that again and see what happens! Is evolution judged by appearance?" Little Yellow Chick snapped.

"What else would it be? I heard they all become more handsome and more imposing. What the hell are you? You're still just a chicken." Li Tianming looked down on it.

"Short-sighted, judging people by appearances, utterly lacking in vision!" Little Yellow Chick planted its wings on its hips and cursed him three times in a row.

Actually, Li Tianming had noticed that up close, the star points in its eyes seemed to have become six. Six star points meant that it truly had evolved successfully. Now, if outsiders saw it, they would think it was a sixth-rank lifebound beast—a lifebound beast belonging to a top expert.

"Li Tianming, you have no idea where my limits lie. A mere low-grade divine source can at most help me unlock the tiniest fraction of my bloodline shackles. If I am to truly become a phoenix, I will still need countless divine sources. Of course, even as I am now, I am not something any so-called sixth-rank lifebound beast can compare to," Little Yellow Chick said proudly.

It looked as though it was bragging, but it was not. Li Tianming completely believed in the greatness of the Primordial Chaos Giant Beast, because that also proved how great his own future would be.

The six star points in its eyes truly did not mean much. They were merely a natural manifestation of its bloodline shackles being unlocked and had nothing to do with its potential. Still, to a certain degree, they proved that its bloodline abilities had definitely become stronger than before.

That was the most important use of a divine source. The Eternal Purgatory Phoenix had never needed divine sources to evolve; it only needed divine sources to recover.

"Come on, let me show you the majestic power of my bloodline now," Little Yellow Chick said smugly.

"Sure!"

During his first cultivation session, Li Tianming had been transformed into an Eternal Purgatory Body. Any increase in Little Yellow Chick's bloodline would also transfer to him. This was the special talent of a beastmaster and lifebound beast.

Their Beast Pulses and Beast Essence were one. When they cultivated, their Beast Pulses connected and flowed through one another, their Beast Essences exchanged and transformed into each other, forming a single whole.

In that process, Little Yellow Chick's new bloodline power also transferred into Li Tianming's body. Li Tianming could feel the strength of his flesh and blood, as well as the degree of his talent, rising fiercely. This was the effect brought by a divine source, gradually unsealing the bloodline power of the Eternal Purgatory Phoenix!

The majestic bloodline power washed over Li Tianming like a waterfall. It continuously strengthened his flesh and blood, propelling him toward a true Primordial Chaos Giant Beast. Others could forget about ever receiving such fortune in their lifetimes.

More importantly, this improvement spread throughout their bodies. That burning power even stimulated the medicinal effects of spiritual essences they had previously eaten raw, such as Fire Spirit Mushrooms, while also drawing in vast amounts of heaven and earth aura. As they cultivated symbiotically, they began charging toward the seventh Beast Pulse!

Another day later, the seventh Beast Pulse connected. One man and one chick entered the Seventh Layer of Beast Pulse Realm!

With Beast Pulses as thick as dragons and Eternal Purgatory Beast Origin flowing through them like magma, their Beast Essence filled their entire bodies, making them seem like erupting volcanoes. Li Tianming in particular was even more bizarre, as Beast Essence also flowed through the Phantom Spirit Veins within his Bewildering Spirit Eye.

"Now the divine source has been put to good use. You've essentially evolved, my bloodline power has risen as well, and then we broke through together into the Seventh Layer of Beast Pulse Realm. On top of that, I've even achieved a little success in cultivating the Bewildering Spirit Eye..." Li Tianming knew that compared to when they had first entered, both man and chick had grown stronger in every aspect!

There had been enormous breakthroughs in every direction.

"Bewildering Spirit Eye? Try it on me!" Little Yellow Chick challenged.

"You?" Li Tianming gave a cold laugh. To be honest, he also wanted to find someone and see what effects the Bewildering Spirit Eye truly had.

"Come on, trash." Little Yellow Chick was utterly disdainful.

Li Tianming tore a small opening in the glove on his left hand. It would not expose his left arm, but it allowed the Bewildering Spirit Eye to be revealed.

He suddenly raised his hand, and the Bewildering Spirit Eye met Little Yellow Chick's gaze. Following the trick described in the cultivation method, Li Tianming circulated his Beast Essence and displayed the Bewildering Spirit Eye's power.

At that instant, Little Yellow Chick's gaze wavered. It seemed slightly dazed and even took a step back, then stared blankly at Li Tianming.

All of that showed that the Bewildering Spirit Eye had taken effect. If an opponent were suddenly bewildered like that in battle, they would certainly reveal many openings.

Li Tianming smiled.

"Holy shit, why did you turn into a naked hen!" The next instant, Little Yellow Chick clutched its belly in laughter and rolled onto the ground.

"What?" Li Tianming froze for a moment.

Little Yellow Chick said that when he used the Bewildering Spirit Eye, he had turned into a naked hen?

How was that possible!

He wondered whether the Bewildering Spirit Eye could be used on himself, so he pointed his left hand at himself and unleashed the Bewildering Spirit Eye.

Buzz!

Sure enough, he felt his mind shake, and even his vision became briefly illusory.

The next moment, through the haze, he seemed to see his left hand turn into a seductive beauty. That beauty vaguely had Jiang Feiling's appearance, mixed with a figure comparable to Liu Qing's, then she struck alluring poses and tempted him...

"Fuck!"

Li Tianming trembled. What kind of damned skill was this? Bewildering opponents was one thing, but why did it become an instant of "seduction"!

What Bewildering Spirit Eye? This was clearly a seduction technique.

"Haha!" Little Yellow Chick laughed so hard that it rolled around on the floor.

How humiliating.

Still, he had to admit that if, for example, Liu Qianyang saw him turn into a naked beauty for an instant in the middle of battle, what would his reaction be? No matter what it was, that moment would be enough for Li Tianming to do something that decided the outcome.

He thought that it was time to reclaim the Yanhuang Order.

He had been away from home for too long. His mother must have been worried sick waiting for him.

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