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Obtained spirit herb 'Ice Spirit Flame Grass'; source energy increased by 300 points.

Ice Spirit Flame Grass was one of the main ingredients for refining the 'Blood Lotus Pill'.

The Blood Lotus Pill, in turn, was an essential medicinal pill for increasing the success rate of devouring Heavenly Flames, and a crucial part of Xiao Yan's devouring of Heavenly Flames in the original story.

Thus, after Gu Yi transplanted it to First Line Sky, he directly gained a sum of source energy.

Of course, the Ice Spirit Flame Grass was not unique. If Xiao Yan wished to search for it later, he could find it elsewhere.

Gu Yi tried the key and opened the three stone boxes one by one, taking out the books within.

The three cultivation methods and combat skills were, respectively: the high-grade Profound-tier cultivation method "Seven-Colored Poison Scripture," the high-grade Profound-tier flight combat skill "Wings of the Eagle," and the high-grade Profound-tier combat skill "Roar of the Mad Lion."

Compared to the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame Fragment Map, which would only become useful once Gu Yi reached the Dou Saint level in the future,

these two cultivation methods and combat skills could immediately strengthen Gu Yi's power.

In particular, the flight combat skill 'Wings of the Eagle' would be of the greatest help to Gu Yi.

A flight combat skill, as its name suggested, allowed one to fly through the sky.

Whether it was the Nine Heavens Continent, the Dou Qi Continent, or the Douluo Continent,

cultivators in all three worlds could fly and roam the heavens after reaching a certain realm.

However, they had to reach at least the Profound Martial Realm, Dou King, or Titled Douluo level respectively before they could do so.

But with a flight combat skill, things were different. As long as he mastered it, Gu Yi, who was currently only at the fourth level of the Qi Martial Realm, could soar through the skies.

This would be an enormous advantage in battle.

Against powerful opponents who could not fly, even if Gu Yi could not defeat them, he would still have the means to escape!

—Of course, even without a flight combat skill, Gu Yi, who possessed the Myriad Worlds Gate, could still flee. However, the Myriad Worlds Gate could not be exposed casually, and Gu Yi would not use it in front of others unless absolutely necessary.

Moreover, a flight combat skill could greatly enhance Gu Yi's strength.

Because aside from spear techniques, Gu Yi's archery was equally first-rate.

In the air, the power of arrows was immense.

Gu Yi only needed to fly overhead and continuously fire arrows at his enemies.

His opponents, on the other hand, could only watch helplessly, unable to touch Gu Yi in the slightest.

Slightly inferior to the flight combat skill was the combat skill "Roar of the Mad Lion."

This high-grade Profound-tier combat skill combined spear techniques with sound waves, and its power far surpassed the Charge Spear Technique and Prairie Fire Spear Technique that Gu Yi cultivated.

If brought to the Nine Heavens Continent, it could be considered a quasi-Earth-tier Martial Skill.

As for the final "Seven-Colored Poison Scripture," apart from being a poisonous cultivation method for cultivating Poison Dou Qi, it was also a poison scripture that recorded how to formulate poisons.

Although Gu Yi could not possibly cultivate a poison art, the sections concerning poisons would still be of some help to him.

If he memorized and thoroughly understood the knowledge in the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, he would not have to worry about being poisoned by others in the future.

Furthermore, the poisonous miasma that Poison Douluo Dugu Bo had set around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well would no longer trouble Gu Yi.

In the future, he could venture into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and snatch some Immortal Herbs.

Inside the cave,

Gu Yi sat cross-legged on the spot and picked up a black scroll. It was precisely the high-grade Profound-tier flight combat skill.

Gu Yi did not hesitate for long before spreading open the scroll.

A pair of pitch-black eagle wings that seemed to radiate a chill entered Gu Yi's sight.

The feathers of these eagle wings were completely black, like black steel, carrying a unique metallic texture.

Faint purple cloud patterns showed through the feathers, giving off a slight warmth.

Gu Yi's gaze swept across the scroll, and he found a line of small text to one side:

'Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle, a fifth-tier flying magical beast. It is said to possess a trace of the Ancient Phoenix's bloodline, and its flight speed ranks among the best of all flying magical beasts...

This combat skill is also called Purple Cloud Wings, and was created by me... This combat skill can only be cultivated by one person.'

After reading the introduction to the combat skill, Gu Yi pondered. "Purple Cloud Wings... the wings of a fifth-tier magical beast..."

A fifth-tier magical beast of the Dou Qi Continent was roughly equivalent to a Profound Demonic Beast in the Nine Heavens Continent.

A flight combat skill made from its wings, once mastered, might be faster than even ordinary low-level experts of the Profound Martial Realm.

However, cultivating this combat skill would not be easy.

Gu Yi touched the Purple Cloud Wings on the scroll and immediately sensed a violent, frenzied soul hidden within.

This was the greatest obstacle to cultivating this combat skill!

During cultivation, the soul of the Purple Cloud Eagle within the wings would attack the cultivator.

It was much like how one would be attacked by the remnant soul of a soul beast when absorbing a soul ring over ten thousand years old in the Douluo Continent.

Although after the tempering of countless years, the remnant soul of this fifth-tier magical beast, the Purple Cloud Eagle, had completely turned into beastly instinct,

it had still been a fifth-tier magical beast in life, no weaker than a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast of Douluo. Cultivating it was no easier than absorbing the soul ring of a ten- or twenty-thousand-year soul beast.

Yet even knowing this, Gu Yi's eyes remained calm as he slowly extended his palm, preparing to directly face the Purple Cloud Eagle's remnant soul.

Over the past year or so, Gu Yi had used Enlightenment many times, hoping to use the Blood Malice Qi of the blood crystal to comprehend a method for tempering the soul.

Naturally, he had failed.

After all, going from zero to one was the hardest part, and the current Gu Yi had yet to reach the level where he could create his own methods.

But after facing the impact of dense Blood Malice Qi many times, Gu Yi had still gained quite a lot.

Drawing upon his experiences of those several impacts of Blood Malice Qi upon his mind and soul, and expending a large amount of source energy to activate Enlightenment, he comprehended a crude method for resisting soul attacks, named 'Solid as a Rock'—by Gu Yi's estimation, this crude method was at most a mid-grade Yellow-tier Martial Skill.

That was to say, through this method, Gu Yi could make his soul and will more stable for a short time, like an enormous rock, allowing him to withstand fiercer soul attacks from others and suppress desires such as violence, bloodlust, and madness within his heart.

In addition, as a transmigrator, Gu Yi's soul was naturally stronger than that of cultivators at the same realm.

Therefore, Gu Yi was confident that he could withstand the soul attack of the Purple Cloud Eagle's remnant soul.

Not long after Gu Yi placed his palm on the wings, the Purple Cloud Eagle's violent soul within let out a piercing howl that made the soul tremble, drilling relentlessly into Gu Yi's soul like a drill bit.

Gu Yi's expression sharpened. He activated his self-created soul technique, calmed his mind and focused his qi, and blocked the piercing howl that reached directly into his soul.

Unwilling to accept this, the Purple Cloud Eagle's remnant soul then released violent emotions, as though it wished to influence Gu Yi's mind and turn him into a killing machine.

Unfortunately, this soul attack failed as well.

Its violent emotions instead became tools for tempering Gu Yi's will and spirit, quietly strengthening his will and polishing his Martial Path Heart until it became brighter and more steadfast.

After this contest of souls continued for a quarter of an hour, the Purple Cloud Eagle's remnant soul within the Purple Cloud Wings finally could not hold on any longer. It gradually scattered, about to dissipate between heaven and earth.

Sensing this change, Gu Yi fell silent for a moment. Then, a mad idea suddenly arose in his heart, and a glint flashed through his eyes.

Enlightenment activated!

Gu Yi's Blood Martial Soul and Bone Martial Soul silently appeared, while two enormous purple soul rings emerged beneath him and pulsed continuously with his breathing.

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