Holy Spirit
Blood Mud Space, Time Cocoon.
Li Weiyi had been in seclusion for many days, cultivating diligently until his Tian Chong Soul Essence was fully refined. A beam of soul light materialized above his head.
Inside the cocoon, Tang Wanzhou, on the opposite side, sensed something and opened his eyes.
"Wow, so fast! The Tian Chong Soul has been condensed already?"
Li Weiyi withdrew the spiritual light into his body. "Is this considered fast? The time spent condensing it inside the cocoon, from beginning to end, was almost a year to reach perfection. How about you?"
"From obtaining the Dragon Soul Origin Light in the East China Sea until now, it has taken half a year to finally refine the entire mass," Tang Wanzhou said.
Li Weiyi asked, "Is that equivalent to ten years of arduous cultivation in the Second Realm?"
Tang Wanzhou pondered for a moment, "The so-called 'one ball of primordial light saving ten years of arduous cultivation' is actually a figurative number."
"Refining a single clump might be equivalent to ten years of arduous cultivation for some people. But for me... three years, I've saved about three years."
"I'm currently in the mid-stage of the Second Realm. After refining one more ball, I should be able to reach the peak."
Li Weiyi secretly marveled at Tang Wanzhou's cultivation speed. When she said she would defeat Chu Yutian and the Twelve Taiyin Envoys in six years, she had truly calculated it meticulously, not just being arrogant. Even without the aid of the Time Cocoon, she would most likely have caught up with Chu Yutian in six years.
Tang Wanzhou stood up. "However, reaching the peak doesn't mean you can break through. The Longevity Lock is the most difficult hurdle. You can only rely on yourself to overcome it."
"As you can see, I have a great opportunity, no less than the Dragon Soul Origin Light. In the First Realm, it was thanks to that opportunity that I rapidly cultivated to the peak within a year."
"The Six Thoughts Mind Curse injured me, but with the help of the Lesser Yang Star, I broke free and quickly shattered the Soul Return Lock. It can be said that I turned misfortune into blessing."
The two stepped out of the Time Cocoon, and the light from the cocoon vanished into specks of light.
Five Phoenix Wing Moth Emperor were eating the highly nutritious food that Lu Jingshen had sent.
After the Great Phoenix and the Second Phoenix broke through to immortality with the help of the Six-thousand-year-old Thousand-Year Elixir, their bodies became several times larger than the other Five Phoenix. They were very proud and did not participate in the food competition, as if they had already transcended.
With their claws planted firmly on the ground, standing upright, they walked back and forth in the Blood Mud Space, exuding an aura of power.
Li Weiyi looked at Tang Wanzhou: "Young Master has fought many Longevity Realm Martial Cultivators, and his insight is extraordinary. What do you think their current strength level is? Can they defeat Chang Yujian, who is at the same realm?"
"I'm afraid it's difficult! Chang Yujian is by no means inferior to any Son of Heaven's Disciple of the same realm, and she excels in wisdom, magical artifacts, and Daoist arts."
Tang Wanzhou stroked the approaching Great Phoenix: "But, it won't be easy for Chang Yujian to deal with them, and that only refers to one-on-one combat. You know the true power of these strange insects better than I do."
The two crossed the spatial barrier and appeared on the sea of the Tanggu Sea.
Li Weiyi leaped into a Xihe Flower and retrieved a Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone the size of a pigeon egg and Holy Spirit Pill. The next breakthrough was of paramount importance.
Success in the first attempt to become Saint Mind Master is certainly cause for celebration, but failure is also normal.
On the other side, Tang Wanzhou changed into the purple Provincial Governor's Official Robe she had obtained in Lingxiao City. Her expression was more solemn than ever before. She slowly walked on the waves, step by step, towards the direction of the Fusang Divine Tree. Gradually, her figure blurred into the misty waves.
I don't know what she intends to do.
It took Li Weiyi half an hour to adjust his mindset, banish all distracting thoughts and pressure, and achieve complete peace. Influenced by his state of mind, the surrounding sea became calm and still, transforming into a ten-mile-long mirror of water.
He picked up the Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone and placed it into his Glabella Spiritual Realm.
The tricolored spiritual flames that filled the entire spirit realm converged towards the Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone, melting it little by little into droplets.
The light gathered in the droplet, growing brighter and brighter, and then began to revolve around the other nine Psychic Power Stars.
A sense of resonance gradually developed.
"Boom!"
The glowing droplets and the nine Psychic Power Stars are all unstable and tremble incessantly, requiring full effort to control.
Many Mind Master forcefully attempt to break through to higher realms, refusing to accept failure, often resulting in the shattering of their Psychic Power Stars and even the explosion of their spiritual realm, their skulls bursting open, and their instant death.
As time went by, the spirit world gradually stabilized.
The tenth Psychic Power Stars, still in a liquid state, resonated with the other nine, their light and mist intertwining and rotating with each other.
The first hurdle has been successfully overcome.
Next, all that's needed is to continuously refine and solidify the liquid Psychic Power Stars into a solid state.
As the Tenth Psychic Power Star was being condensed, the second perilous challenge arrived.
Li Weiyi felt a throbbing pain between his eyebrows, as if his flesh and blood were being burned, or as if his skull was expanding and could be crushed at any moment.
The spiritual realm of a chant master is only a small square inch in size.
The Great Mind Master's spiritual realm reached a square foot.
The spirit realm of Mind Master is about the size of a square abbot's quarters.
The spirit realm of the Saint Mind Master will expand to a terrifying radius of a hundred zhang (approximately 333 meters). In terms of size, it is a million times larger than the spirit realm of the Mind Master's abbot.
It's worth mentioning that Zuoqiu Hongting is an exception. She has a great opportunity in the realm of spirit masters, and the flickering lamp between her brows is extraordinary, thus she has long since opened up an unimaginable spirit world. Li Weiyi once glimpsed it, and her spirit world was boundless.
Clearly, that wasn't something she created herself.
"Boom!"
The first massive tremor in the spirit world caused the barrier of the inner world to expand several times over in an instant.
The Fusang Divine Tree Spirit God manifested in the spirit world, supporting the expanded barrier.
After adaptation.
The second massive tremor in the spirit world expanded several times over compared to the original one.
The third one came very quickly, giving Li Weiyi no time to fully adapt before expanding again. He could only do his best to support the Fusang Divine Tree Spirit God to prevent the spirit realm from collapsing.
The fourth time.
The fifth time.
During the ninth expansion, Li Weiyi's entire body tensed and trembled, his face turned extremely pale, a crack appeared between his brows, and a drop of blood oozed out.
The danger of the attack on the Saint Mind Master exceeded his expectations.
He knew the reason: other Nine-Star Mind Master had cultivated for at least several decades, nurtured by the spirit realm barrier for several decades.
Even including the time he spent cultivating within the Time Cocoon, it only amounted to a few years for him.
There are gains and losses in everything.
A rapid pace of cultivation will inevitably expose weaknesses elsewhere.
Just like Tang Wanzhou, whose speed of martial arts cultivation was second only to Li Weiyi. Therefore, he did not have time to cultivate mental power and only cultivated two kinds of Daoist arts.
"Boom!"
As the tenth expansion occurred, blood gushed from Li Weiyi's brow, and his vision blurred. He gritted his teeth, striving to remain conscious and preserve his mind. As long as he controlled the Fusang Divine Tree Spirit God, he wouldn't have to worry about the collapse of the spirit realm.
What follows is the agonizing process of control and perseverance.
"We've stabilized!"
The expansion of the Hundred-Zhang Spirit Realm is complete.
The Fusang Divine Tree Spirit God also grew to a height of a hundred feet, with lush branches and leaves, supporting its inner world and shining brightly.
The Tenth Psychic Power Star had already solidified. Like ten blazing suns, the ten Psychic Power Stars hovered above the Fusang Divine Tree, constantly rotating.
"Whoosh!"
The radiance of heaven and earth was continuously drawn towards him, surging into his brow and converging towards the ten Psychic Power Stars and the Fusang Divine Tree Spirit God, causing them to grow rapidly.
Next, in this process of growth, we must overcome the third and most dangerous hurdle.
The Spirit Merging Soul.
Even though Li Weiyi had condensed the Tian Chong Soul to its full potential and could materialize it, it was still fragile. For the Soul Light to merge with the scorching and domineering Fusang Divine Tree Spirit God was an extremely dangerous thing.
Many Nine-Star Mind Master who survived the first two trials failed at this one.
Now, the Holy Spirit Pill comes in handy.
After swallowing the Holy Spirit Pill, wisps of crimson light rose from his abdomen, surging towards Tian Chong Soul and the Fusang Divine Tree Spirit God in the Spirit Realm, enveloping both of them and building a bridge.
The soul fusion has officially begun.
Tang Wanzhou had already traveled six hundred li towards the Fusang Divine Tree.
"Gulp!"
Gradually, the seawater began to boil, and steam rose from it.
A crimson-gold light appeared on the seabed, and an aura of overwhelming power surged towards the surface.
Tang Wanzhou did not retreat. His gaze was solemn. When the Golden Crow burst out of the water, he instead spread his arms, closed his eyes, and embraced the destructive power that was about to come.
Moments later, she was engulfed by the Golden Crow Flame.
An hour later, the Golden Crow had already set.
Tang Wanzhou returned step by step wearing a specially made mask. The skin on his hands, neck, and feet, exposed outside the Provincial Governor's Official Robe, was burned and bleeding.
The power of the Golden Crow Flame seeped into his body, flowing through his blood, and pain spread throughout his entire being.
She looked as if she had just walked out of hell, utterly disheveled, unable to stand upright, limping, but her eyes remained bright, like pure gold tempered by fire.
Suddenly.
Tang Wanzhou sensed a powerful aura emanating from the horizon and immediately stopped, looking into the distance.
"Whoosh!"
The towering Fusang Divine Tree rises from the sea, its radiance boundless, its fiery glow illuminating the sky.
The ripples of light spread out in concentric circles, creating layers of waves on the sea surface.
She quickly stood up straight, trying to appear proud and outstanding, with her hands behind her back, and stepped onto the River of Mana Qi back to the sea area where Xihe Flower was located.
Li Weiyi was bathed in a bright glow. Before Tang Wanzhou returned, she had put on a mask to cover her pale face and the wound between her eyebrows, not wanting the renowned Proud Daughter of Heaven to see her in such a disheveled and weak state.
Tang Wanzhou's steps were steady, showing no signs of injury. "Not bad, you've successfully broken through on your first attempt. Congratulations on reaching the Saint Mind Master realm. If you return to Lingxiao, you'll be a giant. In any realm, you'll be a respected powerhouse. With three hundred years of lifespan in your hands, you can even become an official in the imperial court of a country with Martial Path Son of Heaven."
"The top three recruits of the Mind Master Guard have all successfully broken through to the next level, which shows that the Saint Mind Master level is not that difficult," Li Weiyi said.
Why are you wearing a mask?
"This way you can be more focused when breaking through a barrier!"
Li Weiyi appeared nonchalant as she gracefully emerged from the Xihe Flower and asked, "Why are you wearing a mask too?"
"Just like you."
Upon returning, Tang Wanzhou concealed his hands in his sleeves, his body constantly enveloped in a thick aura of magic. "Send me out, I have to go! This time, we'll meet again at Dongxu Camp."
"You promised to give me a talisman, but wait for me... um... an hour..."
Li Weiyi activated the Time Cocoon, entered it, and refined the Word 'Jie' Immobilization Talisman at the Saint Mind Master level.
Taking this opportunity, Tang Wanzhou sat cross-legged to meditate and recuperate from his injuries.
Just as Li Weiyi was channeling his Saint Mind Master -level mental power into the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish to activate the Time Cocoon, Yu'er, who was with the Seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors, heard something, slowly stood up, and looked into the distance.