Terrifying Illusion Art, Nurturing Spirit Pill Veins (Thanks to Ye Yu Xingchen for the 500-coin donation)

Bright sunlight streamed down from the sky, filtering through the leaves of the Spiritual Apricot Tree and casting countless dappled shadows.

Beneath the shade, perhaps because the sunlight was somewhat dazzling, Ye Jingcheng rubbed his eyes and discovered that he had actually fallen asleep beneath the stone table outside his cave abode.

Beside him lay two Jade Slips containing insights on breaking through to Spirit Transformation.

A wave of exhaustion also washed through his mind, as though studying these Jade Slips and those insights into breaking through to Spirit Transformation had somehow put him to sleep.

One of the two Jade Slips came from Bai Yao True Monarch, who was on the verge of a breakthrough, while the other came from his master, Divine Lord Zhengyuan.

"I haven't fallen asleep in a long time. How strange." Ye Jingcheng muttered to himself.

Ordinary cultivators could go ten days or half a month without rest during the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment realms without any ill effects. After all, sitting in meditation to cultivate was itself a different sort of rest.

Once they reached Golden Core or Nascent Soul, although they spent much of their time in seclusion, most cultivators were either cultivating or comprehending something. They were even less likely to fall asleep.

Strange though it was, Ye Jingcheng did not dwell on it. Behind him, Chu Yanqing was cultivating in seclusion, while Sky Phoenix Oasis before him remained as peaceful as ever.

Yet the next moment, a spiritual-light voice transmission suddenly arrived. It was not an ordinary jade slip message, but a direct secret-art transmission. It fell into his ears like thunder, urgent and deafening.

"Jingcheng, something has happened! The Jade Slips of every cultivator clansman at Crimson Jade Mountain have all shattered!"

Not long after that transmission arrived, peals