Now that he knew a ship was coming and no longer had to worry about where to go, Jing Qian only needed to calm his mind and diligently hone his cultivation.
For someone who had undergone high-intensity training year-round, this was practically child's play.
He locked onto the Short Stout Cultivator and began an unrelenting assault!
Speaking of which, he had already squeezed a considerable amount of valuable resources out of this good friend of his.
The reason he had been able to make this sea voyage, sparks flying and lightning flashing, was that he had relied on this Short Stout friend as his foundation.
Therefore, Jing Qian was exceptionally efficient. When killing his opponent, his strikes were both accurate and ruthless!
He absolutely refused to let his opponent suffer even the slightest bit of pain.
He was becoming increasingly proficient with his Sewing Souls and Weaving Spirits destiny. He only needed to raise a hand and point, and the threads would strike wherever he directed.
Moreover, these threads infused with Magic Power were both hard and resilient. The moment they touched flesh, they tore skin and ripped flesh, astonishingly sharp.
Within a single day, Jing Qian killed the Short Stout Cultivator three times in succession, finally annihilating him completely so that he could never revive again.
Across those three times, not only did he replenish the consumption of his White Fang Destiny Essence, but his cultivation also grew once more. He was already close to condensing his fifth Destiny Essence.
On top of that, his opponent contributed another small cluster of cultivation memories.
These memories contained all of the Short Stout Cultivator's experience from years of developing and using the Earth Ring destiny.
Although they were of no direct help to Jing Qian, they allowed him to draw parallels and gave him many more ideas for developing his own destinies.
When it came to freely acquired memories, he had never been picky. Every trace and every strand was cultivation experience worth savoring.
He simply could not have been more satisfied!
Who could have expected that after he completely killed this Short Stout Cultivator, the Destiny Stele Space would bring him an even greater surprise!
A new line of information had suddenly appeared on his Destiny Stele, instantly catching his attention:
Host: Jing Qian Lifespan: 150 years Destiny Essence: 4.96 (White Fang) Destinies: Sumeru (Golden Root), Sewing Souls and Weaving Spirits (Azure Wing) Destiny Forging Opportunity: 1
"Destiny Forging Opportunity? What does that mean?"
Jing Qian could not help walking over to examine it carefully.
When he placed his hand on the newly emerged line of text, a wondrous stream of information flowed directly into his soul consciousness.
Only then did he understand what a Destiny Forging Opportunity was.
Since Jing Qian had obtained this Destiny Stele Space, he had already killed four divine souls.
The Destiny Essence, Magic Power, and cultivation memories within those divine souls had been squeezed out and used as nourishment to strengthen him.
But the remaining portions had not simply vanished. Instead, they had been absorbed by the Destiny Stele and transformed into wondrous Destiny Forging Opportunities.
Jing Qian carefully sensed the power of the Destiny Stele and, unable to restrain himself, activated this Destiny Forging Opportunity.
The Sewing Souls and Weaving Spirits destiny that had originally been hidden within his sea of consciousness actually drilled directly into the Destiny Stele Space under his control, landing on the Destiny Stele.
A talisman representing Sewing Souls and Weaving Spirits suddenly appeared on the Destiny Stele!
He had actually succeeded in moving his own destiny into the Destiny Stele Space!
One had to know that once a destiny was refined, it would remain forever within the sea of consciousness and could never move again.
The power of this Destiny Stele had already surpassed his shallow understanding at this point!
Jing Qian immediately withdrew his consciousness from the Destiny Stele Space and returned to the Void Realm.
He carefully sensed the power of Sewing Souls and Weaving Spirits and was astonished to discover that even though the destiny had moved onto the Destiny Stele, it did not affect his ability to invoke its divine might in the slightest.
Jing Qian changed positions again, escaping from the Void Realm and arriving in the real world, where he landed on the enormous lotus leaf.
He pointed a finger, and threads immediately shot out as before.
The might of Sewing Souls and Weaving Spirits remained unchanged, without the slightest reduction.
Jing Qian could not help standing atop the enormous lotus leaf and falling into deep thought.
The Destiny Stele's new function was clearly not as simple as transporting destinies.
When he moved the Sewing Souls and Weaving Spirits destiny onto the Destiny Stele, the destiny that had originally been within his body would completely disappear.
At that moment, he could use cultivation materials again to refine another Sewing Souls and Weaving Spirits destiny.
Then, so long as he expended one Destiny Forging Opportunity, he could directly fuse the two identical destinies, causing their might to surge and double!
Moreover, so long as he had enough Destiny Forging Opportunities, he could strengthen the same destiny repeatedly until its rank advanced.
Did this not mean that as long as Jing Qian was willing to grind and spend, a White Fang-rank destiny could keep advancing, becoming a powerful destiny of the Azure Wing or even Blue Blood rank?
This was practically defying heaven and changing destiny!
One had to know that a destiny's rank almost represented everything a cultivator possessed!
And among all the knowledge Jing Qian had obtained, there had never been any information about raising a destiny's level.
This undoubtedly made the wondrous effects of the Destiny Forging Opportunity stand out even more!
Jing Qian felt that his cultivation plans would have to undergo even greater adjustments because of this.
He returned to the Void Realm and once again entered closed-door cultivation.
From his hands, he took out the tortoiseshell he had obtained from the sunken ship on the seabed and studied it carefully.
In his mind, the refinement method for the Wave destiny seemed to play like a film, rolling back and forth.
He sank deeply into it, studying with all his might the first destiny he would personally refine.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye. Jing Qian gnawed that Crab Jade rod down to the last bite, and he had also thoroughly comprehended the refinement method for this destiny, bringing his efforts to completion.
He no longer hesitated. With a flash of his figure, he returned to the lotus leaf once more.
Then he leaped down, plummeting straight toward the sea below.
At the same time, he was holding a lustrous, bright-yellow Crab Jade in his arms.
This enormous lotus leaf was as tall as a five- or six-story building.
Jing Qian entered the water from that height in one smooth motion, without raising even the slightest splash.
Yet the tremendous kinetic force still carried him straight into the deep sea.
Immediately afterward, a surge of pure Destiny Essence and Magic Power erupted from the seabed.
The calm sea stirred without wind, raising a monstrous wave!
Naturally, this was Jing Qian's doing.
He was deep beneath the dark blue sea, while the bright-yellow, lustrous Crab Jade emitted a gentle glow, resonating with the Magic Power within him.
The next instant, Jing Qian engraved a complicated talisman into the Crab Jade.
The hard Crab Jade instantly liquefied, wrapping around both his feet.
He felt a chill rise from the Yongquan acupoints on the soles of his feet. In the blink of an eye, it poured through his entire body.
Then, a small destiny as white as jade inexplicably came into being and shot straight into his sea of consciousness.
The first Wave destiny Jing Qian had personally refined was thus complete!
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