Chapter 188: A Heart for Advancement
Just then, Xu Yi took out paper and brush and recorded the entire Qingcang Dialogue. He then used his divine sense to bind the coffin and left the chamber.
A heavenly spear shot out. With a thunderous crash, the mountainside collapsed, burying the chamber and erasing all traces of it.
He carried the coffin more than a thousand li west, found a secluded spot with beautiful scenery and no one around, and reburied Elder Shanyang. After bowing respectfully, he finally left.
After reburial of Elder Shanyang's coffin, Xu Yi went straight back to his cultivation grounds at the foot of Huiyin Mountain and spent his days studying the Qingcang Dialogue.
One day, a bold thought suddenly sprang into his mind: if he cast the Heaven Soul Talisman and attempted to reach the Yang Venerate level, what kind of changes would occur?
The thought had arisen because the shackle in his mind—that "when the Qi Sea shattered, cultivation came to an end"—had already been broken.
Of course, this was no reckless whim on Xu Yi's part.
He had never been careless when it came to cultivation.
Even when taking risks, he always made bold assumptions and carefully tested them.
Take his sudden desire to attempt the Yang Venerate level. He, too, had his own calculations.
A normal attempt to reach the Yang Venerate level followed a simple process: cast the Heaven Soul Talisman, set up an array, and withstand the minor tribulation. Once the true soul captured the heaven soul and fused with it, the divine soul would be formed.
At that point, one had crossed into the Yang Venerate realm, as cultivators understood it.
The divine soul entering the Qi Sea through the Dragon Gate, bathing in true baleful energy, giving rise to true