Although the results of exploring the Silver Fruit Core Scenario had been less than ideal, they had at least mastered the rules for leaving and could uncover its secrets gradually.
Chen Lin therefore still gave Yang Zhengmao a generous reward.
Within days, the Explorers recruited to the island witnessed a miracle: an elderly cultivator already two hundred years old successfully advanced to the Golden Core Realm, becoming a Golden Core True Person in one leap!
The power of an example was boundless. The other elderly cultivators, who had still been wavering, immediately threw themselves into Nightmare Realm Exploration without looking back.
After leaving instructions, Chen Lin returned to his cave abode to continue cultivating.
He could not improve his cultivation for the time being, but he could practice his divine abilities and spells.
First came the Transformation Technique.
He had obtained this secret art from the Immortal Abode, and it had been inscribed on a bone shard. Chen Lin therefore believed it might well prove useful in the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm. He had to redouble his efforts to comprehend it; every little improvement counted.
Next was the Soul-Destroying Finger.
This divine ability was the foundation of his True Origin Trait. If he reached the Upper Primal Domain, he would certainly need it.
If the energy in the Upper Primal Domain was too advanced, it might suppress lower-level spells, much as the Nightmare Realm and the planes of other races did. He would then have to rely on this divine ability to protect himself.
Although innate power was strong, his reserves were limited, and it recovered slowly.
Soul power was different. With his soul seed, it might not replenish itself endlessly, but it was still abundant, and he could supplement it with medicines such as Nascent Soul Pills.
Thus, besides the