With nothing else to do, Song Wen decided to try out, one by one, the secret arts he had yet to use since becoming an immortal.
He began with his eye techniques, testing each in turn. All of them worked normally.
The two utility techniques, Spirit-Seeking Treasure Eyes and Dream-Floating True Eye, had grown significantly more powerful, allowing him to see deeper underground or perceive subtler changes in the primordial energy of heaven and earth.
But the offensive secret art, Law-Breaking Divine Eye, had gained only limited power and would likely be of little use.
Next, Song Wen tested the various kinds of baleful energy he had refined. None proved as powerful as he had hoped. By contrast, the corpse qi within him had grown increasingly dense and overbearing as his cultivation advanced.
It seems I'll have to gather more techniques and immortal artifacts in the future, Song Wen thought.
The only means he now possessed that were truly worth bringing out were the immortal artifact Bone Sword he had seized from Gu Jiuyou, the Blood Sea Imperial Seal, the Nine Great Heavenly Lightning Secret Arts, and Annihilation Yang Thunder.
Beyond those, he had only the Nine Calamities Measuring-Heaven Sword, a Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure, and a few supreme-grade spirit artifacts, all of which were somewhat lacking in power.
As for the Blood Sea Imperial Seal, he urgently needed to gather the remaining materials and refine it anew. Otherwise, its power would still fall short of an immortal artifact's, hardly befitting its status as his lifebound treasure.
Several hours passed in the blink of an eye.
The sun sank in the west, and the moon shone bright amid sparse stars.
Mu Li finally arrived.
She flew straight above Cloudrest Marsh and swept her spiritual sense through the surroundings.
At that