Black Eerie Abyss: Refining Toxic Miasma, Charging Straight into the Transforming Heaven Realm!

"Don't worry about me."

Luo Li had actually been quite reluctant to part with Zhao Chen.

Ever since learning of the heavy responsibility she had to bear, she had been forced to distance herself from her childhood friends.

Only after entering the Spirit Road and meeting Zhao Chen had she begun interacting with others again.

Over this short period of contact, she had developed quite a favorable impression of Zhao Chen.

On the surface, she was telling him not to worry.

In truth, Luo Li was saying those words to herself.

The Great Thousand World was prosperous, but it was also dangerous.

If someone discovered that a Nine-leaf Sword Grass like Zhao Chen was special, they might very well target him.

Enemies in the Three Heavens Realm would be manageable; he could still resist and struggle.

But what if he encountered experts who had passed the Sovereign Three Difficulties, or even Supreme Realm experts?

That would be dangerous.

Especially after learning that Zhao Chen was heading to the Northern Spiritual Realm of the Hundred Spirit Continent for a Nine Netherbird that had failed its tribulation, how could she not worry?

But what could she do, even if she was worried?

The Nine-leaf Sword Grass needed to grow as well. Like her, he needed experience and trials.

Eventually, she had to let go.

"If you refine the essence soul and get the chance, come to Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, one of the Five Great Academies."

Zhao Chen understood Luo Li's concerns. After thinking seriously for a moment, he said this.

Once he left the Northern Spiritual Realm, he would immediately head for the Northern Heavens Continent, where Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy was located.

The strongest expert on the Northern Heavens Continent was only at the Peak Ninth-grade Sovereign Realm.

It was just right for his cultivation and training around the Supreme Realm.

And in Zhao Chen's view, while the Luo God Clan's inheritance was excellent, Luo Li still needed to undergo sufficient tempering.

Without enough tempering, even exceptional talent and an outstanding inheritance would amount to nothing but empty talk.

To reach the Earthly Sovereign Realm, challenge the Heavenly Sovereign Realm, and even advance to higher realms, this was something she had to do.

"What do you mean?"

Luo Li was surprised.

After all, she had only just turned down the Five Great Academies.

Especially Myriad Phoenix Spiritual Academy and Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.

She had not expected Zhao Chen to ask her to meet him at Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.

Was there some deeper meaning behind this?

"I know a little about the Northern Heavens Continent, but not much about the other places in the Great Thousand World."

Zhao Chen gave a dry cough and continued:

"You can't stay in the Luo God Clan forever. If you want to reach the Supreme Realm as quickly as possible through your own strength, I hope you'll come with me."

He was certain that he could quickly break through to the Supreme Realm.

Helping Luo Li reach the Supreme Realm along the way would not be a problem.

With Supreme Realm cultivation, returning to the Luo God Clan to receive the true Luo God Inheritance would give her a much greater chance of success.

The pressure on her would also be relatively lighter.

Zhao Chen did not want Luo Li to be driven mad by the Luo God Clan's current predicament. He did not want to see her suffer so much.

"The Northern Heavens Continent is indeed suitable for training."

Luo Li seriously recalled the information she knew about the Five Great Academies, then nodded.

"You go capture the Nine Netherbird, and I'll return to refine the Luo River Spirit."

"Then we'll meet at Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy!"

With a goal in mind, she was filled with motivation.

Returning to the Luo God Clan no longer seemed quite so awful.

"Alright, it's settled then."

Zhao Chen nodded slightly. She had to return to the Luo God Clan at least once.

Without the Luo River Spirit, Luo Li's future path would be greatly affected.

And he needed to head to the Northern Spiritual Realm as well.

It was both for the Nine Netherbird and for that sign-in reward.

The True Phoenix Art!

It was one of the Ten Vicious Arts, on par with the Grass-Character Sword Art, and was the Phoenix's unique ultimate art.

They were both Phoenixes. The Phoenix Clan of the Great Thousand World was powerful, but it could only produce Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns at most.

Yet the True Phoenix Art came from a Phoenix at the level of an Immortal King giant!

The gap between the two was simply enormous.

"Then, goodbye..."

Hundred Spirit Continent, Northern Spiritual Realm.

A Snow Eagle spread its wings and soared through the skies.

On its head stood a strange silver Nine-leaf Sword Grass, completely unmoving.

"Damn it, I made things sound way too simple."

Zhao Chen was rather speechless.

He had thought that after entering the Fusion Heavenly Realm, he could roam freely through the Great Thousand World.

Who would have thought that the Great Thousand World was so vast?

From the vicinity of the West Heaven Continent, where the Luo God Clan was located, to the Hundred Spirit Continent, where the Northern Spiritual Realm lay, the distance was immense.

He had changed flying spirit beast mounts more than ten times already.

These flying spirit beasts were Fusion Heavenly Realm heavenly beasts.

If the people of the Northern Spiritual Realm learned that such a creature was being casually ridden around by a grass like Zhao Chen, their jaws would probably drop.

"We're almost there."

Zhao Chen gazed into the distance as information about the Northern Spiritual Realm flashed through his mind.

The Northern Spiritual Realm was divided into nine domains. Among them, the Liu Domain, Mu Domain, Tang Domain, and Hong Domain ranked near the top.

And the young master of the Mu Domain was Mu Chen.

He had already returned to the Northern Spiritual Realm. The Mu Domain, once second to the Liu Domain, had now taken its place as the number one domain.

Speaking of which, Mu Chen ought to thank Zhao Chen.

If not for Zhao Chen, Mu Chen would have been schemed against by Ji Xuan, forced to cause the Blood Calamity, and expelled from the Spirit Road.

How could he be like this now, having reached the peak of the Divine Soul Stage?

He was only half a step away from the Three Heavens Realm.

If he successfully cultivated the Great Pagoda Art his mother had left behind within the Mu Domain,

he would enter the Fusion Heavenly Realm before long.

Thinking it over carefully, he had probably already reached the Three Heavens Realm.

After all, Zhao Chen himself had advanced from the middle stage of the Fusion Heavenly Realm to its peak while traveling.

Once he captured the Nine Netherbird, he could charge into the Transforming Heaven Realm!

Of course.

Zhao Chen had no interest in seeking out Mu Chen.

His target was the Nine Netherbird of the Northern Spiritual Realm.

And the Nine Netherbird was in the Northern Spiritual Realm's perilous forbidden zone—the Black Eerie Abyss.

The Black Eerie Abyss covered an enormous area, with primeval forests everywhere.

Terrifying toxic miasma blanketed the entire region.

Countless poisonous insects and vicious beasts lurked within, making it exceedingly dangerous.

Once someone fell inside, there was an eighty or ninety percent chance they would die for no apparent reason.

Even if they were fortunate enough to escape alive, they would certainly be severely injured.

Low-grade, middle-grade, and high-grade spirit beasts were distributed from the outer areas to the inner depths of the Black Eerie Abyss.

The Nine Netherbird that had failed its tribulation was in the depths of the Black Eerie Abyss.

"This toxic miasma..."

Upon arriving before the Black Eerie Abyss, Zhao Chen looked at the green mist ahead and frowned, feeling somewhat troubled.

This toxic miasma was exceptionally overbearing.

It did not merely blanket the forests below; it also surged into the sky.

Trying to ride a flying spirit beast directly into the depths of the Black Eerie Abyss from above would be rather difficult.

Unless he specially refined antidotes.

Even ordinary defensive spiritual artifacts would consume a great deal of spiritual energy.

If he encountered high-grade spirit beasts in the Black Eerie Abyss, things would become very troublesome.

The high-grade spirit beasts within the Black Eerie Abyss also included flying spirit beasts.

"Luckily for me—devour!"

Heaven and earth spiritual energy gathered, forming a silver vortex.

The corners of Zhao Chen's mouth lifted slightly. As a Nine-leaf Sword Grass, his attributes were not fixed.

If he devoured the toxic miasma of the Black Eerie Abyss, he could make use of those toxins.

Then every one of his attacks could conceal deadly poison capable of killing his enemies.

Large amounts of green poisonous mist were violently swallowed by the silver vortex.

Immediately afterward, drops of green liquid fell onto the Nine-leaf Sword Grass.

"Awesome!"

The originally silver Nine-leaf Sword Grass had taken on several hints of green.

Zhao Chen threw back his head and howled. It really worked.

In the future, he could devour other things as well, such as flames, lightning, and so on.

"I'm entering the Transforming Heaven Realm already!?"

Toxic miasma was essentially heaven and earth spiritual energy tainted with poison.

After refining it, Zhao Chen's cultivation rose as well!

Looks like I've found a pretty good path for cultivation...