Nine Nether Awakens

Shang Continent was not a large landmass, but its excellent location between several supercontinents, along with its well-connected Teleportation arrays and convenient transportation, made it exceptionally prosperous.

All kinds of heavenly and earthly spiritual treasures, divine arts, and artifacts flowed into this place through both open and hidden channels, where they were sold in shops and auction houses.

Commerce was the main theme of this continent. It was said that as long as one had enough Supreme Spirit Liquid, anything could be bought.

On an unnamed mountain peak, Mu Chen opened his eyes and withdrew from his cultivation state. As he circulated his spiritual energy, he discovered that his originally dark spiritual energy had undergone a subtle change. It had become like the night sky, dark and deep, yet dotted with specks of starlight.

The Sovereign Realm was a watershed on the path of cultivation. Aside from the Supreme Sea and the Sovereign Celestial Body, a Sovereign expert's spiritual energy possessed "spirituality"—in simpler terms, certain special attributes.

Although spiritual energy already tended toward certain attributes depending on the spiritual art one cultivated, those traits became far more distinct in a Sovereign's spiritual energy, and the power of those attributes grew stronger.

The simplest way to obtain "spirituality" was to fuse other substances into one's spiritual energy.

With Di Er Meng's advice and assistance, Mu Chen fused a Spirit Worm into his spiritual energy.

"This spiritual energy... sealing, Break Seal, space, time, and even the soul..." Mu Chen murmured softly, shocked to discover that the Spirit Worm had granted him an astonishing number of attribute powers.

He could feel just how powerful this ever-changing spiritual energy was!

"A Meng... is this really free? Why do I feel like you've been treating me much better ever since the Spirit Academy Tournament?" Mu