On Spirit Rhinoceros Island, inside his cave abode, Chu Mo sat meditating with his eyes closed, wholly absorbed in cultivation.
Three years had passed since the Azure Depths School held its Sea-Calming Ceremony. Though the events in the Red Silk Realm had stirred up some waves, the flames had not spread into the Eastern Sea.
Thus, he had been able to cultivate in peace while also guarding the Water Mansion belonging to Tribulation Deliverance.
A dark gleam flashed, and Chu Mo's aura abruptly surged a notch higher. He slowly opened his eyes, his gaze deep and tranquil as a still pool.
With a slight stir of his thoughts, a panel visible only to him unfolded before his eyes.
[Character information] [Player]: Chu Mo [Level]: 33 -> 34
Chu Mo nodded in satisfaction. After his last harvest of fate energy from suppressing the Water Eye, he had already been only a hair's breadth from level 34. Now, after three years of quiet cultivation, the water had reached its channel.
And his cultivation was not the only thing that had progressed.
He raised a hand and beckoned. An ink-black seal emerged from his golden vault and settled into his palm.
The [Nether-Suppressing Life-Nurturing Mystic Seal] had fully matured, becoming bound to his life and essence as his second dharmic treasure. Once this treasure locked onto someone, it could suppress their life from afar and steal their vitality, much like a curse laid through sympathetic magic.
"Very good. I can use it to carry the otherworldly art and attain cave-truth."
Chu Mo stroked the cold seal, his thoughts racing like lightning. His cultivation of the "Myriad Lives Profound Unity Furnace," obtained from Jiqing, had progressed at a good pace, yet he remained one step short.
The main problem was that he