King-Level Forbidden Ground

The Poison Transformation Art truly deserved to be called a high-tier Heaven-class secret art. Its difficulty in cultivation was no less than that of the five-star-rated mid-tier Heaven-class secret art, the Blood Severing Ghost Finger. Ye Chen spent a full week before he finally gained a preliminary grasp of it, allowing him to observe the basic composition of the mutated Astral Starfire Poison through the Poison Transformation Art. But being able to observe it did not mean Ye Chen could break down the Astral Starfire Poison.

Another week later, Ye Chen was finally able to break down the Astral Starfire Poison, completing the second step.

Unfortunately, he could only break down the spreading Astral Starfire Poison—the vanguard of the Astral Starfire Poison—reducing its harmfulness. Completely eradicating the Astral Starfire Poison was not something that could be accomplished overnight.

Moreover, while Ye Chen was breaking down the Astral Starfire Poison's vanguard, the Astral Starfire Poison was also converting True Essence and strengthening itself. Strictly speaking, Ye Chen's rate of decomposition was still slower than the Astral Starfire Poison's rate of converting True Essence. Given enough time, once the Astral Starfire Poison grew even stronger, Ye Chen would no longer be its match, and his body would become the Astral Starfire Poison's domain.

"I must reach the third step and cultivate the Poison Transformation Art to the minor accomplishment stage."

At the minor accomplishment stage, the Poison Transformation Art could refine the Astral Starfire Poison that had been broken down. Setting aside completely eradicating the Astral Starfire Poison, at the very least, it could not be allowed to convert True Essence without restraint and strengthen itself. Ye Chen could use this time to seek other methods of completely removing the Astral Starfire Poison.

...Blood Sky Continent, the second continent of the True