Ice River Valley

Besides the expansion of his subordinates' forces,

Old Yao's luck in recent years

had also been exceptionally good.

Because, during the more than five years since he advanced to the Half-Saint realm, while traveling through the various regions of the Northwest Continent and Central Continent, Old Yao had been fortunate enough to find

the Mysterious Yellow Flame, ranked twenty-third on the Heavenly Flame Ranking;

the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, ranked twenty-second on the Heavenly Flame Ranking;

and the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, ranked eighteenth!

After devouring and refining these three Heavenly Flames,

Old Yao had not only raised the Burning Art, the peculiar cultivation method he practiced that could devour all kinds of flames and evolve continuously,

to the Middle Grade Heavenly Tier.

His own Dou Qi cultivation

had also directly reached the Middle Half-Saint realm because of this!

Furthermore, over these five-plus years of cultivation, Old Yao's soul power had risen from the early Heavenly Realm, which he possessed upon first entering the Half-Saint realm, to the middle Heavenly Realm!

As for before Old Yao devoured the Heavenly Flames,

since Fang Yuan had little need for them anymore,

and to achieve better devouring and evolution results,

the origin energy of all the Heavenly Flames

had basically been fed to the Burning Art by Old Yao!

Otherwise,

with only these three lower-ranked Heavenly Flames,

it truly would have been difficult to raise the Burning Art

to its new Middle Grade Heavenly Tier!

As for Hai Bodong's Dou Qi cultivation and soul power, with the aid of the large quantity of cultivation-accelerating pills funded by Old Yao,

over these five-plus years,

they had also improved by leaps and bounds.

Not only had his Dou Qi cultivation reached the peak of Six-Star Dou Zun, but his soul power had also reached the late Spiritual Realm.

Southern Region of the Central Continent.

Tian Xing Mountain Range.

Within the Starfall Pavilion's secret realm.

Having finished his secluded cultivation,

Hai Bodong habitually opened the Attribute Panel of the Time Wheel Hourglass in his sea of consciousness once more.

A row of basic information concerning him immediately appeared at the corner of Hai Bodong's vision.

Host: Hai Bodong

Dou Qi Realm: Peak Six-Star Dou Zun

Soul Realm: Late Spiritual Realm

Divine Blood Realm: Seventh Realm

Cultivation Method: Ice Venerable Strength (Earth Tier High Grade)

Soul Skill: Soul Hand Seal (Mysterious Rank High)

Soul Art: Taiyi Soul Art (Earth Tier High Grade)

Dou Skills: Ice Spear Technique (Earth Rank Low), Frozen Earth (Earth Rank Low), Myriad Flowers Ice Mirror (Earth Rank Low), Mysterious Ice Dragon Soar (Earth Rank Low), Ice Condensing Sword Art (Earth Tier Middle Grade), Thousand Illusions Mysterious Ice Thorn (Earth Tier Middle Grade), Blood Cold Extreme Freeze Heaven (Earth Tier Middle Grade), Profound Ice Nether Dragon (Earth Tier Middle Grade), Ice God's Arrow (Earth Tier Middle Grade), Extreme Freeze (Earth Tier Middle Grade), Ice God Step (Earth Tier High Grade), Ice God's Wrath (Earth Tier High Grade), Ice Demon True Body (Earth Tier High Grade), Ice Arrow Seals the City (Earth Tier High Grade), Ice Nether Domain (Earth Tier High Grade), Frozen Sky Palm (Earth Tier High Grade)...

Time Wheel Hourglass: Can be activated

Looking at this slightly altered information,

Hai Bodong grumbled inwardly:

"Sigh...!"

"This Dou Qi cultivation speed is still not fast enough! It would be great if I could just cheat and max it out directly!"

"Come to think of it, the Ice River Valley near my Starfall Pavilion has truly declined completely!"

"Before entering seclusion, I specifically made a trip to Ice River Valley and killed their Valley Master, Bing He."

"Yet I only got some Earth-tier ice-attributed cultivation methods and Dou Skills! Still, I made Tian Shuangzi, that peak One-Star Dou Zun, the new Valley Master of Ice River Valley."

"He even swore to represent the entire Ice River Valley in submitting to me and to offer me ice-attributed cultivation resources every year!"

"Overall, it has indeed been somewhat helpful to my current Dou Qi cultivation speed!"

"And really..."

"The complete version of Ice Venerable Strength, which only the Valley Master of Ice River Valley may cultivate, is not some mediocre trash among Earth Tier High Grade cultivation methods."

"As for Ice River Valley's sect-protecting Dou Skill, Frozen Sky Palm!"

"It is said that if cultivated to perfection, it can produce a terrifying effect comparable to a Heavenly Tier Dou Skill! Of course, that claim is nothing more than something to listen to!"

"According to the records of this Dou Skill, unless one can find cold marrow with a medicinal age of one hundred thousand years to temper the practitioner's palms!"

"Otherwise, its practitioner simply cannot unleash an attack effect comparable to a Heavenly Tier Dou Skill!"

Ice God's Wrath and Ice God Step were likewise sect-protecting ice-attributed Dou Skills passed down by Ice River Valley.

Among them, Ice God Step was a movement Dou Skill.

Ice God's Wrath, on the other hand, was a sound-wave Dou Skill!

Compared to Frozen Sky Palm's harsh cultivation requirement of needing Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Marrow merely to get started,

the cultivation conditions for Ice God Step and Ice God's Wrath were much simpler. Using the ice-attributed cultivation resources offered over the years by Tian Shuangzi,

the peak One-Star Dou Zun and new Valley Master of Ice River Valley, Hai Bodong had long since cultivated these two special Dou Skills to perfection.

Even Frozen Sky Palm, this sect-protecting ice-attributed Dou Skill,

had become something Hai Bodong could use proficiently with the aid of several portions of Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Marrow!

Furthermore, Ice Demon True Body, this Earth Tier High Grade special secret art, was also an untransmitted secret of Ice River Valley.

According to the records of this special secret art,

cultivating it required one to absorb the origin essence of cold-attributed spiritual objects of specific ages into the body,

then refine and absorb their energy!

Depending on the age and special nature of the spiritual objects refined by the cultivator, once the user activated this secret art,

they would, within a short period,

receive varying degrees of Dou Qi enhancement!

After briefly sensing the gains from this secluded cultivation session, Hai Bodong directly tore open a spatial rift.

Following the temporary spatial passage he had opened, he arrived beside Old Yao, who was studying pill formulas in the Pavilion Master's chamber.

"What's this? You're done with seclusion?"

Before Hai Bodong could speak, Old Yao, who had long noticed his disciple, spoke first.

"Mm! I'm done, Master!"

Hai Bodong nodded at Old Yao's words.

"Mm... Since you're done with seclusion!"

"Then come with your master on a trip!" Old Yao said indifferently after pondering for a moment.

"Where to, Master?" Seeing that Old Yao had not explained, the puzzled Hai Bodong hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"Hehe! The Spatial Trading Meet!" Old Yao slowly took out a jade pendant and smiled mysteriously.

"What! The Spatial Trading Meet!"

Having followed Old Yao for so long, Hai Bodong had come into contact with quite a few secrets concerning the major powers of the Central Continent.

As far as he knew, the Spatial Trading Meet

was an extremely unfamiliar term even to many powers and lone cultivators

in the incomparably prosperous Central Continent.

Across the entire continent, only the top forces and peak experts at the Dou Zun level or above were privy to some information concerning the Spatial Trading Meet.