[Mountain Sacrifice Mysterious Scene] [Spring Mountain Mystic Scene] Yellow Springs Continent
He didn't wait long before stepping Blood Palace and activating his Dao Foundation.
The text of the "[Innate True Blood Replenishment and Dao Shaping Technique]" flowed through my mind.
"[Scene-Refining Blood Abyss World-Birthing Divine Ability] Early stage accumulation, Blood Palace Refining Realm, activated!"
Blood energy and magical power surged like a river, stimulating the Blood Palace to absorb and refine the [Mountain Sacrifice Mysterious Scene] with overwhelming force.
The [Venerable Blood Palace] was activated and began to absorb the [Mountain Sacrifice Mysterious Scene], transforming it into a mysterious blood sacrifice within the Blood Palace.
Half a month later, [Mountain Sacrifice Mysterious Scene] was completely refined, and the power of [Venerable Blood Palace] was further enhanced.
The profound mystery of [the Mountain Sacrifice Mysterious Scene] lingered in his mind.
This struck Li Fan as quite strange, and he couldn't help but admire it:
"As expected of an extremely terrifying Divine Ability, it can actually make a cultivator of a lower realm sacrifice himself to temporarily obtain the profound essence of that cultivator's Dao Foundation."
"If it were a heretical sect or evil cultivator, and they killed hundreds or thousands of Dao Foundation cultivators, they would probably be invincible in this realm."
Of course, the temporary power gained is only at the Dao Foundation. Under the Purple Mansion Divine Ability, Dao Foundation cultivators can obtain most of the Dao Mysteries through sacrifice, and these are permanent. At the same level, one can only obtain temporary Divine Ability enhancement.
"Amazing! This truly lives up to its name, Xuanjing. The profound mysteries within are beyond the Human Dao."
What surprised Li Fan even more was that the mysterious scenery on Hot Spring Mountain did not disappear, but instead revealed a second [Spring Mountain Mystic Scene].
[Spring Mountain Mystic Scene] reflects the blood-red sacred mountain, where Blood Qi hot springs continuously gush forth. These Blood Qi hot springs flow throughout the sacred mountain, injecting stronger vitality into all living beings, and have the meaning of being irrigated by a source.
It wasn't until he spent nearly half a month refining the [Spring Mountain Mystic Scene] into the [Venerable Blood Palace] that he learned the reason.
"[The Mountain Sacrifice Mysterious Scene] should be the mystery triggered by their four blood sacrifices to the core of the space. But this [Spring Mountain Mystic Scene] is the true mystic scene that the Hot Spring Mountain is meant to nurture."
"They each have their own focus; one concentrates on blood sacrifice, and the other on watering the blood spring."
After the two mysterious scenes disappeared, Li Fan calmed his mind and sensed that the Hot Spring Mountain was missing a certain spiritual energy.
Reassuringly, this spiritual energy is slowly recovering, though it will likely take a century.
This gave him a bit of a headache:
"Where can we find other Xuanjing realms? Are we going to have to continue competing for other spiritual mountain caves? There must be a limit to the number of places available for this one too."
Li Fan checked on the university's official website and found it to be true.
Unless he abandons his current Lingshan Cave, he really can't participate in the Hundred Mountains Competition anymore.
"So, the only option left is to look for viable opportunities on the outer planets."
Based on his own needs, he searched for planets other than the six core planets to find out what conditions were needed for the development and research of Ling Mountain.
After looking around, there's one thing in common.
"Research topics that meet the specific needs of Lingshan are required."
"Let me think about it, there really is something worth researching."
Immediately afterwards, he thought of a topic that could help him travel to many special spiritual mountain terrains in order to collect and refine the mystical scenery.
"The research on spiritual plants at the intersection of Blood Qi Dao and other Daoist traditions has been submitted for approval."
His application was approved in less than half a day, and access permits for special planets and special sacred mountains were laid out before him.
"Hmm! Since we're studying spirit plants, let's start with Water Phase spirit plants."
"The first planet we'll study is you [Heavenly River Star]."
Before long, Li Fan boarded a deep-space shuttle and left [Heavenly Immortal Star], heading towards [Heavenly River Star], one of the twelve planets in the middle layer.
Upon entering the middle layer, twelve planets of various Daoist essences unfolded before him.
"It's truly remarkable that the Black Iron Academy was able to refine the planet's core into Second Tier magic weapon, thereby creating the richest Heavenly River Water environment."
His gaze swept over the other planets, and the Dao Foundation Divine Ability cultivated by the Heavenly River True Lord, such as [Great Forest Wood], [Heavenly Fire], [Rooftop Earth], and [Sword Edge Metal], were specially refined into Second Tier star core magic treasures for in-depth study.
In addition, the Three Yin and Three Yang, and the major Dao lineages of space are also included, totaling 12 Second Tier extraordinary star realms.
Li Fan thought of something and secretly rejoiced:
"This is actually a good thing for me. I can go to each planet once, and that way I'll have collected all the Xuanjing (mysterious realms) of the mainstream Daoist traditions."
Half an hour later, the deep space shuttle arrived outside [Heavenly River Star], and Li Fan entered it as if it were a special underwater spacecraft.
From the outside, the only visible part of [Heavenly River Star] is five rivers that meander and flow within the atmosphere.
These five rivers each have their own characteristics: the Yellow Springs River, the Purifying Essence River, the Star River, the Clear Life River, and the Impermanence River. They are distributed on different latitudinal orbits of [Heavenly River Star] and flow in a cycle.
The rest of the area was covered by thick clouds. As soon as the spacecraft entered the atmosphere, it was squeezed by a huge flow of water, and a terrifying rainstorm poured into the interior of the planet.
The environment here is extraordinary; the Black Iron Academy is surrounded by five rivers, creating a completely different and extraordinary ecosystem.
What interests Li Fan most here is naturally the Yellow Springs River.
According to various legends, the Yellow Springs River can drown souls, wash away their emotions and desires, allowing cultivators and mortals to forget their past lives and be reincarnated.
"I'll take another look at what's going on today."
The Yellow Springs River is located at the north and south poles of [Heavenly River Star], and is extremely dangerous and unpredictable. Even Li Fan had to be careful when entering the Yellow Springs Continent below it, so as not to get wet with the Yellow Springs rainwater.
The submarine finally came to rest deep inside a cave carved out of a mountain, where people were already waiting.
He was a captain of the Yin soldiers, his body exuding a deathly aura, yet his Yin energy was extremely pure, with the scent of incense swirling around him.
Li Fan disembarked from the spaceship and greeted the man.
"My Human Dao name Buzhen. May I ask your name, fellow Daoist?"
Seeing Li Fan's surging Blood Qi, as vast and powerful as the blazing sun, the captain of the ghost soldiers felt uneasy even from a distance, as the thick Blood Qi made his spirits unstable, and he moved a little further away.
"Buzhen Daoist Buzhen, I am Liu Wuxin, the captain of the river patrol force under the [River Patrol Office] of the [Yellow Springs Water Manor]."
Liu Wuxin led the way for him from a distance. Seeing Liu Wuxin's demeanor, Li Fan suppressed his own blood energy to the extreme, which made the other party speak to him more naturally.
"Buzhen don't be offended! The sheer power of your blood and energy is truly rare for someone with a strong Dao Foundation in Dao."
"It's alright for a ghost like me who has the Shelter of incense offerings, but ordinary ghosts would probably avoid you from afar if they saw your imposing aura."
Liu Wuxin wasn't sure what the other party's background was, so he was very polite.
However, being able to apply to enter the Yellow Springs Continent means that this is no ordinary Dao Foundation cultivator, not to mention that his Blood Qi far surpasses that of ordinary cultivators. Even if you say that he is Human Immortal Body Refinement cultivator, it is hard to believe.
Li Fan looked enlightened, then seemed apologetic towards me:
"It is I who am not Netherworld the netherworld and have offended Fellow Daoist Wuxin."
Liu Wuxin was unwilling to elaborate further and went straight to the purpose of his visit:
"The [Stream Ravine Mountain] you requested has been vacated. I will now lead you there. There are some rules in this Yellow Springs Continent, please remember them and do not violate them."