The Heavenly Eye Spell and the Spirit Devouring Spell

Ling Yun left the summit of the royal mausoleum.

Inside the wooden cabin, he sat upright at the table.

The table before him was covered with sheets of talisman paper, each inscribed with vermilion runes that gave off a faint glow.

After returning from the summit of the royal mausoleum, Ling Yun had begun learning to make talismans.

Now, the inheritance of the Great Emperor-level Talisman Dao was deeply engraved in Ling Yun's mind.

"The inheritance of the Heavenly Talisman Great Emperor, a titan of the ancient Talisman Dao!"

Heaven knew how delighted Ling Yun had been when the system imparted the Talisman Dao inheritance to him.

According to the system's introduction, the Heavenly Talisman Great Emperor had been a man of astonishing talent. His mastery of the Talisman Dao reached heaven and earth, suppressing all in his era.

That did not mean the Great Emperor had relied on talismans, an external means, to overwhelm every enemy of his era. In fact, the Heavenly Talisman Great Emperor had also been a terrifying seed of cultivation!

He had created his own cultivation system, using his body as a talisman and engraving hundreds of millions of primordial runes within it. He called them "Life Talismans."

With these Life Talismans, the Heavenly Talisman Great Emperor gained all manner of terrifying, unimaginable abilities. In the end, he broke through the world's limits and ascended.

"Truly a peerless monster."

Even Ling Yun was awestruck.

Using one's body as a talisman, engraving hundreds of millions of talisman seals and turning them into Life Talismans. Yet this inheritance, unprecedented and never to be surpassed, had ultimately left with the Heavenly Talisman Great Emperor when he ascended, never to be passed down.

Who would have thought Ling Yun's system had managed to get its hands on it?!

And so, brimming with excitement, Ling Yun had immediately begun making talismans.

Having just experienced the incident with the two mysterious figures, Ling Yun had felt a renewed sense of urgency. He had to race against every second to strengthen his foundations.

Ling Yun had first focused his efforts on making talismans.

The art of talisman making in the Heavenly Talisman Great Emperor's inheritance encompassed all the ancient Talisman Dao traditions of the entire continent. Combined with the Great Emperor's own understanding, it brought them to their culmination. It was terrifying.

The Talisman Dao involved engraving spirit patterns and arcane symbols with special meanings onto talisman paper. When used, a talisman drew down the power of heaven and earth, instantly unleashing all manner of spells, divine abilities, secret arts, and Dao techniques.

Talisman masters had two ways to inscribe talismans.

The first method was to use a special spirit material, spirit cinnabar, as ink and seal a cultivator's Spiritual Yuan within it. The talisman could then be activated directly when needed.

This was an essential method for low-level talisman masters. Its advantage was that it was quick and easy to learn and had few requirements, but its power was unremarkable.

The other method was exclusive to high-level talisman masters: making talismans with divine sense.

Using divine sense as ink and will as a brush, the talisman master engraved spirit patterns unique to himself onto talisman paper, with no need for spirit cinnabar or a cultivator's Spiritual Yuan.

Once activated, a talisman made this way directly drew upon the power of heaven and earth, unleashing the divine ability corresponding to the spirit patterns the talisman master had engraved. Its might was terrifying.

The difference between the two lay in spiritual perception.

Those who had cultivated a Primordial Spirit could freely control their divine sense and soul perception, but they still had to put in hard work when it came to making talismans.

Talisman masters who had not formed a Primordial Spirit either chose to make talismans with spirit cinnabar or trained painstakingly to control their chaotic divine sense and create high-level spirit talismans.

The latter was fraught with difficulty, but if they mastered it, they would undoubtedly have an easier time becoming top-tier talisman masters once they formed a Primordial Spirit!

Ling Yun had only just begun to learn the Talisman Dao, so he used spirit cinnabar to make talismans.

This presented no obstacle to someone with his top-tier comprehension. In just a few days, Ling Yun had already learned to inscribe supreme-grade, fourth-tier talismans with spirit cinnabar!

Divine Movement Talismans, Qi Escape Talismans, Fire Serpent Talismans, Ice Soul Talismans...

Ling Yun had made a whole pile of talismans of every kind. If he took them outside to sell, they would probably bring in another sizable sum.

Over the past few days, Ling Yun had been so absorbed in his work that he had not even signed in.

"Ding-the system reminds the host that accumulating sign-ins is another good choice-you can sign in for better rewards all at once."

Coming back to his senses, Ling Yun was delighted to discover that the system had acquired several options at some point.

"Daily sign-in, weekly sign-in, monthly sign-in, yearly sign-in!"

It went without saying that the rewards from a yearly sign-in had to be the best. In that case, there were now two main factors that could change the sign-in rewards.

The first was how special the sign-in location was, and the second was the type of sign-in.

Ling Yun had signed in at the royal mausoleum several times. According to the system, the rewards would most likely get worse and worse from then on, unless he went to a new special location to sign in.

Under these circumstances, if he accumulated his daily sign-in opportunities and exchanged them for a weekly, monthly, or even yearly sign-in, he would surely be able to sign in for high-level treasures again.

"Two more days, and I can do a weekly sign-in."

Ling Yun simply immersed himself in talisman making once more.

Within the inheritance, he had found a talisman he greatly coveted-the Heavenly Eye Spell!

"Even the lowest-grade Heavenly Eye Spell is fifth-tier, corresponding to the Primordial Spirit Realm."

The Heavenly Eye Spell was a support talisman that could observe every stir of wind and blade of grass within fifty li. It was practically a god's-eye view.

Taking in the description of the Heavenly Eye Spell, Ling Yun murmured to himself.

"Not only that, the Heavenly Eye Spell has to be drawn with divine sense, which makes it much harder."

Indeed, after several days of study, Ling Yun had finally begun practicing control of his divine sense!

Making talismans with divine sense was much harder than using spirit cinnabar. Fortunately, Ling Yun's divine sense was quite strong, far surpassing others at the same level.

Even so, after practicing for a while, fine sweat beaded on Ling Yun's forehead, and waves of stabbing pain shot through his head.

"Phew-"

Ling Yun let out a long breath and had no choice but to stop and rest. His first attempt to control his divine sense and inscribe runes had failed, as expected.

But Ling Yun did not give up. He continued refining his divine sense and spent two whole days inscribing the Heavenly Eye Spell.

Finally.

On the morning of the third day, dawn light stretched for ten thousand zhang as the sun rose in the east.

Ling Yun's eyes were bloodshot as he concentrated his divine sense on a single point on the talisman paper, smoothly inscribing rune after rune.

After a long while, Ling Yun's body began to tremble despite himself. Just as he was about to reach his limit, he finally inscribed the last stroke on the talisman paper.

In an instant, the Heavenly Eye Spell took shape, bursting forth with incomparably beautiful spiritual light.

On the talisman paper, exceedingly intricate patterns flowed with brilliant light like meridians. They seemed to follow no order, but in truth, every stroke was exquisitely precise, flowing in myriad ways.

At the center of the runes, the image of a strange eye looked lifelike.

Ling Yun was mentally exhausted, but his face was full of joy. Looking at the Heavenly Eye Spell he had painstakingly inscribed, he felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.

"The fifth-tier Heavenly Eye Spell-complete!"

Ling Yun laughed with delight. Several sparkling drops of sweat ran down his cheeks, and he roughly wiped them away.

After his excitement subsided, Ling Yun sat cross-legged and regulated his breathing to recover. Then he washed up in the cabin and changed his clothes.

With one spell, his whole body was dry and comfortable again.

"The seventh day has passed!"

Ling Yun had not forgotten about signing in.

"System, use the weekly sign-in."

He silently said the words in his heart, and the system's electronic voice immediately sounded in congratulations.

"Congratulations, host. Sign-in at the royal mausoleum successful. Obtained a supreme-grade, fifth-tier talisman-the Spirit Devouring Spell!"

A streak of spiritual light flew out of the system space and landed in Ling Yun's hand.

This was a true offensive talisman that specifically targeted the Primordial Spirit!

If a great cultivator at the Primordial Spirit Realm were caught by this talisman and lacked a high-level magic artifact specifically meant to protect the Primordial Spirit, he could not escape having his Primordial Spirit destroyed.

"It really is rain after a drought."

Ling Yun's eyes flickered, and his smile was radiant.