Journey to the End of the Night

Chapter 1660 - 1000: Beyond the Spiritual Sea

In the past few days, Baili An found a moment of leisure, taking advantage of the time before the auction, to engage in a brief closed cultivation.Despite experiencing life-threatening situations and undergoing the Nine Netherworld Fires tempered by the Taiyin Emperor to refine his physique and soul, and then merging with the bone of the Venerable Immortal afterward.

Baili An could distinctly feel that his body was becoming increasingly powerful.

With the passage of time, this physique was clearly becoming more solid.

Baili An believed that even if he did not move a muscle at this moment, nor use any protective spirit power, he could still withstand a slash from an Immortal Artifact.

However, ever since he broke through to the Tribulation Realm, he truly felt the difficulty of cultivation; each minor realm was like crossing mountains and seas, increasingly challenging.

Though at this moment, Baili An’s cultivation speed was faster than that of a normal cultivator.

Yet he still felt that the recent progress in cultivation was indeed unsatisfactory, not meeting his expectations.

He knew that the main reason was that his studies were too eclectic.

Dual cultivation of the Immortal Demon paths was already a difficult path, and now he also practiced the talismanic, deceitful, sword Dao, and Bronze Gate disciplines.

Practicing multiple pathways simultaneously, it was indeed natural for his cultivation to make little progress.

But the White Dragon was yet to be rescued, and the auction was imminent, leaving Baili An with little time.

If Baili An wanted a significant breakthrough, he had to create a miracle in a short period.

The corpse demon path was exceedingly difficult; the corpse pearl hidden in his heart did not belong to him, even though he nourished it with blood energy daily, it remained the size of a bean.

To undergo a qualitative change, he would have to refine a corpse pearl of his own.

But evidently, this was impractical.

Baili An had always had no guidance on the path of cultivating the corpse demon, so how to awaken the corpse pearl was indeed confusing, not knowing where to start.

As for the Taishang Daoqing Sword Art, in the short term, Baili An dared not further comprehend it; after merging with the Venerable Immortal’s bone from Jiushijiu, he seemed to dream of his past life.

Overnight, the Taishang Daoqing Sword Art self-comprehended to the fifth level; with the enhancement of his physique, with his current cultivation, he could barely strike two swords.

But further forceful comprehension, it seemed, was beyond his body’s capacity.

Regarding the Central Netherworld Deceitful Dao Skill, spending days and nights with his mother recently, he greatly benefited from her.

Without Baili Yu’s biased hindrance, Baili An could learn freely and boldly in front of Ying Ji.

In this path, he had already inherited the excellent bloodline of Ying Ji and the Taiyin Emperor, understanding instantly, coupled with his profound foundation.

His understanding of the Four Seals of the Central Netherworld surprisingly became thoroughly comprehended in just a few days.

As for the purple blood in his body, Baili An then realized it was the sacred blood of the emperor passed down from the Taiyin Emperor’s lineage.

Ying Ji had cultivated for a thousand years to condense six purple bloods.

But on the day Baili An was born, he self-evolved a purple blood, indicating how exceptional his talent in the deceitful Dao was.

If not for Baili Yu’s bias delaying those golden years of his childhood, how could Baili An’s deceitful Dao Skill have stalled?

Fortunately, remedies were still in time.

Under Ying Ji’s guidance, Baili An vaguely began to feel how to awaken the second purple blood, showing faint signs of breakthrough.

And of all the Divine Communication Skills, the most powerful and rebellious was the Jian Character Art taught by the Empress.

The Jian Character Art was extremely domineering, possessing the power to encompass and merge all beings; once a Jian Character Art was formed, it could mobilize the divine skills of countless followers and use it for oneself.

It could also be used for summoning; as long as the power of belief was strong enough, by writing the name of a follower into the Jian Character Art, it could summon their form, aiding in battle.

This was the most powerful summoning and rewriting divine skill in the Six Realms, a secret technique of the Kunlun Sacred Sovereign.

Given Baili An’s current cultivation, summoning two Ancient Gods named by him through the Bronze Gate would already deplete all his spiritual power, still making it significantly strenuous.

Coincidentally, one of the most powerful secret techniques of the Kunlun God Clan’s Jian Character Art, though divine skill, also required powerful spiritual power to derive its might.

Writing the ’names’ of the owners of the borrowed powers to form a bridge between the virtual and the real world, thereby channeling that power into oneself.

Baili An seldom delved into the Dao of spiritual power, nor did he purposely cultivate to enhance spiritual power.

Yet as his cultivation naturally grew, his Sea of Consciousness became stronger, and the domain of spiritual power consequently became more robust.

Now thinking back, the spiritual domain path indeed had considerable room for enhancement.

Baili An slowly opened his eyes from long-held meditation, the light of the spirit platform between his brows flashing faintly.

His jet-black eyes, like a deep ancient well, appeared to have swirling water, with the flow patterns distinctly marked, akin to cold blades tempered by water, making his pupils increasingly clear and vibrant.

Six Divine Talismans manifested out of his pupils, transforming into light talismans of six different colors floating in front of him.

Qingluan, Purple Lightning, Dragon Sparrow, Qingcang, Silver Jade, Xuanhuang.

These are the names of the six Divine Talismans.

According to the cultivation system of talismans, once a talisman spirit awakens, spiritual power can be significantly enhanced.

The rarity of a talisman spirit far exceeds that of a spirit root.

Possessing a spirit root is a one-in-a-hundred occurrence, but owning a talisman spirit is impossible for ordinary mortals; it is a one-in-ten-thousand rarity among cultivators.

Hence, when a cultivator with a spirit root awakens a talisman spirit, simply put.

They create a novel path within their Ghost Talisman.

Awakening a core for storing spiritual power within their spiritual domain.

Baili An currently possesses a total of six Divine Talismans, each with different attributes, yet they do not clash with one another.