“Pah!”
Inside the space-time tunnel, Jun Changxiao spat out blood, his gaze filled with disbelief.
Just moments ago, he had infused his spiritual sense into the obtained spatial ring, only to have some kind of force inside directly backlash against his meridians.
This wasn’t right!
Looting before had always been safe—why did an accident happen this time?
The System explained, “An extremely strong spiritual sense seal exists inside the spatial ring. It should have been placed by the deceased while alive to prevent others from casually taking things.”
“…”
Jun Changxiao was quite speechless.
The person was already dead, yet still left a spiritual sense seal—this was rather messed up.
The System said, “Top experts care deeply about their possessions and definitely don’t want to make wedding clothes for others—such as the Host who loots to the point of consciencelessness.”
“…”
“I don’t believe I can’t break it!”
Dog Sheng’s temper flared up, becoming determined about this spatial ring. So after recuperating briefly, he continued infusing spiritual sense into it.
Having previous failure experience, the second infusion was extremely cautious. Though he wasn’t backlashed, breaking through the solid spiritual sense seal definitely couldn’t be done in a short time.
No matter.
Traveling to Soul Clan Continent required time.
With nothing better to do, he’d pass the time with the spatial ring.
“Crack crack crack!”
The Space-Time Worm continued devouring deep space.
Because another tunnel with a blocked entrance wasn’t far away, it could use that to determine Soul Clan Continent’s location.
While the Space-Time Worm was digging, Soul Clan experts were swarming through the adjacent space-time tunnel. They had no idea that Xingyun Continent’s entrance had been patched up, much less that someone was using the same method from ten thousand years ago to head to their home turf!
…
“What’s going on!”
“Why is there no entrance!”
Several days later, a large group of Soul Clan experts reached the tunnel’s end, discovering no path forward. They stood dumbfounded in place.
“Could it have been sealed by Xingyun Continent?”
“This is an intact spatial barrier, without any formation-like aura.”
“Try attacking it?”
“No! Violent attacks would destabilize the tunnel. We might all be pulled into endless void.”
With the tunnel patched up, the Soul Clan experts who’d come all this way didn’t know what to do.
“Move out!”
An expert said, “Return to the continent and report to Her Majesty the Queen!”
…
“Crack crack crack!”
“Crack crack crack!”
In another space-time tunnel, the Space-Time Worm continued digging while Jun Changxiao followed behind, covered in sweat.
He’d been in a spiritual sense standoff with the spatial ring’s seal for several days now, still without substantial progress.
The System gloated, “From the seal’s existence, one can see the owner must have had powerful cultivation in life. Even now deceased, it’s not something the Host’s current cultivation can break through. Just give up.”
Jun Changxiao, who’d originally planned to give up, heard this and gritted his teeth, “I’m going all the way—I’ll use my actions to slap your face!”
The System said, “When the Host’s strength increases in the future, perhaps he can break it open, but right now there’s no chance!”
Why so confident?
Because it had already analyzed the ring’s seal strength—with the Host’s current spiritual sense, the probability of breaking it was calculated as zero no matter what!
Slapping its face?
By all the data, completely impossible!
“Master.”
The Space-Time Worm spoke up, “What are you doing?”
“Breaking the seal…” Jun Changxiao suddenly stopped, changing direction, “This spatial ring has a barrier-like seal inside. Can you break it?”
“Barrier seal?”
The Space-Time Worm turned its head, focusing on the spatial ring.
“Whoosh!”
A strange aura rapidly penetrated. With a “crack,” the spiritual sense seal shattered, then it said calmly, “Simple.”
Jun Changxiao: “…”
I spent several days without even shaking it, and this guy broke it instantly—what a blow to my self-esteem!
System: “…”
Though I’m the most face-slapped system, could the things I say be given some time buffer instead of instant face-slapping every time!
…
After the Space-Time Worm broke the spiritual sense seal in the spatial ring, it continued digging forward while Jun Changxiao smoothly penetrated inside, then laughed wildly with joy.
This expert who possibly possessed the ability to Shatter the Void had a spatial ring with very large internal storage, filled with various martial arts resources.
For example, there were…
Ten million Six-Pointed Star Stones!
“Could it be!”
Jun Changxiao calmed down, thinking secretly, “This person is an expert from Nine Heavens Continent?”
Only after finding a diary-like book inside, seeing detailed records of the deceased’s cultivation in life, could he confirm it was indeed a Nine Heavens Continent expert with the ability to Shatter the Void.
“Ah.”
Jun Changxiao sighed, “An expert this powerful still died in endless void. Humans truly are extremely insignificant in the vast universe.”
After lamenting, he happily browsed through the various martial arts manuals stored in the space.
Worthy of an expert who could Shatter the Void—the various martial arts collected in life were not only numerous in variety but also very high in grade!
After taking inventory, there were over three hundred manuals total. Among them, forty were Saint-grade martial arts, six were Divine-grade martial arts, and one was Beyond Divine-grade martial arts!
From a Nine Heavens Continent martial artist’s perspective, the value of several hundred martial arts manuals definitely exceeded ten million Six-Pointed Star Stones.
“Awesome!”
Jun Changxiao was beside himself with joy.
On the way to Soul Clan Continent, suddenly obtaining so many martial arts resources, even including a Beyond Divine-grade martial art—it was practically no different from being given for free!
“The heavens don’t rain down pies.”
“It’s because they’re all hidden in the void!”
Jun Changxiao eagerly took out the Beyond Divine-grade martial art to carefully read through it, learning this was a cultivation method called ‘Heaven’s Balance Soul Refinement Art,’ with the function of strengthening a martial artist’s soul.
The deceased’s diary had detailed records—he was able to Shatter the Void thanks to this fundamental cultivation method. It was just that while his soul met requirements, his physical body couldn’t bear it. During the ascension process, he couldn’t maintain stability and fell into endless void.
“So pitiful.”
Jun Changxiao observed three seconds of silence for him.
The System said, “Though Soul Molding Pills have strengthened the Host’s soul, it’s still somewhat weak. This soul-type Beyond Divine-grade cultivation method is perfect for practice.”
Jun Changxiao rubbed his hands together, smiling, “If I can comprehend to the extreme like that Nine Heavens Continent expert, I can also Shatter the Void?”
“Theoretically, yes.”
The System said, “However, Shattering the Void has many uncertain factors. Whether one can ascend to the Upper Realm still depends on a person’s fortune.”
Jun Changxiao said, “I don’t care about ascending to the Upper Realm. As long as I can Shatter the Void, that’s enough.”
Even if given an ascension opportunity now, he’d decisively refuse, because he hadn’t yet developed into the strongest sect. Even going up, he could only quietly wait for the bomb to explode.
“Swish!”
With a thought, Jun Changxiao took out an Insight Talisman and said, “Then let’s cultivate this soul cultivation method!”
“Snap!”
He crushed the talisman, and rich martial arts knowledge poured into his consciousness.
However, when he picked up the Heaven’s Balance Soul Refinement Art to begin cultivation, he discovered the formulas were still extremely difficult to understand.
The System gloated, “This Beyond Divine-grade soul-type cultivation method—with the current Mid-Grade Insight Talisman, it’s difficult to glimpse its mysteries.”
“…”
Jun Changxiao’s face fell as he said, “So I temporarily can’t cultivate it?”
The System said, “Refresh the advanced shop—perhaps you can get High-Grade or even Supreme-Grade Insight Talismans. Then you can easily cultivate to mastery.”
If it let the Host use contribution points to slap its face, it had no objections—it would even actively assume the position, begging them to slap hard and slap thoroughly!
“Damn!”
“I really want to throw you into the Soul Suppression Tower and hand you over to Er Ya for proper discipline.”
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