Chapter 601 - 510: The Sword Sect Attacks

Several days passed.

True Treasure Pavilion.

Within a quiet and elegant residence, decorated in shades of cyan and white, exuding a refined and graceful air.

Inside the residence's quiet room, Su Ye sat cross-legged, cultivating a Secret Technique. Mysterious and intricate ice-silver runes surfaced on his skin, flowing like streams of data before converging between his eyebrows.

Finally.

An ice-silver brilliance lit up from between his eyebrows.

The spiritual light condensed, forming a soul seed.

"It's done! The Heart Intent Soul Seed Skill!"

Su Ye opened his eyes.

The Heart Intent Soul Seed Skill was one of the True Treasure Pavilion's Avoiding Tribulation Secret Skills. It was designed to help cultivators resist the Boundless Heart Demon Tribulation when advancing to the Nascent Soul Realm.

A cultivator could condense a specific thought into a soul seed and hide it between their eyebrows. When the cultivator was lost to a Heart Demon, the soul seed would automatically activate to stimulate their mind.

The thought condensed within the soul seed would act as an anchor, allowing the cultivator to reawaken their true self and see through the Heart Demon Illusion Realm.

In principle, this Tribulation Crossing Secret Skill was somewhat similar to the spinning top from the movie *Inception*.

Besides the Heart Intent Soul Seed Skill, there was another Tribulation Crossing Secret Skill called the Daoxuan Tribulation Artifact Thunder Transformation Skill. This Secret Technique was relatively simple: one had to refine a Tribulation Artifact to interfere with the Five Elements Immortal Thunder and weaken the power of the Thunder Tribulation!

Refining the Tribulation Artifact was not complicated.

Su Ye followed the instructions to the letter and refined three Tribulation Artifacts in two days.

'But... I'm probably the only one who can afford such an extravagance. Even a late-stage Nascent Soul, a Grand Elder of a sect, might not be able to do this...'

Su Ye clicked his tongue. The materials for making a Tribulation Artifact were, shockingly, Tier Five Dao Artifacts. The Tier Five Dao Artifacts, along with their Dao Artifact Spirits, were used as one-time consumables!

Only by doing this could one interfere with the manifestation of heaven and earth—the terrifying Nascent Soul Tribulation, whose sole purpose was annihilation!

'It's only because I've killed several Nascent Soul cultivators and plundered their Dao Artifacts that I can afford the cost of this Secret Technique... If I were dirt poor and had to ask the True Treasure Pavilion for the materials, it would probably be difficult.'

Su Ye shrugged.

Of course.

The True Treasure Pavilion had more than just these two Avoiding Tribulation Secret Skills.

However, these were the only two that could be mastered quickly. The rest were basically large-scale Orbits, and even the shortest one required over half a year to set up.

For Su Ye, who was racing against time and in a hurry, such time-consuming Orbits were not feasible.

Furthermore, there was another aspect of these Orbits that made Su Ye very wary.

Large-scale Orbits also restricted a cultivator's freedom.

Generally, once an Orbit began, if the cultivator needed to leave the site for any reason, all their previous efforts would be wasted, and they might even suffer a backlash!

'That's not acceptable!'

Su Ye's trust in the True Treasure Pavilion did not extend that far.

'After all... as a large organization, the True Treasure Pavilion isn't a monolith. Given enough time, it's inevitable that information will leak...'

'If that happens, the Jade Void Sword Sect will come for me in full force. But if I'm tied down by an Orbit and can't escape, wouldn't I be spinning a cocoon to trap myself?'

Su Ye had always been cautious. How could he be willing to do something so foolish as to walk into his own death trap?

...

After mastering the Secret Techniques, Su Ye came out of seclusion.

He sent out a Communication Talisman. A moment later, a seven-colored rainbow bridge flashed, and Li Jinhua arrived at the residence, having traversed the void on her Seven-Colored Bridge of Reincarnation.

"Yehai."

Li Jinhua clasped her hands in greeting. She wore a black and gold robe, and her features held a commanding, heroic air.

Seeing that Su Ye's face was as handsome as jade and his aura was clear and refined—his essence, energy, and spirit all adjusted to their peak condition—her golden pupils flashed. A thought occurred to her, and she asked,

"Are you ready to refine the Spirit Vein and advance to the Nascent Soul Realm?"

"That is my intention."

Su Ye nodded and said frankly.

His preparations for the tribulation were quite thorough; he was almost certain of success.

Therefore, there was no need to hesitate. He had to advance with courage and diligence!

"Good."

"Your temperament is truly decisive!"

Li Jinhua exclaimed in surprised admiration.

Facing the Nascent Soul Tribulation, ordinary Golden Core cultivators would prepare for years, even decades, before they had the confidence to attempt a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm!

However, extraordinary people did extraordinary things.

A Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect, a Golden Core capable of defeating a Nascent Soul.

For a peerless prodigy like him to have such boldness was not surprising.

"In that case, follow me."

Li Jinhua wasted no more words. Acting with swift decisiveness, she summoned the Seven-Colored Bridge of Reincarnation and took Su Ye to the core of the True Treasure Pavilion's Tier Five Spirit Vein.

The core of the Spirit Vein was located in a valley on the island. It was a restricted area of the True Treasure Pavilion, heavily guarded and layered with countless restrictions.

At the valley entrance stood two statues, a wolf and a tiger. Each was over a hundred zhang tall, guarding the two sides of the valley like divine sentinels, their auras terrifying!

'Tier Five puppets! And... not ordinary Tier Five puppets, at that. Before they died, these two great demons were probably at the Tier Five Late Stage, weren't they?'

Su Ye glanced over, sensing the dangerous aura of the two puppets, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"The Moon Shadow Grey Wolf and the Flying Wing Cloud Tiger... Both of these demon emperors were great demon powers who contended with my father during the Reversed Moon War. After my father killed them, he turned them into puppets to guard this place."

Li Jinhua explained.

"With the wolf and tiger statues as guards, combined with the restrictions here, they are enough to hold off even a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator."

"If an ordinary Nascent Soul True Monarch tried to sneak in, they would be killed on the spot!"

"I have used my authority as one of the Seven Sages to add an access credential to your Seven Sages Badge. You must wear it at all times... Otherwise, it will be very dangerous."

Li Jinhua warned him seriously.

"Mm."

Su Ye gave a slight nod.

As they stepped into the valley, an incredibly dense wave of Spiritual Qi washed over them like a tsunami.

In the core of the Tier Five Spirit Vein, the Spiritual Qi had already condensed into a liquid state, surging through the valley like a gel.