Chapter 863 - 80: Refining the Bloodthirsty Monarch’s Divinity

Chapter 863: Chapter 80: Refining the Bloodthirsty Monarch’s Divinity

When going out, rely on friends. Thanks to Liu Zhongyang for giving a bag of spirit stones, which were very crucial. Although he wasn’t sure if he would use them, he instinctively kept them by his side. Initially lacking spiritual energy, Li Xin planned to form a Great Vajra Wheel Seal to recharge energy. The idea was good, but when operating the cultivation technique, the Soldier Rune Technique couldn’t be used. The Grand Circulation itself is the operation and exploration of potential, and using the Nine-character True Words at this time is equivalent to a conflict. During his exploration, he touched the spirit stones, instantly getting recharged. Spirit stones are pure, non-attribute energy, very compatible with a person’s spiritual energy. Li Xin, like a water pump, directly drained the spirit stone.

Li Xin also understood why Fang Chi was willing to spend so much on spirit stones. This cultivation is impossible without spirit stones.

A Grand Circulation consists of tens of thousands of meridians, forming a multi-dimensional layered space. Li Xin’s body seemed very smooth, but finishing it for the first time still took a lot of time to get familiar with the process. Most of the spirit stones Liu Zhongyang gave were used up, leaving only a pile of grey stones without spiritual energy on the ground.

After completing the first Grand Circulation, the Martial Heart Technique was imprinted in Li Xin’s body. When he opened his eyes again, golden light seemed to pierce through the walls, shooting hundreds of meters.

Li Xin’s spiritual energy was gradually restrained, and after the battle with the Bloodthirsty Monarch, his body’s hidden issues were completely recovered, even stronger, with a feeling of unity between heaven and man.

He could be very certain that as long as he kept mastering the Martial Heart Technique, he would definitely grasp the Nine-character True Words. If he met the Creator again, he wouldn’t be completely powerless, and it wouldn’t be apparent from the outside.

The characteristic of Divine Land’s cultivation practice is that it’s hidden inside. With cultivation techniques, spiritual energy becomes routine from being instinctively used, getting purer, compressing and swirling in the dantian, and releasing from the dantian when used, acting like a personal dam. The Golden Core probably is a substantial change.

Divine Relics and Martial Heart Technique are two completely different cultivation methods. While the external effects seem a bit similar, both are ways to drive spiritual energy, they are fundamentally different. Li Xin can confirm this completely. The existence of Divine Land and the retro path is different from the current universal path. The Fifth Epoch and the Sixth Epoch have some similarities and continuity, but the strength of Divine Land is totally different from theirs.

Seize the creation of heaven and earth!

Fortunately, the Grand Circulation’s cycle does not conflict with the presence of the dice, even complementing each other in many aspects.

Li Xin suddenly noticed that the bloody power of the Bloodthirsty Monarch mixed with his spiritual energy had been completely refined away. The aura of the Bloodthirsty Monarch had disappeared. What was once incompatible with the Martial Heart Technique now became a pure golden star, attached next to the dice.

This power is special and refined. Li Xin feels it should be a trait or authority belonging to a deity, which cannot be refined by the Martial Heart Technique. It is continually driven in a Grand Circulation until it finally settles on the dice, as if pressured to find a kindred home.

This thing seems to have become his own. Knowing that Divine Land’s skills can refine divine relics and seize the abilities contained in them, Li Xin was also curious about what power from the Bloodthirsty Monarch it might be.

Li Xin wanted to perceive or control it, but found that the golden star... how to put it, it must be a good thing, the Bloodthirsty Monarch’s divine power, but the usage is completely unknown. This thing doesn’t obey commands, just firmly revolves around the dice.

Li Xin researched for a long time but could not figure it out. Hearing from Liu Zhongyang and Ku Chan, one may gain partial power after refining a divine relic, or nothing at all. Since he has a star, there must be something.

Li Xin wasn’t in a hurry; he had plenty of time to understand it in the future.

Surprisingly, the gray power of the Creator is somewhat formidable and still remains. After a Grand Circulation, it has obviously weakened a lot but has not been completely purified like the power of the Bloodthirsty Monarch. It’s quite stubborn.

In theory, the Creator’s power is no match for the Bloodthirsty Monarch’s divinity, yet its stubbornness surpasses the Bloodthirsty Monarch.

Is there something else in this?

Li Xin is no longer afraid, if he can’t figure it out for now, he’ll just guard against it first. As long as the Martial Heart Technique works well, purifying the Creator’s power is just a matter of time. Having such an effect after the first circulation is already unexpected.

At this moment, Li Xin smelled a stench. Looking down at himself, he found his body sticky and almost threw up. He quickly took off his clothes and jumped into the big water tank in the courtyard to thoroughly wash himself.

After coming out again, he was a clean and handsome young man.

After changing clothes, feeling refreshed, his stomach growled like thunder, and a strong hunger surged. Li Xin hurried to the kitchen.

There was no one in the kitchen at all. It seemed that no one had been there for a few days. Li Xin estimated that he must have spent quite a lot of time harnessing energy this time, found some simple food, and then went to where the Inner Sect Disciples on the mountain stayed, only to find it empty too.

?

Did the Martial Heart Sect close down?

Li Xin wandered down the mountain, waiting at the mountain gate. Just as he was about to head into town to inquire, he sensed something unusual in the air. A gust of strong wind, carrying a loud whooshing sound, approached. Looking up, he saw a massive treasure ship flying at high speed.

When it reached the mountain gate, the treasure ship landed. Leading the way was Wang Zhigao, with a face like iron. With a wave of his large sleeve, he retracted the treasure ship, snorted coldly, and walked up the mountain, disappearing from everyone’s sight within a few steps.

Fang Qingning, Fang Chi, Cai Qingfeng, and others all had ugly expressions, and were somewhat injured. Especially Fang Chi, looking as if he had just been beaten, with one side of his face swollen like a bun. Other inner sect disciples also kept their heads down.

Fang Qingning glanced at Li Xin but said nothing. With a wave of her hand, "Don’t be discouraged, everyone. This trial was to help us see ourselves clearly. Rest for a day, go back and recover, and adjust your mindset. Elder Wang’s harsh words are meant for our good. Tomorrow morning, we start anew. Our combat effectiveness wasn’t great, but it’s not because Elder Wang didn’t teach well, rather our proficiency wasn’t enough. Cultivation techniques need diligent practice, tactics need fluency. Don’t be afraid of being embarrassed. Once is embarrassment, so is a hundred times. Now we can be embarrassed a hundred times, but as long as we win in the big competition, we will have the last laugh."

"The Sect Master speaks well. We’ve still gained a lot this time. The Hidden Mountain Sect’s pups will pay for their arrogance. We’ll start cultivating like crazy tomorrow and take back our honor!" Cai Qingfeng shouted, as Fang Qingning’s most loyal supporter, always supporting.

Thinking of the experience at the Hidden Mountain Sect, everyone instantly united against a common enemy. The two sects were not fundamentally different, and though the Hidden Mountain Sect had developed a bit better in recent years, this defeat of the Martial Heart Sect was due to new spiritual energy usage methods causing many issues in real combat, the ease of internal sparring being completely different from the pressure in actual combat. Many disciples were confused during the battle, using both old and new methods, leading to chaos and defeat.

Facing the sneers of the Hidden Mountain Sect, the more angry and anxious, the worse the performance. Add to that, Wang Zhigao wasn’t a good-tempered person and everyone exploded in the end.

After Fang Qingning finished speaking, she dismissed everyone. Fang Chi quietly stayed behind, waiting until everyone left to return to Li Xin.

Li Xin returned the Jade and Silk to Fang Chi, and only then did Fang Chi breathe a sigh of relief. It was supposed to be borrowed for a day, but it dragged on for so long. He was worried not about Li Xin using it for a few more days, but fearing he’d lose it. The Martial Heart Technique was the Martial Heart Sect’s treasure. Everything else valuable had been sold off. If it wasn’t to persuade Li Xin and to show off a bit, he wouldn’t do such a thing.

After checking the Jade and Silk and finding it intact, Fang Chi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, patting Li Xin, "You’re still reliable. Where did Fatty Nine and Idiot Zhu go to fool around?"