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Chapter 1091: Chapter 1114: Urgent_2
After leaving the Secret Realm, Li Chengshuo was surprised to find that the jade was actually a Treasure Map!
Since it is a Treasure Map, and it is related to Taiyin, Li Chengshuo felt that it was very likely an opportunity connected to Taiyin and naturally could not be missed.
So after the three of them had healed from their injuries, they followed the guidance and left Cave Abyss State, heading north to a place in the Northern Domain.
The journey was anything but calm, as Li Chengshuo and his two companions encountered several dangers, but fortunately, they all passed safely.
But because of this, they were delayed on the road and spent more than a decade to reach their destination, a cave located in the mountains of the Northern Domain.
Upon entering the cave, Li Chengshuo, Yue and Howling Moon were shocked by the scene before them; for a moment, they thought they had arrived at the Taiyin Star outside of the Ninth Heaven!
For she had never thought she could see a place with such a rich atmosphere of Taiyins, where pure Moonlight had settled, forming a huge lake over hundreds of miles, composed entirely of condensed Moonlight on the ground!
The moon-white lake water was calm, resembling a bright moon fallen upon the earth.
Then, Li Chengshuo, Yue, and Howling Moon, as if bewitched, lost consciousness and slowly walked into the lake.
The moment the three touched the lake water, the dense and thick Moonlight rushed towards them, condensing around their bodies, and eventually formed a large crystal stone that sank to the bottom of the lake.
And while their physical bodies were in deep slumber, their Spiritual Souls were brought into a Mysterious Space.
The gray-white land stretched endlessly, with no green in sight, giving a feeling of endless desolation and loneliness.
At first, Li Chengshuo and the others thought they had encountered some mysterious trial, like Jiang Fengwu had previously, that completion of the trial would yield substantial rewards.
But the outcome was completely different from what they had imagined! They waited a long time and no so-called trial appeared.
Then, they realized that they were actually trapped in this desolate and odd place.
After nearly a year and numerous attempts, Li Chengshuo finally noticed something unusual.
It was that beneath their feet, there existed a seemingly weak but formidably invincible Spiritual Soul!
The three of them instantly determined that it was this peculiar Spiritual Soul that had dragged them here, and the only way to leave was to obliterate it, thus breaking the ’Illusionary Realm’.
Although the Spiritual Soul had no ability to fight back, it possessed very strong defense. The three used various methods and spent years to only slightly weaken it.
Fortunately, their power of the Spiritual Soul could easily be restored; otherwise, it would have taken them half the time more to achieve the current result.
The three were trapped for one to two hundred years, endlessly wearing down that peculiar Spiritual Soul, yet they had only reduced it by forty percent!
That is to say, according to the current pace, it would take at least another three to four hundred years for Li Chengshuo and his companions to completely resolve the Spiritual Soul.
Of course, this is only theoretical.
After all, as the Spiritual Soul becomes weaker, its defense will also continuously weaken, but even so, it would still take them two to three hundred years to leave!
"If it wasn’t for breaking through the Refinement Void stage, we might have been trapped here to death!"
In his free time, Li Chengshuo sighed and said with an apologetic face: "It’s all my fault for being too greedy, involving you both."
"Chengshuo, what are you talking about? We share both honor and troubles together, there’s no such thing as causing trouble." Yue shook her head, her eyes full of disagreement.
"Yes, and isn’t this also a form of cultivation in its own right?"
Although both were comforting her, Li Chengshuo still felt sorry for them.
Even though they had as much as three thousand years of lifespan, spending three to four hundred years here would have a great adverse impact on their future cultivation.
"Let’s not think too much now, solving the problem with that Spiritual Soul and leaving this place as soon as possible is what’s most important!" Yue didn’t want to see Li Chengshuo’s spirit dampened, especially in this oppressive environment, as it could very likely trigger a Heart Demon!
"Exactly! We need to leave as soon as possible!"
However, unknown to the three of them, while their Spiritual Souls were being consumed, those souls that should have dissipated did not vanish; instead, they merged into their own Spiritual Souls!
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Time swiftly flowed by, and soon fifty years had passed.
Since the time he entered seclusion, Li Zhirui, who had not made an appearance, suddenly unleashed a terrifying oppressive force.
Even the Lianxu Cultivators of the Li family seemed extremely weak and insignificant in front of this oppressive force!
"Such a powerful oppression! Is Ancestor Rui really just a Lianxu Cultivator?"
Li Xianxun, who had just exchanged Spiritual Objects from the family’s treasury, facing this oppressive force, felt as though he was being targeted by a primordial fierce beast, and he might die in the next moment!
He had never imagined that just a difference of two minor realms could result in such a drastic disparity in strength.
Fortunately, Li Xianxun was not of weak will. He quickly calmed down and said in a low but firm voice, "I must catch up to Ancestor Rui’s progress!"
The "Taiyi Scudding Wind Path Scripture" he had perfected was already showing preliminary results, and once he passed the test, he could start cultivating it.
Li Xianxun believed that he would definitely make a quick breakthrough in the Mid Nascent Soul stage soon!
The disturbance caused by Li Zhirui’s breakthrough was quickly experienced pers the elders; rumors were soon circulating that Li Zhirui had broken through to the Integration Realm, otherwise, how could there be such terrifying and strong oppression?
But this rumor quickly disappeared in Mount Wanxian.
The person behind this vanishing act was none other than Li Xianxun.
He also hoped that Li Zhirui had indeed become an Integration Cultivator by now, which would make the Li family one of the only two Integration forces in Shanyuan State!
Li Xunda had gathered information that when the Fine Gold vein was exposed initially, many cultivators from the Zhang Family were in the mine, but all of them were killed by those with Great Ability, causing their powers to plummet!
If Li Zhirui was now an Integration Cultivator, he could take the opportunity to trade for the lands east of Wanxian Island from the Zhang family at a smaller cost.
Then, by unifying the waters west of Wanling Island, the Li family could leap to become a force spanning over ten thousand miles, which would be a great enhancement to the luck of the Li family.
Such an achievement would leave a profound mark in the history of the Li family for Li Xunda, despite him possibly doing nothing.
Still maintaining his rationality, Li Xunda wondered how could Li Zhirui break through to Integration Realm without undergoing Tribulation Transcendence?
After all, even if Ancestor Rui was extraordinary, it was not feasible to jump from Late Stage Refinement Void to becoming an Integration Cultivator in a mere fifty years, right?
Such an impractical rumor that might bring trouble to the family was quickly and decisively eliminated by Li Xunda.
Once Li Zhirui broke through the Late Stage Refinement Void, his realm was exceptionally stable; one could not tell that he had just made a breakthrough.
In fact, if it were not for nurturing the Five Viscera Gods which divided half of his Mana, Li Zhirui would not have needed fifty years to make a breakthrough.
However, the additional time was not wasted.
Originally, the Five Viscera Gods barely reached a minor completion stage, but after fifty years of cultivation, they had matured a lot, at very least they no longer looked like mere phantoms; their facial features had also become much clearer.
Moreover, the growth of the Five Viscera Gods also promoted the strengthening of the Five Elements Immortal Root. Compared to fifty years ago, today’s Immortal Root had not only become taller and more lush, but it also had acquired a hint of the aura of ancient wood!
As for Cave Heaven, there’s no need to mention it. With Li Zhirui’s breakthrough this time, the area of Cave Heaven expanded once again.
Unfortunately, even though he possessed the cultivation of the Late Stage Refinement Void, and with the augmentation of Cave Heaven, his combat power still hadn’t crossed the threshold to match that of Integration level.
Thus, Li Zhirui’s strength had greatly improved, but there was no fundamental change; at most, he could draw more Mana from Cave Heaven to deal with more Lianxu Cultivators.
After his breakthrough, Li Zhirui did not leave the meditation chamber; he tended to the Spiritual Objects in the space, and after easing his body and mind, he once again appeared on the meditation cushion in the chamber.
The reason he was so eager to make a breakthrough was twofold: to not leave any hidden dangers, and a pressing sense of urgency that came from nowhere!
