Desolate Devouring Art

Chapter 254 - Divine Art

Chapter 254 - Divine Art

As Liu Wuxie raised the Heretic Blade, Xuanyuan Li’s head flew to the sky while his headless corpse fell into the lake. When the head fell into the lake, the eyes were wide open.

After killing Xuanyuan Li, Liu Wuxie ignored everyone in the surroundings and left, turning into a streak of light. When everyone ensured he had left, an uproar broke out among the crowd.

“His luck is too outrageous. Not only did he obtain the Golden Fruit, but he also obtained the Blood Flame Devil Blue!” Any of those treasures could result in an expert’s advancement, and Liu Wuxie had obtained both. This naturally sparked unhappiness among many people, but they could do nothing about it.

“Stop complaining. We still have more than ten days left, and we still have a chance!” Treasures were limited, and not everyone could obtain them. There were only twenty days, and everyone only had a few days to search for treasures after spending most of their time traveling.

After a day of journey, Liu Wuxie stood on a mountain peak. This place was desolate, and there were no treasures, so he chose it.

“This is it!” Liu Wuxie found a secluded cave and planned to refine the Blood Flame Devil Blue. After all, the medicinal effect would weaken with the passing of time.

He had countless herbs on him, not to mention he had awakened the fire attribute. This meant that he could refine pills wherever he wanted. He took out large amounts of fourth-grade pills to use as supplementary materials.

“The Marrow Boosting Pill!” The Marrow Boosting Pill was a fifth-grade pill, and it could help someone in the pinnacle of the Marrow Cleansing Realm with a seventy percent chance of reaching the True Core Realm.

He took out the alchemy cauldron with his true essence manifesting into flames and enveloped the cauldron. Shortly after, he started throwing herbs into the cauldron and formed seals with his hands.

After reaching the sixth level of the Marrow Cleansing Realm, Liu Wuxie's pill refining speed increased. In just two hours, he tossed thousands of spiritual herbs into the cauldron.

He removed the Blood Flame Devil Blue and tossed it into the cauldron along with the roots. When he removed it, the flower released a powerful abyssal aura, but it couldn’t threaten him. The incoming abyssal aura was devoured by the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron.

Half a day later, Liu Wuxie’s refining process went into the forming stage. Despite the Marrow Boosting Pill being devoid of any scent, a subtle blood odor emanated from the cauldron. This was attributed to Blood Flame Devil Blue’s extensive blood consumption, which had caused the blood smell to deeply infuse the flower, making it impossible to remove.

Liu Wuxie accelerated his seal formation, demonstrating an astonishing rate of refinement. A day later, the Marrow-Boosting Pill was finally formed. It was a purple pill, about the size of a quail egg, with peculiar patterns on its surface resembling human meridians.

After an entire day and night, Liu Wuxie had exhausted most of his true essence. He sat down and took out several pills, tossing them into the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron along with 1,000 spirit stones. Those items were swiftly dissolved into ten-odd spiritual liquid droplets before flowing into the world in his dantian, and he recovered all his true essence in two hours.

Since there were only ten more days remaining, Liu Wuxie could only go to another location. There were many treasures there, but time was limited, and it was impossible for Liu Wuxie to visit all the places.

As Liu Wuxie swallowed the Marrow Boosting Pill, it dissolved into violent energy charging at his acupoints. The energies formed into waves coursing through his body.

His aura began to rise, and Liu Wuxie wasn’t worried about his swift breakthrough. Beneath the Immortal Emperor Realm, there were no bottlenecks as long as the accumulation was enough.

Others might have to temper for a long time during each breakthrough, but that wasn’t required for Liu Wuxie.

The world in his dantian underwent a tremendous transformation as a faint abyssal aura covered the sky and penetrated the ground. It didn’t take long before his bottleneck to the seventh-level Marrow Cleansing Realm was forcibly opened.

An even more violent energy began to brew in Liu Wuxie’s body. The seventh level of the Marrow Cleansing Realm was the late phase, which meant he was one step into the True Core Realm.

But that didn’t stop there as Liu Wuxie tossed 20,000 spirit stones into the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron. The spirit stones were soon converted into 2,000 spiritual liquid droplets and flowed into his dantian. His aura rose and sped towards the pinnacle seventh level of the Marrow Cleansing Realm.

The speed of his breakthrough was shocking, and even Liu Wuxie couldn’t believe that he had climbed from a piece of garbage to the seventh level of the Marrow Cleansing Realm in six months. Knowledge might be essential, but it was also because he was hard-working.

Two days later, when Liu Wuxie’s cultivation stabilized, he was at the pinnacle of the seventh-level Marrow Cleansing Realm.

The true essence in his meridians rumbled like waves, and his bones produced crackling sounds when he moved. A layer of crystal barrier also appeared in his soul sea, further fortifying it.

“This is...the divine bridge!” Liu Wuxie was shocked when his consciousness sank into his soul sea. As an Immortal Emperor, there weren’t many things that could shock him.

The True Core Realm was a threshold, and only those in it could be considered actual cultivators. For now, he could only be regarded as a martial artist.

Upon reaching the True Core Realm, the bridge to divine abilities would be established, enabling the practice of divine arts such as telekinesis. Only with this bridge in place could one engage in the practice of divine arts.

Despite being at the seventh level of the Marrow Cleansing Realm, Liu Wuxie had already connected the first divine bridge. This seemingly insignificant bridge was of paramount importance, which explained his astonishment.

“With the first divine bridge, I should be able to practice divine arts now. But what should I practice?” Liu Wuxie quickly regained his composure, recognizing this as merely an early milestone in his cultivation journey. The divine bridge would inevitably be cleared when he ascended to the True Core Realm.

He knew many divine arts, and each was incredibly powerful. But the divine bridge was delicate, and it couldn’t even support ordinary divine arts, not to mention those powerful ones.

“The Fire Manipulation Art!” Liu Wuxie pondered for a long time before he decided on Fire Manipulation Art. This divine art enables one to manipulate fire into different forms. It could allow flame to leave his body, but the distance would rely on his soul energy. The stronger his soul energy, the easier it was to manipulate fire. Likewise, the divine art would weaken if his soul energy was weak.

Liu Wuxie controlled his will to connect the divine art as flames surged in the world in his dantian. A fireball appeared in his palm that flashed and changed constantly on his palm.

“Tiger!” The fireball flew out and manifested into a ferocious tiger. He could also shape his true essence according to his will, but he couldn’t make it look so vivid like an actual tiger. Moreover, he could shape his true essence for a short duration only, and mostly reserved it for battles.

“Bird!” Liu Wuxie continued to control the tiger with his will. He didn’t even use his hands to shape the tiger into a bird as it flew around in the cave, chirping.

The flames kept changing shapes, and Liu Wuxie was having fun with it as though he had returned to the Celestial Realm. Just the Fire Manipulation Art was enough to make him so happy.

“Come back!” The fire dissipated and returned to his body. This was divine art; allowing one to achieve anything with one's will alone and manipulating items from a distance wasn’t tough.

Several days passed in the blink of an eye, and Liu Wuxie left after he grasped complete control of the Fire Manipulation Art. He took out the map and scanned the entire Python Mountain Battlefield.

“Most of these places have likely been explored already, except for one.” Liu Wuxie deduced, spreading the map out on the ground. He observed that the regions within a thousand-mile radius, marked in blue, had already been visited.

There was one location that stood out, marked in blue, but it was situated in a perilous area, surrounded by three red-marked zones. Even the slightest misstep could lead to danger.

While Liu Wuxie was not fearful of the beasts in True Core Realm, he preferred not to antagonize the formidable draco-pythons. He performed a movement technique and set off towards Glory Sun Mountain. It was a vast mountain, and Liu Wuxie was uncertain about the treasures it held.

Since it was marked with a significant blue symbol, something valuable was likely inside. Thus, many people were heading over there.

Liu Wuxie didn’t rest throughout the journey, spending three days and nights before finally arriving at Glory Sun Mountain. As he had speculated, there were many people here.

Five to six hundred people were gathered at the base of the mountain, yet oddly, none had ventured to ascend. To avoid unnecessary complications, Liu Wuxie opted for a slight disguise this time. Given that his acquisition of the Golden Fruit and Blood Flame Devil Blue was now common knowledge, it was inevitable that he would become a target of others’ greed. Therefore, a disguise seemed the most prudent course of action.

“It’s here. I’ve heard that this is an ancient tomb filled with numerous treasures.” Overheard discussions filled the air as Liu Wuxie descended, providing him with a clear understanding of the situation without needing to inquire further.

An entrance to what was believed to be an ancient tomb had been discovered. If a mythical artifact could be found within, it would indeed be a significant find.

“An ancient tomb?” Liu Wuxie furrowed his brow. Had he known it was an ancient tomb, he might have chosen a different location. However, it was too late to change course now. The fog was due to return to the Python Mountain Battlefield in a few days, and his survival would be uncertain if he failed to exit in time.

The crowd continued to swell, with even experts from the Quasi-True Core Realm joining. Following the throng, Liu Wuxie spotted an entrance to a tomb halfway up the mountain. A few hundred people had gathered there, all attempting to find a way to breach the entrance.

Liu Wuxie hid among the crowd and restricted his cultivation to the fourth level of the Marrow Cleansing Realm so that no one would notice his presence.

“Everyone, make way! The descendants of the Murong Clan have arrived, and they’re proficient in the art of mechanism!” A cry sounded in the crowd as a group of five passed through, walking to the tomb’s entrance.

The crowd at the entrance respectfully parted to make way for the arrival of the Murong Clan, renowned for their expertise in mechanism art. They were expected to find a way into the tomb.

Liu Wuxie looked at the group of five curiously. There were four men and a woman; the oldest was a man in his forties, while the youngest was a woman in her twenties.

“Second Uncle, this is a seal, but this doesn’t seem like an ancient tomb.” When the five squatted down, a young man in his twenties frowned after observing the patterns on the tomb. This was no ordinary tomb.

“Lil’ Seven, you’re right that this is a seal. Who the hell sealed this place?” The oldest man looked at the young man, who spoke with a hint of praise in his eyes.

The party of five circled the seal multiple times, but none of them made the move. They still had to inspect carefully in case they released a powerful creature by mistake.

“I didn’t expect Murong Qi to be here. He’s the most talented young genius in mechanism art from the Murong Clan.” The surrounding people discussed among themselves. The Murong Clan was famed for their mechanism art in the Great Yan Dynasty.