Desolate Devouring Art

Chapter 368 - Seclusion

Chapter 368 - Seclusion

Condemnation came from the surroundings to target Liu Wuxie. But Liu Wuxie had grown tired of the meaningless threats. He ignored Su Ji's threats and looked directly at Duan Hong.

"I'll remember what you just said. I'm intrigued to see how you'll make me regret coming to this world!" Liu Wuxie said and entered the cultivation chamber. He didn't want to waste any more time and needed to reach the ninth-level True Core Realm first.

Reaching the Heavenly Dipper Realm wasn't merely about accumulating resources; it was a monumental task, a challenge that required grasping its profound and unimaginable power.

The black cultivation chamber slowly closed before everyone, leaving Duan Hong stunned.

"Damn it! I'll kill him!" Duan Hong roared angrily, shattering a boulder by the side with his palm. Those around him were silent, not daring to utter a word. No one wanted to incur his wrath at this moment.

"Senior Brother Duan Hong, don't worry about it. He won't stay there long as the black cultivation chamber costs five hundred points daily. It's not something most people can afford." Duan Hong's lackeys came forward to comfort him.

Duan Hong visibly relaxed upon hearing this. He had five days, and he was in no rush. However, after five days, he would have to yield the black cultivation chamber to the next person in line.

Five hundred points wasn't something everyone could afford, and Liu Wuxie probably couldn't last two hours.

"H-He has twenty thousand points on him, and it's more than enough for him to use the cultivation chamber for an entire month," a youth said timidly. He had witnessed Liu Wuxie exchanging the abyssal devils' heads for points.

"What?!" Duan Hong staggered upon hearing that and nearly fell over.

Su Ji trembled because he had also heard about an outer disciple who had exchanged over thirty thousand points the previous day. But he didn't expect it to be Liu Wuxie.

Duan Hong refused to believe it because he could only afford five days each time, even with his cultivation in the first level of the Heavenly Dipper Realm. Sometimes, he only stayed for three days because he needed more points.

Many times, he had to rob other disciples to accumulate enough points. But Liu Wuxie had just joined the sect and already had over thirty thousand points.

It would be problematic if Liu Wuxie stayed in the cultivation chamber until the competition because he would monopolize the remaining time. After all, Liu Wuxie had plenty of points and still had thirty-eight thousand points to claim.

Points were invaluable for ordinary disciples, but for Liu Wuxie, they were merely a means to enhance his cultivation. He wouldn't hesitate to use them, even if it meant spending ten thousand points daily to boost his progress.

"Senior Brother Duan Hong, calm down," Su Ji said, attempting to soothe him. "We'll wait for him here. When he comes out, we'll kill him, split his points, and compensate for the lost days later." His words drew agreement from those behind him.

The cultivation chamber was going nowhere, and making a breakthrough now or later made little difference. Points were more important because they could obtain any resources they desired with them.

"Alright. You all wait here while I go to another cultivation chamber. Call me as soon as he comes out," Duan Hong said, nodding. He walked into a nearby cultivation chamber. This cultivation chamber was not as good as the black cultivation chamber, but it still had a time multiplier of five times.

The crowd gradually dispersed, leaving behind Su Ji and a few others to wait for Liu Wuxie.

Upon entering the cultivation chamber, dense spiritual energy blew towards Liu Wuxie, bringing a smile to his face. "This cultivation chamber is pretty good and comparable to the one in the Profound Spirit Pavilion."

He naturally heard the conversation outside but didn't take it to heart. Those people were simply garbage to him.

This cultivation chamber had ten times the time multiplier, and each chamber had a spiritual vein beneath it to provide spiritual energy.

The black cultivation chamber was built at the center of the spiritual vein, where spiritual energy was the most concentrated. It was also the only cultivation chamber in the outer sect with a ten-times time multiplier.

The cultivation chamber was smaller than Liu Wuxie had imagined. The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion's cultivation chamber was meant for seclusion and making a breakthrough in cultivation, not for alchemy or training martial techniques.

For alchemy, it was recommendable to head to the Treasure Pill Peak instead. There were many alchemy chambers, but each chamber also required points.

The best alchemy chambers were also equipped with a time multiplier, including alchemy spiritual runes, to increase the success rate.

In addition to alchemy chambers, there were places to practice martial techniques, which simulated various scenarios to make the experience as accurate as possible.

Casting distractions aside, Liu Wuxie sat with his legs crossed. He was determined to reach the ninth-level True Core Realm in this breakthrough. As for reaching the Heavenly Dipper Realm, it would have to depend on luck.

He took out a handful of pills. Those were the herbs he had exchanged with points and refined them into pills after Elder Tian Xing had left.

"Fifth-grade pills, Azure Origin Pill!" An Azure Origin Pill was worth ten spirit stones, and Liu Wuxie swallowed them like beans.

"This is the benefit of having a large number of points. If I have had to accumulate them slowly, who knows how long it would have taken me."

Liu Wuxie stopped after taking ten-odd Azure Origin Pills before circulating the Desolate Devouring Art. Dense spiritual energy formed into a spiritual rain and showered down on him.

A massive vortex was slowly formed above his head to devour the spiritual rain. In addition to the energy from the Azure Origin Pills, Liu Wuxie's cultivation began to rise, getting closer to the ninth-level True Core Realm.

The world in his dantian was vast, and an ordinary person would be blown apart from devouring so much spiritual energy, but Liu Wuxie's body showed no signs of reaching the limit.

With ten times time multiplier, one day had passed outside, equivalent to ten days inside. His cultivation continued to rise steadily, and he wasn't in a hurry.

After training outside for more than a month, his foundation had become unstable after he had made multiple breakthroughs in a row. Thus, he planned to use this seclusion to temper himself.

He carefully reconstructed each vein and acupoint in his body. During his time in the Scarlet Sun Mountain Range and Abyssal Underground World, his breakthroughs were done hastily, with little time to consolidate himself.

Two days had passed outside, making Su Ji and others anxious.

"Are we just going to wait here if that brat doesn't come out?" Su Ji fumed. This year's competition promised to be the most spectacular in a decade. He didn't want to miss it, especially given his considerable cultivation. Even if he couldn't become an inner disciple through the competition, it was a valuable opportunity to temper himself.

However, he dared not disobey Duan Hong's order and could only wait outside obediently.

Everyone else had gone to the cultivation rooms to consolidate their cultivation, leaving him alone, standing there like a fool.

At the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion's main peak, a palace at the summit stretched into the clouds, with two people seated in the palace.

"Sect master, that boy's information is all here." Elder Tian Xing handed a stack of documents to a middle-aged man. This man was the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion's sect master, Mu Tianli.

He had been in charge of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion for fifty years, and the sect had prospered under his management with significant improvements.

The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion's decline was caused by the previous sect master, who had suffered heavy injuries and didn't have time to manage the sect.

After receiving the documents from Elder Tian Xing, Mu Tianli carefully read through them, but not much was recorded.

"Although Yueying recommended this person to me several times, I didn't expect him to be so exceptional." Mu Tianli put the documents down and rubbed his temples.

"Sect Master, you already know him?" Elder Tian Xing stood up abruptly, surprised that the Sect Master was aware of Liu Wuxie's existence. Typically, the Sect Master only remembered the names of true disciples, considering the other disciples insignificant in the eyes of a True Profound Realm expert unless they became true disciples themselves.

"Yueying kept pestering me upon her return about giving him a spot as a priority student. I reluctantly agreed to it back then, but I underestimated him. This boy isn't as simple as he appears." Mu Tianli didn't hide it from Elder Tian Xing. After all, the news of Mu Yueying leaving the cultivation world for the mundane world wasn't a secret from the higher-ups.

"Sect Master, since the young lady holds him in such high regard, should we allocate more resources to him?" Elder Tian Xing asked tentatively. He had used all available resources to gather information about Liu Wuxie, including details from the mundane world.

It was unbelievable that Liu Wuxie had ascended from being considered a piece of trash to his current status within just one year.

“There’s no need. This boy is proud and doesn't like to be restrained. Let's observe him for a while. We should give him what he deserves and avoid imposing anything he doesn’t want.” Mu Tianli raised his hand to stop Elder Tian Xing.

"I understand!" Elder Tian Xing bowed and left. The sect master intended to let things take their course.

When Mu Tianli was the only one left in the palace, he smiled bitterly and vanished. "Yueying, just what kind of monster did you bring back? Is this a blessing or curse for the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion? He caused so much trouble in just two months and obtained over thirty thousand points as an outer disciple. This makes me look forward to his future!"

Liu Wuxie was utterly unaware of all that. The news of him obtaining thirty-eight thousand points had reached every corner of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, and even the sect master had heard of it.

As the competition date drew closer, the various peaks began to make preparations. Even the peak masters visited the outer sect to encourage disciples to obtain good results. This concerned the status of each peak; the higher the result, the higher the status.

Five days elapsed, with fifty spent in the cultivation chamber. Liu Wuxie's true essence finally brimmed to capacity, propelling him to the pinnacle of the eighth level in the True Core Realm. Now, he stood on the cusp of reaching the ninth level.

"I can finally attempt my breakthrough now!" Liu Wuxie took a deep breath and accelerated the circulation of the Desolate Devouring Art. An even more powerful suction force exploded, devouring all the spiritual energy from the surroundings.

The Heavenly Dao Book slowly unfolded, and more laws were recorded. He also controlled the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron to absorb all the liquified spiritual energy into the world in his dantian.

All the abyssal energy he had devoured in the Abyssal Underground World was stored in the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, waiting to be refined. Liu Wuxie also took out two hundred thousand spirit stones and placed them around him as a precaution.

The spiritual energy in the cultivation chamber was sufficient for most people in their breakthrough, but Liu Wuxie's demand was too terrifying. Even the spiritual energy in the cultivation chamber couldn't satisfy his requirements.