Chapter 250: Void Refinement Stage-level Storage Bag
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Translated by Frog in the Well
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Just by the alligator struck by the Light-Accumulating Destructive Vibration struggling, the canyon was devastated.
What would happen if an entity as large as an island rolled its body?
Dozens of cliffs were smashed in an instant. The terrain itself was changed.
Around that time when the clamor that felt as if heaven and earth were collapsing continued.
Creeeak!
The empty air crumpled like a squashed tin can, and a swarm of bizarrely shaped fish poured out.
Although the fish possessing the strongest Qi was only at the Nascent Soul stage-level, they possessed bizarrely sharp fins, and their numbers were immense.
Since there were at least several million of them, literally, it was a case of things getting more and more intense.
The swarm of monster fish that arrived after smelling blood rushed like arrows toward those in the battlefield.
‘Heh.’
To think these kinds of fish arrived just because I spilled some blood.
He immediately understood why the Bright Blood Great Valley was called a dangerous place even to Void Refinement stage cultivators.
Screeech!
At the moment when he sliced through hundreds of the monster fish flying while making bizarre noises in one go.
Whoosh…!
Accurately amidst the confusion, a fist carrying a Void Refinement stage-level power tried to smash his face.
Responding to the Asura delivering a straight fist with an expressionless face,
He swung his sword holding A Single Flash Lightens the Heavens.
BOOM!
Utilizing the pressure trying to crush his entire body in reverse, he plunged toward the ground, no, into the water.
While parrying the small threats like the endlessly charging monster fish or the Thread Borer Insects hidden in the water with his Blood Armor,
Clang!
He endured the madly pouring offensive of the Asuras by relying on a single sword.
‘Good!’
From a certain moment, he forgot everything.
In a state of self-effacement, he concentrated only on the strike flying in front of his eyes.
Although each and every strike was a crossroads of death, every time he parried and deflected them, A Single Flash Lightens the Heavens grew endlessly.
The sensation he had obtained while fighting Ra-heuk at the risk of his life. That which had been blurry became clearer minute by minute.
Around that time when the 6th-rank authority to unfold the Law Domain drew close within reach.
“…”
Did he feel something at the sight of him growing rapidly every time they exchanged strikes in a short time?
At the moment when the Asura who had been frowning stopped his fist.
Pushed by the inertia of receiving the offensive, he reached the very deepest part of the canyon bottom, and
Boom!
Along with a shock as if struck by a siege weapon, he was swept by a rapid current.
At every blink of his eyes in the immense flow velocity comparable to a water-attribute spell, the surrounding scenery shifted rapidly.
His fluster was also brief.
He did not resist the violent water current that was strong enough to turn even steel into dust, but conformed.
‘Rather, it is well.’
He disrupted the Asuras who tried to pursue by pouring out the Light-Accumulating Destructive Vibration, and entrusted his body to the torrential current.
Floating down at a speed comparable to teleportation, an admiration naturally came out, but it was absolutely not comfortable.
Boom!
Every time he had a gap, he collided with cliffs or rocks, causing his Blood Armor to vibrate as if it would shatter, and his entire body throbbed at the shock transmitted to his bones.
‘To think the Blood Armor that can even endure Soul Formation stage-level spells is about to shatter.’
If his body tempering realm had been even slightly lower, he would probably be spitting blood by now.
About an hour after moving along the violent water current like a kite caught in a typhoon.
‘Let us go out soon.’
Although the water current was so violent that it was difficult to distinguish which was up or down, somehow, he was able to come out.
Splash!
As soon as he came out of the water, he examined the surrounding terrain first.
‘This place… is a forest.’
Just because it was the Bright Blood Great Valley did not mean it was entirely composed of canyons and rocky cliffs. As it was originally a vast area, there were also thick forests or plains in between.
Jin So-myeong, who stared at the forest packed with grass and leaves, sat cross-legged with a thud.
Although he had thought he did not suffer any particular injury while clashing with the Asuras, now that he looked, it was a delusion.
‘It hurts terribly.’
While being swept by the water current, suddenly his meridians throbbed as if they would tear, and a bizarre Qi convulsed inside his body, making him feel like dying.
‘Did I suffer from poison?’
When he concentrated his Divine Sense inside his body, he saw a bright yellow Qi sticking to the outer wall of his meridians.
Just looking at it, this was the cause.
He tried to drag it out immediately, but the bright yellow Qi tried to penetrate deep into his body while avoiding his Divine Sense like a living creature possessing a will.
‘Where do you think you are going.’
Converting his spiritual power into lightning Qi, he burned it down completely.
At that moment when he forcibly dragged out the bright yellow Qi that shriveled upon touching the lightning Qi and threw it outside.
Sizzle!
The ground touched by the Qi melted away in an instant.
‘Heh, since such a thing was inside my body, naturally it hurts.’
Simultaneously with admiration toward his own body that endured the monster-like poison,
He could not help but feel astonished at the skill of the Asura who had injected the poison without anyone knowing. If he had continued to fight, he would have suffered a fatal wound the moment the poison convulsed.
‘As expected… they are a race that has reached the Dao in combat.’
The Asuras were absolutely not enemies to be looked down upon.
After meticulously confirming that there was no remaining poison in his meridians. Shaking off his seat, he stood up and kicked off the ground.
While flying toward the north, he was about to take out and eat recovery pills, then paused.
‘Wait… If I flew this much, it would have already exceeded a million li, so why is there no formation?’
He had heard that the Asuras sealed the neighboring million li with a 6th-rank formation called the Heaven-Severing Wilderness-Sealing Formation .
Yet, why was there none?
Did they judge that they could not capture him with the Heaven-Severing Wilderness-Sealing Formation after seeing his fight with Ra-heuk and withdrew the formation?
Or, since they found out he was in the Bright Blood Great Valley, they might have adjusted the formation’s location.
‘The moment of crossing the border line touching the human territory will be the greatest crisis.’
Jin So-myeong, who was contemplating deeply, shook his head.
Since he did not know when he would meet the enemy, first he had to mend his injuries.
As he was about to take out and eat recovery pills, suddenly a good idea occurred to him.
‘Shall I try eating that red seaweed.’
Although he did not know the exact name of the spiritual herb, thanks to examining it with the Lightning Insight Spell-Breaking Eye, he could know its usage.
It was clearly a spiritual herb possessing outstanding effects in vital energy replenishment and wound recovery.
Trying eating it by slicing it into finger sizes…
‘Oh.’
A chuckle naturally came out at the extraordinary effect.
Vitality arose in his body that was worn out with fatigue from successive fierce battles, and his flesh grew strong in real-time.
‘It even raised my body tempering realm.’
Particularly, the strength his muscles could yield rapidly increased.
It was to the point where the strengthened physical strength could be felt just by clenching his fist, so he could not help but admire.
If he repeated clashing with the Asuras and consuming this spiritual herb, it seemed his body tempering realm would grow at an immense speed.
‘Of course, if I survive, that is.’
With a smirk, Jin So-myeong headed north.
He intended to widen the distance as much as possible before the Asuras pursued.
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In the midst of traversing the Bright Blood Great Valley while being pursued by the Asuras.
Before they knew it, a month of time passed quickly.
And thus, today.
【Supreme Great Ability】: 5 billion / 8 billion
The Supreme Great Ability that had revealed its bottom finally filled the target value.
Actually, since a month had passed, it was normal for all 8 billion to be recovered, but because he used the Supreme Great Ability every time a problem arose in between, only now did 5 billion points gather.
‘Finally, I can open Ra-heuk’s storage pouch.’
Just what kind of treasure would be in the storage pouch possessed by the Void Refinement stage Heavenly Lord?
With a fluttering heart, he unfolded the Secret Realm of the Mind divine ability.
At the moment when the whopping 5 billion points of the Supreme Great Ability vanished without a trace.
The spatial pocket expanded to the point where he could establish a country. It was thanks to absorbing the Void Refinement stage-level storage pouch.
Of course, since the spatial pocket was already sufficiently wide, it was not particularly important. What he had to concentrate on now was what kind of treasure he had obtained.
‘Let’s see…’
Although his heart wanted to confirm them one by one directly, currently he was busy traversing the Bright Blood Great Valley.
The main body concentrated on flying in the sky, and while telling his clones to organize the harvest, he shared his vision and senses.
The first thing that caught his eye was a dark blue pearl.
Just looking at it, an immense Qi was condensed, but it was in an unstable state as if it would explode if merely tapped.
Should he say it was like a bomb right before exploding.
‘What is it?’
Normally, it was normal to seal this kind of thing strictly so that it would not explode even by mistake, but to store it raw like this.
While tilting his head in doubt, suddenly his spine chilled.
‘No way…’
What if he had tried to open Ra-heuk’s storage pouch directly instead of absorbing it into the Secret Realm of the Mind?
Since he would have to break the restriction cast on the storage pouch, he would probably have consumed his spiritual power and Divine Sense over a long time.
At that moment when his mind and body became defenseless from breaking the restriction, if this pearl exploded?
Assertively, he would not be fine.
He could suffer a serious injury or lose his life if things went wrong.
‘It is truly insidious.’
To think he installed a bomb in the storage pouch he normally used in preparation for when someone killed him.
His personality was meticulous enough to make him shake his head.
Jin So-myeong, who let out a dumbfounded hollow laugh, stroked his chin.
Closely examining the dark blue pearl, since it clearly possessed a 6th-rank Qi, if it exploded, it seemed it would exert an immense power.
‘It would work even on a Void Refinement stage cultivator. If used well, it will be useful.’
Keeping the dark blue pearl well, he examined the next harvest…
‘Ah.’
He discovered a treasure precious enough to make him go blank for an instant.
One of the things Jin So-myeong had most desperately yearned for.
‘It is medium-grade Immortal Stones.’
Looking at the heap of Immortal Stones piled up high, a wave of emotion rushed in.
The quantity was also sufficient.
Excluding the small spirit stones or low-grade Immortal Stones, just counting the medium-grade Immortal Stones, there were at least over tens of thousands.
‘It is a jackpot.’
In fact, it was ambiguous to say that medium-grade Immortal Stones were such precious treasures.
Although they possessed a 6th-rank Qi, anyway, were they not merely Immortal Stones? Compared to true treasures that were unique under heaven, their status dropped.
However, to Jin So-myeong, the meaning was completely different.
‘With this…’
I can strengthen the Secret Realm of the Mind to the 6th-rank.
It meant that one of the obstacles to challenging the Void Refinement stage was resolved.
Was that all?
Naturally, his cultivation speed would also become faster.
‘To think I was lost upon trying to cultivate to the late stage of the Soul Formation stage, it is a relief.’
Judging by his current spiritual power accumulation speed, it was estimated that it would take approximately 60 years to break through the minor realm and achieve the late stage of the Soul Formation stage.
The reasons why his cultivation speed suddenly slowed down this much were various.
He could not cultivate properly due to traversing the Bright Blood Great Valley, and the ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs he had dug up in the Sacred War were also entirely consumed, so there were none now.
Anyway, since he had obtained the key to grow the Secret Realm of the Mind, there was no reason to hesitate.
Leaving the main body as it was busy traversing the Bright Blood Great Valley, he allocated a part of his consciousness to dwell in one of his clones.
At the moment when he entered the Secret Realm of the Mind while holding 20 medium-grade Immortal Stones in his hand.
Rumble!
A thunderclap that felt as if the sky were splitting rang out, and a giant something flew over.
“You have come!”
“Oh, Geum-cheong. You grew larger again.”
Geum-cheong, whom he had not seen in a long time, flew while scattering thunderbolts, and the rapidly growing fellow had already easily exceeded 2 meters in height.
‘Is she at the mid-stage Nascent Soul stage level?’
As much time had passed, her realm also rose.
It was gratifying to see the chirping chick grow enough to be called a phoenix.
“Indeed! Look at these majestic wings! Their length is already two zhang!”
As if boasting, Geum-cheong, who spread her blue wings composed of lightning crystal aggregates, paused, then chirped discontentedly.
“Anyway, why do you not come these days? You do not even let me go outside.”
“Hmm.”
Although Geum-cheong, who was trapped in the Secret Realm of the Mind, looked suffocated, it could not be helped.
In a dangerous place like the Bright Blood Great Valley, he could not pay attention to the Secret Realm of the Mind. If he was ambushed while his mind was divided, he could die absurdly.
In fact, even now when he was dwelling in his clone, it was a considerably dangerous state, so he had to finish his business as quickly as possible.
“Endure a little bit. If you go outside with your current strength, you will be eaten immediately.”
“…Chirp! Is there any way I would be eaten? I am extremely fast.”
Looking at the fellow who loftily raised her beak, it was absurd.
“Monsters hundreds of times faster than you, Geum-cheong, are scattered everywhere.”
“H-hundreds of times? No way…”
Could she have believed she was the fastest in the world?
Leaving behind Geum-cheong who was frozen with her beak wide open, perhaps shocked, he concentrated on his original purpose.
At the moment when he clutched the medium-grade Immortal Stones he had brought.
Rumble!
The entire Secret Realm of the Mind began to shake as if it would collapse.
【Resource Production】: 81 Immortal Stones / 1 Day
【Resource Production】: 82 Immortal Stones / 1 Day
…
【Resource Production】: 98 Immortal Stones / 1 Day
【Resource Production】: 99 Immortal Stones / 1 Day
From 5th-rank high-grade to peak-grade.
Along with the rapidly grown spiritual vein, the concentration of the Qi of Heaven and Earth soared.
At the same time as the extremely pure Qi filled the Secret Realm of the Mind.
His mind became groggy for a split second.
Because the Qi of Heaven and Earth produced from the 5th-rank peak-grade spiritual vein permeated into his mind and body through the deepest part of his soul.
The Qi injected through the Secret Realm of the Mind divine ability was completely different from the Qi absorbed through breathing.
Because it was a Qi directly touching the soul without intermediate processes, its influence was immense.
As the extremely pure Qi swept his soul, it felt as if he would assimilate with the nature of heaven and earth, but that sensation did not last long.
“Chirp! Is it finished?”
Geum-cheong, who was startled by the shaking Secret Realm of the Mind, approached his side, and while crouching her giant body, only her head peeked out.
“Not yet.”
He consumed the last one, the twentieth medium-grade Immortal Stone, to reach his goal.
【Secret Realm of the Mind】
【Facilities】: 6th-rank Low-grade Spiritual Vein, 6th-rank Low-grade Immortal Stone Mine
【Resource Production】: 1 Medium-grade Immortal Stone / 1 Day
A 6th-rank Qi, which was so pure and distant that it could not even be perceived by an ordinary sensation, filled the Secret Realm of the Mind.
‘Ah.’
Should he say it was the oneness of self and object.
A lofty something. The ecstatic moment of becoming one with all things of heaven and earth, which could be called the world itself, arrived.
Unnecessary five senses were blurred before he knew it.
Around that time when he was enjoying the freedom of walking above the clouds while becoming a gust of wind.
‘Wait… What was I doing.’
A doubt brushed through his head, and he suddenly snapped out of it.
As he regained his reason thanks to his Divine Sense comparable to the Void Refinement stage level, a bitter smile came out.
He had almost died in vain as his soul melted into the Qi of Heaven and Earth.
‘To grow the Secret Realm of the Mind further, I must temper my Divine Soul.’
Jin So-myeong, who let out a sigh, turned his gaze.
After stroking the beak of Geum-cheong who was merely opening her eyes round, he examined the Secret Realm of the Mind.
‘6th-rank Spiritual Vein.’
One of the pieces to become a Void Refinement stage cultivator was just filled.
Gauging the spiritual power accumulation speed, a wave of emotion rushed in. It seemed approximately 20 years would be enough to reach the late stage of the Soul Formation stage.
‘It was worth risking danger.’
The reward of fighting and winning against a Void Refinement stage expert was truly sweet.
He had merely used one Immortal Stone among the treasures piled up like a mountain in Ra-heuk’s storage pouch, yet he achieved such a great growth.
What would happen if he digested all the other things in their entirety?
Truly, he could not help but look forward to it.
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