bioinnovel Chapter 150: Boundary Searching Flag
Chapter 150: Boundary Searching Flag
In the days that followed, Qin Xiao further refined the "Emperor Soul Transformation Nerve" and tailored subsequent cultivation plans to each Daoist partner's spiritual root attributes and cultivation characteristics.
Luo Qingluan specializes in the "Gengjin Emperor Soul Sword Intent," which requires the power of the people's wishes to temper her sword heart.
Yu Qingyi walks the "Mysterious Ice Emperor Soul Path," which requires her to comprehend the strictness and impartiality of the dynasty's laws, and to sublimate the "coldness" of ice-type techniques into the majesty of "law."
Mu Ziyan cultivates the "Kun Yuan Zai Wu Jing" (The Scripture of Kun Yuan Carries All Things), which requires her to comprehend the weight of the nation and the embrace of all things, perfectly matching her dual earth and water spiritual roots.
Yu Fengling's "Three Powers Return to Origin" was special. Qin Xiao guided her to integrate the three elements of metal, wood, and water into the way of imperial rule, corresponding to "warfare," "life," and "nourishment," respectively.
Li Anning's Xun wind power corresponds to "smooth implementation of government orders", while Li Changle's Li fire power corresponds to "reform and innovation".
Fairy Yaoguang continued to restore her ancient cultivation level, while also delving into the Star Array Dao of Xuanji Pavilion, preparing for the possible deployment of a protective array to conceal heavenly secrets in the future.
Qin Xiao was very generous with cultivation resources.
A large quantity of high-grade spirit stones and rare spiritual materials were extracted from the Tianluo Sect's relics.
Mu Ziyan started refining "Infant Condensation Pill" and "Spirit Nourishing Powder" suitable for Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
Qin Xiao would also periodically draw out a wisp of pure innate spiritual energy from his "mobile spiritual spring" and share it with the women.
With such a disregard for cost, the women's cultivation levels improved at a visible speed.
Three months later, Luo Qingluan and Yu Qingyi were the first to reach the bottleneck of the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm.
Six months later, Mu Ziyan and the other three women also reached the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage.
After stabilizing his early Nascent Soul stage, Qin Xiao began attempting to break through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage.
The cultivation at the Nascent Soul stage is completely different from before.
The Nascent Soul stage focuses on the accumulation of spiritual power and the transformation of the Golden Core into an infant, while the Deity Transformation stage emphasizes the transformation of the "spirit".
Qin Xiao's path to "transforming the Emperor's Soul into a God" requires him to thoroughly integrate the will of the people, the Emperor's fortune, the Five Elements Law, and spatial perception into his primordial spirit, so that the primordial spirit can transform from "emptiness" to "reality" and manifest from "inner" to "outer".
On this day, Qin Xiao sat on the top floor of the specially built "Star Gazing Platform".
The platform offers a panoramic view, allowing one to gaze at the starry sky and overlook the capital city.
Qin Xiao closed his eyes and concentrated, his primordial spirit leaving his body.
A three-inch-tall primordial spirit leaped out from between the eyebrows and hovered three feet above the head.
The little figure was surrounded by five-colored light, and silver-gray spatial power flowed behind him like a cloak. A golden halo of wish power slowly rotated behind his head, exuding a vast and majestic aura.
With a thought, Qin Xiao's primordial spirit began to resonate with heaven and earth.
He "saw" the diverse lives of millions of people in the capital and heard their prayers, gratitude, and expectations.
These sounds transformed into wisps of golden willpower, traversing the void and merging into the primordial spirit's light wheel.
He sensed the mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas of the thirteen prefectures of Dayong.
These geographical auspicious points resonated with his imperial destiny, and the entire land provided him with strength.
He comprehended the flow of the five elements' spiritual energy: from the rising wood energy of sunrise in the east, to the blazing fire energy of midday, to the somber metal energy of sunset in the west, to the calm water energy of midnight in the north, and finally to the heavy and inclusive earth energy in the center.
The five elements cycle endlessly, creating a continuous cycle of life.
He even touched the weak point of the space barrier of the Cloud Realm, and vaguely sensed the indistinct coordinates of other small worlds outside the void...
Just as Qin Xiao was immersed in this state of deep harmony with heaven and earth, a sudden change occurred!
Suddenly, his primordial spirit felt a tremor!
Qin Xiao suddenly opened his eyes, and his primordial spirit instantly returned to its place.
The golden lines on his forehead spontaneously lit up.
That was the mark left after the Cave Heaven Instrument merged with his primordial spirit!
Through this "heavenly eye," Qin Xiao "saw" a scene:
The Upper Realm, the underground palace of the Tianluo Sect.
The remains of the Nascent Soul cultivator who had his primordial energy extracted and turned into a dried corpse were carried by several black-robed cultivators to a blood-red altar.
The altar was surrounded by twisted runes, and a long white bone banner was stuck in the center.
The black-robed monk at the head of the group slit his wrist, dripping blood onto the remains's forehead while muttering incantations.
A moment later, the dried corpse trembled violently, and a phantom shadow, filled with resentment and unwillingness, struggled to rise from the body.
"Is that the remnant soul of a cultivator?"
The white bone banner moves without wind, drawing souls into it.
On the surface of the banner, a distorted human figure pattern has been faintly visible.
"Are they... collecting souls?"
Qin Xiao's heart sank.
What alarmed him even more was that after the banner pattern stabilized, the black-robed cultivator took out a spirit crystal!
The spirit crystal was embedded in a groove on the altar.
The altar shone brightly, and a spatial fluctuation emanated from it, piercing through layers of barriers and extending towards a certain direction in the lower realm...
"They're locating it!"
Qin Xiao instantly understood: "Use the soul of the ascended one, along with the primordial energy that hasn't been separated, as a guide to reverse-locate the world to which the ascended one belongs!"
Sure enough, a moment later, the spatial fluctuations locked onto a certain direction.
The black-robed cultivators exchanged glances and nodded, one of them taking out a jade slip to record the information.
Qin Xiao noticed that there were dozens of different marks engraved on the jade slip, representing dozens of lower realms that had been located!
"No wonder they set up the Tianzhu Mountain passage; it wasn't just for fishing, but also to obtain precise 'fishpond coordinates'!"
Qin Xiao seemed to be deep in thought.
Once located, the Tianluo Sect can dispatch cultivators to the location at any time.
Although the cost of cross-industry integration is enormous, it is not impossible!
We must immediately confirm whether Yunlan Realm has been located!
Qin Xiao activated the Cave Heaven Instrument with all his might, the golden pattern on his forehead shining brightly, his gaze following the trajectory of the spatial fluctuation.
The ripples traveled through the void, passing one point of light after another, until finally…
It stopped near the Cloud Realm!
However, it did not directly target the Cloud Realm, but instead lingered among several nearby small worlds, seemingly hesitant.
"It's because none of our cultivators have ever ascended through the Tianzhu Mountain passage, so our coordinates are not in the spirit crystal."
Qin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.
Just then, the black-robed cultivators in the scene finished recording and put away the jade slips.
One of them suddenly looked up and gazed into the void, which was exactly the direction Qin Xiao was observing!
Although separated by layers of world barriers, Qin Xiao felt as if the other party "saw" him in that instant!
"what?"
The black-robed cultivator let out a soft exclamation, "I felt like I was being spied on just now..."
Another person laughed and said, "Senior brother, you're overthinking it. How could an ant from the lower realm possibly peek into the upper realm? It must be an illusion caused by the fluctuations of the 'Boundary-Seeking Banner'."
"I hope so."
The black-robed cultivator frowned, but did not delve into the matter.
Qin Xiao quickly cut off the observation, the golden lines on his forehead dimmed, and he sat on the star-gazing platform, remaining silent for a long time.
The night breeze was cool, and the stars twinkled.
"Husband?"
The voice of Fairy Yaoguang came from below.
She noticed the unusual spatial fluctuations at the observatory earlier and came up there specifically to check.
Qin Xiao told him what he had seen.
Fairy Yaoguang's expression was solemn: "'Boundary-Searching Banner', the Tianluo Sect actually possesses such a treasure. According to my husband, if one is marked by this banner, the lower realm will be like a beacon in the darkness, with nowhere to hide."