153: Immortal Golden Crow Embryo

Thirteen formidable auras arrived in an instant!

Zhang Sheng, dressed in black combat attire, stood calmly in the air, his gaze like lightning as he stared directly at the Yao Beast shadows ahead.

"Is this the Spiritual Pressure of a True Fetus Realm Yao Beast? Nothing special!" Song Xian's two Clones assumed stances simultaneously, their hands rapidly forming seals.

In an instant, countless ice blades appeared out of thin air, rotating at high speed around them as a biting chill gathered crazily!

"Yo! Are the participants of the Civilization Assessment actually humanoid creatures?" An Ice Demon riding on an ice horse grinned, letting out a bone-chilling sneer.

This group of Ice Demons looked similar; they were humanoid but devoid of any Life Qi—their skin, pupils, and hair were all pure, flawless snow-white, and their long, pointed ears were exceptionally striking.

When they grinned with their huge mouths, they revealed mouths full of jagged, sharp teeth.

Eleven Ice Demons plus two giant ant beasts completely surrounded Zhang Sheng and Song Xian's two Clones in the center.

"Zhang Sheng, can you handle this? The spiritual energy fluctuations of these guys don't feel any weaker than mine!" Song Xian's voice carried a hint of nervousness as he quietly transmitted his voice.

"Rest assured, none of them will survive." Zhang Sheng responded calmly.

His Divine Sense transmission was not concealed in the slightest; it spread directly, clearly entering the ears of every enemy.

"You seek death!" Being treated with such disdain, the Ice Demons were instantly enraged. "Brothers, attack! As long as we wipe out three more newborn civilizations, we will be free!"

Before the words had even faded, the bodies of the Ice Demons, originally three meters tall, suddenly expanded tenfold!

The two ant beasts also grew to a massive size simultaneously.

A bone-chilling, extreme cold current erupted from the giant mouths of the Ice Demons, turning into ice blades, ice cones, and ice spears that filled the sky, bombarding them with overwhelming force!

Zhang Sheng opened his Divine Sense fully, yet his figure remained as steady as a rock.

Eighty-one layers of Profound Light Shield surrounded his body, the light flowing and shining brilliantly!

The ice blades controlled by Song Xian actively met the attack, colliding violently with the Ice Demons' Spells!

But in just a few breaths, his ice blades were completely suppressed.

The shields protecting his Clones shattered layer by layer, on the verge of collapsing.

"Hold on!" Zhang Sheng gave a low shout, and the light of his Profound Light Shield flowed, instantly splitting off a portion to protect Song Xian's two Clones.

"Sorry, I'm holding you back." Song Xian's voice was bitter; he hadn't expected these True Fetus Realm Yao Beasts to be so troublesome.

But looking at Zhang Sheng again, he was completely unaffected!

The Ice Demons' extreme cold breath and the corrosive acid sprayed by the ant beasts continuously impacted Zhang Sheng's Profound Light Shield.

But there were as many as eighty-one layers of shields! The opponent's attacks could tear through seven or eight layers at most, and with a slight movement of Zhang Sheng's mind, the shattered Profound Light Shield was instantly replenished, restoring it to its original state.

"What is going on with this guy?!" Whether it was the Ice Demons or the ant beasts, they were terrified and frantically increased the intensity of their attacks.

The spiritual energy concentration in the Red-level Secret Realm was ten times higher than in the Blue-level Secret Realm, which was practically a paradise for cultivation for Zhang Sheng.

The Primordial Chaos Heavenly Art operated on its own, recovering hundreds of thousands of points of spiritual energy every second!

This amount of consumption couldn't even keep up with a fraction of his recovery speed!

Back at the moment of their first encounter, Zhang Sheng had already seen through their true strength—the total spiritual energy of the thirteen True Fetus Realm Yao Beasts combined was far less than his own!

The moment they cast their Spells, he accurately judged the power of their ice-type Spells; they had only barely stepped into the threshold of the second-order Transcendent stage, far from the Perfection Realm.

Attacks of this level, no matter how many there were, were futile against him.

"True Fetus Realm? Much weaker than I imagined!" A cold arc curled at the corner of Zhang Sheng's mouth.

"Attack power test complete. Now, let's see if your Physical Body can withstand my 'Crescent Moon Blade'!"

With a thought, countless sharp, crescent-shaped light blades condensed out of thin air, carrying a piercing whistle that tore through the air, shooting towards the Ice Demons and ant beasts!

Lights and shadows intertwined, changing in an instant.

When the light faded, only flesh and blood fragments remained in the field—eleven Ice Demons and two ant beasts, thirteen Secret Realm creatures, all slain!

"It seems their defensive power is also quite average." Zhang Sheng's tone was indifferent, as if he had merely brushed away some dust.

Spoils of war were scattered all over the ground: seven red Jade Slips, four Spiritual Artifacts, one jade talisman, and one Medicinal Pill.

Zhang Sheng waved his hand and gathered all the flesh and dropped items into his storage ring.

Song Xian, standing to the side, was dumbfounded, his voice changing pitch: "Is... is it over already?!"

Seven red Jade Slips floated in front of Zhang Sheng.

He communicated with his star ring, and the content of the Cultivation Techniques immediately appeared on the surface of the Jade Slips:

"Immortal Golden Crow Embryo"

"Water-Fire Mutual Aid Embryo"

"Flowing Light Arrow"

"Void Splitting Finger"

...

"Immortal Golden Crow Embryo" was exactly what he had obtained from killing the first Ice Demon, and it was undoubtedly a top-tier True Embryo condensation method.

Among the four Spiritual Artifacts was a storage ring.

Zhang Sheng probed with his Divine Sense, and the internal space actually reached an astonishing ten kilometers in radius!

He casually put it on.

By now, Zhang Sheng already had three rings on his hand: two storage rings, one large and one small, and the star ring symbolizing his identity as a Star Lord.

Except for "Water-Fire Mutual Aid Embryo," he put away the rest of the Jade Slips.

"This should also be a True Embryo cultivation method; it's yours." Zhang Sheng tossed the Jade Slip to Song Xian's Clone.

Song Xian's Clone solemnly received it: "Zhang Sheng, I will remember this favor today!"

Currently, there was truly no more suitable candidate for this item than Song Xian.

"Let's go, let's see what else is in this Secret Realm." Zhang Sheng said.

After some investigation, no other True Fetus Realm Yao Beasts were found.

Wherever Zhang Sheng's Divine Sense swept, all Divine Breath Realm and Qi Sea Realm Yao Beasts were ruthlessly slaughtered.

On the way, he discovered a huge ant queen, but its Realm was only Divine Breath Realm.

After killing it, Zhang Sheng took out a dozen unhatched insect eggs from its abdomen and put them into his storage ring.

Although with his strength, raising an ant queen might not be very useful, he considered it a special collection.

The Secret Realm was about one thousand kilometers in radius.

"That's about enough, let everyone in."

"Okay!" One of Song Xian's Clones self-destructed in response, instantly transmitting the information inside the Secret Realm out.

Before long, thousands of Huaxia Cultivators poured into the Secret Realm like a tide!

They dispersed quickly, efficiently gathering various spirit plants and Spiritual Materials.

Items too large to carry were all sent to Zhang Sheng and Song Xian, for Zhang Sheng to store in that huge ten-kilometer storage ring.

No one else had such a storage Divine Artifact.

"Brothers, hurry up! There are other Secret Realms waiting to be opened later!" Zhang Sheng's voice transmission resounded throughout the space.

While everyone was busy, Zhang Sheng picked up those Jade Slips and pressed them against his forehead one by one to absorb the information.

"Immortal Golden Crow Embryo": Draw the Sun's True Fire into the body, view oneself as a furnace of heaven and earth, and use the majestic, scorching energy to calcine... melt and refine one's own Jing, Qi, Shen, and will, and even complex thoughts,

Under extreme temperature and pressure, compress and fuse all the essence, finally achieving an "Immortal Golden Crow Embryo"!

The True Embryo is like a brilliant great sun, containing endless light, heat, and explosive power!

"It is indeed a top-tier True Embryo cultivation method! However, the Sun's True Fire is a difficult problem..." Zhang Sheng pondered to himself.

"Flowing Light Arrow" is a light-type Spell, second-order in grade.

"Void Splitting Finger" is also second-order, but it is a rare space-type Spell.

The remaining Jade Slips also all belonged to the second-order category.

By now, Zhang Sheng understood: although these Jade Slips were all second-order, what they recorded were the supreme-grade among second-order Spells!

After obtaining "Immortal Golden Crow Embryo," he had a deeper understanding of the True Fetus Realm:

The essence of this Realm is the transition from the Divine Breath Realm to the Divine Power Realm.

After a Cultivator condenses a True Embryo, they still mainly Cultivate second-order Spells, but they need to select one or two core Spells to study in depth, pushing them to a profound Realm,

and with this as a Foundation, only then can they attempt to break through to the Divine Power Realm!