88: Advanced Extraordinary

Grandpa Xuan replied indifferently, "Those Transcendent exotic beasts are real exotic beasts, and they are also a part of your inheritance. You can challenge them at any time. That can't even be called a challenge; it should be a form of tempering."

Grandpa Xuan thought for a moment and quickly added, "It's best if you don't go out now. You have already reached the peak of the Immaculate Realm. It's best to advance to the Transcendent Realm before going out; that way, your ability to preserve your life will greatly increase."

Xun Xiuyuan immediately agreed, saying, "Grandpa Xuan, you're right. I'll break through."

As soon as he finished speaking, an aura born from the leap in life essence emanated from Xun Xiuyuan's body. Xun Xiuyuan only felt that his body and soul had undergone a tremendous sublimation.

The Immaculate Realm and the Transcendent Realm are watersheds in a martial artist's cultivation, a greater sublimation than advancing from the Seventh-Grade Martial King Realm to the Innate Realm. The latter is merely a sublimation of spiritual power, while the former is a comprehensive sublimation of life essence, including spiritual power.

Grandpa Xuan looked at Xun Xiuyuan speechlessly. You just broke through? It's that simple? It doesn't feel transcendent at all.

Xun Xiuyuan excitedly looked at Grandpa Xuan: "Grandpa Xuan, can I challenge those exotic beasts now?"

Grandpa Xuan nodded: "You can do all that, but you haven't recognized Ling Tian Pagoda as your Host yet. That space was a one-time space set up by Ling Tian. Are you sure you can handle nearly ten thousand Transcendent exotic beasts? I can't control it, nor can I help you. What if..."

At this point, Grandpa Xuan stopped speaking and looked at Xun Xiuyuan.

Xun Xiuyuan thought about it and also felt it wasn't very safe. Some of the exotic beasts at the peak of the early Transcendent Realm probably already had spiritual power exceeding ten thousand.

Since he could challenge them at any time, there was no need to rush.

"Then I'll wait until my cultivation is a bit higher, just to be safe," Xun Xiuyuan said.

Grandpa Xuan smiled at Xun Xiuyuan's choice. If he were truly a fool who only knew how to take risks, it would be better for him to die early.

"Then you can go and recognize Ling Tian Pagoda as your Host now. As an Artifact Spirit, I won't help you, nor will I hinder you. I am very neutral. I'll give you a reminder: the higher your spiritual power, the greater the chance of success and the shorter the time it will take."

Upon hearing Grandpa Xuan's words, Xun Xiuyuan immediately sat cross-legged, pretending to meditate, and then opened the system panel.

Host: Xun Xiuyuan

Age: 16

Realm: Transcendent Realm (9.967 billion / 10 billion) (Unit changed to billion at readers' request)

Spiritual Power: 10000+

Martial Arts: Berserk Blade Technique (Perfected), Mystic Steps (Perfected), Explosive Ignition Art (This skill cannot be upgraded), Heaven Piercing Slash (This skill cannot be upgraded), Copper Wall Iron Barrier (Perfected), Blood Escape (This skill cannot be upgraded), Breath Concealment Technique (Perfected), Soul Pierce (This skill cannot be upgraded), Blood God Body (Tenth Layer), Sword Qi Traverse (Perfected), Dream of a Thousand Years (Beginner)

Equipment: Dingguang, qianyuan battle armor, five colors, hundred battle blade, illusory armor, wind cloud boots, void piercing needle, soul stabilizing pearl.

Special Items: Golden Light Wheel Shard, Broken Vajra, Flame Spear, wu hook, Space Rending Spear

Lottery Chances: 1687

Seeing his exotic beast value nearing ten billion, the most crucial thing now was to continue increasing his spiritual power. He didn't know how much exotic beast value was needed to increase it by one point now.

In the Immaculate Realm, it required one million exotic beast value to increase by one point, but in the Innate Realm, it only required one hundred thousand exotic beast value to increase by one point.

Feeling uncertain, Xun Xiuyuan directly clicked to increase one point of spiritual power.

Ding-dong!

Do you want to consume 2 million exotic beast value to increase one point of spiritual power?

That's good, it didn't multiply by ten like before, only by two.

What was the reason? Was it because the spiritual power of the Immaculate Realm and the Transcendent Realm were not very different? Xun Xiuyuan, unable to figure it out, stopped thinking about it.

He added eighty billion of the eighty-nine billion usable exotic beast value to spiritual power, instantly increasing it by 4000 points, bringing his spiritual power directly to 14000.

He then clicked Dream of a Thousand Years to Perfected.

Dream of a Thousand Years: (Perfected) Has a high probability of dragging people with lower spiritual power into a dream, from which they cannot awaken. The content of the dream is constructed by the caster, and the life and death of the person in the dream are controlled by the caster.

Grandpa Xuan had been watching Xun Xiuyuan's meditation, only sensing that Xun Xiuyuan had undergone a significant change, but he couldn't pinpoint what the change was, as Xun Xiuyuan hadn't done anything, just simple meditation.

Such a direct increase in spiritual power was something he had never even heard of, let alone seen.

There were rumors in the Great World of people having an epiphany and their spiritual power directly reaching fifty thousand, but even that would have a precursor.

Xun Xiuyuan opened his eyes and said to Grandpa Xuan, "I'm ready. Can I go now?"

Grandpa Xuan knew what Xun Xiuyuan was asking and nodded.

Then, Xun Xiuyuan and Grandpa Xuan simultaneously disappeared from the ninth floor of Ling Tian Pagoda, appearing in the core of Ling Tian Pagoda, the tenth floor.

Grandpa Xuan pointed to a strip-shaped stone on a table on the tenth floor and said, "Ever since I became an Artifact Spirit, the core of the entire Ling Tian Pagoda has been that stone strip. As for where it came from or what material it is, I don't know. I only know that it cannot be damaged."

"How do I recognize it as my Host?" Xun Xiuyuan asked, looking at the stone strip.

"Drip blood, and tame it," Grandpa Xuan said.

"Tame?" Xun Xiuyuan was puzzled. Tame a stone?

Xun Xiuyuan didn't hesitate and directly dripped blood onto the stone strip. Immediately, an incomparably vast divine sense rushed straight into Xun Xiuyuan's mind.

Xun Xiuyuan was startled. Was this an attempt at possession?

After a while, he realized something was wrong. This divine sense was crashing around in his mind with no specific target.

Xun Xiuyuan now understood that this divine sense had no consciousness; it might just be the Ling Tian Pagoda's own vague will.

Immediately sitting cross-legged, Xun Xiuyuan used all his spiritual power to chase after that divine sense, chasing, approaching, and merging.

Indeed, that divine sense slowly began to merge with Xun Xiuyuan's spiritual power.

The moment the fusion began, Xun Xiuyuan felt as if his soul was being torn apart. The indescribable pain directly caused Xun Xiuyuan, who was sitting cross-legged, to convulse all over.

Because the vague will of Ling Tian Pagoda was too powerful, it was not something Xun Xiuyuan's current soul could withstand.

Grandpa Xuan murmured, "Ling Tian, if such a human genius were to fall due to your decision, then even if you are dead, your sin would be immense. But there's no other way; that secret realm has strong requirements for spiritual willpower. Ling Tian's pre-screening is not wrong."

After understanding this, Grandpa Xuan looked at Xun Xiuyuan's convulsions, unmoved.

At the entrance of the ruins.

Xie An anxiously paced around the light door, showing none of the composure of a Shattering Void Realm expert.

Wen Ruyu was also anxious from waiting: "Old Xie, can you stop pacing? You're making my head spin."

Xie An retorted, "Still a Shattering Void Realm expert, and such a simple pacing can make your head spin?"

He then looked at Ling Jun, but his words were directed at everyone: "Tell me, two days have passed, and he hasn't come out, nor has he cleared the trial. What's going on?"

Ling Jun saw Xie An's anxious look and was rather helpless: "According to past experience, as long as the light door isn't closed, it means there's still someone inside. Don't worry, just wait patiently outside and remain vigilant at all times."

Xie An knew that past experience indicated this, but worry was inevitable. It would be too regrettable for a good talent to die in the ruins.