Time flew by like flowing water. In the blink of an eye, Ye Lin had been in closed-door cultivation within the Sovereign Heaven of the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda for over three months.
During these three-plus months, he accomplished the following things:
First, he replicated all the cultivational resources on him that could be replicated by a thousandfold.
Currently, just high-grade spirit stones alone, he had thirty-seven billion of them. He also had over eighteen million mid-grade spirit stones, over seven million low-grade spirit stones, and one hundred million low-grade demon crystals.
Other miscellaneous pills, such as Yuan-Nurturing Pills, Spirit Element Pills, Tribulation Transmutation Pills, and so on, added up to hundreds of thousands. There were also over a hundred thousand of various natural treasures.
Second, the 1,001 strands of Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Qi that had been useless before, as well as the 1,001 strands of the Law of Stars after replication, were all completely refined and absorbed by him.
After refining so much Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Qi and Law of Stars, his 'Circulating Heaven Stellar Physique' underwent a transformation, becoming a physical constitution that could truly connect with the stars in the sky.
In future battles against enemies, not only could he mobilize an endless stream of stellar power for recovery and defense, but he could also use the boost of stellar power to greatly increase his strength.
To sum it up in one sentence: as long as his mind did not grow weary, he would always have an inexhaustible supply of physical strength.
Not only that, with the power of the law boosting him, all his attacks were converted into true damage. In the future, any cultivator who specialized in body cultivation would definitely suffer terribly upon meeting him.
Furthermore, under the influence of the Law of Stars, the Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Qi he absorbed also showed a faint trend of converting into the Law of Yin-Yang.
Unfortunately, his current comprehension was too low, and his realm was also insufficient, making it impossible for him to comprehend the Law of Yin-Yang.
However, with such a prototype in his body, once his cultivation and comprehension were high enough, he would easily be able to nurture the Law of Yin-Yang.
Third, the 1,000 jin of ordinary Phoenix essence blood became one million jin after he replicated it a thousandfold.
Out of this one million jin, after he absorbed one hundred thousand jin using his 'Ancestral Phoenix Bloodline', he finally obtained a heritage divine ability of the Phoenix Clan—Thousand-Mile Divine Flight.
【Thousand-Mile Divine Flight: A God-grade Phoenix Clan divine ability, usable by those who possess the Phoenix Clan bloodline.
Once activated, Phoenix wings will grow on the user's back, increasing the user's flight speed by eighty times with zero consumption.
It can ignore spatial barriers and any obstacles below the God-grade, allowing the user to travel freely.】
Aside from the three points above, Ye Lin also activated the trait 【The Strictest Father of Other Races】 and poured all of the over two hundred thousand years of other-race lifespan in his possession into 'Rebirth through Fire', 'Blood Curse Heavenly Pupil', and 《Unmoving Immortal King Body》.
Having consumed so much other-race lifespan, both divine abilities were deduced to the great perfection stage, their power greatly enhanced.
As for 《Unmoving Immortal King Body Mercedes》, it had barely reached the Novice stage.
But even though it was only at the Novice stage, it allowed Ye Lin to sacrifice lifespan to summon the descent of an Immortal King dharma body. However, he was unsure whether this required sacrificing his own lifespan or if it could be replaced with other-race lifespan, so Ye Lin did not attempt it.
Still, this could be used as a trump card. It would be even better if it could be replaced with other-race lifespan, but even if it could not, he could still use it twice a day.
The first time would be after sacrificing his own lifespan, whereupon he would immediately trigger the 【Time Walker】 trait to roll back to the previous day.
The second time would be using the Heavenly Dao-grade blessing 【Lotus of Reverting Life】, forcibly activating it to restore his own lifespan.
The above was basically all the results of his three-plus months of closed-door cultivation. Of course, he did not forget to kill an evil spirit that had entered his reincarnation again to see if he could obtain a reward once more.
However, the result disappointed him. Killing a resurrected evil spirit did not yield any rewards. In the end, he could only consume some spirit stones to resurrect the evil spirit within the burial ground.
Additionally, he had refined the feather of the Phoenix Clan mighty figure into his body, ready to unleash three world-destroying attacks at any time.
“It's time to go out and get some fresh air. I'll also challenge the top ten older disciples of the Outer Academy and enter the Inner Academy while I'm at it.”
Stretching lazily, Ye Lin withdrew from the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda.
This was his longest closed-door cultivation session since he began cultivating. In truth, he sometimes found it dull and tedious.
After all, he had been a modern person not long ago. No matter how much he liked cultivating or how much better his concentration was compared to others, after more than three months of continuous closed-door cultivation, he still found it somewhat hard to bear.
Otherwise, he probably would have used up all the remaining nine hundred thousand jin of ordinary Phoenix essence blood and extracted even more Phoenix Clan heritages before stopping.
Buzz!
Along with an imperceptible spatial flicker, Ye Lin reappeared in the room of Cave Dwelling No. 1.
Though he had spent over three months inside the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda, only a little over an hour had passed in the outside world.
In other words, it had only just turned into early afternoon outside.
“I've barely even lived in Cave Dwelling No. 1, yet now I have to change places.”
Stepping out of the room, Ye Lin looked at the beautiful scenery in the courtyard and murmured to himself.
His challenge to the top ten Outer Academy disciples this time was basically a guaranteed success to enter the Inner Academy. Once he entered the Inner Academy, he would naturally have a new place to stay.
Without dwelling too much on it, he opened the cave dwelling's formation and left directly.
Not long after, a piece of shocking news swept through the entire Outer Academy of the Tianyuan Cultivation Academy like a torrent.
“Have you heard? Ye Lin, the fierce guy who has been making a big name for himself lately, went to the Outer Academy's Dragon Ascent Stage to challenge the top ten older disciples of the Outer Academy.”
“Holy crap! Isn't everyone outside saying he's a Nascent Soul True Monarch? With that kind of cultivation, won't our Outer Academy's older disciples be kicked aside like stray dogs on the street?”
“That Nascent Soul True Monarch rumor is just wild speculation. There's inside info from the Demon Suppressing Division saying that the real cultivation he showed when submitting his mission was only the First Layer of Foundation Establishment. His ability to kill Golden Core Stage evil Venerables relies entirely on talismans and other trump cards.”
“Even so, he's still incredibly formidable. After all, he's only been at the academy for a little over a month, and he has a mid-grade seven-element mixed Spiritual Root. In such a short time, he was able to advance rapidly, leaping from the Body Tempering Realm, skipping the Qi Condensation Stage, and directly reaching the current Foundation Establishment Stage. With the same talent, others wouldn't be able to reach this height in thirty years. Not to mention, he could even rely on talismans and other trump cards to successively kill five Golden Core evil Venerables. Just this courage alone is enough to command respect.”
“I agree with that. His trump cards are indeed formidable, and his courage is one in ten thousand. But battles on the Dragon Ascent Stage do not allow the use of trump cards that exceed one's own by a major realm. The lowest cultivation among our top ten older disciples in the Outer Academy has already reached the Eighth Layer of Foundation Establishment, and their talent is at least one grade higher than his. If we're talking about pure combat strength, it's hard to say who will win or lose.”
“You make a good point. Let's go to the Dragon Gate Stage and get a good look at this fierce battle of tigers and dragons.”
Whether they were older disciples, new disciples, or even some deacons and elders of the Outer Academy, everyone was currently discussing Ye Lin's challenge at the Dragon Gate Stage in a heated frenzy.
After all, it had only been a little over a month since this year's freshmen entered the academy, and as a newcomer, Ye Lin had recently become incredibly famous. Naturally, his every move drew a massive amount of attention.
While many people were rushing toward the Outer Academy's Dragon Ascent Stage, in a cave dwelling with abundant spiritual energy in the Outer Academy:
A middle-aged man with a goatee was handing a blood-red pill and a blood-colored talisman to a young man in black in front of him.
“These are the Spirit-Bursting Pill and the Death Curse Talisman specially sent over by Her Imperial Highness the Noble Consort.”
“The Spirit-Bursting Pill can forcibly raise your spiritual power to a level comparable to the Golden Core Stage within fifteen minutes. As for the Death Curse Talisman, before you die, you must drip your blood onto Ye Lin.”
“As long as you do as Her Imperial Highness says, your Xiao family won't have its nine generations executed, and your parents and family won't die.”
Patting the young man in black on the shoulder, the goateed man said with a cold expression.
His name was Nangong Yin. He was originally just a minor, marginal figure in the imperial family, but after being nurtured by Ji Yu, the mother of the Second Prince—the Noble Consort he just referred to—he had also become a Deacon in the Outer Academy of the Tianyuan Cultivation Academy.
As for this young man in black, he was none other than Xiao Chen, the son of that unlucky Commander of the Imperial Guard, Xiao Yun. He was also the top-ranked figure on the Outer Academy's veteran disciple ranking list.
Because his father and the Second Prince had sent people to carry out a massive slaughter during the freshman trial, and the Second Prince was subsequently slain with a single sword strike by the powerful female cultivator Qi Feiyan, their Xiao family was also implicated.
According to the imperial family's original sentence, everyone in the Xiao family was to be beheaded. However, Noble Consort Ji Yu had now sent word that she could give him a chance to save his family.
“I was expelled from the Xiao family genealogy long ago, and my mother met a tragic end at the hands of the Xiao family. Therefore, whether the Xiao family lives or dies has nothing to do with me.”
To Nangong Yin's utter bewilderment, Xiao Chen, who had always been willing to compromise everything for the sake of his family, actually rejected him this time without the slightest hesitation.
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