The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 322: Chapter 322: Breakthrough! Opening up the Spirit Sea_1

The Spirit Storage Rat was ”diligent” in its cultivation for a while but eventually couldn’t persevere any longer. It ran rampant in the Jade Pool Dungeon but, fortunately, thanks to Shen Mo’s orders, it didn’t consume any spiritual medicine aged several hundred or even a thousand years. Every day, it would dig into the ground, from time to time unearthing a rotting bone or a few fragments of magic treasures that had lost all their spiritual properties.

The passage of time in this Dungeon was ten times that of the Outer Realm. These rotten bones might have belonged to powerful Immortal Path masters or formidable beasts in their lifetime. The magic treasure fragments, when intact, might have possessed extraordinary power. However, ground down by the passage of time, they had become no different than ordinary rocks. They were of no use to Shen Mo.

Yet, since the Spirit Storage Rat had advanced to the peak of Class II, Shen Mo let it be. The jade slip the little creature brought back this time was filthy and devoid of any spiritual qualities; only because it was made from jade had it not decayed. Shen Mo initially thought it was another trick for delicious beast meat, just like the rotten bones and broken fragments. However, when he scanned the jade slip with his sense, he was surprised to find a strong Prohibition placed upon it.

”You may have actually dug up a real treasure,” Shen Mo said. He pulled out some of the remaining dried Snow Leopard meat from his Universe Bag and stuffed it into the Spirit Storage Rat’s paws. The Spirit Storage Rat cared little for what was recorded in the jade slip; meat in paw, it began to devour it with a look of utter satisfaction.

”You little glutton...” Shen Mo shook his head with a smile, then equipped his Bright Vision and glanced at the dark jade slip in his hand. He saw a clear light swirling inside, quite divine and extraordinary.

Could it be a magic cultivation method? Shen Mo wasn’t sure; it seemed slightly different from the jade slips recording cultivation methods he had encountered before. After some consideration, Shen Mo realized that with his current abilities, forcefully breaking the Prohibition might damage the contents within. Even using the Void Palm wouldn’t guarantee its integrity.

Forget it. I’ll examine it later. After washing the jade slip, restoring its original dark green color, Shen Mo casually tossed it into his Universe Bag.

It had to be said that after his Basic Destiny, Luck, had advanced to Noble, the effects were truly extraordinary. In the previous nine months, aside from some rotten bones and broken fragments, the Spirit Storage Rat hadn’t found any real treasures. After all, the Riverside Sect had possessed this Dungeon for hundreds of years; any treasures would have been collected by previous generations, leaving nothing for the Spirit Storage Rat to distinguish itself. Yet, right after his Luck Destiny advanced, the Spirit Storage Rat somehow dug up a jade slip that someone had overlooked. Even if it only recorded a profound level cultivation method, Shen Mo wouldn’t complain.

At this point, only one month remained before he was due to leave the Jade Pool Dungeon. Shen Mo’s cultivation had nearly reached the absolute peak of the Qi Gathering Realm; wasting more time would yield no benefits. It was about time to open up his Spirit Sea. If his first attempt at advancement failed, the remaining time would be sufficient for a second or even a third try. However, according to the sect’s Manuals, the first attempt to open the Spirit Sea at the peak of the Qi Gathering Realm had the highest chance of success. If one still couldn’t advance to the Spirit Sea Realm after three attempts, the chances of breaking through thereafter would be slim.

Two years ago, Shen Mo would have hesitated, his heart filled with anxiety. But now, having experienced so much, his mentality, like his Cultivation Realm, was a world apart from what it used to be.

Let’s begin! Shen Mo brushed off the distracting thoughts in his mind and began to circulate the Purple Mansion Heart Scripture.

OM!

OM!

OM!

All three Dantians in his body hummed in unison. The rich spiritual Qi within the Jade Pool Dungeon converged towards him like a swirling vortex in the sea. Purified by his Innate Divine Ability, Flawless, large amounts of Turbid Qi—such as decaying Demonic Qi, volatile herbal energies, and other Demonic Qi—were expelled from his body with each breath. What entered his Chakra was only pure, highly adaptable, and malleable elementary Qi. This effect was several times stronger than consuming a large quantity of Seven Treasures Spirit Pills.

After a full day and night of accumulation, the Mana within Shen Mo’s Qi Sea had reached the point of overflowing. But he didn’t stop, continuing to accumulate power. Feeling it still wasn’t enough, he took out the Dragon Tiger Formless Pill given to him by Zhao Lingyin and swallowed all four remaining elixirs in one go.

When the power within his body surged uncontrollably, Shen Mo activated True Immortal Magic, transforming into his Three-headed Six-armed state. Instantly, the carrying capacity of his vitality increased significantly once more.

BANG!

BANG!

BANG!

Sounds like muffled thunder rumbled from within Shen Mo’s body. The Mana and True Yuan in his three Qi Seas churned like colossal, roiling waves. Amidst the violent collisions, a strand of even purer, more condensed Spiritual Liquid was formed, emitting a faint golden luster, divine and extraordinary. Soon, more and more Purple Knack Mana was continuously transformed into this higher-quality, faint golden Spiritual Liquid.

However, the pressure on Shen Mo’s Qi Sea didn’t lessen in the slightest. On the contrary, with the appearance of the faint golden Spiritual Liquid, the pressure grew immense, as if the clear water in a cistern had been replaced with molten lead and mercury.

SWOOSH!

SWIRL!

Half a day later, all the Purple Knack Mana had been replaced by the faint golden Spiritual Liquid. At this moment, Shen Mo’s Qi Sea could no longer withstand such high-quality Mana and True Yuan; like a water tank, it began to crack bit by bit.

Just a little more! Shen Mo exhaled a turbid breath and swallowed all the Grade III elixirs he had prepared.

BOOM!

Like a silver vase shattering, its contents bursting forth. The instant the Qi Sea in his Upper Dan Field completely exploded, a vast, faint golden ocean abruptly took shape. What was originally just a swirling vortex of Qi was now an ocean flowing with high-quality Spiritual Liquid!

[You successfully broke through, establishing a Spirit Sea in your Upper Dan Field. Your power has massively increased.]

A flash of joy crossed Shen Mo’s face, but he quickly regained his solemn expression. This was only the Upper Dan Field. If he stopped here, the Mana from the other two Dantians would be continuously drawn into this single Spirit Sea. In the future, he would have no hope of opening the other two Spirit Seas. In that case, even if his Spirit Sea was more vast than that of other Spirit Sea Realm cultivators and could accommodate more Mana and True Yuan, to some extent, it would be a waste of his potential.

Finish it all in one go! Again!

Endless nature’s spiritual energy surged in, forming a strong wind that rustled the nearby spiritual medicines and spiritual plants. However, Shen Mo could no longer spare any attention for these centuries-old and millennia-old plants. After swallowing a dozen more Grade III elixirs, thunderous, tsunami-like sounds once again emanated from within his body.

An unknown amount of time passed.

BOOM!

[You successfully broke through, establishing a Spirit Sea in your Middle Dantian. Your power has massively increased.]

...

BOOM!

[You successfully broke through, establishing a Spirit Sea in your Lower Dantian. Your power has massively increased.]

”I did it!” Shen Mo’s eyes snapped open. Even without wearing Bright Vision, his eyes shone with a brilliant light. He had opened a Spirit Sea in each of his three Dantians. The high-quality, faint golden Mana flowed within these vast oceans, gleaming brightly.