Free Web NovelChapter 156: Chapter 156: Breaking Through
Just as he’d hoped, as the Qi and Blood Power within him grew exceptionally abundant, the efficiency of the Divine Forging Technique in enhancing his Spiritual Power surged several-fold!
Within the vast cosmos inside his mind, the immense Qi and Blood Power transformed into starlight that shot forth like sharp arrows, shattering the once-unbreakable chains one by one.
The shattered chains dissolved into motes of light, merging into the surrounding cosmos and making the galaxy even more radiant!
As Jiang Xu felt his Spiritual Power rapidly increasing, he also faintly sensed it hitting a bottleneck.
He knew this was a sign that his Spiritual Power was on the verge of reaching the Qi Cultivation Realm Great Perfection.
Jiang Xu had no intention of letting this opportunity slip by.
He wanted to seize the momentum and, in one fell swoop, push his Spiritual Power all the way to Qi Cultivation Great Perfection!
With a flip of his hand, Jiang Xu popped a Bone Marrow Cleansing and Spirit Condensing Pill into his mouth.
It dissolved the moment it touched his tongue!
The moment the Elixir entered his mouth, it transformed into gentle streams that flowed from the tip of his tongue through his meridians, finally converging deep within his mind.
Jiang Xu felt his spiritual world become clearer and more transparent than ever before. The myriad distracting thoughts, accumulated over years of worldly turmoil, were all wiped away in that instant.
It was like a silent spring rain nourishing the earth, or the still autumn water clarifying the mirror of his mind.
Within his mind, countless chains shattered with a deafening CRASH!
Jiang Xu felt the Spiritual Power in his Sea of Consciousness become incredibly full. Faintly, he sensed that something was about to condense and manifest from within it.
Jiang Xu understood. This was the prelude to the formation of his Divine Sense.
However, Divine Sense wasn’t so easily formed.
Even though the first signs had seemingly appeared.
It was still a long way from truly taking form.
But Jiang Xu wasn’t worried.
Looking at the three bottles of elixirs in his hand, he was filled with confidence.
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Su Duo stared at the Purple Profound Celestial Marketplace, a flicker of doubt in his heart.
’What’s happening? Why hasn’t anyone left the Marketplace?’
Su Duo had deployed the Profound Demon Soul-Devouring Array outside the Marketplace for the express purpose of transforming any human who left into a Demon Devourer he could then use.
In truth, after their consciousness was eroded by Demonic Qi and their race was altered, these humans weren’t called Demons. That was just a name Jiang Xu had come up with, not knowing their true designation.
They were, in fact, called Demon Devourers.
They were a species of the Demon Race.
A very lowly one, at that.
In reality, transforming a human into a Demon Devourer wasn’t as simple as just eroding them with Demonic Qi.
A human exposed to a small amount of Demonic Qi would merely undergo a drastic change in temperament, becoming irritable and prone to anger. In essence, they would still be human.
If exposed to a large amount, they would be driven mad and eventually die, never becoming a Demon Devourer.
Demon Devourers, in truth, had to be deliberately created.
The Profound Demon Soul-Devouring Array was one such method of creation.
Once born, a Demon Devourer retains the memories of its former human life and embarks on an endless slaughter of humanity.
This was because only the blood and flesh of humans could sustain their existence.
The more humans they killed, the stronger they would become.
If they went more than a week without consuming flesh and blood, they would dissolve into a puddle of foul-smelling sludge and vanish from Heaven and Earth.
Thus, they were humanity’s natural, irreconcilable enemies. They needed no prompting; they would find ways to slaughter humans on their own accord.
This made them one of the most effective tools of slaughter for Demon Cultivators.
This was not only because of their strong Concealment and superb killing abilities, but also because their maximum strength could never exceed one Great Realm above the Realm they were in at the time of their transformation.
This meant that even with a moment of carelessness, one never had to worry about being turned on by their own Demon Devourers.
But now, after waiting for several days, Su Duo had not sensed any significant changes within the Marketplace.
On the contrary, it seemed that not a single person had left the Marketplace in days.
This couldn’t help but arouse his suspicions.
The issue was that transformed Demon Devourers didn’t need to be controlled; they killed on their own initiative, making communication unnecessary. As a result, Su Duo had no way to contact the Demon Devourers inside the Marketplace, much less know their exact numbers.
But even without knowing the exact number, Su Duo knew there couldn’t be many.
Since no one was leaving the Marketplace, no one was running into the Demon Array. Naturally, that meant very few Demon Devourers had been created.
Su Duo’s brow furrowed for a moment, then relaxed.
’So be it. My main goal was just to trap them. Failing to create a few Demon Devourers is no great loss.’
’That previous Pavilion Master of the Profound Origin Sect was truly incredible at Array Formation. I still haven’t completely figured out how to break this one.’
’But I’m close. Just give me another two or three days, and I’ll be able to shatter it completely!’
After lingering for a while longer outside the Profound Demon Soul-Devouring Array and finding nothing new, Su Duo returned and resumed his work on breaking the Purple Profound Celestial Marketplace’s Array.
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’Profound Celestial Pill, Bone Marrow Cleansing and Spirit Condensing Pill, and Blood Jade Dragon Tendon Pill... I’ll swallow all three at once! I refuse to believe I can’t break through this bottleneck!’
After two more days of Cultivation, Jiang Xu’s Spiritual Power was still within the scope of Qi Cultivation Great Perfection; he had not stepped into the realm of Divine Sense.
The Spiritual Sense Realm, which had once seemed within his grasp, was now like the moon’s reflection in water or flowers in a mirror—visible, yet unattainable.
The Spiritual Power in Jiang Xu’s mind had swelled to the point where it threatened to burst his Sea of Consciousness.
Yet he still couldn’t reach the threshold for condensing Divine Sense.
As time ticked away, Jiang Xu grew extremely anxious. At this point, even the Bone Marrow Cleansing and Spirit Condensing Pill could no longer quell his inner turmoil.
Steeling his resolve, Jiang Xu swallowed all three elixirs in one gulp, intending to use this potent combination to blast through the massive bottleneck before him.
The other two elixirs had the same effect as before, but the Profound Celestial Pill brought with it a sudden, profound clarity!
Jiang Xu felt all five of his senses heighten to an unbelievable degree.
His vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch all grew exceptionally acute. It felt as if he could perceive the finest details, hear the whisper of the breeze, discern the fragrance of flowers from miles away, taste the sweetness in plain water, and feel the very path of the airflow.
This was remarkably similar to the recorded descriptions of Divine Sense, making Jiang Xu feel as if he had already stepped into the Spiritual Sense Realm!
At the same time, his mind grew sharper, his thoughts surging like a tidal wave. Complex knowledge and information flowed into the depths of his consciousness like gentle streams, deepening his comprehension of all things.
It was only then that Jiang Xu finally understood.
The birth of Divine Sense wasn’t merely about increasing the quantity of one’s Spiritual Power.
Why were Foundation Establishment Cultivators so powerful?
It was because their spiritual energy could more strongly influence the will of Heaven and Earth. This allowed their Magic to be empowered by a greater amount of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, thus unleashing far greater might.
This was a qualitative transformation.
It was like replacing an ordinary wooden lever with a steel one of the same size.
A wooden lever would simply snap if forced to lift a heavy object, whereas a steel lever is far more resilient and powerful.
