Free Web NovelChapter 805: Chapter 664: Breaking Through to Tier 4
High tier Spirit Veins have long vanished, and low tier Spirit Veins are pitifully sparse.
This is the scene far from the sect’s heartland.
Resources are barren, the path is arduous.
Shen Xuan’s expression remained calm, unsurprised by this.
His Storage Pouch contained many Upper Grade spirit stones and cultivation resources.
Sufficient to support him on long journeys and cultivation.
As for Li Ruyi.
It was agreed early on.
If his identity was exposed, making contact difficult.
Li Ruyi would return to Starlight Island on his own.
Several days later.
Vast and boundless deep blue came into view.
He had reached the East Sea.
Shen Xuan’s body folded, like a meteor plunging into the sea, directly diving beneath the surging waves.
Seawater instantly enveloped his body, pressure surged from all directions.
With a slight mental command, Shen Xuan’s bones emitted a light popping sound, his skin surfaced with fine golden scale patterns.
He did not use the water-repelling technique, but instead activated [Dragon Blood Boiling], transforming into a Profound Ice Divine Dragon over thirty zhang long.
The seawater was no longer a hindrance, but rather the most congenial companion.
The Divine Dragon swished its tail, its form like lightning, diving towards the deeper, darker abyss.
The deeper he went, the darker the light, the greater the pressure.
Spiritual Qi was not completely exhausted.
On the contrary, in some trenches and earth vein fractures, pure Spiritual Light flickered momentarily.
These were Tier Three water attribute Spirit Veins hidden deep in the seabed, along with various rare minerals.
However, to mine them, one must face terrifying water pressure, fierce sea beasts, and powerful exclusionary Sea Demons.
The difficulty was too great.
The human sects had already abandoned offshore development.
Shen Xuan thrived like a fish in water.
The Divine Dragon silently shuttled through the currents, powerful Divine Sense spread like a net, avoiding the dark areas exuding danger, heading towards the destination marked on the sea map.
As for the Yue Country’s turmoil...
A hint of sarcasm flashed in Shen Xuan’s eyes.
The siege of thirteen Golden Core cultivators, True Master Qing Xi’s relentless aggression, True Master Celestial Secret’s hidden barbs.
They hadn’t even stirred a ripple in his heart.
He naturally would visit the Spirit Stream Secret Realm again.
That would be sixty years from now.
When that time comes, what could they do?
True Master Qing Xi was merely a clown.
Never working hard to enhance his own strength, to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm early.
Only engaging in these impractical intrigues and schemes.
A small-minded vision.
True Master Celestial Secret was the same.
Being the head of the sect in Yue Country, small-minded, narrow-spirited.
No wonder the cultivation realm in Yue Country has declined generation after generation, falling to the tail end of the five countries.
The entire sect in Yue Country only has three Nascent Soul True Monarchs.
In fact, Shen Xuan oversimplified things.
To achieve the Nascent Soul Dao is not so easy.
He had long discerned the Nascent Soul Great Path where water and fire intermingled, his path was clear.
With abundant cultivation resources, owning Starlight Island, and occasional windfalls, there was no need to leverage external strength.
Shen Xuan had also touched the threshold of the Body Refining Divine Realm.
His gaze had already turned to the pinnacle of the heavenly realm cultivator’s path.
Naturally, he disdainfully dismissed these trivial tricks to vie for power and profit within the sect.
Only, the minor power and profit in his eyes.
Were eagerly pursued by countless people.
Much like the office workers in his previous life.
Countless people bickered and schemed, just to climb one step higher, to gain a larger portion.
While some quietly honed themselves, using real skills to carve out new worlds outside.
Their efforts were fundamentally divergent.
They were not fellow travelers at all.
Between them, it’s hard to communicate and understand.
If you achieve something relying on real skills, they won’t congratulate you, only envy you, wanting you to fall as well.
This is the crab effect.
Ever present through antiquity.
To this, Shen Xuan remained disdainful in his heart.
If he wished.
He would surely become the second most powerful figure in the Cyan Cloud Sect.
Assisting the Nascent Soul True Monarch, wielding sect authority, becoming the Cyan Cloud Sect Leader.
Yet, he had never entertained such plans.
Disdainful of the Cyan Cloud Sect Leader position.
Moreover, the likes of True Master Celestial Secret and True Master Qing Xi were such petty men.
Shen Xuan knew that the sect in Yue Country would surely block his information.
The sect in Yue was inferior to Song Country in strength.
The two top Golden Core Sect Leaders were beaten by True Master Profound Ice from Cyan Cloud Sect without daring to retaliate.
If leaked, it would only bring disgrace to the sect in Yue Country.
The dragon’s tail lightly swayed, crushing an area of dark currents.
Shen Xuan discarded some thoughts, refocusing on the dark waters ahead.
One month later.
He was ten thousand miles away from the mainland coastline.
The surrounding sea water was bone-chilling, enough pressure to easily crush a Golden Core True Master’s Protective Spirit Light.
Absolute darkness and silence, only occasionally passing were unique deep-sea creatures emitting an eerie glow.
Finally, a vague outline appeared at the end of his formidable dragon vision.
That was an island suspended in the deep sea.
Its bottom deeply embedded into the black seabed, its top emerging above the water, revealing an ominous silhouette in the year-round mist and storms.
Golden Dragon Island.
Shen Xuan slowly ascended, stopping a few hundred zhang away from the island in deep waters, his dragon eyes narrowed, carefully examining.
Beside the sea map was a line of small annotated text, now surfacing in his mind.
"This place is perilous, Spiritual Power is chaotic, demon energy is noticeable. There are indigenous barbarians from Long Family Stronghold suspected to be descendants of an ancient Demon Race bloodline. Enter with caution."
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Three hundred miles outside Golden Dragon Island.
In the seabed thousands of zhang deep.
Here light does not penetrate, only some peculiar water plants and deep-sea fish emit their own glow.
The water pressure is immense, ordinary creatures cannot survive here.
Shen Xuan sat cross-legged.
Beneath him was not a reef, but rather a claw from a demonic crab over ten zhang long covered in serrations.
The fractured claw’s surface was smooth as a mirror, exuding remnants of savage demon energy.
This was left by the Tier Three Iron-armored Saw Claw Crab.
