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Chapter 649: Mastery of Secret Techniques, Re-entering the Void, and an Unexpected Discovery
Chapter 649: Mastery of Secret Techniques, Re-entering the Void, and an Unexpected Discovery
"After eighty years, I've finally mastered the fourth layer of the Chaos Immortal Art! If we're talking purely about the depth of magical energy, I might be able to rival a Demigod."
Within the meditation chamber atop Celestial Peak, Chu Ning didn't bother to use his innate talent to conceal his aura, and one could hardly sense any fluctuations of magical energy around him.
He seemed to have achieved a state of simplicity and purity.
Inside Chu Ning, both his magical energy and essence power were in a state of utmost fullness.
However, at this moment, his magical energy still dominated.
"The next layer of the Chaos Immortal Art will directly merge with the Primordial Power to cultivate true essence power!"
Chu Ning's eyes flashed with determination.
At the same time, his attention turned inward, focusing on his mind.
【True Spirit Art (640,000/640,000)】
After more than a hundred years of cultivation, Chu Ning had also perfected the True Spirit Art some years ago.
"Incantation Deity Technique, this should be the last reward the Immortal Seed gave me through the panel!"
Chu Ning pondered slightly as he read the introduction of the True Spirit Curse on the panel.
The incomplete third volume of the Nine Transformations Body Refinement Art and the Chaos Immortal Art he had created no longer had any prompts on the panel.
It seemed that there would be no more rewards in the future.
Thinking about the tremendous benefits the panel had brought him throughout his cultivation journey, Chu Ning felt a sense of gratitude towards the Immortal Seed.
It seemed that the other party truly had no ulterior motives and only wanted to cooperate to bring him back to the Immortal Demonic Realm.
From the current situation, everything seemed to be as expected.
With these thoughts, Chu Ning refocused his attention on the Incantation Deity Technique.
Cultivating divine sense techniques had previously granted Chu Ning secret techniques like the Forbidden Deity Technique, Divided Deity Technique, Illusion Deity Technique, and Sever Deity Technique.
In Chu Ning's opinion, the Incantation Deity Technique seemed like an upgraded version of the Sever Deity Technique.
At the late-stage Essence Incarnation or even the Demigod Realm, if one directly launched a divine sense attack, it would likely be detected by the opponent.
However, the Incantation Deity Technique could attach a divine sense attack to one's own attack through an enigmatic incantation.
The power of this technique lay in its ability to attach to any attack, whether it be a spell or a spirit treasure.
"This technique is indeed powerful, but the incantation is too enigmatic and abstruse. Moreover, the pronunciation of this incantation is completely different from those of this realm. It seems that this technique is not an innate secret technique of the True Spirit Art but something the Immortal Seed brought from the Immortal Demonic Realm."
Chu Ning even vaguely guessed that these secret techniques related to divine sense might not be from this realm.
After all, in his years of cultivation, he had traveled to many places in this realm, but he had never heard of these secret techniques.
This was entirely different from the secret techniques of the Nine Transformations Body Refinement Art, such as the Heavenly Quake Fist and Thunder Step.
Although the Incantation Deity Technique was enigmatic, Chu Ning, with his prior knowledge of divine sense techniques, had already fully comprehended it.
The next moment, Chu Ning took a step forward, and his figure appeared outside the cave abode.
After cultivating the fourth layer of the Chaos Immortal Art, his control over spatial power had reached an astonishing level.
Even ordinary seals could no longer hinder Chu Ning.
At this moment, Chu Ning had a vague guess about Bai Ling's innate talent, suspecting that she might also be borrowing spatial power.
"Husband!"
Seeing Chu Ning appear, Cen Zijin, who was tending to the medicinal garden, turned her head with a smile on her face.
Eighty years had passed, and neither Cen Zijin nor Chu Ning had aged much.
Instead, both of them exuded an increasingly serene and otherworldly aura.
Of course, the most noticeable change was the significant improvement in their cultivation.
Chu Ning had officially entered the Demigod Realm.
Cen Zijin's cultivation had also advanced significantly.
"Zijin, it seems you're about to enter the late-stage Essence Incarnation!"
Chu Ning said with a smile as he sensed the fluctuations of Cen Zijin's aura.
Cen Zijin smiled as well.
"It should be soon, probably in three to five years. I've been at the mid-stage Essence Incarnation for over a hundred and twenty years, and I'm just one step away from the late stage.
This speed, although not as fast as yours, is already extremely satisfying to me."
"Haha, it seems that dual cultivation is indeed the path to the Great Dao."
Chu Ning laughed heartily.
Cen Zijin gave him a playful glare.
However, she didn't refute his words.
It was undeniable that over the past few decades, their occasional dual cultivation had greatly benefited both Chu Ning and Cen Zijin's cultivation progress.
Moreover, Cen Zijin, with her Mystic Yin Body's special physique, had made even more significant progress in refining the Dark Yin Orb through dual cultivation.
At this moment, Chu Ning's playful smile faded as he turned to Cen Zijin and said, "What I just said about dual cultivation being the Great Dao is not a joke. At my level of magical energy cultivation, I can already sense a bottleneck. Only by cultivating both magical energies together can there be a breakthrough in essence power. If the Immortal Seeds were right, then the fusion cultivation of primordial power is the key."
Hearing Chu Ning's words, Cen Zijin nodded, a hint of laughter flashing in her eyes. "I have also cultivated some essence power within my body, but progress is still slow. To cultivate the essence power required for the third volume of the Nine Transformations Body Refinement Art will take considerable time."
Chu Ning had already explained everything about the Immortal Seeds to Cen Zijin, Yu Changge, and the others. He even taught them the complete Nine Transformations Body Refinement Art. Although Chu Ning knew that the art was still incomplete and couldn't ultimately cultivate a perfect essence power, he thought it was good for them to get a head start.
Cultivating essence power within their bodies would give them an extra means of self-preservation when facing enemies, especially against cultivators from the Immortal Demonic Realm and heavenly demons. Furthermore, in the future, Chu Ning would have to explore and find a better path as the pioneer.
All of them were already Nascent Soul Cultivators, and their physical bodies had already reached a certain level of strength. Cultivating the first two volumes of the Nine Transformations Body Refinement Art was relatively quick. However, when they tried dual cultivation together with Chu Ning, they encountered difficulties.
Chu Ning had achieved success with the help of the Ten Thousand Spells Fruit. Without the fruit, he gave them the Purple Origin Fruit to consume. After some time, Cen Zijin and Yu Changge finally cultivated essence power, but their progress was slightly slower than Chu Ning's.
"This can't be rushed," Chu Ning reassured Cen Zijin. "Letting you cultivate now is just to familiarize yourself with primordial power. When I truly comprehend the method of cultivating primordial power and complete the third volume of the Nine Transformations Body Refinement Art, you can cultivate again, and it might be easier."
After saying this, Chu Ning turned to Cen Zijin and said, "I plan to go to Demon Mountain to try and refine that pocket dimension. If I succeed, I'll go to Spiritless Island to comprehend primordial power. But the progress of comprehension is hard to predict."
"Husband, won't it be too dangerous for you to go to Demon Mountain alone?" Cen Zijin's face showed some worry.
Chu Ning smiled and replied, "It's safer for me to go alone. With my current cultivation level, the Beyond World Demon can't detect me unless it happens to be at that spatial boundary point. Even if I enter the pocket dimension, it won't be able to find me."
Hearing Chu Ning's words, Cen Zijin swallowed her intention to accompany him. "Husband, be careful!"
The two of them weren't sentimental types, but after nearly a hundred years of cultivating together, Cen Zijin felt a bit reluctant to let Chu Ning leave suddenly.
After seeing Chu Ning off from her cave abode, he quietly left without alerting anyone. Familiar with the route, Chu Ning easily made his way to the outskirts of Demon Mountain and used seals to travel from the outer realm to Nine Caves Peak.
This time, Chu Ning deliberately chose a cave he hadn't entered before. He was curious to see if there were any Beyond World Demons trapped inside. Unexpectedly, his journey was remarkably smooth.
Upon entering a valley, Chu Ning directly displayed the Forbidden Deity Technique. With his cultivation level now comparable to the Demigod Realm and having cultivated essence power, he was almost on par with a Divine Transformation Cultivator.
If he encountered a Beyond World Demon at the Divine Transformation level, Chu Ning wasn't overly afraid. However, he had two concerns. First, he suspected that Demon Mountain might not just have one Beyond World Demon. Second, he mainly wanted to refine the pocket dimension and didn't want any unexpected complications.
Therefore, he directly used the Forbidden Deity Technique to block all detection. As he flew along the route, he reached the spatial boundary point where the pocket dimension had appeared before. Indeed, there was no activity there.
However, what caused Chu Ning's eyebrows to furrow slightly was that the spatial boundary point of the pocket dimension had changed position again.
"This pocket dimension seems to have some secrets. Usually, once a spatial boundary point is established, it hardly ever changes. But this one can continuously move. However, this is a good thing. The higher the grade of the pocket dimension, the more difficult it is to refine. But the stability of the space is better, and since the boundary point can move, it will be harder to find in the void space."
However, the first step was to locate this spatial boundary point again.
Chu Ning felt that this small space was once a part of the Immortal Demonic Realm, and the spatial boundary point was most likely still within Demon Mountain or its vicinity.
But finding a spatial boundary point in such a vast Demon Mountain was like finding a needle in a haystack.
"It seems that I can only try to see if this method works."
Chu Ning muttered to himself.
At that moment, the Chaos Immortal Art was activated, harnessing the power of space, and soon, a spatial boundary point appeared out of thin air.
Chu Ning looked at the spatial boundary point he had created and then stepped into it, holding the Gale Wind Dart.
The next moment, Chu Ning found himself in a pitch-black void.
This was a divine ability Chu Ning had inadvertently discovered while studying the Void Secret Technique.
By harnessing the power of the Void Secret Technique, he had created a spatial boundary point.
Then, he entered the void space.
On Celestial Peak, Chu Ning had already tried this before and could freely enter and exit the void space and the real world.
It was because he had mastered this divine ability that Chu Ning was confident in completing the crafting of the Ethereal Key.
After all, every space was connected to the void space.
If he couldn't establish a connection to the void space, he wouldn't be able to hide the small space within the Infinite World.
Inside the void space, Chu Ning no longer felt the confusion and helplessness he had experienced the first time.
Sensing the fluctuations of spatial power within the void space, Chu Ning began his search, driving the Gale Wind Dart.
On Celestial Peak, Chu Ning had also tried to enter.
Using the secret technique, he created a spatial boundary point, and even within the void space, he could clearly sense its specific location.
However, he couldn't exceed a certain range.
But in this void space, Chu Ning couldn't accurately sense the distance either.
He relied entirely on his own perception.
Circling around the spatial boundary point he had created, Chu Ning drove the Gale Wind Dart, wandering through the void space while sensing for the presence of a spatial barrier or another spatial boundary point.
As the range expanded, Chu Ning's eyebrows furrowed slightly.
Although the void space and the real world were completely different dimensions, there was still some overlap.
For example, if a spatial boundary point appeared within the range of Chu Ning's activities in the void space, it should also be within a certain range of his spatial boundary point in the real world.
Logically, his activities in the void space should have already covered almost the entire Demon Mountain.
However, he still couldn't find any spatial boundary points or spatial barriers.
This made Chu Ning slightly puzzled.
"Could it be that the spatial boundary point of that small space has been moved outside Demon Mountain again?"
Chu Ning recalled that Cen Zijin and Shi Xuerong had entered from the outskirts of Demon Mountain, and he muttered to himself.
"Hmm?"
At that moment, Chu Ning's gaze shifted forward.
Faintly, he saw a tiny white light.
"There shouldn't be any light in the void space. How could there be white light?"
Chu Ning was astonished.
The void space had no light, and divine perception couldn't sense anything, so his eyes couldn't see clearly either.
At this moment, although Chu Ning vaguely saw a faint white light, he still couldn't make out what it was.
After sensing it for a moment, he realized that he hadn't reached the limit of his boundary point's range.
After a brief hesitation, Chu Ning began to carefully drive the Gale Wind Dart towards the white light.
As the distance narrowed, Chu Ning could see more clearly.
It seemed to be a white light cluster.
"This shape..."
Chu Ning looked at the elliptical white light cluster in front of him, unable to see its contents clearly.
But this shape gave him a very familiar feeling.
After examining it again, Chu Ning confirmed his guess.
In the void space, his voice couldn't carry over.
So, Chu Ning immediately harnessed the power of space with the Gale Wind Dart.
Instantly, a small wave of spatial power appeared in front of Chu Ning and then spread to the white light cluster.
The white light cluster trembled slightly, as if disturbed.
Then, Chu Ning felt as if a gaze from the white light cluster was directed at him.
The next moment, a distant voice, as ancient as time itself, reached his ears.
"Chu Ning? You've entered the void space!"
"Immortal Seed! It's you!"
(End of Chapter)
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