King of Creation
Chapter 539 - 533: Nasty Trick (First Update)

Chapter 539: Chapter 533: Nasty Trick (First Update)

The enhancement of Divine Soul Power was just the first step in breaking through to the Soul Sea Realm. The transformation of Spiritual Power was the second step in boosting strength after breaking through to the Soul Sea Realm.

Although called the second step, in essence, the transformation of Spiritual Power after reaching the Soul Sea Realm still benefited from the enhancement of Divine Soul Power.

After a Martial Artist successfully opened their Soul Sea, they would begin using Divine Soul Power to refine their Spiritual Power, stabilizing their Cultivation firmly within the Soul Sea Realm.

Divine Soul Power, compared to Spiritual Power, was like a natural forging hammer, which could make Spiritual Power denser and more refined during its circulation.

Of course, the effect was not as significant as the enhancement of Divine Soul Power, mainly because the Spiritual Power had already been refined countless times before and had become extremely refined.

Now that the Divine Soul Power was enhanced, it was possible to refine Spiritual Power once again.

If the Spiritual Power before the Spirit Transformation Realm was iron, then after breaking through to the Soul Sea Realm, it turned into Refined Steel.

The strength of Martial Artists in the Soul Sea Realm lay precisely in this aspect.

The more refined Spiritual Power, whether in offense or defense, became significantly more powerful. This was one of the fundamental reasons why Ye Zhen’s Floating Cloud Finger couldn’t instantly kill a Fifth Realm Martial Artist of the Soul Sea Realm initially.

It was only because of the boost from Purple Spirit residing in the first Innate Bloodline that the Floating Cloud Finger could instantly kill a common Fifth Realm Martial Artist of the Soul Sea Realm.

Of course, this only applied to ordinary Martial Artists who had just broken through to the Soul Sea Realm.

Ye Zhen was far from ordinary.

Just after breaking through, the Divine Soul Power that Ye Zhen possessed was comparable to that of a Martial Artist at the Peak of the Fifth Stage of the Soul Sea Realm. Therefore, Ye Zhen’s refining hammer—the level of his Divine Soul Power was at the level of a Martial Artist at the Peak of the Fifth Stage of the Soul Sea Realm.

The direct consequence was that the intensity of the Spiritual Power refined by Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul Power was about the same as that of veteran Soul Sea Realm Martial Artists—actually, it was even stronger by about twenty percent.

The reason was simple. Ye Zhen’s Spiritual Power, aside from being refined by Divine Soul Power, was also naturally refined by the Mirage Dragon Pearl.

Each time Ye Zhen’s Spiritual Power passed through the Mirage Dragon Pearl, it would be automatically refined by the power within the pearl.

This automatic refining from the Mirage Dragon Pearl always made Ye Zhen’s Spiritual Power far stronger than that of Martial Artists of the same level, which was also a crucial reason why Ye Zhen could fight opponents above his level.

In other words, now that Ye Zhen had the Divine Soul Power of a Fifth Stage Soul Sea Realm, coupled with the automatic refining from the Mirage Dragon Pearl, his Spiritual Power intensity had far surpassed that of a Fifth Stage Soul Sea Realm expert.

Although his Spiritual Power hadn’t increased at all, Ye Zhen’s strength, his combat power, had skyrocketed after the successful opening of the Soul Sea!

In the past, when Ye Zhen was surrounded by Soul Sea Realm Martial Artists, he might have needed to be cautious. Now, it was almost like when he was in the Spirit Transformation Realm Fifth Stage fighting peers of the same level.

The refining of Spiritual Power made one-third of the space in Ye Zhen’s previously filled Dantian empty. Ye Zhen didn’t even need to use Divine Soul Power to expand the Dantian—his internal Spiritual Power could significantly surge.

So, the moment Ye Zhen finished refining the Spiritual Power in his body, with a move of his Divine Sense, four Innate Bloodlines surfaced inside his body. With a prompt from his Divine Sense, a massive amount of Spiritual Power flooded through these four, pillar-like Innate Bloodlines.

In an instant, a huge Spiritual Power Whirlpool formed above Pavilion 100 where Ye Zhen was located.

"Huh? Did this boy break through?"

In the Moonlight Hall, Feng Qingyue, who was cultivating, suddenly opened her eyes, awakened by the commotion caused by Ye Zhen’s mighty cultivation activity.

"A Spiritual Power Whirlpool? Only a Heavenly Pulse Warrior can initiate a Spiritual Power Whirlpool. Unexpectedly, Ye Zhen is also a Heavenly Pulse Warrior? And judging by the activity of this Spiritual Power Whirlpool, it must be at least eight veins. Such talent..." In the dim silence of the chamber, Feng Qingyue stared at the whirlpool above, her eyes sparkling constantly.

Simultaneously, inside and outside the Moonlight Hall, many Martial Artists who were cultivating were awakened by the commotion above the hall, staring at the huge Spiritual Power Whirlpool in astonishment.

A Heavenly Pulse Warrior, no matter where, always attracted much attention.

The higher a Martial Artist’s Cultivation is, the more it is restricted by their innate Bloodline.

After the Soul Sea Realm, comes the Vein Forging. Ordinary warriors, constrained by their Bloodlines, can only reach the Fourth Stage or Fifth Stage of the Vein Forging Realm in their lifetimes.

But a Heavenly Pulse Warrior can push their Cultivation to the Seventh Stage, Eighth Stage, or even Ninth Stage of the Vein Forging Realm!

When a Martial Artist’s Cultivation breaks through to the Vein Forging Realm, the selection of Divine Soul Martial Techniques becomes extremely important because they need the help of Innate Bloodlines to complete training.

The number of Innate Bloodlines you have determines how many Divine Power Martial Skills you can practice.

In the True Spirit Domain, most Warriors who are in the Vein Forging Realm have between Four to Six Bloodlines.

Divine Power Body Techniques, Defensive Divine Martial Skills, offensive class Divine Power Martial Skills—these are the basic equipment for a Vein Forging Realm Martial Artist, which already use up three blood vessels. Each additional vessel allows a Warrior to master one more Divine Power Martial Skill.

A Warrior with eight vessels can learn two to four more Divine Power Martial Skills than an ordinary warrior. The difference is not just slight.

For a moment, many Martial Artists in the Moonlight Hall envied, were jealous of, and resented the Martial Artist in Pavilion 100, a true child of heaven.

If they knew Ye Zhen only had four Bloodlines, who knows what they would think?

....

Five days later, Ye Zhen stepped out of Spirit Academy 100 for the first time since he had entered.

Although the Moonlight Hall was directly located within the Mid-grade Spirit Veins, where the concentration of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi was four times that of the Mid-grade Spirit Veins in the Black Dragon Domain, it was still somewhat insufficient for the current Ye Zhen.

For the past five days, although Ye Zhen had been cultivating incessantly, the enhancement of his Spiritual Power had still been somewhat slow.

According to Ye Zhen’s estimate, at this rate, it would take about half a year for his Cultivation to smoothly advance to the Second Stage of the Soul Sea Realm.

This speed, within the Black Dragon Domain, was already considered defying the heavens, and even in the True Spirit Domain, it was quite good. After all, Martial Artists like Ye Zhen who could absorb Spiritual Power at the speed of an Eight Vein Heavenly Warrior were few and far between.

Still, Ye Zhen felt it was too slow.

Half a year later, if Ye Zhen were to represent the Sun and Moon Divine Sect at the Spirit Returning Assembly, his opponents would be Vein Forging Realm powerhouses, and dealing with Vein Forging Realm powerhouses with just the Second Stage of Soul Sea Realm Cultivation would still be quite difficult.

More importantly, if Ye Zhen wanted to live freely in this True Spirit Domain, he must possess the strength to confront Vein Forging Realm powerhouses.

The High Grade Spirit Veins of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect would be Ye Zhen’s best choice.

After informing Hundred Herbs, Ye Zhen took his purple Identity Jade Token and left.

The High Grade Spirit Institute of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, built upon the High Grade Spirit Veins, was not far from Moonlight Hall. Upon his arrival, Ye Zhen had already seen the miasmic Spiritual Energy dispersing from inside the High Grade Spirit Veins.

Upon leaving Moonlight Hall and heading upwards, about five or six miles away, there was a large Bamboo Sea. Each bamboo within was almost as thick as a bowl, each piece crisply green, likely due to being nourished by the concentrated Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

One of the four High Grade Spirit Veins owned by the Sun and Moon Divine Sect was located within this Bamboo Sea.

Inside the Bamboo Sea, buildings were densely packed, and several Spirit Energy Light Screens shone with a bright luminance. Having been in the True Spirit Domain for so long, Ye Zhen had come to understand many things.

One of those Spirit Energy Light Screens was, in fact, the Spirit Field of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, where they cultivated Spirit Plants and Spiritual Medicines. Half of the region belonging to the Spirit Vein was turned into Spirit Fields, not leaving much space for the Martial Artists to practice.

Not far into the Bamboo Sea, a Spirit Curtain rose majestically, bearing four large characters—Bamboo Sea Spirit Institute!

"Young man, show your Identity Jade Token!"

Inside an open Green Bamboo Pavilion at the entrance of the Spirit Institute, an old man with silver hair and a ruddy complexion was smiling warmly at Ye Zhen. His aura of Peak of the Fifth Stage of the Soul Sea Realm suggested that he was one of those Martial Artists who couldn’t break through to the Vein Forging Realm and was assigned by the Divine Sect to guard the Spirit Institute.

"Moonlight Hall Martial Artist Ye Zhen, enjoys a medium Monthly Allowance, may enter the High Grade Spirit Institute for cultivation for five days." While speaking, the silver-haired old man glanced at Ye Zhen and chuckled, "Young man, you’re in luck. There happens to be a High Grade Spirit Institute vacant today. Otherwise, you would have had to wait for quite some time."

"Hmm, go on in. I’ve already marked your Identity Jade Token. If you channel your Spiritual Power into the Identity Jade Token, you can pass through the Guardian Light Screen.

The 68th Spirit Institute, just follow the path straight ahead and you’ll see it. When the five days are up, a Formation will automatically send you out from the Spirit Institute," explained the silver-haired old man in detail.

"Thank you, senior!"

With a bow, Ye Zhen held his Identity Jade Token, channelled his Spiritual Power, and successfully passed through the Guardian Light Screen at the entrance of the Bamboo Sea Spirit Institute.

Inside the Guardian Light Screen, the Bamboo Sea abruptly vanished, leaving only a few sparse bamboos in sight. What appeared before him was an interconnected stretch of Spirit Institutes where the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi almost formed miasma, with no end in sight.

Unfolding his Body Technique, and after covering about forty or fifty miles, Ye Zhen found the 68th Spirit Institute.

The purple light from his Identity Jade Token flashed, and the light screen in front of the 68th Spirit Institute rippled. Ye Zhen then stepped into the Spirit Institute.

As he set half a foot inside, the thick and nearly miasmic Primordial Qi of Heaven and Earth from the institute hit him right in the face.

At that very moment, a streak of light flashed like lightning directly at Ye Zhen’s back.

"Get the hell out, this Spirit Institute is mine!"

Amidst the loud shouting, a Chi-colored fist mark, as sudden as a meteor catching up to the moon, targeted Ye Zhen’s groin—an exceptionally indecent aim that caught Ye Zhen by surprise, but he was even more shocked by the terrifying energy contained within the Chi-colored fist mark!

Where it passed, even the air crackled and burned!

Vein Forging Realm powerhouse!

Ye Zhen exclaimed, the attack coming so swiftly that it was already too late to react. Desperate to protect his vital groin, Ye Zhen awkwardly sidestepped with his legs split, and the Chi-colored fist mark nearly brushed past his trousers.

This was the only reaction Ye Zhen could muster under the sneak attack of a Vein Forging Realm powerhouse.

With a swish, Ye Zhen’s lower half turned to ash—if not for Ye Zhen’s Red Jade Spirit Armor timely emerging, his skin might have been scorched on the spot.

Instantly, Ye Zhen became enraged!

If he had reacted a moment later, he would have been completely ruined.

In a flash, a Martial Artist with bold sword-like eyebrows and wearing a Chi-colored cape stood at the spot where Ye Zhen had just been, looking at Ye Zhen and laughing boisterously.

"Quite nimble, not too stupid. Otherwise, our Sun and Moon Divine Sect would have had another eunuch." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)