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Chapter 153 - 13 Supreme Cave God Jade Talisman Map

Chapter 153: Chapter 13 Supreme Cave God Jade Talisman Map

Li Mo, while engaging in the Circulation Cycle, pondered over the main cultivation technique for Ash Spirit Power, meticulously organizing his cultivation system bit by bit.

After all, involving modification surgery meant that once a cultivation technique’s direction was chosen, the cost of switching would be far greater than imagined, potentially even damaging his foundation.

Li Mo ultimately chose the seemingly unremarkable "Supreme Cave God Jade Talisman Map" from the Daoist Collection.

The Supreme Cave God Jade Talisman Map required only spiritual power leaning toward the Gold and Fire Attributes for cultivation. It had two traits in total, making it even weaker than the Five Poison Five God Heart Sutra.

"Cave Void," which increased the efficiency of spiritual power operation by thirty percent.

"Great Destruction," which raised the body temperature to around fifty degrees, greatly enhancing the power of Ash Spirit Power and furthering its corrosive nature.

In the Daoist Collection left at Dome Mountain, techniques with three traits were abundant, and there was even a Gold and Fire Attribute technique with four traits that was clearly intended for Li Mo to practice.

However, after careful consideration, Li Mo decisively abandoned the four-trait "Great Flame Burning Immortal Scripture."

The traits of the Great Flame Burning Immortal Scripture were all aimed at amplifying Fire Attribute Spiritual Power. To ensure the body could withstand it, modification surgery involved no fewer than six operations, far exceeding other Artifact Cultivation techniques.

This included the transplantation of a second heart, skin modifications for fire resistance, lung enlargement...

Though it wouldn’t affect Li Mo’s current Daoist Body, it would undoubtedly weaken the smog spiritual power of Gold, Earth, and Water Attributes, making it not worth the tradeoff.

Most importantly, Li Mo possessed the Divine Skill of the Primordial Dao Seed.

As the Five Poison Five God Heart Sutra was slowly perfected, it became more compatible with Li Mo rather than forcing him to adapt to the technique.

If cultivation techniques were likened to sheets of paper, the Supreme Cave God Jade Talisman Map was filled with vast blank spaces, allowing the Primordial Dao Seed to fully exert its influence.

The Great Flame Burning Immortal Scripture, by contrast, was a page already crammed with text, leaving little room for the Primordial Dao Seed to intervene, as the technique itself was already flawless.

Without hesitation, Li Mo chose to rely on the Primordial Dao Seed to fill in the blanks, confident that the future Supreme Cave God Jade Talisman Map would be no worse than the Great Flame Burning Immortal Scripture.

He put away the human slip placed in the room. His plans for modifying the Supreme Cave God Jade Talisman Map had been carefully thought out over the past few days.

The organ modified by the Supreme Cave God Jade Talisman Map was called the "Cave God Dharma Eye."

It was referred to as a pupil, but even Li Mo had no concrete understanding of what it truly was, and the technique didn’t even specify how many could be transplanted.

Li Mo’s blank pages were quite limited. To ensure the Cave God Dharma Eye’s potential for growth, he had to rely on the Creation Book’s imprint. For now, he decided to transplant a single Dharma Eye as a test.

"I need to quickly advance the stage of my Ash Spirit Power. My public identity as Daoist Qingtian makes it tricky to use smog spiritual power openly."

For Li Mo, one advantage of Artifact Cultivation techniques was that they didn’t require subjugating the Three Spirits. Instead, forming Artifact Pearls within the Melting Furnace was sufficient.

The Artifact Pearls were under the full control of the Melting Furnace, consuming far less imprint space on the blank pages.

Li Mo planned to directly imprint the Artifact Refinement Golden Core onto the blank pages after Core Formation; a single page was an affordable cost.

His cultivation progressed smoothly, but the recruitment notice for helpers was completely ignored by everyone, showing how poor the reputation of the Chaotic Burial Furnace was among refining shops.

Li Mo stood up and exited the Artifact Refining Shop.

Since the raw material for the Cave God Dharma Eye was fresh living pupils, he needed to make a trip to the lower levels of the port. During his wandering, he had noticed several shops selling organs.

The moment Li Mo stepped out of the Four Seas Refining Shop, his brows furrowed slightly.

Upon reaching the Core Formation Stage, one gained access to Divine Thought. Although it wouldn’t fully manifest until the Nascent Crying Stage, it allowed Li Mo’s perception to far surpass that of ordinary cultivators.

He instinctively turned his head and noticed a familiar figure in the crowd.

"Qingqiu Taoist?"

Realizing that Li Mo had spotted him, Qingqiu Taoist hurriedly fled through the industrial smog, clearly trying to escape an intimidating artifact cultivator.

Li Mo glanced at the shop plaque.

He wasn’t sure how Qingqiu Taoist had come to the port, but it was evident that his current situation was dire.

Qingqiu Taoist’s left hand and right foot were missing, his body ravaged by the Death Disease. Although his cultivation barely climbed to the Weak Crown Period, he was too gravely injured to use spiritual power effectively.

In Li Mo’s estimation, Qingqiu Taoist had no more than ten days before his life ended, and his Dao disappeared.

He had encountered Qingqiu Taoist many times before and knew that the man possessed a Dao Heart far beyond the ordinary; otherwise, he wouldn’t have stood out among the loose cultivators.

Since the arrival of Artifact Cultivators at the Heart Beast Sect, Qingqiu Taoist had not been seen again.

Li Mo followed Qingqiu Taoist to an isolated alley filled with thick smoke where visibility was nil. The latter let out a sigh of relief.

Covering his mouth and nose, Qingqiu Taoist struggled to find an alternate route toward the lower levels.

Just then, Li Mo’s figure appeared a short distance away. Seeing him, Qingqiu Taoist’s face fell into despair, and he collapsed to the ground, despondent.

She gazed at the sky, her only remaining arm shielding her eyes from the blinding morning sunlight.

"Kill me," she said.

Li Mo could discern that Qingqiu Taoist’s Death Disease was at its terminal stage. He was curious how she had managed to survive for several years in the port.

"Did you smuggle yourself into the port by trading a hand and a foot?"

He probed, noticing a faint flicker in Qingqiu Taoist’s eyes.

Li Mo instantly confirmed his suspicion. After all, lower-level artifact cultivators often engaged in human trafficking.

This was especially true for artifact cultivators in their Childhood stage. Their low cultivation made them unfit for harvesting flesh and limbs, so they turned to smuggling humans to complete tasks.

The woman was relatively fortunate; at least she hadn’t been sold to a shop as experimental material.

Qingqiu Taoist remained silent, her features leaking pus and blood as her thoughts drifted back to her days at the Heart Beast Black Market.

She didn’t know why, but upon seeing the Four Seas Refining Shop’s plaque, she had stopped dumbly in her tracks, as if driven by an unseen force, lured to her final resting place in this deserted corner.

Qingqiu Taoist had fully expected the mysterious artifact cultivator before her to strike the killing blow, yet unexpectedly, Li Mo threw a human slip her way and walked off without another word.

Her consciousness extended to the human slip, revealing content involving the Four Seas Refining Shop’s Spirit Contract.

Spirit Contracts were akin to Heart Demon Oaths. Li Mo had learned from Elder Zhong’s human slip that loose cultivators joining the shop had to sign Spirit Contracts, primarily to protect the interests of the Child Device Sect disciples.

The contracts were divided into five levels, with the harshest on par with Tian Changwen’s Heart Demon Oath, and they self-activated, leaving no way for the signee to terminate them.

Qingqiu Taoist’s eyes turned bloodshot, her desire to survive swelling to fill her thoughts.

Mobilizing what little spiritual power she had left, markings emerged on her skin as the Spirit Contract, witnessed by the Mother Furnace, took hold of her body and soul.

Li Mo raised an eyebrow, surprised that Qingqiu Taoist had chosen the fifth-level Spirit Contract, viewing it as her last lifeline.

He wasn’t concerned about her discovering his identity as a Beast Cultivator.

On the one hand, not even Nascent Soul Artifact Cultivators could penetrate the disguise of his Multiple Dantians. On the other, no one dared challenge the authority of the Mother Furnace.

As long as the Mother Furnace recognized Li Mo, even Nascent Soul Artifact Cultivators wouldn’t dare question him, let alone the Heart Beast Sect, which posed no threat in their eyes whatsoever.

Once Li Mo’s Ash Spirit Power reached Core Formation, even revealing a Beast Cultivation Golden Core wouldn’t matter.

Why shouldn’t someone with Multiple Dantians dual cultivate spiritual power? The Five Dao Body was meant to defy all conventions; otherwise, what would make it so rare throughout history?

Li Mo nodded to himself.

With Qingqiu Taoist around, acquiring resources would be far easier. Her missing limbs could be replaced with Meat Limb Magical Artifacts—no big deal.

Reaching out, Li Mo touched her forehead. The Paoxiao Swallowing Body skill reached its peak, and within him, the sound of rushing blood became deafening.

"Ah..."

Qingqiu Taoist felt the long-forgotten sensation of pain returning as the metal toxins within her body were visibly extracted.

She gasped for air, her Five Internal Organs regaining vitality. The revival of her Corpse Spirit Root left her Middle Dantian no longer shrouded in deathly stillness.

When Qingqiu Taoist opened her eyes to look at Li Mo, he was already gone.

"Hah, being alive is enough. As long as there’s life, there’s hope to form the Golden Core and reach the Nascent Soul stage. Even if I’m to die, I’ll die in the Heart Beast Territory..."

Li Mo paid no further attention to Qingqiu Taoist.

The Spirit Contract’s binding on her was far stricter than any Heart Demon Oath, eliminating all potential risks. Besides, Li Mo knew her well.

Li Mo again descended to the port’s lower levels, where the air was thick with smoke and shadows, revealing an unspeakable gloom.

The shop selling organs was called "Three-Point Hall," its name signifying that cultivators gained only a third of the profit from selling their organs.

Inside the shop, shelves were lined with bottles and jars. The Shopkeeper, seeing an artifact cultivator enter, immediately greeted him with enthusiasm.

Li Mo noted the exorbitant prices of eyeballs, though still within his budget, and purchased several different types.

As he chose his purchase, loose cultivators selling their organs arrived in an endless stream.

Relying on their body’s flesh to produce transplantable organs had become a means of survival for loose cultivators, with the Spirit Stones they earned barely enough to keep them in the port.

From this, the Child Device Sect’s exploitation of loose cultivators was evident.

Spending nearly a hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, Li Mo left the Three-Point Hall, ignoring the Shopkeeper’s reluctant gaze, and hurried back to the Four Seas Refining Shop.

Qingqiu Taoist was in a first-floor room recovering from her injuries, demonstrating her lingering commitment to cultivation.

Li Mo, meanwhile, tirelessly began refining the eyeballs. The Cave God Dharma Eye focused on releasing spiritual power, requiring immersion in related spiritual materials and stimulation via Ash Spirit Power to enhance its absorption.

The Supreme Cave God Jade Talisman Map recorded the specific refining process.

Nonetheless, Li Mo experienced several failures before finally succeeding, creating a bizarre eyeball as black as ink.

Though lifeless in appearance, injecting Ash Spirit Power caused the eyeball to writhe slightly.

Normally, the next step would involve a meticulous surgical connection of blood vessels, a task only a handful of artifact cultivators from the Chaotic Burial Furnace could accomplish.

Li Mo, however, was different.

He simply made a tiny incision on his forehead. Before blood could spill out, he pressed the Cave God Dharma Eye against the wound.

The Creation Book’s blank page revealed the shadow of the Cave God Dharma Eye.

Delicate blood vessels actively burrowed into the Dharma Eye’s interior. The eyeball began to swell as the Supreme Cave God Jade Talisman Map simultaneously settled into place.

Li Mo’s pores opened wide, frantically absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy.

The Melting Furnace quickly overflowed. Stimulated by Ash Spirit Power, metallic powder mixed with blood surged into it.

Li Mo showed no restraint, intending to push straight into the Weak Crown Middle Stage as soon as he began cultivating.

Focused on condensing the Artifact Pearl, he failed to notice that the Cave God Dharma Eye had already grown three times the size of a regular eyeball, warping the light around his eye socket.

At the moment of awakening the Divine Skill:

The Cave God Dharma Eye transformed into the Yin Yang Fish, its dark Yin side releasing the body’s waste heat while its bright Yang side autonomously absorbed surrounding spiritual energy.

Anyone who saw Li Mo’s appearance would undoubtedly be struck by a single thought:

An exiled immortal descending from the heavens.