Chapter 195: Void Realm Ninth Stage, True Domain Realm!
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
‘How dangerous!’
Xu Ning finally regained his consciousness.
‘The feeling of losing consciousness without my knowledge just now was terrifying.’
Xu Ning felt nervous.
If it weren’t for the fact that he still had a trace of rationality left in his heart, he might have fallen into a trap that he could never break free from.
Being in that chaotic state for a long time would inevitably erase his rationality.
Forget about the collapse of his martial arts foundation, he might not even be able to become a normal person anymore.
Xu Ning regained his vision and returned to the sealed room.
After that experience, Xu Ning finally understood what his weakness was.
‘Family and friends are the most important thing to me.’
When he first started practicing martial arts, it was all for his family. At that time, his first wish was to change his family’s living environment.
The experience in the illusion just now made Xu Ning feel homesick.
Clack! Clack! Clack!
Just as the illusion in front of Xu Ning’s eyes vanished, the floor in front of him suddenly opened up.
Two beast skin scrolls were placed in a hidden compartment inside the floorboard.
‘The pill formula for the Demon Blood Great Pill and its refining method?’
Xu Ning frowned.
This beast skin scroll looked exactly the same as the previous formula he had obtained.
Xu Ning opened the two beast skin scrolls and read them one by one.
On these two beast skin scrolls, there was indeed a pill formula and a refinement method, but it was not for the Demon Blood Great Pill.
The pill formula and refinement method on it belonged to a type of pill called the Heartless Pill.
In a sense, this pill was not a demonic pill.
It did not condense demonic qi, and it was instead a functional pill.
Once the Heartless Pill was consumed by the target, the target would listen to the user without question.
‘There is actually such a pill…’
Even though Xu Ning knew a lot about alchemy, he was still surprised.
There was no similar pill in the alchemy scroll he had previously obtained.
‘Heartless Pill… Once the person consumes it, they will lose their consciousness…’
When Xu Ning controlled Huang Zongshao and Xiang Nanchun, he used the Frozen Seal Pill and some poisonous pills to intimidate them.
Although those pills would work, it was quite inflexible, and there might be accidents.
But if it was this Heartless Pill, not only could he make them completely follow his will, but he could also order them to do something inconvenient or impossible.
‘So scary…’
Xu Ning thought to himself, ‘Although this Heartless Pill has many restrictions, it is still a medicinal pill with amazing medicinal properties.’
After reading the contents of the scrolls several times, Xu Ning put them into his storage ring.
After leaving the mystic realm, Xu Ning decided to try refining this Heartless Pill.
After putting the beast skin scrolls into his storage ring, Xu Ning did not move.
According to what Feng Changge said before, the third test was also in this sealed room.
Sure enough, after a while, a spatial fluctuation suddenly appeared in the sealed room.
Two memory crystals then floated in the air.
On the surface of one memory crystal, the words “Demon Breath Sutra” were engraved. While on the surface of the other memory crystal, there were the words “Inkmoon Pill Sutra” engraved.
‘Feng Changge said that the aptitude test lets you randomly choose a secret technique or a pill sutra to practice. But if you don’t meet the requirements within a certain period of time, you will be expelled.’
Feng Changge didn’t mention the requirements and time limit.
Feng Changge indeed chose a Demon Sect secret technique back then, but it was not this Demon Breath Sutra.
He used half a month to cultivate the Demon Sect secret technique to the fifth level, but he was still expelled.
‘This kind of aptitude assessment is not difficult for me.’
Xu Ning chose the Inkmoon Pill Sutra without hesitation.
For Xu Ning, he would definitely not choose a Demon Sect secret technique.
The Inkmoon Pill Sutra might be another core alchemy technique, which was different from the inheritance Xu Ning had received in the Demon Beast Scroll.
If Xu Ning could master both pill sutras, then not only could he be able to refine more types of medicinal pills, but he could also combine the two alchemy refinement techniques and develop new medicinal pills according to his needs.
Swoosh!
After Xu Ning held the memory crystal in his hand, the other memory crystal that contained Demon Breath Sutra disappeared.
Afterwards, Xu Ning poured his true qi into the memory crystal.
Immediately after, the contents of the Inkmoon Pill Sutra appeared in Xu Ning’s mind.
…
Consume 100 units of energy to advance the Inkmoon Pill Sutra?
Yes / No
…
“Yes!”
Xu Ning began to use the Martial Arts Panel. With the energy he had, he directly advanced the Ink Moon Pill Sutra.
First level, second level, third level…
Xu Ning didn’t care about the energy consumption at all and quickly advanced the sutra.
Xu Ning’s energy reserves had reached more than 53,000 units. If he wanted to, he could advance it to the ninth level in one go!
…
Consume 2,600 units to advance the Inkmoon Pill Sutra?
Yes / No
…
Xu Ning had advanced the Inkmoon Pill Sutra six times, and this was the seventh time.
“Yes!”
Xu Ning’s Inkmoon Pill Sutra reached the seventh level.
‘In the Inkmoon Pill Sutra, there is indeed a brand new alchemy technique recorded! Forget about the aptitude assessment itself, just being able to obtain this is already a huge gain!’
After seven advancements, Xu Ning consumed a total of 8,100 units of energy.
And he still had more than 45,000 energy left.
Just when Xu Ning was about to advance for the eighth time, the sealed room suddenly began to shake.
A stone platform then emerged from the ground in the middle of the sealed room.
On the stone platform, there was a half-meter tall book and a large stone box.
‘Are these… the rewards?’
Xu Ning looked surprised.
Feng Changge didn’t experience this event.
After failing the aptitude test in the third round, he was expelled.
It was at this moment Xu Ning realized that he had passed the aptitude test.
‘That’s true… In just a moment, I cultivated the Inkmoon Pill Sutra from level zero to level seven. If I can’t pass the assessment, then no one can pass the assessment…’
Xu Ning thought.
Xu Ning then walked to the stone platform.
He first flipped through the thick book.
‘It’s a medicinal pill encyclopedia!’
Xu Ning’s eyes revealed a look of excitement.
He quickly flipped through it and discovered that the types of medicinal pills recorded in this medicinal pill encyclopedia were greatly different from the medicinal pill scroll he had previously obtained. There were many medicinal pills that Xu Ning had never seen before.
And the refinement method of these medicinal pills was similar to the Inkmoon Pill Sutra.
In other words, with the help of the Inkmoon Pill Sutra, Xu Ning could refine the pills inside. He no longer needed a specific refining method.
‘Good stuff!’
Xu Ning put away the thick medicinal pill encyclopedia.
Although he didn’t know why this medicinal pill encyclopedia wasn’t saved into a memory crystal, as long as the knowledge was real, it was enough.
‘And what is inside this…’
Xu Ning opened the stone box curiously.
Whoosh!
As soon as Xu Ning opened it, a ball of demonic aura emerged and spread out.
The thick demonic aura almost made Xu Ning think that there was a hidden mechanism inside.
‘These are… demonic pills?’
Xu Ning saw nine pills arranged neatly in the stone box.
They were separated into three types, and there were three of each type.
Xu Ning recognized one of them. It was the Demon Blood Great Pill that he had refined previously.
‘These should be top-grade demonic pills. If a void realm martial artist saw these, they would go crazy.’
Although he didn’t know the effect of the other two demonic pills, since they were placed together with the Demon Blood Great Pill, they were definitely of extraordinary quality.
A single Demon Blood Great Pill could help a half-step dao realm master advance to the dao realm. If these nine medicinal pills of the same quality were used, several dao realm masters could be produced.
‘These demonic pills are good for a demonic path martial artist, but they are useless for me…’
Xu Ning felt a little regretful.
It was impossible for him to consume a demonic pill.
For example, after swallowing the Demon Blood Great Pill, it would condense demon blood, and even the nature of one’s physical body would change.
Those crazy demonic path martial artists were willing to do this, but Xu Ning was not willing.
‘However, although I can’t swallow these demonic pills directly, I can absorb the energy inside!’
Xu Ning knew very well that even without its special effects, he could still gain a lot just by relying on the energy inside.
Last time when Xu Ning refined a Demon Blood Great Pill, if it weren’t to sabotage Feng Changge, he even wanted to absorb all the energy inside because a Demon Blood Great Pill contained 3000 units of energy.
‘I wonder how much energy is in the Demon Blood Great Pill?’
Xu Ning discovered that the Demon Blood Great Pill in the stone box was obviously of a higher quality than the one he had refined back then.
Xu Ning felt that the energy contained in it definitely exceeded 3000 units.
He placed his palm on the surface of the steamed bun-sized Demon Blood Great Pill.
…
Discovered 7000 units of energy, absorb?
Yes / No
…
‘7,000 units of energy?’
Although Xu Ning had expected this, he didn’t expect that this Demon Blood Great Pill would contain more than twice the energy of the previous Demon Blood Great Pill.
This made Xu Ning’s previous feelings of regret disappear.
“Yes!”
Xu Ning instantly absorbed it.
After absorbing the three Demon Blood Great Pills, Xu Ning received 21,000 units of energy.
‘Absorb the energy from the other two demon pills!’
Xu Ning continued to absorb them.
Soon, Xu Ning discovered a coincidence.
Although he didn’t know the effects of the other two types of demonic pills, the energy contained in them was 7,000 units each.
Nine pills with 7,000 units of energy each were absorbed, allowing Xu Ning to obtain 63,000 units of energy!
Even though Xu Ning had always been quite calm, he was a little excited in this situation.
63,000 units, in addition to the previous 45,000 units, his energy reserves had broken through the 100,000 mark.
‘This mystic realm is the right place for me to go!’
Xu Ning no longer hesitated. He opened the Martial Arts Panel and tapped the “+” sign next to the Cold Flame Dual Source Scroll.
…
Consume 85,000 units of energy to advance the Cold Flame Dual Source Scroll?
Yes / No
…
“Yes!”
Xu Ning was firm.
The next moment, Xu Ning broke through his shackles and advanced to the void realm ninth stage, true domain realm!
Chapter 195: Void Realm Ninth Stage, True Domain Realm!
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
‘How dangerous!’
Xu Ning finally regained his consciousness.
‘The feeling of losing consciousness without my knowledge just now was terrifying.’
Xu Ning felt nervous.
If it weren’t for the fact that he still had a trace of rationality left in his heart, he might have fallen into a trap that he could never break free from.
Being in that chaotic state for a long time would inevitably erase his rationality.
Forget about the collapse of his martial arts foundation, he might not even be able to become a normal person anymore.
Xu Ning regained his vision and returned to the sealed room.
After that experience, Xu Ning finally understood what his weakness was.
‘Family and friends are the most important thing to me.’
When he first started practicing martial arts, it was all for his family. At that time, his first wish was to change his family’s living environment.
The experience in the illusion just now made Xu Ning feel homesick.
Clack! Clack! Clack!
Just as the illusion in front of Xu Ning’s eyes vanished, the floor in front of him suddenly opened up.
Two beast skin scrolls were placed in a hidden compartment inside the floorboard.
‘The pill formula for the Demon Blood Great Pill and its refining method?’
Xu Ning frowned.
This beast skin scroll looked exactly the same as the previous formula he had obtained.
Xu Ning opened the two beast skin scrolls and read them one by one.
On these two beast skin scrolls, there was indeed a pill formula and a refinement method, but it was not for the Demon Blood Great Pill.
The pill formula and refinement method on it belonged to a type of pill called the Heartless Pill.
In a sense, this pill was not a demonic pill.
It did not condense demonic qi, and it was instead a functional pill.
Once the Heartless Pill was consumed by the target, the target would listen to the user without question.
‘There is actually such a pill…’
Even though Xu Ning knew a lot about alchemy, he was still surprised.
There was no similar pill in the alchemy scroll he had previously obtained.
‘Heartless Pill… Once the person consumes it, they will lose their consciousness…’
When Xu Ning controlled Huang Zongshao and Xiang Nanchun, he used the Frozen Seal Pill and some poisonous pills to intimidate them.
Although those pills would work, it was quite inflexible, and there might be accidents.
But if it was this Heartless Pill, not only could he make them completely follow his will, but he could also order them to do something inconvenient or impossible.
‘So scary…’
Xu Ning thought to himself, ‘Although this Heartless Pill has many restrictions, it is still a medicinal pill with amazing medicinal properties.’
After reading the contents of the scrolls several times, Xu Ning put them into his storage ring.
After leaving the mystic realm, Xu Ning decided to try refining this Heartless Pill.
After putting the beast skin scrolls into his storage ring, Xu Ning did not move.
According to what Feng Changge said before, the third test was also in this sealed room.
Sure enough, after a while, a spatial fluctuation suddenly appeared in the sealed room.
Two memory crystals then floated in the air.
On the surface of one memory crystal, the words “Demon Breath Sutra” were engraved. While on the surface of the other memory crystal, there were the words “Inkmoon Pill Sutra” engraved.
‘Feng Changge said that the aptitude test lets you randomly choose a secret technique or a pill sutra to practice. But if you don’t meet the requirements within a certain period of time, you will be expelled.’
Feng Changge didn’t mention the requirements and time limit.
Feng Changge indeed chose a Demon Sect secret technique back then, but it was not this Demon Breath Sutra.
He used half a month to cultivate the Demon Sect secret technique to the fifth level, but he was still expelled.
‘This kind of aptitude assessment is not difficult for me.’
Xu Ning chose the Inkmoon Pill Sutra without hesitation.
For Xu Ning, he would definitely not choose a Demon Sect secret technique.
The Inkmoon Pill Sutra might be another core alchemy technique, which was different from the inheritance Xu Ning had received in the Demon Beast Scroll.
If Xu Ning could master both pill sutras, then not only could he be able to refine more types of medicinal pills, but he could also combine the two alchemy refinement techniques and develop new medicinal pills according to his needs.
Swoosh!
After Xu Ning held the memory crystal in his hand, the other memory crystal that contained Demon Breath Sutra disappeared.
Afterwards, Xu Ning poured his true qi into the memory crystal.
Immediately after, the contents of the Inkmoon Pill Sutra appeared in Xu Ning’s mind.
…
Consume 100 units of energy to advance the Inkmoon Pill Sutra?
Yes / No
…
“Yes!”
Xu Ning began to use the Martial Arts Panel. With the energy he had, he directly advanced the Ink Moon Pill Sutra.
First level, second level, third level…
Xu Ning didn’t care about the energy consumption at all and quickly advanced the sutra.
Xu Ning’s energy reserves had reached more than 53,000 units. If he wanted to, he could advance it to the ninth level in one go!
…
Consume 2,600 units to advance the Inkmoon Pill Sutra?
Yes / No
…
Xu Ning had advanced the Inkmoon Pill Sutra six times, and this was the seventh time.
“Yes!”
Xu Ning’s Inkmoon Pill Sutra reached the seventh level.
‘In the Inkmoon Pill Sutra, there is indeed a brand new alchemy technique recorded! Forget about the aptitude assessment itself, just being able to obtain this is already a huge gain!’
After seven advancements, Xu Ning consumed a total of 8,100 units of energy.
And he still had more than 45,000 energy left.
Just when Xu Ning was about to advance for the eighth time, the sealed room suddenly began to shake.
A stone platform then emerged from the ground in the middle of the sealed room.
On the stone platform, there was a half-meter tall book and a large stone box.
‘Are these… the rewards?’
Xu Ning looked surprised.
Feng Changge didn’t experience this event.
After failing the aptitude test in the third round, he was expelled.
It was at this moment Xu Ning realized that he had passed the aptitude test.
‘That’s true… In just a moment, I cultivated the Inkmoon Pill Sutra from level zero to level seven. If I can’t pass the assessment, then no one can pass the assessment…’
Xu Ning thought.
Xu Ning then walked to the stone platform.
He first flipped through the thick book.
‘It’s a medicinal pill encyclopedia!’
Xu Ning’s eyes revealed a look of excitement.
He quickly flipped through it and discovered that the types of medicinal pills recorded in this medicinal pill encyclopedia were greatly different from the medicinal pill scroll he had previously obtained. There were many medicinal pills that Xu Ning had never seen before.
And the refinement method of these medicinal pills was similar to the Inkmoon Pill Sutra.
In other words, with the help of the Inkmoon Pill Sutra, Xu Ning could refine the pills inside. He no longer needed a specific refining method.
‘Good stuff!’
Xu Ning put away the thick medicinal pill encyclopedia.
Although he didn’t know why this medicinal pill encyclopedia wasn’t saved into a memory crystal, as long as the knowledge was real, it was enough.
‘And what is inside this…’
Xu Ning opened the stone box curiously.
Whoosh!
As soon as Xu Ning opened it, a ball of demonic aura emerged and spread out.
The thick demonic aura almost made Xu Ning think that there was a hidden mechanism inside.
‘These are… demonic pills?’
Xu Ning saw nine pills arranged neatly in the stone box.
They were separated into three types, and there were three of each type.
Xu Ning recognized one of them. It was the Demon Blood Great Pill that he had refined previously.
‘These should be top-grade demonic pills. If a void realm martial artist saw these, they would go crazy.’
Although he didn’t know the effect of the other two demonic pills, since they were placed together with the Demon Blood Great Pill, they were definitely of extraordinary quality.
A single Demon Blood Great Pill could help a half-step dao realm master advance to the dao realm. If these nine medicinal pills of the same quality were used, several dao realm masters could be produced.
‘These demonic pills are good for a demonic path martial artist, but they are useless for me…’
Xu Ning felt a little regretful.
It was impossible for him to consume a demonic pill.
For example, after swallowing the Demon Blood Great Pill, it would condense demon blood, and even the nature of one’s physical body would change.
Those crazy demonic path martial artists were willing to do this, but Xu Ning was not willing.
‘However, although I can’t swallow these demonic pills directly, I can absorb the energy inside!’
Xu Ning knew very well that even without its special effects, he could still gain a lot just by relying on the energy inside.
Last time when Xu Ning refined a Demon Blood Great Pill, if it weren’t to sabotage Feng Changge, he even wanted to absorb all the energy inside because a Demon Blood Great Pill contained 3000 units of energy.
‘I wonder how much energy is in the Demon Blood Great Pill?’
Xu Ning discovered that the Demon Blood Great Pill in the stone box was obviously of a higher quality than the one he had refined back then.
Xu Ning felt that the energy contained in it definitely exceeded 3000 units.
He placed his palm on the surface of the steamed bun-sized Demon Blood Great Pill.
…
Discovered 7000 units of energy, absorb?
Yes / No
…
‘7,000 units of energy?’
Although Xu Ning had expected this, he didn’t expect that this Demon Blood Great Pill would contain more than twice the energy of the previous Demon Blood Great Pill.
This made Xu Ning’s previous feelings of regret disappear.
“Yes!”
Xu Ning instantly absorbed it.
After absorbing the three Demon Blood Great Pills, Xu Ning received 21,000 units of energy.
‘Absorb the energy from the other two demon pills!’
Xu Ning continued to absorb them.
Soon, Xu Ning discovered a coincidence.
Although he didn’t know the effects of the other two types of demonic pills, the energy contained in them was 7,000 units each.
Nine pills with 7,000 units of energy each were absorbed, allowing Xu Ning to obtain 63,000 units of energy!
Even though Xu Ning had always been quite calm, he was a little excited in this situation.
63,000 units, in addition to the previous 45,000 units, his energy reserves had broken through the 100,000 mark.
‘This mystic realm is the right place for me to go!’
Xu Ning no longer hesitated. He opened the Martial Arts Panel and tapped the “+” sign next to the Cold Flame Dual Source Scroll.
…
Consume 85,000 units of energy to advance the Cold Flame Dual Source Scroll?
Yes / No
…
“Yes!”
Xu Ning was firm.
The next moment, Xu Ning broke through his shackles and advanced to the void realm ninth stage, true domain realm!
