During the final period of the Coldfrost Realm’s opening, Han Li did not focus on cultivation or preparing to break through any bottlenecks. Instead, he sought out another desolate mountain to study the newly learned Golden Seal Script and delve into the secrets of the Soul Refinement Technique.
Having failed to advance to the Body Integration stage despite being infused with mysterious energy in the previous ruins, he knew conventional methods would be even less likely to help him overcome his current bottleneck.
After all, he had advanced two consecutive stages in one go. Whether it was the refinement of his spiritual power or his mental state, both required prolonged tempering before he could truly grasp the opportunity to break through to Body Integration.
The other foreign beings who entered this realm had all lingered at the peak of the Void Refinement stage for centuries, even millennia, finding it impossible to advance further in the Spirit Realm. That was why they risked entering the Coldfrost Realm.
According to rumors, the spiritual energy of this realm’s ley lines grew increasingly dense during the final one or two months of its opening, slightly increasing the chances of breaking through bottlenecks.
Thus, most foreign beings either spent the first year in secluded cultivation, preparing for their final breakthrough, or frantically gathered rare materials unique to the Coldfrost Realm.
Then there were those like Moon Fairy, who entered the realm with entirely different purposes.
Regardless of their approach, all would attempt to break through to Body Integration in the last month or two.
For someone like Han Li, who had not even reached the late Void Refinement stage before entering the Coldfrost Realm but managed to advance two consecutive levels, this was unprecedented and unlikely to be repeated. Naturally, his situation was exceptional.
However, the Golden Seal Script was indeed profoundly abstruse. Even after spending over a month, Han Li had only grasped a small portion of its content, understanding the simplest parts.
Much of this portion praised and explained the Soul Refinement Technique.
Even so, it made Han Li realize why Moon Fairy had sighed in frustration, lamenting how difficult the technique was to cultivate.
According to the Golden Seal Script, the Soul Refinement Technique was considered an extraordinary divine ability even in the True Immortal Realm, incorporating certain laws of heaven and earth into its methods. Once mastered, it could instantly increase one’s spiritual sense to an unimaginable degree.
The technique was divided into three layers.
Mastering the first layer would double one’s spiritual sense, the second layer would quadruple it, and the third layer would increase it by at least eightfold.
Such terrifying amplification left Han Li astounded, making him mostly believe that this technique was indeed extraordinary even in the True Immortal Realm.
However, despite its immense power, the cultivation restrictions were as harsh as Moon Fairy had mentioned.
The technique did not impose many conditions—only requiring a cultivation level above the Nascent Soul stage—but its sole prerequisite was that the cultivator’s physical body and spiritual sense must be strong enough to withstand its overwhelming backlash.
After all, instantly amplifying one’s spiritual sense by multiple times would cause the cultivator to explode if either their body or spiritual sense failed to meet the requirements.
According to the technique’s description, to begin cultivating the first layer, one’s spiritual sense had to be at least twice as strong as that of an ordinary cultivator of the same level. The physical requirements were even stricter—only those who specialized in body refinement at the same level might barely qualify.
Finding individuals who met just one of these conditions was rare, but not impossible. However, those who met both were as scarce as phoenix feathers and qilin horns in the Spirit Realm.
For most cultivators, spiritual sense was far weaker than their physical bodies.
Extreme body refiners, lacking sufficient spiritual power, could never achieve a strong enough spiritual sense.
The requirements for the second and third layers were even more outrageous.
Moon Fairy, being a cultivator who specialized in spiritual power, was naturally disappointed upon seeing these conditions.
However, as she had guessed, the scripture provided a solution at the very end.
It listed two unheard-of pill recipes: the “Mighty Steel Pill” and the “Soul Coagulation Pellet.”
According to the text, one pill enhanced spiritual sense while the other improved the physical body. Prolonged consumption of both would gradually allow a cultivator to meet the requirements for the Soul Refinement Technique.
Such miraculous pills were certainly not from the Spirit Realm.
Though the recipes were described in great detail, even including some refining steps, none of the main ingredients were ones Han Li had ever heard of. Attempting to refine these pills in the Spirit Realm was nothing short of a fantasy.
After reading the cultivation conditions, Han Li was both shocked and relieved.
He followed a dual path of spiritual and physical cultivation. Thanks to the Great Development Art he had practiced earlier, his spiritual sense far surpassed that of his peers. Meanwhile, the Vajra Arts and other body-refining elixirs had strengthened his physique to an incredible degree.
Thus, he could undoubtedly cultivate the first layer right now.
For the second layer, as long as he mastered the first layer, his amplified spiritual sense should barely qualify. As for his physical body, unless he perfected the Vajra Arts and encountered some fortuitous opportunities, there was still hope of meeting the requirements.
As for the third layer’s conditions, Han Li could only stroke his chin and smile wryly.
Regardless, the Soul Refinement Technique’s ability to multiply spiritual sense made its utility undeniable. Just mastering the first layer would increase Han Li’s confidence in advancing to the Body Integration stage by at least twenty percent.
Thus, time passed as Han Li immersed himself in studying the Golden Seal Script.
One day, while meditating deep within the mountain, he suddenly heard a buzzing sound from his storage bracelet.
Startled, he opened his eyes and glanced at his wrist. Three golden-silver lights flew out on their own—the three Coldfrost Tokens.
The tokens shimmered briefly before dissolving into motes of light right before his eyes.
Han Li’s heart tightened as he felt the ground tremble faintly, and the surrounding spiritual energy grew chaotic.
“Could it be time?” he murmured. With a flash of light, he transformed into a cyan streak and shot out of the mountain.
Moments later, his figure reappeared above the desolate peak, his expression solemn as he gazed upward.
The sky of the Coldfrost Realm was now churning with five-colored clouds, howling winds, and continuous tremors. Boulders of various sizes tumbled down the mountains, and towering trees swayed precariously.
Near the mountain, flocks of birds and herds of beasts surged from their nests, frantically fleeing toward open ground.
With his hands behind his back, Han Li closed his eyes, sensing the violent upheaval of the surrounding spiritual energy, his expression grave.
According to what others had said before entering the Coldfrost Realm, these celestial phenomena signaled the realm’s imminent closure. Within half a day, all outsiders would be forcibly expelled by the realm’s laws.
Since they had left their marks on the teleportation arrays at their departure points and carried corresponding artifacts, they would be directly sent back to their original locations by the realm’s power.
As Han Li silently reflected on his gains in the Coldfrost Realm, he continued observing the dramatic changes in the heavens.
Suddenly, his expression shifted, and he opened his eyes in surprise, looking toward a certain direction.
Amid the rolling five-colored clouds in the distance, two streaks of light—one gold, one white—were darting unsteadily toward him.
The golden light seemed familiar, while the white light, though stronger, appeared equally battered.
With a flash of blue light in his eyes, Han Li discerned the figures within the two streaks—a golden wolf and a winged white tiger-like beast.
The golden wolf was none other than the King-grade Shadow Beast he had encountered twice before, now ragged and exhausted. The white beast, though equally disheveled, was relentlessly pursuing it.
Both creatures, locked in their chase and severely weakened, failed to notice Han Li, who concealed his presence.
As Han Li pondered how to handle this unexpected encounter, a low growl erupted from his sleeve.
The sound, filled with urgency, came from the Leopard-Qilin Beast in his spirit beast pouch, reacting intensely to the approaching creatures.
Recalling the strange changes the beast had undergone after devouring the high-grade Shadow Beast cores, Han Li’s gaze toward the golden wolf turned icy.
With a thunderous crack, a pair of wings materialized on his back. A single flap transformed him into a cyan-white streak, vanishing instantly.
The next moment, space rippled above the King-grade Shadow Beast as a golden, three-headed, six-armed figure emerged.
Six golden beams shot forth from its arms, striking the beast before it could react.
Though the Shadow Beast, at the early Body Integration stage, would normally evade such an ambush, it was now nearly drained of energy. It barely dodged half the attacks, leaving three beams to slam into it.
A deafening explosion engulfed the beast in blinding golden light.
Then, with another spatial fluctuation, a thousand-zhang black mountain and a massive silver ruler materialized above, descending without hesitation.
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