I Can Accumulate Proficiency, Starting from Alchemy

Chapter 860: Chapter 368: Ancient Witchcraft, Four Origins Dao Guidance_1

Moon Shadow Spirit Camp, within a certain palace, a quiet room.

A figure sat cross-legged on the floor, his whole body ablaze with divine fire. With every contraction and expansion of the divine fire, it seemed to possess a life, perpetually trapped in the cycle of reincarnation.

It contracted during destruction and expanded during rebirth.

That figure was, naturally, Han Yi.

The fluctuations of the divine fire had persisted for as long as three months.

At this moment, within the Zhong Fu Shen Qiao.

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The Spirit Origin Fire had completely vanished, yet at the edge of the Divine Aperture, a sea of fire spread out.

The golden-red radiance illuminated the whole Divine Aperture, casting a layer of splendor onto this mysterious place.

Divine Force rushed in from all directions, continuously filling the sea of fire, causing its range to expand without end.

An obscure feeling spiralled upwards and filled the space.

That feeling was the Life-and-death Realm.

At one point,

The sea of fire gently shook; the divine force that was surging in could no longer expand its range and was expelled instead, this signifying that the sea of fire had reached its peak.

Inside the quiet room,

Han Yi opened his eyes; a golden-red gleam in his pupils seemed like a burning sea of fire, but it quickly faded, returning to normal.

The divine fire on his body slowly retreated into his body, disappearing from sight.

[God Fire Battle Body (The Sixth Realm 4/100)].

“Life and Death Realm.”

A look of surprise beamed across Han Yi’s face.

The sea of fire within his Divine Aperture was the first kind of Innate Spirit Items he had condensed. He had spent a full ten years experimenting until he finally succeeded in blending the last of all his immortal fire and Yin-Yang energy. It had undergone destruction and rebirth amid said destruction, ultimately turning into the first Innate Divine Fire within the First Divine Aperture.

This delicate balance was the result of innumerable attempts, countless summarized experiences, and eventual success which allowed him to step into the Life and Death Realm.

The key to this process was really the Proficiency Panel.

Every failure indirectly increased his proficiency in refining, and with the guidance from the panel, he gradually perfected the key to refining the elements.

Without a panel, this process could be infinitely long, just like the gods and demons in the World of Gods and Demons, and there is no certainty. It might take several years or even a lifetime to complete.

Han Yi once again realized the power of the Proficiency Panel.

This Golden Finger, that was likely related to ‘wisdom’, played the most direct and critical role in Han Yi’s cultivation process, be it in techniques, skills, combat bodies, realms, etc.

He circulated his divine force and sensed it meticulously.

At this moment, the Divine Apertures within his body had changed tremendously since he first sensed the presence of an additional Divine Aperture over ten years ago.

With just a single thought, he realized that he had opened four hundred and twenty-six Divine Apertures within his body and the divine force within these Divine Apertures was much stronger than ten years ago.

That’s why the God Fire Battle Body displayed in his panel read 4/100 instead of 1/100.

When the number of Divine Apertures in the body of a cultivator following the Ancient God System exceeds that of the Celestial Stem, which is 365, those who have stepped into the Life and Death Realm will no longer need to actively open new Divine Apertures. Instead, the divine force would automatically sense and naturally open new apertures.

In the cultivation of the Life and Death Realm, the basic indicator is naturally the Divine Aperture. In this Realm, the number of Divine Apertures will break from the Celestial Stem and eventually reach nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine. These nearly ten thousand Divine Apertures also symbolize reaching the peak of the Life and Death Realm.

The other indicator, which is even more crucial, is that due to the influence of the Life and Death Realm, life forms begin to be born in the Divine Apertures.

This kind of life form is not a real life form from the outside world and cannot be moved into the real world. They can only exist within the Divine Apertures. From the perspective of the outside world, they are but illusions or dreams, but from another perspective, within the Divine Apertures, they are real.

This kind of life form has a unique name, which is Innate Divine Spirits.

When the cultivation in the Ancient God System reaches a very profound level, a Divine Aperture can be transformed into a world of its own. These Innate Divine Spirits are indeed real divine spirits that can leave the Divine Aperture World to step into other worlds.

However, once these Innate Divine Spirits leave the Divine Apertures, they become ordinary life forms and naturally lose the mysterious power they could have harnessed in the Divine Aperture World.

If the number of Divine Apertures reaches ten thousand and life forms begin to take birth within the Divine Apertures, then it signifies that Han Yi has stepped into the Undying Realm.

Converted to another measure, this would mean Half-immortal.

As of now, Han Yi is only in the early stages of the Life and Death Realm and he is still far from the Undying Realm, but this does not prevent him from planning ahead. Only with a goal does one have motivation.

Next,

He plans to continue condensing the second Innate Spirit Item. This time he will use the Purple Mysterious Jade Marrow. Of course, this Jade Marrow is too large. If it were to be condensed in one Divine Aperture, it wouldn’t be enough and would inevitably fail. Hence, he must cut the marrow and condense the Innate Spirit Items in different Divine Apertures.

More importantly,

With his grasp on the Life and Death Realm, his success rate for condensing the next Innate Spirit Items will increase.

However,

In order to fully break through the Life and Death Realm, he has not stepped out of his palace for a year and a half. It is time to venture out, gather information about what has been happening in the Immortal Castle recently, and exchange some Spiritual Items along the way to aid in his future cultivation.

After tidying up, he stepped into the Tai Chi Mysterious Light Array, rode his Escape Light, and headed towards the center of Moon Shadow Node.

As he left,

About three miles away from his palace, in another palace, a young man who was meditating in a quiet room suddenly opened his eyes.

In front of the young man was a light screen over two meters tall that displayed a vast continuous series of palaces.

This was just a light projection spell, not a masterstroke. Additionally, it wasn’t aimed at a particular palace or cultivator, so it didn’t get spotted by the cultivators coming and going in those palaces.