202: The Three Elements are complete, breaking through the true embryonic stage.
If the so-called Divine Hall Legacy was truly as powerful as the legends claimed...
...then the "Obstacle Breaking" Spell was by no means simple.
Zhang Sheng calmed his mind, held his breath, and began to guide the circulation of spiritual power within his body according to the instructions of the Spell.
However, the complexity of this Spell's circulation route was simply atrocious.
Right at the start, the circulation was interrupted, causing some damage to his Meridians, though they recovered instantly afterward.
The talent panel showed:
"Learning Spell—Obstacle Breaking, progress: 0.01%"
Only a few sporadic prompts emerged in his Sea of Consciousness!
Even when cultivating "Soul-Startling Thorn," Zhang Sheng had never felt it to be this difficult.
But as long as the progress could be displayed, Zhang Sheng had nothing to fear.
Zhang Sheng continued to Cultivate,
over and over again!
From day until night!
The next day, at dawn,
finally,
as the spiritual power within Zhang Sheng's body completed a full circulation.
A faint light flickered at Zhang Sheng's fingertip, and an almost invisible beam of light shot out instantly.
The beam was gray and extremely strange; just as it was about to touch the palace ceiling, Zhang Sheng deactivated the Spell.
In his own residence, Zhang Sheng didn't dare to rashly experiment with the Spell's power!
"Spell: Obstacle Breaking (Beginner: 0.1%)"
Finally, he had completed a full casting!
The spiritual power consumed by such a weak beam was actually more exaggerated than that of the Kun Yuan Dragon Capturing Hand.
But this was actually a good thing, as it precisely demonstrated the power of this Spell.
Fortunately, Zhang Sheng's recovery ability was strong enough; otherwise, the injuries from failed castings alone would have been enough for him to suffer!
The moment Zhang Sheng successfully cast the Obstacle Breaking Technique, he understood its miraculous use!
Obstacle Breaking Technique: As the name implies, it breaks through obstacles. When cultivated to a profound Realm, it can break through both tangible and intangible barriers!
With a thought, Zhang Sheng took out a piece of Artifact Refining material called Titanium Crystal from his storage ring.
This material itself was incredibly hard and was one of the common Materials for refining Spirit Treasures, being several times harder than an ordinary second-grade supreme-grade Spiritual Artifact.
This was something Zhang Sheng had obtained from killing a bandit.
When the gray light of the Obstacle Breaking Technique hit the Titanium Crystal, the crystal actually began to melt slowly!
This was truly shocking!
Although the melting process was slow, it was indeed happening!
Even Zhang Sheng's Moon Blade, which had reached the True Intent Realm, could only leave shallow marks on it.
The downside was that the melting process was too slow to be applied in actual combat yet.
This was only the Beginner stage; Zhang Sheng continued to Cultivate!
A day passed, and the Obstacle Breaking Technique finally broke through to the Proficient stage.
However,
just then, the monkey face mask on Zhang Sheng's face actually transmitted a piece of information to him.
At this moment, Zhang Sheng finally understood why this mask was the token for the Divine Hall Legacy.
A Cultivator who obtained this mask could only have the chance to enter the Divine Hall and obtain the true Legacy by breaking through "Obstacle Breaking" to the True Intent Realm.
"But where is the Divine Hall? I still don't know."
According to the information available on the market, the Divine Hall Legacy was known to all under heaven.
The Twelve Divine Halls corresponded to the twelve Zodiac animals, and there were nine masks for each Zodiac animal.
There were a total of 108 Zodiac masks.
When Zhang Sheng obtained the mask, the back of the mask displayed "Nine."
The number "Nine" indicated that Zhang Sheng's understanding of the Obstacle Breaking Spell was ranked ninth.
The other eight people who had obtained monkey face masks all had a higher understanding of the Obstacle Breaking Spell than Zhang Sheng.
Many people had obtained profound techniques from the masks, but unfortunately, very few could actually enter the Divine Hall.
"Huai Jiang actually gave such a precious mask to me directly. Could it be that Huai Jiang simply couldn't comprehend the Obstacle Breaking True Intent?"
Zhang Sheng stopped thinking about it; regardless of Huai Jiang's intentions, he was the one who ultimately benefited.
Seven days had quietly passed since the Dark Spiritual Power Tribulation.
The "Obstacle Breaking" Spell had reached the Transcendent stage, but it was still quite far from Perfection!
However, Zhang Sheng noticed that the number on the back of his mask was still "Nine" and had not changed.
Zhang Sheng suddenly realized that the other people who held monkey face masks were by no means simple characters!
His physical body was now stable, and it was finally time to Cultivate the ninth tribulation of the Nine Tribulations Secret Codex - Divine Breath Chapter.
Zhang Sheng swallowed several supreme-grade essence pills.
He used the Void Splitting Finger to cut open his own flesh... it was a close call but without mishap!
A few minutes later, Zhang Sheng felt his reborn body!
Aside from the spiritual power circulating faster within his body, Zhang Sheng didn't notice any other obvious changes.
Just as Zhang Sheng completed the cultivation of the Divine Breath Realm of the Nine Tribulations Secret Codex, new information suddenly emerged from the depths of his Sea of Consciousness.
It was the cultivation methods for the middle three layers of the Nine Tribulations Secret Codex!
Zhang Sheng knew this was the Moon Venerable's doing.
The True Fetus Chapter, Divine Power Chapter, and Star God Chapter of the Nine Tribulations Secret Codex.
After the Star God Chapter, there were also words left by the Moon Venerable.
"I'm sorry, Zhang Sheng! Of the 'Nine Tribulations Secret Codex' created by my Master, I have actually only mastered the first six layers.
I don't know if you, kid, can set foot in the God Realm, but if you truly are lucky enough to enter the God Realm, you needn't be obsessed with this Cultivation Technique itself.
Remember, a truly strong person will surely forge their own path!
If you really want to learn the last three layers, unless you have Heaven-Defying Luck and can find my Master—Yuan,
All living beings in the world honor Him as—Source Venerable!"
Zhang Sheng thought to himself, "Moon Venerable, how could I have the heart to blame you? Along this journey, it's thanks to you that I've been able to survive until today! Being able to obtain the first six layers of the 'Nine Tribulations Secret Codex' is already an immense stroke of Luck."
"Even if I can't get the last three layers, I will work hard to find your Master and tell Him that you are still waiting for His return!"
...After some adjustments,
with his Essence, Qi, and Spirit—the Three Primals—now perfected, Zhang Sheng finally reached the moment to break through to the True Fetus Realm.
As a transitional Realm between the Divine Breath Realm and the Divine Power Realm, as long as one mastered the method of condensing the True Embryo, there was no threshold for Breakthrough.
Once Zhang Sheng had obtained the two Cultivation Techniques, "Heavenly Demon Art" and "Star Scripture," he had decided on the method he would use to condense his True Embryo!
Zhang Sheng began to operate the "Myriad Manifestation Divine Fetus" method!
At this moment, the Ecliptic meets Yin and Yang, and the Three Natures Primal Officials have no leaks!
Three Primals perfected, condensing the True Embryo!
Hah!
Zhang Sheng suddenly stimulated all his power!
Inside the Qi Sea Palace, eight thousand nine hundred and ninety-one spirit suns ignited with raging spiritual power fires!
Within the Qi Sea Palace, all the spiritual power of the spirit suns left the Dantian, passed through the human body's Great Dragon, and ascended into the niwan palace!
The sea of blood and qi within the crimson heart palace surged; the sea of blood and qi left the crimson heart palace, passed through the human body's Great Dragon, and poured into the niwan palace.
All the spiritual power and blood-qi power in Zhang Sheng's body converged with the Mental Energy of his Sea of Consciousness within the niwan palace.
Spiritual power represents the Qi of the human body,
Blood-qi is the Essence of the human body,
And Mental Energy is the Spirit of the human body!
Under the guidance of the Myriad Manifestation Divine Fetus method, the three converged and fused within the niwan palace.
One white and one black, they merged into the sea of blood and qi!
The volume of the three shrank rapidly!
Soon, within Zhang Sheng's Sea of Consciousness, a tiny fleshy sphere condensed.
The red membrane of the fleshy sphere broke open, and a tiny infant stepped out from within!
The infant was like jade, with flowing light and vibrant colors all over its body, looking like a Divine Being, with an appearance identical to Zhang Sheng's!
Zhang Sheng suddenly had a strange feeling—that infant was himself; it was as if he possessed two bodies and two perspectives.
"Is this the True Fetus Realm?"