392: Taking stock of the gains, the retreat begins.

Myriad Thunder Return Ruins.

Shen Yuanmo stood in the Void Realm, his Divine Sense spreading out like a tidal wave, brushing over the scorched earth that had just experienced a battle of the Dao Integration Realm Great Expert level.

Now, this place was his Domain.

With a thought, those three ownerless storage Magic Treasures floated before him.

One was the archaic ring belonging to Jian Wuchen that flickered with sword-shaped runes, while the other two were the bracelet and thumb ring left behind by the Blood-Eyed Giant and the Black-Robed Demonic Cultivator.

He first probed the storage Magic Treasures of the latter two with his Divine Sense.

Mountains of demon cores, devil cores, and various Heaven And Earth Treasure with sinister attributes.

As well as some Jade Slip containing Demonic Path Cultivation Technique; although numerous, their quality was uneven.

To the current Shen Yuanmo, these could only be considered minor additions that were better than nothing.

He casually categorized the resources within and stored them into his own storage space.

Then, he set his gaze upon the final, and most important, sword-shaped ring.

As soon as his Divine Sense probed inside, even with Shen Yuanmo's steady Heart-Nature, his breathing could not help but pause for an instant.

That was not wealth.

That was a war reserve sufficient to make any top-tier force turn green with envy to the point of madness!

Mountains of Top-Grade Spirit Stone, the Spiritual Qi they emitted was so dense it had almost turned into a tangible ocean.

Various ten-thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine that had long since gone extinct in the outside world were well-preserved in jade boxes, overflowing with medicinal fragrance.

On rows of bookshelves, countless jars and bottles were displayed, all of them high-rank Medicinal Pill, ranging from Soul Transformation to Void Return Realm.

There were even a few bottles that even Shen Yuanmo could not fathom, faintly emitting the dao rhyme of the Dao Integration Realm Great Expert level!

This was merely the tip of the iceberg.

Excluding these conventional Cultivation resources, Shen Yuanmo's Divine Sense was soon attracted to a space that had been specifically carved out.

There, dozens of Jade Slip emitting pure Sword Intent lay quietly.

As his Divine Sense swept across, the information within the Jade Slip flooded into his mind like a torrent.

"taiyi sword Scripture", "Slashing Dust Sword Art", "Law-Breaking Divine Sword"...

From the basic sword moves of the Qi Refinement Stage to the supreme sword canon of the Dao Integration Realm Great Expert level, everything was there!

This was clearly the complete, as complete as it could be, sword dao Legacy of the Taiyi Sword Sect, from low-rank to Peak!

"Heh."

Shen Yuanmo's Divine Sense withdrew from the Jade Slip, and the corners of his mouth lifted involuntarily.

This Jian Wuchen, as a Grand Elder of the Taiyi Sword Sect, had actually carried the entire Sect's fundamental Legacy on his person.

His gaze continued to sweep across, and soon, he was attracted by another Jade Slip protected by heavy Restriction.

After breaking the Restriction, his Divine Sense probed inside, and a Formation diagram that was incomparably complex and profound to the extreme slowly unfolded in his Sea of Consciousness.

[Taiyi World-Crossing Boat · Core Formation Diagram]

Shen Yuanmo's expression became playful.

"Interesting. He even carries the core Formation diagram of his own Sect's treasure on him. Is he planning to run off somewhere to open a branch Sect?"

The value of this item, to a certain extent, was even higher than that complete set of sword dao Legacy.

This was equivalent to directly placing one of the Taiyi Sword Sect's greatest trump cards, its core weakness, nakedly before Shen Yuanmo!

Firmly memorizing this Formation diagram, Shen Yuanmo's attention fell on the very center of this space.

There, an archaic bronze mirror was floating quietly.

It was precisely that seventh-rank dao artifact, [taiyi ancient mirror]!

At this moment, the surface of the mirror was covered in fine cracks, clearly having been severely damaged in the confrontation against the Outer Realm Heart Demon.

But even so, the dao rhyme fluctuation of the Dao Integration Realm Great Expert level that it emitted still made one's heart palpitate.

Shen Yuanmo reached out and summoned it, and the [taiyi ancient mirror] appeared in his palm.

His Divine Sense carefully probed inside, and a cool sensation instantly surged into his Sea of Consciousness, causing his Divine Soul, which was slightly fatigued from the Perfect Deduction, to perk up.

The core ability of this ancient mirror was to protect the Divine Soul.

And deep within its Law core, Shen Yuanmo also sensed a trace of an extremely pure, penetrative special dao rhyme.

Law of Truth-Seeing!

Once this Law is activated, it can see through the vast majority of illusions, disguises, and Formation traps in the world, reaching directly to the Origin.

"Good stuff."

Shen Yuanmo nodded with satisfaction.

Although it was damaged, as long as there were enough Materials and time, relying on [Perfect Deduction], repairing it would not be a difficult task.

After sorting and storing all the spoils, Shen Yuanmo already had a crystal-clear plan for his seclusion in his mind.

Step one: Refine that Outer Realm Heart Demon, and use its most fundamental Soul power to assist his "Nine Revolutions Spirit Refining Art" in breaking through the Bottleneck and entering the eighth revolution!

Step two: Analyze and initially refine the Origin imprint of the Great Dao of Thunder left by Dao Lord Zixiao, comprehending the Dao Integration Realm Great Expert level Law, and making it his own.

Step three: Trigger the Heavenly Tribulation and officially break through to the Void Return Realm!

At that time, with his Divine Soul, mana, and Physical Body advancing in tandem, his combat power would usher in an earth-shattering surge!

After doing all this, he slowly turned around, his gaze falling upon the golden skeleton bound by billions of Law chains.

And the black heart within the chest of the skeleton, its Devilish Qi dimming, constantly emitting silent wails.

"Ant! Release this seat!"

Seemingly sensing Shen Yuanmo's gaze, the Heart Demon actually regained a trace of strength, sending out an incomparably resentful Divine Sense fluctuation.

"Do you think you have won just like this?! Once this seat escapes, I will definitely extract your Soul and refine your spirit, ensuring you never reincarnate for eternity!"

It was still roaring, still struggling, attempting to use the most vicious language to shake Shen Yuanmo's mind.

However, in Shen Yuanmo's eyes, this terrifying creature that was once arrogant and unbridled was no different from a pig or sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

He couldn't even be bothered to respond, only faintly giving an order to the Zixiao Thunder Spirit in the Void Realm.

"Zixiao."

"Chirp!"

The Qilin-shaped Zixiao Thunder Spirit chirped happily and transformed into a streak of purple light.

It appeared on Shen Yuanmo's shoulder and affectionately rubbed against his cheek.

"Increase the refining power of the Divine Thunder. First, grind away its ferocity and purify its Origin."

"Chirp chirp!"

The Zixiao Thunder Spirit chirped excitedly twice, instantly understanding its master's intention.

It shot up into the sky, transforming into the Law core of this Divine Treasury world.

Hum—!

The entire Myriad Thunder Return Ruins, at this moment, began to vibrate violently as the power of thunder resonated at an incomparably profound frequency.

Endless thunder light gathered, no longer as violent strikes, but transforming into two massive grinding discs that blotted out the sky, one above and one below.

On the grinding discs, the Zixiao Divine Thunder Law flowed; with every rotation, it carried the profound dao rhyme of purifying all things, slowly closing in and sandwiching the black heart in the center!

"Ahhh—!!!"

The Heart Demon's roar instantly turned into a scream of extreme misery!

It could clearly feel that its own pride and joy, the Devilish thought Origin capable of polluting a Dao Integration Realm Great Expert, was being stripped away, crushed, and purified bit by bit by those purple thunder grinding discs!

That kind of intense pain originating from the deepest part of the Soul was billions of times more painful than being sliced by a thousand knives!

Its prideful devilish nature was being forcibly excised!

Its powerful strength was being purified into the purest Soul energy!

It was being transformed into a flawless, peerless great medicine for Shen Yuanmo!

Shen Yuanmo turned a deaf ear to this, sitting cross-legged in the Void Realm and closing his eyes.

[Insight into Origin] activated!

[Perfect Deduction] activated!

His Divine Sense, like invisible threads, cautiously reached out, touching those pure Soul Origin fragments that had just been stripped and purified from the Heart Demon.

Boom!

An unprecedented, vast ocean of Soul information instantly surged into his Sea of Consciousness!

That was an incomparably complex, twisted, yet powerful-to-the-extreme Law model.

It originated from an Outer Realm creature at the Peak of the Dao Integration Realm, and had even touched the threshold of the Mahayana.

The Soul mysteries contained within it far exceeded everything Shen Yuanmo currently understood!

It was a Soul construction method completely different from this world, full of aggression and devouring nature, yet it formed its own system, a perfect closed loop!

Just at this moment, the "Nine Revolutions Spirit Refining Art" Cultivation Technique deep in his Sea of Consciousness actually began to run crazily on its own without anyone activating it!

Golden divine characters appeared out of thin air, surrounding the Soul model that had just been analyzed by [Insight into Origin], emitting a yearning hum!

As if a gluttonous beast that had been starving for billions of years had finally found the most top-tier delicacy in the world!

The Cultivation Technique Bottleneck of the seventh revolution of the "Nine Revolutions Spirit Refining Art" actually began to show wisps of loosening under the impact of this massive Soul mystery!