Advance to the late stage of the Divine Sea Realm!

Xiao Ming narrowed his eyes and silently left the sect, heading straight for Lingxiao City.

While flying on his sword in the sky, Xiao Ming took out a piece of blood amber from his ink void ring and threw it into his mouth.

After a month of cultivating the Second Volume of the Heavenly Book, his Cultivation Level had completely stabilized, allowing him to continue consuming heavenly treasures to enhance his strength.

The entire piece of blood amber melted upon entering his mouth, transforming into a mighty energy that flowed through his limbs and bones.

Then, under the influence of the Royal Sky Shocking Art, the surging energy was refined into the purest true essence, which poured into the crystal core within his body, expanding its size.

As one blood amber was refined, the crystal core in Xiao Ming's dantian visibly grew much larger, and his aura also subtly showed signs of a breakthrough.

However, one blood amber was not enough!

Xiao Ming took out two more blood ambers and stuffed them into his mouth all at once.

A more violent energy surged through his body, filling him completely and making his flesh feel hot.

Two blood ambers were still not enough!

As he advanced to the mid-stage of the Divine Sea Realm, he needed more blood amber energy to progress further.

Xiao Ming simply took out three blood ambers and threw them into his mouth.

By the time Xiao Ming arrived at the Purple Bamboo Forest, his aura had expanded to a critical point, ready to break through at any moment!

His vast spiritual sense spread out, instantly covering a radius of several tens of miles.

After confirming that there was no one around to disturb him, Xiao Ming sat down cross-legged and began to concentrate, preparing for his advancement.

The energy within his body churned incessantly, and the crystal core in his dantian trembled continuously.

At the same time, waves of energy fluctuations spread outwards like a tide.

Xiao Ming fully circulated the Imperial Sky-Shocking Sword Art, and under its effect, the originally violent energy gradually became gentle and calm, pouring little by little into the crystal core in his dantian.

After about a quarter of an hour, all the energy was absorbed by the crystal core, and its size more than doubled, becoming the size of a goose egg.

The goose-egg-sized crystal core was now emitting a five-colored radiance, which not only illuminated his entire dantian but also radiated outwards from within, enveloping Xiao Ming's physical body in a faint five-colored glow.

Just then, with a 'bang'!

A deep muffled explosion sounded in Xiao Ming's dantian.

As the sound rang out, an unprecedentedly powerful aura surged violently from within his body.

This aura shot straight into the sky, tearing the clouds above into fragments.

Advancement successful! Late Stage of the Divine Sea Realm!

Xiao Ming slowly opened his previously slightly closed eyes and felt the mighty energy within his body, a faint smile appearing on his face.

He didn't know if it was due to the influence of his purple luck or the power of the blood amber, but he completed this advancement with great ease, reaching the Late Stage of the Divine Sea Realm.

After completing his advancement, Xiao Ming found that both his Mystic Soul and the strength of his spiritual sense were much stronger than before.

Even the Shattered Yuan Sword Qi, which had always been compressed within his body, was several times sharper than before.

Looking around, Xiao Ming found himself in the very center of the Purple Bamboo Forest.

All the bamboo in this forest was purple and grew quite luxuriantly, each bamboo stalk as thick as his waist, practically like small trees.

Within the range of his spiritual sense, all was calm, with no anomalies.

"On my way to Lingxiao City, there is only this Purple Bamboo Forest. This means that Li Jianshi, the daughter of the Lingxiao City Lord, will only appear here," Xiao Ming mused.

"But until now, Li Jianshi has not shown any trace, which means I came too early."

"If I wait patiently, I should be able to see Li Jianshi, after all, Lin Feng only met Li Jianshi two days later."

Thinking this, Xiao Ming refocused his attention on cultivation.

After advancing to the Late Stage of the Divine Sea Realm, he could once again cultivate the Emperor-Grade Heaven-Shocking Art.

Taking out the sword art manual from his embrace, Xiao Ming fiercely poured his true essence into it, and as the true essence flowed in, the cultivation method for the eighth layer gradually revealed itself.

Xiao Ming finished reading the content of the eighth layer of the sword art, and a look of joy appeared on his face.

The eighth layer of the sword art was similar to the previous ones, also having two main contents: the first content was still the ability to expand more meridians, thereby storing more true essence.

The second content included a unique sword skill called 'Spirit Sealing Sword Net'.

The so-called Spirit Sealing Sword Net was the ability to transform sword qi into threads, forming a giant net, like fishing, to cover the opponent in one fell swoop!

The Spirit Sealing Sword Net was quite terrifying, not only capable of easily shredding the opponent's physical body but also able to blast apart the opponent's Mystic Soul!

With anticipation, Xiao Ming first adjusted his state, then began to cultivate the eighth layer of the sword art.

Time passed bit by bit. Sunset and moonrise. Moonset and sunrise.

By the morning of the second day, Xiao Ming had successfully cultivated both the eighth layer of the sword art and the Spirit Sealing Sword Net.

After cultivating to the eighth layer of the sword art, Xiao Ming clearly sensed that the true essence he could store within his body had increased significantly.

In addition to the vast amount of true essence stored in the crystal core in his dantian, many meridians throughout his limbs and bones had also been unblocked, and these meridians could also store true essence!

In terms of true essence strength, he was now completely comparable to an ordinary early-stage Yuqi Realm martial artist!

After all, Yuqi Realm martial artists did not have so many meridians unblocked.

Furthermore, he could now cast the Spirit Sealing Sword Net.

Standing up from the ground, Xiao Ming suddenly drew his tiangang sword and unleashed a full-power slash towards a patch of bamboo forest ahead!

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Sounds of breaking air rang out one after another.

In an instant, countless transparent sword qi shot out from his hand, the dense sword qi instantly transformed into sword threads, and while still in mid-air, they automatically formed a crystal-clear large net!

This was his new sword skill, the Spirit Sealing Sword Net!

The sword net descended upon the bamboo forest ahead!

Without any warning, that patch of bamboo forest was instantly shredded into powder.

After the sword net landed, even the hard ground was cut into pieces.

There was also a large stone on the ground; after being cut by the sword net, it also transformed into a pile of powder out of thin air.

Looking at the messy ground before him, Xiao Ming was quite satisfied.

The sword net he unleashed was crystal clear and silent, yet its power was extremely strong, completely comparable to his Slaying Qiankun Sword Shadow.

No, the power of the sword net was even stronger than the Slaying Qiankun Sword Shadow!

Now, he had another formidable trump card!

Stretching his muscles and bones, Xiao Ming opened his life script attribute panel, and immediately, rows of information appeared:

host: Xiao Ming

Cultivation Level: Late Stage of the Divine Sea Realm

Destiny: Boundless Luck (Purple), Luck Endowed (Temporary)

Physique: Five Elements Saint Body (Top Grade Saint Body)

Main Cultivation Method: Imperial Sky-Shocking Sword Art Eighth Layer (Heaven Rank)

Special Cultivation Method: Seven Volumes of Heavenly Book (Cultivated to Second Volume)

Mystic Soul Skill: Soul Piercing Spike

Movement Technique: Wind Spirit Step (Earth Rank)

Magic Treasure: azure emperor supreme cauldron (Immortal Realm Supreme Treasure, Dao Instrument??)

Weapon: tiangang sword (Heaven Rank Top Grade)

Martial Skills: Hundred Shadow Frenzy Slash, Shattered Moon Slash, Sword Control Technique, Shattered Yuan Sword Qi, Severing Qiankun (Perfected), Spirit Sealing Sword Net

Special Martial Skill: Domain Transformation Azure Lotus Sword Intent (Incomplete)

Spirit Pet: Grey Flame Lizard King (Juvenile)

Storage Artifact: ink void ring

Life Script: The host's luck has undergone successive changes, beginning to communicate with heaven and earth, while the future direction of life has changed greatly. It is like a fog, impossible to grasp.

Recent Opportunities: In the near future, there is hope of saving Li Jianshi, the daughter of the Lingxiao City Lord, and it is possible to enter the Fire Domain Grotto-heaven...