99: Chapter 99 Receiving the Reward, Fifth Level of the Land Immortal Realm

After obtaining the Legacy of the Green Lotus Sword Immortal, Xia Jin was in no hurry to leave this Green Lotus Secret Realm.

This place was isolated from heavenly secrets, making it the perfect location to enter seclusion and receive the System rewards.

He sat cross-legged in the Void Realm, and the surrounding green stone steles actually began to circle around him, as if they were acting as his Protectors.

Xia Jin looked around curiously, feeling somewhat surprised.

But soon, he took a deep breath, cleared his mind of stray thoughts, and muttered internally, "System, extract the mission rewards."

[Command confirmed. Congratulations, Host, for successfully extracting the mission rewards: Soul-Shocking Spike (Entry-Level), and one thousand years of cultivation!]

An incredibly profound secret technique dedicated to Divine Soul slaughter, the Soul-Shocking Spike, appeared in his Sea of Consciousness.

This technique was exceptionally fierce, condensing the Divine Soul into a single sharp point to specifically break the opponent's Divine Soul, making it impossible to defend against.

"A top-tier Divine Soul attack method. With this technique, even if I face that black flood dragon, this Prince might be able to defeat it!" A sharp light flashed in Xia Jin's eyes as the image of the black flood dragon surfaced in his mind.

During his previous encounter with the black flood dragon, he had experienced its Physical Body, which was perverse to the extreme; with just one swing of its tail, he had almost been unable to withstand it.

However, Xia Jin vaguely guessed that the black flood dragon's Divine Soul was definitely not as perverse as its Physical Body.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately ordered in his mind: "System, consume two hundred years of cultivation to deduce the Soul-Shocking Spike!"

As the command fell, the flow of time within his Sea of Consciousness seemed to change suddenly, and he fell into a deep state of Dao enlightenment.

"Year 50: You study the Entry-Level chapter with total devotion, visualizing the manifestation of the Divine Soul day and night. The originally formless and quality-less Divine Soul power gradually condenses into a sharp intent like refined gold, its edge beginning to show. The Soul-Shocking Spike officially enters the Minor Achievement stage."

"Year 100: Your control over the Divine Soul has reached the micro-Realm. The Divine Soul is incredibly refined; even without the protection of the nine-layered soul tower, it can manifest as a physical entity, making it hard for ordinary Divine Soul attacks to harm it in the slightest. At this point, the Soul-Shocking Spike enters the Major Achievement stage."

"Year 200: In the depths of your Sea of Consciousness, you compress the Divine Soul to its limit, discarding all stray thoughts and leaving only a single point of 'Destruction' true intent. With a boom, the essence of your Divine Soul undergoes a transformation; it manifests at will, becoming a spike with a single thought, indestructible and specialized in slaying Divine Thoughts. The Soul-Shocking Spike finally reaches—Great Perfection!"

As the deduction ended, Xia Jin suddenly opened his eyes. In the depths of his pupils, an extremely sharp golden light seemed to flash by, and the green Sword Intent in the surrounding space was faintly pushed back three inches.

"What a strange feeling..." With a slight thought, his Divine Soul instantly left his body.

However, during this manifestation, under his control, the Divine Soul suddenly contracted and deformed, finally turning into a three-foot-long, pitch-black spear wreathed in an aura of destruction!

Xia Jin tried to use this "Soul-Shocking Spike" to lightly "stab" toward the nearest green stone stele.

A strand of Sword Intent left by the Green Lotus Sword Immortal flowing on the surface of the stele was instantly "erased" by an invisible force the moment the spear tip pointed at it from afar, and the stone stele suddenly became dim and lusterless.

"What a domineering Soul-Shocking Spike! It can actually directly annihilate residual Divine Thought Sword Intent! But the consumption seems exceptionally massive!" Xia Jin felt a shock in his heart and immediately let his Divine Soul return to its place.

In just those few breaths of time, several drops of cold sweat actually appeared on his forehead.

Although it couldn't be used frequently, this secret technique undoubtedly gave him an extra trump card capable of reversing the tide of a battle.

Calming his agitated emotions from gaining such a powerful method, Xia Jin once again settled his mind.

"System, use the remaining eight hundred years of cultivation to fully deduce the Nine Turns Creation Sutra!"

"Year 100: Boundless Creation Qi condenses, compresses, and explodes within your heart. After nine washes, every heartbeat sounds like a heavenly drum, bursting with unprecedented power. The Nine Turns Creation Sutra successfully breaks through to the Fourth Layer of the Fifth Turn! You officially enter the second stage of the Land Immortal Realm!"

"Year 250: A torrent of spiritual energy sweeps through your internal organs. The spleen, lungs, kidneys, and liver resonate one after another, forming a more stable and powerful internal circulation System with the strengthened heart, endlessly regenerating. The Nine Turns Creation Sutra successfully breaks through to the Fifth Layer of the Fifth Turn, and you officially enter the third stage of the Land Immortal Realm!"

"Year 800: Your internal organs all vibrate, and the sound of the Great Dao faintly echoes within your body. Every inch of flesh and blood undergoes the deepest level of baptism and reshaping. Finally, the Nine Turns Creation Sutra successfully breaks through to the Eighth Layer of the Fifth Turn! You officially enter the fifth stage of the Land Immortal Realm!"

As the last wisp of deduction power dissipated, the aura around Xia Jin was more than twice as strong as before. With every movement, countless tiny cracks appeared in the surrounding Secret Realm space, as if it were struggling to contain his current existence.

He slowly stood up, carefully feeling the new power surging within him.

"Oh!? My Physical Body's strength, without even activating the Vajra Indestructible Body, seems comparable to when it was active before! And my recovery power seems to have improved once again!"

With a thought, he did not actively circulate the Nine Turns Creation Sutra, but pressed his fingers together like a blade and made a forceful cut on his arm.

However, only a shallow blood mark appeared, and in the next moment, his heart throbbed violently. A strange energy containing endless vitality instantly flowed out from his internal organs and gathered at the blood mark.

The blood mark disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"If supplemented by the recovery power brought by the Fifth Turn of the Nine Turns Creation Sutra, any damage to my Physical Body—as long as it's not a fatal wound—will probably be restored to its original state in just a few moments!" Xia Jin's eyes were full of excitement.

"It is time to return to Great Xia and complete the unification of the Eastern Region! This time, no one can stop this Prince!"

Xia Jin stayed no longer and took a step forward. A crack automatically opened in the void before him, and the Origin Qi of the outside world faintly drifted in.

With a flash of his figure, he disappeared from the Green Lotus Secret Realm.

While Xia Jin was returning to Great Xia, another major event occurred—one significant enough to affect the entire East Profound Continent.

After Daoist Ziyang and Daoist Xuanming were pulled into the temple doors by that suction force, they felt as if they had fallen into another time and space.

When they opened their eyes, they found three stone statues standing not far in front of them.

The one on the left was the image of a little girl. She was barefoot, wearing a simple stone dress, but those stone-carved eyes seemed to be looking at the two of them with a smile, making their skin crawl.

The one in the middle was a pot-bellied, middle-aged fat man. Aside from a sense of honesty, nothing else could be discerned from him.

The one on the right was a thin old man. Although he was expressionless, he made the two of them break into a cold sweat involuntarily.

However, what truly made Daoist Ziyang and Daoist Xuanming's Divine Souls tense up so much that they didn't even dare to breathe loudly was not the statues themselves, but—

A Talisman was stuck to the forehead of each stone statue.

And with the passage of ages, those Talisman papers showed faint signs of peeling off.