Chapter 137: Entry

Seemingly because she had received a promise from Ding Huan, Qi Qi Xinyue's subsequent cultivation nearly mirrored Lao Liu's.

Ding Huan, however, pulled out a pile of jade slips.

The first jade slip filled him with delight: *True Qi Zhou Tian One Hundred Taboos*.

His spiritual sense swept inside, revealing nothing but explanations of cultivation techniques.

Which were absolute taboos to avoid, and which could be approached differently.

Ding Huan had only read a small portion, yet gained immensely.

These hundred taboos were not truly one hundred; many details mentioned far exceeded a thousand.

Ding Huan himself possessed exceptionally strong theoretical knowledge of cultivation, allowing him to extrapolate and benefit far beyond what this single jade slip offered.

Having reached the peak of Level Nine Gene Cultivator, Ding Huan had no gene foundation-establishment technique and did not know how to break through to gene foundation establishment.

Subconsciously, Ding Huan had entertained the idea of creating his own foundation-establishment technique—this jade slip was practically laying the groundwork for him to do so.

The moment he held the jade slip, Ding Huan could not put it down.

He studied this jade slip for nearly half a month before finally setting it aside and picking up the second one.

*Extreme Shadow Evasion Technique*?

Ding Huan's spiritual sense landed on the jade slip, and the more he read, the more excited he became.

A treasure—this was a body movement technique.

The only body movement technique he knew was Wind Riding, but honestly, as his cultivation advanced, he himself found Wind Riding increasingly useless.

After reading only the beginning, Ding Huan carefully put this jade slip away.

This was not the place to cultivate body techniques.

It seemed the true value of the Star Chamber was not the chamber itself, but the jade slips and bamboo slips within.

Ding Huan held the third jade slip in his hand and immediately swept his spiritual sense into it.

The first two jade slips were urgently needed by him—what was this third one?

*Dao Talisman: Upper Volume*

Ding Huan's hand trembled: "Holy shit."

The *Dao Talisman: Lower Volume* was on bamboo slips, so Ding Huan naturally assumed the *Upper Volume* must be bamboo too.

Unexpectedly, the *Upper Volume* was a jade slip.

Had he known it was a jade slip, how could he have waited until today to read it?

Soon, Ding Huan was grateful he hadn't known earlier.

Had he known the *Upper Volume* was already in his hands, he would never have calmly spent a year refining his spiritual sense.

He would have started forging talismans immediately.

With this jade slip in his hand, Ding Huan had no interest in looking at any other jade slips.

At this moment, he was completely immersed in the ocean of knowledge within *Dao Talisman: Upper Volume*.

I have to say, this Upper Volume explained in far greater detail than the Lower Volume, starting with materials.

For talisman arts, materials were far too broad.

Demon beast materials, heavenly and earthly treasures, various spirit plants…

Even ores could serve as talisman-making materials.

As for talisman inscriptions, they were densely packed—from basic inscriptions, to Five Element inscriptions, and various elemental inscriptions…

Ding Huan noticed the inscriptions mentioned space inscriptions, time inscriptions, and even attribute inscriptions.

But there was no detailed explanation for these—only one sentence: "Awaiting great masters to research."

Yet the basic inscriptions and fundamental Five Element inscriptions were described in great detail.

Clearly, the elder who wrote this jade slip was either unskilled or utterly ignorant of space, time, and attribute inscriptions.

Ding Huan didn't care—he understood space and time even less.

For him, the real truth was being able to draw his first inscription.

Only by mastering inscriptions could he begin crafting his first talisman.

The most basic talismans were drawn with a talisman brush; intermediate talismans were drawn with spells; higher-level talismans were not covered in this *Dao Talisman: Upper Volume*.

Previously, Ding Huan might have been uncertain, but after obtaining the Star Chamber, he felt the highest-level talismans must be drawn using rules.

Whether true or not, Ding Huan's current task was to craft a talisman brush and begin drawing his first inscription.

Fortunately, Dou Qingzhi had collected a pile of ferocious beast pelts for him—Ding Huan immediately thought of the hair from the Giant Gorilla.

It was a Level Nine ferocious beast; perfect for making a talisman brush.

In fact, he still had demon beast hair—the Great Owl's feathers.

Ding Huan felt he was a beginner and this was unnecessary for now.

The talisman brush could only be made from the Great Owl's bones; otherwise, he truly had no suitable materials.

First time making a talisman brush.

Originally, Ding Huan planned to follow the method described in the jade slip to forge the brush.

As he began forging, his mind suddenly filled with additional alchemy techniques.

Without realizing it, Ding Huan incorporated these alchemy methods into the brush forging.

As expected, the first talisman brush failed due to Ding Huan's added techniques.

The second time, Ding Huan abandoned overreaching and simply followed the jade slip's method for brush forging.

This time, it took only an hour for him to successfully forge his first talisman brush.

According to the jade slip, the lowest-grade talisman brush was a lower-grade artifact.

Ding Huan knew his brush was below artifact grade, but as a complete beginner, he didn't care.

Moreover, if he had a magical artifact, he could already fly using it.

Ding Huan had plenty of talisman-making materials—a pile of ferocious beast hides stacked inside the Star Chamber.

The beast blood, having sat for a year, might have spoiled.

Ding Huan pulled out a bucket of beast blood and realized that storing it inside the Star Chamber was entirely different from keeping it outside.

At least it showed no foul odor—it should still be usable.

The advantage of the Star Chamber might lie here: no living thing, not even microorganisms, could exist within it.

But clearly, the spiritual essence of these beast bloods had dissipated severely; if left longer, it would be nearly gone.

Talisman materials are also called talisman bodies; top-tier talismans require top-tier talisman bodies—that is, high-quality materials.

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Ordinary mortals who make talismans are said to be "drawing talismans."

They mostly use cinnabar and yellow paper; the yellow paper is the most basic talisman body.

Ding Huan was a Level Nine Gene Cultivator, possessed a tangible spiritual sense, and had the Dao Talisman jade slip—his starting point for making talismans was thus far higher.

Though he lacked even a low-grade magical artifact talisman brush, he had ferocious beast materials and ferocious beast blood.

Even if the ferocious beast blood's spiritual essence was weak, it was still of ferocious beast grade.

With all preparations complete, Ding Huan began crafting talisman bodies.

As a beginner, the talisman body didn't need to be complex—only capable of holding the talisman runes.

The Blue Star continued its lonely flight through the vast cosmos; Qi Qi Xinyue, eager to reach Foundation Establishment, entered seclusion again and rarely emerged.

Lao Liu was even more silent, as if dead inside.

Throughout the entire Blue Star, only Ding Huan remained, continuously crafting various talisman bodies, carving different talisman runes, and experimenting with all kinds of talismans.

This gave the Blue Star a touch of vitality.

Time slowly slipped away.

Ding Huan, starting from his first Water Condensation rune, gradually opened the vast door of talismans.

After Ding Huan successfully crafted his first Clear Water Talisman, the number of talismans he made increased steadily.

No matter how hard he tried, he could produce at most Level One talismans.

Even when he used the blood and fur of the Great Gorilla, the result was still only a Level One talisman—merely a slightly better one.

This made Ding Huan feel it wasn't that his talisman-making couldn't improve, but rather that his materials were too uniform and his talisman brush too low-grade.

According to the Dao Talisman's description, true top-tier talismans didn't require a talisman brush to make.

Ding Huan was still a beginner; he needed a talisman brush to produce talismans at all.

Ding Huan stopped making talismans; he had been drifting in the void for nearly two years.

The cosmic guidance sphere seized from those folks on Zhan Shen Continent showed no reaction whatsoever.

No one knew how the dung beetle had escaped—it probably didn't even have a cosmic guidance sphere.

His spiritual sense settled on Qi Qi Xinyue; she had reached Level Nine Gene Cultivator. In cultivation level, she was now nearly equal to him.

Ding Huan wasn't surprised—Qi Qi Xinyue had high talent, abundant resources, and devoted herself entirely to cultivation; it would be strange if she hadn't reached Level Nine.

His spiritual sense shifted and landed on Lao Liu.

Since entering the Blue Star, this guy had done nothing but cultivate.

To Ding Huan's surprise, this guy was also Level Nine Ferocious Beast Perfect—his cultivation realm equivalent to the Great Gorilla he had slain.

Observing the flow of demonic energy around Lao Liu, it was clear he was attempting to reach Foundation Establishment and become a demonic beast.

Ding Huan's mind stirred; his spiritual sense remained fixed on Lao Liu.

This guy was an ancient existence—he must have a method for Foundation Establishment.

But after merely ten minutes, Ding Huan withdrew his spiritual sense.

He knew Lao Liu had likely attempted Foundation Establishment many times; from the fluctuations of energy on Lao Liu's body, it seemed unlikely he could achieve demonic beast Foundation Establishment.

At least not in the cosmic void.

As if sensing Ding Huan's spiritual sense, Qi Qi Xinyue halted her cultivation and stepped out.

"Xinyue, I think we can't keep waiting like this—if we keep waiting, by the time we exit the Solar System, our lifespans will be over."

Ding Huan voiced his thoughts.

Qi Qi Xinyue was extremely perceptive; she sensed Ding Huan intended to take a risk.

"If you think it's right, then do it. Wherever you go, I'll go."

Qi Qi Xinyue's tone was gentle, but her meaning was clear.

That was: if Ding Huan died, she would follow him.

Ding Huan nodded and directly probed Lao Liu's cultivation with his spiritual sense.

Lao Liu was displeased—he had sensed Ding Huan's spiritual sense sweeping over him just now.

Master Huan doesn't cultivate himself, yet always interrupts others.

But he had no choice but to step out.

"Master Huan," Lao Liu called out.

He knew Ding Huan understood him perfectly, so he didn't bother with paper and pen—it was too troublesome.

Ding Huan's spiritual sense swept over the scene outside—the same as when they first entered the cosmic stars—and sighed:

"Lao Liu, drifting aimlessly through the cosmos like this isn't sustainable.

My idea is—we find a wormhole vortex, directly steer the Blue Star into it, and leave our fate to destiny."

"Whatever Master Huan says, we do."

This time, Lao Liu took out paper and pen and wrote it down.

It had tried Foundation Establishment more than once or twice, and the gap to success was who knows how many tens of thousands of miles away.

For Old Six, if his cultivation couldn't advance, it was no different from death.