Chapter 225: Resources and Permissions Worth a Hundred Million Spirit Stones

High above, three visitors from the Spirit Realm hovered silently in the sky, having just descended upon this world. They not only observed with their eyes but also used their divine sense to perceive everything they could.

After a long while, the old man opened his eyes and sighed, saying: "Lost realm! Once the strongest among the Six Realms, after sealing the Demon Emperor it has fallen to this state."

His name is Tao Ming, a perfected Spirit Transformation cultivator, only one step away from entering the Void Refinement stage to become a mighty power that can roam the Spirit Realm.

Leaving aside his strength, within humanity he also wields authority over a region; do not judge by his aged appearance—it is merely due to his cultivation method.

This time he was ordered to descend to investigate the hidden secrets of the lost realm.

Just now his divine sense swept over a radius of several thousand li; aside from sensing decay, he detected no other information.

He then turned his gaze toward the waiting cultivators below, took a light step, and appeared three feet before the assembled cultivators.

The few Spirit Transformation cultivators at the forefront were secretly startled—just now the Spirit Realm's Spirit Transformation took a step, yet they failed to notice his trajectory!

"Everyone! I am Tao Ming, sent by the Human Emperor's order to patrol the first demon-sealed realm below."

Meanwhile, at the Alliance Headquarters.

Wang Ping was cultivating when the silver stone gate's voice suddenly sounded: 【People from the Spirit Realm have already descended, but it's strange—why are only Spirit Transformation cultivators coming this time? At the very least a Union Body incarnation should descend! What can a mere Spirit Transformation cultivator do?】

Wang Ping couldn't help but roll his eyes—Spirit Transformation is already strong enough, alright. Seeing Wang Ping's dissatisfaction, the silver stone gate spoke again:

【This realm possesses a Demon Emperor's skull; do you think a mere Spirit Transformation cultivator can suppress the situation?】

Wang Ping replied calmly: "Perhaps they have some secret treasure protecting them, but why bother worrying about it?"

Silver stone gate: 【Hehe, I always feel that ancient battle was strange, yet I can't figure out why. The Spirit Realm sending only a Spirit Transformation cultivator down this time makes me think they're testing something.】

Wang Ping continued his cultivation; he is merely at the Golden Core stage. In this situation, a Golden Core cultivator meddling recklessly would die without knowing how.

Now he only wishes to cultivate in peace; the first part of the Golden Core cultivation method is complete, next he will proceed to the second step—merging his soul body with his Golden Core. Moreover, Wang Ping harbors greater ambitions.

He intends to fuse the Will Star in his Sea of Consciousness into his Golden Core as well. So far, the Vajra Polish still prefers to stay beside the Will Star; if one day he fuses the Will Star into his Golden Core, then the Vajra Polish and the Five-Colored Divine Light would surely swirl around it.

At the same time, he plans to condense the Five-Colored Divine Light into a Dao technique and add it to his schedule. Wang Ping feels that if, at the moment his Golden Core and soul body merge as one, he also fuses the Five-Colored Divine Light together, unimaginable changes might occur.

In Wang Ping's dantian hovers a five-colored Golden Core, surrounded by the Five-Colored Divine Light.

Gazing quietly at his own Golden Core, the Will Star in his Sea of Consciousness yearns to merge; only when the Golden Core rises from the spine's great dragon against the current and leaps into the Sea of Consciousness can the two unite.

Thus, Wang Ping's current main task is to gradually merge his soul body with his Golden Core—this is not particularly difficult, as it does not involve changes in the Five Elements' power.

Even in the lower realm, there are many cultivation methods he can refer to for this.

The hardest part is the third section: condensing the Five-Colored Divine Light into a Dao technique and merging it into the Golden Core's interior.

The Five-Colored Divine Light has its own runes, which have already fused with the Golden Core; theoretically, the Five-Colored Divine Light and the Golden Core are already one.

But the trouble lies here: cultivating a Dao technique at the Golden Core stage requires merging the technique into the Golden Core, yet the Golden Core currently contains nothing—how can it be nurtured?

If the Five-Colored Divine Light and the Golden Core are already one, could the Golden Core still nurture itself externally?

That would be as absurd as someone trying to lift themselves up by their own bootstraps.

After pondering for so long, Wang Ping finally found a feasible method.

It is to fuse objects: the Five-Colored Divine Light is both a whole and separable for combat. Thus, Wang Ping wishes to embed a treasure into each type of divine light; with external objects, the Five-Colored Divine Light can be nurtured again. Moreover, as he breaks through, it may very well transform into a spirit treasure.

Regarding the Five Elements materials, Wang Ping currently thinks of fire, wood, and earth. Yellow divine light can merge with earthly spiritual objects; the Heaven-Sealing Seal is naturally suited for this. Of course, beforehand he must re-refine the Heaven-Sealing Seal at least once, adding more of that mysterious stone material, and also dismantle the gravity technique, inscribing its runes onto the Heaven-Sealing Seal—this simultaneously solves the problem of the gravity technique lacking a core.

As for the green divine light, Wang Ping turns his gaze to the impending completion of the Yin Wood Divine Thunder. He has not cultivated the subsequent 《Qingdi Changsheng Gong》, but he longs for its Yin Wood Divine Thunder. When the time comes, he will refine another wood-type treasure to fuse with the Yin Wood Divine Thunder.

Now, with the Spirit-Awakening Fruit Tree present, his Yin Wood body has already been cultivated, and he also possesses a wisp of immortal tree wood qi gifted by the old man; thus he is confident in cultivating the Yin Wood Divine Thunder.

Regarding the red divine light, Wang Ping's eyes fall upon that crimson bead—more precisely, upon the three-legged divine bird with closed eyes inside the bead. Over the years, the divine bird has not broken out of the bead; Wang Ping has realized it seems to lack a trace of vital qi. If he could fuse it with the red divine light and then into his Golden Core,

at the moment the Golden Core transforms into an Infant, that might be its trace of vital qi. Then he might master true fire, or perhaps divine fire—after all, the Golden Crow is a divine beast.

Currently Wang Ping has only considered three divine lights that can fuse with objects; the remaining black and white divine lights, he has not yet thought of what spiritual objects to fuse with them.

However, he is not in a hurry; if the lower realm lacks suitable objects for fusion, the Spirit Realm certainly has them, and he can gradually fuse them later.

Wang Ping at the Golden Core stage possesses over a thousand years of lifespan, enough to slowly carry out his plans as he wishes.

In the dim room, Wang Ping's eyes are calm; next he will cultivate the Yin Wood Divine Thunder, which will require a great deal of Golden Core stage heaven‑earth essence. Additionally, the 《Refining Soul Heart Classic》 is nearing its limit and needs preparation for breakthrough, likewise demanding extremely precious materials. There is also the refining of the Five Elements treasures,

Wang Ping's net worth is at least a hundred million, most of which came from the Beast Tide battle. But they are all low‑grade spirit stones; considering his needs, Wang Ping cannot help but feel uneasy, unsure whether these spirit stones will suffice.

Just then, Liu Xin's voice sounded from outside:

"Young Master, Liu Xin pays his respects!"

"Come in!"

Entering, Liu Xin bowed deeply and said respectfully: "I do not know why the Young Master has summoned this subordinate; what are your orders?"

Wang Ping did not stand on ceremony; he had previously told Liu Xin not to be formal, but the latter still was, so Wang Ping could only let him be.

"This is a list of materials I need; please help me gather them. I will give you spirit stones first; if insufficient, I will supplement later!" Wang Ping handed him two sheets of paper covered densely with names of heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

After taking them, Liu Xin glanced over, then nonchalantly slipped them into his bosom and said again: "Young Master need not worry; as the Young Master of Zhanjun Peak, you have certain privileges, such as exchanging free resources! For example, you have a free quota of ten million low‑grade spirit stones every ten years; you can draw the quota for a hundred years at once!"

Wang Ping's eyes lit up—there is such a good deal: ten million every ten years means a hundred million for a century; added to his own spirit stones, it will surely be enough.

After three months, Wang Ping finally experienced the authority of being the Young Master of Zhanjun Peak.

"Good, then, thank you, Steward Liu!" Wang Ping said gently.

"It is my duty; I dare not let the Young Master trouble himself."

After speaking, Liu Xin left directly; the Young Master's first task must be handled swiftly.

Returning to his room, he took out those two sheets; earlier he had only skimmed them roughly, feeling some heavenly materials and earthly treasures were extremely precious.

Now examining them carefully, the more he looked, the more alarmed he became—this Young Master unknown what he intends to do, actually demanding so many spiritual objects; as the steward who has managed Zhanjun Peak for years, he could see at a glance that the spiritual objects recorded on those two sheets amount to no less than 150 million, and several of them he still recalls—not only extraordinarily precious but also astonishingly priced.

For instance, the heartwood of the Millennium Lightning‑Struck Wood—this item is something one can encounter only by chance; once it appears, it is immediately auctioned and becomes a hot‑ticket auction item.

Still, although these items are precious, the Alliance can still obtain them.

Meanwhile, the silver stone gate was chatting with Wang Ping; since it fused with that fragment, it is no longer as before, but rather rather talkative:

【Tsk tsk, you already have at least a hundred million low‑grade spirit stones, right? You little brat really are willing to spend!】

Wang Ping replied helplessly: "There's no way—cultivation requires burning spirit stones! To achieve invincible battle power of the same stage and nurture deeper potential, resource expenditure is inevitable."

Silver stone gate: 【Not bad—those cultivation geniuses, peerless heavenly talents, are not only outstanding themselves; more importantly, the resources they spend at each stage are tens or even hundreds of times those of their peers. Compared to them, your hundred million spirit stones are merely a few dozen or so top‑grade spirit stones—】

In the Spirit Realm, the resources consumed by those Golden Core heavenly talents are twenty to thirty times yours, and many things simply do not exist in the Lower Realm. Take the Nourishing Elixir, for example—a heavenly treasure that can nourish a Golden Core, increasing its potential; by the time they reach Nascent Soul, their Nascent Soul far surpasses that of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators. Such things are utterly absent in the Lower Realm; even if you possessed over a hundred spirit stones, you couldn't buy them. As for other treasures, you can't even imagine them; compared to the resources those geniuses consume, you are still far behind.

Wang Ping's face showed a slight stir, but he did not experience great emotional fluctuation; he was no longer his former self. Although what the Silver Stone Gate said moved him, it would not disturb his state of mind.

Not seeing any shock on Wang Ping's face, the Silver Stone Gate felt a bit bored and spoke again.

【However, rest assured, with me here, as long as you pass the trials I set for you, I can absolutely cultivate you into the strongest Golden Core in the world.】

Regarding the Silver Stone Gate's words, Wang Ping neither agreed nor disagreed, but he was still somewhat interested in the trials mentioned, and he asked: "Lord Transcendence, I've heard you speak of trials all along; I don't know how your trials are conducted. Must one necessarily go to the Spirit Realm to undergo them?"

Silver Stone Gate: 【Not bad; otherwise, each time I would first have to break through the Spirit Realm's barrier to enter other places from the Spirit Realm. You should know, the Spirit Realm is vast, and the Lower Realm you inhabit is merely a derivative space of it. Some of those trial grounds lie within the Spirit Realm, but many more lie outside it!】

Wang Ping curiously asked: "Lord Transcendence, how do you know so many trial grounds? Don't you have any impressions?"

Silver Stone Gate: 【No, I must fuse several more fragments before I can possibly recover some memories. However, this has nothing to do with you; once we enter the Spirit Realm, I will then be able to learn more information. I'd like to see which bastard shattered me, capable of such a vicious act.】

Wang Ping's mouth curled into a faint smile; after fusing the fragments, the Silver Stone Gate became more humane.

While Wang Ping and the Silver Stone Gate were chatting, the three from the Spirit Realm, accompanied by several Void Refinement cultivators, had already descended from Spirit World Peak.

Tao Ming originally intended to thoroughly understand this world, but after flying a distance, he inexplicably felt uneasy, and this feeling grew stronger.

Having reached this point, his premonition from the depths often proves accurate; his figure suddenly halted, and he continually surveyed this world, which has been lost for over a hundred thousand years—no one knows how great the danger within.

After a round of intuitive sensing, Tao Ming still did not sense the source of danger; the middle-aged cultivator behind him, seeing this, sent a mental transmission:

"Lord Tao! Do you sense something amiss?"

While sending the transmission, he also subtly guarded himself; Tao Ming shook his head, the earlier sense of danger having vanished, which made him inexplicably suspicious.

Speaking of which, this world still seals the skull of a Demon Emperor, but according to reports, it remains sealed; Tao Ming kept speculating that his purpose for coming this time was to inspect the Demon Emperor's seal.

According to the King's report, the Demon Emperor's skull not only has the Grand Demonic Suppression Formation, but also filled with Demonic Suppression Stones at certain critical nodes; those nodes are extremely concealed, and damaging just one or two of them would not affect the formation.

Tao Ming was unaware that a cultivator, in order to bribe him, had already dug out the Demonic Suppression Stone at a critical node, leaving it completely empty.

He was urgently awaited in the Alliance.

No, we must hurry to check the situation of the formation; Tao Ming's expression suddenly turned solemn.

"Fellow Daoist Yang Xing, first take me to the Demon-Sealing Ground!"

Tao Ming directly sent a divine-sense transmission to the leading Void Refinement cultivator.

Yang Xing's heart gave a start, but his expression remained unchanged; he likewise sent a transmission: 'Yes, but the distance is quite far!'

Tao Ming waved his hand and said: 'No problem, just tell me the location directly.'

Yang Xing made no further explanation and directly told him the location.

Tao Ming narrowed his eyes, a golden light flashed from his hand, enveloping everyone, and they vanished directly into the air.