Chapter 345: Continuous Strengthening

"Board the ship!"

On the celestial vessel of Tiannan City, a beautiful woman smiled at He Pingsheng and said, "The Ancestor said that if you have any needs, you may ask us—so long as they're not excessive, we can fulfill them!"

He Pingsheng smiled and replied, "Thank you, but I have no needs at the moment."

He took his boarding token and entered his cabin.

He didn't activate the cabin's array.

Now that he had reached the Golden Core realm, his cultivation base had improved, and so had his spiritual sense.

His current spiritual sense now covered ten thousand zhang, matching that of a Nascent Soul realm cultivator at the first or second level.

There was no need to hide or fear detection by Nascent Soul spiritual sense.

If anyone dared extend their spiritual sense to probe, He Pingsheng would sense it instantly.

He sat cross-legged and turned his gaze inward.

His Golden Core had cracked and could not be cultivated for now.

He had to wait until it was repaired before resuming cultivation.

He Pingsheng wasn't particularly worried, as Golden Core cracks were common in the cultivation world.

His had cracked due to crossing the heavenly tribulation.

Others had cracked cores from battles with opponents.

In the cultivation world, there were specific elixirs to repair Golden Core cracks—he could simply buy one from the city's merchant guild later.

Since he couldn't cultivate, he would focus on strengthening his spiritual sense instead.

He Pingsheng closed his eyes and meditated, practicing the 【Mystic Gate Stillness True Scripture】, but before beginning, he secretly retrieved something from his spiritual sea.

It was a cluster of spiritual sense.

And also a legacy.

The legacy from his master, Grand Void Ancestor.

He didn't know if this legacy could be strengthened—better to try.

He quietly and carefully placed the legacy cluster into the Treasure Basin.

Then, while practicing the spiritual refinement technique, he slowly observed the strengthening process.

Especially after night fell, he watched incessantly.

He dared not be careless.

After an hour, the technique had been strengthened into two versions.

He Pingsheng swiftly took one of them, then continued strengthening the other.

He must preserve one original version—the 【Grand Void Mystical Scripture】.

Why?

Because He Pingsheng feared that the strengthened version from the Treasure Basin might be completely different, losing the extraordinary ability to cultivate all five elemental roots simultaneously—then the original could still be practiced.

His master's legacy must not be lost.

After one night, He Pingsheng retrieved the strengthened technique.

The originally white cluster of spiritual sense remained white, but now contained faint purple patterns within.

He extended his spiritual sense into it—the information within appeared.

Name: Five Elements Merged Heaven Scripture

Rank: Heaven Class Supreme.

Function: Supreme cultivation method suited for Five Element root cultivators.

Specific effects were not stated.

The full nature of this would only be known after studying the entire scripture, or by reviewing its outline.

He Pingsheng waved his hand, and the strengthened spiritual legacy was returned to his spiritual sea.

Hummmmm...

The legacy flowed like water, dissolving within his spiritual sea and merging with his soul.

In an instant, He Pingsheng had learned the 【Five Elements Merged Heaven Scripture】.

Of course, he had merely memorized and understood it—he had not yet begun cultivation.

After learning it, he gained a complete understanding of its nature.

In short: extremely powerful.

First, after cultivation, the cultivator can achieve 【Golden Core Passage】; once mastered, it can stimulate the Dao Root to sprout prematurely.

Second: Five Elements Merged.

What is Five Elements Merged? It means treating the Five Elements as one.

Specifically, after practicing this scripture, one can instantly convert the five types of spiritual power within the five dantians—metal, wood, water, fire, earth—and cultivate all five simultaneously.

What does "cultivating all five simultaneously" mean?

It means cultivating all five dantians together.

The effect is superior.

Previously, He Pingsheng had cultivated his Fire root first, then, after its dantian broke through, returned to cultivate Water, Earth, and others.

After practicing the 【Five Elements Merged Heaven Scripture】, whichever dantian you cultivate, the others automatically convert and advance alongside it.

That's how extraordinary.

This was the one aspect where it surpassed the Grand Void Mystical Scripture.

Additionally, the 【Five Elements Merged Heaven Scripture】 contained a divine technique called 【Five Elements Merged Force】, but He Pingsheng could not yet cultivate it.

Because this divine technique requires invoking the power of cosmic laws.

He would have to wait until he understood cosmic laws before practicing it.

After stowing the Five Elements Merged Heaven Scripture, He Pingsheng resumed his spiritual refinement practice and took out another item, dropping it into the basin.

Grade Four Talisman: Heavenly Fire Condensed Armor.

Heavenly Fire Condensed Armor is a Grade Four defensive talisman; when activated, it forms a massive fire-based barrier capable of withstanding a single strike from an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

It was extremely formidable.

Previously, He Pingsheng dared not strengthen it—indeed, he could not.

Because the Treasure Basin's strengthening limit was Grade Three items.

Now that his cultivation had reached the Golden Core realm, the basin's limit had naturally risen—it could now strengthen Grade Four heavenly treasures.

After one night, the talisman had been strengthened into two red talismans.

Name: Heavenly Fire Condensed Armor

Rank: Supreme.

Effect: Upon activation, forms a red armor around the user, capable of withstanding a full-power strike from a peak Nascent Soul cultivator.

He Pingsheng smiled.

The name hadn't changed, but its defensive power had increased dramatically.

Now he wouldn't fear late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

At least he could survive one strike, right?

"Continue strengthening!"

In the following days, He Pingsheng continued strengthening.

The Grade Four 【Teleportation Talisman】 was strengthened into two 【Instant Movement Talismans】.

After strengthening, the distance of the Instant Movement Talismans increased to one million li, but they would not teleport him underground or into the sky.

He would be teleported to any direction—east, south, west, or north—and always onto solid ground.

This was perfect—it prevented the embarrassing situation of teleporting himself into the earth or air.

On the third night, He Pingsheng tossed all three items—【Heavenly Defect Divine Spear】, 【Brocade Flowing Treasure Robe】, and 【Broken Array Plate】—into the Treasure Basin at once.

Because he didn't know which could be strengthened and which could not.

He might as well throw them all in.

The next day, he checked—

Nothing.

Yes.

None of the three items had been strengthened.

It seemed the Treasure Basin's limit still couldn't reach these items.

He Pingsheng rubbed the broken black array plate in his hand, puzzled: How could such a small array plate be so high-ranked?

Truly unbelievable.

On the final day, He Pingsheng strengthened the 【Shatter Soul Thunder Fruit】, which became four fruits.

On the fourth day, the massive celestial vessel landed in Tiannan City.

When He Pingsheng disembarked, he even saw Su Zhen.

She hurriedly spoke two words to him, then rushed off in a panic to rescue her cultivation partner.

After disembarking from the celestial vessel, He Pingsheng casually altered his appearance and entered Tiannan City.