[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-worlds-apocalypse-online":3,"chapter-worlds-apocalypse-online-worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-451":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Worlds' Apocalypse Online",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1791011,2388,"Chapter 449 - A spirit-possessed item","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-451",451,"\u003Cp>Chapter 449: A spirit-possessed item\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Translated by: La0o9\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Proofreader: Arya\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Gu Qing Shan’s choice, the System let out a chime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ting]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You’ve selected the evolution branch for your Smiting thaumaturgy. Your level 2 thaumaturgy: Stiffness will evolve]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You’ve selected the level 3 thaumaturgy: Severance]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following this line, the streak of light that filled the War God UI disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Gu Qing Shan’s thaumaturgy began to evolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The user has gained Smiting evolved thaumaturgy: Severance]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Severance: Those hit by your Lightning-element spirit energy will have their consciousness severed from their body, duration 3 seconds]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan reached out his hand, tapping Shannu and Wan Er’s shoulders lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shannu didn’t react at all, only asking: “Is this Lightning?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed, it’s a Lightning-type thaumaturgy” Gu Qing Shan answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wan Er was stunned in place, unable to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Time’s up” Gu Qing Shan muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was now that Wan Er gained her consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What happened to me just now?” she asked in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qing Rou noticed what happened and smiled: “After gongzi broke through, he probably gained some sort of thaumaturgy and used it to prank you”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wan Er immediately asked: “I was stunned just now so I didn’t notice anything at all——– how long was I out?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not too long, about one and a half breath” Gu Qing Shan answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One and a half breath!?” Wan Er’s face paled as she exclaimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being a Tribulation realm cultivator, she knew just how terrifying one and half breath against a sword cultivator can be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qing Rou praised: “Gongzi being able to grasp such a powerful thaumaturgy really increases our chance at survival greatly”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the power of lightning inside his body increased, Gu Qing Shan was half glad and half sorrowful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was glad because although he didn’t awaken a new thaumaturgy, he was now able to stun the enemy up to 3 seconds, and Gu Qing Shan understood that not many thaumaturgy could actually surpass [Severance].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a sword cultivator, 3 seconds is a very long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With 3 seconds, Gu Qing Shan could even finish all 7 strikes of [Seven Stars Flowing Dragon] with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So after this, [Severance] will replace [Stiffness] as his ace in the hole, completely showing its potency in battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the sorrow was because of how much spirit energy it consumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using [Severance] on two people at once, Gu Qing Shan lost 30% of his spirit energy in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You have to understand that he was currently a Sainted realm cultivator!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thaumaturgy really does consume too much spirit energy that it’s not suitable for long-term combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he used this, it would be better that he finishes the battle quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan regained his composure and reorganized his skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from his swordsmanship, there were only four main skills\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Severance], [Ground Shrink], [Shadow Shift] and [Mystery of All Beings Equal].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—–from now on, the art of formations will be added onto that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan told the three girls: “Let’s continue”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girls agreed and returned to their respective works.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan came to where the formation jade tags were and stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casually checking them, he found that they contained everything from the basics of basics to extremely advanced techniques, basically everything you’d need.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan then chose a jade tag with the simplest formation he could find and comprehended it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[This jade tag contains the most important basics of formation arts together with 9 basic formations, requiring 200 Soul Points to comprehend them all. Would you like to comprehend them?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A warm flow came from the jade into Gu Qing Shan’s body, settling at his Thought Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan closed his eyes and silently studied the important basics of formation in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few moments later, he opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting this jade tag down, he took another one up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[This jade tag contains the most important knowledge of primary-level formation arts together with 5 basic formations, requiring 300 Soul Points to comprehend them all. Would you like to comprehend them?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, he closed his eyes to study the mystical art of formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using Soul Points to study formation was really fast, but there was a bad side to this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——the cost was too high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just studying basic and primary-level formations cost Gu Qing Shan a total of 500 Soul Points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This really can’t be helped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Formation was originally one of the two hardest arts to study of the 6 arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, back in the cultivation world, formation master Gong Sun Zhi wouldn’t have been promoted directly to Ding Yuan General.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in this world, formation user is still the most desirable job to have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan checked his Soul Points again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Remaining Soul Points: 1103\u002F400]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should I stop or not?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan sighed and took another jade tag in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The formation written in here was too advanced for him to comprehend at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting it down, he was about to find another one to learn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, as if recalling something, he tapped the side of his head while sighing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qing Rou and Wan Er are still waiting for me to release their shackles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I’m able to unlock their Spirit Shackles, I’ll have two more Tribulation realm cultivators on my side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When fighting against Wang Hong Dao, they might be able to help and be effective back up as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—–at least they’re much stronger than I am now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking that, Gu Qing Shan decided to stop learning formations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lock seals, I need to find the jade tag that contains the method to Spirit Shackles lock seal” Gu Qing Shan mumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was now that Shannu came to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gongzi, someone wants to see you” Shannu said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Someone? See me?” Gu Qing Shan was confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a secret room, where would other people come from?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Shannu held a jade tag in hand, offering it to Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some faint light then came from the jade tag, forming the image of a cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a cultivator who had a long beard and gave off a feeling of corrosion by age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan scowled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a spirit-possessed item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——not to mention this was the spirit of a powerful cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When a cultivator becomes strong enough and dies unwillingly, their soul was able to remain in this world and find an item that contained their obsession as a catalyst, not going to hell and reincarnate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a powerful soul that stayed behind in the human realm due to a grudge or anything else wasn’t a good sign, both to the world and the soul itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things like these were littered all over Bai Hua sect’s mountain of spoils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiao Lou hated these things the most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because a spirit inside can easily use certain special items as a catalyst to take over someone’s body as long as they know even the simplest method to do so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If someone touches it, the soul inside spirit-possessed item can enter the person’s body and wrestle them over the control of their body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are a lot of examples where a normal or useless person suddenly gained immense talent and grows exponentially in a short time, becoming a great existence that rocks the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of them were actually taken over by someone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan asked Shannu in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There was a place surrounded by a particularly powerful attack formation. I was curious so I went to check it and found this jade tag” Shannu answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she has [Law Breaker], Shannu was immune to all spells in the world, an attack formation doesn’t affect her at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you let Qing Rou or Wan Er touch it?” Gu Qing Shan asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t. I was very careful” Shannu answered as she held the jade tag in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s good, Gu Qing Shan was a bit relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Qing Rou and Wan Er are both powerful cultivators, their powers were sealed and it was hard for them to resist being taken over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Shannu was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention, no one would take over her body because she was a sword spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——what kind of spirit would ever want to become a sword?\u003C\u002Fp>",1380,"2026-06-09T03:05:01.244Z",1,"novelbin.me","46cc177775d5c371e0c769c61d5c6289ba3fd9e96c0e4b05cc37f6600973d0e2","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-265","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-264",1850,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fworlds-apocalypse-online-cover.jpg"]