Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 588 Late Stage of the Manifestation of Yang, Playing Mind Games

If the icy abyss represents the ultimate cold;

The Dark Realm, then, is the ultimate silence.

The utter silence here is more than just an adjective; if one had to use words to describe the stillness of the dark realm, the word "stillness" would be the most fitting.

Everything was still; the trees nearby and the majestic mountains in the distance seemed completely motionless, like a textured image. The deep blue sky showed no movement of air, let alone any wind.

The dense forest where Xia Hong was located had vegetation. Previously, all he saw was black. Now that he had the Soul-Illuminating Lamp and his vision had returned to normal, he discovered that more than 99% of the vegetation was grayish-white, and a very small portion of it shimmered with various colors of spiritual light. It was obviously an extremely precious spiritual plant from the Dark Realm.

The rarity and value of spiritual plants that can grow in a high-level world like the Dark Realm are self-evident.

Unfortunately, Xia Hong had no time to care about these precious spiritual plants at the moment, as he was completely absorbed in his cultivation.

The soul-illuminating lamp above his head was always lit. Having experienced being entangled by those dozen or so wandering spirits before, he could not afford to be careless again.

This Soul-Illuminating Lamp can be generated by consuming 10 gold resources, which is not expensive for him, who just confiscated the batch of gold from the Dragon Palace.

Fortunately, the place where he hid was relatively well hidden, and in half a day, only four wandering spirits came to harass him.

Xia Hong sat upright on a silver lotus platform with his eyes closed, his face full of excitement and exhilaration, and even a slight flush appeared on his cheeks.

The reason lies in the dark red skeletal figure behind him, which is much taller than the previous one.

"We're just one centimeter away from nine zhang!"

When Xia Hong first started cultivating his bone structure, he had a vague sense of the terrifying cultivation efficiency of the Dark Realm. However, after truly settling down and cultivating for half a day, he realized that what he had sensed was only the tip of the iceberg.

This can no longer be called cultivation. Cultivation is a slow and steady process, taking one step at a time. But in the past half day, he has been in a state of unlimited and crazy improvement.

When he returned to Daxia from Chencang last year, his golden body was 8.5 zhang tall. He estimated that the remaining half zhang would take three to five years to complete, even with the dual enhancement from cultivating on the Enlightenment Lotus Platform and the Martial Arts Pavilion.

Now, in just half a day, he has condensed the last half-zhang of golden body, which is only one li away from the nine-zhang golden body of the late stage of Xianyang!
Xia Hong held his breath and focused his mind, continuing to channel the remaining medicinal power in his body to his bone marrow.

As the medicine penetrated deep into his bone marrow, a faint golden light once again emanated from the dark red bone structure behind him. The eyes of the bone structure emitted a few wisps of fluorescence, which spread from the face to the rest of the body. As the medicine and fluorescence spread faster, the bone structure seemed to be breathing and began to grow rapidly.

The so-called rapid growth is, of course, relative. When he was cultivating normally in the Ice Abyss, every bit of growth in his bone structure required a lot of time. Compared to that time, it can certainly be described as rapid now.

call…………

In less than a quarter of an hour, with Xia Hong's final heavy deep breath, the last bit was completely completed, and the nine-zhang golden body suddenly took shape.

boom!
The moment the nine-zhang golden body was achieved, a huge roar like a morning bell and evening drum resounded in his mind. Xia Hong's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, while the skeletal structure behind him was exactly the opposite of him, its open eyes quickly closing.

The cultivation process at the Manifestation Yang stage revolves entirely around bone structure.

In the early stage of Manifestation, the bone structure begins to take shape; in the middle stage, meridians emerge; in the later stage, blood and flesh bleed; and in the peak stage, once the skin and membranes emerge, the bone structure is complete, and the golden body is fully formed.

Xia Hong's bone structure and meridians were already fully formed. The moment he broke through nine zhang, a layer of fleshy buds immediately grew on the outer edge of the meridians. As the medicinal power continued to nourish him, the fleshy buds quickly began to expand and transform into the form of flesh and blood.

"This last half-zhang golden body only increased my strength by 2 jun. At the late stage of Xianyang, 80 jun of strength is probably the limit. I just don't know if it's my limit or the limit of the Ice Abyss humans!"

After shaking hands and sensing his own strength, Xia Hong's eyes flashed with a hint of confidence. He had full confidence in his aptitude. Even if 80 jun in the later stage was not the limit for humans in the Ice Abyss, it was probably only a very small number of people.

He still has an entire stage of cultivation in the late stage of the Manifestation Yang realm to complete. When he breaks through to the peak of the Manifestation Yang realm and attempts to reach the Tribulation Body realm, his strength will be at least 100 jun. This talent is enough to make him stand out among the hundreds of millions of humans in the entire Mo Ao Chuan region.

Xia Hong took a slight breath to suppress his excitement, but the immense power emanating from his body still filled his eyes with joy.

Half a day saved him years of arduous training; how could he not be excited!
"I used 50 high-grade Bone Regeneration Pills in total, and I have 30 left. In addition, I have 100 mid-grade pills and more than 400 low-grade pills. At this rate, it should be enough for me to cultivate for at least five to six days. As long as I have enough soul energy to supply me, I can maintain this cultivation efficiency. At my peak, no, as long as I cultivate for another five days, I can even directly break through to the Body Tribulation Realm..."

Xia Hong was tempted, but seeing the fluorescence in the pupils of his bone structure completely disappear, he frowned slightly and stood up.

The fluorescence in his skeletal pupils was the souls he absorbed after slaying those spiritual beings. He had almost figured out the extraordinary cultivation efficiency of the Dark Realm after half a day of cultivation.

The reasons are twofold. Firstly, the Dark Realm itself is unique, and the stability of this space is too exaggerated. When he was in the Ice Abyss, he would unleash his Bone Form Golden Body in two situations: one is when he was fighting with all his might, and the other is when he had cultivated to an extremely advanced state.

Here, he can summon his skeletal golden body at will, completely unaffected by the space. Considering that the Dark Realm is a space specifically for the survival of spiritual beings, and the skeletal body is the vessel of the soul, it doesn't seem strange.

The stability of his Bone Form Golden Body means that he can focus entirely on absorbing the medicinal power without being affected by any external environment; secondly, this stable space ensures that the medicinal power will not leak or be wasted in the slightest; finally, this space itself has a very strong nourishing effect on the Bone Form. He does not know where this effect comes from at the moment, but he has tried it before. As long as he brings out his Bone Form Golden Body, without cultivating or taking pills, and without doing anything, the growth efficiency of the Golden Body is higher than when he cultivated in the Ice Abyss.
On the other hand, there are the effects of those souls!
Xia Hong's eyes flickered slightly. He reached into the yellow mustard bag and rummaged around for a while before quickly taking out a silver box. He opened the box and found a 30-centimeter-tall jade sculpture inside.

The sculpture had six arms, a blue face, fangs, and crimson pupils. The two uppermost arms held a white spear. It was the six-armed, blue-faced monster that Xia Hong had obtained after killing Yang Zun.

Xia Hong took the evil sculpture directly out of the box, held it in his hand, and asked, "What did you mean by 'infinite soul refining' back then?"

The silver box couldn't contain it, of course. The reason the Green-Faced Evil Monster stayed obediently inside the box was mainly because the box was coated with a layer of fire-condensing oil, and Xia Hong always carried it with him, so it had no choice but to stay inside.

The blue-faced monster's injuries were clearly severe and it had not yet recovered. Even now that it had emerged, it still maintained its sculpted form. Upon hearing Xia Hong's question, it immediately replied, "After a human breaks through to the fifth stage of the Tribulation Body Realm and acquires all five internal organs of the Golden Body, they can use the Golden Body as a foundation to shape their Soul Body and condense their Venerable Appearance. Condensing the Venerable Appearance Golden Body requires two powerful mediums: gold and a Soul Body. Gold is extremely rare in the Ice Abyss, and Soul Bodies are even more unique. However, the Dark Realm is different... Hmm?"

The six-armed, blue-faced monster, who was answering the question, seemed to have sensed something. Its voice abruptly stopped, and the previously exquisite, motionless jade sculpture rapidly revived, transforming into a miniature, living monster. After reviving, the six arms sensed the change in its surroundings, looked up at the sky, and its expression instantly froze. It then turned to look at Xia Hong, its face showing a look of utter disbelief, its pupils trembling as it said, "My lord, you entered the Netherworld, and you brought your physical body with you…?"

Considering what the scattered spirit had said earlier, Xia Hong was not surprised by the shock on Six-Armed's face.

According to that wandering spirit, all beings with physical bodies in the Dark Realm are at least Demon General level. It is clearly illogical for a mere Ice Abyss human to come to the Dark Realm with a physical body.

However, Xia Hong was in no mood to answer its questions at the moment, and directly asked in a deep voice: "Why is there no soul in the Ice Abyss? Isn't a soul just the soul of a human after death? You monsters are actually spiritual life forms from the Dark Realm. When you come to the Ice Abyss to kill people everywhere, aren't you collecting souls?"

As soon as the Six-Armed Man appeared in the Dark Realm, his originally weak physique immediately recovered a lot. Based on this alone, Xia Hong could basically deduce that monsters like the Six-Armed Man, who were causing trouble everywhere in the Ice Abyss, obviously came from the Dark Realm.

It's just unclear how exactly they descended to the mortal realm!

Xia Hong looked up at the sky. Behind the dark blue light curtain was most likely the Ice Abyss World. So the two spaces were in a corresponding relationship, one above the other. He just didn't know how these monsters got there.

"What you say is true, but there are different classifications of souls. The souls of Ice Abyss humans are called human souls. Since human souls are mostly newly born and extremely weak, we usually call them living souls. Living souls are a great tonic for us monsters, but they are of no use to humans."
The Dark Realm is different. This space has an extremely long history, and the souls within it have survived from ancient times to the present. Moreover, there is a constant stream of souls from the past reviving. Even the weakest soul is enough to crush the humans of the Ice Abyss. Such souls are called dead souls. The soul energy required to condense a Venerable Aspect is extremely vast. If living souls were used, even hundreds of trillions or thousands of beings would not be able to nurture a single Venerable Aspect expert..."

Xia Hong had just fought with those scattered spirits, so he nodded when he heard Liu Bi's words and waited for him to continue.

"My lord has already figured it out. Some of the monsters in the Ice Abyss are actually souls from the Netherworld who have smuggled themselves there. They..."

How did they manage to smuggle themselves across the border?

Xia Hong couldn't help but be anxious, as this concerned how he would escape the Dark Realm and return to the Ice Abyss World.

A hint of confusion flashed in the six-armed creature's eyes. It was currently curious about how Xia Hong had brought a physical body with him, but seeing the other's somber expression, it immediately shut its mouth and, after a moment's thought, replied:

"There are usually two ways to smuggle across. One way is to rely on luck and find the spatial rift connecting the Dark Realm and the Ice Abyss, regardless of strength. The other way is to rely on hard power, find the dome, break through space, and go directly across. This requires the strength of a Demon General and is extremely risky, because all the domes are inhabited by a large number of Soul-Devouring Insects. Once they discover you, it is basically a nine-out-of-ten chance of death."

What is the dome?

Upon hearing Xia Hong's question, Liubi pointed to the summit of Qishan Mountain to the east and replied, "There are quite a few places like the summit of Qishan Mountain, which are the closest areas to the Ice Abyss World in the sky.

"Don't lie to me about how you got into the Ice Abyss!"

Xia Hong's last sentence carried a very clear warning.

He remembered clearly that when the six-armed evil spirit begged for mercy, it said that it knew how to get to the Underworld. Combining this with its recent answers, many things were not difficult to deduce.

Six-Armed's expression stiffened slightly, clearly showing some inner struggle. However, upon seeing the rising killing intent in Xia Hong's eyes, he hurriedly spoke, "This humble servant does know the location of a spatial rift, but that place is at least tens of thousands of kilometers away from Qishan. It's impossible for you to get there, sir... Ah..."

Before Liubi could finish speaking, Xia Hong quietly activated the Soul-Suppressing Cauldron within his body.

Flames immediately rose from his palm, and the six arms he held in his hand were the first to be burned, screaming in agony as they were burned by the flames of the Soul-Suppressing Cauldron.

"Spare me, spare me! I really didn't know!"

"My lord, please spare me! Please spare me! I truly didn't know..."

"Spare me, spare me..."

“I remember now, I remember now. This is the Misty Swamp Forest. To the west is the White Bone Mountain. There is a spatial rift in the cave of Lady Jade Skull, the lord of White Bone Mountain, which can take you back to the Ice Abyss.”

Seeing that half of his body was burned and the flames were about to spread to his head, Liubi, overwhelmed by pain and terror, finally gave Xia Hong a somewhat satisfactory answer.

Xia Hong's eyes were low as he looked at the six-armed man, his killing intent still undiminished.

This idiot recognized Qishan at a glance, revealing his familiarity with the area. How could Xia Hong possibly believe his nonsense?

He thought that the claim that it was tens of thousands of kilometers away was probably a lie!
By deliberately bringing up Lady Jade Skull, it was clear that he wanted to use someone else to do his dirty work. How could Xia Hong not see through such a simple trick?

The problem is, he can't ignore Xiahou Yong and Jiang Yiqing, so he really has to go to White Bone Mountain. And coincidentally, Six Arms said that there is also a spatial rift in the cave of the Jade Skull Lady in White Bone Mountain. Isn't that perfect?

Xia Hong was somewhat displeased that he had been outmaneuvered by the Six-Armed Man. After making up his mind, he asked the last question in a deep voice.

"What did you mean by the Taixu Karmic Fire you mentioned before?"

When Six Arms begged for mercy, he said many things, such as going to the Dark Realm, endless soul refining, and becoming an unparalleled Venerable, but none of these were the reasons why Xia Hong spared his life.

The real reason Xia Hong has refrained from killing it for so long is that it recognized the fire of the Sacred Cauldron at a glance.

Taixu Karmic Fire!

Xia Hongke always kept those four words in mind.

(End of this chapter)