Published: February 24, 2025
CHAPTER 12: Stepping into the Ninth Layer Realm
"Could there be heavenly materials and earthly treasures at the bottom of the pool?" Tan Yun suppressed the excitement in his heart, fearful of startling the powerful demon beast lurking below. He swam stealthily towards the bottom of the pool.
"Hehe, what a false alarm." Once Tan Yun reached the bottom smoothly, he began to survey his surroundings.
Behind him was the base of a colossal snow mountain embedded in the pool's bottom, while to his left and right were vast expanses of water. The vibrant and colorful vegetation thriving at the bottom of the pool created a stunningly beautiful scene.
He cautiously manipulated his spiritual sense, covering an area of eleven miles of water in front of him, and upon discovering only a few hundred young demon beasts and several dozen adults, he finally sighed in relief and swaggered around the pool's bottom, searching for the source of the rich spiritual energy.
After searching for a while, Tan Yun paused on a protruding hill at the bottom of the pool. The hill was dotted with strange rocks, and a gigantic crack, several hundred feet long and about half a foot wide, caught his attention.
Thick, mist-like spiritual energy surged from the unfathomable crack, a spectacular sight that also felt particularly eerie, making one unable to shake the thought that a demon beast might be lurking within.
"Should I enter to investigate?" Just as Tan Yun was hesitating, a loud rumble erupted from behind him, disrupting his thoughts.
Startled, Tan Yun turned his head to see a boulder the size of a house crashing down from the mountain above, landing at the bottom of the pool two hundred feet away.
He looked up towards the mountain and was suddenly struck with fear as he spotted a massive creature, half a foot in diameter and over a hundred feet long, sluggishly crawling down the mountain with its numerous sickle-like legs!
"A demon beast king at the first stage of tribulation: the sickle centipede!" Tan Yun’s heart raced. At this moment, countless young and adult demon beasts at the bottom of the pool clearly noticed the sickle centipede and fled in a panic.
The sickle centipede, seemingly the king of this pool, appeared to know that its presence had caused the other demon beasts to retreat, and it continued its slow crawl down towards the rocky hill where Tan Yun was hiding.
Tan Yun was so frightened that he immediately held his breath. In order not to be discovered by the sickle centipede, he crouched down, hiding in the huge crack and peeking out with just his head visible, watching the movements of the sickle centipede through the water plants.
"Damn, could this crack below be its lair?" Tan Yun felt all the hair on his body stand on end.
As the sickle centipede approached, Tan Yun felt a chill run down his back. At this moment, it was too late to escape!
The sickle centipede crawled towards the crack where Tan Yun was hiding, and he quickly retracted his neck, pressing his head down against the rock wall of the crack, swimming deeper inside.
Suddenly, Tan Yun halted and stared intently at a ten-foot wide, wall-like pattern on the rock face, his expression filled with excitement. "Spirit Spring Sealing Array!"
"Heaven helps me! No wonder such rich spiritual energy is surging from this giant crack; it turns out there is a spirit spring sealed here!"
"The Snowy Domain Fierce Valley is a Small Secret Realm for Outer Sect Disciples to train, and it must have been arranged by the higher-ups to prevent damage to the spirit spring!"
Thinking of this, Tan Yun became even more excited. If he could break the seal and enter the spirit spring to cultivate, twenty days would be enough for him to step into the ninth level of spirit embryo realm!
The path of refining formations is divided into: formation apprentice, formation master, grand formation master, respected formation master, saint formation master, divine formation master, and celestial formation master...
Each level is further divided into: low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and saint level.