I am a mortal who has achieved enlightenment through burning my secrets

Chapter 181 The Tomb of the Setting Sun
The Tomb of the Setting Sun.

Xiao Wuji's figure swiftly traversed the mountains, never lingering in one fixed place.

"The Tomb of the Setting Sun, it really is a bit of a misnomer!"

After fleeing that day, Xiao Wuji secretly returned here when everyone had dispersed.

He was very interested in what was going to happen here in a while, and also in the special race that was about to appear here.

The giants weren't so bad, but what truly aroused Xiao Wuji's greed were the spirits.

He wanted to know how the Spirit Clan cultivated, as this would be very useful for his Spirit Treasure Dharma Body. After all, Spirit Treasure Dharma Bodies almost never grow stronger on their own; they mostly grow stronger with Xiao Wuji's continuous refinement.

And these so-called spirit creatures could actually cultivate by absorbing the primordial energy of heaven and earth, just like human cultivators. How could he not be excited by this?

Of course, he also liked those Five Elements Spirit Clan members very much. If he threw them into the Yellow Springs, he wondered if they could be directly transformed into pure Five Elements Yuan Qi. If so, those Five Elements Spirit Clan members would be a godsend for him.

Not knowing how long it would take for those people to arrive, Xiao Wuji couldn't just wait idly, so with nothing else to do, he began to explore the Tomb of Sunset.

While searching for cultivation resources, Xiao Wuji would also capture some demonic beasts to feed his Gold-Eating Insects.

Speaking of this Gold-Eating Insect, he's raised it for so many years, and he even specially set aside ten Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Arrays to cultivate the "Rainbow Grass," yet it has only just turned golden. It's still unknown how long it will take to reach maturity.

However, its flaws do not overshadow its merits; the insect's growth potential makes Xiao Wuji somewhat reluctant to give it up.

Moreover, it's possible that his Great Devouring Technique will require him to find a way to devour this insect, since the only thing Xiao Wuji can access with devouring power right now is the Gold-Eating Insect.

If he could possess tens of thousands of mature Gold-Devouring Insects for his cultivation, he might actually be able to master the Great Devouring Technique in one fell swoop. At that time, his cultivation speed would also increase dramatically.

He casually slew a level six demonic beast, then extracted its soul to cultivate demonic powers, and absorbed its flesh and blood into his spirit beast ring. Then he immediately flew off in another direction.

Chaos Valley, Blazing Light Pool!
Chaos Valley is not very large, only about a hundred miles wide.

The Blazing Light Pool is located in the center of the entire valley, surrounded by thick gray mist.

Although Xiao Wuji didn't know whether the traitor from the Artifact Spirit Clan would actually arrive at the Blazing Light Pool following the original trajectory, that didn't stop him from waiting for the rabbit to come.

Furthermore, while hunting demonic beasts, he also planted numerous paper doll spies within the Tomb of Sunset, so he could arrive immediately should anything change. Unless, of course, this guy simply stopped coming to the Tomb of Sunset altogether.

The reason why the Blazing Light Pool is so famous is largely due to the ancient giant hidden at the bottom of the pool, which has given rise to many legends about this place.

Looking down from above, beneath the calm pool, countless dense, blazing white threads were rapidly weaving through it.

These threads were named "Blazing Light" by the monks, which is also the origin of the name Blazing Light Pool.

These scorching lights are not very powerful. A single one can be easily withstood by a Nascent Soul cultivator, but if there are too many of them, even a Void Refinement cultivator will feel their scalp tingle.

But this was not a small pond at all; it was just a puddle formed by the depression in the eyeball of a Cyclops.

However, the Cyclops is still asleep and not making any noise. Perhaps it is hungry and will not get up.

However, this made things easier for Xiao Wuji. Since he needed the giant's corpse to refine the Heavenly Demon Puppet, the more intact the better. If the giant were still conscious, he would inevitably have to use the Great Severing Technique to cut it into pieces. Now, he only needed to pierce the giant's single eye to take its life. "Minor Thousand Swords Formation!!"

With a thought, 729 flying swords and magical treasures flew out from Xiao Wuji's Purple Mansion and formed a sword array in front of him.

Nine flying swords transformed into a base array, nine base arrays transformed into a sword array, seven hundred and twenty-nine flying swords transformed into nine sword arrays, and the nine sword arrays combined into one, which is the ninth level of the Lesser Thousand Sword Array.

Of course, these nine flying swords are only at the level of magic treasures. If they were heaven-reaching spiritual treasures, he wouldn't be able to control so many flying swords.

With a thought, Xiao Wuji conjured a crystal-clear, jade-like sword beam that instantly possessed the power to cut through space. This was a true immortal-level secret technique, so its power was not surprising.

As the sword light appeared, the ground began to tremble violently. The giant seemed to sense some kind of threat and struggled to emerge from the ground, but Xiao Wuji would not give him such an opportunity. He transformed his divine sense into a flying sword and merged it into the sword light, and then suddenly activated the sword formation.

The sword light shot off in an instant, disappearing into the scorching pool in the blink of an eye. Then, the Chaos Valley suddenly trembled violently, and then there was no more movement.

His sword strike not only injured his physical body but also his primordial spirit, piercing through his flesh while simultaneously obliterating his spirit. After all, for beings of such low intelligence, the primordial spirit is the most vulnerable.

He hadn't forgotten that this giant possessed the talent of an indestructible body. If he couldn't kill his primordial spirit in one blow, who knew how long it would take to wear him down?

The Way of the Yellow Emperor and the Earth Sovereign!
A yellow light shone on the earth, and the soil in the entire Chaos Valley instantly became like water ripples. A moment later, the motionless corpse of a giant floated out.

The colossal creature was hundreds of feet tall, with most of its body covered in grayish-yellow mud, and an unidentified animal hide wrapped around its waist.

Beside it, there was also a dark stone rod, which also rose from the ground.

This rod is unusually large, almost half the height of a giant, and judging from the faint blue light emanating from its surface, it is made from the legendary Azure Spirit Sand.

This rare material is heavier than refined iron of the same volume. With just a little refining, it can be forged into a superior blood-forged divine weapon.

If Xiao Wuji were willing, he could easily refine it into a treasure comparable to a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure.

With a wave of his hand, Xiao Wuji unleashed a colossal hand that blotted out the sky, grabbing at the giant on the ground. The power of nearly a million horses surged within him, instantly hurling the giant's corpse, along with its massive club, directly into his Crystal Palace.

After doing all this, Xiao Wuji once again used the Yellow Emperor Earth Sovereign Dao Divine Power to soothe the wounds on the earth, and then used the Black Emperor Water Sovereign Fist Divine Power to construct a deep pool of water at the original location of the Blazing Light Pool.

Once everything had returned to normal, Xiao Wuji leaped into the pool and waited quietly.

While waiting, Xiao Wuji was not idle. He dug out the Falling Sun Essence from the giant's single eye and refined it underwater with the Crimson Emperor Fire Emperor Qi.

The Falling Sun Crystal is considered a rare treasure in the spirit world. It is extremely yang and can absorb sunlight, turning it into a kind of fire thread, which is what was previously called scorching light.

Xiao Wuji planned to make full use of the Sunfall Crystal's ability to gather, absorb, and condense sunlight, and refine it into a fire-gathering basin. He would then place it within the array of Haotian Divine Radiance, so that the object could autonomously absorb Haotian Divine Radiance and condense Haotian True Fire.

This would also greatly benefit Xiao Wuji's cultivation of the Crimson Emperor Fire Qi.

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(End of this chapter)