High-level martial arts: Long spear with black flames to suppress demons.

Zhou Luotian frantically tried to reassure himself, then took a deep breath to calm himself down.

Then he extended his right hand, pointing a finger at Shen Chang'an's brow: "Junior, receive the spell! Do not disgrace the prestige of my Taiyi Sect!"

A flood of complex and profound information rushed into his mind. Shen Chang'an closed his eyes to process it for a moment, then solemnly clasped his hands in a salute: "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Zhou!"

"Cough cough cough..."

After the transfer of power was completed, Zhou Luotian suddenly bent over and coughed violently. His spiritual body began to become transparent, looking as if he was about to be completely destroyed at any moment.

"Alas... imparting such a heaven-defying technique is far too taxing on my broken spirit body... I'm afraid..."

Seeing this, Shen Chang'an, feeling obligated to help, immediately said, "Senior Zhou! I may not have much else, but I have plenty of spiritual energy. If you don't mind, I'll replenish your energy right away?"

"Are you kidding me?"

Ling Shan Daoist, who was standing to the side, could not stand it any longer and was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at his opponent.

"You old geezer, you just smoked an hour ago, and now you're here trying to fool kids? Have you no shame!"

"It's alright, senior. Senior Zhou expended a lot of energy, so it's only right that he replenishes himself."

Zhou Luotian then completely ignored Lingshan Daoist and turned to look at Shen Chang'an. His previously pained face instantly blossomed into a kind smile: "Ah, young friend, you are indeed kind-hearted and loyal! You are a promising young man... a promising young man. Since you are so kind, I will respectfully accept your offer."

As he spoke, he waved his hand and directly used his spiritual power to condense a small bottle in mid-air.

"You don't need too many, just fill this up."

Shen Chang'an took the bottle and began to pour pure spiritual energy into it.

The bottle looked small, but it took him a full half hour to fill it, almost draining his spiritual sea. Zhou Luotian absorbed all the spiritual energy with satisfaction, and his spiritual body showed no signs of weakness whatsoever.

"Alright, young friend."

"The cultivation technique has been passed down. Rest well in this courtyard for the next few days and get yourself into peak condition. Your breakthrough will be extraordinary. Gather your spiritual energy within Zhenyuan City. I, Ling Shan, and the others will personally protect you!"

In the following days, Shen Chang'an completely cleared his mind, following Zhou Luotian's instructions.

He stopped practicing martial arts, stopped killing demons, and even let go of the constant vigilance he once had. Every day, he would sit in the courtyard in a daze, or play chess with Ling Shan, allowing his spirit to gradually return to tranquility, like the still waters of a lake.

The morning of the seventh day.

In the center of the courtyard, Shen Chang'an sat cross-legged.

Around him, Ling Shan Daoist, Qin Xu, and Du Qiongyu formed a tripod. Above the courtyard, thirteen spiritual entities, led by Zhou Luotian, also appeared, solemnly watching below.

"Little Chang'an, the time has come."

The Taoist priest of Lingshan waved his whisk.

"The Fifth Realm Spiritual Sea cultivates quantity and breadth. The Sixth Realm Spiritual Abyss, on the other hand, cultivates quality and depth!"

"You now possess a thousand-mile-long spiritual sea, which is certainly a good thing, but a vast spiritual sea is ultimately only on the surface. What you need to do now is to continuously draw your thousand-mile-long spiritual sea inward until it collapses!"

The old Taoist's voice was as resounding as a great bell.

"You must open up a spiritual abyss deep within your dantian that can devour everything! From then on, power will no longer leak out, and spiritual energy will nourish your physical body."

"I understand!"

His mind instantly sank into his dantian.

Under Shen Chang'an's mental urging, a tiny vortex suddenly appeared at the center of the thousand-mile-long perfect spiritual sea. The spiritual sea began to slowly change. Seeing that the speed was too slow, he thought for a moment, and then directly introduced the black flames hanging high above the spiritual sea into the vortex, intending to speed it up.

The spiritual sea instantly boiled!

That vast, boundless golden ocean began to collapse inward at an alarming rate.

outside world.

As the spiritual energy within Shen Chang'an underwent a dramatic change, an anomaly appeared in the sky above Zhenyuan City.

A terrifying surge of spiritual energy erupted into the sky, projecting a gigantic ocean illusion interwoven with gold and black!

"A celestial phenomenon! A projection of the spiritual sea!"

Looking at the vast ocean, everyone was so excited that they trembled all over.

"The limits of antiquity... I have actually witnessed this extraordinary phenomenon, which can only be triggered by perfection, once again today!"

However, the phenomenon was not over yet.

A deafening clap of thunder suddenly resounded above the crimson sky of the abyss!

Ling Shan Daoist abruptly raised his head, his face filled with astonishment: "How could there be thunder? There are no thunderclouds in the abyss rift at all, where did this thunder come from?!"

In the past, he used his spiritual power to create thunderclouds when he cast thunder spells.

Looking at the lightning in the sky, Zhou Luotian, high in the air, suddenly shouted, "This junior's extreme phenomenon is too strong, triggering the laws of heaven and earth, and forcefully shattering the spatial barrier between the abyss and the outside world!"

A spatial rift, thousands of feet long, appeared in the sky.

"Lingshan! Qin Xu! Du Qiongyu! Get ready!"

"With the spatial barrier shattered, the spiritual energy from outside will immediately flood in! After he absorbs all the necessary spiritual energy, the remaining scraps will inevitably scatter. Prepare to collect the scattered spiritual energy!"

"Furthermore, you must prevent the two realms from becoming completely connected. If they do, it will create a spatial gap that can never be repaired."

Upon hearing this, the three immediately began preparations, unleashing a large number of magical talismans. They preserved the channels of spiritual energy but severed the passages that could directly pass through people and demons.

Immediately afterwards, a massive pillar of spiritual energy crashed into the abyss!

The massive projection of the spiritual sea rapidly evolved, and the rudiments of the spiritual abyss began to appear.

Most of the spiritual energy pillar was swallowed by the spiritual abyss above Shen Chang'an's head and began to nourish itself.

The remaining small portion of spiritual energy scattered like raindrops, which were frantically fought over and absorbed by the thirteen spiritual bodies that were already starving. The portion that drifted further away was absorbed by the three people from Mount Ling.

However, this earth-shattering influx of spiritual energy, though a stroke of good fortune, also alarmed the demons within this abyssal rift.

Roar!

Boo!

......

Suddenly, four terrifying demonic howls came from afar!

The overwhelming demonic energy, like a tangible dark cloud, rolled in and crushed everything in its path.

Zhou Luotian, who was absorbing spiritual energy, immediately noticed their appearance: "Not good! The scent of spiritual energy has attracted those old monsters from the depths of the abyss! There are four ninth-realm demons."

"If interrupted at this moment, at best one will suffer a qi deviation, at worst the spiritual abyss will collapse, and one will die on the spot."