Chapter 32: Enhancement

In an instant, the spiritual power value on the panel decreased by eight points.

At the same time, the patterns on the surface of the small jade plate lit up once more, as countless white lights once again enveloped the yellow bead within the concave niche.

As the small jade plate performed its deduction, the patterns on its surface flashed incessantly.

Before long.

The white light slowly dissipated, revealing the yellow bead in the niche.

He discovered that this yellow bead was somewhat different from before; previously, the characters had been inside the bead, but now the characters of this yellow bead enveloped it, as if the text were overflowing.

After glancing at the yellow bead, he did not hesitate. The tiny three-colored figure formed from his soul once again lightly tapped upon "Earth Escape Technique."

But this time, Cheng Buzheng found that the patterns on the surface of the small jade plate did not light up. Simultaneously, he sensed something unusual about the plate.

Master of the Heavens Jade Plate: Cheng Buzheng Realm: Qi Refinement Level 2 Cultivation Method: Tier 1 Mid-grade (Exquisite) Red Fire Manual (Consummate) Spells: Tier 1 Low-grade (Exquisite) Amethyst Carving (Consummate), Tier 1 Low-grade (Ultimate) Earth Escape Technique (Consummate) Spiritual Power: 22

Cheng Buzheng found no abnormality on the panel. At that moment, a piece of information shot out from within the small jade plate.

After reviewing it, he understood that this was already the limit of a Tier 1 spell's power; further deduction would cause it to evolve into a Tier 1 Mid-grade spell.

Abandoning the thought of further deduction, he glanced at the panel and saw that the text was too numerous and somewhat cluttered.

With a thought, a slight change occurred on the panel.

Master of the Heavens Jade Plate: Cheng Buzheng Realm: Qi Refinement Level 2 Tier 1 Cultivation Method: Mid-grade (Exquisite) Red Fire Manual + Tier 1 Spells: Low-grade (Exquisite) Amethyst Carving +, Low-grade (Ultimate) Earth Escape Technique + Spiritual Power: 22

The modified panel looked much cleaner. He then stopped paying attention to the panel and focused his gaze on the yellow bead in the niche.

With a thought, the yellow bead wrapped in text appeared in his hand.

Without hesitation, he raised his hand, opened his mouth, and swallowed in one fluid motion.

Instantly.

Countless yellow characters enveloped his soul. While in a state of comprehension, Cheng Buzheng felt as if he had returned to that vast, white expanse of heaven and earth, as countless experiences merged with him.

In that boundless white world, he practiced the Earth Escape Technique incessantly, slowly digesting the experiences in his mind bit by bit. He knew not how much time had passed.

Perhaps it was an instant, perhaps it was ten thousand years, but he finally practiced this spell to the state of Consummation.

The deduced Earth Escape Technique not only increased his escape speed tenfold but also provided a massive boost to his concealment abilities; cultivators in the early stages of Qi Refinement would be fundamentally unable to detect him.

By his estimation, only a mid-stage Qi Refinement cultivator practicing a Tier 1 Mid-grade Pupil Technique might be able to discover him, and even then, that technique would need to be at least at the Great Success stage with a quality of Exquisite or higher.

As for late-stage Qi Refinement cultivators, they would need to practice at least one type of detection-based Pupil Technique.

After all, Pupil Techniques possessed a myriad of strange and wondrous functions.

Seeing that the Earth Escape Technique had reached its current limit, Cheng Buzheng turned his gaze to the final spell. Leaving the spiritual power sitting there was a waste; his own strength was his greatest reliance.

With a movement of his mind.

All memories regarding "Amethyst Carving" surged. He immediately extracted the complete memory of the Amethyst Carving and condensed it into the form of a seed.

Then, he placed it directly into the central niche of the small jade plate. The tiny three-colored soul figure extended its index finger and lightly tapped upon the "Amethyst Carving" technique.

In an instant, the spiritual power on the panel decreased by four points.

Simultaneously, the patterns on the surface of the small jade plate lit up faintly, as countless white lights entwined around the seed in the niche.

At this moment, the seed was shaped like an egg, emitting white light. As the small jade plate performed its deduction, the patterns on its surface flashed continuously.

A short while later.

The white light slowly faded, eventually forming a purple bead.

After glancing at the purple bead, Cheng Buzheng did not delay. The tiny three-colored soul figure extended its index finger and once again lightly tapped upon "Amethyst Carving."

In an instant.

The spiritual power on the floating panel above the small jade plate decreased by another eight points. Simultaneously, the patterns on the surface of the plate lit up faintly again, as countless white lights entwined around the purple bead.

As the small jade plate performed its deduction, the patterns on its surface flashed incessantly.

In the blink of an eye.

The white light emanating from the patterns on the small jade plate slowly extinguished. The purple bead was now vastly different from before, looking no different from the Earth Escape Technique that had reached the Tier 1 Low-grade Ultimate stage.

The only difference was that one was surrounded by yellow characters, while the other was surrounded by purple characters.

Cheng Buzheng speculated, "This... is very likely... the symbol of a spell reaching its limit at each stage!"

After a glance, he swallowed it directly.

Instantly.

Countless purple characters enveloped the three-colored soul. The three-colored glow of the soul could no longer be seen, replaced by a hazy purple mist.

As he comprehended, the purple characters on his soul slowly diminished, gradually revealing the three-colored glow once more.

Before long.

Not a single purple character remained on the three-colored soul, indicating that Cheng Buzheng had comprehended this spell to the state of Consummation.

Sensing the change in the panel, the tiny three-colored soul figure approached the panel.

Master of the Heavens Jade Plate: Cheng Buzheng Realm: Qi Refinement Level 2 Tier 1 Cultivation Method: Mid-grade (Exquisite) Red Fire Manual + Tier 1 Spells: Low-grade (Ultimate) Amethyst Carving +, Low-grade (Ultimate) Earth Escape Technique + Spiritual Power: 10

Cheng Buzheng did not care that his two spells had reached their current limits and that his spiritual power was down to only ten points.

Inside a spirit stone mine, was he ever worried about having insufficient spiritual power?

However, although Amethyst Carving had been comprehended to the ultimate level, fully unleashing its power would still require sufficient spiritual materials.

Furthermore, the Amethyst Carvings he had previously condensed would need to be re-refined.

Thinking of this, he immediately set into motion.

Cheng Buzheng surged his magic power. The small carving grew larger and larger, exceeding the size of a millstone, yet he did not stop the infusion of magic power.

He only stopped when the small carving reached a diameter of one zhang.

The one-zhang-wide Amethyst Carving covered nearly half of the space above the secret chamber, making even him feel a sense of oppression.

This was sufficient to demonstrate the deterrent power of this technique.

He knew this was the limit of the Amethyst Carving; after all, the spiritual runes were the core of this technique. A size of one zhang was just right; if it were larger, it would lose its aesthetic balance, and its power would actually be less effective.

The appearance of the small carving remained the same as before: an inner circle and an outer circle. On the outer edge of the carving, right-angled triangular blades, shaped like fish fins, were arranged in nine complete layers.

At this moment.

Each of the fish-fin-like blades on the outer edge of the Amethyst Carving was as large as a millstone, and there were exactly eighty-one blades covering the outer ring. It looked brimming with killing intent, terrifying and extraordinary.

Currently.

The Amethyst Carving was shaped by magic power. Although it looked full of killing intent, it had not yet fully materialized, appearing somewhat illusory and lacking actual destructive power.

Next, with a slight movement of his divine sense, countless threads of divine sense dispersed, swimming through the Amethyst Carving like fish, each moving in a predetermined direction as if everything were naturally integrated.