Chapter 476: Chapter 179: The Old Emperor’s Spirit Severing Realm (6k)_4
Those words that were never spoken and the promises left unfulfilled have, inadvertently, planted the seed of obsession deep within the heart.
But this can be seen as a positive farewell, or perhaps a form of reconciliation, resulting in the partial release of the Obsession Spirit.
However, life’s journey is long, and Obsession Spirits that can be wholly let go of in this way are but a drop in the ocean.
Most of the time, those Obsession Spirits that you have ignored will surge forth like a tidal wave from the depths of your memory at the critical juncture when you attempt to break through the Spirit Severing Realm, catching you completely off guard.
They will violently stir your Sea of Consciousness, causing soul tremors that prevent the concentration of Spiritual Power to impact the barrier of the realm.
Moreover, they will transform into various terrifying illusions and launch fierce psychological attacks.
They will try to shatter your mental defenses, plunging you into a deep abyss of negative emotions such as despair and fear, leaving you unable to focus on anything else, completely dominated by these emotions.
More frighteningly, the Obsession Spirits may mislead you into incorrectly directing your Spiritual Power, causing it to flow in reverse, eroding the cultivator’s meridians, leading to severe bodily harm or, in the worst case, instant soul annihilation.
Simultaneously, the backlash of Spiritual Power might induce external Spiritual Power tides to become chaotic, attracting celestial phenomena such as thunder tribulations and storms, making the already perilous breakthrough process even more dangerous.
Upon reaching the Divinity Transformation Realm, one’s lifespan extends over two thousand years.
Two thousand years, seventy-three thousand days and nights; in such a long span of time, the experiences you go through are as numerous as the stars.
Given these circumstances, which Great Perfection level cultivator at the Divinity Transformation Realm would dare to attempt a breakthrough lightly?
None would dare to seek death by attempting it until their lifespan is nearing its end.
Until someone discovered the wondrous use of the Nine Nether Demon Lotus, whose mature Nine Nether Lotus Seeds contain potent Power of Deathly Silence.
Once enough Spiritual Power is gathered and the Divinity Transformation Realm cultivators at Great Perfection refine it, there is a twenty percent chance to suppress the Obsession Spirit.
It also induces "Spiritual Retrospection" in the cultivator, taking advantage of the subdued Obsession Spirit to reverse travel along the river of memory, reexamining those key points that formed the obsession.
Analyzing and letting go from an observer’s perspective, further weakening the foundation of the Obsession Spirit, making the subsequent Spirit Slash smoother.
In the past, the Old Emperor acquired a Nine Nether Demon Lotus and used it to successfully perform Spirit Slash, then divided the remaining Lotus Seeds among his younger brother, Xuanyuan Shuo.
Later, he revealed this discovery to others, leading to the current situation where the Holy Martial Dynasty has more than a dozen Spirit Severing Realm cultivators.
However, the quantity of Nine Nether Demon Lotus is extremely limited, and one person can consume a maximum of three seeds before they lose their efficacy.
Whether one can suppress the Obsession Spirit or not largely depends on personal luck, as the probability is only twenty percent.
Thus, when Sikong Yan produced an immature Nine Nether Demon Lotus, everyone was astounded.
If this matter were to spread, even the Old Emperor might personally come to vie for it.
Of course, no one would be foolish enough to act rashly since, once they achieve the Spirit Severing Realm, who would dare meddle in the affairs of the major sects in the Eastern Domain?
From then on, they would be able to stand alongside the Emperor, as equals in power and status.
Therefore, for the sake of confidentiality, only the sect leaders of the major sects and several Supreme Elders privy to it.
That Zhou Qing could participate in such a secretive matter meant that Cao Zhengyang had truly begun grooming him as the next Sect Leader.
Allowing him to slowly get involved in these important affairs and high-level meetings to broaden his horizons and accumulate experience.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Qing finally understood the immense temptation the Nine Nether Demon Lotus held for the Supreme Elders of the Three Sects.
If handled well, the entire Taiqing Sect might seize this opportunity to soar to new heights.
"But what about the reliability? I always feel Sikong Yan is not trustworthy. How could he bear to distribute this item equally among us?" Zhou Qing asked worriedly.