The Great Freedom Celestial Demon had already arrived beside Zhang Chen: "Kid, later I will mobilize my Divine Techniques. You just need to see the black lotus patterns flowing on the jade. That means I’ve made my move, and you can use your Divine Techniques for sacrificial refining."
Zhang Chen turned his head to glance at the Great Freedom Celestial Demon again and reiterated, "Old guy, you better not trick me. If you do, don’t blame me for settling accounts with you afterward."
"Rest assured. When it comes to my escape, how could I dare play tricks on such matters?" Guaranteed the Great Freedom Celestial Demon, patting his chest.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen nodded: "Do it."
No matter what the Great Freedom Celestial Demon had planned, Zhang Chen held the demon’s soul. If worst came to worst, they could drag each other down.
The Great Freedom Celestial Demon vanished at these words, and the next moment, black Qi mechanisms flowed across the entire jade. The black Qi constantly clashed with the Divine Power on the jade. Before long, the Divine Power was absorbed by the black Qi, then the black Qi formed a black lotus above the jade, enveloping the whole piece.
Seeing this, Zhang Chen knew the time had come. He quickly stepped onto the lotus seat, arrived before the jade, and began to activate the Golden Finger:
"Cultivate the Mountain-moving Technique."
[Skill(Uninitiated): Mountain-moving Technique (0\50000000)]
[Note 1: Requires one Curious Stone.]
"Wow, fifty million experience points, that’s no small amount," Zhang Chen muttered to himself. Fortunately, he had collected the full fifty million experience points.
"Cultivate!" Zhang Chen issued the command.
In the next instant, a beam of golden light erupted from Zhang Chen’s body, spreading out, enveloping the Buzhou Core Stone. Yet, just as Zhang Chen thought he would succeed in cultivation, countless pieces of information flashed wildly on his Golden Finger Interface, and screens rapidly changed before him:
[Unknown level Curious Stone found.]
[Unknown change appearing during sacrificial refining...]
[Detecting...]
[Analyzing...]
...
A flood of information left Zhang Chen bewildered, staring dumbfoundedly at his Golden Finger Interface, witnessing this situation for the first time.
[Detection and analysis complete, Pangu Stone located. Due to the high target level, to continue cultivation, 180 million Skill Points are required!]
[Do you wish to continue cultivation?]
Looking at the 180 million points on his Golden Finger Interface, Zhang Chen drew a sharp breath: "Wow! 180 million? You really have the nerve to ask!"
But Zhang Chen chose to cultivate nonetheless, as he had the 180 million points!
After devouring the Ba Snake and then the Divine Power, accumulating along the way, he had gathered just enough.
"Pangu Stone, huh? I wonder what incredible effects the Mountain-moving Technique cultivated with the Pangu Stone will have," Zhang Chen thought to himself.
"Cultivate!"
Without a second thought, Zhang Chen clicked.
The jade vanished into thin air, and all points on Zhang Chen’s Golden Finger Interface evaporated. A stream of light flashed in Zhang Chen’s mind as the square jade appeared within his Spiritual World.
The Golden Finger Interface then updated:
[Skill (Entry-level): Mountain-moving Technique (0\12000000)]
[Note: Pangu Stone weighs 480 million jin, currently sealed! Cultivating into a sigil seal can release a thousand jin of weight!]
Looking at the experience points required on the Golden Finger Interface, Zhang Chen made a brief calculation and inferred multiple details: "Entry-level first realm has a total of 12,000 sigil seals, requiring 12 million experience points in total, which means each sigil needs 1,000 experience points. No wonder it’s a precursor technique to the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill, the points requirement is indeed extensive."
At this point, Zhang Chen had no more points to enhance further, all were consumed completely.
However, Zhang Chen wasn’t worried. While he had no points, as long as he returned to the Huangli Temple, what was a mere 12 million points? With just a little effort, he could gather them all.
"Huangli Temple is a good place, indeed the place of dragon ascension for this old ancestor, I can’t leave lightly." As Zhang Chen contemplated, a sigil seal shot out from the jade imprint, engraining itself on him, sending a hot flow through his muscles and bones, slightly strengthening his body but with no significant change.
While Zhang Chen was pondering the changes brought by the Mountain-moving Technique, a wild laughter echoed in the stone cave, the sound arrogant, full of villainous vibes, making Zhang Chen want to beat it out of him: "Hahaha! Hahaha! The ancestor is back! You can’t confine me! You can’t confine me!"
Following this laughter, Zhang Chen saw seven or eight black petals rising slowly where the jade imprint had disappeared. The petals had black Qi coiling around them, swirling with mysterious energy, converging to form the shape of the Great Freedom Celestial Demon.
Unlike before, the Great Freedom Celestial Demon’s body was no longer phantom-like, but solid, like a real person.
"Kid, I owe you my thanks. If it weren’t for your help, this old ancestor would have had a hard time overturning the situation." The Great Freedom Celestial Demon patted Zhang Chen’s shoulder heartily, "Kid, from now on, this old ancestor’s got your back."
Looking at the Great Freedom Celestial Demon patting his shoulder, Zhang Chen felt this old guy seemed to have gotten conceited.
"What’s with those lotus petals?" Zhang Chen asked curiously.
"Just fragments of my True Spirit from back in the day," said the Great Freedom Celestial Demon. "Now that I’ve retrieved some True Spirit fragments, it means I’m truly resurrected. The next step is to find more True Spirit fragments for a more complete resurrection."
Upon saying this, the Great Freedom Celestial Demon said to Zhang Chen, "Kid, let’s hurry and leave before we get buried in the First Heaven."
Zhang Chen was taken aback: "What do you mean by that?"
"The stone you took was the core of the First Heaven of the entire Spiritual World, suppressing the whole Spiritual World. Now that stone is gone, in less than a year, the entire Spiritual World will crumble without suppression," the Great Freedom Celestial Demon smugly said, "When the First Heaven of the Spiritual World collapses, a myriad of good stuff will fall into the Material Realm, and we’ll seize the chance to snatch it."
"The First Heaven of the Spiritual World will collapse? Wouldn’t that make my crime immense?" Zhang Chen exclaimed, suddenly remembering something important: "Will there be any karma?"
The Great Freedom Celestial Demon stroked his chin uncertainly, "There shouldn’t be, right?"
"Shouldn’t be?" Zhang Chen repeated the Great Freedom Celestial Demon’s words.
The Great Freedom Celestial Demon took a deep breath: "You’re a being of the Material Realm, and this is the Spiritual World, there should be no karmic relationship between the two, right?"
His words carried a hint of uncertainty.
Zhang Chen’s face turned black upon hearing this, especially at the uncertain tone, leaving his heart cold.
If destroying a world, such massive karma, could very well lead to his death countless times.
"You’ve got the Pangu Essence, even if struck by lightning, it won’t harm you. What are you afraid of?" insisted the Great Freedom Celestial Demon, trying to encourage Zhang Chen.
Raising an eyebrow, Zhang Chen shot back at the words from the other: Is it human-speaking?
Of course, the karma wouldn’t affect you, nor would the Celestial Punishment strike you.
"If it truly doesn’t work out, I’ll return this jade brick," Zhang Chen grumbled.
Saying so, Zhang Chen looked at the previous place where the jade brick was stored, spotting a basketball-sized purple light orb softly glowing in place.
"Purple light orb? Experience points or skill?" Zhang Chen mused upon seeing the purple light orb, his heartbeat pounding rapidly. He had never acquired a purple light orb before.