Meanwhile, Zhang Ling had already left the massive island permeated with Yin energy, passing through the spatial rift zone outside and completely departing from that place.
Without any hesitation, he headed northeast. Although he didn't know how far he was from the mainland, he was certain about the direction.
Over the past few days, he had repeatedly observed the conditions of the nearby sea areas and the changes in the stars.
He confirmed that the island was indeed located in the southern sea, most likely within the dangerous Black Abyss Sea area.
This was because the surrounding seawater was as dark as ink, matching the description of the Black Abyss Sea. The temperature was also exceptionally cold, constantly enveloped in a layer of Yin energy.
Previously, everyone had left in this direction. Even if there were deviations in the exact bearing, the general direction wouldn't be wrong.
"What kind of treasure is the Star Moon Plate that you care so much about?"
Bluebird, who had transformed back into a small sparrow, landed on his shoulder. The five-colored spiritual light on its body flickered intermittently. After a long silence, it finally replied, "Do you know about spatial channels?"
Zhang Ling naturally knew about spatial channels. The spatial rifts created by his Void Worm when traversing two spatial locations could be called spatial channels. However, the Void Worm could only create spatial channels within a few miles and had significant limitations.
There were also teleportation arrays, which allowed travel between two locations by opening up space and creating stable spatial channels for cultivators to teleport quickly.
However, this involved spatial techniques, making the construction of teleportation arrays quite difficult, especially for long-distance teleportation arrays.
After pondering for a moment, Zhang Ling immediately realized the reason for Bluebird's question. "Could the Star Moon Plate be a spatial array disc?"
"Hehe, good guess," Bluebird flapped its wings and continued, "But it's vastly different from the spatial array discs you understand. In your lower realm, the longest teleportation distance is probably that super-ancient teleportation array you used before. However, the Star Moon Plate can break through the spatial barriers of the entire realm, opening a spatial channel to another world, achieving cross-realm teleportation."
"What, cross-realm teleportation?" Zhang Ling was shocked. Cross-realm teleportation wasn't just a matter of distance.
"Alright, you don't need to ask any further. You saw earlier that the Star Moon Plate was given to Rakshasa Woman. What I have is just a sub-plate separated by a secret technique, which can only be used once. Judging from my fight with her, Rakshasa Woman's cultivation is definitely more than that. Her original cultivation might have far exceeded my original cultivation. Looking at her current situation, she seems similar to me, perhaps even more severe."
Zhang Ling's expression turned somber, and a trace of worry arose in his heart. "It's not a good thing for such powerful experts to linger in the human realm."
"If you want to deal with Rakshasa Woman, I advise you not to have such thoughts. Even if you gather a hundred Nascent Soul cultivators, it would be a waste of life."
"Is she really that powerful?"
"I can tell you clearly that Rakshasa Woman can exert the cultivation of the late stage of Deity Transformation."
"Senior, aren't you here?"
"Don't even think about it. Even with me, there wouldn't be much change. If Rakshasa Woman hadn't been hesitant and unwilling to fight me again, I might have already been killed by her.
I don't believe you can't see that I'm currently a manifestation condensed by ten thousand years of spiritual liquid. Moreover, I've already depleted my origin. After the spiritual power on my body dissipates, I'll fall into a period of slumber."
"Senior's consumption is so great?" Zhang Ling was surprised by this, and at the same time, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The spiritual pressure unintentionally emitted by Bluebird standing on his shoulder made him feel like he was carrying a mountain on his back.
Of course, he wouldn't provoke Rakshasa Woman again. As for whether Rakshasa Woman would really harm the human realm, it wasn't something he could consider now.
Zhang Ling couldn't help but wonder if there were other beings like Rakshasa Woman and Bluebird in this realm. He wondered if there were any other old monsters in the Deity Transformation stage.
Suddenly, Bluebird said strangely, "This body of spiritual power will dissipate in a few more hours. It's useless to keep it. Why don't I transfer it to you?"
"Oh, what does Senior mean by this?" Zhang Ling was very surprised. Cultivators could indeed have higher-level cultivators transfer some spiritual power to lower-level cultivators to greatly increase their cultivation.
However, there were many hidden dangers. Often, the meridians would be damaged, and the spiritual power in the body would become mixed.
He wasn't in danger now, nor did he need to fight. Bluebird's inexplicable words made him feel very strange. A trace of vigilance arose in his heart.
"Are you worried that I will be detrimental to you? Hmph, if I didn't see that your advancement is too slow, I wouldn't waste my spiritual power. Although my current spiritual energy can't exist for long, refining it all can still restore a certain amount of origin. If I didn't still need you to retrieve my physical body for me in the Flowing Cloud Sea Abyss, I wouldn't let you benefit."
"If Senior says so, does that mean you want to forcibly raise my cultivation?" Zhang Ling frowned, suddenly thinking of something.
Could it be that Bluebird wanted to use the spiritual energy infusion method on him? There were indeed such secret techniques that used extremely pure spiritual power to raise a cultivator's cultivation.
Legend has it that in ancient times, ancient demons used the demonic energy infusion method to gather many human cultivators, greatly increasing their cultivation.
However, the failure rate of this method was very high. Once it failed, the cultivator's consciousness would become chaotic, turning into a demon who only knew how to kill. Some might even explode and die from not being able to withstand the massive spiritual power.
Even if it barely succeeded, they might become non-human beings. Some of the alien demons in ancient times were such beings.
There were similar secret techniques among the human race, and the hidden dangers were similar. Generally, cultivators who were infused with spiritual energy wouldn't have a good ending.
"Forcibly raise your cultivation? If I had a physical body now to restore my original strength, I could barely do it. The spiritual energy infusion method is also very common in the spirit world. It doesn't have as many hidden dangers as you think.
Some cultivators who have reached a bottleneck in their cultivation have a certain probability of breaking through their original realm if their elders use this method. Of course, forcibly infusing spiritual energy still has certain hidden dangers. The caster will deplete their origin, even consume their lifespan, and may even attract heavenly tribulation. However, there are now relatively gentle methods. Some races use the spiritual energy infusion method to cleanse their young, changing some of their root bones and aptitude. Or allow cultivators who have just started cultivating to deepen their perception of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and embark on the path of immortality faster. There are many of these among your human race as well."
"And my transferring spiritual power to you is also using this gentle method. Although it will put some burden on your body, it is also an opportunity for you. Do you know that this type of method also has a wonderful use, which is to allow you to comprehend the next realm in advance. I don't need to say more about what this means, right?"
"Comprehend the next realm in advance." Zhang Ling's eyes lit up, and he was indeed tempted. After pondering for a long time, he nodded. "I'll do as Senior says. But if Junior's body can't handle it, then please stop immediately."
"Rest assured," Bluebird chuckled. There was some evil in this voice, giving Zhang Ling a feeling of being tricked. However, comprehending the next realm in advance was indeed very tempting. Even if it was just a small realm, it was worth a try.
He believed that this guy wouldn't really be detrimental to him. Just like Bluebird said, he still needed him to return to the Flowing Cloud Sea Abyss and retrieve his true body. Moreover, there was also the restriction of the Soul Contract Curse.
Besides, he had been with Bluebird for so long. He still had a certain understanding of this guy's character.
At this moment, he happened to see a small island hidden in the mist ahead. Zhang Ling landed directly and used the earth escape technique to enter the underground of the island, opening up a small stone chamber.
Bluebird flew above his head and began to cast spells. The five-colored spiritual light on his body turned into strands of spiritual power runes, wrapping around Zhang Ling.
Zhang Ling immediately felt a majestic spiritual power enter his body, rushing straight to his dantian.
It didn't take long. After an incense stick of time, a loud bang was heard from the small island. Countless cracks opened on the island, and a soaring spiritual power wave erupted from the center of the island. A dazzling yellow light flew out.
Zhang Ling stood in the high sky, his face a little flushed, and some false sweat on his forehead. However, the aura on his body was several times higher than before. It had reached the late stage of Nascent Soul.
Although he felt that his meridians were swollen, compared to the powerful spiritual power in his body, he instantly threw these hidden dangers to the back of his mind.
"With the strength of your physical body and Nascent Soul, you can't support it for a moment. Persevere a little longer. At this moment, your cultivation can at least reach the peak of Nascent Soul." Bluebird's voice came from the side, and Bluebird's aura also dropped by more than half.
Zhang Ling clearly sensed that the spiritual power on Bluebird's body was rapidly dissipating. He chuckled softly, "I'm already very satisfied with this. Forcing me to raise my cultivation again may not be a good thing. My current state seems to only last for a day or two."
"That's right, no more than three days at most."
Zhang Ling took a deep breath. In his perception, the power of divine consciousness had also increased by more than half. He could now sense the situation within a range of three hundred miles outside his body with his full divine consciousness power.
His own abilities had increased even more, and he had a feeling of exhilaration.
With a wave of his hand, he instantly blasted out twenty or thirty groups of Heavy Yuan Profound Light, turning them into a sky full of yellow霞光, instantly covering a range of more than ten miles.
Immediately afterwards, with a grab of one hand, a large piece of yellow light gathered back and forth in front of him, turning into a substantial yellow wind ball hundreds of feet long. Dragon shadows flickered in the wind ball, and Mike was divided into more than a dozen Earthly Fiend Earth Spirits hundreds of feet long.
This was the secret technique in his main cultivation of the Earth Yuan True Spirit Art. Naturally, it could not only be used with Heavenly Star Sand, but also with his own spiritual power.
It was just that before, without borrowing Heavenly Star Sand, using his own spiritual power to cast it would become much slower.
At this moment, he could easily summon more than a dozen Earthly Fiend Earth Spirits between his gestures.
"Go."
Zhang Ling shouted softly, and all the Earthly Fiend Earth Spirits rushed into the sea below, with a series of loud rumbling sounds. Layers of huge waves were set off in the sea, and a vortex hundreds of feet wide appeared on the sea surface.
His left arm swelled up, as if it was congested with blood. It swelled up several circles in an instant, turning into a blue and red color. On closer inspection, there were countless tiny blood-colored vines swimming under the forearm.
With a gentle press down with one hand, he blasted out a blood light. The blood light flickered and turned into a blood-colored palm print, slamming down on the island below with a loud bang.
Suddenly, the earth and rocks cracked, and a palm print hundreds of feet wide was imprinted on the small island, which was only tens of miles wide. The island seemed to be three points shorter.
The strength of his physical body had also increased a lot compared to before. With just the power of qi and blood, he could launch such an attack.
At this time, Zhang Ling suddenly turned his head to look at the direction of the south. A piece of thundercloud floated over the sea line, and a storm seemed to be coming.
However, he showed a hint of a smile, "It's actually a thunder-attribute giant beast. It seems that it was attracted by the movement I made. Hehe, it's just right to try my hand."
With a sway of his body, he rushed over directly.
In his divine consciousness, he could clearly sense that there was a behemoth hidden in the thundercloud, with countless black tentacles and many blue spots on it. The aura was not weak, and it was actually at the level of a ninth-order monster beast.
However, it didn't seem to be a monster beast, but an ancient beast. Seeing him rush over, this ancient beast also let out a terrifying roar, seeming to want to kill him as well.
If he had encountered an ancient beast of this strength before, he would have turned around and left. Although he was not afraid of an ancient beast of this strength, he could not solve it in a short time.
Now Zhang Ling had a feeling of eagerness to try.
In the next hour, monstrous waves were set off in this sea area, accompanied by terrifying thunder and various bursts of sound.
In the following two days, the surrounding 100,000 miles of sea area were not calm. All of this was naturally caused by Zhang Ling.
Although at the beginning it was to test the strength of the increase in strength, the intensity of the use of exercises, secret techniques, and magic weapons. But he would naturally not waste such a rare opportunity.
Taking this opportunity, he killed a lot of sea beasts. Needless to say, the biggest harvest was three eighth-order monster beast pills and two ninth-order monster beast pills.
This sea area was also not very unusual. The strength of the sea beasts was not weak, and there were many ancient beasts that were not weaker than Nascent Soul cultivators.
It was not until his own spiritual power began to collapse that he quickly left this sea area.
Flying in this vast black sea, there were many dangers. Fortunately, as long as he did not actively provoke some powerful sea beasts, it was safe.
However, the vastness of the sea area still exceeded Zhang Ling's expectations. It was not until a month later that he left this black sea, and then rushed for half a year in a hurry, just when he thought that the direction was wrong.
It was not until one evening that he accidentally encountered a team of seven or eight cultivators that he was relieved.
After some inquiries, Zhang Ling learned that he was not far from Red Sea City, a coastal city among the Twelve Immortal Cities.
After spending another two days, he finally returned to the land and entered Red Sea City, which was built in a coral sea area.
The area of this Red Sea City was not large. Zhang Ling stayed in it for a day and inquired about the situation of the alien demon war.
He learned that the war had ended. And it ended just a few days ago. As for the reason, he did not inquire about it in Red Sea City.
After all, Red Sea City did not fall into the flames of war.
Through the news of some cultivators, he learned that half a month ago, several Nascent Soul old monsters suddenly appeared in Red Sea City. Then the teleportation array was opened. Some people also said that Thunder Radiance Sanren came to Red Sea City to specially meet those Nascent Soul cultivators.
Zhang Ling thought about it in his heart, and he could probably guess that several Nascent Soul cultivators were Senior Brother Tianfeng, Old Man Huo, and others.
