The nine Nascent Soul Demon Lords' Storage Rings contained seventy-five Top-Grade Spirit Stones, thousands of High-Grade Spirit Stones, and tens of millions of Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, plus the nine Storage Rings themselves, which were not small in size. All these assets combined amounted to an astonishing fortune.
Li Mu meticulously took out the High-Grade Spiritual Items from the nine Demon Lords' Storage Rings, classifying and organizing them: one Seventh-Grade Spiritual Item, three Sixth-Grade Spiritual Items, eighteen Fifth-Grade Spiritual Items, and countless Fourth-Grade and Third-Grade Spiritual Items, and so on.
Under the Heavenly Talent - Identifying Myriad Spirits, information on various Spiritual Items appeared in the virtual frame.
star beast remnant pearl (Sealed)
Grade: Seventh-Grade Karma Wonder Item
Characteristics: Tracing the Origin, Condensing Karma to Peek at the Result, Ninety-Nine Divination
Status: Spirituality Hidden, Divine Item Self-Sealed
A treasure pearl left behind by a Seventh-Grade Void Realm Star Beast at the end of its life. When the Void Realm Star Beast was on the verge of death, it returned to its ancestral land, crossing the River of Time. The remnant pearl within its body mutated, gaining a hint of the ability to peek into the Origin and trace Karma. It is a special Material for refining Karma Divination Magical Artifacts. Using Heavenly Fire to temper the surface of the remnant pearl can unseal it.
Divine Coffin of Aversion
Grade: Sixth-Grade Spiritual Artifact
Characteristics: Yin Qi Gathering, Yin Condensation for Body Healing, Self-Avoiding Heavenly Tribulation
The Sixth-Grade Divine Coffin of Aversion, refined from the bones of a Sixth-Grade Aversion Beast, Sixth-Grade Fallen Godwood, and Sixth-Grade Yellow Springs Essence Jade, possesses the effect of spontaneously gathering Yin Qi, accelerating the recovery of Divine Soul and Undead bodies. It is an excellent auxiliary Spiritual Artifact for Cultivators practicing the Corpse Dissolution Immortal path.
Nine Yin Spirit Grass
Grade: Sixth-Grade Spiritual Plant
Characteristics: Extreme Yin to Yang, Soul Replenishment and Consciousness Strengthening, Yin Condensation to Spirituality
The Nine Yin Spirit Grass, formed from a one-thousand-five-hundred-year-old Yin Phoenix Grass, contains extreme Yin spiritual power. From extreme Yin to ultimate Yang, consuming it has the effect of opening spirituality and strengthening the Divine Soul (raw consumption requires neutralization with Nine Yang Spirit Grass). It is one of the main Materials for refining the Nine Revolutions Soul-Returning Pill.
Celestial Void Cauldron (Missing) (Sealed)
Grade: Sixth-Grade Spiritual Artifact
Characteristics: Celestial Void Space, Void Spirit Materialization, Sacrificial Refining of Myriad Yao.
Status: Celestial Void Cauldron Lid Missing, Celestial Void Spiritual Fire Missing, Artifact Spirit Self-Sealed
The Celestial Void Cauldron, refined from Sixth-Grade Celestial Que Essence Crystal, Sixth-Grade Void Prime Earth, and Sixth-Grade Town Yao Stone, along with Void Spirit Fire. This Cauldron can refine Yao into pills. The Celestial Void Cauldron Lid and Void Spirit Fire are lost, and the Artifact Spirit is self-sealed. Finding the Celestial Void Cauldron Lid and Spiritual Void Earth Fire will automatically unseal the Celestial Void Cauldron.
Blood God Crystal
Heavenly Fiend Stone
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Information on various High-Grade Spiritual Items appeared one by one in the virtual frame.
With only one Seventh-Grade Wonder Item, the quality of these spoils of war exceeded Li Mu's imagination.
Li Mu also found a batch of Fourth-Grade Soul Wood Hearts, more than ten square units, which are excellent Materials for refining the core of Clone Puppets. From now on, there will be no need to worry about Materials for refining High-Grade Puppet cores.
There were also large quantities of soul gathering bottles, blood gathering bottles, and corpse bags, containing millions of corpse Souls, bronze Undead, Yin Undead, and so on. Various Demonic Cultivator High-Grade Spiritual Items filled the Storage Rings.
Li Mu felt his scalp tingle, wondering how many people they had killed to collect these Demonic Cultivation resources.
"Chirp chirp!"
A crisp chirping sound came from the Spirit Beast Pouch. Unbeknownst to him, Little White had somehow emerged from the Spirit Beast Pouch, its pair of big, dark eyes intently fixed on the soul gathering bottle in Li Mu's hand. It had keenly sensed the presence of 'food'.
"Little glutton, your nose is so keen." Li Mu smiled and handed the soul gathering bottle to Little White.
With a "pop," the soul gathering bottle opened on its own. Little White sprang forward, its mouth wide open to block the bottle's opening, and began gulping down the contents with loud 'gurgling' sounds.
In less than a few breaths, the tens of thousands of living Souls in the soul gathering bottle entered Little White's belly. Its snow-white body emitted a milky white Soul mist, and a terrifying Soul Power surged forth.
"Chirp chirp, burp!" Little White happily chirped at Li Mu, even letting out a satisfied burp.
"Got it! Go to sleep!" Li Mu nodded with a smile, putting away the remaining dozens of soul gathering bottles. These were Little White's rations, so he wouldn't need to prepare food for it for a while. Otherwise, every time he hunted before, he had to specifically collect the essence Souls of Yao Beasts for Little White.
These living Souls had already been stripped of their original Soul memories by the Demon Lords, leaving only negative emotions. They were used to refine Netherworld Ghost Soul bodies. Li Mu felt no psychological burden feeding them to Little White.
Each soul gathering bottle represented tens of thousands of lives. With dozens of soul gathering bottles, plus the number of corpse bags and blood gathering bottles, one could imagine how many lives the Demonic Cultivators had sacrificed to collect these items.
Little White sprang up, landed in Li Mu's arms, burrowed in, and fell into a deep, silent sleep.
Li Mu felt the little one's warm body and adjusted his pocket to make it more comfortable for it to sleep.
Next, Li Mu continued to organize the spoils of war. He first collected the Undead, essence blood, Demonic Technique Secret Manuals, poisonous Demonic Pills used by the Demonic Cultivators, and placed them all into one Storage Ring, planning to deal with them later when an opportunity arose.
Various Low-Grade Spiritual Items, Artifact Refining Materials, and so on, Li Mu put them all into the nine storage spiritual pearl.
Looking at the few High-Grade Spiritual Items, Li Mu pondered their uses.
The Seventh-Grade star beast remnant pearl and the Sixth-Grade spirit control treasure bracelet both required Heavenly Fire for re-refining to unseal them or resummon their Artifact Spirits.
No matter what, he had to find a way to acquire Heavenly Fire, this kind of Spiritual Item.
If it really didn't work, once he Breakthrough to Nascent Soul, he would make a trip to the Central Continent Spiritual Domain.
The Seventh-Grade star beast remnant pearl and the Sixth-Grade Spiritual Fortune Mystic Turtle Shell both possessed divination and Karma attributes. If he could Breakthrough Artifact Refining to Level 5 and unseal these two items, he might be able to refine a Sixth-Grade, or even Seventh-Grade, Divination Spiritual Artifact.
Hmm! If there's a chance, he should also learn the Calculation Scripture.
Then, when he went out, he could use divination to predict his fortune, which would reduce the chance of falling into dangerous situations.
Li Mu gleefully put the Seventh-Grade star beast remnant pearl into his Storage Grid, placing it alongside the Spiritual Fortune Mystic Turtle Shell.
The Divine Coffin of Aversion was indeed a good Undead Spiritual Artifact, but having learned Puppet Art, Li Mu did not intend to follow the path of Undead. Being surrounded by corpses all day was truly disgusting.
The Divine Coffin of Aversion, this High-Grade Spiritual Item, was somewhat of a white elephant. Li Mu put it into the nine storage spiritual pearl, planning to exchange it for another High-Grade Spiritual Item or dispose of it when he had the chance.
"This kind of High-Grade Spiritual Plant that can strengthen the Divine Soul is indeed good! It's a pity there's no Nine Yang Spirit Grass to neutralize it for consumption." Li Mu put the Nine Yin Spirit Grass back into the ice jade box, wondering if he could find a Nine Yang Spirit Grass later to neutralize it for consumption.
Li Mu's Divine Soul was already very powerful, so consuming Nine Yin Spirit Grass would be icing on the cake, and there was no need to rush at all.
However, Li Mu valued the spirit-opening effect of Nine Yin Spirit Grass more. He wondered if this spirit-opening effect was related to spirituality.
Artifact Refining, Symbol Making Art, Puppet Art, and other Cultivation Arts were stuck at Level 5, unable to be further improved using free proficiency points, due to the lack of the crucial 'spirituality' attribute.
Even the free proficiency points obtained from successfully refining High-Grade Spiritual Artifacts and Puppets could not be used to improve them.
Li Mu was a bit anxious and had been searching for High-Grade Spiritual Plants that could increase spirituality.
If Nine Yin Spirit Grass could increase spirituality points, Li Mu planned to plant a batch of Nine Yin Spirit Grass, first seeking the spiritual seeds of Yin Phoenix Grass and cultivating them until the Yin Phoenix Grass Breakthrough into Nine Yin Spirit Grass.
Solemnly putting the jade box containing the Nine Yin Spirit Grass into his Storage Grid, Li Mu examined another Sixth-Grade Spiritual Item—the Celestial Void Cauldron.
The Celestial Void Cauldron was dark gray, ancient, with mottled bronze rust on its surface. It had three legs, stood about two feet high and one and a half feet wide overall, appearing extremely ordinary.
If it weren't for the effect of Heavenly Talent - Identifying Myriad Spirits, Li Mu would never have imagined that this dilapidated small Cauldron was actually a Sixth-Grade Spiritual Artifact, and moreover, possessed the powerful function of refining Yao into pills.
It was a pity that the lid of the Celestial Void Cauldron and the Spiritual Void Earth Fire within the Cauldron were missing, and its spirituality was not apparent. Where could he find them?
Li Mu sighed, preparing to put the Celestial Void Cauldron into his Storage Grid at the bottom of the box.
Just then, a flash of inspiration struck Li Mu's mind. He remembered inquiring about the Five Elements Spirit Beasts from several Nascent Soul True Lords of the Qingxuan Sect not long ago.
True Lord Zhou Hong mentioned a Spiritual Void Earth Fire nurtured in a ground crack at Tianfeng Mountain, and a Sixth-Grade Spiritual Void Yao Sparrow. Could it be that this Spiritual Void Earth Fire was the lost spiritual fire of the Celestial Void Cauldron?
As this thought appeared, Li Mu immediately felt an urge to go and investigate.
If the Celestial Void Cauldron could be restored, the difficulty of capturing a few High-Grade Yao Beast cubs using this artifact would become extremely small.
Li Mu frowned, pondering seriously. Huanlang Spiritual Mountain was not far ahead. Should he first explore the Immortal Cave in Huanlang Spiritual Mountain, or change course to explore the Spiritual Void Earth Fire in Tianfeng Mountain, capture Yao Beast cubs, and then go to Huanlang Spiritual Mountain?
Li Mu weighed the pros and cons and quickly made a decision.
Compared to exploring an unknown ancient Cultivator Immortal Cave, dealing with Yao Beasts was simpler, less dangerous, and he had more confidence. Li Mu immediately decided to change course and head to the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range, first collecting the Five Elements Spirit Beasts to enhance his own strength, and then exploring the ancient Cultivator Immortal Cave in Huanlang Spiritual Mountain.
Additionally, Li Mu planned to use the Fourth-Grade Soul Wood Heart to refine a batch of Fourth-Grade Clone Puppets during the time it took for the Celestial Shuttle Spirit Ship to reach its destination.
Unlike dealing with Cultivators, dealing with Yao Beasts was simpler, allowing for some cunning and tactics.
Clone Puppets, as well as a Puppet army, Spiritual Talismans, traps, and so on, could all be utilized. When dealing with High-Grade Yao Beasts, by using Clone Puppets, Li Mu himself could completely avoid putting himself in danger.
