Chapter 589 - 589: Level 8 Martial Spirit

'Again? Was last time not a hallucination?'

Chu Qingyun couldn't help but raise his head, a flicker of doubt in his heart.

This feeling of being summoned had appeared twice in a row. Coupled with the fact that he had just learned from Zhou Ling that there was an eighth floor above the seventh floor of the Saint Extreme Tower, a seed of curiosity was planted in Chu Qingyun's heart.

However, with the Inner Sect qualification competition fast approaching, Chu Qingyun had no interest in exploring it right now.

He had to get his priorities straight.

After the special aura filled the cultivation room, Chu Qingyun's body and mind quickly adapted, and the summoning sensation soon vanished.

Chu Qingyun sat cross-legged on the floor and took out the three All-Seeing Fruits he had just acquired from his Storage Ring.

"Breaking through to Level Eight Martial Spirit is all up to you now."

With a thought, Chu Qingyun communed with his Devouring Martial Soul. A wave of Devouring Power surged from his palm, completely enveloping one of the All-Seeing Fruits.

The All-Seeing Fruit was quite unique.

But in the end, it was still just a Tier Four Spiritual Medicine.

Under the effects of the Devouring Power, the skin of the All-Seeing Fruit quickly shriveled, cracked, and turned to ash that drifted away.

Once the Devouring Power touched the fruit's interior, immense streams of energy flowed along with it, continuously pouring into the Devouring Martial Soul.

This energy was not the medicinal essence typical of most Spiritual Medicines, nor was it any other kind of special power.

As the Devouring Martial Soul devoured and refined it, all of this energy was converted into Primordial Liquid and continuously injected into Chu Qingyun's Qi Sea.

A fruit-based Spiritual Medicine naturally had no way to resist the Devouring Power.

Moreover, in the seventh-floor cultivation room of the Saint Extreme Tower, which provided a cultivation boost of over a hundred times, the speed of devouring and refining the All-Seeing Fruit was astonishingly fast.

After devouring the first All-Seeing Fruit, Chu Qingyun's Qi Sea was more than half full of Primordial Liquid.

After devouring the second, his Qi Sea was just a sliver away from being completely full.

After devouring one-third of the third All-Seeing Fruit, Chu Qingyun's Qi Sea was finally filled to the brim.

Once his Qi Sea was full, Chu Qingyun wrapped the remaining All-Seeing Fruit with his Devouring Power, set it aside for the moment, and began to focus on breaking through to Level Eight Martial Spirit.

The difficulty of breaking through from Level Seven to Level Eight Martial Spirit was somewhat less than the breakthrough from Level Six.

On top of that, he was currently benefiting from the boost on the seventh floor of the Saint Extreme Tower. Before long, a roar seemed to emanate from within his body as the Primordial Liquid in his Qi Sea was abruptly compressed and refined.

Level Eight Martial Spirit, achieved!

After advancing to Level Eight Martial Spirit, the purity of the Primordial Liquid in his Qi Sea increased several times over. The Primordial Power flowing through his meridians also grew much stronger.

Nourished by the purer Primordial Power, his body was also slowly strengthening.

Every breakthrough in one's Realm brought an overall increase in strength.

Previously, on the Saint Extreme Road, Chu Qingyun had to use every trick up his sleeve to deal with the Level Nine Martial Spirit, Lu Yuan. He was even forced to use the Lightning Sword, which he hadn't fully mastered, just to defeat him.

If he were to face Lu Yuan now, he could probably defeat him with ease using only his Thunder Sword and Flame Iron Wire Ten-Star Vine Soul.

After successfully breaking through to Level Eight Martial Spirit, Chu Qingyun controlled his Devouring Power and consumed the remaining two-thirds of the All-Seeing Fruit.

The power from the remaining two-thirds of the fruit helped stabilize his new Level Eight Martial Spirit Realm considerably.

After finishing the All-Seeing Fruit, Chu Qingyun took out a large number of Blood Pills and placed them beside him. He then began to activate the Blood Talisman Core of the second Blood Talisman to cultivate the Ten Thousand Spirits Saint Body Inner Chapter.

This was his primary goal for entering the Saint Extreme Tower.

And the Ten Thousand Spirits Saint Body Inner Chapter would be his greatest asset in the upcoming Inner Sect qualification competition!

「Time passed, second by second.」

That evening, the Inner Sect Disciples in charge of registrations for the qualification competition finished their work and returned to the Inner Sect together.

Registration had started a month in advance.

So, with half a month already gone, only a few people were trickling in to register each day. Most of those who intended to sign up had already done so.

Of course, among those who registered today, the one who left the deepest impression on them was none other than Chu Qingyun.

Whether it was his audacity to enter the competition as a mere Level Seven Martial Spirit or his growing fame, he was a topic of great interest.

So, even after returning to the Inner Sect, the group was still discussing it.

As it happened, another Inner Sect Disciple was passing by and overheard them.

"Senior Brothers, did you just say someone named Chu Qingyun signed up for the Inner Sect qualification competition? Is it *that* Chu Qingyun?"

The passing Inner Sect Disciple asked with curiosity.

If Chu Qingyun had been there, he would have recognized this person as one of the Inner Sect Disciples who had been following Cai Mao that afternoon.

"Haha, that's right! It's *that* Chu Qingyun!"

"Daring to sign up for the Inner Sect qualification competition as a Level Seven Martial Spirit... he's either a genius or a madman."

"Definitely not a madman. I heard he defeated a Level Nine Martial Spirit on the Saint Extreme Road."

The group chatted briefly before walking away without lingering.

The other Inner Sect Disciple, however, hesitated for a moment before quickly running off toward the Pill Institute.

At the Pill Institute, he found Cai Mao.

Cai Mao's face was grim. He had failed to obtain the All-Seeing Fruit he'd had his eye on and had lost face in front of Zhou Ling, leaving him feeling utterly sullen.

"Young Master Cai, wonderful news!"

The Inner Sect Disciple ran to Cai Mao's side, a wide grin on his face as he spoke.

Cai Mao just grunted and said irritably, "What's so wonderful about it?"

"I just heard that Chu Qingyun has registered for the Inner Sect qualification competition!" the disciple said.

Instantly, Cai Mao's eyes widened in surprise.

"You heard correctly? A mere Level Seven Martial Spirit dares to enter the Inner Sect qualification competition?" Cai Mao asked in disbelief.

"It's the absolute truth!"

Cai Mao shot to his feet and paced back and forth.

"I heard that a couple of days ago, that brat made it all the way to the end of the Saint Extreme Road and even defeated a Level Nine Martial Spirit."

"It seems his confidence has gotten inflated. He must think the participants in the Inner Sect qualification competition are all just ordinary Level Nine Martial Spirits..."

Cai Mao said with a cold smile.

"Heh heh, that kid has no idea how formidable the Outer Sect Seed Disciples are. When the time comes, he's bound to take a nasty fall. He might even end up dead in one of the trial grounds!"

The Inner Sect Disciple chimed in, also smiling.

"Dead, you say..."

A vicious glint suddenly flashed in Cai Mao's eyes.