Chapter 432 - 229: Celestial Calculation Imprisoning the Profound Nether_3

Even among the Golden Core cultivators of the three major sects in Jiuli State, none would mention the Hundred Ghosts Asura lightly.

His disciples could never be weaklings.

Liou Yuan sensed that there must be a significant secret to uncover behind this matter.

Moreover, it must be an exceedingly far-reaching secret; otherwise, Xuanyi wouldn’t levy such a severe punishment on his sole disciple.

"It’s useless to overthink. The Sect Leader has his reasons." Liou Zhen, unlike Liou Yuan, never concerned himself with matters unrelated to his own cultivation.

With a flick of his long sleeve, he handed over the crystal containing the Wood Spirit Energy to Liou Yuan and then turned to step inside the Inner Sect’s gate.

Before leaving, he reminded, "Prepare early; the time for the Chaotic Scene is approaching."

"Got it!" Liou Yuan responded, watching with the crystal of Wood Spirit Energy in his arms as Liou Zhen’s figure disappeared into the portal.

"Forget it, it really has nothing to do with me." Recalling Liou Zhen’s words, Liou Yuan felt his elder brother was indeed insightful.

The rapid progress in his Sword Dao cultivation was not without reason.

Compared to Wang Zhuoqun’s Eight Trigrams, Liou Yuan now cared more about the Wood Spirit Energy he had obtained.

"With this, I can cultivate the Longevity Scripture." Liou Yuan looked down at the emerald green glow within the crystal held in his hands, licking his lips in excitement.

After witnessing the power of Xu Hetong’s Grade B Foundation Establishment Skill, Liou Yuan’s expectation for the Longevity Skill became unstoppable.

"But now is not the time; preparing for the Chaotic Scene is the true task at hand."

The absorption of Wood Spirit Energy is undoubtedly not something that can be accomplished overnight.

The Geng Metal Spiritual Qi has a hundred-day accomplishment limit.

The time required by the Longevity Scripture will surely be more, not less.

Resisting the urge to glance more at the Wood Spirit Energy, Liou Yuan placed it into his Storage Bag and then headed to his new cave abode.

In the days that followed, Liou Yuan became busy once more.

Retreating into seclusion for cultivation was certainly not possible, so Liou Yuan devoted all his remaining time to advancing arrays and spells.

These were the keys to enhancing his strength at the moment.

After establishing his abode, Liou Yuan indeed felt completely different from before. His research on arrays and comprehension of spells had quickened considerably.

In just two days, he had thoroughly mastered the final Peak Qi Cultivation Array, the Flowing Fire Falling Flame Array, recorded in the "Five Elements Birth and Destruction Array Derivation," while also being able to inscribe it onto the All Heaven Derivation Array Disc.

The inscription of arrays on the All Heaven Derivation Array Disc progressed smoothly, with all five Peak Qi Cultivation arrays inscribed completely.

With just a thought, Liou Yuan could instantly summon the five arrays from the All Heaven Derivation Array Disc to seal off the surroundings.

Liou Yuan specifically tested the power of those five arrays, and their unleashed might was already approaching the level of Foundation Establishment Arrays.

They could pose a threat to Foundation Establishment but definitely couldn’t kill them.

So, to completely connect the five Peak Qi Cultivation arrays in a perfect Five Element cycle through array intersection, a "Little Five Elements Array" needs to be inscribed to govern the five arrays, thus enabling the killing of Foundation Establishment.

The complexity of the "Little Five Elements Array" array disc troubled Liou Yuan, leading him to toil diligently in hopes of setting it up before the Chaotic Scene.

During his immersion in array research, he also didn’t neglect his study of spells.

Perhaps due to the uniqueness of the period in which his soul merged with heaven and earth, or perhaps due to the constant reinforcement of the Profound Yin Cold Marrow Stone, or possibly both factors combined.

Liou Yuan’s understanding of spells advanced incredibly rapidly during this half-month.

On the third day of isolating himself in his cave, he perfected the Talismanic Skill.

This C-level Skill, acquired in Yanhe City, was rarely used by Liou Yuan after reaching the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer because its enhancement to the power of magical artifacts was already negligible.

It was no better than the sharpness of Liou Yuan’s Canglan Sword itself.

It had become something tasteless to eat but a pity to throw away.

Now, having reached Great Success, its augmented power genuinely impressed Liou Yuan.

He tentatively inscribed ’Earth-Stacking Talisman’ and ’Sharp Gold Talisman’ on the Cold Star and Moonlight Bracelet.

The Great Achievement Realm Earth-Stacking Talisman could enhance the Cold Star Bracelet’s defense by ten percent.

The Great Achievement Realm Sharp Gold Talisman could boost the Moonlight Bracelet’s offensive power by ten percent.

Providing a ten percent enhancement for a top-grade magical artifact was already significant, enough to benefit Liou Yuan in combat.

"In the battle at the Chaotic Scene, the Talismanic Skill can indeed come in handy."

Liou Yuan held the Bamboo Infant Pen, looking with satisfaction at the two talismans placed on the Cold Star and Moonlight Bracelet.

Then, on the fifth day, the Artifact Manipulation Celestial Calculation Spell was also mastered.

The attack range of Liou Yuan’s Flying Sword could now reach five hundred zhang, up from two hundred zhang.

During the defense of Chouhuai City, when the external Star Evil attacked the city, the battle line was barely five hundred zhang. In other words, if a mastered Artifact Manipulation Celestial Calculation Spell user like Liou Yuan were placed alone at Chouhuai City back then,

He could have defended the city single-handedly with his sword.

The mastery of the Artifact Manipulation Celestial Calculation Spell not only expanded Liou Yuan’s attack range.

Upon mastering the Artifact Manipulation Celestial Calculation Spell, Liou Yuan could also unleash its ultimate power, the technique named Celestial Calculation Imprisoning the Profound Nether.

This allowed him to strongly suppress his opponents using the method of artifact manipulation.

This move, combined with the second technique of Liou Yuan’s Silent Rain-Slaying Sword Skill, Silent Shadow Shattering Waves, had unexpected power.

It’s akin to when Liou Yuan performed Treading Flowing Waves and then unleashed Rain Curtain Stealth.

Treading Flowing Waves was inherently the pinnacle of body technique speed, complemented by the silent fierceness of the sword strike with Rain Curtain Stealth, their combination significantly magnified the power.

The same principle applies.

Celestial Calculation Imprisoning the Profound Nether was originally a suppression technique.

The Rain Sword manifested by Silent Shadow Shattering Wave had overly dispersed power, and Liou Yuan used this sword technique more often to restrict the enemy’s movements.

The Rain Sword could be used as shackles to restrain their movements.

So, when Silent Shadow Shattering Waves were deployed again with Celestial Calculation Imprisoning the Profound Nether, wouldn’t the power be that of one plus one greater than two?

"The combination of Silent Shadow Shattering Waves and Celestial Calculation Imprisoning the Profound Nether has power comparable to a C-level Skill; even a formidable half-step Foundation Establishment like Xu Hetong couldn’t easily break through."

Evaluating the combined power of Silent Shadow Shattering Waves and Celestial Calculation Imprisoning the Profound Nether, Liou Yuan grinned broadly.

Even though his cultivation remained stagnant for the time being, being able to make breakthroughs in spells before the crucial moment of the Chaotic Scene was indeed a delightful thing.