Chapter 1159 - 753: Infiltrating Liang Country

Chapter 1159: Chapter 753: Infiltrating Liang Country

In just three months, Shen Xuan had completely refined the Tai Chi Immortal Map, placing it in his Dantian for nurturing.

What slightly frustrated him was that the nurturing effect wasn’t as good as he had imagined.

The Elixir Essence Magical Power consumed was truly quite significant.

If not for possessing many recovery Divine Powers, supplemented with Top Grade Spirit Stones.

Nurturing this Tai Chi Immortal Map would have affected his daily cultivation.

There is loss, and there is gain.

As the Divine Soul and the Immortal Map gradually fused, the various subtleties contained within it unfurled slowly in Shen Xuan’s Sea of Consciousness like a scroll of painting.

Divine Power [Yin and Yang Duality].

With a thought, a Tai Chi Dao Map with rotating black and white, its Dao Rhyme naturally formed, suddenly appeared, firmly guarding him.

The map slowly rotated, containing the profound principles of Heaven and Earth Laws, unbreakable by all laws.

The attacking spells, spiritual light, and power impact would dissolve upon touch, dissipated into invisibility.

Especially against Five Elements spells and Yin-Yang type Divine Powers, its restraining force was particularly pronounced.

Its defense so strong and potential so deep that Shen Xuan marveled at it secretly.

Divine Power [Evolution of Heaven and Earth].

The Immortal Map can be summoned to envelop enemies, capturing opponents or treasures into the [Tai Chi Heaven and Earth] that temporarily evolves within the map.

Within it, Yin-Yang Qi is chaotic, Ice and Fire are rampant, the Five Elements are reversed, and gravity is abnormal.

Those trapped feel like they are in a quagmire, struggling to exhibit even half of their full combat power.

If one’s cultivation is lower than the tier of the Immortal Map, escape in a short time is impossible.

Even for treasures, the map’s laws can slowly erode the Divine Soul Brand on them, gradually suppress and capture them.

Divine Power [Refining All Things].

Activating the Yin-Yang fish eyes within the map, the Sun Fire Crystal and Profound Ice Cold Crystal can trigger the power of Ice and Fire Yin-Yang, transforming into a huge invisible millstone.

It can slowly refine trapped enemies or materials, reducing them to their original essence, transforming into pure Spiritual Qi or primal spiritual materials.

This Divine Power can also be used to assist in Alchemy and Artifact Refining, with limitless wondrous uses.

Divine Power [Taiji Domain].

This map can serve as the core eye of an array, greatly enhancing the power of Yin-Yang, Five Elements, and Duality arrays.

It can also lay down a simple [Tai Chi Yin Yang Array] on its own, forming a unique Taiji Domain.

Within the domain, Yin-Yang Qi endlessly cycles, nourishing allies while suppressing adversaries.

Divine Power [Tai Chi Dao Foundation].

This is fundamental.

As the Lifebound Spiritual Artifact, the Immortal Map can continually absorb Shen Xuan’s Pill Power and Nascent Soul Power to nurture itself, slowly evolving and advancing in tier with his understanding of Yin-Yang, Five Elements, and Chaos Dao deepening.

Someday, should he encounter a great opportunity, it might even develop the true [Tai Chi Dao Rhyme].

The five Divine Powers, each with different emphases, are profoundly mysterious and ever-changing.

Shen Xuan tried them briefly and felt their immense power, his joy was unmistakable.

Combining defense, capture, refinement, domain, and growth in one, it indeed had limitless wondrous uses.

However, its shortcomings are also apparent.

The consumption is too enormous.

Regardless of which Divine Power is activated, the magical power and Power of the Divine Soul it consumes are vast.

Even with Shen Xuan’s capabilities, he found it hard to sustain.

The requirements for the user exceeded those of any other spiritual artifact of the same tier.

Shen Xuan’s magical power and Divine Soul strength were several times that of an ordinary perfected Golden Core cultivator.

Yet, in wielding this map, he still felt somewhat strained.

This is because the Immortal Map has just been completed, and its tier is not yet stable, also demonstrating its immense potential.

"The higher the requirements, the stronger the power. This is only natural."

Shen Xuan gently stroked the Tai Chi Immortal Map suspended in front of him, musing deeply.

The main materials of this map came from himself, so they could be said to be interconnected by blood, following his commands as an extension of his arm, extremely harmonious.

Though delighted, there was a tinge of regret.

Nurturing the Tai Chi Immortal Map consumed a great deal of Mental Magical Power.

This meant he had to give up nurturing Treasure Talismans.

Shen Xuan composed himself, then slowly retracted the Tai Chi Immortal Map back into his Dantian.

In the cultivation realm, spiritual artifacts used by Core Formation cultivators are traditionally divided into Lifebound and ordinary.

Ordinary spiritual artifacts need only be refined with magical power to be wielded.

Though handy, ultimately they are external objects.

Lifebound Spiritual Artifacts are vastly different.

They must be integrated into the Dantian using the cultivator’s own Essence Blood as the guide, warmed day and night with Elixir Essence True Flame, with the Divine Soul closely linked to them.

Such refined spiritual artifacts wield power far exceeding the ordinary, akin to an extension of the cultivator’s limbs.

A mere thought and they can be wielded like an extension of oneself.

For this reason, if one’s Lifebound Spiritual Artifact is unwittingly taken, it would be difficult for others to wield it in a short time.

Unless they sacrifice whatever it takes and use even greater magical power to completely obliterate the original owner’s Divine Soul Brand.

However, if that is done, the spiritual artifact’s essence will be damaged, leaving only half of its power.

This is also why in the cultivation realm, others’ Lifebound Spiritual Artifacts seldom sell well.

The greatest wonder of a Lifebound Spiritual Artifact is in its growth.

As long as a cultivator continuously nurtures and tempers it with their own magical power, it can theoretically advance step by step with the master’s realm, with limitless potential.

Shen Xuan’s earlier Ice Soul Divine Sword and Purple Gold True Water Seal followed this path.

However, to this day, these former treasures are no longer suitable for him.

Shen Xuan took out from the Dantian the [True Sun Flame] and [Taichu True Water] he had nurtured.

To forge this Tai Chi Immortal Map.

He naturally wanted to fully nurture it, as the Lifebound Spiritual Artifact, elevating it to the Spirit Treasure tier as soon as possible.

For this, he did not hesitate to take out the True Fire Gourd, Five Flames and Seven Beasts Fan, and other spiritual treasures he relied on in the past from his Dantian, sealing them in the Storage Pouch.

Even the Ice Soul Divine Sword and Purple Gold True Water Seal, due to their singular attributes, were no longer Lifebound Spiritual Artifacts.

At this moment, there were only two items left in his Dantian.

One was the Lifebound Spiritual Treasure Nine-Colored Treasure Lotus, its radiance subdued, Dao Rhyme naturally formed.

The other was the newly formed Tai Chi Immortal Map.

Though only a Top Grade Spiritual Artifact, it subtly showcased a myriad of phenomena and endless transformations.

In the decades to come, he needed to nurture and temper it day and night with his own Tai Chi Primordial Magical Power.

It was a labor of love, requiring persistence to help it break through barriers and achieve the status of a Spiritual Treasure.