I Can Accumulate Proficiency, Starting from Alchemy

Ilan Yi’s countenance remained unchanged.

However, he sighed lightly in his heart. His actions just now had undoubtedly offended Fu Xuanxu.

Although Fu Xuanxu didn’t say anything and didn’t punish him, his image in Fu Xuanxu’s heart had undoubtedly been tarnished.

Self-preservation, fear of death, indifference to a crisis in the sect – these labels now adhered to him.

But he was not regretful.

If he had been asked to establish his foundation before learning that inheriting divine soul could potentially cause anomalies in the Sea of Consciousness, thereby making it possible for a cultivator to achieve a first-class Immortal Foundation, he would have agreed with an 80% certainty.

But before he could leverage the Ninefold Soul Tower and see the light of hope, giving up the possibility of a first-class Immortal Foundation was unthinkable to him.

So, even if it meant offending a Supreme Elder, he was willing to assume the consequences.

The heaviness in Han Yi’s heart flashed for an instant, only to be deliberately dismissed by him.

His path of immortality was his own to pursue. Other people’s opinions were temporary and irrelevant to him.

At this moment, his Dao heart seemed to have undergone a baptism, becoming more lucid and transparent.

Han Yi initially came to Azure Dragon Palace to inquire about more information from below the mountain. The cultivators on Combat Peak had already returned to their respective Inner and Outer Peaks, received missions within their respective Immortal Peaks, and then proceeded to implement them.

However, following Fu Xuanxu’s ‘reminder’, Han Yi descended the tower and refrained from actively seeking further information.

His Dao heart was now purified, and he knew what he needed to do next.

Foundation establishment, foundation establishment, building a first-class Immortal Foundation.

Before that, he needed to condense the first layer of the Ninefold Soul Tower. As for how to accomplish it, it obviously required him to push this skill past its limit and step into the realm of Peak Mastery.

So, his upcoming cultivation had become straightforward for him.

Proficiency level.

Han Yi put off any delay. After leaving Azure Dragon Palace, he swiftly returned to the courtyard, reactivated the array. Now, he planned to stay put until he made the breakthrough, even if a Supreme Elder or Yuan Shun came in person.

Upon his return to the quiet room, Han Yi sat cross-legged on a cushion. His consciousness sank into the Sea of Consciousness. The divine soul, which also sat cross-legged in the Sea of Consciousness, opened its eyes and gazed at the towering impression of the Soul Tower occupying his entire Sea of Consciousness.

Then, the divine soul continuously perceived it in intricate threads, unremittingly.

This was the cultivation method of the Ninefold Soul Tower: ceaselessly perceiving it with a divine soul.

In the courtyard, transformation began.

As time went by, the progress of the ‘Fire is Purely Green’ on his proficiency panel kept increasing.

3/100,13/100, 28/100…

As Han Yi resumed his closed-door cultivation, the outside world underwent drastic changes, and Xuandan Sect’s situation became increasingly dangerous.

Three months later.

Lin Ya, number two on the Heaven List from Vermilion Bird Peak, was killed in battle.

Five months later.

Master Fire Phoenix from Azure Dragon Peak, ranked number one on the Earth Ranking, broke through to the Golden Core Stage and beheaded the third deputy sect master of the Heavenly Soul Sect outside Fubian City in Nanyang County.

Seven months later.

Yuan Shun took action. Amid the encirclement of five Golden Core cultivators, he killed a deputy sect master of the Blood God Sect and a Supreme Elder from the Heavenly Soul Sect, but he was also severely injured by the Soul Sect’s Sect Master. He retreated to his sect for closed-door cultivation and has not come out since.

In the following period.

Xuandan Sect entirely withdrew its forces. All the cultivators inside the sect were pulled back from outside the Xuandan Mountain Range. The sect only defended a 300-mile radius around the five Immortal Cities.

Nevertheless, their crisis was not over yet. Secretly or openly, over a dozen Masters Golden Core and hundreds of Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators joined forces to assault them.

The Heavenly Soul Sect, the Blood God Sect, and even other Golden Core Sects and cultivation families in Shu State sent their Gold Core cultivators, intending to snatch the rumored secret Xuandan stash and benefit from the impending downfall of Xuandan Sect.

In a short span of time, the entire Shu State was keeping an eye on Xuandan Mountain Range, witnessing the last days of this Golden Core Sect.

Eight months later.

Inside the quiet room of his courtyard at Azure Dragon Peak, Han Yi opened his eyes. An invisible ripple propagated from his eyes.

At this moment, Han Yi’s divine soul had achieved a level equivalent to that of an average Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator.

In the Sea of Consciousness, his divine soul appeared as large as an ordinary person. In front of the divine soul, the towering Soul Tower had become a real entity at its bottommost level.

[Ninefold Soul Tower (Peak Mastery 1/100)]

Han Yi’s divine soul stepped forward and placed his hand on the Soul Tower, touching the physical form of the Soul Tower for the first time.

At that moment, a divine soul secret skill traveled from the Soul Tower into his divine soul and was instantly mastered by Han Yi.

The Ninefold Soul Tower, the first secret skill – God’s Soul Decay.

Heavenly beings have five signs of decay.

Dirty clothing, wilted hair, sweating armpits, a foul body odor, and discontentment with oneself.

The divine soul has five symptoms of decay, which are similar to those of heavenly beings.

When this soul skill is used, it makes one’s divine soul appear as if it has reached the end of its life span, showing signs of the five decays, and it perishes instantaneously.

This was the soul skill, God’s Soul Decay.

A moment later, Han Yi opened his eyes. His eyes emitted a shocking radiance, which the confines of the quiet room could barely suppress.

This soul skill was astoundingly terrifying.

He calmed down and began to comprehend it carefully.

The next day, Han Yi dismantled the dual-arrays and left the courtyard.

The moment he stepped out, he sensed something was wrong. The Sect Guardian Array, Fourth-stage Array Method, Zhou Heavenly Xuangang Array, had been activated. With Xuandan Peak as the array’s eye, the nine Inner Peaks served as the core nodes, and over a hundred Outer Peaks served as auxiliary nodes, enveloping the entire sect.

The Spirit Light shone brilliantly, and a murderous intent was hidden underneath.

Since he came to this world, this Zhou Heavenly Xuangang Array, had only made an appearance once. That was years ago when Han Yi exposed the mole of the Blood God Sect. It wasn’t activated during other times.

Now, however, it was active, and it seemed like it was being maintained in a constantly operational state. This array was a Fourth-stage Array Method. The amount of top-grade Spirit Stones required to maintain its operation was quite substantial, posing a significant burden on Xuandan Sect..