The pill gourd was handed over to Shui Yuan, and Lu Ye left Righteous Peak, heading straight towards Emerald Bamboo Peak. In mid-air, he encountered many juniors flashing by. Upon sensing his aura, they stopped and all respectfully greeted him. Mount Ao is gradually becoming more lively now, because the disciples accepted earlier have gradually advanced in their cultivation, unlike when Lu Ye first joined in those years. Every time he returned to Mount Ao, it felt empty with just a few big and small cats around. Now the Righteous Blood Sect truly exhibits the demeanor a sect should have! The new generation of disciples endlessly emerges, while the cultivation of disciples from previous years continues to climb. Such passing of the torch ensures the continued development and prosperity of a sect. Lu Ye came across a few familiar faces, all part of the earliest group to join Righteous Blood Sect, now mostly at the Cloud River level in terms of cultivation. Compared to his cultivation progress, the speed of improvement in these people's cultivation is very slow, but this is actually the normal pace for a cultivator's advancement. Not to mention Lu Ye himself, but even Hua Ci and Giant Armor are also exceptionally talented individuals who, coupled with sufficient battle merits and achievements, are able to outpace normal people in cultivation speed by a long margin. Currently, Righteous Blood Sect is flourishing on the whole, yet it still lacks high-tier combat prowess, which is not an issue that can be resolved quickly; it's a matter for the future, awaiting countless disciples to ascend to True Lake and Divine Sea, which will eventually improve the situation. This might take ten to twenty years. Emerald Bamboo Peak remains tranquil. As the Peak Master of Emerald Bamboo Peak, Lu Ye holds absolute jurisdiction and authority over his spirit mountaintop. If any disciple wishes to settle on Emerald Bamboo Peak, they must consult him first and receive his consent. Though Lu Ye is rarely at the sect headquarters, even if disciples wanted to establish their cave residences on Emerald Bamboo Peak, they find nowhere to seek approval. With so many spirit mountaintops on Mount Ao to choose from, it's not mandatory to focus on Emerald Bamboo Peak; most disciples eligible to establish cave residences within the sect choose other spirit mountaintops instead. Upon arriving at Emerald Bamboo Peak and scanning with his mental consciousness, Lu Ye was somewhat surprised as he couldn't detect the presence of Yiyi and Amber. Previously, he found it peculiar since he has a pet contract with Amber, and later secured the Life Origin Method and Beast Seal Method. As long as they're not too far apart, he should be able to sense each other; yet upon returning to the sect headquarters this time, he couldn't feel Amber's presence. Attempts to communicate failed as well. Such circumstances only suggest one possibility, Yiyi and Amber aren't in the Nine Provinces! Not being in the Nine Provinces leaves only one destination, which is over at the Unparalleled Continent. Presumably, it's either due to the tediousness of cultivation or the necessity for battle merits, thus they went to Unparalleled Continent to hone themselves. This is also the proper method of cultivation, for continuous seclusion in cultivation can be unwise, as it leads to unstable foundations with unpredictable future repercussions. Taking Lu Ye himself as an example, had he focused solely on elevating his cultivation realm, he could have ascended to the Constellation Realm quite some time ago, yet currently, he remains at Divine Sea Level 8. This is a result of his deliberate suppression of cultivation speed; where advancing cultivation was needed, he advanced cultivation, and where foundation stabilization was needed, he stabilized foundations. Thus, the future path can be longer! Emerald Bamboo Peak appeared unoccupied. Lu Ye stepped into the bamboo building he crafted earlier, tidied up a bit, and sat cross-legged. Three months of struggles in the Taichu Realm, witnessing demonic cultivators of various races across different domains, not only broadened his horizons but also solidified his Level 8 cultivation realm. Now that the Nine Provinces are aligned with stellar space, Constellation Realm cultivators emerge one after another, embarking on the exploration of stellar space. Lu Ye feels it's time for himself to take a step forward too. This session of secluded cultivation aims for the advancement to Divine Sea Level 9! This task doesn't pose much of a difficulty for him; it's simply a matter of spending some time. Before coming to Emerald Bamboo Peak, he had already exchanged enough gold-hued spirit fortune sticks; at this moment, he pulled out a gold-hued spirit fortune stick and crushed it, immediately creating a golden vortex in front of him. The Talent Tree's roots extended inside, greedily devouring! Meanwhile, he calmed his mind and observed the Talent Tree. The Talent Tree now has many burning leaves, and merely those leaves bearing spirit runes amount to several dozen kinds, each rune having played an indelible role in Lu Ye's growth and combat. With his cultivation improvement, along with the constant development of spirit runes on the leaves of the Talent Tree, as of now, the Talent Tree no longer has new spirit runes. But he could inscribe the spirit runes he desired onto those newly burning leaves. The Void Spirit Runes were currently the greatest and only achievements; with these Void Spirit Runes, Lu Ye could often act stealthily during battles in the Taichu Realm, catching enemies off guard, especially when battling with magic cultivators. The Void Spirit Runes made it easy to achieve close-range effects. One Void Spirit Rune brought significant benefits to Lu Ye, and having tasted the essence, he naturally wanted to inscribe more spirit runes. In battles with various talents in the Taichu Realm, Lu Ye realized some of his shortcomings; that was because in several upgrades of the Boulder Mountain Saber, he hadn't focused on its sharpness. Therefore, in this realm, it somewhat lacked the killing power when fighting against enemies! Previously, Lu Ye could enhance the Boulder Mountain Saber with the Sharpness Spirit Rune to improve its killing power, compensating for this shortcoming. If one Sharpness Spirit Rune wasn't enough, he added Double-Sharpness Spirit Runes. But as his cultivation continued to advance, the enemies he encountered grew stronger, making the damage from the Sharpness Spirit Runes insufficient. At this stage, it's already , not to mention reaching the Constellation Realm. Because in the upper three realms, the focus of cultivator cultivation is Essence Qi, where the Constellation Realm corresponds to the Path of Essence! With sufficient essence, and flourishing blood Qi, the body's protection becomes robust, thus necessitating sharper strikes when facing enemies. If you can't break through the enemy's body protection, no matter how refined the combat skills are, they will be futile. To change this, there are only two approaches: one is to increase the sharpness of the Boulder Mountain Saber itself. But such an enhancement is merely a temporary fix, not addressing the root, as a combat cultivator, each battle requires close-range assaults; every slash is exerted with full force. Once the Boulder Mountain Saber becomes sharper, it means it is more prone to damage. As such, perhaps after just a few battles, it would require careful repair, which is quite troublesome. Take the previous battle with Bao Shi as an example; after that battle, the Boulder Mountain Saber had many small chinks, directly affecting its power. Thus, simply reforging the Boulder Mountain Saber to make it sharper is not feasible. All along, the Boulder Mountain Saber has never used sharpness as its characteristic; in several upgrades, Lu Ye focused on its solid texture. Only when it's solid enough can he exert full force while slashing, without worrying the saber will damage in battle, thus affecting his strength. This is the Boulder Mountain Saber's greatest advantage, and Lu Ye isn't preparing to change this trait. So only the second approach remains, finding a solution with spirit runes! After the second metamorphosis of the Talent Tree, possessing the effect of deriving spirit runes, Lu Ye actually had a vague idea - deriving a new Sharpness Spirit Rune with better results than the original. But at that time, because he needed to derive Void Spirit Runes, he couldn't focus on two things at once. Moreover, the idea was too vague, and Lu Ye didn't know how to put it into action until he encountered the Fairy Race in the Fairy Tree World! The fairy's blessing gave him hope. The blessing given by Lü Yingying, from the final result, was no different from spirit runes, both enhancing the Boulder Mountain Saber's killing power, allowing him to dominate against the Insect Race, slashing with ease and ruination. However, the blessing's effects were far better than the Sharpness Spirit Rune. The reason Lu Ye thought of taking Lü Yingying and Hong Dandan wasn't for greed over these two fairies themselves; he merely wanted to bring them back to research their blessing. If through their blessing, he could complete his previous idea of deriving new Sharpness Spirit Runes, that would be ideal. Unfortunately, this never happened as the Reincarnation Tree stopped him before leaving, and the two fairies swapped for leaves from the Reincarnation Tree; whether it was a loss or gain was unknown. Regardless, the fairy wasn't brought back, but Lu Ye ultimately experienced the blessing enhance. At that time, he intentionally felt the blessing's power, having some vague ideas in his mind. Now, it's a matter of whether he can transform those ideas into reality. This is undoubtedly a challenging task, as it requires the derivation of the process from the result. The result is that under the blessing, the Boulder Mountain Saber becomes sharper, and Lu Ye needs to derive a new spirit rune from the Sharpness Spirit Rune to achieve the same effect as the blessing. New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝓷𝓮𝓽 This requires continuous exploration and attempts. Fortunately, Lu Ye currently has sufficient time, as he doesn't need to spend much thought during the cultivation process. He just needs to activate the Talent Tree's power to devour pure spirit force; hence, this derivation wouldn't hinder his cultivation. Immersing his mind, on the newly burning leaves of the Talent Tree, the Yin-Yang Dual Origins began to change and connect, gradually spreading over a leaf, and then onto a neighboring second leaf. With the original Sharpness Spirit Rune as the basis for derivation, this process also seemed to have traces to follow, not entirely imagined. The Talent Tree's derivation is extremely magical; as soon as Lu Ye began deriving, he became completely absorbed, entirely forgetting his surroundings, unaware of his cultivation state. All his energy and spirit were devoted to it. In this state, numerous novel ideas kept emerging in his mind, transforming into each Yin-Yang Dual Origins. The various aspects of the Path of Spirit Runes he had previously learned further collided in his spirit, sparking new and interesting insights. This was a back-to-the-origin-and-new-discovery derivation, and also a summarization of his existing knowledge. Despite being utterly immersed, Lu Ye could still vaguely feel that if this idea succeeded, his proficiency in the Path of Spirit Runes would likely see a great enhancement!