The treasures kept in this hidden underground palace are the most important core tomes of the Guan Chao Pavilion, mainly comprised of water manipulation techniques. Each of these classics, if released to the outside world, could stir up tides of blood and chaos in the cultivation world. However, Su Jie’s goal was not these books. For Su Jie now, there was no need to learn such water element techniques; it’s better to focus on the depth rather than the breadth of cultivation techniques. Suddenly, Su Jie’s eyes lit up as he found an ancient-looking classic text. "Purple Palace Secret Words" Su Jie stared intently at this tome, for this was exactly what Su Jie wanted to find. Upon opening it, the content within was indeed as Su Jie had anticipated, all about cultivation in the Purple Mansion Realm and the secrets of the Yang God. Since its founding, the Guan Chao Pavilion had produced three Purple Mansion Great Powers over more than a thousand years. Their insights and realizations about cultivation in the Purple Mansion Realm, their research into it, and their exploration of the next level, the Cave Void Realm, were all recorded in this classic text. In Su Jie’s mind, this was the most valuable item in the Guan Chao Pavilion. Ghost Ridge Palace did not possess this. Except for the founding patriarch, no subsequent Purple Mansion Cultivators were able to break through that realm. With the long passage of time, and after multiple relocations, Ghost Ridge Palace either lost or abandoned the Patriarch’s legacy in the chaos of warfare. As Su Jie was nearing the cusp of advancing to the Purple Mansion Realm, everything about this realm was like a dense fog, and he couldn’t even discern its level distinctions. He desperately needed this knowledge about the Purple Mansion to clarify his cultivation path and guide his next steps forward. "The Purple Mansion, reaching to the heavens, shall first transcend the mansion, golden bed and jade table, dazzling brilliant..." Sitting cross-legged, Su Jie opened the tome and began to study it meticulously, savoring the inner essence word by word. The more he read, the more Su Jie’s furrowed brows relaxed. "So it is, the three-layer realm of the Purple Mansion, my Yang God is almost at the second layer." Su Jie murmured to himself, eyes filled with joy. Through studying this collection of insights from the generations of Purple Mansion Great Powers of the Guan Chao Pavilion, Su Jie understood various aspects about the Purple Mansion Realm. The Purple Mansion Realm consists of three subdivisions: Purple Mansion, Upper Elixir, and Heavenly Palace, or it can be more simply categorized as Purple Mansion Realm First Layer, Second Layer, and Third Layer. Three inches inward between the brows is the Purple Mansion, which is also the nurturer of the Yang God. To break through the Purple Mansion, one must clear the seven orifices, counter the innateness, refine the tens of thousands of acupoints in the brain, and once accomplished, the Yang God may leave the body, achieving the Purple Mansion. However, Su Jie is an exception. He had already cultivated the Yang God at the Taoist Platform Realm, surpassing the hardest hurdle. Now, ascending to the Purple Mansion Realm is just a matter of water polishing skills for Su Jie. Just breaking through to the Purple Mansion Realm, the Yang God contained ten Golden Cores, marking the first level of the Purple Mansion Realm. At this level, it’s necessary to continuously enhance the strength of the Yang God, essentially increasing the number of Golden Cores. When the number of Golden Cores reaches ninety-nine, or nine multiplied by nine, eighty-one in total, one can then attempt to break through to Purple Mansion Realm Second Layer, refining the Upper Elixir. The so-called Upper Elixir is located one inch two parts above the Purple Mansion, a void acupoint containing Innate Qi. Refining the Upper Elixir can counteract the human body’s innate Qi, remold the physical body, transform from acquired to innate, extending longevity by a thousand years, and refining the physical body into an Innate Divine Body, thereby achieving the might of the Ancient Heavenly People with every move and strike. But refining the Upper Elixir to the extreme results in opening the Sensing Heaven Palace, which corresponds to the Purple Mansion Realm Third Layer. The Heavenly Palace still aligns with the position of the Upper Elixir, requiring the cultivator to refine the virtual, materialize the real, and establish the Heavenly Palace. The term "Purple Mansion" in the Tianyuan World also denotes the residence of immortals, the palatial abode for immortals. The Purple Mansion Third Layer requires opening a grand and glorious palace within the brain’s sea of consciousness to house the Yang God, allowing it to ascend the throne as an Emperor, shepherding all sacred entities, becoming the sovereign of life. This multitude of sacred entities refers to the human cells, with each leaf representing a universe, each grain of sand a world, understanding the human body as a microcosm, with each cell containing immense power. Only by reaching the Purple Mansion Realm Third Layer can one fully delve into and extract the latent power of the human body. These three subdivisions represent the cultivation path of the Purple Mansion Realm. Currently, Su Jie’s Purple Mansion contains 72 Golden Cores, which means once he ascends to the Purple Mansion Realm, he could achieve the late stage of the Purple Mansion Realm First Layer. Once the Upper Elixir is refined and the innate body is cultivated, he could immediately attain the cultivation of Purple Mansion Realm Second Layer. Yet, the Purple Mansion Realm Third Layer remains quite challenging for Su Jie; establishing a palace hall within the sea of consciousness seems a bit far-fetched. But what surprised Su Jie the most was the fragmentary knowledge about the Cave Void Realm recorded in this tome. "The Void Realm practitioners refine the false into the true, transforming the Pocket World into an external palace, complementing the human body universe, eventually becoming the Hollow." Su Jie pondered deeply, deducing from the text that advancing to the Void Realm likely requires refining a Pocket World. However, as the tome described the Cave Void Realm vaguely, because the Purple Mansion Cultivator who wrote this hadn’t even reached the third layer of their realm, their description of the Void Realm was largely speculative. The entire Da Li Dynasty, known from historical records, had only the founding emperor ever achieved the Void Realm. Subsequently, no one in the Da Li Dynasty ever reached this realm again. The history of Da Li Dynasty’s establishment is too ancient to be verified. Even if there were strong practitioners of the Void Realm, they are buried deep within the river of history. "It seems the knowledge about the Void Realm lies with the Da Li Royal Family." Gaining this insight, Su Jie realized that to understand the path to the Void Realm, seeking out the Da Li Royal Family is surely the right approach. The fall of Guan Chao Pavilion, the death of one hundred thousand righteous cultivators, and the rise of Ghost Ridge Palace as the undisputed overlord of Qingzhou lamentably mark the region’s future as dark and dismal. Following the battle at Firefly Sea, the news of Ghost Ridge Palace’s ultimate triumph spread like wildfire. This sent ripples throughout Qingzhou, the Da Li Dynasty, and shocked both the righteous sects and demon sects of the world. Many people initially heard that Ghost Ridge Palace declared war on Guan Chao Pavilion. Outside Qingzhou, most cultivators who had heard of this thought Ghost Ridge Palace was overestimating its capabilities. For so many years, the righteous had always suppressed the demonic, and Guan Chao Pavilion was the leader of Qingzhou’s righteous sects. For a previously obscure Demon Sect like Ghost Ridge Palace to launch an attack seemed like asking for death. But when the news of utter annihilation of the Guan Chao Pavilion and Ghost Ridge Palace’s rise to dominance arose, countless people were bewildered. The power center of Da Li Dynasty, after Ghost Ridge Palace had annihilated the commander they sent, Meng Hui, had intended to take action. With this news, their plans had to be halted, opting to observe the situation closely. In Chongzhou, the stronghold for demonic sects, the news caused equal shock, with many Demon Sects expressing envy—not only for Ghost Ridge Palace’s plunder of immense fortune from Guan Chao Pavilion but also for the power to become the voice of Qingzhou. In Qing Province, the Fire Cloud Palace, which had previously clashed with Su Jie, was astounded. Upon hearing that their old rival, Guan Chao Pavilion, had perished at Su Jie’s hands, the upper echelon of Fire Cloud Palace was terrified, swiftly ordering their sect to heighten vigilance and actively prepare war supplies, with the Red Shining Immortal Palace ready to mobilize at any moment. In Qingzhou, righteous sects felt as if the sky had collapsed. Having always seen Guan Chao Pavilion as their backbone, its demise left them with no central pillar of support, and Ghost Ridge Palace became undoubtedly the strongest sect in Qingzhou. They were destined to deal with this Demon Sect in the future, leaving these righteous sects uneasy, unsure whether Ghost Ridge Palace would wage war to annex them or find other ways to trouble them. Soon enough, their anticipation wasn’t long-drawn. On the third day after the fall of Guan Chao Pavilion, an invitation was sent to various sects in Qingzhou from Ghost Ridge Palace, inviting them to attend a gathering a week later, initiated by Su Sect Master Su Jie, the foremost figure in Qingzhou. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ novel_fіre.net Despite their reluctance, these sects had no choice but to accept and prepare to attend. Given the current strength of Qingzhou’s righteous sects, they had no chance against Ghost Ridge Palace. Of all the righteous sects in Qingzhou, only two Taoist Platform Realm experts remained to stand against Ghost Ridge Palace, not to mention the commanding presence of Su Jie, this formidable demon. The mere name of Su Jie was enough to suppress Qingzhou’s righteous sects.