Celestial Emperor 2
Ch. 597 - Flashback Cultivation

Hearing this Qin Shan's body shuddered and a chill blew on his back. Such a powerful Ghost alone was only at the ninth rank, how was the strength of the Overwhelming Ghosts ranked at the top?

Right now, the only thing Qin Shan could do to survive in this place was to use the Hungry Spirit Killing Gods. However, this magical treasure even only had half its original strength, it would obviously not be enough to face the highest-ranked Full of Revenge Ghosts.

“Maybe I should hide somewhere to clear this test without fighting in the slightest. It would be very troublesome if I met the Ghost Full of Revenge once again.” Qin Shan was seen thinking while stroking his chin.

From the very beginning, the purpose of the test in this place was only to last for ten years, not to eradicate all the ghosts here. In addition, Ji Zhufei and the followers of Qin Shan also advised him to hide and wait somewhere until the exam was over.

A while after, Qin Shan's figure had darted into light and disappeared into the distance. He is currently looking for a safe haven that can be used to hide in a few years. His Spiritual Will continued to sweep the land beneath him meticulously as he flew over the sky. From above here Qin Shan could see very many Forgotten Souls pacing around the entire land. They are still trying to keep looking for him even though they know that he will not be captured.

Qin Shan took several days to explore the island until he finally found an ideal hiding place.

Under his feet was currently a large well that was naturally formed and had endless depths. This well is like an entrance to access the thousands of natural tunnels that are in there. The place was rocky and vaguely created an independently formed Natural Protection Array. It is a fortune to find a place like this.

The well, which is at least nearly a thousand meters in diameter, has a depth of up to hundreds of kilometers. Although this well is very large, but when viewed from far away this well will not be seen because there are rocky hills surrounding the place.

After thinking for a while, Qin Shan immediately entered into it and examined it closely. He certainly did not want anything to threaten when he was in hiding. After confirming that there was no danger whatsoever in the entire place, Qin Shan thought of entering one of the tunnels that were in the most basic of holes.

At the bottom of the well was filled with waves of rock sticking up, some naturally formed tunnels were also there. Qin Shan chose to enter the tunnel that looks ordinary and began to go further inside the tunnel.

The rocky tunnel has a winding path and up and down to make Qin Shan a little difficult to access it. This tunnel was tens of kilometers long and led to an enormous and vast cave. Once at the end of the tunnel, Qin Shan was instantly stunned and clucked in awe.

“Unbelievable, I never expected that a place as beautiful as this would be on the third exam island.” inside there Qin Shan could see some glowing stones stuck on the ceiling of the cave. Then there are also large stones on which there is an unknown plant that grows.

While Qin Shan was still in a feeling of awe and amazement, Ji Zhufei who was on Lotus Island in his dantian also felt surprised.

“Oh, have you arrived at Thousand Devil Caves? I thought you would never find it in this place.” said Ji Zhufei and felt amazed by Qin Shan.

“What is Thousand Devil Caves?” Qin Shan asked back and his expression suddenly became gloomy.

“Thousand Devil Caves is a place where me and my comrades used to take refuge during the third exam.I admit that this place is indeed very safe from the pursuit of Forgotten Souls out there.” Ji Zhufei explained with a laugh, but his smile instantly disappeared upon learning that Qin Shan was in a bad mood.

“You just said something this important to me? Why didn't you tell me the first time I entered the third island?” qin Shan's expression grew grim as he said all this.

Hearing this Ji Zhufei instantly felt a chill creep down his back and terror appear in his heart. He knew that right now Qin Shan must be angry with him.

“Oh.” Hearing all those explanations, Qin Shan was able to calm himself back down and reply briefly.

As Ji Zhufei had said before, this place was extremely safe and sealed off from the outside world. The chances of the Forgotten Souls to find this place was extremely small, it was even practically impossible.

After setting up some cultivation resources such as the Dao Energy Vessel and the Primal Grade Spiritual Energy Vessel, Qin Shan immediately cultivated on top of a large piece of rock in the cave.

Qin Shan thought of gaining an inspiration in a situation like this, after all if there was no improvement then he would only be tormented. That was why he had to make the most of the present situation.

The Primal-grade Spiritual Energy Vessels would grant him limitless Elemental Energy, while the Dao Energy Vessels would help his enlightenment process gain an inspiration. Every second, hour, day, and month Qin Shan passed by contemplating his cultivation base from the very bottom level. He was trying to find a gap between all the cultivation levels he had gone through in the past.

Realizing that he did not find any awkwardness during his cultivation to understand himself, Qin Shan ultimately chose to refine his cultivation base completely. Currently, his cultivation base still tended to the path of a Lotus Cultivator rather than a Meridian Cultivator. That was why Qin Shan was trying to start his Meridian cultivation from the very beginning, the Foundation stage!

At the Foundation stage, a cultivator would start building his own daemonic foundation. Since Qin Shan previously had no dao foundation, starting 'cultivation flashbacks' at the Foundation stage would help him greatly.

Although Qin Shan was currently a Great Circle at the Immortal Venerable stage, but his almighty cultivation base was being suppressed to the lowest stage now. In his current spiritual sea, a terrifying amount of energy began to churn uncontrollably. Simultaneously, through the condensation of spiritual energy, appeared blue-colored pillars that looked extremely beautiful and charming.

Qin Shan who witnessed this became extremely excited. It had been a long time since his spiritual sea had undergone such a huge change, this time he would definitely obtain something extraordinary.

Over time, in the spiritual sea of Qin Shan there were already three huge pillars towering high. The three pillars had different auras of dao spirituality. The Sword Dao, Dao Array, and Demon Dao. All the pillars representing Qin Shan's dao shone with a bright golden light!

Qin Shan felt extremely excited as he looked at the three blue-colored pillars. It turned out that all this time he had an extremely rare and terrifying talent, the Talent of 'Towards Sage'!

“Based on what was written in the book Path to Immortal God, if one were to awaken a blue-colored pillar with overwhelming power in his spiritual sea, he said, then that person would have the chance to become a Sage who reached the Heavenly Dao!” Qin Shan was very joyful now. So far, the cultivation base recorded in Path to Immortal God has only stuck at the Immortal God stage. But there are actually several more stages, and to enter these stages requires special requirements that are impossible to do.

Sage was a stage after Immortal God, in order to enter that stage one needed to reach the highest Heavenly Dao and carve out his destiny in the Altar of the Universe. For the time being Qin Shan might not know it, but in the future he swore that he would seek those answers with his own strength!

Several months have passed since the stages of building the foundation began to stabilize. Qin Shan was now trying to 'flash back cultivation' to enter the Gold Core stage. However, just before he had broken through to the Gold Core stage, there was again a commotion and turmoil in his spiritual sea. This time, a much more terrifying and majestic energy seeped into his body surprisingly.

The Dao of the Heavens also churned as the powerful mysterious energy entered Qin Shan's body. The entire aura of dao spirituality in that place was instantly drawn into Qin Shan's body to the point of no end. Then, a blood-red pillar appeared in the middle of his spiritual sea.

A pillar that was far more terrifying than the previous blue-colored pillar!

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