Chapter 556 69: Spirit Ruins Treasure Realm

「Within a quiet and elegant manor at Chongxuan Academy.」

Du Ruo stood respectfully before a small building covered in green vines.

A moment later, a charming girl of about sixteen or seventeen opened the door and said softly, "School Principal Du, the Ji Jiu will see you now."

Du Ruo gave the girl a slight smile, nodded, and walked into the small building.

The building's interior was simple and elegant. An old man with a scholarly air smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you not to disturb my quiet cultivation unless it was for something important? Has something major happened at the academy?"

Du Ruo bowed and said respectfully, "Ji Jiu, an Outer World Dharma Cultivator answered our summons yesterday. He passed the academy's assessment in the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn. His origins are mysterious and his Divine Techniques are astonishing. After careful consideration, I decided I must inform you."

Slightly surprised, the old man glanced at Du Ruo and said, "There aren't many Dharma Cultivators who can earn your admiration."

Du Ruo nodded. "If I'm not mistaken, his physical body is every bit as strong as a Tribulation Realm Body Refining Cultivator's. He killed a Tier Five Nine Netherworld Dragon with a single punch."

"Furthermore, his sword technique is unfathomable. It has the power to slay even a Tribulation Realm Celestial Demon."

After hearing this, the old man pondered for a moment, then nodded. "Someone like that is rare, even among the Spirit Immortal Academies. He must have come here for the Spirit Ruins Magic Competition, I presume?"

Du Ruo said, "It's highly likely. For these Outer World Cultivators, the opportunity to seek guidance from a Spirit Immortal is a rare stroke of heavenly fortune."

The old man smiled. "This is a good thing. If he represents our Chongxuan Academy to challenge the world's cultivators, even if he doesn't make it into the top ten, he probably won't be far off. Add to that Shuang Ling, who is a shoo-in for the top ten, and our academy's prestige will soar. The Immortal Alliance will also allocate more resources to us."

Among the many academies in Qianyu Heaven, Chongxuan Academy could only be ranked in the middle to lower tiers. In previous Spirit Ruins Magic Competitions, School Principals had also participated, but very few ever made it into the top one hundred.

When Du Ruo represented the academy back in his day, he only managed to place ninety-third.

Fortunately, two hundred years ago, the Ji Jiu personally took on a genius disciple. That person has now reached the Peak of Dharma Phase and may one day break through to the Tribulation Realm. The Ji Jiu has placed great hopes in her, intending to do everything in his power to help her break through to the Spirit Immortal Realm.

When that time comes, Chongxuan Academy will become the thirty-seventh Spirit Immortal Academy in the world!

Du Ruo's visit today to report on Fang Cheng was, in a way, also to deliver good news.

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Fang Cheng and the Qiu Sisters were settled in a manor within the academy.

The manor was located next to the tall tower that Du Ruo guarded. It was lush with green trees, and its buildings were elegant, luxurious, and very comfortable.

After becoming a School Principal of the academy, Fang Cheng had two responsibilities—

First, he had to regularly give lectures on cultivation to the disciples within the academy.

Second, he had to assist Du Ruo in guarding the floating continent in the outer domain. If they encountered a Demon Tide, he had to join forces with Du Ruo and the other members of the academy to protect the academy's foundation in the outer domain.

Other than that, he was free to cultivate in peace at the academy.

The academy's collection of books and records, with the exception of a dozen or so legacies stipulated by the Immortal Alliance, was fully open to Fang Cheng as an Outer World Cultivator. This collection included many Tribulation Realm legacies and various Mysterious Secret Techniques.

As he had hoped, Fang Cheng obtained the Spirit Ruins Talisman.

It was a palm-sized jade tablet. On its front was a mysterious star chart where starlight twinkled and flowed slowly, hinting at some profound mystery.

On the back were three ancient words: Spirit Ruins Talisman.

At this moment, Fang Cheng sat in the Quiet Chamber of the manor, holding the Spirit Ruins Talisman. He channeled his Magical Power into the talisman and refined it in an instant.

Then, with a thought, he activated the talisman.

His divine soul instantly left his body, was enveloped by a ball of radiant light that emerged from the Spirit Ruins Talisman, and vanished in a flash.

The next moment, Fang Cheng's divine soul appeared above a sea of clouds.

A ball of spiritual light flashed in the void.

First, a skeleton composed of countless white motes of dust flashed into view, followed by dark red and greenish-blue blood vessels that continuously wrapped around the bones, growing more and more numerous...

A tall, handsome human figure emerged.

Countless points of spiritual light formed organs, muscles, and skin... A human body, identical to Fang Cheng's, appeared in the air.

Fang Cheng's divine soul descended into this physical body. His eyes opened, his face filled with astonishment.

'As expected of a Sixth-rank Magical Artifact, it can truly manifest the virtual into reality!'

He clenched one hand, and his immense Physical Strength made the air explode. This body was completely identical to his real one.

Spiritual light flickered around him, and his various Magical Treasures appeared one by one: the Nine Yi Cauldron, the Mountain-Slaying Flying Sword, the Feather Divine Soldiers, the Fire God Gu...

Only the Creation Golden Talisman in his sea of consciousness did not appear here.

'The rank of the Creation Golden Talisman is probably even higher than a Tier Six Top Grade magical artifact...'

Inadvertently, Fang Cheng had just confirmed another of his previous suspicions.

With a wave of his great sleeve, he put away the many treasures and looked into the distance.

A one-hundred-zhang-tall, ancient, and majestic stone gate stood in the void.

Behind the stone gate, six more stone gates were arranged in a straight line, each one taller than the last!

It was as if a massive, invisible staircase in the void connected the seven Celestial Gates.

Far beyond the seven Celestial Gates, high in the sky, lay a vast sea of clouds.

Countless magnificent, golden-tiled immortal palaces and pavilions rested upon it, with Spiritual Beasts and Immortal Birds appearing and disappearing among them.

From a distance, the sea of clouds and its immortal palaces looked like an unreachable, painted scroll.

That was the Spirit Ruins Treasure Realm.

Treading on Profound Light, Fang Cheng leisurely flew high into the sky, passed through the seven magnificent stone gates, and entered the Spirit Ruins Treasure Realm.

The moment he passed through the final stone gate, a floating cloud a thousand acres in size materialized from thin air within the treasure realm. Countless golden bricks, jade tiles, Immortal Woods, and wondrous stones appeared, assembling into a magnificent Celestial Palace and numerous pavilions and Immortal Pavilions within a few short breaths.

The Celestial Palaces he had seen from outside the stone gates had now "vanished."

Fang Cheng understood. The Celestial Palaces hadn't actually vanished; they were just incredibly far away from him now.

The Spirit Ruins Treasure Realm he had seen from outside the seven stone gates was a version that had been "compressed" countless times over.

Only now, having entered the treasure realm, could he truly appreciate the sheer magnificence of this mysterious void, vast enough to encompass an entire World Heaven.

He descended from his Escape Light, landing upon his own floating cloud Celestial Palace. A sudden understanding bloomed in his mind, and he grasped the functions of the Spirit Ruins Treasure Realm.

Not only could one cultivate and practice their learned Cultivation Techniques here, but they could also have the treasure realm conjure "hypothetical enemies" to spar with. One could fight without fear of death, go all out, and experiment with all sorts of variations.

Of course, one could also discuss the Dao, gather, and spar with friends from the real world here.

No matter how far apart they were in the real world, as long as they constructed a Celestial Palace in this place, they could gather together, saving countless troubles.

For Fang Cheng, this place had a major benefit: he could practice the Mixed Element Seven Tribulations Diagram, which he had just finished comprehending.

He had invested over two million creation points to finally comprehend this Upper Realm Divine Technique to the Small Success Realm.

This treasure realm was realistic and private enough that he could properly test the power of these seven Divine Techniques.

The seven Divine Techniques were—

Primordial Light Division, Five Mountains Qi Suppression, Ziwei Tianzhu, Xuanming Guizang, Yellow Springs Annihilation, All Heaven Star Formation, and Primordial Void!