Bai Ying knew almost nothing about the conditions required to break through to the Void Refinement stage.
Throughout her long cultivation career, she has witnessed too many Nascent Soul stage cultivators being trapped at the late-stage bottleneck, unable to make any progress in their entire lives.
What's most disheartening is that these cultivators often can't even find a direction for breakthrough, like groping forward in the dark without being able to even touch a door.
Those cultivators who successfully advance to the Void Refinement stage either obtained some extraordinary opportunity or mastered an ancient secret cultivation technique.
Bai Ying had heard that a Nascent Soul cultivator in the Eastern Continent accidentally obtained a "Mysterious Heaven Creation Pill" while exploring an ancient cultivator's cave. After consuming it, he directly broke through to the Void Refinement stage. Furthermore, a cultivator in the Southern Wilderness sacrificed his own life to use a forbidden secret technique in order to barely cross that insurmountable barrier.
However, Bai Ying was different from them. Since cultivating the "Tai Xu Shen Zhao Jing" bestowed upon her by Senior Bai Li, she finally glimpsed a clear path to breakthrough—dispersing her cultivation and starting anew, breaking through and then establishing anew.
The "Great Void Return to One Technique" recorded in this technique clearly states that when a cultivator reaches the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, if they can actively disperse all their power and activate this technique at the moment their cultivation level drops, they can draw upon the primordial energy of heaven and earth to infuse their body and break through to the Void Refinement stage in one fell swoop.
But this seemingly simple method actually involves risks and stringent conditions that are hard for ordinary people to imagine.
First, for ordinary cultivators, abandoning their cultivation and starting over is tantamount to suicide. In the weakened state of having lost all their power, even a casual enemy or a demonic beast could easily take their life. Second, during the rebuilding process, one must maintain unwavering Dao heart; the slightest carelessness can lead to cultivation deviation and demonic possession. Most importantly, the spiritual energy required to cultivate to the Void Refinement stage is unimaginable.
However, as soon as Bai Ying entered the spring, she knew that it contained a thousand-year-old bone-corroding power. With so much spiritual energy being cleansed by the jade pendant, it could not be absorbed by her without any resistance. This was the perfect opportunity to cultivate to the Void Refinement stage.
Bai Ying didn't hesitate any longer. She took a deep breath, a resolute glint in her eyes.
With her slender fingers forming hand seals, she set up several hidden formations around her body, and then activated the secret technique from the "Tai Xu Shen Zhao Jing" to dissipate all her internal energy.
In an instant, the spiritual power within her body surged forth like water bursting its banks, but was then sealed off by the array, preventing any leakage.
Outside the cave, the powerful aura that could be clearly sensed suddenly vanished, as if it had evaporated into thin air.
The Xuan Tian Sect members guarding outside the cave immediately changed their expressions.
"What happened?" Wei Ji looked up abruptly, his pupils shrinking. "The White Fairy's aura... how did it completely disappear?"
Master Tinglan's expression darkened, and he immediately raised his hand to form a hand seal, trying to sense Bai Ying's presence. However, when he swept his divine sense across the area, it was as if he had entered a void—there was nothing there, as if she had never existed.
"Not good!" His heart tightened, and he immediately shouted, "Form the array! Seal off this place!"
The cultivators of the Xuantian Sect reacted swiftly, instantly forming a defensive array that completely sealed the cave entrance, preventing the Wan Du Sect from noticing anything amiss. Inside the array, True Person Tinglan's face was extremely grim, his fingers trembling slightly: "Fairy Bai couldn't have disappeared without a reason. What exactly did she do inside?"
Wei Ji gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go in and take a look!"
As soon as he stepped into the cave, an extremely cold and corrosive force surged forth like a tidal wave. His spiritual energy was uncontrollably drained, and his meridians felt as if they were being pierced by thousands of fine needles, causing excruciating pain. He groaned, staggered backward, and retreated, his face deathly pale.
"This spring water... there's something wrong with it!" Wei Ji's voice trembled. "The corrosive power inside is terrifying! My spiritual energy was almost drained! If Fairy Bai were inside, I'm afraid..."
"Shut up!" Master Tinglan interrupted sharply, but a hint of panic flashed in his eyes.
He refused to believe it and stepped into the cave himself, but after only a few steps, he was also forced back by that strange corrosive force. What was even more terrifying was that he couldn't sense Bai Ying's presence at all, as if she had been completely devoured by this force.
Master Tinglan staggered backward, his face deathly pale, a sense of foreboding spreading wildly through his heart.
“It’s over…” he murmured.
The members of the Xuantian Sect exchanged glances, their expressions extremely grave. If Bai Ying were to perish here, the consequences would be unimaginable!
"This matter must not be revealed!" Master Tinglan gritted his teeth and shouted, "Everyone, stay here. If anyone from the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect asks, say that Fairy Bai is in seclusion and meditating, and do not disturb her!"
Everyone nodded heavily, but their hearts were already filled with turbulent waves.
As time passed day by day, the people of Xuantian Sect continued to pray.
However, with no movement for many days, how could the elders of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect not have noticed anything amiss?
"Enough time has passed. No matter how strong Bai Ying is, she should be dead by now."
His sinister gaze, like that of a venomous snake, locked onto the direction of the cave, and a chilling smile slowly spread across his lips.
"What are the people from the Xuantian Sect hiding? Why do they all look so grave? What happened?"
He murmured softly, his withered fingers gently stroking the poison pouch at his waist, his eyes flashing with greed and ruthlessness.
A disciple in a dark green robe immediately bowed and lowered his voice, saying, "Elder, please be wise. Just now, this disciple used the 'Thousand Spider Sensing Technique' to investigate and discovered that Fairy Bai's aura had suddenly vanished without a trace. The Xuan Tian Sect members immediately formed an array to seal off the cave entrance; there must be something fishy going on."
"Heh..." The elder forced a cold laugh from deep in his throat, his withered fingers suddenly tightening. "It seems our White Fairy is in trouble." He slowly raised his wrinkled face, a cruel glint in his eyes. "Let's go 'greet' that high and mighty fairy."
At his command, tens of thousands of Poison Sect disciples immediately emerged from the shadows.
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