Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 651: Chapter 651: Nothing Gained

Inside the Great Formation, Xiao Yi sat cross-legged, cultivating.

Several days later, he briefly stopped.

Even though the concentration of Spiritual Energy inside the Spirit Gathering Array was ten times that outside,

it was still not very effective for him.

Of course, it was much better than not cultivating at all.

During his free time, he took out the Ten Thousand Poison Treasure Book given to him by the Poison Emperor.

After flipping through a few pages, Xiao Yi’s eyes lit up.

The Ten Thousand Poison Treasure Book was written by the Poison Emperor himself.

It recorded all the poisons the Poison Emperor had encountered in his lifetime.

These included tens of thousands of poisons, some were Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that grew in remote and perilous places with potent toxins;

some were fear-inducing demon beasts with deadly venom; and some were rare items with astonishing toxicity... and so on.

There were even some poisons that Xiao Yi, a high-grade Alchemist, had never heard of.

”Interesting,” Xiao Yi muttered to himself with a smile.

He turned the pages, enhancing his own knowledge.

On each page, on each type of poison, there were personal insights from the Poison Emperor.

The characteristics of the poison, its potency, effects, what kind of Poison Pills it could be used to refine, how to neutralize it, and so on.

”Impressive,” Xiao Yi couldn’t help but exclaim.

Originally, he had looked at this Ten Thousand Poison Treasure Book out of curiosity.

Now, he was approaching it with an attitude of learning.

Much of this knowledge on poison refining could serve as a reference for his own method of refining.

The Ten Thousand Poison Treasure Book also recorded a vast amount of poisoning cases.

Just in terms of detoxification, his current skills in refining were far inferior to the methods described in the Ten Thousand Poison Treasure Book.

Moreover, if one could detoxify, one could naturally also poison.

The various methods of poisoning and the diverse effects of the Poison Pills recorded therein truly broadened Xiao Yi’s horizons.

Xiao Yi kept flipping through.

When he reached the middle of the treasure book, a Cultivation Technique suddenly appeared.

”Poisonous Evil Eight Desolates,” Xiao Yi showed a hint of surprise.

Poisonous Evil Eight Desolates was a Cultivation Technique without a grade.

Because it was created by the Poison Emperor himself, even the Poison Emperor had never managed to complete it.

Most importantly, this technique was heavily theoretical.

But even the Poison Emperor himself had never personally tried these theories, unsure if they could work.

It was not that the Poison Emperor didn’t try, but that he couldn’t.

Because practicing this technique required special Cultivation Items, ”Poison Evil,” and these had to be the strongest types of Poison Evils in the world.

There are many types of Evils.

Poison Evil, Ice Evil, Fire Evil, Wind Evil... and so on.

At the same time, there were different levels of strength among them.

Just like flames, there are the strongest, top-tier, first-class, second-class, third-class, and various other levels.

Purple Crystal Spirit Flame, Earth Vein Golden Fire, and so on, are the strongest flames.

Sky Blue Fire, Separation Fire, and so on, are second-class flames.

Ordinary demon beast’s fire is third-class.

Evils have a similar classification.

To practice Poisonous Evil Eight Desolates, one needs to use the strongest level of Poison Evil.

But to date, the Poison Emperor had never found a strongest Poison Evil.

He had to settle for less, using a large amount of Black Sea Poison, Soul Devouring Spider Poison, and many other types of poisons, to forcefully create a top-tier Poison Evil with his own methods for cultivation.

Therefore, many theoretical aspects of the Poisonous Evil Eight Desolates technique remained unconfirmed.

However, the Poison Emperor still ranked among the top three of the Eight Great Commanders based on this technique.

However, after seeing the Poisonous Evil Eight Desolates technique, Xiao Yi speculated that the Poison Emperor’s true strength was probably not just among the top three.

Perhaps not even Emperor Yee, the leader of the Eight Emperors, was sure to win against the Poison Emperor.

If the strongest level of Poison Evil were ever found, the power of this technique would be extremely astonishing.

Furthermore, the theories behind this Cultivation Technique suggest that it’s not only Toxic Evil that can be used for cultivation.

Ice Evil, Fire Evil, and other forms of Evil Energy could be utilized as well.

Even if the Evil Energy of the Eight Desolates were completely gathered and fused into a singular mighty Evil Energy, this Cultivation Technique could truly be earth-shattering.

”Amazing, truly amazing, no, a genius,” Xiao Yi continuously praised.

The Poison Emperor was evidently an Alchemy and Poison Refining genius.

He had remarkably extraordinary insights into both refining and poison refining.

Of course, now, Xiao Yi could only offer his praise.

He hadn’t seen the most powerful level of the Toxic Evil and could not cultivate it.

Moreover, he did not follow the path of poison, so his interest in this Cultivation Technique wasn’t too great.

”Sigh,” Xiao Yi let out a breath.

After finishing the Ten Thousand Poison Treasure Book, he once again immersed himself in cultivation.

Time gradually passed.

A month later, Xiao Yi left the Spirit Gathering Array and went to the Commander’s residence.

He naturally wanted to inquire if there was any news.

However, the response from Emperor Yee deeply disappointed him.

”It’s been a whole month with not a single piece of information,” Emperor Yee said gravely.

”Fifteen national spies and fifteen Main Hall Demon Hunters have almost scoured the Sixteen Flame Dragon Countries thoroughly, to no avail.”

”To no avail? How is that possible?” Xiao Yi exclaimed.

”What about the major dangerous lands?”

”Perhaps, powers like the Everday Ice Palace or the Snow Blade Sect in the Extreme Cold Land? ”

Regarding the Holy Moon Sect, Xiao Yi always speculated that it was one of those forces not recorded in archives and seldom interacted with the outside world.

Otherwise, it was impossible that his long investigation yielded nothing.

Like the Sky-splitting Sword Sect, Thousand Eyes Sect, Wild Martial Sect, Ice Martial Sect, and other major sects and Martial Arts Holy Lands, all were famous.

Merely mentioning their names, almost everyone recognized them.

But on the Flame Dragon Continent, there were innumerable powers, some very strong, yet hardly known.

This was the case with the forces and sects in various perilous lands.

Powers like the Everday Ice Palace and Snow Blade Sect.

These two powers were but a drop in the vast and limitless Extreme Cold Land.

Their fame was significant within the Extreme Cold Land, but virtually unknown outside.

Most importantly, their Martial Artists generally only moved within the bounds of the Extreme Cold Land and rarely interacted with the outside world.

At most, they had some interaction with the Ice Martial Kingdom.

But, the territories of the sixteen countries also encompass several dozen dangerous lands.

Many of these perilous lands were not bordered by any nations.

These lands’ sect forces, some even stronger than the Everday Ice Palace, were even less famous.

Martial Artists within these regions, despite being strong, rarely ventured from their territories.

It’s truly because the perilous lands themselves are already boundlessly vast.

Xiao Yi’s consistent speculation was about these sects in perilous lands.

Emperor Yee shook his head, saying, ”The Royal Families of various nations even sent Extreme Realm Experts to lead teams of Heavenly Element Realm Peak Martial Artists into these dangerous lands.”

”The teams of strong individuals from various nations searched through dozens of perilous sites; they even specifically inquired about well-known sect forces in these lands.”

”The sects you mentioned, they simply do not exist.”

”Impossible,” Xiao Yi frowned.

A few days ago, Emperor Yee continued, ”I went through the records in the fortress.”

”You should know, the East Sea Fortress is the most critical defensive line for Human Martial Artists, assembling nearly all the top Martial Artists from across the continent.”

”That means, any sect force with significant Martial Artist power should be on record here.”

”Even those unknown sects from the major dangerous lands.”

”Just under my Rock Army, many Martial Artists are from these perilous regions.”

”Yet, our fortress’s records have absolutely no mention of the sect you’re talking about.”

”Kid, you might have been played,” Emperor Yee said with a frown.

”How could that be,” Xiao Yi’s eyes narrowed, a frigid intent overwhelming his gaze, his fists cracking.

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The third update.