Chapter 1275 - Scarlet Firmament Stone
The ghost face shrieked, its cry bone-piercing as it cursed Liu Wuxie for his deceit. He had lured it close, only to strike the killing blow when it least expected it.
Liu Wuxie did not waver. The Soul Fire roared higher, swallowing the ghost face in blazing waves. Black miasma poured from the specter's body, and the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron drank it all without a ripple.
As the ghostly energy streamed into the cauldron, part of it flowed into the desolate world, while the Ghost Eye took in another part. The instant it absorbed that energy, subtle changes stirred within the Ghost Eye, and the night around Liu Wuxie sharpened, clearer than before.
Darkness did not hinder cultivators who relied on divine sense, but this felt different. For Liu Wuxie, the night itself brightened until it seemed no different from daytime.
"Could the Ghost Eye really be one of the Eight Divine Pupils—the Ghost Pupils?" he murmured.
If so, he had struck gold. The path ahead would still be long before Ghost Eye evolved into the Ghost Pupils, but the thought alone sent a thrill through him.
He wondered what other powers would surface once Ghost Eye completed its evolution, whether he could command darkness itself to bolster his combat strength. When the refinement ended, the ghostly energy had nudged his cultivation forward again, pushing him closer to the fifth-level Origin Conversion Realm.
Dawn broke, and no other ghosts came prowling. He drew in the array flags and gazed into the distance, where a golden pillar speared the sky.
"This is..." Shock tightened his face. That radiance did not belong to a mere artifact. It was a treasure, one that had already awakened and fled.
"The Scarlet Firmament Stone!" Realization flashed. This was a stone that had developed spiritual properties.
A spiritually awakened Scarlet Firmament Stone was priceless, capable of forging artifacts suited to the Void Realm.
The Scarlet Firmament Stone vanished into the mountains, and cultivators poured after it. Among the pursuers, he spotted abyssal devils, elves, and other races racing in the same direction.