Longevity by Grinding Skills

As the Cultivation Technique neared Great Success, the mysteries of the Cloud Scripture Incarnation Technique became increasingly apparent. With a mere thought, the Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi could transform from illusory to real at his will. It could condense into an Armor Shield, form a Cloud Rope, or gather into a sharp offensive weapon. Its myriad transformations were impossible to guard against, becoming a major hidden trump card.

This top-tier Artifact Refining Technique continued to surprise him. As his Skill Level constantly rose, one could even say the Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi wasn’t just for Artifact Refining; it could also be used for both offense and defense, and its power was immense.

It was truly a major ace up his sleeve.

As for Han Shi in the Divine Martial Realm, Xu Yunfan monitored him constantly through the panel.

Han Shi was hiding in the mortal world. He had managed to acquire some money and buy a small courtyard in a city. He was cultivating the *Wansheng Sword Transformation Technique* with ravenous hunger. His Sword Embryo was solidifying by the day, and he was on the verge of stepping into the Sword Embryo Realm.

According to the Wansheng Sword Sect’s classification of Sword Cultivator Realms, the Sword Embryo Realm was equivalent to the Qi Cultivation Realm.

The Spiritual Qi in the Divine Martial Realm was thin and impure, far from the purity and density of the Taihua Spirit Ruins Realm.

However, the *Wansheng Sword Transformation Technique* that Han Shi cultivated didn’t rely too heavily on Spiritual Qi.

With the Sword Embryo alone, he could become unrivaled in the world.

There was naturally no need to worry about him. Besides, the incarnation had a treacherous and cunning personality; unless he was actively seeking death, it would be quite difficult for him to die.

Xu Yunfan observed coolly from the sidelines, taking no action. He simply shared Han Shi’s top-tier comprehension in secret, using it to understand the *Wansheng Sword Transformation Technique*.

With the help of the Attribute Panel, Han Shi’s Sword Dao insights were being continuously and unilaterally extracted without him ever knowing.

As for the various malicious thoughts swirling in Han Shi’s mind, Xu Yunfan had long been aware of them but chose to ignore them.

As long as the Attribute Panel’s firm restraint was in place, even if Han Shi could turn the heavens upside down, he could never escape the palm of his hand.

With the Attribute Panel assisting his Cultivation, he naturally understood that the Cloud Scripture Incarnation created by the *Profound Capital Eight Sceneries Celestial Refining Creation Cloud Scripture* was, in essence, a condensation of one’s own darkest and most twisted negative emotions, formed into an incarnation with an independent personality.

Han Shi’s actions in the Divine Martial Realm perfectly matched the profile of a complete sociopath.

He was selfish, greedy, violent, and utterly without moral restraint, even treating the lives of mortals as worthless weeds.

While cultivating the *Wansheng Sword Transformation Technique*, not only did Han Shi devour the Vitality of living beings to nourish his Sword Embryo, but he also rampaged through mortal cities, slaughtering people to sharpen his Sword Intent. His methods were so cruel that even Xu Yunfan secretly frowned.

But Xu Yunfan did not interfere.

On one hand, Han Shi’s actions did indeed accelerate the gestation of the Sword Embryo, providing him with purer Sword Dao insights.

On the other hand, he knew in his heart that the more insane Han Shi became, the more it proved the "massive pitfall" that was the true nature of the Cloud Scripture Incarnation Technique.

The incarnation created by this Cultivation Technique was fundamentally a manifestation of a Cultivator’s inner darkness. Without the absolute control of the Attribute Panel, the one to eventually turn on and consume the main body would likely be just such an inhuman monster.

Time flowed like water.

The years slipped by quietly amidst the circulation of his True Martial Magical Power, his study of the Grafting Skill, and the repetitive CLANGING sounds of Cloud Scripture artifact refining.

On this day, brilliant light flowed within the Quiet Chamber.

The last wisp of pure Kun Earth Cloud Qi between Xu Yunfan’s fingers retracted into his body. Before him, the Eight Sceneries Cloud Cauldron—refined from dozens of Spiritual Materials and with an ever-shifting form—slowly dissipated into the void.

Almost simultaneously, in his Sea of Consciousness, the Realm indicator for the *Profound Capital Eight Sceneries Celestial Refining Creation Cloud Scripture* completely stabilized into a dazzling [Great Success]!

"Your *Profound Capital Eight Sceneries Celestial Refining Creation Cloud Scripture* has reached Great Success."

A line of golden text floated across his vision, causing the tension in his heart to ease slightly.

Ever since he had entered the Dao through martial arts, besides the *True Martial Demon Suppressing Scripture*, only the *Profound Capital Eight Sceneries Celestial Refining Creation Cloud Scripture* had reached Great Success.

Fifteen years of hard work had finally led to Perfection.

As he felt the massive amount of cultivation experience and imagery transmitted from the Attribute Panel in his mind, Xu Yunfan’s Divine Sense felt as if it had been swept into a vast, torrential flood.

Countless profound insights about Artifact Refining twinkled like stars in his Sea of Consciousness.

The precise control of the Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi, the method for analyzing the essence of Spiritual Materials, the perfect integration of Runes and Dao Principles...

All this experience, which would have originally taken hundreds of years of bitter cultivation to accumulate, was now being branded deep into his Divine Soul like a sacred Empowerment.

What shook his Heart and Spirit the most were the key principles for refining a "Spiritual Treasure"!

Spiritual Treasures, unlike ordinary Magical Artifacts and Magical Treasures, were ultimate treasures that contained the spiritual rhythm of heaven and earth and formed their own Dao Principles.

After the *Profound Capital Eight Sceneries Celestial Refining Creation Cloud Scripture* reached Great Success, the Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi could now simulate the essence of all things, turning the illusory into the real.

He "saw" how the Cloud Qi flowing from his fingertips transformed into the image of the Innate Eight Trigrams. He saw the Kun Earth Cloud Qi carrying immense weight, the Li Fire Cloud Qi incinerating illusions, and the Kan Water Cloud Qi nourishing all things...

The eight types of Cloud Qi, through their Mutual Generation and Mutual Inhibition, could actually, under the optimal path deduced by the panel, perfectly replicate the chaotic spiritual rhythm from the dawn of creation.

What surprised Xu Yunfan even more was the method for "Nurturing Spirit" in a Spiritual Treasure.

This was a hidden part of the *Profound Capital Eight Sceneries Celestial Refining Creation Cloud Scripture*, but upon reaching Great Success, the Attribute Panel had forcibly deduced it, completing the final step of the scripture.

Using one’s Dao Foundation as the furnace and Divine Techniques as the fire, one would place a Magical Treasure in the Purple Mansion to warm and nourish it, allowing it to gradually birth a Spiritual nature.

This was nearly an act of creation itself!

’How is this an Artifact Refining Technique?’ Xu Yunfan’s heart trembled.

’This is clearly a Supreme Secret Method that points directly to the Great Dao!’

At this moment, he finally understood. The true value of the *Profound Capital Eight Sceneries Celestial Refining Creation Cloud Scripture* was never limited to just refining ordinary Magical Treasures.

’Who on earth released this technique?’

Instead of being pleasantly surprised, Xu Yunfan’s brow furrowed deeply.

The incident where Li Baichuan came to provoke him and was subsequently killed now seemed rather abrupt in hindsight.

It was obvious someone was fishing, hoping someone else would take the bait.

But as things stood, it seemed he had eaten the bait on the hook, and he’d also managed to break the line.

Xu Yunfan wasn’t too happy about this, however.

Xu Yunfan knew all too well about the Golden Core True Monarchs in the Taihua Spirit Ruins Realm, just from looking up the records of the True Monarchs in the Primordial Sect.

These people especially loved to "blast fish" and "gate-camp the Newbie Village."

They didn’t give others any chance to grow.

Therefore, he needed to cultivate the two concealment techniques, the *Green Dragon Thunder Pearl Locking Tribulation and Calming Fortune Technique* and the *Turtle Breath Concealing God Technique*, even more diligently. But most importantly...

A thought stirred in Xu Yunfan’s mind, and an imperceptible ripple spread out from his sleeve.

A simple yet profound, dark-silver bracelet quietly materialized on his wrist.

The entire bracelet was forged from a material that was neither metal nor jade—"Nether Celestial Void Crystal"—which flowed with fine, stardust-like motes. The band was as slender as a string, its surface naturally engraved with overlapping layers of Cloud Talisman patterns. These patterns were as fine as hairs yet secretly resonated with Innate Dao Rhyme.

These patterns were not carved by hand; they were the "Chaotic Star Orbit," naturally formed after forty-nine days of forging and spiritual quenching, guided by the ultimate control of the Attribute Panel over the Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi.

Where the clasp met, a grain-of-rice-sized "Obscure Instrument Profound Drill" was inlaid, constantly devouring the surrounding light.

This item was a Celestial Secret Treasure that Xu Yunfan had been fortunate enough to refine. He had used his Great Success Realm in the *Profound Capital Eight Sceneries Celestial Refining Creation Cloud Scripture*, expended countless rare and precious materials, and had been aided by the Attribute Panel’s extreme micromanagement, which could practically perceive the Origin of all things.