Cultivation Starts from Farming Chapter 873 - 388: Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure – Ten Thousand Souls Banner (Part 3)

The newborn specter unexpectedly tried to break free from its bonds and retaliate against its master.

"Trying to rebel?"

The wild joy in Xu Ping’s eyes instantly faded, replaced by a touch of coldness.

The demonic treasure is immensely powerful, yet it also carries a risk of vicious backlash.

Xu Ping had anticipated this long ago; how could he not be prepared?

"Suppress!"

Xu Ping uttered in a low voice, like a thunderclap from the nine heavens.

The vast Divine Sense, comparable to that of a Late-Stage Nascent Soul Great Cultivator, erupted without reservation.

Ignoring spatial distance, it pierced through the banner surface in an instant, stabbing fiercely into the core of the gigantic specter’s soul body.

At the same time, his hands changed spells as fast as lightning, countless complex and profound runes emerged from the void like living creatures, branding densely onto the struggling, roaring specter.

Divine Sense imprint and Restriction runes double suppress!

"Roar!"

The specter let out a deafening roar of agony.

However, it still churned like a sea of blood, its resentment soared to the skies, the entire Ten Thousand Souls Banner trembled violently, attempting to break free from this dual shackles.

"Courting death!"

The ice-cold in Xu Ping’s eyes deepened, his thoughts as sharp as a knife.

"Explode!"

The Divine Sense imprint and Restriction runes branded within the specter’s soul body were instantly detonated by Xu Ping.

"Ah—!"

The dark red glow of the gigantic specter’s soul body dimmed rapidly, its ferocious aura deflated like a punctured balloon.

This pain far exceeded the tearing of the soul.

A full half-hour passed.

When the final core Restriction rune, flickering with the aura of extinction, deeply branded itself onto the specter’s illusory, dim forehead, all resistance finally ceased.

The specter’s massive body curled up in the depths of the blood sea.

Its soul body trembled slightly, and those two whirlpools of bloodied "eyes" replaced their ferocity and greed with endless fear and deep awe.

Its gaze towards the figure in the dark robe in front of the altar was like an ant looking up at a deity who holds the power of life and death.

"Very good."

Xu Ping slowly exhaled a foul breath of blood as his tense mind finally relaxed a little.

The backlash from this demonic treasure was far more dangerous than expected.

If it weren’t for his Divine Sense reaching the threshold of Late-Stage Nascent Soul, any top Mid-Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator here would have been devoured and seized by this newborn king of specters, becoming fodder for the demonic banner.

However, Xu Ping knew well that demonic treasures are treacherous, with hidden dangers hard to eliminate.

Suppression alone was not enough, it must be thoroughly refined.

He opened his mouth and spat out a pure Nascent Soul True Flame, containing the aura of the cycle of life and death, which enveloped the entire Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

Another few hours passed, until the specter, under the tempering of the True Flame, became completely docile and silent, without a trace of ferocity, Xu Ping finally retracted the Nascent Soul True Flame.

At this moment, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner floated in the air, its dark red glow retracted, the pressure it emitted was still terrifying, yet now it carried a sense of obedience, like an arm at one’s command.

...

Xu Ping suppressed the ripples in his heart, his eyes glinting.

He began to carefully comprehend what heaven-defying power this Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure level Ten Thousand Souls Banner possessed.

Firstly, the specter within, which had been thoroughly suppressed.

Its soul body, though slightly damaged by the backlash suppression, its core level indeed reached the threshold of Late-Stage Nascent Soul.

It was the "Artifact Spirit" and core combat power of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

With a slight movement of Xu Ping’s mind, the spectral shadow flickered across the banner surface, its overwhelmingly ferocious aura made him slightly startled.

Xu Ping deduced.

This soul, with the help of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, could resist a Late-Stage Nascent Soul Great Cultivator to some extent.

If not sparing any cost to burn its core soul power, it might even achieve an evenly matched situation for a short time.

Secondly.

The "spatial confinement" power contained in the core Restrictions of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner underwent a qualitative leap after ascending to a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure.

Once activated, not only could it expand the range of "spatial confinement" several times over, with greatly increased strength, but it could also, using this as a core, instantly unfold a unique "Nether Spirit Domain".

Within this domain, with howling winds and the cries of ten thousand souls, it could not only significantly restrict the enemy’s instant escape and teleportation, but also form a powerful suppression field for the Divine Soul.

In this soul domain, the difficulty of killing a Nascent Soul Cultivator would plummet.

Lastly.

What surprised Xu Ping the most was that the Ten Thousand Souls Banner actually had a nascent form of a Hidden Heaven Treasure.

A Hidden Heaven Treasure is a special spiritual treasure, capable of containing all things, it can even accommodate cultivators, demon beasts... any life to cultivate within.

However, it must have a Spirit Vein.

Of course, currently the Ten Thousand Souls Banner only has the nascent form of a Hidden Heaven Treasure, without the function of embedding a Spirit Vein for cultivators to cultivate.

But it can accommodate cultivators and demon beasts for a short period.

...

"Good, what a marvelous Ten Thousand Souls Banner, it certainly did not disappoint me!"

Even Xu Ping, with his calm nature, couldn’t help but applaud at this moment, a surge of heroic spirit in his eyes.

With this banner in hand, combined with the Soul-Breaking Needle for deadly sneaky attacks and the Puppet Array for frontal assault, he would even have no fear of a Late-Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator coming personally.

But after the wild joy, Xu Ping quickly calmed down.

In the face of ordinary Late-Stage Nascent Soul Cultivators, he certainly had confidence.

But against a top-tier like True Monarch Wan Yang, he still was not an opponent.

Moreover, although demonic treasures are powerful, they are external objects with hidden dangers, relying too heavily on them would not be wise.

Xu Ping’s mind sank into the core of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, beginning to explore the requirements for the next ascension of this banner to a transcendent artifact.

If the Ten Thousand Souls Banner were elevated to the level of a transcendent artifact, that would truly stand at the pinnacle of the world.

Although Xu Ping was prepared for this.

However, when the information fed back to his Sea of Consciousness, Xu Ping couldn’t help but twitch his mouth harshly.

Four complete spirits at Late-Stage Nascent Soul level.

Ten complete spirits at Mid-Stage Nascent Soul level.

And several Early-Stage Nascent Soul spirits as the "foundation".

"This... isn’t this too exaggerated!" Xu Ping gasped.

Late-Stage Nascent Soul Cultivators, aren’t they all pinnacle existences in this realm?

With vast Divine Techniques and countless survival means, they often have massive forces behind them.

Killing one is as difficult as climbing to the heavens, at least requiring three Late-Stage Nascent Soul Cultivators to join forces.

As for capturing alive and refining into spirits?

Unless a Divinity Transformation Cultivator or someone whose techniques have reached the threshold of the Divinity Transformation Sect makes a move.