Chapter 1781 - 1766: Dark Palace Stabilized

Inside the Barbarian Spirit Hall, Princess Changle stood quietly in front of the silent chamber where Ye Zhen was in seclusion, her slender fingers twisting together until they turned red, mirroring Princess Changle’s anxious and urgent state of mind.

Unable to reach Ye Zhen, Liuu Feng of North Sea County contacted Princess Changle, who knew of Ye Zhen’s whereabouts.

The urgent letters they sent, concerning matters in the Luoyi court, were read by Princess Changle, who understood the gravity of the situation.

With Princess Changle’s insight, she naturally understood the implications.

The consequences were as severe as they could possibly be.

But the problem was, with the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal suppressing his soul, Ye Zhen could not receive any messages from the outside world unless he woke up willingly.

Or he could be forcibly awakened.

But at such a critical moment of Ye Zhen’s breakthrough, forcibly waking him could also have extremely serious consequences.

At the very least, it could lead to a drop in cultivation, and at worst, it could cause a deviation or even damage to his Divine Soul Origin.

Thus, even though Princess Changle understood the severity of the situation, she still did not dare to and could not forcibly awaken Ye Zhen.

This was the source of Princess Changle’s immense dilemma.

Forcibly waking Ye Zhen carried too grave a consequence.

However, if Ye Zhen was not forcibly awakened, the consequences were equally severe; the Grand Celestial Official’s military order could cost lives.

Sometimes, making such a decision is the most challenging.

At the height of her struggle, another confidant of Princess Changle, Lou Han, who was appointed Right Chief Priest of the Barbarian Spirit Hall, appeared behind her.

"Your Highness, there is a message from the palace."

A few breaths later, a eunuch of some rank, after paying great respect to Princess Changle, first handed over a Jade Scroll and then whispered a few words in secret.

"Even Father cannot..." Princess Changle looked astonished and shocked.

Clearly uncomfortable discussing such matters, the eunuch said, "I am only here to relay a message to Your Highness from the Patriarch, who says this is His Majesty’s will.

Additionally, the Patriarch specifically instructed me to tell Your Highness that once Lord Ye finishes his seclusion, it is imperative that Your Highness persuades him to submit a self-defense plea and preferably remain in seclusion for a longer period.

This is currently the only way out for Lord Ye."

"The only way out..."

Princess Changle was somewhat at a loss.

Princess Changle knew about the unmanageable situation in the West Patrol, but never expected it could press Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long to such a degree that he could not even protect his ministers, resorting to such a desperate measure.

Meanwhile, inside the silent chamber, in Ye Zhen’s sea of consciousness, lay a Seven Mysterious Spirit Palace, radiating with seven-colored brilliance, stable and agile.

Suspended in the center of Ye Zhen’s Seven Mysterious Spirit Palace was the avatar of the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal, emitting a cold aura and firmly suppressing Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul Power.

Ye Zhen had been cultivating within the Mirage Dragon Pearl for two days, which equated to twenty days inside the pearl.

During these twenty days, Ye Zhen first adjusted his state to the peak condition, then gradually initiated the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal to suppress his Divine Soul.

Ye Zhen suppressed his Primordial Spirit Divine Soul Power by a full forty percent before proceeding with the breakthrough.

With forty percent of his soul power suppressed, the speed at which Ye Zhen constructed his Dark Palace also slowed accordingly.

It must be said, the insights and suggestions from the Grand Venerable of the Five Immortals Heavenly Destiny Hall were indeed highly effective.

The Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal truly helped solve Ye Zhen’s problem of being unable to break through to the Dark Palace Realm.

After suppressing forty percent of his soul power, Ye Zhen easily constructed the Seven Mysterious Spirit Palace.

However, constructing the Dark Palace did not mean Ye Zhen had successfully broken through.

Only when Ye Zhen completely released the suppression of the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal on his soul, and the newly constructed Seven Mysterious Spirit Palace withstood the impact of Ye Zhen’s Primordial Spirit Power without collapsing, would Ye Zhen have truly broken through to the Dark Palace Realm.

If the Dark Palace collapsed after releasing the suppression, the breakthrough would still be considered a failure.

At that point, not only would the breakthrough fail, but Ye Zhen would also suffer great damage to his Primordial Energy.

However, last time, when consulting with Mountain God Yi Xun, Yi Xun casually mentioned something.

After constructing the Dark Palace, it was best for Ye Zhen not to hastily lift the suppression of the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal on his soul.

Instead, he should continue to suppress his soul and cultivate for some time to strengthen the Dark Palace.

When ready to lift the suppression of the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal’s avatar from the soul, he should slowly ease the suppression, carefully observing during this period, and if there is any instability in the Dark Palace, he should once again reinforce the suppression on the soul, cultivating under the repression of the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal to further increase his cultivation, strengthening the Dark Palace until it can withstand the pressure of the soul thoroughly.

At this moment, Ye Zhen was doing exactly that.

The Seven Mysterious Spirit Palace constructed, Ye Zhen had not yet lifted the suppression of the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal’s avatar on his Primordial Spirit but was training under its repression.

In fact, Ye Zhen had already constructed the Seven Mysterious Spirit Palace on the fifth day after entering the Mirage Dragon Pearl.

From the fifth day to now, Ye Zhen had been cultivating for a full fifteen days, not only making his newly constructed Seven Mysterious Spirit Palace incomparably stable.

Ye Zhen’s cultivation had also stabilized at the Early-stage Dark Palace Realm First Stage, beginning to advance towards the Mid-stage Dark Palace Realm First Stage.

However, in the situation where the Primordial Spirit Power was suppressed by forty percent, the speed at which Ye Zhen refined the High Grade Thought Spirit Pill was almost halved.

So, during these days of cultivation, every five days of cultivation, Ye Zhen would very carefully activate the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal Avatar to reduce the suppression on the Primordial Spirit by one percent.

This was not only to enhance cultivation speed but also to completely break through to the Dark Palace Realm.

Fortunately, in the past fifteen days, the suppression of the Primordial Spirit Power by the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal Avatar had been reduced to one percent, but the Dark Palace remained incredibly stable.

After experiencing several failures in breaking through to the Dark Palace Realm, Ye Zhen was extremely cautious this time.

For the last one percent suppression of the Primordial Spirit Power by the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal Avatar, Ye Zhen planned to continue cultivating for a while before lifting it.

Ye Zhen’s plan was to cultivate for at least ten days.

With his Four-colored Primordial Spirit and the High Grade Thought Spirit Pill used for cultivation, Ye Zhen’s cultivation speed was originally more than five times that of other martial artists.

In addition, with a Five Elements Refining God Pill specially crafted by the Shuili Dan King for Ye Zhen each day, refining one only took two to three hours, but it equated to two days of hard cultivation for other martial artists.

In other words, one day of Ye Zhen’s cultivation was equivalent to at least seven days for other martial artists.

So, although Ye Zhen only planned to cultivate for ten days, it was equivalent to more than two months of hard cultivation for other martial artists.

Moreover, this was still the effect of Ye Zhen cultivating inside the Mirage Dragon Pearl.

Ye Zhen cultivated inside the Mirage Dragon Pearl for ten days, but only one day had passed outside.

In other words, the cultivation effect of Ye Zhen entering the Mirage Dragon Pearl for one day was equivalent to seventy days of cultivation for ordinary martial artists.

The cultivation effect inside the Mirage Dragon Pearl for Ye Zhen was seventy times that of an ordinary martial artist.

Of course, this was due to the influence of the Mirage Dragon Pearl’s Temporal Power, otherwise, the difference would not be so exaggerated.

As they say, cultivating in Timeless Mountain, a thousand years pass in a flash.

Let alone ten days of arduous cultivation.

Almost in the blink of an eye, yet in Ye Zhen’s perception, his Seven Mysterious Spirit Palace had become more than ten percent stronger than when it was first forged, becoming extremely stable.

Ye Zhen felt that if he continued to cultivate arduously for another month, his cultivation would not be far from breaking through to the Early-stage Dark Palace Realm Mid-stage.

However, Ye Zhen was concerned about the matters in North Sea County; who knows when Xio Qiangu might cause trouble.

Although one cannot guard against thieves every day, Ye Zhen’s arduous cultivation in the Barbarian Spirit Hall was ultimately too far from North Sea County; if there were any emergencies, he would not be able to respond in time.

Therefore, according to Ye Zhen’s plan, only after completely lifting the suppression of the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal Avatar on the Primordial Spirit Power, with the Seven Mysterious Spirit Palace able to withstand the power of the Primordial Spirit, and after completely breaking through.

Ye Zhen would return to North Sea County in the shortest possible time.

Even when cultivating arduously, Ye Zhen would do so within North Sea County so that whether it was the Market of Dulong Island or North Sea County, or even the Three Great Water Palaces, any sudden incidents could be handled in the shortest time possible.

Therefore, at this moment, Ye Zhen was slowly activating the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal Avatar, completely lifting the suppression on the Primordial Spirit Power.

The last one percent of the suppressed Primordial Spirit Power was slowly released, and when this powerful aura merged with the Dark Palace, it was like waves surging against Ye Zhen’s Seven Mysterious Spirit Palace.

However, at this time, Ye Zhen’s Seven Mysterious Spirit Palace was like a rock, standing firm against the wind and rain, unmoved.

Once the suppression of the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal Avatar was completely dissipated, Ye Zhen’s completely unleashed Primordial Spirit, with countless invisible tendrils of the Divine Soul, completely fused with the spiritual liquid within the Seven Mysterious Spirit Palace.

An unprecedented feeling of strength surged in Ye Zhen’s heart.

This is the Dark Palace Realm!

The Divine Soul, or rather the Primordial Spirit, and Spiritual Power were completely combined.

The mobilization of spiritual power became more rapid, even allowing for the full infusion of spiritual power into a Suppressing Device or an Acquired Spirit Treasure in one go, unleashing a deadly full-powered strike.

In simple terms, after breaking through to the Dark Palace Realm, Ye Zhen’s ability and speed in mobilizing the spiritual power within his body multiplied, naturally enhancing his combat power.

Even when Ye Zhen once again used the Wind Flash derived from the Strong Wind Spirit Essence Pearl after breaking through to the Dark Palace Realm, the upper limit of his extreme speed would again increase and broaden.

"Phew, finally... broke through!"

With a long breath, carrying an unprecedented sense of ease, Ye Zhen shifted his Divine Sense, left the Mirage Dragon Pearl, and with a movement of his Divine Sense, Ye Zhen’s true body seamlessly converted with the illusory body.

Then, Ye Zhen slowly stood up and prepared to dismantle the previously set Guardian Formation.

But at that instant, Ye Zhen’s expression changed; his Divine Sense perceiving Princess Changle.

Outside the Silent Chamber, Princess Changle still stood there, extremely anxious!

One day had passed since the Grand Celestial Official Wu Yu issued the military order.

Though just a day, outside, the situation changed drastically; the officials in North Sea County who received the Grand Celestial Official’s military order were like crazed, meticulously searching for Demon Clan traces and continuously requesting Princess Changle to contact Ye Zhen.

Even though Princess Changle did not personally attend, the pressure was immense.

When she sensed a change in the aura inside the Silent Chamber, Princess Changle’s expression shifted, just as she saw Ye Zhen stepping out of the Silent Chamber.

"Brother Ye, you broke through?"

"What happened?" The voices of Princess Changle and Ye Zhen rang out simultaneously.