Chu Xuan watched Moon True Master's retreating figure with a faint smile. After the effects of the Boiling Sea Pill wore off, Moon True Master would rapidly weaken. For now, it was wise to avoid his peak strength. The next time they met, Moon True Master would no longer pose a threat.
Chu Xuan swiftly vanished among the ruins, reappearing within a secluded cave where he instructed Hu and Long to stand guard. He then quickly returned to the Water Curtain Cave.
Meanwhile, the clash between Chu Xuan and Moon True Master had not gone unnoticed by the other cultivators, including White Bone True Master, who had been ready to watch the fight from the shadows.
Witnessing Chu Xuan force Moon True Master into a disadvantage, White Bone True Master was thankful for his earlier decision to avoid conflict, realizing he might not have survived an encounter.
Shang Xingchen, witnessing the fight from another vantage point, felt vindicated in his decision not to vie with Chu Xuan for the other heritages. Content with just the Sky Piercing Hall inheritance, he considered following Moon True Master at a distance, hoping to capitalize on the weakening effects of the pill.
Others, like White Bone True Master and Tie Jun, shared similar thoughts.
On another front, Chu Xuan spent ten days in the Water Curtain Cave mastering the Boiling Sea Art. The first technique, "Explosive Blood Technique," sounded unassuming yet proved incredibly powerful. The technique allowed him to surge his blood energy for an hour, with only a day of weakness afterward—essentially a stronger, more efficient version of the Boiling Sea Pill but with less downtime.
Armed with this new skill, Chu Xuan's combat abilities soared. Even against Moon True Master enhanced by the Boiling Sea Pill, he could easily prevail. However, such pills were exceedingly rare, and it was likely Moon True Master had exhausted his supply.
Having already secured the inheritances of the Melting Heaven Hall and Boiling Sea Hall, only the Unceasing Hall's heritage remained. Days later, Chu Xuan, while dispatching any ill-fated corpse demons that crossed his path, effortlessly discovered the Unceasing Hall and claimed the "Unceasing Technique," unchallenged.
Chu Xuan marveled at the unique focus of the Unceasing Art, which prioritized the restoration of vitality, akin to the endless flow of rivers into the sea, constant and unending. The visualization for the art itself was that of a river, not rapid or grand, but ceaseless, flowing day and night.
Delighted with this discovery, Chu Xuan felt content with acquiring three of the Eight Extremes Palace's heritages. Any more might prove too burdensome to master thoroughly, adhering to the principle that biting off more than one can chew is seldom wise.
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After securing the Unceasing Art, Chu Xuan began an urgent search for the location of the teleportation formation, guided by the information in Zhao Xuan's spiritual sense jade slip.
However, with five centuries having passed, the current state of that location and whether it had been damaged by corpse demons were unknowns that only a direct assessment could resolve.
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