I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely

After a long wait, they finally received some useful information.

"All the Peak of Core Formation and Late-stage Core Formation cultivators in the Blood Dew Palace are dead, along with one at Mid-stage Core Formation. They can't determine when the six of them died," Elder Xu relayed, paraphrasing the message from the Blood Dew Palace.

"The mysterious Spirit Refiner!"

"He's already this powerful..."

"The information we had from over a decade ago was nothing like this."

The specific intelligence they had on the mysterious Spirit Refiner came from their Nascent Soul superiors, and the information their Blood Spirit Sect's Nascent Soul superiors had came from the upper echelons of the Black Dragon Hall.

"We still have no information on the mysterious Spirit Refiner's identity."

"As things stand, if the mysterious Spirit Refiner wants to remain hidden, none of us will ever find out which Elder from the Purple Mist Sect he is."

"Even if we did know, it would be useless. Who among you can kill this mysterious Spirit Refiner now?"

"This matter is already beyond our ability to handle."

"I agree."

One Elder spoke, and the other six Elders all agreed.

Judging by what happened at the Blood Dew Palace, if they truly wanted to deal with the mysterious Spirit Refiner, only a Nascent Soul expert could do it. Even Elder Ren, who was at the Peak of Core Formation, was killed just like that. If they were to face the mysterious Spirit Refiner, they would most likely meet the same fate.

Let the higher-ups in the Blood Spirit Sect get a headache over this.

...

「Inside the Blood Dew Palace.」

There were also seven Core Formation Blood Demons.

Three at Mid-stage Core Formation and four at Early-stage Core Formation. They were all part of the Blood Dew Palace's Core Formation leadership.

"What should we do now?"

After learning of the deaths of their sect's Peak and Late-stage Core Formation leaders, as well as the Elder from the Blood Spirit Sect, they couldn't calm down for a long time.

They knew without even having to think about it that these deaths were surely the work of the mysterious Spirit Refiner.

The mysterious Spirit Refiner could kill Peak and Late-stage Core Formation Blood Demons; killing them would be as easy as turning over his hand.

"What else can we do? We have to immediately withdraw our forces from the territories of Star Moon Valley and the Vast Sea Sect. The fact that we're still alive right now seems more like a warning from the mysterious Spirit Refiner."

"I don't think the mysterious Spirit Refiner needed to warn us. He must have been unable to continue using his Secret Technique, and that's why he spared us."

"Regardless, we survived in the end."

Although they hadn't witnessed the deaths of the other Core Formation Blood Demons, they were still shaken with lingering fear.

The current situation made one thing clear: if the mysterious Spirit Refiner wanted to kill them, it would be incredibly easy.

"I still stand by my opinion. The mysterious Spirit Refiner must have spared us because he couldn't use his Secret Technique anymore. If he could use it indefinitely, he would have slaughtered every last one of us."

"Supreme Elder Jia, are you saying we shouldn't withdraw the forces we've dispatched?"

"I..."

"Have them return at once! We all hope that's not the reason the mysterious Spirit Refiner spared us."

If that really was the reason, then all of them were doomed to die.

Even Supreme Elder Jia, who had been adamant in his view, now hoped it was just a warning from the mysterious Spirit Refiner.

As long as they didn't make a move against Star Moon Valley or the Vast Sea Sect, everything would be fine.

"I'll go make the arrangements right away."

Once they understood the situation, their decision-making was swift. With the mysterious Spirit Refiner being so overwhelmingly powerful, there was practically no room for debate.

One order after another was issued.

The Blood Demons still active in the territories of Star Moon Valley and the Vast Sea Sect began to withdraw from the lands of these two Spirit Refiner Core Formation Influences.

"The Blood Spirit Sect has doomed us."

"From now on, if the Blood Spirit Sect wants to do something about the mysterious Spirit Refiner, let them send their own forces. We're not doing anything."

"Our Blood Dew Palace is about to be relegated to a second-rate Core Formation Influence."

The Blood Dew Palace still had a considerable number of Core Formation leaders, but they no longer had a single Late-stage or Peak Core Formation Blood Demon among them.

A first-rate Core Formation Influence typically has experts at Late-stage or Peak Core Formation.

...

...

「Vast Sea Sect.」

A lot of news came back from the outside, and all of it was good.

The content of this good news was largely the same.

"We're getting reports from multiple locations. The Blood Demons from the Blood Dew Palace have withdrawn!"

"The Celestial Cloud Sect is incredibly efficient!"

When the upper echelons of the Vast Sea Sect heard the news, their first thought was of the Celestial Cloud Sect.

Not long ago, they and Star Moon Valley had requested aid from the Celestial Cloud Sect, and they quickly received a reply.

The reply stated that the Celestial Cloud Sect would help them in its own way.

They didn't know the specifics of the Celestial Cloud Sect's actions, but in any case, the Blood Dew Palace's abnormal behavior had to be the result.

Otherwise, why would the Blood Dew Palace retreat for no reason?

"Sect Leader, you should send a message to thank the Celestial Cloud Sect."

"Do you even need to tell me? I've already thought about what to say."

With that, the Vast Sea Sect's Sect Leader quickly began composing a message of thanks.

With the Blood Dew Palace carrying out such a large-scale retreat, they certainly wouldn't be entering their territory again anytime soon.

"Send people to find out what happened inside the Blood Dew Palace to cause their retreat."

"We could just ask the Celestial Cloud Sect directly."

"Don't run to the Celestial Cloud Sect for everything. We need to keep track of the Blood Dew Palace's movements from now on, and we can't expect the Celestial Cloud Sect to inform us about all of it."

"Understood, Sect Leader."

While the upper echelons of the Vast Sea Sect were overjoyed, they also began making follow-up arrangements.

They also contacted Star Moon Valley to ask if the Blood Dew Palace's Blood Demons in their territory had also begun to retreat.

The result was just as they expected.

After learning of the Blood Demons' retreat, the reaction of the Star Moon Valley leadership was much like that of the Vast Sea Sect; their first thought was that the Celestial Cloud Sect's promised help had taken effect.

...

「Main Sect of the Celestial Cloud Sect.」

「Cloud Summit.」

Almost half a month had passed since Fang Yun's return, and the beginning of the next month was approaching.

In the half-month since he got back, Fang Yun hadn't received any notifications from the light screen. The Celestial Cloud Sect's influence in the Qionglin Domain remained unchanged, just as before.

The influence of the mysterious Spirit Refiner did not count as the influence of the Celestial Cloud Sect.

Fang Yun was quite satisfied with this, as it proved his actions had left no loose ends.

"It's finally the beginning of September."

At that moment, Fang Yun finished his cultivation and eagerly opened the light screen.

——

Killed Peak of Core Formation Blood Demon x2, Talent Points +160,000,000

Killed Late-stage Core Formation Blood Demon x3, Talent Points +114,000,000

Killed Mid-stage Core Formation Blood Demon x1, Talent Points +15,000,000

...

Qionglin Domain Influence: 20%

Talent Points Bonus: 1600%

Settlement: Talent Points +4,939,863,400

——

The base Talent Points he had gained this month from Alchemy, Artifact Refining, and planting were close to 1.6 million, making it one of the months with the lowest Life Talent Point gain this year.

Fang Yun glanced at the light screen, his eyes drawn to the final line.

The number of Talent Points he obtained this time broke his previous record again. After eliminating the Dragon Demon Palace, he had received over 4.8 billion; this time, it was over 4.9 billion.

This was thanks to the Talent Points bonus, which was 80% higher than the last time he broke the record. Without that extra 80% bonus, he wouldn't have been able to break the record this time.

'This is enough to upgrade my Combat Talents to Nine-star.'

Soon, Fang Yun navigated to the Combat Talent interface.

He looked at the fragments needed for his three Combat Talents on the interface. After a quick calculation, he first invested four billion Talent Points, instantly spinning the roulette wheel that awarded Combat Talent fragments four million times.

'My Sword Type Talent, the one closest to upgrading, is still short 558 fragments.'

From then on, Fang Yun spun the wheel fewer times at once.

Unsurprisingly, the Sword Type Talent was the first to upgrade.

A more intense, strange sensation washed over him, immediately followed by a wave of searing heat.

After the Sword Type Talent finished upgrading, Fang Yun subsequently spent 4.2 million Talent Points and 5.7 million Talent Points to upgrade his Shield Talent and Shoe Talent, respectively.

The Combat Talent interface had changed drastically:

[Gear] Sword Type Talent ★x9 (3,471 / 39,916,800)

[Gear] Shield Talent ★x9 (1,993 / 39,916,800)

[Gear] Shoe Talent ★x9 (27 / 39,916,800)

All of his Combat Talents had reached Nine-star!