I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely

A Nine-star Combat Talent would be just about enough for Fang Yun even if he broke through to the Divinity Transformation Stage. He was currently only at Late-stage Core Formation, with the entire Nascent Soul Stage, a whole major Realm, standing between him and Divinity Transformation.

Fang Yun wasn't the least bit worried about his own Realm catching up to the level his talent supported.

Upgrading his Combat Talent to Ten Stars would require nearly 120 billion Talent Points, but he was confident his efficiency at acquiring them would only increase in the future.

'Killing someone at the Peak of Core Formation provides a base of eighty million Talent Points. So how many would I get from an Early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator?'

'Based on the pattern so far, it should be at least eight hundred million, and most likely between one and two billion.'

'Assuming a base of one billion Talent Points, with my current multipliers, that would come out to seventeen billion Talent Points.'

'When I think about it that way, the amount of Talent Points needed to upgrade my Nine-star Combat Talent to Ten Stars is completely reasonable.'

Now wasn't the time to upgrade his Combat Talent. Fang Yun turned his attention to improving his Life Talents instead. Upgrading them from Nine-star to Ten Stars would only require about twelve billion Talent Points.

With a thought, Fang Yun opened the Life Talents interface and poured all of his remaining nine hundred million-plus Talent Points into extracting Life Talent fragments.

The Life Talents interface updated as follows:

Alchemy Talent ★*9 (3,773,907 / 39,916,800)

Artifact Refining Talent ★*9 (3,771,265 / 39,916,800)

Planting Talent ★*9 (3,768,600 / 39,916,800)

If he accumulated about ten billion more Talent Points, he could upgrade all his Life Talents to Ten Stars.

After closing the light screen, Fang Yun didn't resume his cultivation.

Instead, he focused on sensing the changes from his Combat Talent upgrade.

The leap from an Eight-star to a Nine-star talent also meant the enhancement bonus shifted from the Nascent Soul Realm to the Divinity Transformation Realm, resulting in a much more significant change.

Fang Yun manipulated his Lifebound Magical Treasure. Even without a target to test it on, he could feel its might had become immense under the enhancement of his Combat Talent.

'As I am now, I should be able to kill an Early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator in a head-on fight with ease. And with a surprise attack, I have a good chance of taking down a Mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator...'

Fang Yun estimated his current strength.

Whether they were Demons, Ghost Cultivators, or Blood Demons, practitioners of the Evil Dao would need to be at least in the Late-stage Nascent Soul Realm to pose a threat to him.

Across the entire Qionglin Domain, the number of Late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators on the Evil Dao path could be counted on one hand.

'I can upgrade the sect's Spirit Vein boldly and without worry now. And I've almost gathered the Spiritual Materials needed for the Sacrificial Refinement and upgrade of my Lifebound Magical Treasure, the No-leak Shield.'

With this latest increase in strength, Fang Yun felt even more confident, both in himself and in the future of his sect.

「Time flew by.」

「Another half a month passed.」

A month had now passed since Fang Yun infiltrated the Blood Dew Palace.

In this past month, Fang Yun had heard no news, and the surrounding Evil Dao Core Formation Influences had been extremely quiet.

Today, the Celestial Cloud Sect welcomed two guests.

They were the Valley Master of Star Moon Valley and the Sect Leader of the Vast Sea Sect.

As the highest-ranking leaders of two Core Formation Influences were visiting, Fang Yun personally went to greet them as soon as he received the news.

Atop Cloud Summit, the three of them were now seated.

The two had come together mainly to express their gratitude, present some gifts, and also to see if they could learn anything from Fang Yun.

"Sect Leader Fang, I have a question for you."

"Please ask, Valley Master Meng."

"What exactly did you do to the Blood Dew Palace? They've completely turtled up, to the point that we're finding it difficult to gather any intelligence."

The Valley Master of Star Moon Valley spoke, and the Sect Leader of the Vast Sea Sect nodded beside him.

He was also very curious about this. However, intelligence from the Blood Dew Palace's territory was truly difficult to come by at the moment. Furthermore, since their own sects were still in a state of recovery, they couldn't risk venturing too deep into Blood Dew Palace territory to investigate, for fear of provoking them.

"I infiltrated the Blood Dew Palace and killed some of their Core Formation Blood Demons," Fang Yun said frankly.

There was no reason to hide it. The upper echelons of both Star Moon Valley and the Vast Sea Sect knew he was the mysterious Spirit Refiner spoken of by the Evil Dao—a figure possessing profound concealment techniques and immense power.

After hearing Fang Yun's reply, the Valley Master of Star Moon Valley and the Sect Leader of the Vast Sea Sect exchanged a look and fell into thought.

"If there's anything you don't understand, feel free to ask," Fang Yun said with a smile, looking at the two men.

"Sect Leader Fang, you said you infiltrated the Blood Dew Palace and killed Core Formation Blood Demons. But based on my understanding of the Blood Dew Palace, that alone shouldn't have been enough to make them turtle up like this."

The Sect Leader of the Vast Sea Sect voiced his doubts. He wanted more specific information, but he knew that prying for too many details would be impolite.

It was only because of the amiable smile on Fang Yun's face that he dared to probe like this.

"Perhaps it's because I specifically targeted and killed their Late-stage and Peak of Core Formation Blood Demons. Plus, they still haven't discovered me, which is likely why this is happening." Since they wanted more details, Fang Yun obliged.

Besides, it wasn't exactly a secret within the Blood Dew Palace itself.

"I see, so that's how... What!"

The Valley Master of Star Moon Valley stared at Fang Yun in astonishment, rendered speechless, while the Sect Leader of the Vast Sea Sect took a moment longer to react.

'Fang Yun had infiltrated the Blood Dew Palace's main stronghold, killed not just any cultivators, but those at Late-stage Core Formation and the Peak of Core Formation, and then left without a trace.'

'It was simply unbelievable...'

'Just how profound were his concealment techniques?'

'And his strength... he was only at Late-stage Core Formation, yet perhaps even Early-stage Nascent Soul practitioners of the Evil Demons and Crooked Paths would have a hard time threatening him now.'