Chapter 289   Dao Realm Sixth Stage, Void Walk Beast Phantom

Harmony King Mansion.

Xu Ning’s villa.

‘I have finally gathered the 15 million units of energy needed to advance to the core transformation realm…’

Xu Ning looked happy.

After Xu Ning absorbed 7 million units of energy worth of resources from Mo Lan, Duan Chaofeng sent over another batch of resources worth 10 million units of energy.

According to what Duan Chaofeng said, since Mo Lan had given Xu Ning so many gifts, he definitely could not lose out.

Xu Ning happily accepted it and absorbed all the energy.

Xu Ning’s energy reserves had reached 18 million units.

This was enough for Xu Ning to advance to the core transformation realm.

After instructing the servants and guards not to disturb him, Xu Ning began to try to advance.

He opened the Martial Arts Panel and pressed

Consume 15 million units of energy to advance your realm?

Yes / No

“Yes!”

Xu Ning did not hesitate.

Xu Ning had been waiting for a long time to advance to the core transformation realm.

Xu Ning felt the inner core in his body begin to change.

As he advanced to the core transformation realm, his inner core, which had been cleansed sixty times, suddenly emitted a faint white light.

Afterwards, Xu Ning felt the spiritual energy stored in his inner core surging frantically. Soon after, irregular golden lines appeared on the surface of his inner core.

‘Core transformation realm…’

After the golden lines appeared, his inner core gradually stabilized.

However, compared to before, Xu Ning’s inner core seemed to have experienced more than a few dozen cleansing sessions once again.

This strengthened Xu Ning’s foundation much more.

Even with his bare hands, Xu Ning could easily defeat Gu Songying, who had mastered an origin technique. He didn’t even need to use the Wind Smoke Gourd and the Cyan Wolf Knife.

The quality of his inner core improved again, but Xu Ning knew that the improvement of the inner core was not the biggest change in the core transformation realm.

The biggest change in the core transformation realm was the irregular golden lines on the surface of the inner core.

These golden lines were the foundation for advancing to the dao realm seventh stage elementary origin realm.

Only with it could a dao realm master try to sense their origin when advancing in the future.

‘Core transformation realm, success!’

Xu Ning suddenly stood up, and his temperament changed again.

‘After advancing to the core transformation realm, I can practice origin techniques!’

Xu Ning’s eyes showed a look of expectation.

Origin techniques were terrifying techniques that involved origin power.

Although a core transformation realm could only learn its form and not its true intent, just imitating its form was still a crushing blow in front of non-origin techniques.

When Xu Ning used his dao realm power to fight against Gu Songying’s origin technique, he discovered that they were not on the same level.

Without touching the origin and only relying on dao realm power, it was impossible to defeat a dao realm master who had mastered an origin technique, unless it was someone like Xu Ning, who had extremely strong dao realm power after advancing to core transformation realm.

Even Xu Ning back then could only rely on the Cyan Wolf Knife, which was comparable to a secret treasure, to resist the corrosion of the origin technique. ‘If I learn an origin technique now, I will have the qualifications to fight a seventh stage elementary origin realm master.’

Xu Ning thought to himself. ‘At that time, even if I face an elementary origin realm master, I won’t lose out.’

Xu Ning was quite confident.

Ordinary core transformation realm masters would basically not consider fighting enemies above their level.

This was because the sixth and seventh stages of the dao realm were the watershed between the mid level and the high level of the dao realm.

An elementary origin realm master was an existence that could truly comprehend a trace of origin, while a core transformation realm master could only imitate origin power.

To be able to use an imitated origin power to fight against a true origin power, this kind of top-notch martial arts master was rare in an era.

‘If I can obtain another powerful offensive secret treasure, then I might even be able to defeat an elementary origin realm master.’

The higher his realm was, the more Xu Ning realized how beneficial the solid foundation he had laid was to his improvement in strength.

‘Now, my Wnd Smoke Gourd, Cyan Wolf Knife, and other supplementary methods will be less and less useful in high level dao realm battles… If I want to obtain more combat power, I have to obtain new combat treasures…’

Xu Ning’s strongest support tool, the Wind Smoke Gourd, was given to him by the golden-eyed demon ape when he was abroad. The Wind Smoke Gourd had played a major role in Xu Ning’s growth.

It was just that as Xu Ning’s strength continued to increase, it was difficult for it to display its effectiveness any longer.

‘However, first-rate treasures are rare.’ Xu Ning thought to himself.

There was no general classification of treasures.

But according to its power, it was divided into ordinary and first-rate treasures.

Even for a high level dao realm master, first-rate secret treasures were very useful. ‘I shouldn’t be able to obtain a first-rate secret treasure from Duan Chaofeng for now, because he himself is only using ordinary secret treasures. However, if he inherits the position of the Harmony King and obtains more resources, he should be able to find a first-rate secret treasure for me.’

Xu Ning understood Duan Chaofeng’s character.

He valued friendship and benefits.

After recognizing his value, Duan Chaofeng would definitely be willing to spend resources. ‘Even if I can’t obtain a first-rate treasure from Duan Chaofeng, after joining the Core Sea Demon Sect and becoming a seed disciple, I would definitely have the opportunity to obtain a first-rate treasure…’

Xu Ning was not particularly anxious about this.

“The most important thing now is to learn an origin technique.”

Xu Ning was ready to find Duan Chaofeng.

Duan Chaofeng had previously promised Xu Ning that after Xu Ning advanced to the core transformation realm, he could choose any origin technique from the mansion to practice.

Xu Ning left the villa to find Duan Chaofeng.

Duan Chaofeng was still in his study.

“Your Highness.”

Xu Ning walked in.

“You are here.” After seeing Xu Ning come to the study, Duan Chaofeng smiled gently. At this moment, Zhang He was not next to Duan Chaofeng and was probably busy with something else. “What do you need, are you satisfied with the villa?”

Maybe because he was about to inherit the position of the Harmony King, Duan Chaofeng seemed to be in a relaxed state.

“Very satisfied.”

Xu Ning responded and explained his intentions for coming here. “Your Highness, I came to you this time to learn an origin technique.”

“Learn an origin technique…”

Duan Chaofeng blinked twice, then paused.

“Learn an origin technique?”

Duan Chaofeng’s brows scrunched up. “You advanced to the core transformation realm?”

“I just advanced.”

Xu Ning replied.

Duan Chaofeng pursed his lips and didn’t say anything

Compared to Xu Ning’s shocking performance when he advanced to the core materialization realm and the core cleansing realm, Duan Chaofeng now looked much calmer.

He didn’t know if he was numb from the shock, if he was used to it, or if he was just pretending to be calm.

“Xu Ning.”

Duan Chaofeng was silent for a long time. He then stared at him curiously. “How did you do it?”

Duan Chaofeng asked sincerely. “Of course it was because the conditions were right… and there were also some lucky factors…”

Xu Ning had used this excuse countless times.

“Mmm…”

Duan Chaofeng could not get the answer he wanted, but he was not disappointed. But now Duan Chaofeng was more optimistic about Xu Ning’s future. He had only advanced to the core core cleansing realm three months ago, but he had already advanced to the core transformation realm.

As a member of the royal family, Duan Chaofeng had never heard of such cultivation speed. Moreover, Xu Ning’s rapid advancement did not weaken his foundation.

On the contrary, Xu Ning had the strength to fight enemies above his level. “Which origin technique are you going to learn?”

Duan Chaofeng asked Xu Ning.

Xu Ning seemed to have already thought of an answer. “I’ll learn the origin technique you learned.”

Xu Ning didn’t know much about origin techniques, so it was difficult for him to judge the advantages and disadvantages of origin techniques.

Moreover, as a crown prince, Duan Chaofeng’s origin technique would definitely not be bad.

“Are you talking about the Void Walk Beast Phantom I practiced…”

Duan Chaofeng smiled.

“Void Walk Beast Phantom…”

Xu Ning muttered the name of this origin technique. “This Void Walk Beast Phantom does suit you.”

Duan Chaofeng said, “Because practicing this origin technique requires the blood of demon beasts. The stronger the demon beast, the stronger the power it can exert.”

“Last time, Senior Dong Ji also obtained the blood of the Night Beast during his fight with it. It is currently stored in the treasure vault of the mansion. With the help of the blood of an apex demon beast, the Void Walk Beast Phantom will be more powerful than ordinary origin techniques.”

Duan Chaofeng explained, “If you practice this Void Walk Beast Phantom, I will give you a drop of the Night Beast’s blood.”

“In that case, thank you, Your Highness.”

Xu Ning was very satisfied with this Void Walk Beast Phantom.

“Small matter.”

Duan Chaofeng smiled. “Come, I will take you to retrieve the memory crystal of the Void Walk Beast Phantom and the blood of the Night Beast.”

After that, the two got up, and Duan Chaofeng took Xu Ning to the mansion’s treasury.

An hour went by. Xu Ning returned to his villa.

He took out two items.

One was a high-quality memory crystal, while the other was a porcelain bottle containing a drop of the Night Beast’s blood.

“Void Walk Beast Phantom…”

Xu Ning activated the memory crystal, and a new combat technique instantly appeared in his mind.

A notification came from the Martial Arts Panel.

Consume 10 million units of energy to learn the Void Walk Beast Phantom?

Yes / No

’10 million units of energy…’ Xu Ning raised his eyebrows. This was quite a lot of energy needed.

He only had 3 million units of energy left.

However, Xu Ning did not find this unreasonable.

Origin techniques were different from mortal realm external skills, void realm secret techniques, and dao realm alchemy techniques. It was a technique that involved the origin.

If he learned it, he would finish learning it. There was no further advancement.

In other words, as long as he consumed 10 million units of energy in one go, he would completely master the essence of this origin technique.

If one viewed it in that way, 10 million units of energy was not a loss.

It was just that Xu Ning couldn’t learn it yet.