Chapter 664: Chapter 333: Return to Qinglian Spirit City
 

Within the Cliff Cave Mansion, Lin Yi employed the Eye of Emptiness to begin examining his own body, the essence of what the Eye could see closely related to his cultivation level.

The higher the realm, the deeper the essence one could perceive.

Previously in the Dao Palace, with the Eye of Emptiness at the Huashen realm, he sensed traces of Otherworldly Aura, yet he was unable to see it.

Now that he had reached the Refining Void Realm, perhaps he could see this mysterious Otherworldly Aura. Once seen, he could find ways to shield, and even erase it.

Of course, he wouldn’t arbitrarily erase this Otherworldly Aura, considering its beneficial effects on the body during Heavenly Tribulation.

After activating the Eye of Emptiness, Lin Yi, guided by the destiny’s lock-on sense and previous traces felt, delved deeper into his investigation. At last, he discovered a strand of grey aura within his body.

This aura did not seem concentrated, and it likely wasn’t due to spending years cultivating in the Lower Realm with Spiritual Energy entering his body. It might exist in all people from the Lower Realm.

That’s because the location of this aura was not within the meridians or Dantian but rather within a very concealed place.

Lin Yi tried to control this grey aura, but found it to be of no effect. After pondering, he consumed another pill that he obtained from the Dao Palace to extend the duration of his Crossing Tribulation and prepared to observe how the pill suppressed the Otherworldly Aura.

Through the Eye of Emptiness, he also saw that after ingesting the pill, a stream of medical potency flowed into the Dantian, while a wisp of grey aura emerged from the pill.

Seeing this grey aura, his face revealed a hint of unusual color. While at the Deification Realm, he had also studied and taken this type of pill; however, the Eye of Emptiness did not discern the grey aura emanating from the pill.

Using the Eye of Emptiness, he followed it and saw the grey aura formed by the pill located the Otherworldly Aura and enveloped it.

Furthermore, he sensed that the grey aura from the pill was somewhat different from the Lower Realm’s Otherworldly Aura.

Perhaps this was a native aura of the Spirit Profound Realm specially refined by the Dao Palace, capable of enveloping the Lower Realm’s Otherworldly Aura, thus shielding it from destiny.

However, Lin Yi discovered a slight vulnerability on top of the pill’s grey aura, which the Dao Palace likely deliberately left behind.

Thus, the Tai Xuan Mirror could utilize this vulnerability to peek into the world of Ascenders who had consumed the pill.

The methods of the Dao Palace are truly clever, Lin Yi couldn’t help but shake his head. Of course, he could understand why the Dao Palace did this; if one took the pill, it could conceal an Ascender’s identity, which for the Dao Palace was a risk.

He tried to control the pill’s grey aura, yet like the Otherworldly Aura, it was uncontrollable.

At this moment, he suddenly realized the preciousness of the pill; it was not something an average Cultivator could refine but very likely the work of a Mahayana Cultivator who had touched upon the rules.

After contemplating for a while, Lin Yi directed the Golden Human Energy within his body to the location of the Otherworldly Aura and surprisingly found it could connect with the pill’s grey aura, covering the vulnerability. From this point on, not a trace of Otherworldly Aura could escape.

His face also showed a hint of pleasant surprise; he considered using Golden Human Energy instead of Yin and Yang Energy because the Golden Human Energy was neutral and balanced, seemingly without any attributes, while Yin and Yang Energy – Yang Energy too strong and Yin Qi too soft – could potentially harm the grey aura.

In light of the current situation, his previous analysis was correct.

With the Otherworldly Aura no longer leaking, he could also obtain the Identity Jade representative of a native cultivator through normal channels, then teleport to the Border Spirit City, adjacent to the Demon Realm.

Having settled the identity issue, Lin Yi stood up, opened the title panel, and adjusted his outwardly displayed realm to the first level of Huashen.

Each stage of the Path of Survivor title could grant 3 levels of Realm Concealment or outward display, with small, medium, large, plus the Survival King title, amounting to four stages and thus 12 levels of concealment or display effects.

Now, having earned the Emperor of Survival title, he gained another level, making it 13 levels. If he used his full-reveal title, he could instantly appear as a Fusion Cultivator.

Currently, the reason Lin Yi concealed his true cultivation level was due to the fact that after the split into three bodies, the three Nascent Soul Dao Fruits cultivated within the Dantian had all departed, leaving only three wisps of aura.

Although the Spiritual Energy infused during the breakthrough had strengthened the three wisps of aura, his overall strength had still decreased significantly.

Therefore, he had to remain cautious and carefully conceal his cultivation levels, not exposing his hand lightly.

Whereas, once in the Demon Tribe and assuming a demon identity, there would be no more need for concealment since the Demon Tribe truly revered strength.

Among the Human race, you might not be bullied just for having a lower cultivation level, but in the Demon Tribe, you would definitely be a punching bag for other demons.

Lin Yi felt that the Dao Fruits obtained from future cultivation progress would probably contribute to the growth of these three wisps of aura. Based on his estimation, the current strength of the three wisps clearly did not correspond to the intensity expected in the Refining Void Realm.

Therefore, subsequent cultivation might not increase his levels; only when the three wisps grew to the strength of the Refining Void Realm would his cultivation continue to grow.

If all goes as expected, once these three wisps of aura mature to the strength of the Refining Void Realm, the resultant power should be mightier than three Nascent Souls.