Moreover, it wasn't just that; Ning Fa sensed a significant change on the Heavenly Book's surface.
On its upper left corner, a mysterious rune had appeared, faintly shimmering with spiritual light.
As Ning Fa's spiritual sense touched this special rune, he received a piece of information. Upon hearing it, Ning Fa's eyes widened in shock.
"No way, can this really work?" Ning Fa muttered, his face filled with disbelief.
This rune represented a special ability that the Heavenly Book had gained, or rather, recovered. The peculiarity and power of this ability were almost unbelievable to Ning Fa.
Ning Fa suppressed the churning emotions within him and immediately wanted to test it out.
However, he didn't act rashly. Instead, he immediately communicated with the Heavenly Book to check if the mysterious entity was still spying on him.
He found no trace of it at the moment, which made him breathe a sigh of relief. The mysterious entity must have been severely injured by the Heavenly Book's previous attack.
Then, Ning Fa flipped his right hand, and a small, pure golden sword appeared, emitting an extremely sharp aura.
This was a Third-grade High-tier Magic Treasure. Ning Fa couldn't recall which enemy he had killed to obtain it.
He then mentally communicated with the mysterious rune on the Heavenly Book's surface. The rune suddenly lit up, and a brilliant light shot out from it, enveloping the pure golden sword.
Following that, a perfect replica of the pure golden sword appeared as a phantom within the mysterious rune, though it was only the size of a grain of rice.
Ning Fa immediately exerted force with both hands, twisting the sword into a spiral. Finally, he directly twisted it into more than a dozen fragments.
Ning Fa then looked at the Heavenly Book with excitement. As he mentally communicated with the mysterious rune again, The rune shone brightly, and the small sword phantom, which he had previously stored, flew out from it, enveloping the fragments.
After a flash of white light, a perfectly intact pure golden sword appeared before Ning Fa.
"It actually worked!..."
Ning Fa was utterly shocked. Only when he witnessed this phenomenon before his eyes could he truly believe it.
The ability that the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book had gained, or rather recovered, was named [True Form Imprint].
Its effect was exactly as demonstrated: it could imprint the true form of an object onto the Heavenly Book beforehand, and then that object could be reverted to its initial state at the time of imprinting.
This had a deep connection with the Heavenly Book's core ability, Source Tracing.
Ning Fa couldn't help but speculate that it was highly likely that when the Heavenly Book imprinted the true form, it recognized it as the origin of that object, thus allowing it to trace back to that original state.
This special ability provided Ning Fa with a vast scope for utilization.
After all, the Heavenly Book's core ability, Source Tracing, would revert a fully formed Spiritual Material back to its initial state.
For example, a Magic Treasure would be traced back into the various spiritual ores used to forge it.
Or, as Ning Fa had done initially, using the Heavenly Book to revert a Pill back into the various Spiritual Grasses used to refine it.
While this ability was powerful, it primarily focused on allowing Ning Fa to obtain precious resources and did not aid him in combat.
But this True Form Imprint was different.
Just like before, for instance, if he used a powerful Divine Ability at the cost of damaging that pure golden sword.
With the True Form Imprint ability, he could instantly restore the sword.
This meant he could unleash that powerful Divine Ability again, leaving his opponent stunned.
Furthermore, this ability could also be used on some powerful, single-use consumable Spiritual Materials.
With this in mind, Ning Fa immediately took out the Great Immortal Extermination Bead.
As he communicated with the rune representing True Form Imprint on the Heavenly Book, a small bead phantom appeared within the rune. Clearly, this indicated that the Great Immortal Extermination Bead had its true form imprinted.
Ning Fa couldn't help but laugh heartily. This ability was incredibly helpful to him, equivalent to him possessing two Great Immortal Extermination Beads, or even more, as long as he had enough Origin Points.
This was because the True Form Imprint and reversion consumed the Heavenly Book's Origin Points. Just like when the Heavenly Book restored the pure golden sword, it consumed ten Third-Tier Origin Points.
For example, the Great Immortal Extermination Bead required even more Origin Points, a full five points, exactly the same as the number of Origin Points required to trace it back.
Additionally, the Heavenly Book could currently only imprint the true form of one object at a time.
While Ning Fa felt regret, he wasn't too disappointed. After all, it was only reasonable; otherwise, it would be too overpowered.
He couldn't help but chuckle, looking at the Heavenly Book as if it were a supreme treasure. He increasingly felt the mystery and power of this treasure.
At this moment, he looked at the rune for True Form Imprint, and his expression suddenly changed as a bold idea flashed through his mind.
Could the Heavenly Book imprint living beings?
For example, himself?
Upon thinking this, Ning Fa's heart began to pound violently. His eyes flickered, and he immediately decided to give it a try.
As he communicated with the mysterious rune again, it shot out a brilliant light, enveloping him without any suspense.
Ning Fa felt a little nervous but detected no abnormality. Soon, a tiny humanoid phantom appeared within the rune, identical in appearance to him.
"It actually works??"
Ning Fa's eyes were filled with both surprise and a sense of strangeness.
As he moved his mind again, the humanoid phantom flew out of the rune, transforming into a beam of light that enveloped him.
Ning Fa immediately felt an incredibly comfortable aura surrounding him.
This felt like soaking in a hot spring. His magic power, vitality, and even his divine soul were rapidly recovering, and in the blink of an eye, he was back at his peak condition.
Ning Fa's eyes were filled with divine light as he looked down at his fists.
Then he smiled, and it turned into hearty laughter.
This True Form Imprint actually worked on living beings!
Its specific effect was to restore his essence, energy, and spirit back to their initial imprinted state.
This could practically be considered a top-tier recovery elixir.
Nascent Soul level recovery elixirs were already extremely rare, and those that could restore spiritual sense were almost nonexistent, let alone ones that could restore essence, energy, and spirit simultaneously.
After his surprise, Ning Fa also felt a hint of confusion.
If it was a regression to the initial state, then it would only be logical for his memories to have regressed as well. However, what he had recovered was only pure divine soul power, and it hadn't involved any memories.
Ning Fa couldn't understand the profound mystery behind this for the moment, but it was undoubtedly more beneficial for him.
Next, Ning Fa looked at the Heavenly Book again, checking the consumption of its Origin Points.
He saw that the Heavenly Book's Third-Tier Origin Points had decreased from the original two thousand one hundred and thirty points to two thousand and thirty points.
This meant that if Ning Fa performed a True Form Imprint on himself, it would consume one hundred Third-Tier Origin Points each time.
This amount of Origin Points wasn't small, but Ning Fa could accept it. After all, the ability to instantly restore his state was like having an extra life when battling powerful enemies.
Ning Fa couldn't help but smile.
Regardless of the mysterious entity's intentions in arranging him here, he had indeed gained immense benefits in the three Spirit Realms of the second layer.
Ning Fa swept his gaze around and saw that the deafening roar of the waterfall had almost disappeared.
The colossal waterfall had now become a mere trickle descending from the sky.
The spring eye not far away was also nearly dry, and above it, a distorted ball of light had appeared. The scene behind it could be vaguely seen, clearly indicating the exit of this place.
Ning Fa's eyes flickered. He then communicated with the Heavenly Book again and imprinted another True Form of himself within that rune, as a precaution.
Then he took a step forward and flew into that ball of light.
His vision blurred, and Ning Fa found himself in another location.
Ning Fa, fully on guard, scanned his surroundings and realized he had appeared on a white jade plaza several miles wide and long. At the edges where the plaza met, the Thousand Vortex Spirit Mountain was still present.
On the surface of this mountain, there were seven distinct vortices that were different from the others, and above each vortex was a special Spirit Realm marker.
Ning Fa looked up again.
He could now vaguely see the summit of this Spirit Mountain. Myriad rays of auspicious light emanated from there, and a mysterious lake could be vaguely discerned.
However, a distorted halo of light enveloped the mountaintop. A mere sensing of it revealed the terrifying power contained within, clearly indicating that it was not a place Nascent Soul Cultivators could recklessly trespass.
Ning Fa pondered. The place he was currently in was likely the third layer of the Thousand Vortex Spirit Mountain. This was not the end; the lake at the summit seemed to be the true destination.
He couldn't help but think again.
What kind of existence was this Abyssal Heavenly Pool?
Why would it have such peculiar trial grounds?
Were the two beings that seemed to be True Spirits earlier fighting over the Abyssal Heavenly Pool itself, or something within it?
Could it be the mysterious water droplets that the Heavenly Book had absorbed earlier?
And what was the identity of that mysterious entity?
Ning Fa suppressed the thoughts in his heart. Since he was here, he would accept his fate. In any case, he couldn't retreat now.
Fortunately, he could sense the mysterious entity through the Heavenly Book, so he maintained mental contact with the Heavenly Book at all times.
Ning Fa let out a soft breath and realized he was the first to arrive at the third layer.
It made sense, after all. He had encountered almost no trouble in the three Spirit Realms of the second layer, so his speed was naturally much faster.
With that thought, Ning Fa immediately flew forward and soon approached the Thousand Vortex Spirit Mountain.
He carefully examined the seven vortices, and then the ethereal voice reappeared in his sea of consciousness.
"The third layer of the Spirit Mountain has a total of seven Spirit Realms. Passing through any one of them will be considered completing this trial, granting you the qualification to go to the Heavenly Pool to meet Ancestor Yuan."
"Ancestor Yuan?"
Ning Fa couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. This short sentence revealed important information.
The lake at the summit seemed to be the Heavenly Pool mentioned in this voice, and perhaps the origin of the name Abyssal Heavenly Pool. Could this Ancestor Yuan be the master of this mysterious place?
And how powerful must this Ancestor Yuan be to possess such a powerful and mysterious secret realm?
Could it be the being who had arranged for him earlier?
Thinking of this, Ning Fa felt a chill run down his spine.
If that were the case, then things would be extremely unfavorable.
Fortunately, he had the Heavenly Book. From their previous encounters, the Heavenly Book had easily crushed that entity's power.
With this thought, Ning Fa felt slightly more at ease.
As he briefly examined the seven vortices, his eyes widened in surprise, and then he immediately fixed on one of them, a look of excitement appearing on his face.