Ning Fa couldn't help but sink into contemplation.
The best approach would naturally be to head to the Heavenly Evolution Sect and use its long-distance, cross-sea domain teleportation array to go directly to the Xuetting Sea, which is closest to the Qianmo Sea. This would save a lot of time.
But the problem was that Ning Fa didn't want to alert anyone as much as possible on this return to the Nine Dragons Sea.
After all, Great Qin and the Tianwu Cultivation World had many eyes and ears in the Nine Dragons Sea. If news of his appearance leaked out, it would immediately attract the attention of people from those two major cultivation worlds.
The fact that he, who should have been in the Abyssal Heavenly Pool, suddenly appeared in the Nine Dragons Sea would obviously arouse their suspicion.
Seeing Huangfu Ziyue and the Demon Lord earlier was also unavoidable.
Ning Fa had also made them swear to secrecy about his whereabouts in their agreement. Since they needed his help, they shouldn't blab about it.
Ning Fa thought for a moment and decided to contact Murong Zhaoxue after all, since he had planted a Soul Restraint on her.
Even though he had just experienced Wen Xiuxin's affair, it was because the Ancient Immortal was too strange. Compared to Hermit Wuxin, Ning Fa still trusted Murong Zhaoxue a little more.
The Fu Ling Hall still had considerable influence in the Nine Dragons Sea and should have a way to get him to the Xuetting Sea quickly.
However, when Ning Fa took out the Fu Ling Hall Master's token and tried to contact Murong Zhaoxue, he frowned after a short while because there was no response from her.
Could something have happened to Murong Zhaoxue? Or was there some change within the Fu Ling Hall?
Ning Fa's expression turned slightly gloomy.
But there was no time to think too much about it now. Ning Fa decided to return to Skyreach City first, and then use the ordinary teleportation array to reach the border between the Five Spirits Sea and the Snow Ting Sea.
As for what happened to Murong Zhaoxue or the Fu Ling Hall, he could only deal with it later.
In the end, neither Murong Zhaoxue nor the Fu Ling Hall could compare to Cheng Susu and the others in his heart.
But just as Ning Fa was about to leave this desolate island, his expression suddenly changed, followed by a look of pleasant surprise.
At this moment, the Heavenly Book in his sea of consciousness, which had been shrouded in intense white light for the past few days, had finally returned to calm.
The Heavenly Book had finally refined the vast original power it had absorbed from the Abyssal Heavenly Pool.
With a thought from Ning Fa, a flash of white light appeared, and the Heavenly Book reappeared.
The Heavenly Book had undergone some changes. Its surface had some faint blue mysterious patterns, and its aura was also obviously different from before, even more vast and distant.
In addition, there were originally one rune in the upper right corner, representing the ability of True Form Imprint, but now there were two identical runes.
This undoubtedly meant that Ning Fa could now imprint the true forms of two things at once, including himself.
In this way, the ability of True Form Imprint would naturally be more helpful to Ning Fa.
It was equivalent to him having three Great Immortal Extermination Beads at once, or instantly replenishing his state twice in a row, which would have a profound impact on his combat power.
Ning Fa couldn't help but look pleasantly surprised. Then, he immediately communicated with the Heavenly Book with his mind and found that the Origin Points of the Heavenly Book had also undergone tremendous changes.
At this time, the Heavenly Book had fifty-eight Fifth-Tier Origin Points, five hundred and fifty Fourth-Tier Origin Points, and two thousand seven hundred Third-Tier Origin Points.
Compared to before, the Heavenly Book had increased by fifty Fifth-Tier Origin Points and five hundred Fourth-Tier Origin Points, which could be described as an astronomical figure.
After all, two Fourth-Tier Origin Points could trace a low-grade Spirit Stone back to a Top-grade Spirit Stone, let alone Fifth-Tier Origin Points, which should be able to trace back a Sixth-Tier Spiritual Material.
This was naturally provided by the Essence of World Origin and the vast original power of the Abyssal Heavenly Pool that the Heavenly Book had absorbed before.
After the surprise, Ning Fa was a little strange, not strange that the Heavenly Book had increased too many Origin Points, but too few.
After all, just absorbing the Essence of World Origin had increased a lot of Fourth and Fifth-Tier Origin Points.
Logically speaking, the Heavenly Book almost emptied the entire Abyssal Heavenly Pool, and the Origin Points it increased should be more than that.
At this moment, a message appeared in his sea of consciousness:
"The tracing of Third-Tier and below Water Attribute Spiritual Material no longer requires Origin Points. The Origin Points required for tracing Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth-Tier Water Attribute Spiritual Material will automatically decrease by one tier."
Seeing this message, Ning Fa was stunned.
It could be like this?
Didn't this mean that it originally required two Fourth-Tier Origin Points to trace a Water Attribute Top-grade Spirit Stone, but now it only required two Third-Tier Origin Points?
Even for Sixth-Tier—this level of Water Attribute Spiritual Material corresponding to the Void Refinement stage—he would only need Fifth-Tier Origin Points to trace it if he wanted to.
The key was that this seemed to be permanent, and the number of Origin Points it could save him was simply unimaginable.
It was no exaggeration to say that he could use the current Heavenly Book to create a large batch of top-notch Water Attribute Spiritual Material, and even forge a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure of the Water Attribute.
The Heavenly Book had not absorbed the vast original power of the Abyssal Heavenly Pool for nothing, and it had actually obtained such an amazing improvement.
As for why it was specifically Water Attribute, it was obviously not difficult to understand. After all, the Abyssal Heavenly Pool was a realm mainly based on Water Attribute.
This advancement of the Heavenly Book had a very profound impact on Ning Fa.
It was not an exaggeration to say that he could benefit from it even if he advanced to the Void Refinement stage.
After all, he was a Five Elements Thunder Body, and the Five Elements were indispensable.
Ning Fa even immediately thought that he could use the current Heavenly Book to trace some legendary Fifth-Tier, or even Sixth-Tier Water Attribute Spiritual Material, to cultivate his Tai Yin True Fire, which had already reached its initial form, and let it take shape as soon as possible.
In this way, he could rely on it to open up the Sea of Lightning Divine Treasury of the Supreme Water Divine Thunder, and use it to evolve Yin and Yang for his Primordial Realm Pearl.
Thinking of this, Ning Fa suddenly felt very happy and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Compared with the improvement of the Heavenly Book, the Soul Nurturing Divine Spring, Myriad Spirit True Liquid, Supreme Taiyi Divine Water, and other precious Spiritual Material he obtained in the Abyssal Heavenly Pool were nothing.
Just then, the Heavenly Book's surface suddenly flashed with spiritual light, followed by the slow emergence of two patterned objects.
These were two black stone tablets, one large and one small, their entire bodies a dark blue color, covered in similar mysterious rune patterns.
Ning Fa was taken aback, but he was quickly even more surprised by what happened next.
The Heavenly Book, as it had done before, continued to extend its spiritual light downward, attempting to derive the origin of these two stone tablets.
But this time, the Heavenly Book seemed to encounter some difficulty. Despite the rapid flashing of white light, it couldn't derive the origin of the two stone tablets.
In the end, as if unwilling, the Heavenly Book slowly dissipated its white light.
Ning Fa was stunned.
What was going on?
There were actually things whose origins the Heavenly Book couldn't see?
After all, in his mind, the Heavenly Book had always been an omnipotent existence.
Ning Fa immediately flipped his right hand, and the two black stone tablets appeared before him. They lacked any spiritual energy and looked unremarkable.
Ning Fa couldn't help but examine them with a solemn expression. If they could elicit such a reaction from the Heavenly Book, these two stone tablets were definitely extraordinary.
These two stone tablets were precisely the ones Si Chenxing had given him before.
According to her, these two stone tablets were accidentally obtained by Ancestor Yuan during his first trip to the Spirit Realm, in the famous perilous zone – the Ancient Star Road – after experiencing a dangerous situation.
Even Ancestor Yuan couldn't decipher the meaning represented by the mysterious runes on the surface of the stone tablets.
However, since they were carefully treasured in that mysterious place in the Ancient Star Road, it meant they were definitely not ordinary objects.
Ancestor Yuan, unable to find anything after some research, placed them in the Star Secret Realm on the second level of the Thousand Vortex Spirit Mountain.
Because these two stone tablets could absorb star power, Ancestor Yuan wanted to see if they would undergo any changes after absorbing enough star power.
And Si Chenxing, in order to please Ning Fa, her new master, had taken out these two stone tablets and given them to him.
Since even a Mahayana Realm expert like Ancestor Yuan couldn't decipher the secrets of these two stone tablets, Ning Fa naturally wouldn't waste his energy on them.
He didn't even dare to over-research them, because once his divine sense delved too deeply into the mysterious patterns on the surface of the stone tablets, there was a risk of losing control.
Ning Fa had tried it slightly and didn't dare to touch them again.
Moreover, at that time, the Heavenly Book hadn't reacted to them at all.
He hadn't expected that after the Heavenly Book had digested the origin power of the Abyssal Heavenly Pool, it would have such a big reaction to these two stone tablets.
It couldn't even derive their origin, which was enough to illustrate their extraordinary nature.
Ning Fa carefully examined the two stone tablets in front of him with a solemn expression, and finally put them away.
These two items were not something he could comprehend with his current cultivation level, so he would keep them for now.
At this moment, Ning Fa's divine sense probed his Spirit Beast Bracelet, and he saw Blue Lightning enveloped in a burst of intense blue light, with a blue Qilin figure floating outside its body.
Ning Fa nodded, his eyes revealing anticipation.
Previously, he had given the two drops of Water Qilin essence blood he had obtained in the Abyssal Heavenly Pool to Blue Lightning to absorb and refine, making Ning Fa very much looking forward to Blue Lightning's changes.
According to Si Chenxing, Blue Lightning reaching the Spirit Transformation Realm should be certain.
Then, Ning Fa meditated in place for a while. Just as he was about to use his disguise technique to leave, he suddenly felt something and looked around with a change of expression.
It was already night, and the stars in the sky were shining brightly.
At this moment, the starlight in front of Ning Fa suddenly became richer, slowly condensing into a petite figure.
She was wearing a dress that seemed to be woven from starlight, with a pair of starlight wings on her back. Although her figure was slightly blurred, she was extremely cute and delicate.
"It's you!"
Ning Fa couldn't help but be surprised. This little girl was actually Fairy Yuanxing.
It was because of her help that Ning Fa was able to know about the existence of the hidden teleportation array in the Ice Sea, allowing him to return to Cangyuan.
When Fairy Yuanxing saw Ning Fa, her little face was also full of smiles, but then she pouted her small mouth.
"How rude! What do you mean, 'It's you'? Please call me Fairy Yuanxing!"
Ning Fa smiled wryly. This Fairy Yuanxing still had the same personality as before. He followed her wishes and called her by her title again, and she immediately beamed with joy.
She looked Ning Fa up and down, her beautiful eyes full of light: "Before, this fairy's feeling was still very vague, but now I am very certain.
You can definitely heal my injuries, and this ability is even stronger than before."
Hearing this, Ning Fa's heart stirred. He secretly guessed that what Fairy Yuanxing was talking about should be the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book.
The greatly enhanced Source-Crossing Heavenly Book should be able to trace the origins of some high-level spiritual objects and use them to repair her injuries.
It must be said that this Fairy Yuanxing was indeed powerful, able to calculate this.
But then Fairy Yuanxing deflated and said, "Unfortunately, some changes have happened. Those old guys in the Star Luo Palace are watching me even more closely. I can't run out now.
Although I feel that your strength has also improved a lot, it is impossible to force your way into the Star Luo Palace and take me away... Alas, it's really distressing."
Ning Fa's heart stirred. He thought of what the Demon Lord had said before and asked, "Why is the Star Luo Palace watching you even more closely?"
"Isn't it because of the Sea Race? I don't know what's going on with their Ancestral Sea, but their activities have been unusually frequent in recent years, and they are constantly issuing edicts.
That damned Myriad Star Disk can't be used easily, and those old fogeys from the Star Luo Palace can only rely on me to do some divination.
"Plus, they caught me on the few occasions I went out for a long trip, so they added several more layers of restrictions on me. Humph, it's really infuriating!"
Fairy Yuanxing said, puffing out her cheeks.
Ning Fa's pupils contracted slightly as he thought of what the Demon Lord had said earlier, that a major change was about to occur in the Sea Race, which would trigger a Great Calamity.
"What exactly is going on with the Sea Race?" Ning Fa couldn't help but ask.
Fairy Yuanxing's small face also showed a hint of solemnity: "The power of the Ancestral Sea is very strong, and I can only occasionally peek at it.
But judging from the hexagram obtained from the Heavenly Star Divination performed by the Star Luo Palace at a great cost, using my true form, it seems that the situation in the Nine Dragons Sea will change drastically.
And the Human Race in the Nine Dragons Sea will be in an extremely unfavorable situation, and may even be destroyed because of it. The source of this calamity is the Sea Race."
Hearing this, Ning Fa's heart sank.
If he was only half-convinced by what the Demon Lord had said before, but now that Fairy Yuanxing was saying the same thing, he couldn't help but believe it. This was truly a bad situation.
"Don't worry about that for now. Anyway, according to the hexagram, this isn't something that will happen in a short time.
But Ning Fa, you're in trouble now, and it's big trouble!
I came to you immediately because I foresaw this."
At this time, Fairy Yuanxing said with a serious face.
Ning Fa was startled: "What trouble?"
"I can't say for sure, but what is certain is that a powerful enemy has already set their sights on you.
Although you have the Five Elements Thunder Body, which can conceal some of the secrets of heaven and divination, the other party also has some wonderful divination objects. By paying a certain price, they can still roughly divine your location. You may not even have a place to escape to by then."
The previously serious Fairy Yuanxing now said with a smile, even looking a bit gleeful.
Hearing this, Ning Fa's pupils shrank.
The powerful enemy in Fairy Yuanxing's mouth was undoubtedly a Spirit Transformation Cultivator; otherwise, ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivators would not be qualified to cause him trouble.
So, who could it be?
A Sea Race Spirit Transformation?
Or, those few Spirit Transformation cultivators still waiting in the Abyssal Heavenly Pool?
Ning Fa's heart sank slightly, vaguely feeling that it might be the latter.
A figure couldn't help but appear in his mind, it was Tianli's Moon Lord, Ling Yuqing.
Her final death was very strange. Could it be that she didn't die? So she told the Spirit Transformation cultivators outside about the Abyssal Heavenly Pool?
Thinking of this, Ning Fa suddenly felt a chill spread from his head to his feet.
If that was the case, then his trouble would be great.
Although Ling Yuqing couldn't see the Heavenly Book, as long as she let those Spirit Transformation cultivators know that the secret of the Abyssal Heavenly Pool was on him, it would be enough for them to chase him to the ends of the earth.