This time, the task assigned by Li Qi's natal spirit puppet was not a major undertaking.
Primarily, given the current situation, Li Qi's strength was in a very awkward position.
His main body, if it made a move, would not have a hundred percent guarantee of defeating Tian Mo, who had already reached the Tribulation Passing stage.
And even after activating the Extreme Burning Secret Art, his natal spirit puppet could barely inflict any damage on cultivators in the Tribulation Passing stage.
For the natal spirit puppet to be able to harm Tian Mo, who was in the Tribulation Passing stage, it would at least need to barely reach the peak of the Dao Integration stage. Only then might self-detonation have some effect.
However, Li Qi's main body's strength was not something that could be improved simply by wishing it.
Therefore, Li Qi sent a message to his natal spirit puppet, which was currently in the Void Black Market.
This was naturally to search for secret arts, other than the Extreme Burning Secret Art, that could temporarily deplete potential and enhance strength.
While such secret arts seemed numerous, in reality, due to the existence of the Extreme Burning Secret Art, many secret arts that could deplete potential could no longer be stacked.
After all, most secret arts that depleted potential did so at the cost of burning one's essence, qi, blood, flesh, and soul to forcefully increase strength.
But in truth, one Extreme Burning Secret Art was sufficient.
Because the Extreme Burning Secret Art alone fulfilled the requirement of burning all essence, qi, blood, flesh, soul, and spirit for strength.
Even if one had the leisure to cultivate other similar secret arts, it would be of little significance.
Once one such secret art was activated, it could already burn all of one's essence, qi, blood, flesh, and soul.
Even if another one were activated, there would be no extra essence, qi, blood, flesh, soul, or spirit left to burn.
Thus, what Li Qi needed his natal spirit puppet to search for this time was a secret art that did not require burning essence, qi, blood, flesh, or soul.
With this filtering condition, the difficulty of finding a secret art greatly increased.
But fortunately, Li Qi was not in too much of a hurry about this.
After all, cultivation knows no age. He had spent a considerable amount of time in secluded cultivation these days.
He only needed to wait until the day his natal spirit puppet in the Void Black Market obtained the relevant information, and then he would awaken.
Thus, several years passed in the blink of an eye.
One day.
Suddenly, information from his natal spirit puppet, sent from a distant location, reached Li Qi, who was in secluded cultivation in the Earthly Void Realm.
Li Qi's eyes snapped open at this moment.
After several years, a secret art that met Li Qi's conditions had finally surfaced.
According to the information transmitted back by the natal spirit puppet.
This time, the secret art was not found at a large auction.
Compared to those large auctions filled with countless treasures.
Over the past few years, the natal spirit puppet had spent most of its time mingling in the other side of the Void Black Market, in the chaotic public trading area.
After painstakingly spending several years, the natal spirit puppet finally found a suitable secret art for Li Qi two days ago.
It was purchased for the price of over six hundred thousand spirit stones.
Upon receiving this news, Li Qi's eyes brightened slightly.
With this new secret art that met his conditions, he could then have his three natal spirit puppets master it.
Then, with the secret arts stacked... wouldn't the combat power of his natal spirit puppets surpass his own in its normal state!
Immediately, Li Qi commanded the natal spirit puppet, which was in the Void Black Market, to return to the Earthly Void Realm.
At the same time, along the way, through the shared vision of his natal spirit puppet, Li Qi quickly learned what the secret art found this time was.
The name of this secret art was "Ni Luan Ba Chong" (逆乱八冲).
Compared to the previous Extreme Burning Secret Art, which obtained powerful strength by violently burning essence, qi, soul, and spirit.
This "Ni Luan Ba Chong" was different.
The human body possessed countless interconnected meridians and channels, the extraordinary meridians and eight collateral channels.
For mortals, from the circulation of qi and blood in martial artists to the simple act of breathing for ordinary people.
Or for cultivators, the circulation of spiritual energy in the dantian for daily practice, or the release of divine abilities and techniques.
They all had their own ways of circulating through their meridians.
If there was a deviation in circulation.
At the smallest level, it was called "getting a stitch."
At the largest level, it was a cultivator's Qi deviation.
And Ni Luan Ba Chong was based on this principle.
Compared to cultivators circulating spiritual energy and releasing techniques according to conventional meridian pathways.
The name Ni Luan Ba Chong itself indicated its function.
Ni Luan! To circulate spiritual energy in a manner different from the usual.
To reverse everything in circulation.
And under this reversed circulation of spiritual energy, the cultivator would not suffer Qi deviation. Instead, it could enable the cultivator to erupt in a state beyond their limits in the shortest possible time.
To put it simply.
Imagine a person wanting to go from east to west, but there's a thorny jungle in the way. To avoid getting hurt, they would need to take a detour, which would lead to more travel time and consumption.
Ni Luan Ba Chong, however, would forcibly ignore the thorny jungle and charge through it in the most brutal way. The journey would be shorter, but the person would also suffer damage.
The same principle applied to the spiritual energy circulation within a cultivator's body.
As for the price of Ni Luan Ba Chong, it was naturally not small.
Ni Luan Ba Chong had a total of eight layers. With each surge, the meridians would suffer a severe tremor.
Eight simultaneous surges meant suffering eight meridian tremors at once, and in a cumulative manner.
Although the potential unleashed in a short period would be terrifying.
Afterward, the outcome would be the complete severance of meridians and the shattering of the dantian, a hundred percent certainty.
"Good stuff, good stuff. Severed meridians, shattered dantian, I like it!"
A smile appeared on Li Qi's face.
"Who is this genius who could even conceive of such a secret art for unleashing potential."
Although Ni Luan Ba Chong's description stated that it was about reversing spiritual energy circulation.
This was not something that could be achieved by simply reversing spiritual energy circulation at will.
If it were that easy, there wouldn't be so many people suffering from Qi deviation in the world.
The creator of Ni Luan Ba Chong must have thoroughly researched every inch of the extraordinary meridians and eight collateral channels and their pathways within the human body to have devised such a cultivation secret art.
A few days later, the natal spirit puppet returned to the Heavenly Dao Space of the Earthly Void Realm.
Li Qi issued an order, instructing this natal spirit puppet to continue cultivating.
Subsequently, Li Qi arranged for the other two natal spirit puppets to proceed with setting up the superimposed formations in the Earthly Void Realm.
There was no rush for the matter of striking the Blazing Flame Medicine Pavilion again.
It wouldn't be too late to go once the natal spirit puppet had mastered Ni Luan Ba Chong.
As for Li Qi.
He sensed his current cultivation realm within his body.
He felt that he was getting closer and closer to the fifth level of Dao Integration.
Perhaps in not much more time, his main body's strength would also experience a small breakthrough.
Then, with a natal spirit puppet at the fifth level of Dao Integration, coupled with the Extreme Burning Secret Art and Ni Luan Ba Chong.
A hint of anticipation appeared on Li Qi's face.
"Starting this secluded cultivation, the next time I emerge, it will be when I step into the fifth level of Dao Integration."
With such a thought, Li Qi's mind sank into contemplation.
Twelve years later.
The Heavenly Dao Space of the Earthly Void Realm.
Li Qi's previously stable aura suddenly surged dramatically.
His eyes snapped open at this moment.
Fifth level of Dao Integration!
Achieved!