Chen Xiao jumped up in fright!
This black spiritual energy was undeniably spiritual energy, but it carried a deathly aura.
As Chen Xiao calmed himself and investigated, he discovered that the source of the black spiritual energy was within him.
More precisely, it originated from the Yin-Yang Jade hanging around his neck.
The black spiritual energy flowed like a surging liquid.
It gushed out from the Yin-Yang Jade, cascading downwards and coiling around Chen Xiao.
In an instant, Chen Xiao thought of over a hundred possible explanations.
The most likely one was that the Yin-Yang Jade had refined the Infant Fiend hidden within it!
If that were the case, then this Yin-Yang Jade would truly be an extraordinary treasure!
After all, Infant Fiends were born from resentment.
The fact that the Yin-Yang Jade could transform resentment into such potent spiritual energy was something even some Nascent Soul stage ghost cultivators struggled to achieve.
Moreover, although this spiritual energy was converted from resentment, it was extremely pure and lacked any malevolent aura. Chen Xiao could absorb it completely.
With this thought, Chen Xiao did not hesitate.
He immediately sat cross-legged again and, to the best of his ability, fully circulated the Nine Revolutions Azure Wave Art!
His body seemed to transform into a range hood, absorbing all the black spiritual energy.
As he absorbed, the Yin-Yang Jade released.
That Infant Fiend was on the verge of becoming a Flying Fiend, containing an astonishing amount of resentment.
It wasn't until dawn approached, the eastern sky showing a pale white, that Chen Xiao finally absorbed all the black spiritual energy.
The Yin-Yang Jade, as if refined, became even more lustrous and translucent on its surface.
The night of intense cultivation had taken its toll on Chen Xiao.
After the black spiritual energy was completely absorbed, he collapsed, burying his face in the pillow.
However, three seconds later, Chen Xiao sprang up from the bed as if struck by electricity.
He blinked, then buried his head in the pillow again.
In an instant, his scalp tingled, and he was ecstatic.
Because he discovered that even with his head buried in the pillow, he could still perceive everything around him with perfect clarity.
It was as if he had gained an omniscient perspective, a feeling he was all too familiar with!
This was divine sense! He possessed divine sense!
Humans have eight consciousnesses: the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, mind, manas, and alaya!
Divine sense, on the other hand, transcends these eight consciousnesses, a perception that reigns above the physical body.
In simpler terms, it felt akin to the soul leaving the body.
In his dreams, Chen Xiao had only attained divine sense after reaching the fourth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Azure Wave Art.
Currently, his cultivation realm was still at the third stage. This was clearly the merit of the Yin-Yang Jade.
Because Chen Xiao had absorbed and refined a massive amount of spiritual energy in a short period, its stimulation had awakened his divine sense.
The awakening of divine sense filled Chen Xiao with immense joy.
Although the range of his divine sense was still small, covering only the area of a bedroom, Chen Xiao was already very satisfied.
Furthermore, as his cultivation improved, the coverage of his divine sense would only expand.
It would eventually be able to encompass the entire Blue Star.
At that point, with just a thought, Chen Xiao would know what was happening in any corner of the world.
However, that stage was still some way off, and for now, divine sense had other uses!
Firstly, with this divine sense, Chen Xiao could finally communicate with the Yin-Yang Jade and explore it!
Chen Xiao had long known that this Yin-Yang Jade was a rare spiritual artifact that, upon absorbing enough spiritual energy, could even develop its own consciousness.
However, it would take an eternity for it to absorb enough spiritual energy.
Therefore, Chen Xiao decided to take the initiative, to communicate with it first, and at least leave his mark within it, making this spiritual artifact truly his own.
Without delay, Chen Xiao calmed his mind, focused his divine sense, and reached out to explore the Yin-Yang Jade.
However, the moment his divine sense touched the Yin-Yang Jade, Chen Xiao was suddenly hit by a powerful suction force.
The suction force made Chen Xiao tremble all over; he felt as if his soul was being pulled away.
He resisted with all his might, but his meager strength was no match for this suction force. It was like a clay ox entering the sea, vanishing instantly without a trace.
Finally, Chen Xiao could no longer hold on. He allowed the suction force to pull away his soul, or rather, his divine sense.
His own body went dark, and he fainted on the bed.
When Chen Xiao regained consciousness, he found himself in an unfamiliar place.
Above him was a pure blue sky, cloudless and without a speck of impurity.
There wasn't even a sun.
And beneath his feet was the surface of rippling water.
Yes, Chen Xiao was standing on the water.
Although ripples spread from where his feet touched the water, Chen Xiao did not fall in.
Beneath the water's surface was the entire sky, along with Chen Xiao's reflection.
The water was clean and clear, yet bottomless.
It was as if, deep beneath Chen Xiao's feet, another sky existed.
However, Chen Xiao soon realized where he was.
Because before him stood a grand and magnificent structure.
The architectural style was indescribable, as if it had gathered all the ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign architectural styles, yet blended them perfectly, creating a natural fusion.
And the entire structure had only two colors.
Black, and white.
Recalling the events before he lost consciousness, Chen Xiao concluded that this must be the interior of the Yin-Yang Jade.
He never imagined that a small piece of Yin-Yang Jade could contain such a hidden world.
The building ahead immediately piqued Chen Xiao's interest. He strode towards the black and white structure, his footsteps creating ripples on the water.
However, after half an hour, Chen Xiao still had not reached the black and white building.
In fact, the distance between them had not shortened at all.
It was clearly before his eyes, yet for Chen Xiao, it felt as distant as the horizon.
Chen Xiao thought to himself, perhaps his cultivation was not yet sufficient, and he was not yet qualified to explore it.
Such spiritual artifacts were often very proud.
Perhaps, in its eyes, Chen Xiao's strength was still too weak.
With this realization, Chen Xiao did not get discouraged. Sooner or later, he would conquer this black and white structure, and then he would enter and explore it!
Chen Xiao slowly closed his eyes, intending to retract his divine sense and leave this place.
But just then, he suddenly sensed that the spiritual energy concentration here seemed much higher than outside.
Chen Xiao immediately circulated the Nine Revolutions Azure Wave Art to verify his guess.
Indeed, the spiritual energy here was very dense, at least three to four times that of the outside.
And the source of this spiritual energy was the distant black and white structure.
If the spiritual energy concentration on the periphery was this high, how high must it be inside?
Chen Xiao's gaze became fervent, suddenly ignited.
However, at that moment, he suddenly heard someone call him:
"Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao…"