Meanwhile, Meng Hao was like a madman, burning blood crystals one after another, experiencing continuous epiphanies. If outsiders knew about this, they would surely go insane with extreme envy.
It wasn't until the twenty-seventh blood crystal was burned that Meng Hao finally heard a faint sound in that dreamlike world, as if someone was whispering in his ear. However, he couldn't hear it clearly, only catching the first two words.
"Tai Ling."
Meng Hao's eyes snapped open, revealing a determined glint. Without hesitation, he took out the twenty-eighth blood crystal and continued his enlightenment.
At this moment, Xu Qing and Chen Fan were almost back at the altar, but they didn't see Meng Hao. Both were a little surprised, not knowing where Meng Hao had gone, so they couldn't search for him.
The two could only sit cross-legged on the altar and wait.
This wait lasted three days, and the two gradually lost patience, their expressions showing worry.
They didn't think Meng Hao was in enlightenment at all; they only judged that Meng Hao must have encountered an unexpected event.
"Could it be that Junior Brother Meng has run into trouble?" Chen Fan asked worriedly.
Xu Qing said nothing, but her face also showed urgency.
After discussing, the two began to search, but they were worried about the frequent appearance of puppets in the surroundings, so their search speed was very slow.
At this time, Meng Hao's hair was disheveled, his eyes bloodshot, and he was muttering incessantly.
If one listened carefully, they would hear that it was all incoherent babbling, every word expressing a fervent desire to obtain the Tai Ling Scripture.
He took out the forty-third blood crystal, and his body was immediately enveloped in a dense crimson light. One could say that where he sat, the red glow hardly dissipated.
Meng Hao, with unwavering determination, risked everything for enlightenment. When he ran out of blood crystals, he would replicate them, then continue his enlightenment.
By now, he could clearly hear the voice in his ear, but he couldn't remember it, so he could only continue his enlightenment.
In this secluded cultivation place of Old Ancestor Kao Shan, neither Chen Fan, Xu Qing, nor the still-frenzied Meng Hao noticed.
After their blood crystals were burned, they transformed into a streak of blood-light that they couldn't see, sinking into the ground and entering an underground palace, where there was a secret chamber.
Inside, a mummified corpse sat cross-legged, devoid of life, filled with an aura of death.
Each time a streak of blood-light entered and merged into the dry corpse, the body would show a slight change. It wasn't until the third streak of blood-light entered the body that the corpse showed a faint trace of life.
But this life force was extremely dim, only enough to maintain a flicker of breath, unable to awaken.
That was Old Ancestor Kao Shan. The Jade Severing Blood Crystals were formed from his life essence, containing his aura. Therefore, after being burned, they could return to sustain his last breath. Without this returning blood crystal, he would surely die.
Originally, he would have continued to linger on the brink of death, until his last trace of life completely vanished, and this heroic figure of a generation would pass away in meditation.
At this moment, even he himself had despaired, mostly in deep slumber, only occasionally waking for a fleeting moment before falling back asleep, without any strength left to do anything.
As for the Jade Severing, that was what remained from that year.
If not for the actions of that year, he would have likely completely perished hundreds of years ago.
"This is the last Jade Severing crystal."
At this moment, as the Jade-Slaying Blood Essence returned, Old Ancestor Kaoshan's consciousness barely awakened a little. He let out a sigh.
Seeing that he was about to fall back into a deep sleep, he understood that he might never have another chance to awaken.
But at this moment, a fourth blood essence suddenly and silently arrived in this secret chamber, falling into his body.
This scene instantly reawakened Old Ancestor Kaoshan's nearly dormant consciousness. He was stunned.
"I no longer have any Jade-Slaying Blood Essence! Did I remember incorrectly!"
Oh!!!?
While Old Ancestor Kaoshan's consciousness was still muttering to itself in question, a fifth blood-light suddenly appeared, burrowing into his body.
Immediately after, as he watched with wide eyes and open mouth, came the sixth, the seventh, the eighth.
For three consecutive days, blood-lights continuously appeared, sometimes even forming a continuous stream, ceaselessly surging into his body.
Old Ancestor Kaoshan's heart surged like the ocean, and an unprecedented hope appeared in his spirit. Even his eyes forcefully opened.
"What the hell... these aren't my old man's heart blood, but they really are my old man's blood essence. How can this be? What in the world is going on!!!"
Almost as soon as Old Ancestor Kaoshan opened his eyes, Meng Hao had finished burning the fifty-eighth Jade-Slaying Blood Essence, and a thunderous roar echoed in his mind.
Waves of scriptures swirled, each character emitting supreme golden light, penetrating Meng Hao's entire body, causing the surrounding blood-light to dissipate, leaving only a golden expanse.
In this golden light, Meng Hao's body seemed to transform in an instant. Inside him, the Pill Lake churned, gradually turning entirely golden. The water in the lake surged, transforming Meng Hao's entire body.
Cracking sounds emanated from his body. His bones seemed to be growing, his flesh and blood developing. Both the inside and outside of his body were undergoing intense changes.
His meridians seemed to become transparent, merging into his flesh and blood. His hair continuously grew longer.
And his body was continuously transitioning, guided by the incantations of the Spirit Condensation Scroll of the Grand Spirit Scripture.
This process lasted for about three hours. A roar erupted from within his body, and he forcefully opened his eyes, instantly emitting a golden gleam.
After a long while, the golden gleam in Meng Hao's eyes disappeared, replaced by a look of excitement. A section of incantations clearly appeared in his mind.
These incantations seemed to be carved into his soul. He clearly understood the meaning of every single word and phrase.
He knew that this section of incantations was precisely the Spirit Condensation Scroll of the Grand Spirit Scripture.
This was the Spirit Condensation Scroll that, if found outside, would be enough to cause a storm of blood and gore, enough to drive countless sects into a frenzy of competition. Now, it was in Meng Hao's mind!
After another three hours of bodily transformation, at this moment, Meng Hao was still at the sixth level of Spirit Condensation, but the cultivation he practiced was one of the three most powerful Spirit Condensation cultivation methods in the Southern Domain!
Such a fortuitous encounter was difficult even for the disciples of major clans and sects to obtain.
Cultivating according to the incantations of the Spirit Condensation Scroll, if Meng Hao were to reach Foundation Establishment in this lifetime, it would be a Flawless Foundation Establishment.
Even during the Spirit Condensation stage, his spiritual power was much more abundant than others at the same level.
Although it couldn't be said that he was invincible among those of the same level, if he continued like this for a long time, accumulating strength to burst forth, once he reached Foundation Establishment, it would be like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon.
After all, the focus of the Spirit Condensation Scroll was not on magical techniques, but on cultivating the rare Flawless Foundation Establishment.
Meng Hao's heart was filled with excitement. He clenched his fists, his desire to become stronger growing even more intense.
After a long while, he took a deep breath, stepped down from the rock, and walked towards the distance.
Compared to Meng Hao's demeanor, at this moment, Old Ancestor Kao Shan was practically insane. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Meng Hao, and also saw Chen Fan and Xu Qing. He had originally wanted to wait for Meng Hao to continue taking out blood essence, but he could only stare blankly as Meng Hao had already achieved enlightenment.