# Chapter 1580: Spiritual Power Saint King
"Living in the Hundred Flowers Palace, I can study the Truth Path engraving of the Mandala Flower Goddess?" Zhang Ruochen asked.
"Of course you can."
Zhang Ruochen said, "Alright, before I receive the dragon souls and elephant souls, I'll temporarily stay here."
Demon Absolute King immediately smiled knowingly and quickly arranged for a servant with Lower Realm Saint cultivation to take Zhang Ruochen to the cave heaven specially built for honored guests in the Hundred Flowers Palace.
This cultivation cave heaven was called "Swallow Palace." From the outside, it looked like nothing more than a medium-sized tower-shaped building.
Opening the tower door and walking inside, it turned out to be a space bubble a hundred miles in diameter.
Inside the space bubble, there was a martial arts training ground, pavilions and towers, birdsong and floral fragrance, ancient pines and cascading waterfalls—the scenery was extremely beautiful, truly a secluded immortal paradise cut off from the world.
"Just building such a space bubble alone must have cost quite a lot of sacred stones. The Thousand Stamen Realm really does have deep pockets." Zhang Ruochen sighed.
The servant named "Swallow," with bright eyes and white teeth, smiled and said, "Young master is an honored guest and deserves such treatment. I am your personal servant. If you need anything, just instruct me to do it. Additionally, if you don't wish to be disturbed or don't want outsiders to know your secrets, you can activate the Hundred Prohibition Formation here."
After explaining some more precautions about the Hundred Flowers Palace, Swallow withdrew.
For the first time, Zhang Ruochen felt the benefits of having a large amount of sacred stones—being able to buy whatever he wanted, and even having Saint-level experts as servants, enjoying the best treatment.
Those divine sons and grandsons surely had even more sacred stones, enough to purchase top-grade sacred pills, or even earth-grade sacred pills, to enhance their cultivation. Such cultivation speed was probably unimaginable for ordinary cultivators.
Zhang Ruochen inscribed a message light talisman and sent it back to the Mirror Fragrance Cliff Dao Field, then returned to the Hundred Flowers Palace, activated the Hundred Prohibition Formation of Swallow Palace, and began refining the three Joy and Anger Pills.
"A pill costing one million sacred stones each—even a Saint King-level figure would feel quite pained buying one. I hope with these three Joy and Anger Pills, I can successfully cultivate to become a Spiritual Power Saint King."
Zhang Ruochen had already calculated that if he became a Spiritual Power Saint King, then in the second layer of the sea, he would only need to use his spiritual power to steadily control the Truth Boat.
When encountering the guardian of the second layer of the sea, he could go all out without restraint, unlike last time when he was so restricted.
Then Zhang Ruochen entered the inner space of the Time-Space Crystal, swallowed one Joy and Anger Pill, and began refining it.
The Joy and Anger Pill contained a vast amount of the power of the seven emotions and six desires, with "joy" and "anger" occupying the main portion. These two emotional forces could be used to temper one's spirit.
Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Zhang Ruochen sometimes laughed heartily, sometimes burned with rage, sometimes smirked slightly, sometimes erupted with fury—his expression was completely manic, entirely beyond his control.
With the assistance of the Purifying Divine Flame, it took only five days for Zhang Ruochen to refine about seventy to eighty percent of the first Joy and Anger Pill's medicinal power. Conducting an internal examination, he found that his spiritual power intensity had indeed increased significantly.
If before, his spiritual power intensity was only at the initial stage of the fifty-fourth rank, now it had entered the middle stage, or even the late stage—a tremendous improvement.
If he hadn't taken the Joy and Anger Pill and relied only on cultivation, it might have taken another three to five years for Zhang Ruochen's spiritual power to reach its current intensity.
The only thing that troubled him was that in five days, he had only refined eighty percent of that pill's medicinal power.
The remaining twenty percent had penetrated throughout his body, even merging into his sacred source and sacred soul, making it quite troublesome to refine. Without several months, it would be difficult to purify completely.
Without complete refinement, he couldn't control his emotions of joy and anger.
"Indeed, you get what you pay for."
Zhang Ruochen sighed somewhat dejectedly, but such side effects were still within his tolerable range. Next, unable to control himself, he laughed heartily for a quarter of an hour before beginning to refine the second Joy and Anger Pill.
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In another cave heaven built from a space bubble, Demon Absolute King, treasure appraiser Qian Liwen, and several other important figures of the Thousand Stamen Realm gathered to discuss matters.
"Among the treasures that human male sold to the Hundred Flowers Palace, items from each of the seven realms of the Shatao Region were included, and a large number of items contained evil fiendish aura from the Hell Realm. It can be confirmed that he must have participated in the recent merit war, and it was the Sacred Merit War." Demon Absolute King said.
A beautiful woman with a peony petal-shaped floral ornament on her brow showed a puzzled expression in her eyes and said, "A cultivator from the Shatao Seven Realms? Being able to possess so many treasures, his identity must be extraordinary. He should be a Realm Son or a Divine Envoy-level figure. But even so, he's just a junior from a weak realm. Why have you invited all of us here to discuss this?"
The peony petal on her brow wasn't painted—it was naturally grown there.
A white-robed scholar smiled slightly: "Could it be that Protector King thinks he has no background but possesses a large amount of sacred stones, and has developed the idea of killing him for his wealth?"
Demon Absolute King's gaze sharpened, and he said coldly, "Shang Feng, do you really think that I, as a Protector King of the Hundred Flowers Palace, would do something so despicable? Besides, do you truly believe that a Realm Son or Divine Envoy from a weak realm can be killed so easily? Weak realms also have gods. Talents like Realm Sons and Divine Envoys are enough to attract the attention of gods. Who could hide from a god's investigation?"
The white-robed scholar named Shang Feng quickly apologized: "Just a joke, Protector King, please don't take it seriously."
The beautiful woman with the peony petal on her brow asked, "Then why does Protector King place such importance on this young human male? Is there something special about him?"
"I suspect that this child is Zhang Ruochen, ranked first on the Sacred Merit Ranking." Demon Absolute King revealed his conjecture.
Sure enough, when these words were spoken, all the important figures present showed solemn expressions.
Demon Absolute King continued, "A few days ago, I sent people to retrieve the portraits and information of dozens of important figures among the saints of the Shatao Seven Realms. None of them matched this human male. Therefore, I suspect that he used a transformation technique. Coincidentally, when he was in the Ancestral Spirit Realm, Zhang Ruochen changed his appearance and deceived all the Rakshasa Marquises. He must be proficient in a very advanced transformation technique."
"If it really is him, then he's a troublesome figure." The beautiful woman with the peony petal on her brow said.
Shang Feng said seriously, "The Guanghan Realm has no shortage of enemies. Zhang Ruochen's purpose in coming to the Heavenly Capital Sacred Market is probably not simple. Should we inform the young lady? She is intelligent and wise; perhaps she can think of a proper solution."
Although Zhang Ruochen was only a Half-Saint King, his identity was too special for them not to take seriously.
Leaving aside everything else, just the identity of being first on the Sacred Merit Ranking was enough to attract the attention of gods.
Demon Absolute King shook his head and said, "The young lady came here for secluded cultivation. Such mundane matters should not disturb her. I think that even if that human male really is Zhang Ruochen, since he chose to change his appearance to do business with the Hundred Flowers Palace, he probably doesn't want to cause trouble. In that case, we'll just pretend we don't know anything. But we must also be on guard, so that if something major happens, we won't be caught off guard."
"We'll follow Protector King's arrangements."
The people present spoke in unison.
Zhang Ruochen cultivated in the Time-Space Crystal for twenty consecutive days, finally refining ninety percent of the medicinal energy from the three Joy and Anger Pills. As expected, his spiritual power intensity broke through to the fifty-fifth rank, crossing into the Spiritual Power Saint King level.
When breaking through the fifty-fifth rank barrier, the Truth Esoterica within Zhang Ruochen's body was of great help.
At that time, the barrier of the fifty-fifth rank was as unbreakable as an iron door. But after the Truth Esoterica light points surged over, that iron door instantly became as if made of sand. With a gentle impact, Zhang Ruochen broke through the realm.
After this experience, Zhang Ruochen became even more aware that the Truth Esoterica was truly extraordinary.
Walking out of the Time-Space Crystal, Zhang Ruochen immediately opened his heavenly eye to observe his surroundings. He felt that the entire world had become incredibly wondrous, completely different from the world he had seen before.
Zhang Ruochen moved his finger, and immediately dozens of finger afterimages appeared, rapidly tracing in the void.
In just an instant, a time imprint was formed.
Holding that time imprint in his palm, Zhang Ruochen smiled slightly: "If this time imprint is sent out, it can at least cut off fifty years of an enemy's lifespan."
Zhang Ruochen believed that as his spiritual power grew stronger, the time imprints he formed in the future could cut off a hundred years, even a thousand years of an enemy's lifespan.
"I wonder if I can inscribe time imprints onto the Abyssal Ancient Sword?"
If he could inscribe them onto the sword, then every time Zhang Ruochen swung his sword, even if the sword body couldn't injure the enemy, the time imprint flying from the sword could cut off decades of their lifespan.
After slashing out dozens of times, even a Saint King would probably be killed.
Zhang Ruochen immediately took out the Space-Time Secret Scripture and carefully flipped through it page by page. To his relief, in the corner of one section, he actually found similar records.
However, the scripture said that one must use Time-Space Agate and water from the River of Time to inscribe time imprints that could be permanently preserved on sacred artifacts.
Otherwise, when the sacred power of the sacred artifact erupted, it would shatter the time imprint in an instant.
"I don't believe it!"
Zhang Ruochen took out the Abyssal Ancient Sword and placed it on the ground. Then, picking up an inscription brush, he began tracing on the sword body. After a moment, a complex time imprint appeared on the sword's surface.
"Whoosh—"
Zhang Ruochen infused sacred qi into the sword body. Just as several hundred inscription patterns emerged on the sword, that time imprint shattered, turning into specks of light that disappeared into the air.
"It's too unstable. Do I really have to go find Time-Space Agate and water from the River of Time? I don't even know where to find Time-Space Crystals, let alone those two things?"
Frowning and thinking for a long time, Zhang Ruochen muttered to himself, "It seems I need to read more books and learn more about the Heavenly Court Realm. Otherwise, I won't even know many basic things. I won't know where to look for the things I need."
Then, Zhang Ruochen deactivated the Hundred Prohibition Formation and sent a voice transmission to Swallow.
After a moment, Swallow entered the space bubble, cupped her hands, and bowed to Zhang Ruochen, saying, "What are your instructions, young master?"
"Does the Hundred Flowers Palace have a library?" Zhang Ruochen asked.
"Not really."
Swallow thought for a moment and said, "However, Lord Demon Absolute King has collected many books. If you truly need them, I can go ask for his permission. Perhaps I can borrow the books you wish to read."
"No need. Just take me directly to see Demon Absolute King." Zhang Ruochen said.
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