Chapter 1806: Rank Seven Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman

"Once a Talisman Seed is successfully nurtured, and fully refined and controlled by the cultivator, it is equivalent to acquiring a martial intent in their realm. It would be a significant increase in their combat capabilities.”

"More importantly, a Talisman Seed can partially substitute for them to reach the grand completion stage of their cultivation realm.”

"If someone at the Martial Dipper Realm is unable to comprehend a martial intent and therefore cannot reach the grand completion stage, they might face a lower success rate when attempting a breakthrough to the Martial Void Realm. But if they refine a Talisman Seed, they can make up for the lost potential...”

That was the main benefit that was attractive to all of them. In fact, it was the reason the Talisman Seed’s value in the eyes of everyone had risen to an unimaginable level.

Of course, if someone could comprehend a martial intent and refine a Talisman Seed, they would gain even more remarkable strength.

However, nurturing a Talisman Seed placed a considerable burden on the cultivator’s inner qi. While in the early stages, the process could draw from the World Origin Source, the moment the seed was embedded into their dantian, they would need to nourish it themselves.

Typically, a cultivator’s dantian would only be able to support a single Talisman Seed.

That was why when Ren Huan, under Shang Xia’s request, released the news of the upcoming Talisman Seed production, he also made it clear that the ideal candidates should be Martial Dipper Realm cultivators who had no hope in comprehending a Martial Intent, or True Immortals whose potentials were exhausted.

Yet even with such restrictions, once the news spread, Ren Huan instantly became one of the most sought-after figures in the institution. The pressure he once endured for consuming so much rank seven Star Devouring Silk vanished completely.

As for the commotion it caused, Shang Xia had anticipated it long ago and paid it no mind. All his focus was devoted to preparing for the production of his rank seven Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman.

The top floor of the Talisman Pagoda was Shang Xia’s exclusive domain, equipped by the Talisman Hall with every kind of advanced tool and facility necessary for talisman crafting.

On his left, 2 talisman brushes sat on a rack. The first was a Divine Artifact-level brush he obtained in Guanxing City in the Essence Xing World. It was the brush he used, along with his blood as talisman ink, to craft his rank seven Origin Star Talisman.

The second was the Holy Artifact-level brush he nurtured in the fourth star in his dantian. Originally used as a Spirit Calming Vessel in the southern part of the Essence Ping World, he retrieved it undetected when the Spirit Abundance World carved out the continents and siphoned the World’s Will.

To his right, on the table, were 3 scrolls of rank seven talisman paper made with Star Devouring Silk. Each scroll measured a foot wide and one and a half feet long. They were thick and supple like cloth.

To the left of the scrolls lay an inkstone carved entirely from rank seven Ocean Heart Jade. Shang Xia had found an entire piece of it back then in the depths of the World Origin Source in the You Continent.

When he had poured 70 percent of the world origin he extracted from the Essence Xing World into the You Continent, the violent fusion of the world origins of different worlds stirred up impurities and sediment from the bottom of the World Origin Source. Numerous high-level treasures were produced because of the mixture of world origin. The Ocean Heart Jade was one such treasure, later polished by the Artifact Hall’s craftsmen into his inkstone.

When the jade inkstone was completed, it caused quite a stir among the Talisman Grandmasters of the Talisman Hall. But it would’ve been wasted in their hands, so they could only watch helplessly as it was delivered to the top floor of the Talisman Pagoda.

Among the basic talisman-crafting tools that consisted of a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, if the brush was the skeleton, the ink was the blood and flesh of the talisman.

Those were the most critical components aside from the Talisman Grandmaster.

However, the Talisman Hall had no rank seven talisman ink. In fact, they don’t even have rank six talisman ink.

All rank six talisman ink used by the Talisman Hall was either blended from rank six treasures or produced by a collaboration of at least 3 rank five talisman ink craftsmen. Even then, success rates remained low.

The hall also regularly participated in trade fairs and sent Star Ships to the Chaotic Sea of Stars to purchase high-grade ink whenever they found any.

Truthfully, if Shang Xia didn’t have such an exceptional success rate and wasn’t the only Talisman Grandmaster above the sixth rank in the institution, the Tongyou Institution would never have been able to sustain such costs.

Even so, they had never found rank seven talisman ink.

Last time, to craft the Origin Star Talisman, Shang Xia simply concocted his own ink using his blood. This time would be no exception.

Fortunately, he now had the Three Lights Spiritual Liquid Yuan Qiuyuan made.

The treasure was originally prepared by Shang Xia and Kou Chongxue to enhance cultivation, heal injuries, and replenish inner qi.

It played a key role in Shang Xia’s recovery over the past year.

The Talisman Hall’s rank five talisman ink craftsmen determined that if 2 drops of Shang Xia’s blood were fused with 6 to 8 drops of Three Lights Spiritual Liquid, and enhanced with other high-grade spiritual ingredients, they could produce a batch of rank seven talisman ink that exceeded the quality of what he used to craft the Origin Star Talisman in both quality and quantity.

Thankfully, this time, they didn’t fail. The resulting ink shone a bright crimson hue. It was clearly of the seventh rank and there were enough for 3 to 5 attempts at crafting the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman.

Unfortunately, Shang Xia only had 3 sheets of rank seven talisman paper.

After several days of preparation, although his injuries had not fully healed, they no longer affected his talisman crafting. Once he sealed off the top floor of the Talisman Pagoda, he began working on the upgraded talisman.

Though he had run countless theoretical simulations, down to every brushstroke of every talisman rune, the actual crafting process proved that even the most meticulous planning often fell short of reality.

Relying on his advanced skill and sharp intuition, Shang Xia managed to prevent the talisman from collapsing mid way, even using his Big Dipper Star Origin to forcibly stabilize the talisman. But on the fifth day, as the talisman neared one-third completion, it reached its limit and collapsed completely.

Shang Xia had anticipated the failure and was unharmed, but the top floor of the Talisman Pagoda was instantly engulfed in multi-colored mists and radiant light. Even with the tower’s strongest formations, the escaping aura quickly spread, shrouding the Talisman Hall.