Chapter 932: Restriction Breaking Talisman and True Seal Talisman

Using 15 sheets of rank five talisman paper, Shang Xia crafted 7 rank five talismans.

The success rate couldn’t be considered low at all, especially when they considered the fact that Shang Xia was crafting 3 of the talismans for the first time.

As he continued to craft those talismans, his success rate would only increase as he got more proficient in them. Moreover, he still had 10 sheets of rank five talisman papers left.

According to his plan, he wouldn’t continue to craft any of the 6 rank five talismans. Instead, he wanted to use them to attempt to make a new talisman he came up with.

The first thing he planned to create was naturally the Five Element Evasion Talisman he had been working on since a long time ago.

Back then, he created a Five Element Evasion Talisman inheritance that consisted of rank three and rank four talismans.

The production of both was fairly simple due to the effects of the talisman. All it could do was to help the user escape.

Actually, Shang Xia had more ideas when coming up with his Five Element Evasion Talisman. The first of which was to combine all five elements into the talisman and transform it into something like his Five Element Movement Art. The second was to continue working on the foundations of his rank four Five Element Evasion Talisman and make it a little more intricate and effective.

After his consideration, he discovered that the first method was too demanding on the skill of the maker. If they could truly master all five elements, crafting the talisman would be a piece of cake. They wouldn’t need any special type of talisman paper or ink to craft it either.

With the second method, the barrier of crafting would be a lot lower. Other rank five Talisman Grandmasters would be able to craft it as they would only have to specialize in a single element. They might need to use additional resources to aid in the crafting process and cause the cost of production to increase, but that was about it.

Naturally, if the talisman was crafted using the first method, it would be a lot more versatile and would be harder to deal with. Because of how the talisman crafted with the second method would be too skewed to a single element, its weakness might be targeted if their opponent saw through its intricacies.

After thinking it through, Shang Xia decided to test out both methods. However, it didn’t take long for him to discover something interesting.

Going through with the first method, Shang Xia discovered that the requirements were extremely harsh. Only someone like him, who mastered all five elements, could craft the Five Element Evasion Talisman containing the power of all five elements. When he tried the second method, he found it too damn easy!

Anyway, when he was trying out the first method, he only barely succeeded on his third try. He only planned on testing out if it was possible to craft them. As such, he decided to start crafting them according to the second method. It wasn’t surprising that he managed to complete the talisman on his first try.

He knew it wouldn’t be as difficult as crafting the Metal Element Evasion Talisman with the first method, but he didn’t think it would be that easy!

It was much easier even when compared to the Lava Eruption Talisman!

Instead of crafting evasion talismans of the other elements, Shang Xia decided to use his final 6 sheets of rank five talisman paper to craft 2 other types of talismans that he had been thinking about.

Those talismans might be stuff he came up with not too long ago, but he managed to complete a good portion of their deduction during the 3 years he had been in seclusion to eliminate Dugu Yuanshan’s soul. All he had to do was to verify everything he thought about.

Of the other two talismans, one of them could be considered a Restriction Breaking Talisman and it was related to his cultivation method. One could argue that it was technically based on everything he learned thus far. Creating it would be a little easier for him, and the moment he was done, he could turn it into a complete inheritance. Moreover, the institution used to possess the inheritance of the rank three Bamboo Void Breaking Talisman. He made some of them in the past and he could build on what he knew to create his new talisman.

The other was called the True Seal Talisman. He gained inspiration from it back when he killed Feng Yezi, but only perfected the theory behind it after exterminating Dugu Yuanshan’s soul.

Back when he entered the Four Constellation Realm, Shang Xia’s extermination origins were related to the four seasons and he gained the terrifying ability to wear down restrictions and formations. It was especially so after he entered the grand completion stage of the Four Constellation Realm by comprehending his Temporal Blade. It could sever the life force of others and wear down the lifespan of stuff like restrictions.

With the special properties of the four seasons, Shang Xia already came up with the rank four Restriction Breaking Talisman. Now that he was trying to craft a rank five Restriction Breaking Talisman, he would have an easier time than when he came up with the rank four Restriction Breaking Talisman as he had something to work with.

Of course, that only applied to him.

Now that he was in the Five Element Realm, his Five Element Dipper Qi was also extremely effective when it came to wearing down restrictions. He could harness the power of the five elements, along with the yin and yang properties of those elements. The moment he completed a rank five Restriction Breaking Talisman, it would most likely possess extremely destructive properties even against the grand formations of the large powers!

That was because Shang Xia knew that even the highest quality formations in the Spirit Luxuriant World at the moment were of the fifth rank!

To prepare to craft the rank five Restriction Breaking Talisman, Shang Xia decided to start from scratch. He prepared a batch of rank three and four talisman paper and he planned to craft Bamboo Void Breaking Talismans first. From there, he would come up with the rank four Restriction Breaking Talisman before perfecting the inheritance step by step. It would consist of his cultivation philosophy from the Triple Command to the Four Constellations, and finally to the Five Element Realm.

Shang Xia didn’t try to spread his cultivation philosophy in the institution on a large scale because he didn’t have too much time to pay attention to anyone who wished to learn. However, he could use other methods like the propagation of his talisman inheritances to gradually affect the way others thought about his way of cultivation!

Speaking of which, there was already the Extremity Yin Yang Battle Formation that the high-level experts could use.

The newest addition to what he used to spread his cultivation philosophy was the Five Element Spirit Gathering Formation, Five Element Spirit Controlling Formation, and Five Element Teleportation Formation.

He also didn’t hide his advancement methods where he refined his extermination origins in unison. There was also the matter of his fate dippers but that was another story.

With his new and improved Triple Command Void Breaking Talisman, the Four Constellation Restriction Breaking Talisman, and eventually Five Element Formation Breaking Talisman...

Every single one of them would possess amazing properties and all of them were related to his cultivation one way or another.

If others wanted to comprehend his inheritances, the best method would be to understand and acknowledge the theory behind them. Whatever it was, whenever they used his talismans or battle formation, they would eventually comprehend the meaning behind them.

The development of his inheritance of the Restriction Breaking Talisman started off pretty well. He made some modifications to the rank three Bamboo Void Breaking Talisman and turned it into his Triple Command Void Breaking Talisman. To the current Shang Xia who was a rank five Talisman Grandmaster, modifying a rank three talisman was easy as pie.

The problem came when he was crafting rank four Restriction Breaking Talismans. As it was based on his Four Elements Extermination Origins. It wasn’t difficult for him to craft one, but if he had to record it in his inheritance for other rank four Talisman Grandmasters to craft, it would be a little more challenging.

The crafting process was different from other rank four talismans. Other than the requirement of talisman paper, ink, and brush, the Talisman Grandmaster would require the assistance of extermination qi of the four elements. The difficulty of crafting the talisman would reach a terrifying level!

Shang Xia’s rank four Restriction Breaking Talisman would definitely become one of the most difficult rank four talismans to craft!

Fortunately, the effects of the talisman were powerful. Compared to what it could do, gathering extermination qi to craft the talisman would prove extremely worth it. Moreover, a rank four Talisman Grandmaster had an exalted status. They wouldn’t be the ones personally gathering ingredients or the extermination qi required.

After failing several times when crafting the rank four Restriction Breaking Talisman, Shang Xia quickly got on the right track. The success rate wasn’t considered high when compared to his usual success rate when crafting rank four talismans, but that was only because he was a monster. Compared to other rank four Talisman Grandmasters, his creation of the rank four Restriction Breaking Talisman was of an acceptable success rate.

With enough preparation and foundations, Shang Xia finally planned to craft a rank five Formation Breaking Talisman.

If it was any other rank five Talisman Grandmaster, they would have to gather Five Element Dipper Qi in order to start the process...

With the experience on how to use his Five Element Dipper Qi when crafting rank five Five Element Evasion Talisman, his inner qi flowed with practiced ease when he started his attempt. Failing thrice, he eventually completed his first rank five Five Element Formation Breaking Talisman.

With that, he was left with his final 2 sheets of rank five talisman paper. It was obviously not enough to craft his Five Element True Seal Talisman but he tried anyway.