495 Immortal Corpse
A Spiritual Artifact Embryo requires almost ten thousand years of Sixth Realm nurturing, a thousand years of the Seventh Realm, a hundred years of the Eighth Realm, ten years of the Ninth Realm, and one year of the Tenth Realm.
An Immortal can complete it in a few days.
However, the special metal from the Outer Battlefield can directly take shape.
For an Immortal, its value is average, but for the struggling Sixth Realm, it's extremely precious.
Here, in the Secret Realm, Small Knife fully opens his Personal Space, and the Starship slowly sails out.
A Starship in perfect condition.
This time the destination is underground, beneath the Secret Realm.
It's the only area that cannot be scanned.
Yet it is the core of the entire Secret Realm, because the Immortal Spirit Qi in the whole Secret Realm spreads out from there.
Not to mention, the Immortal Spirit Qi there is what fundamentally constitutes this Secret Realm, and is also of the greatest value.
So, it must be the remains of an Immortal Cave, and it's definitely not just a Mortal Immortal of the lowest tier, if so, the quantity will definitely not be small.
The Starship holds classified information; the ancient Immortals have all perished, but the specific reason is beyond Small Knife's access rights.
Small Knife, with his sole Immortal Level Starship, plans to explore here.
It's the only way, as there is an invisible field, without Immortal Level, there's no chance of entering alive.
Moreover, the Secret Realm can only be entered by those of the Sixth Realm; exceeding this will cause energy fluctuations, forming a terrifying tide.
Yet the Starship is apparently unaffected.
Within the Secret Realm, Small Knife has also arranged Arrays and similar mechanisms on the Starship.
At this point, it has been thirty years since he completely occupied the entire Secret Realm.
Under the Heavenly Dao Consciousness, with full cooperation, time passed swiftly, and by the time the work was completed, it was already today.
Only someone with Immortal strength can enter.
After much hesitation, Small Knife decided to pilot the Starship for exploration, unwilling to give up.
And besides here, there was no other reason for him to stay.
Another reason for Small Knife's adventure is that from the Outer Battlefield base side, he gained massive Contribution by having a hand in Spiritual Artifact Embryos.
Small Knife acquired what he desired and could break through at any time.
He also didn't want to linger here.
He even spent a hefty amount to purchase the Starship.
Indeed, this item is quite rare among cultivators, mostly just remnants and pieces, but among Immortals, there might indeed be complete ones.
They are also conducting research, but unfortunately, it is not within the same system, so they haven't mastered it.
Let alone Immortals, even powerful cultivators have the habit of using remnants to refine Spiritual Artifacts, yet even with the available metal, forging an appropriate Embryo isn't easy.
It's far from simple compared to the assembly-line work Small Knife has here.
Thus, there is no issue with Small Knife purchasing a large amount of remnant metal, and similarly, acquiring a complete Starship was also a wealthy and willful research initiative, as many Immortals did the same.
Moreover, with Small Knife's high offer, numerous Immortals, upon learning of it, were willing to sell.
Of course, they all assumed the buyer was also an Immortal, not a mere Sixth Realm individual.
With this fallback option, Small Knife decided to take a gamble.
Therefore, the Starship activated its Defense, advancing slowly towards areas where the outer exploration detected the weakest energy fluctuations.
As the Starship entered, the original balance was disrupted, and under the invisible energy field, the Starship shivered slightly.
The surface's fully-powered Energy Shield began to dim.
Small Knife sat within the Starship, activating the laid Arrays, with his most elite stationed at the Array's foundation, initiating Array Defense.
It's uncertain whether cooperation accounted for this, or whether the Starship could withstand it, but ultimately they entered smoothly.
The area wasn't large, nor was there any sort of space capability, no expanded space, etc.
Just an ordinary region, visible to the naked eye.
However, the dense Immortal Spirit Qi, with Small Knife inhaling it, he nearly couldn't contain it and directly broke through to the Seventh Realm.
This was a physical breakthrough; for Small Knife, who wasn't purely Martial Dao, breaking through the Sixth Realm bottleneck was basically impossible.
Just like the Great World's suppressed Sixth Realm Unrivaled player.
Which is why the Sect Leader provided a special Cultivation Technique, a shortcut.
But now, Small Knife just took a breath.
Frightened, he hurriedly restrained himself and opened his Personal Space, drawing in all the nearby Immortal Spirit Qi.
Conversely, these subordinates stationed at the Array's foundation were mostly elites, at the Peak of the Fifth Realm.
At this moment, they each showed signs of breakthrough, a fortunate gain for them.
Seeing this opportunity, Small Knife didn't obstruct them.
Though not an ideal place for breakthroughs, he simply brought them into his Personal Space for advancement.
Initially difficult, up until now no one had broken through the Sixth Realm, but unexpectedly, a single mission triggered several fortuitous breakthroughs.
Small Knife wasn't concerned; at this moment, as the Starship halted here, it had already begun to activate the Energy Matrix, absorbing the Immortal Spirit Qi.
Upon reaching this point, scanning was no longer disrupted.
All around were fragmented bones, all devoid of energy, utterly useless.
Despite the immense concentration of Immortal Spirit Qi, no peculiar forms of life had emerged, inexplicably.
Small Knife gazed towards the core, where a man holding a knife stood tall, unwilling to fall, appearing lifelike.
His enemy was unseen, yet scans couldn't penetrate the man's body.
The Starship's AI was certain that the man was dead.
The robots approaching him lost contact.
They were visible not far away, but unable to move, directly losing connection with the Starship, for reasons unknown.
