Cultivation techniques, like talismans, are classified into nine levels, each divided into lower, middle, and upper tiers.
Compared to the techniques taught by the Giant Turtle, the ones Leo previously used were utterly insignificant.
Firstly, Leo’s previous cultivation level was insufficient. Secondly, the techniques he used were his own inventions.
Currently, although Leo had reached the lower tier of Spirit King, mastering the three techniques taught by the Giant Turtle was still quite challenging.
Cultivating techniques was not something that could be rushed, nor was it Leo’s primary concern at the moment.
He was eager to find out what lay at the end of the ice lake.
What was the gift the Giant Turtle mentioned before its soul disappeared?
After adjusting his internal breath to its optimal state, Leo summoned the Divine Dragon Sword and flew towards the end of the ice lake.
The ice lake was vast and boundless. The closer he got to the end, the colder it became, to the point where even stones might crack from the cold.
Fortunately, Leo’s body had undergone significant changes. Although he felt cold, it was still bearable.
Even if it became unbearable, he could use his Spiritual Power to resist it.
Leo quickly broke the sound barrier, and within ten minutes, the end of the ice lake was in sight.
As he vaguely saw the scene at the end of the ice lake, he slowed down, stunned by what he saw.
Above the end of the ice lake was a massive inverted oval-shaped spatial rift.
The rift was pitch black inside, resembling a black hole.
The edges of the rift emitted a faint silver glow, looking incredibly mysterious.
It was clear that this Enchanted Realm was merely a bridge, an entrance to another unknown world, located at the spatial rift at the end of the ice lake.
From the secrets revealed by the Giant Turtle, it was known that cultivators from Earth’s ancient cultivation civilization left Earth through this spatial rift.
The source of spiritual energy in the Enchanted Realm also originated from this spatial rift at the end of the ice lake.
At this moment, Leo had no desire to explore the spatial rift.
He knew well that with his current cultivation level, he would be torn apart by the unstable forces within the space-time tunnel before reaching that Plane of Existence.
The Giant Turtle had mentioned that the space-time tunnel connecting two Planes of Existence had become unstable, causing a spatial rift to appear above West Sea.
If Leo advanced to Spirit Saint or Spirit God, he might consider taking the risk.
Understanding these matters, Leo withdrew his gaze from the spatial rift above and accelerated again.
Soon, he reached the end of the ice lake, directly beneath the spatial rift.
Not far ahead of him stood an ice pillar about two meters in diameter rising from the ice lake.
Atop the ice pillar was a flower-a lotus flower to be precise.
The lotus was pure white, like white jade without any blemishes. It had nine petals and emitted a soft milky white glow.
As Leo noticed the white lotus, he shivered uncontrollably. A bone-chilling cold enveloped him instantly.
If not for his body being transformed by the Giant Turtle’s essence blood, he would have been frozen into white powder and scattered by the wind.
Information spontaneously appeared in his mind, changing his expression from shock to astonishment and joy.
This was the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus, a spiritual entity naturally nurtured by heaven and earth!
Such entities could be refined into spiritual weapons-innate spiritual weapons far superior to those created postnatally.
In short, for Leo at this moment, obtaining and refining this Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus into a spiritual weapon would significantly enhance his combat power.
Looking at the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus again, Leo’s gaze turned fervent.
Once refined into a spiritual weapon, its attack method would be simple: releasing icy power to freeze its target.
If the target couldn’t break free within three seconds, they would shatter into ice fragments.
Leo moved closer to the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus while unleashing his Spiritual Power to shield himself from the cold.
As he approached further, even with Spiritual Power protection, his teeth chattered from the cold.
At ten meters away, the cold penetrated his Spiritual Power and entered his body.
At nine meters away, a layer of ice crystals formed on his skin instantly.
Gritting his teeth, he pushed forward until he was five meters away.
At this distance, Leo could clearly see and admire the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus.
This lotus wasn’t fully mature yet. If it were fully mature, Leo wouldn’t be able to withstand its cold even from twenty meters away.
Such a rare treasure nurtured by heaven and earth-since he encountered it, he had to obtain it despite any danger.
He continued forward until only three meters remained between him and the lotus.
But no matter what, he couldn’t advance further from this distance.
So he decided to refine it from three meters away.
Leo bit his left index finger and forced out a drop of essence blood, flicking it towards the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus.
The essence blood flew unobstructed onto one of its petals and slowly merged into it.
After absorbing Leo’s essence blood, the lotus trembled and suddenly expanded to about one meter in diameter.
With this expansion, their distance reduced to two meters.
An even more terrifying cold surged towards Leo intensely.
The Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus seemed to have gained some sentience. It knew Leo wanted to control it and resisted fiercely.
To control and refine it, Leo needed its submission and recognition.
Determinedly, Leo decided that no matter what price he had to pay, he would refine this lotus into his spiritual weapon.
Clenching his teeth and risking damage to his cultivation foundation, he unleashed all his power and leaped onto the lotus.
As soon as he landed on it, icy power engulfed him completely, turning him into a human-shaped ice sculpture instantly.
In that frozen moment, Leo’s eyes closed involuntarily as his consciousness entered an illusory world created by the lotus.
When Leo opened his eyes again, he found himself in a white world where everything-sky and ground-was icy white.
This silent world felt eerie and terrifying in its emptiness.
Looking around, Leo muttered to himself, “So this is the small world within the Nine-Petal Ice-Soul Lotus.”