"Enter Blood God Mode, incinerate lifespan. Burn one hundred years to double combat power. Burn one thousand years to increase combat power tenfold. Burn ten thousand years to increase combat power a hundredfold. Burn one hundred thousand years to increase combat power a thousandfold!"

"One million years, grant ten thousand times combat power!"

Seeing this information, Ye Chen couldn't help but hold his breath. The amplification was too exaggerated. Even the Nine Palaces Secret Manual, a supreme technique among the divine-tier manuals, could only offer a maximum boost of around ninety times, and mastering its ninth level likely required reaching the level of a High-Tier Pseudo-God, or perhaps even a true God.

But this Blood God Secret Manual was far simpler; it only demanded lifespan.

For an Early-Tier Pseudo-God expert with a hundred thousand years of lifespan, they could sustain Blood God Mode for ten seconds! With the hundredfold amplification, this power surge would allow them to break through realms in combat! Deployed at a critical moment, it could very well save a life.

"With my current lifespan, if I were to amplify my combat power a hundredfold, I would burn through ten thousand years per second, allowing me to sustain it for only one second!"

In the previous battles, Ye Chen had only consumed about 300 years of his twenty thousand years of lifespan. Although slaughtering the demonic beasts in that dark world had elevated his physique from level 100,000 to 800,000, causing his lifespan to explode from 300 years to over 16,300 years, under Blood God Mode, he could barely endure for a single second!

However, for someone of Ye Chen's caliber, one second could easily be stretched to feel like ten minutes, with plenty to spare. "Even activating Blood God Mode, I still cannot defeat a peak Seventh Heaven Demigod expert unless I possess one hundred billion years of lifespan—only then could I contend with a Ninth Heaven Demigod!"

Ye Chen sighed internally. After a moment of contemplation, he still inscribed this Blood God Secret Manual, intending to cultivate it should the opportunity arise in the future.

"These manuals are useless. I only have ten years, and if I fail this assessment, I will be permanently eliminated. For me, I only have three years and six months to waste!"

Ye Chen’s brow was tightly furrowed, his mind agitated, unable to concentrate at all, with no countermeasures for the impending fight.

"Divine Blood Power is ineffective."

"My physique-amplifying techniques are useless."

"Superman Mode won't work here either."

"Can anyone actually pass this assessment?"

Ye Chen ran through all his trump cards, only to find them useless against the assessment’s requirements. Frustration welled up in his heart. He was down to his final challenge against a Seventh Heaven expert; failing this attempt against the peak Seventh Heaven Demigod meant immediate elimination.

Frustrating! Frustrating! Frustrating!

The thought of it brought an inexpressible irritation, making him long for a chaotic massacre to vent the turmoil in his spirit.

Just then, a sudden shock jolted him. "How could I have such murderous thoughts? I nearly succumbed to Qi Deviation!" He quickly circulated the Dao Saint Scripture to suppress his turbulent mind.

"Hmm?" Ye Chen froze momentarily, then two beams of intense, sharp light erupted from his eyes. "Spiritual Power! Yes, it’s Spiritual Power!"

"Haha..."

"Why didn't I think of this before? The assessment is designed so strangely. If it relies on brute force combat, victory is impossible. But there are two weaknesses that are constant: physique and the mind/spirit!"

"No matter the level of the Demigod expert, their physique is capped within level 100. Even so, I lack the specialized tools to shatter flesh; otherwise, a mutually destructive exchange would suffice."

"And the other is Spiritual Power!"

Ye Chen’s face lit up with excitement. "Most ordinary Demigods have barely reached the Sage realm in spiritual attainment, while Pseudo-God experts are mostly at the fifth or sixth tier of Sage-level spiritual power."

"With my spiritual strength, misleading these Ninth Heaven Demigod opponents is absolutely no problem. In my previous battles, none of them utilized illusory realms; even that man in green robes from the Cultivation Civilization only deployed formations, not genuine illusions."

At this realization, Ye Chen became even more exhilarated, feeling like he had found a pathway. "As long as I find illusion-based secret manuals, I can defeat my opponents, forcing them to carve themselves or self-detonate!"

"No wonder..."

"Reaching the Third Heaven Demigod level allows one to use concentrated Demigod Power to contend with Early Pseudo-God experts, yet after the Ninth Heaven Demigod level, I still have to challenge an Early Pseudo-God expert!"

Ye Chen pondered deeply, confirming his deduction. Without hesitation, he immediately began searching for illusionary or willpower-based attack manuals.

"Found it!"

Ye Chen’s eyes brightened. On the window interface within his mind, there was a page displaying illusionary manuals, categorized into Demigod, Pseudo-God, and God tiers.

Ye Chen quickly examined the various classifications.

"Demon Domain Space (Demigod Manual): Uses spiritual power to hypnotize the target, plunging them into a deep demonic realm filled with fiends and monsters that devour their soul through torment until they can no longer bear the pain and self-destruct..."

"Heavenly Paradise (Demigod Manual): Uses spiritual power to hypnotize the target, letting them enter a beautiful period of bliss, immersing them so deeply they cannot awaken..."

"Pseudo-God Classification."

"Horror Hell (Pseudo-God Manual): Uses spiritual power to hypnotize the target into a terrifying world where they undergo torment, ultimately unable to endure and self-destruct... (Note: Requires the target’s spiritual power to be weaker than one's own, or risk backlash.)"

"Ghostly Sting (Pseudo-God Manual): Compresses spiritual power into a spectral spike that pierces the opponent's soul..."

"God Classification."

"Samsara Spacetime (God Manual): Hypnotizes the target via spiritual power, trapping them in a self-controlled spacetime where all fundamental laws are dictated by the user, with a very low chance of backlash..."

"Ice Soul Saber..."

Ye Chen scanned through them all, finally selecting Samsara Spacetime from the God tier. It allowed the target to enter endless cycles of reincarnation, classifying it as a domain-hypnosis technique among spiritual manuals. Not only could he use it to kill the opponent, but he could also achieve other goals, such as turning them into his own servants!

Samsara Spacetime was quite tedious to cultivate, divided into three layers!

First Layer: Usable against those below the Demigod realm!

Second Layer: Usable against those below the Pseudo-God realm!

Third Layer: Usable against those below the God realm!

Willpower-based manuals were far more precious than attack, defense, or support manuals. Therefore, although Samsara Spacetime was an Early God-tier manual, its value surpassed that of a High-God attack manual.

Mastering the first layer allowed the user to sustain ten cycles of reincarnation within the opponent's mind using spiritual power, relentlessly grinding down their willpower until collapse!

Mastering the second layer allowed for 100 cycles!

The third layer allowed for 10,000 cycles!

Ye Chen checked the cultivation requirements.

First Layer: Required Sage First Tier spiritual power!

Second Layer: Required Sage Sixth Tier spiritual power!

Third Layer: Required Saint First Tier spiritual power!

An electronic chime sounded: "Select Samsara Spacetime for learning?"

"Yes!"

As Ye Chen nodded, a massive influx of information poured into his mind, much like the knowledge tower of the Atlantean civilization, branding the data directly onto his brain's memory cells, ensuring it would never fade.

Ye Chen checked internally and found all three tiers of cultivation methods present, making him ecstatic. He continued browsing to see if any other powerful manuals were available.

"High-Tier Beast Taming Art (Pseudo-God Manual): Uses spiritual power to hypnotize demonic beasts for subjugation..." Ye Chen glanced at it. "Is this the Beast Taming Art from the Beast Civilization?" He pondered for a moment, then chose to learn it anyway; it was a free, excellent manual.

The electronic chime sounded: "Warning, your authorized learning quota has been filled!"

Ye Chen paused in surprise. "Learning quota filled? What quota?" His eye suddenly caught a small label in the upper left corner of the window: "Learning Quota," next to which was a colon and the number "0."

"Does this mean I can only learn two manuals?" Ye Chen was utterly astonished, then a chill shot through him. "It's a good thing I didn't rush to learn those many God-tier manuals and various profound mysteries I saw earlier, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to learn Samsara Spacetime."

Previously, his mind was solely focused on passing the assessment so he could travel to the Ancient Continent to find that figure etched in his heart, causing him to completely overlook these manuals that could drive even God-level experts mad.

Ye Chen let out a wry smile, then shook his head, feeling no great sense of loss. Greed would only lower his spiritual power. He immediately closed the window, sat cross-legged, and recalled the cultivation method for Samsara Spacetime in his mind.

"Reincarnation..."

"Life is but a single lifetime, grass in the spring autumn."

"One thought, one world; one year, one wither and flourish..."

Numerous sutras flowed through Ye Chen's mind. He was completely immersed, his heart still as water, casting aside all distracting thoughts to focus purely on learning.

Time flowed by...

One month, two months, three months...

In the blink of an eye, eight months passed.

On this day, Ye Chen, who had been still as a mountain, suddenly opened his eyes. Two beams of soul-stirring brilliance pierced through the cosmos, seeming to see through everything, imbued with an aura of profound stillness.

"A blink of an eye is one cycle of reincarnation."

"One breath in and out is one cycle of reincarnation..."

Ye Chen stood up slowly, his expression serene. He was completely different from the soaring might and murderous aura he carried before. Now, his entire being radiated a mysterious feeling, as if existing in a layer between illusion and reality, intangible and untouchable.

"Samsara Spacetime, the first two layers, are finally mastered. Moreover, during this period, my mind has been tempered, and I feel faintly close to reaching the Seventh Tier of the Sage realm; I don't know when I will suddenly achieve enlightenment," Ye Chen clenched his fist, feeling the power flowing within his body, his eyes sharp with light.

After cultivating Samsara Spacetime, Ye Chen found the surrounding world clearer. It felt as though with a mere thought, his entire consciousness could detach from his body and roam the Nine Heavens.

Ye Chen did not linger. He turned immediately and departed the cosmic area. With a flash of his figure, he reappeared on the martial stage. The cheers from the surroundings were deafening. Not far ahead, the peak Seventh Heaven Demigod expert stood proudly.