Cosmic Trading System

Lin Yun faintly felt that the emotion was emanating from that direction.

"What is this... Could it be the content of the fiftieth floor of the Heavenly Principle Tower?" Lin Yun frowned slightly. For some reason, he felt a strange sensation in his heart but couldn't grasp what it was.

After walking a bit farther, Lin Yun finally encountered an enemy—or rather, it could not be called an enemy but a ghost.

"It seems to have a Divine Spirit Body, but its entire aura is quite ghastly. Could it be the legendary Ghost Practitioner?" Lin Yun's face changed slightly as he inwardly exclaimed in surprise.

The Divine Spirit system is quite similar to that of the Ghost Practitioners, but there are significant differences between them. One similarity is that both lack a tangible physical body and instead exist as a condensation of Spiritual Energy, also known as a soul body.

However, the Spiritual Energy of Divine Spirits is of Yang, while that of Ghost Practitioners is of Yin.

Some in the Divine Spirit system stumble upon it by happenstance, like the Super Warrior Eastern Emperor, who is said to have been a human cultivator. After perishing, his soul happened to merge with the powerful Divine Artifact, the Eastern Emperor Lock, a treasure with strong Yang energy. Having merged with it, he naturally became a cultivator of the Divine Spirit system.

He could usually absorb and integrate the Power of Faith from the outside world to strengthen himself and find ways to enhance the Eastern Emperor Lock and, in turn, himself.

The hallmark of this cultivation system is the requirement of a Yang-natured Divine Artifact for the soul to merge. One advantage is the rapid rate of growth. The stronger the artifact merged with, the greater the potential strength one can achieve.

Some souls that were ordinary have leapt to touch the pinnacle of existence by fusing with powerful artifacts, like the legendary Super Warrior, the Eastern Emperor.

The drawback is the lack of a physical body to absorb and refine the energy of heaven and earth, making it difficult to strengthen oneself through physical refinement of such forces, heavily relying on the Power of Faith. Without sufficient Power of Faith, their power can dramatically diminish.

Thus, practitioners of the Divine Spirit system generally rely on the Power of Faith provided by a particular race or clan, serving as a totem of worship for that group.

Moreover, the strength of Divine Spirit system practitioners is greatly limited by the strength of the artifact they fused with. If the artifact is not powerful enough, their own strength reaches a certain level, and they cannot advance further.

Some practitioners of the Divine Spirit system are artificially created by powerful entities as needed. Millennia ago, the Immortal Origin Holy Land, due to the rapid rise of top-tier warriors and a serious shortfall of subordinates, went through a period engaging in such activities.

Various Divine Artifacts, large and small, refined with Yang properties by saints and beings of power were granted to those held in high esteem or creatures with extraordinary talents who had died, generally becoming Mountain Gods, Earth Gods, etc., to help manage the mortals in the Immortal Origin Holy Land.

There were even higher-tier Divine Artifacts like the naming list used for gods, which allowed some powerful humans and cultivators who had perished to become high-level divine entities managing high-level affairs in the Immortal Origin Holy Land.

Lin Yun had heard some of these matters from the Holy Mother, others from the strong individuals who had visited the Immortal Origin Holy Land, and still others from Modan. Reality should not differ too much from these accounts.

As for Ghost Practitioners...

They don't necessarily need to refine Yin-natured artifacts to cultivate!

When the physical body perishes, the soul inherently belongs to Yin. As long as it doesn't dissipate or leave this universe, it can cultivate to become a Ghost Practitioner. However, the world as a whole belongs to Yang, and pure souls find it difficult to stay in this space indefinitely.

After a person's physical body perishes, the soul usually disappears quickly. This method is very special; it's hard to forcibly remain.

Some cultivators believe that after a person perishes, their soul goes to another world - a world that is entirely Yin, such as places like Nine Netherworld.

Different practitioners from various places have different names for it, but generally, they all believe in its existence.

Some souls, due to special circumstances, linger in the world of the living. Some may have refined a magical treasure or even an object just before death, or at the moment of death. If this treasure or object is of a yang nature, it becomes part of the divine spirit cultivation system, and they can walk under the sunlight.

Or if this treasure or object is of a yin nature, it then belongs to ghost practitioners or ordinary ghosts, fierce ghosts.

Some souls simply died in a special place of yin properties and have not left this world.

Therefore, ghost practitioners have one characteristic: the weak cannot walk in the sunlight, while the strong can withstand it but do not like walking under it. They prefer to reside in places of yin properties.

Although Lin Yun was now strong, he wasn't old and had only heard of ghost practitioners; he had never seen one with his own eyes. Consequently, he was quite astonished when he saw such a strong entity for the first time.

"Huff! Huff! Huff! Howl! Howl! Howl!"

The moment the ghost practitioner saw Lin Yun, its eyes lit up. It rushed towards Lin Yun swiftly, covering him with a powerful and eerie ghostly aura while emitting strange howls.

"A Super Warrior of the second level?"

Lin Yun's face changed dramatically, and he couldn't help but exclaim.

He had encountered Super Warriors in previous levels and had even come across those of the second level. However, such powerful beings were few and far between.

Even as he climbed higher in the Heavenly Principle Tower, the strength of the warriors he faced might still be weaker.

Lin Yun had thought that the higher the level he breached in the Heavenly Principle Tower, the stronger the enemies he would encounter.

But later, Lin Yun gradually realized that this was not the case. The way the Heavenly Principle Tower tested its challengers was bizarre and inscrutable.

He did not expect to face an enemy of such strength at the fiftieth level; this was not a good sign.

Based on his previous experience, the first level's test was always the same; for example, a test of battle. This level was almost entirely a test of combat, and there was some regularity to it: start weak, end strong.

If the first enemy had already reached the second level of Super Warrior status, then wouldn't he possibly face a third-level Super Warrior as he went on?

Lin Yun's expression was grave. Even with the Bloodthirsty Sword boosting his strength considerably, defeating a third-level Super Warrior would still be incredibly difficult!

"Puff! Puff! Puff!"

Very soon, the Bloodthirsty Sword in Lin Yun's hand struck the opponent's body. Then, Lin Yun's expression changed once more as he realized the Bloodthirsty Sword's damage to the ghost practitioner was not as severe as it had been against ordinary warriors.

"Roar—"

The ghost practitioner, having brushed past Lin Yun and suffered injuries, was immensely enraged. It turned around, let out a loud roar, and lunged at Lin Yun once again.