After being reborn, the villain comes with a spoiler tag.

Inside the dimly lit stone chamber, a young man dressed in black was sitting cross-legged in meditation.

Before him, a herb emitting a faint white light seemed to be growing quietly. Seven emerald green leaves surrounded a semi-transparent hibiscus phantom, and the light emanating from it became the only source of light in the stone chamber.

As the illusory images of the herbs gradually blurred and eventually disappeared completely, Huo Yu slowly opened his eyes.

After fully absorbing the seven-leaf hibiscus, his damaged soul underwent a significant recovery.

To outsiders, he is now a cultivator in the late stage of the Golden Core realm.

Huo Yu couldn't help but feel a little regretful. The Seven-Leaf Hibiscus's effect on repairing damage to the soul was miraculous, but unfortunately it was not from this world.

This flower only grows occasionally in some ancient and secret realms, making it a rare and highly sought-after item.

He needs to find another way to further repair his soul.

Half a year has passed since Huo Yu joined the Soul Refining Peak, and his life has not changed much.

The management of disciples at Refining Soul Peak is quite lenient. If you need any cultivation techniques or classics, you can simply go to the classics section to find them. If you don't have enough contribution points to look them up, you can go to the contribution hall to take on tasks to earn them, which is no different from the outer sect.

Moreover, the wordless token that Ling Tian gave him granted him extremely high privileges. Just as he said at the time, there was no place on the entire Soul Refining Peak that Huo Yu could not go, and naturally there was no book that Huo Yu could not read.

Huo Yu took out a jade slip from his storage bag. For cultivators who can see with their divine sense, the brightness of the room did not have much of an impact.

This jade slip contains the method for crafting the Myriad Souls Banner.

At Soul Refining Peak, the crafting of the Myriad Soul Banner is not a secret. One can look it up by spending a certain amount of contribution points, and even copy a version by paying a certain amount of spirit stones.

The copy in Huo Yu's hand was obtained by him at the cost of ten spirit stones for copying.

There's a reason why the crafting method for the Myriad Souls Banner is so easy to obtain.

Most of the materials needed to refine this Myriad Soul Banner are extremely rare, but those who are determined can still gather them by spending some time and spirit stones.

Aside from the most crucial material – the Yin Wood – which is only produced by the Yellow Spring Sect and is extremely rare.

Without the Yin Wood, the Myriad Souls Banner could not be forged.

There are only two ways to obtain the Yin Wood: one is to exchange it from the Offering Hall of the Soul Refining Peak, where it is priced at one Nascent Soul stage soul; the other, which is the method chosen by most people, is to participate in the Yellow Spring Sect's Inner Sect Grand Competition held once every twenty years. As long as you get into the top three, you can choose any item from the Offering Hall.

However, Huo Yu had no interest in refining the Myriad Soul Banner; what he was truly interested in was the Soul Nourishing Array within it.

Compared to the simple formation in the Hundred Soul Banner, the Soul Nourishing Formation in the Ten Thousand Soul Banner is a thousand times more complex.

Huo Yu had never been involved in the art of formations. He could manage to study the basic formations on the Hundred Soul Banner, but he was completely clueless about the formations on the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

The art of formations is widely used in the cultivation world, ranging from simple soundproof and divine sense-isolating formations to sect-protecting formations strong enough to withstand a single blow from a Nascent Soul Realm expert.

The art of formations is easy to learn, but extremely difficult to master.

Most array masters choose to study arrays and talismans because they lack talent in the path of cultivation, and are regarded as unorthodox by mainstream cultivators.

However, the art of formations is ever-changing and all-encompassing, and most formation masters are low-level cultivators with no way to cultivate, with short lifespans. They often spend their entire lives without mastering many of the formations created by their predecessors, let alone creating their own.

Therefore, the profession of array master undoubtedly tests talent the most. It involves the essence of spiritual power; one either understands it or never comprehends it.

Most array masters these days are just copycats, merely imitating the experience of their predecessors. They draw array diagrams one by one, and if they fail, they draw them several more times, hoping to become proficient through practice.

—Most disciples of the Soul Refining Peak also refine soul banners in this way.

Huo Yu did not believe he had the talent to be a formation master. His previous ability to deduce the simple soul-nourishing formation on the Hundred Soul Banner from the flow of spiritual energy was entirely due to his understanding of the nature of spiritual energy as a Mahayana cultivator.

The Soul Nourishing Array within the Myriad Soul Banner already involves the principles of array formations, far exceeding his ability to break it through brute force.

Huo Yu was somewhat troubled. He was skilled at dismantling formations; before his rebirth, he had dismantled countless sects' protective formations. However, breaking a formation by analyzing its structure was proving difficult for him.

Moreover, this is only the Soul Nourishing Array of the Myriad Soul Banner. Huo Yu originally had his eye on the Venerable Soul Banner, but now it seems he doesn't need to bother with it.

Of course, he could also find someone else to break the formation. In the current cultivation world, there is a well-known formation master—Yuanji Zhenren, who entered the Dao through formations.

This person is known as the master of all formations in the world, who has entered the Dao through formations and stepped into the Nascent Soul Realm. He is the undisputed number one formation expert in the cultivation world today.

Not to mention that Yuanji came from the Qiankun Dao Sect, one of the five major righteous sects, and was at odds with the demonic path.

Based solely on Huo Yu's current Golden Core stage cultivation level, simply meeting him is already incredibly difficult.

However, Huo Yu had anticipated this situation and did not feel too regretful.

He put away the jade slip, got up, and disappeared into the cave.

Since restoring his soul would require another method, there was one more thing he needed to confirm during this time.

Huo Yu stood atop the Soul Refining Peak, gazing towards the direction of the Yellow Springs Sect's third peak.

Since Long Yucheng went to report to Duoying Peak, there has been no news of him. However, from the Tongxin Jue, Huo Yu could sense that Long Yucheng was still inside the Third Peak and that his life was not in danger.

Huo Yu's trip will not take more than seven days, and Long Yucheng should not cause any trouble in these short seven days.

Even if something unexpected happens, the defensive formation on the Heart-to-Heart Jade is enough to save his life from cultivators below the Golden Core stage.

Huo Yu withdrew his gaze, and in a flash, he left the Yellow Springs Sect.

The place he was going to was none other than Zhongjing, the capital of Xuanwu Kingdom, the starting point of his cultivation journey.

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Xuanwu Kingdom is located in the north. Originally named Xuanwu Kingdom, it was renamed Xuanwu after a certain ruler seized power, and the name has been used ever since.

Zhongjing was located in the center of Xuanwu Kingdom. It was situated at the foot of the imperial city and connected the north and south. Trade was prosperous and bustling with activity, so it was also known as the capital.

In the eyes of young Huo Yu, Zhongjing was so big, with streets that stretched in all directions, as if connecting the whole world.

In fact, even among ordinary cities, Zhongjing is only considered medium-sized, and Xuanwu Kingdom is just a small country.

Returning to the same place, Huo Yu felt no nostalgia whatsoever.

The layout of the streets is largely as I remember it, but the buildings on both sides have been completely transformed.

Huo Yu did not conceal his presence, walking like an ordinary person on the unfamiliar streets until he stopped in front of a magnificent building with carved beams and painted rafters.

Although the building was no longer the same as Huo Yu remembered, the words inscribed on the plaque above the entrance remained unchanged:

Yuzhen Pavilion, the largest restaurant in the entire capital, is always brightly lit and packed with guests, day and night.

This is also the origin of the character "御" in Huo Yu's name, but he only glanced at it before walking away.

Just across the street from Yuzhen Pavilion are the private residences of the powerful and wealthy in Zhongjing.

However, the once powerful Huo family in the capital no longer exists, and the original Huo residence has become the Chen residence.

The rise and fall of the powerful and wealthy is but a matter of a single dynasty, while the Imperial Treasure Pavilion, which served the high-ranking officials and nobles for generations, still stands strong.

Huo Yu was disheartened and left Zhongjing before the servants of the Chen family could come forward to drive him away.