Chapter 676 - 670: Successful Refinement

WHOOSH...

A violent whistling sound echoed from within Shen Haoran. His robes began to flutter, stirred by an unfelt wind. Seizing the opportunity while the Wood Spirit Cyan Profound was still weak, Shen Haoran used his other two Heaven and Earth Spirits to carry its Spirit Seed and rapidly circulate it along the path of his Chaos Heaven-Dominating Technique.

Halfway through the circulation, the Wood Spirit Cyan Profound suddenly sensed a grave danger and began to resist even more ferociously. Rampant Energy erupted from its Spirit Seed, slamming against the protective shell formed by the Fire Spirit Black Obsidian and Earth Spirit Profound Nether. A series of muffled thuds reverberated, making Shen Haoran’s meridians ache with pain.

However, for someone who had already completed the Refinement of two Heaven and Earth Spirits, such pain was barely worth mentioning. Shen Haoran’s expression didn’t even change as he focused solely on controlling the Wood Spirit Cyan Profound, continuously forcing it forward.

As the Cultivation Technique continued to run, the Wood Spirit Cyan Profound’s sense of crisis grew, and its resistance became more terrifying. Even the protective layer formed by two Heaven and Earth Spirit Seeds couldn’t withstand its assault and ultimately shattered completely.

Without the protective layer formed by the Heaven and Earth Spirits, the Wood Spirit Cyan Profound’s rampant Energy instantly flooded into Shen Haoran’s body and began to wreak havoc. To Shen Haoran’s relief, however, his physique had been tempered many times, and the toughness of his meridians was far greater than before. Although they ached from the impact of the wild Energy, there were no signs of them shattering.

However, before Shen Haoran could feel happy, a bizarre Devouring Power erupted from the Wood Spirit Cyan Profound. He felt the vitality in his body draining away at an astonishing rate. His once-tough meridians began to go slack, his active cells instantly turned listless, and his organs started to age at a speed visible to the naked eye. This was the Wood Spirit Cyan Profound’s ability—its most terrifying one: control over another’s life and death!

Seeing this, Shen Haoran immediately gave up on trying to corner the Wood Spirit Cyan Profound. The Fire Spirit Black Obsidian and the Earth Spirit Profound Nether scattered, spreading to every part of his body to envelop all his meridians, bones, and organs. ’Otherwise,’ he thought, ’before I even finish the Refinement of the Wood Spirit Cyan Profound, my own vitality will be completely gone, and I’ll die right here.’

Although the Wood Spirit Cyan Profound’s life-and-death-controlling Energy was terrifying, the Fire Spirit Black Obsidian and the Earth Spirit Profound Nether, being Heaven and Earth Spirits themselves, were not afraid of it. With every part of Shen Haoran’s body—down to every single cell—now protected, even the Wood Spirit Cyan Profound’s fearsome Devouring Power could do him no harm.

The Refinement continued. Unable to use its ability to devour vitality, the Wood Spirit Cyan Profound could only rely on its rampant Energy to try and break free from Shen Haoran’s meridians. But no matter how much destruction it caused, Shen Haoran just clenched his jaw and frantically worked on its Refinement, even as his insides were thrown into utter chaos.

Under Shen Haoran’s desperate, frantic Refinement, the Wood Spirit Cyan Profound was on the verge of being subdued. Just as it was about to complete a full circulation, the still-weakened spirit completely erupted. A terrifying Vitality Power burst wildly from the tiny Spirit Seed. ’Since Shen Haoran isn’t afraid of my Devouring Power,’ it seemed to think, ’I’ll just have to release my Vitality Power!’

This sudden change in tactics from the Wood Spirit Cyan Profound caught Shen Haoran completely off guard. The Fire Spirit Black Obsidian and the Earth Spirit Profound Nether could help him resist the Devouring Power, but they were powerless against the released Vitality Power. This was because the Vitality Power was the purest of its kind between heaven and earth. As Heaven and Earth Spirits themselves, they had absolutely no resistance to the world’s purest energies!

A tide of vitality flooded into Shen Haoran’s body. His originally ravaged body began to recover at an astonishing speed; old and new wounds alike healed in an instant. But even after his injuries were gone, the amount of vitality inside him remained terrifyingly immense. This Vitality Power bored madly into him. His organs, bones, and even his cells, baptized by such pure vitality, began to grow at a frantic pace, completely beyond Shen Haoran’s control.

Not only that, but the immense vitality also spread out from Shen Haoran’s pores, swiftly sweeping across the entire Underworld. In the once-dim and deathly still Underworld, countless sprouts began to emerge. A moment later, before Ji Lingxuan’s shocked eyes, they grew into towering trees. Soon, the Underworld had become a forest—a truly magnificent sight.

Ji Lingxuan’s brows furrowed deeply. She didn’t know what was happening inside Shen Haoran and didn’t dare to rashly step forward to help. She could only watch him with an anxious expression. ’Right now, all I can do is trust him.’

Feeling the cells and bones in his body growing wildly, Shen Haoran’s heart sank. ’At this rate,’ he thought, ’I’ll be blown apart by this immense vitality in less than ten breaths. The amount of vitality I can force out with my strength is completely disproportionate to what the Wood Spirit Cyan Profound is unleashing.’

"I’ve got it!" Shen Haoran had a sudden flash of insight. ’I still have a Dragon Pearl in my Primordial Small World! A Dragon Pearl is the perfect container for storing vitality!’

With that thought, Shen Haoran didn’t hesitate and immediately began forcing the immense vitality in his body toward his Primordial Small World.

BOOM... A moment later, the immense vitality poured into the Primordial Small World like a bursting dam. The instant it rushed in, the Dragon Pearl hovering in the air erupted with a brilliant light. A Devouring Power burst forth, crudely swallowing all of the incoming vitality.

Seeing this, Shen Haoran rejoiced internally. ’The Dragon Pearl really can devour this vitality!’

But in the next moment, Shen Haoran’s expression turned to one of astonishment. The drop of golden blood hovering in the air also erupted with a brilliant golden light and began devouring the vitality at an even more terrifying speed. This came as quite a surprise to him.

Shen Haoran didn’t dwell on it for long, though. ’Since the Dragon Pearl and the drop of golden blood can help me deal with this vitality, it’s a good thing.’ He then refocused his Heart Spirit on the Wood Spirit Cyan Profound, mobilizing all the power in his body to push it forward.

When the Wood Spirit Cyan Profound saw that its eruption of vitality still couldn’t defeat Shen Haoran, it actually began to panic. The cyan Spirit Seed started to tremble violently. It couldn’t think of any other way to deal with Shen Haoran. Already weak, it had become even more feeble after releasing so much vitality; its Spirit Seed had even shrunk by a full circle.

"Get in there!" Suddenly, Shen Haoran roared. A furious surge of power slammed into the back of the Wood Spirit Cyan Profound, finally forcing it to complete one full circulation along the path of the Chaos Heaven-Dominating Technique.

At that moment, the Wood Spirit Cyan Profound grew quiet. The immense vitality stopped gushing out, and it floated silently within Shen Haoran’s meridians. All hostility had vanished, replaced by a feeling of intimacy that it now shared with Shen Haoran.

’Finally, the Refinement is a success!’