Chapter 584: Absorbing the World Heaven Root Qi

Chapter 584: Chapter 584: Absorbing the World Heaven Root Qi

"Haaah..."

Xu Yunfan slowly opened his eyes. A hint of exhaustion flickered deep within them, but it was far outweighed by a sense of joyous relief.

After repeated calculations and confirmations, he was certain. His Cause and Effect Line had indeed developed an extremely faint and subtle entanglement with the Dao Fruit’s Dao Rhyme, a connection formed through the Celestial Empress’s hand.

However, the origin of this link had been obscured by the Star Banner and the Celestial Empress. It wasn’t truly aimed at him, but rather seemed to be dissipating without an owner.

More importantly, all signs indicated that the three lofty True Monarchs were currently focusing all their attention on the battle for the enormous Celestial Emperor Dao Fruit and the Western Buddha Head’s Dao Fruit, leaving them no time for other matters.

This Taiyin Dao Fruit, condensed from the Celestial Realm, was a complete Hidden Dao Fruit. As long as he didn’t leak its aura, he would be safe.

In this Celestial Realm, those Golden Core True Monarchs would be unable to trace him through Celestial Dao Cause and Effect.

The Celestial Empress’s act of taking the fruit had not, for the time being, been turned into bait to lure him out.

The greatest, most heaven-defying fortune had quietly fallen into his grasp.

He had already obtained the greatest prize this realm had to offer.

Those Golden Core True Monarchs were still busy squabbling over how to divide the Dao Fruits of the Celestial Emperor and the Western Buddha Head. Meanwhile, he had one all to himself—truly wonderful news.

Xu Yunfan suppressed the urge to immediately take out the Star Spirit Banner and carefully inspect the Treasure Mirror and the changes in the Celestial Empress. He knew this was no place to study such a priceless treasure.

After resting for a long while, he finally composed himself.

His gaze turned to the surrounding World Heaven Root Qi, which filled the air like primordial chaos before creation.

This was the foundational power of the world, released when the Celestial Realm’s Origin collapsed after being stripped away. It was of immense nourishing benefit for stabilizing his own Grotto Heaven Embryo.

Now that the three True Monarchs from the Primordial Sect and the Wansheng Sword Sect had shattered this Great Realm, collecting the World Heaven Root Qi was much easier than before.

This was the perfect cultivation environment to gather Root Qi and step into Late-Stage Foundation Establishment.

With his Attribute Panel, reaching Late-Stage Foundation Establishment through steady cultivation was a certainty, but Xu Yunfan wouldn’t turn down an opportunity to speed things up.

This place was perfect for his needs.

It would also serve as a convenient cover for his recent actions, hiding any potential traces.

Now was the time to cultivate in peace, absorb Root Qi, strengthen his Grotto Heaven Embryo, and break through to Late-Stage Foundation Establishment in one fell swoop.

Without further hesitation, Xu Yunfan sat down cross-legged.

The Divine Sky Nine Heavens Profound Vault Undying True Scripture began to operate at full power, and in an instant, a faint purple-gold lightning glow appeared on the surface of his body.

In his Sea of Consciousness, the Grotto Heaven Embryo that had already begun to take shape was immediately enveloped by the absorbed Root Qi.

As the True Scripture circulated and his Magical Power surged, a strange, phantasmal space emerged. It materialized slowly, an inch above the Baihui acupoint on his head. The phantom was wrapped in Misty Purple Qi, and within it, faint Thunderbolts flared and died while specks of starlight twinkled. Though still exceedingly illusory and small, it radiated a tyrannical suction force, as if carving out an Inner Cosmos.

WHOOSH!

Like a great whale inhaling the sea, the Grotto Heaven Embryo floating above his head began to frantically devour the surrounding energy. Pure streams of World Heaven Root Qi, filled with the power of the shattered world’s remnants, were drawn in by its powerful suction.

Countless torrents of pure energy—earthen-yellow, cyan, and even some streaked with threads of gold and silver—poured unceasingly into the nascent Grotto Heaven Embryo, like rivers flowing into a whirlpool.

Nourished, the embryonic world began to undergo changes visible to the naked eye.

’You have absorbed World Heaven Root Qi. Divine Sky Nine Heavens Profound Vault Undying True Scripture Skill Level +2.’

’You have absorbed World Heaven Root Qi...’

’Holy cow!’

Xu Yunfan’s spirits soared. He was overjoyed to see the information from the panel pop up in his field of vision.

In the past, he could train diligently for weeks without gaining a single Skill Point. Now, he had gained two in just half a day.

How could he not be ecstatic?

As time passed, the Skill Level on the panel in his vision was constantly updating.

The roiling, chaotic region at the edge, which looked as if it could shatter at any moment, grew slightly clearer. The thunderbolts flaring and dying within seemed to grow thicker and brighter, and the twinkling points of starlight appeared a bit more stable.

The entire embryo slowly rotated, emitting a faint resonance, as if greedily absorbing nourishment from the Great Realm, like a growing fetus.

Xu Yunfan was completely focused, his entire Heart and Spirit immersed in controlling and guiding the Grotto Heaven Embryo. He guided the flow of the Root Qi, consolidated the world’s foundation, and tamed the faint, chaotic manifestations of earth, water, fire, and wind within the embryo.

The clamor and conflict of the shattered World Heaven, the imposing might of the True Monarchs—it was as if he had blocked them all from his senses.

What he had to do now was act like the most patient of ascetics in this desolate corner, step by step absorbing the World Heaven Root Qi, fortifying the embryo, pushing his Dao Foundation to the peak of Late-Stage Foundation Establishment, and even reaching for the threshold of a higher realm.

In the time that followed, Xu Yunfan became completely immersed in endless cycles of cultivation and meditation.

The Root Qi permeating the shattered World Heaven might be a wild energy, difficult for Foundation Establishment Cultivators who had not yet condensed a Grotto Heaven Embryo to capture and refine.

But for Xu Yunfan, who was currently circulating the Divine Sky Nine Heavens Profound Vault Undying True Scripture, it was like a whale swallowing the four seas—truly an unparalleled resource for building his Grotto Heaven Embryo and honing himself.

The ongoing assault on and collapse of the World Heaven was not something that would conclude overnight. Even with True Monarch Pu Du’s vast Dao Realm projection causing the Celestial Court to crumble, the lands to shatter, and the Core Dao Fruits of the Celestial Emperor and the Western Buddha Head, Tathagata, to be carved up, this World Heaven had existed for countless millennia. The erosion of its foundations and the decay of its residual Laws would take a vast amount of time.

Only then could it slowly merge into the Taihua Spirit Ruins Realm.

Completely extinguishing its Origin will might not be difficult, but to squeeze out every bit of its value—especially to completely dismantle and digest the fundamental Laws that supported several Dao Fruits—was delicate work that required patient effort, even for the True Monarchs.

After all, the immeasurable Merit bestowed by the Taixu Spiritual Ruins Realm Heavenly Dao was also of great benefit to them.

Even if it meant acting like giant rats, they were naturally willing to do it.

In cultivation, the years passed unnoticed.

The nascent Thunder Pool in his Dantian grew from a drop into a vast sea. Violent Thunder Gang was born and destroyed within the Grotto Heaven Embryo, and every tremor triggered a transformation throughout his entire body.

The Grotto Heaven Embryo floated above the Baihui acupoint on his head. Originally an illusory, blurry space only about ten feet across, it was being nourished day after day by a ceaseless flow of World Heaven Root Qi. As a result, the roiling, chaotic mist at its edges gradually grew clear and stable.

The Misty Purple Qi condensed like gauze. The lightning that flickered in and out of existence within it grew from tiny snakes of purple light into rampaging, roaring purple lightning dragons. Each of their pulses seemed to be a breath of destruction and rebirth.

The twinkling dots of light were no longer flickering specks of dust, but grew increasingly stable and bright, outlining the vague trajectories of the Stars.

The entire miniature Grotto Heaven slowly rotated, emitting a low and continuous hum, like an embryo greedily suckling nourishment from its mother, constantly growing stronger.

’You have absorbed World Heaven Root Qi. Divine Sky Nine Heavens Profound Vault Undying True Scripture Skill Level +3.’

’Grotto Heaven Embryo stability increased. The barrier to the next Realm has loosened...’