Chapter 737 395: Mountain and River Order

The sudden burst of Golden Radiance startled Pan Yu and Pan Shi, as well as Yang An himself.

He had only wanted to test whether the absorbed Spirit Charm could fuel his Techniques, but the result was beyond his expectations. The power was astounding.

Yang An hurriedly dispersed the Golden Radiance. When he looked over at Pan Yu and Pan Shi, they were both staring at him, stunned, with looks of lingering fear.

"Fellow Daoist Yang, were you trying to kill us?"

Pan Shi said sheepishly. Though he was only joking, for a brief moment when the Golden Radiance had filled the room, they had truly felt a suffocating pressure, as if they would be melted by it in the next instant.

"My apologies. I didn't expect that. I was just trying to test the power within me."

Yang An said apologetically, but inwardly, he was astounded.

'A Technique cast with the newly absorbed Spirit Charm was actually more powerful than one cast with Mana.'

'That wisp of Golden Radiance he'd just unleashed, for example. When cast with Spirit Charm, its power was amplified by almost fifty percent.'

That was why the Technique's sudden eruption of power had caught him so off guard.

The absorbed Spirit Charm was stored in his Dantian, forming a faint Qi Sea. The amount was small and wouldn't last long if consumed.

But this unexpected boon made Yang An ecstatic.

'If he could absorb a large amount of Spirit Charm and store it in his Dantian, replacing his Mana with it, his combat strength would instantly be amplified by fifty percent out of thin air.'

'Earth, oh Earth. The things from back home really are the best.'

After his excitement subsided, Yang An fell into deep thought.

'Logically speaking, if Earth has the Celestial Dao and Spirit Charm, then shouldn't Cultivators have appeared here at some point? No matter how you look at it, this doesn't seem like a world without them.'

'Yet, according to his memories, the so-called immortals and gods existed only in legends; no one had ever actually seen them with their own eyes.'

'Seeing is believing, and if something can't be seen, it must not exist.'

'Unless Earth's Cultivation Realm has completely declined, or perhaps vanished without a trace long, long ago. Otherwise, the world's current situation and trajectory wouldn't make any sense.'

Furthermore, after absorbing the Spirit Charm, even back inside the room, Yang An tried to sense more Spirit Charm in this world, but to no avail.

'It looks like there really are no Cultivators left in this day and age. To obtain more Spirit Charm, I'll have to eliminate the incarnations of the Celestial Dao's will that are coming to attack Pan Yu.'

As for Earth's Celestial Dao, Yang An was inclined to believe it knew everything.

Just when he needed to increase his strength and was facing a difficult problem, it had sent a monster containing Spirit Charm.

It was like having a powerful entity like the Celestial Dao suddenly watching his back, which lessened the pressure on Yang An's heart considerably.

But even though the pressure was lessened, the Celestial Dao was helping him, and he had to find a way to fulfill his promise to it.

In the room, Pan Yu and the others rested for a moment before Pan Yu began to speak about the incarnations of the Celestial Dao's will.

"Master once said that by defeating and devouring the incarnations of the Celestial Dao's will, we can transform more illusory lands into reality. And based on my past few encounters with their attacks, I believe these things might be confined to specific areas."

"What do you mean by that?"

Yang An's interest was piqued by her words, and he immediately asked.

The confusion had mostly vanished from Pan Yu's face. It seemed she had accepted her fate; regardless, she had no choice but to follow through.

"After you rescued me from my first tribulation, Fellow Daoist Yang, I encountered the same things inside the Illusion Realm. They would appear the moment I entered.

That's how I was able to defeat them with my Master's help, which allowed me to gain full control over this room.

But the incarnations of the Celestial Dao's will appear at random. There's no telling when they might come, and they even try to find ways to get inside this room."

Pan Yu explained, leaving nothing out.

Yang An's expression grew thoughtful.

"So you're saying these incarnations of the Celestial Dao's will are territorial? They're all drawn to you, but the closer ones arrive first, while those farther away arrive later?"

"Exactly."

Pan Yu nodded. 'Of course. Only Fellow Daoist Yang could grasp my meaning so quickly. A blockhead like Pan Shi would never have understood that fast.'

"In other words, by devouring the incarnations of the Celestial Dao's will in the surrounding areas, you can bring those areas under your control!"

Yang An added, and Pan Yu nodded again and again.

"That must be it."

"Then how do you go about devouring those incarnations of the Celestial Dao's will?"

Yang An asked, confused.

'The monster he'd just destroyed contained Spirit Charm, which was like a poisonous mist to Pan Yu and Pan Shi. So how was she supposed to devour them?'

'And if she devoured the incarnations of the Celestial Dao's will, how would he be able to obtain any Spirit Charm?'

"That big tiger you destroyed earlier, Fellow Daoist Yang—did you find anything inside it?"

Pan Yu asked in return.

Yang An thought for a moment before shaking his head.

He hadn't found anything besides the Spirit Charm.

"What is it supposed to be?"

"It looks like a Jade Scroll. All the incarnations of the Celestial Dao's will that I've devoured before have had one.

If that big tiger didn't have one inside it, then it means it wasn't the kind I need to devour."

"I see."

Yang An nodded.

'It seemed the incarnations of the Celestial Dao's will that attacked Pan Yu were divided into two types. One kind only contained Spirit Charm, while the other kind contained a Jade Scroll. Pan Yu needed the latter.'