Chapter 303: Breaking Through And Emerging From Seclusion
After condensing for a day in the Time Cocoon.
Li Weiyi’s body was wrapped in spiritual flames, flashing out like lightning from the Formation Light Gauze where the Buddhist Pagoda was located, heading straight for the pavilion building where Yao Qingxuan usually resided, flipping over the lampshade, taking out the Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone Fragment inside, and storing it in the Spirit Realm in the Brow.
Then, like a gust of wind and lightning, he madly dashed back to the Formation area where the Buddhist Pagoda was located, diving into the Blood Mud Space.
Condensing the third Mind Power Star, one Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone Fragment surprisingly wasn’t enough, so he had to take Yao Qingxuan’s.
He was at the critical moment of condensing the Mind Power Star, unable to worry about the consequences, so he could only go to the Spirit Valley Hall afterward to purchase one and put it back.
“It seems the higher the realm, the more Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone Fragments are needed to condense a Mind Power Star. If I’d known, I should have sold the few Hundred Character Artifacts on me and bought a couple more.”
Returning to the Tanggu Sea.
Li Weiyi sat on the thirty-plus-meter-long Jade Boat, using the second Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone Fragment to continue condensing the third Mind Power Star.
The Fusang Divine Tree Light Shadow behind him echoed with the two real Divine Trees at the sea level horizon, like a seedling and an old tree, a child and a teacher.
On the Tanggu Sea, it was adrift with brilliant scorching Xihe Flowers, the environment beautiful, the floral scent exotic.
Above the flowers, rays of light condensed into streams of light particles, surging toward Li Weiyi’s brow and the two Fusang Divine Tree Light Shadows, making the aura on his body increasingly powerful, his entire body crystalline, like a Pure Immortal Body.
“Goo!”
“Gulu!”
…
Time passed, bubbles appearing on the sea surface, White Mist rising.
This was the omen of the Golden Crow about to soar from the seabed!
If he didn’t leave in time, with Li Weiyi’s current cultivation realm, he definitely couldn’t block the heat wave that incinerated the sky and boiled the sea.
His body remained still, serene as an immortal mountain, consciousness retracted, perception of the outside world vague, at the critical moment of condensing the third Mind Power Star.
The Fusang Divine Tree Light Shadow dozens of feet tall behind him had its trunk growing thicker, branches and leaves unfolding, continuously growing taller and larger.
The Divine Tree Light Shadow breathed continuously.
The Golden Crow Flames on the leaves grew increasingly solid, with both temperature and brightness rising.
“Gulu!”
The bubbles on the sea surface became even larger.
The seabed seemed to ignite, emitting golden-red radiance, turning the seawater the color of lava.
The more this happened, the brighter the spiritual light on Li Weiyi’s body became, his entire body wrapped in flames.
“Boom!”
The Spirit Realm in the Brow shook as the third Mind Power Star successfully condensed.
A circle of golden-red light ripples spread from Li Weiyi’s body, diffusing out to a li away before gradually fading.
On the sea surface, centered on him, rings of wave tides appeared.
This was his Mind Power’s reachable “One Li Heaven and Earth”!
For a Martial Way cultivator, cultivating the Dao Heart External Manifestation to the “One Li Heaven and Earth” level would allow entry onto the《Jia Zi List》, qualifying to become an elder of the Twin Rice Cult.
Of course, Li Weiyi was still far from that level of Martial Way master, only matching them in perception.
This was the advantage of a Spirit Mind Master!
“Not good, the Golden Crow is about to fly out of the sea surface!”
Li Weiyi stowed the Jade Boat, turning into a mass of humanoid firelight, rushing through the Space Barrier Gate, tumbling into the Blood Mud Space.
“Rumble!”
Almost instantly after, golden-red radiance and flames covered the entire Tanggu Sea.
Heat waves and some flames surged in from the Space Barrier Gate, landing on Li Weiyi, his robes instantly turning to flying ash, leaving only the Blood Handprint Demonic Armor.
His skin burned with pain, his protective Magic Energy and spiritual light unable to block it.
Enduring the pain throughout his body, Li Weiyi stood up, draped an outer robe over himself, gazing at the Golden Crow soaring toward the Sky Dome, feeling no fear in his heart but rather excitement, truly sensing his current power.
At this distance, the Golden Crow’s heat was gradually no longer a threat to him.
He could barely resist it now.
If he reached the Dao Seed Realm and further elevated his Physical Body, he felt he could completely stand on the Tanggu Sea and resist the heat wave Impact.
Of course, this was because he and the Golden Crow’s true body were separated by thousands, even tens of thousands of li.
If truly touching the Golden Crow Flame up close, it would still lead to Annihilation.
“Once my Physical Body is strong enough and I wear the Governor’s Official Robe, I’ll stay directly on the Tanggu Sea. Borrowing the time of the Golden Crow’s soar, together with the Xihe Flowers on the sea surface, absorb its flames, and my Mind Power Stars will surely grow rapidly.”
Only then did Li Weiyi finally calm his mind, observing the three Mind Power Stars in his Spirit Realm.
Each one was several times larger than when he was a One-star Spirit Mind Master, like three golden-red glass orbs, orbiting in some wondrous pattern, energy robust, blazing and dazzling.
“My Mind Power Spiritual Light, influenced by the Fusang Divine Tree and Golden Crow, is of the Fire Attribute. Even without formations, runes, or other means, it contains destructive attack power, fully capable of contending with Dao Seed Realm Third Heaven Martial Cultivators.”
“Those Inferior Root Dao Seed Realm Third Heaven like Ye Nanfeng and Ye Beifeng, I should now be able to fight two with just Mind Power, at least to a draw.”
Li Weiyi had just broken through, and the three Mind Power Stars still had much room for growth.
However, without Star Day Pills now, rapidly advancing to the peak of Three-star Spirit Mind Master wouldn’t be possible in a short time. He’d need to accumulate bit by bit over a lot of time, like other Spirit Mind Masters.
Unless he found Zen Sea Observing Mist to refine pills again.
Li Weiyi could also try refining them himself; he had watched Zen Sea Observing Mist refine Star Day Pills, knew the Pill Formulas, and what materials were needed.
But the materials for refining Star Day Pills were simply too expensive.
Zen Sea Observing Mist had spent over a million Spring Coins to refine twenty-nine.
With Li Weiyi’s Mind Power Attainment and alchemy attainment that had just gained pill-refining qualification, jumping straight to refining High-grade Dharma Pills, the success rate could be imagined to be extremely low, with costs unimaginably high.
“With the Fusang Divine Tree, Fusang Divine Tree Meditation Method, and Time Cocoon, my accumulation speed is far faster than other Three-star Spirit Mind Masters.”
“Breaking through is the difficulty.”
“The threshold to Four-star Spirit Mind Master is a major hurdle, not easy to Break Through. For now, I need to find ways to earn more money, buy more Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone Fragments, and materials for refining Star Day Pills.”
“Yang Qingxi knows Wang Shu is not to be trifled with, yet still came to stir this muddy water; clearly that Fourth Divine Son must possess something extraordinary that moves her greatly.”
Li Weiyi decided that after rescuing Qi Xiao and Tuo Ba Bu Tuo, he would shift his cultivation focus to the Martial Way, quickly completing the Seventh Sea to perfection and achieving Seed Dao.
At this thought, he took out that Dao Fruit whose Magic Energy hadn’t fully released, along with the newly purchased Spring Fluid.
Expanding the Seventh Sea to thirty thousand cubic, the Magic Energy in the Dao Fruit was completely exhausted.
Next, he fully immersed himself in Quenching Magic Energy and consolidating the three Mind Power Stars.
The six little ones that had swallowed Dragon Seed, Xihe Flower, and Heavenly Origin Ganoderma remained prone on the ground, bodies wrapped in flames, occasionally emitting low, sharp cries that could pierce metal and split stone.
Such cries didn’t sound like those of moths and butterflies, more like the calls of Luan Birds and Phoenixes.
Great Phoenix flew to Li Weiyi’s shoulder, urgently saying something in his ear.
“You say their Metamorphosis has a problem?” Li Weiyi’s expression turned solemn.
Great Phoenix nodded, telling Li Weiyi that the six little ones had taken too long for their Metamorphosis, nearly three days had passed, their aura not growing stronger but rather weakening, as if about to fall into hibernation.
It had never experienced such a situation during its own Metamorphosis.
Li Weiyi took it seriously, walked to the six little ones, carefully probed their internal conditions, using Mind Power to Communicate with them.
“No major issues, but they are gradually falling into hibernation.”
“Could it be because the resources they consumed weren’t enough, needing to enter a hibernation state to slowly complete the Metamorphosis process?”
Li Weiyi had studied Insect Taming books, with detailed knowledge of feeding, growth, Metamorphosis, hibernation, and control of Strange Insects.
After all, it was six charging toward Dao Seed Realm together, half a Heavenly Origin Ganoderma divided among them was indeed insufficient.
After thinking, he took out that Dao Fruit whose Magic Energy had been fully released and placed it before the six little ones.
At first, the six little ones only nibbled at it sporadically, but gradually they perked up, pouncing on it, like six moth insects playing ball, chasing and gnawing the Dao Fruit.
Soon, this Dao Fruit—something only a master above Dao Seed Realm Seventh Heaven could cultivate—was completely devoured by them.
Li Weiyi gave a light sigh; this Dao Fruit was worth a million Spring Coins, the most valuable item he had that could be sold.
Fortunately, after sharing the Dao Fruit, the six little ones recovered their spirits, their bodily Metamorphosis becoming intense.
On each one appeared Dragon-Phoenix phantoms, Dragon’s Roar from within their bodies, Phoenix cries from their mouths.
The Dragon’s Roar originated from the Dragon Seed and Dragon Bone.
The Phoenix cries were clearly from their own bloodline origins.
Such a wondrous Metamorphosis process was no wonder Tang Wanzhou suspected they weren’t Marquis Level.
…
The fourth day after Grappling Ye Nanfeng and Ye Beifeng.
Li Weiyi walked out of the Formation Light Gauze, along the Blood Lake, to the main Great Hall of the Southern Clear Palace.
The limb injuries of Ye Nanfeng, Ye Beifeng, and Zuo Sheng had improved somewhat. With their Dao Seed Realm cultivation, as long as their Magic Energy wasn’t sealed, even broken bones could heal rapidly.
The three had many new injuries on their bodies.
Ye Beifeng was the worst off, his tongue cut out. The flesh from the five fingers of his right hand completely excised, turned into White Bones.
The three looked at the hands-behind-back Yang Qingxi with eyes of terror and fear, feeling “snake-scorpion beauty” insufficient to describe her; her methods were brilliant and ruthless.
Ye Nanfeng and Ye Beifeng had been separated by her for interrogation; Ye Beifeng, for lying, had his tongue directly cut out, then his right hand’s flesh sliced off piece by piece.
While Ye Nanfeng received the “reward” of treating his hands and feet injuries.
Thereafter, the three answered her questions without reservation, daring no concealment or deception.
These three Evil Cult Dao Seed Realm strong practitioners, all ruthless killers and formidable figures, were completely subdued by her.
Seeing Li Weiyi appear, displeasure filled the eyes above Yang Qingxi’s veil: “Where did you go? I went in to find you, called for you, but got no response. You’ve delayed too much time; if Wang Shu condenses a Dao Lotus, how can we fight this battle?”
“Now the entire cult knows you and I are competing with Wang Shu; if we lose, I’ll at most suffer some humiliation and loss of face. But you will lose your Life.”
Li Weiyi said: “If Wang Shu breaks through, he’ll definitely first go to the Heavenly Principle Hall for the formation-breaking command seal to storm the Southern Clear Palace and rescue people. Since he hasn’t come, it means he hasn’t condensed a Dao Lotus yet. Young Lady Yang, you haven’t reached Dao Seed Realm Third Heaven yet?”
“Breaking through isn’t that easy?”
Yang Qingxi knew what Li Weiyi was wary of; the frost on her face melted, revealing a charming smile: “You just want a justifiable cause, right? I’ve already interrogated out at least two major crimes of Wang Shu. Ye Nanfeng, you tell him!”
Li Weiyi had long noticed that the three Dao Seed Realm strong practitioners before him seemed already subdued by Yang Qingxi.
Limping forward a step, Ye Nanfeng bowed and reported: “To obtain cultivation resources, Wang Shu massacred seven disciples of the cult, as far as I know.”
Ye Nanfeng spoke in detail, including the identities, names, locations and reasons of the seven Divine Cult disciples’ deaths, all complete.
It didn’t seem fabricated by Yang Qingxi under torture.
“Wang Shu’s other crime was using his Divine Son identity to embezzle massive Divine Cult wealth. His frequent missions outside were for this purpose.”
