Chapter 144 : Chapter 144

Chapter 144: Returning to the Eastern Dao Divine Continent!

【Not having to enter the Black Abyss was, for you at this moment, a blessing amid misfortune.】

【Because once you entered the Black Abyss, you could not guarantee that you would come out alive.】

【The Desolate Dead Zone had left too deep an impression on you, to the point that now, whenever you saw a forbidden land similar to the Desolate Dead Zone, you would instinctively feel a trace of fear.】

【Within the grayish-black mist, you slowly closed your eyes and hovered in midair, sensing the feeling of your body being eroded by the Power of Destruction.】

【One year later!】

【Eleventh year!】

【After one year of secluded comprehension, you had gradually begun to grasp the tail end of the True Intent of Destruction, but you were still some distance away from truly mastering the Intent of Destruction.】

【But the bad news was that your fleshly body had already suffered severe erosion. Even though the True Dragon Treasure Body possessed recovery far beyond that of ordinary people, it was still somewhat insufficient in the face of this Power of Destruction.】

【Thirteenth year!】

【After three years of cultivation and comprehension, you finally comprehended a trace of the True Intent of Destruction and fused that trace of intent into your Heavenslaying Sword Embryo.】

【But very soon, you discovered a serious problem. When the True Intent of Destruction fused into your Soul Sword Embryo, it consumed a massive amount of your soul power, causing your soul power to run dry and your vision to darken.】

【Realizing that things were going badly, you immediately took out the soul-nourishing spiritual herbs Bai Zhan had given you from your storage ring.】

【Without the slightest hesitation, you took out one spiritual herb and stuffed it into your mouth. The herb melted the instant it entered.】

【The next moment, you felt a wave of comfort wash over you, and all of your discomfort quickly vanished.】

【Then, you continued fusing the True Intent of Destruction.】

【And this process took you a full forty-nine days.】

【During that time, your soul power was depleted again and again, and each time you used spiritual herbs to replenish it. In the end, only after consuming a full five soul-nourishing spiritual herbs did you manage to fuse the True Intent of Destruction into your Soul Sword Embryo.】

【“Huu...”】

【“I’ve finally completed the second stage!”】

【You slowly opened your eyes and let out a long breath, preparing to leave this eerie Southern Wilderness Divine Continent at once.】

【“What is this?”】

【However, when you turned around to leave, you discovered that your entire body had become like a black mass, with blood occasionally seeping out from within it.】

【You discovered that every part of your body, from head to toe, had been eroded and broken down by the Power of Destruction, and the black substance was nothing more than scabs formed after the True Dragon Treasure Body regenerated your flesh.】

【At this moment, you had no time to clean away the scabs, because you could feel that beneath them, the Power of Destruction was still eroding your fleshly body.】

【You turned and left, quickly exiting the region of grayish-black mist.】

【After leaving the black mist, you immediately let out a sigh of relief.】

【In your view, this black mist was far less terrifying than the black mist of the Desolate Dead Zone. When leaving that place, the black mist there had contained an extremely powerful Law of Time.】

【After moving far away from the Black Abyss, you accelerated toward the Endless Sea.】

【“Hiss!”】

【“It hurts so much!”】

【Not long after taking flight, you discovered that waves of stabbing pain were constantly coming from your meridians.】

【At present, you had no way to deal with this kind of injury, so you gritted your teeth and continued flying while enduring the pain.】

【This time, because your meridians were damaged, it took you half a year to reach the border.】

【After arriving at the border, you finally saw the dark black waters of the Endless Sea.】

【When you reached the edge of the Endless Sea, you did not leave immediately. Instead, you sat down on the spot and began to tidy up your body’s condition a little.】

【“Hm?”】

【While cleaning the scabs off your body, you accidentally discovered that the meridians within your body were actually repairing themselves at an extremely slow speed.】

【“The True Dragon Treasure Body?”】

【That was the only possibility you could think of.】

【After moving away from the Southern Wilderness Divine Continent, your True Dragon Treasure Body began to exert its power once more. Now that the erosion was gone, you could clearly feel the True Dragon Treasure Body starting to function again.】

【Not long after, you cleaned the scabs from your body, revealing a layer of smooth new skin beneath them.】

【You sat down where you were and entered seclusion.】

【Fourteenth year!】

【After half a year of recovery, the erosive injuries to your fleshly body and meridians had completely healed.】

【At this moment, your heart was filled with admiration for the power of the True Dragon Treasure Body.】

【This experience had once again reshaped your understanding of the True Dragon Treasure Body.】

【The next day!】

【You rose and flew toward the Endless Sea. It was now time for you to return to the Eastern Dao Divine Continent and reunite with Xuanyuan Tianji.】

【Many years had already passed since you left, and you had no idea what Xuanyuan Tianji’s situation was like now.】

【Sixteenth year!】

【You used the Great Void Technique and once again stepped into the territory of the Eastern Dao Divine Continent.】

【After entering the Eastern Dao Divine Continent, you rushed without stopping toward the location of the Qin Kingdom.】

【One month later!】

【You returned to the small courtyard in the Qin Kingdom.】

【When you saw that the small courtyard was still as fresh and orderly as before, you let out a sigh of relief.】

【You had truly been worried that something might have happened to Xuanyuan Tianji and the other one.】

【After entering the small courtyard, you saw that Long Xinyue was actually tempering his body.】

【“You’re back!”】

【Xuanyuan Tianji walked out of the room and looked at you as she spoke.】

【You looked at Xuanyuan Tianji, then your body froze in place, your mouth parting slightly.】

【“Y-You’re already at the Integration Realm?”】

【To your surprise, Xuanyuan Tianji’s cultivation had already reached the middle stage of the Integration Realm and would soon catch up to you.】

【Hearing that, Xuanyuan Tianji merely smiled indifferently, as though breaking through to the Integration Realm in such a short time was the most normal thing in the world.】

【“That’s perfectly normal. The spiritual qi in the Canglan Realm is not only richer than it was in the Dead Zone, but more importantly, it isn’t polluted. Naturally, cultivation is much faster!”】

【Hearing Xuanyuan Tianji say that, you suddenly felt a little discouraged.】

【But very quickly, you came to terms with it, because you knew in your heart that Xuanyuan Tianji had only lost her cultivation. Her realm itself still remained.】

【“What’s going on with him?”】

【Then, you turned your gaze toward Long Xinyue and asked Xuanyuan Tianji about his situation.】

【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that, seeing as Long Xinyue had nothing much to do every day and unconsciously gave off a faint sorrow, she had him go temper his body instead.】

【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that once Long Xinyue focused on doing one thing, that feeling would no longer appear.】

【Looking at Long Xinyue, who was tempering his body, you knew that for someone like him, who was temporarily unable to cultivate, body tempering was the most suitable choice possible.】

【Suddenly, Long Xinyue, who had been tempering his body, noticed your figure and immediately stopped cultivating to come over to your side.】

【After chatting simply with Long Xinyue for a while, you had him continue his cultivation.】

【You could feel Long Xinyue’s concern for you.】

【Looking at Long Xinyue before you, you could feel that with his incomplete soul, he was as pure as a child.】

【Afterward, you entered the room and found Xuanyuan Tianji, and you told her everything you had encountered during this trip.】

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