Chapter 568 (2/2)
After some hesitation, he finally decided to start with the power of darkness. He had a feeling the power of darkness would have a high degree of resonance with his devil blood, able to increase the time he could keep the Nether Shadow Evanescence active. That way, he would be able to better protect himself.
At the fort above the Devil Domain, Xiang Shaoyun had purchased several items with unique elements. They were respectively a 3,000-year-old root essence, a 1,000-year-old congealed liquid ball, an earthstone heart, a radiant meteorite, and a dark heart.
The dark heart was an item that would only form in a unique environment of absolute darkness. It looked completely black and had a glossy surface. Occasionally, it would throb, as if it was a living heart, and it gave off an eerie sensation.
Xiang Shaoyun directly refined the dark heart in his astral cosmos sea, channeling all the energy he drew from the dark heart into his dark star. The power contained within the dark heart was no weaker than the power contained within an emperor medicine. In fact, an ordinary Emperor would be able to directly refine it to obtain a great increase in strength.
Xiang Shaoyun was only a fresh eighth-stage King. Thus, it was impossible for his strength to stay the same after absorbing the power of the dark heart. Fortunately, his stars had recently expanded, allowing him to store as much energy as a late-stage Emperor.
Because of that, after compressing his newly gained energy, a large amount of remnant energy was left for him to expand his astral cosmos sea. His bloodline power had also absorbed some of the remnant energy.
The heavy armor had also played a great role in helping to suppress the energy, making his newly gained energy thick and solid. Thus, after absorbing all the energy in the dark heart, Xiang Shaoyun's cultivation base had only increased by a little. In other words, his cultivation level had only increased from fresh eighth-stage to mid eighth-stage.
If anyone else found out about this, they would be greatly shocked. The dark heart contained enough energy to allow any King to advance by two or three stages. Even an Emperor would benefit greatly from absorbing its power. And yet Xiang Shaoyun's cultivation base had only increased by a tiny bit. It was evident how excessive the amount of energy his body could contain. Not even regular Emperors were comparable to him in terms of storage capacity.
Of course, a big part of the small growth in cultivation level was due to his bloodline. The devilish power within the bloodline of the Imperial Nether Clan was in essence pure power of darkness. Therefore, more than half of the energy he had gotten from the dark heart had actually been absorbed by his bloodline. After his bloodline absorbed the energy of the dark heart, his vitality and physical body had further enhanced.
Xiang Shaoyun was still in meditation when the three birds started crying again, waking him up. Evidently, they were hungry again. He quickly took out some food. It was at this time that he noticed one of them opening its eyes and looking at him with a bright gaze. This particular bird had obviously hatched earlier than the other two. Two days later, the other two birds also opened their eyes one after another.
”Looks like I will have no choice but to bring you along in the future. Time to name all of you. It will be easier for me to greet you guys in the future,” said Xiang Shaoyun. After some thought, he said, ”Since I have Little White and Money, you will respectively be Vicious One, Vicious Two, and Vicious Three. Yes, that's it. You three will definitely grow up into vicious birds.”
The three birds seemed to have sensed Xiang Shaoyun talking to them. Thus, they started chirping one after another. Xiang Shaoyun nonchalantly pushed a pile of dried meat to them before he refocused on refining the earthstone heart he was working on.
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