Chapter 667 (1/2)

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The astral cosmos sea was supposed to be an object capable of storing anything without life. Xiang Shaoyun's astral cosmos sea, on the other hand, defied all common sense and could store even living beings.

Of course, storing lifeless objects and living beings required different methods. The former only required him to scan the object with his consciousness, whereas the latter required him to form a connection with the being he intended to store. Only when both parties had the same intention would he be able to store the living being.

Xiang Shaoyun had a.s.sumed that this clump of dark origin energy was just an object capable of being directly absorbed into his astral cosmos sea. But when he tried to store it, he failed and sensed a willpower fighting against his.

”What is going on? Is there a living being in this clump of energy?” Xiang Shaoyun muttered in confusion.

After more observations, he confirmed that there was no life in the clump of energy. It was simply energy. The so-called origin energy was the purest form of a particular energy. Although it was not a living being, it possessed its own willpower, and because of that, the astral cosmos sea couldn't store it like a regular lifeless object.

The only way of storing it was through either erasing its willpower or subjugating it. That placed him in a difficult position. His failure made him extremely gloomy. If there weren't all those spatial crested snakes around, he could take his time slowly refining the energy before fusing it with his own willpower and storing it away.

At that thought, he steeled his heart as he thought, These spatial crested snakes are incredibly harmful. Today, I shall eliminate them for the greater good before taking this dark origin energy for myself.

He acted on that thought immediately, and he noiselessly appeared near the snakes. Using his fingers as a blade, he activated his dark energy and slashed the snakes. Instantly, tens of the snakes were killed. The other snakes were alerted and immediately vanished into thin air.

Hiding amid the void, they started searching for their enemy to no avail. In this s.p.a.ce of darkness, Xiang Shaoyun's trait of invisibility had been greatly enhanced. One could say that he could stay hidden for unlimited time here. That was why he had the courage to attack all these snakes.

When the snakes failed to find their enemy, they gradually appeared near the dark origin energy again. Once again, Xiang Shaoyun attacked and killed a bunch of them. After a few repet.i.tions, about half the snakes were killed. As for the others, they all fled after feeling threatened.

After spending some time observing, Xiang Shaoyun found that new spatial crested snakes were no longer appearing. Only then did he start dealing with the dark origin energy.

He used the most commonly used method, absorbing the dark origin energy by circulating his cultivation method. His first step was to cram his dark star full of energy. Each strand of origin energy he absorbed brought with it a dense and pure dark power.

Only a short while had pa.s.sed when Xiang Shaoyun sensed that his dark star was completely full, reaching a point he couldn't even compress the energy within anymore. Part of the reason he couldn't compress it was the purity. At this point, his only option was to cram his other eight stars full as well before converting his energy into draconic aura. He would then be able to advance into the third stage.

And now, the disadvantage of cultivating nine powers showed. If he only cultivated one power, just this clump of dark origin energy would be enough for him to advance several stages in a row, perhaps even bringing him straight to the Sovereign Realm.