Chapter 582: A Shocking Glimpse (1/2)

Chapter 582: A Shocking Glimpse

The prismatic crystal could be considered the only interesting item Nie Tian had obtained by himself in this strange dimension.

Back when he had been recovering in the colorful band, the corpse of a Phantasm had floated by. After what could be thousands of years, it had already become very fragile. A mere touch had reduced it to flying dust.

The prismatic crystal between the eyebrows of the Phantasm was the only thing that had remained intact.

As soon as he took it out of his ring of holding, the tiny cyan spots that the Nethersoul Saber had somehow sent into his body seemed to be suddenly channeled by it, and started converging on it from every corner of his body like swallows returning to their nest.

Like they were drawn by a magnet, the countless tiny, cyan spots rapidly flew out of him and disappeared into the prismatic crystal.

After receiving the cyan spots, the originally plain-looking crystal suddenly started to emanate misty, cyan light.

Nie Tian had long since realized that the prismatic crystal between the eyebrows of a Phantasm was their most vital body part, perhaps even more vital than their heart.

No matter whether it was Armes, Abreu, or other Phantasms, they all needed to cast their race’s unique magics with the help of the prismatic crystals between their eyebrows.

The fact that the ages had only failed to corrupt the prismatic crystal between its eyes also proved how special it was to a Phantasm.

After all of the tiny, cyan spots left Nie Tian’s body and disappeared into the prismatic crystal, an idea suddenly occurred to Nie Tian as he took out the skull he had acquired from a Spirit God Sect disciple after saving Qian Xin from him.

A Phantasm’s soul was still trapped within the skull.

The moment he took it out, he could sense with great clarity that the soul had become very excited, as it repeatedly threw itself into the restrictive ward within the skull in an attempt to break free.

Nie Tian was fascinated.

The Phantasm’s soul had seemed similarly restless when he had first obtained the prismatic crystal.

However, after he had strengthened the restrictive ward within the skull with his soul power, it had soon realized that the soul power in the ward could easily annihilate it, and thus had stopped trying to escape.

But why did it suddenly become so restless again? Could it be because something had changed after the prismatic crystal had absorbed all those cyan spots?

He pondered and examined the crystal for a while, and after failing to figure out an answer, he stored the skull and the prismatic crystal back in his ring of holding again.

Then, he refocused on healing himself with Heavenly Wood Heal and the Wood Thriving Formation.

A day passed before he knew it.

During this time, he reattached his severed meridians and fixed his damaged muscles. Everything looked as good as new.

He had a feeling that, given more time, he would be able to finish the next stage of his body refinement with Heavenly Wood Heal in this unique environment filled with extremely rich wood power.

He wondered what the next stage was after bone-crystallizing.

He felt that the series of strong blows he had taken, his meridians being severed, and his flesh bursting, had stimulated Heavenly Wood Heal and readied him for the next stage of body refinement.

“Today is the day!” Chen Hao exclaimed softly.

Apparently, the time measuring instrument in his hand allowed him to tell time accurately, even in places where there were no suns, moons, or stars.

“It’s finally time to return to the Domain of the Falling Stars,” Ye Qin chimed in.

Nie Tian awoke from his cultivation and glanced over the others. He could see that, after going through so much and losing so many friends and seniors in this strange dimension, they had long since grown tired of this damned place, and didn’t want to stay a moment more than necessary.

With outsiders lurking in this heaven and earth, they knew that they would never be safe here.

They were also well-aware that if they missed this chance to return to the Domain of the Falling Stars, they would probably eventually die at the hands of the outsiders when the outsiders recovered and came back for them.

“Eh...” Pei Qiqi, who had slept for a whole day, finally woke up and slowly sat upright.

Nie Tian instantly fixed her with a concerned gaze and said softly, “Are you alright, Senior Martial Sister Pei?”

The others also turned to look at her.

Pei Qiqi didn’t pay any attention to the others. Instead, she only answered Nie Tian, “I’m fine. You?”

“I’m okay. I just need to recover the spiritual power I’ve consumed after returning to the Domain of the Falling Stars after I get some more spirit stones.” With a bright smile, Nie Tian asked, “How are you feeling?”

“Let’s talk after returning to the Domain of the Falling Stars.” With these words, Pei Qiqi closed her eyes, completely ignoring the others’ gazes.

Qin Yan, who had intended to express her apologies in person, saw her attitude and gave up on the idea, looking somewhat embarrassed.

Dong Li, however, gave Nie Tian a nasty look, as if she were blaming him for using a tone that was too caring when talking to Pei Qiqi.