Chapter 137 - Getting Away (1/2)
"This Saint Spirit does not have the ability to break open the dimension."
Xin Huo flew into his psyche ocean and said quickly, "It launched its attack from another dimension! Strong ... such tremendous power! To already command such terrifying power, this Saint Spirit must be nearing adulthood!"
Zhong Yue dashed out of the palace with lightning speed and he soon reached the hundred and eight stairs shortly after exiting the palace. The stairs did not manage to slow him down due to his ability to seal the totem carvings on the stairs with his own, just as he did when he went up the stairs previously.
At the same time, the spirit power of the jade liquid he absorbed began to take effect, causing an unbridled energy to surge towards his atman and Zhong Yue could feel his soul and spirit strengthening with extreme speed!
Atman is also referred to as the Yuan Shen and it is difficult to strengthen. The only reason Zhong Yue was able to do so with such rapid speed was that he had been absorbing the essence of the Beast God Inner Core for the past half year. Yet despite this, his atman only increased up to twelve feet and there was still quite a gap for his atman to reach the average Yuan Shen level that the other stronger Qi Practitioners have!
Especially for those kind of Yuan Shens that was of a length of two hundred feet, Yuan Shens that have reached that level would require increasingly disproportionate amounts of energy for even miniscule increased of merely an inch. The time needed to strengthen them would also prolong the process by a few hundredfold!
However, the spiritual power from the jade liquid miraculously increased Zhong Yue's Yuan Shen up to sixteen feet long in just a moment!
Zhong Yue dashed towards the portal and swiftly destroyed the portal leading straight to the Ming King palace before running out of the palace. In just that short period of time, his atman had been increased to over twenty feet and it was still increasing!
The benefits didn't just apply on his soul, it also posed benefits to his spirit as well. In his two eyes, the sun and moon spirit was also nourished by the jade liquid, increasing the energy within them, causing them to grow even more powerful!
Other than that, Zhong Yue could feel that a Pure Yang Spirit Qi and Pure Yin Spirit Qi being born in his eyes!
Those were the Qi of Yin and Yang!
It was almost impossible for a Qi Practitioner to acquire the Qi of Yin and Yang; the sole reason Xin Huo forced him to cultivate both spirits was to acquire the Qi of Yin and Yang. Zhong Yue would supposedly only be able to achieve this once he had reached the level of Awakening. However, due to this unexpected boon, he was able to acquire the Yin and Yang Qi much earlier than expected!
"Visualize your Sui Sovereign, quick!"
Xin Huo urged him and said, "The jade liquid is a type of magical elixir that is a concoction of thousands of spirits. The water cannot be exposed to the air for long as the power contained within the elixir would eventually fade if left unsealed. If you wait any longer, the power of the elixir will fade so you must take this opportunity to direct all of the elixir's power into your atman!"
Zhong Yue stepped onto the stone steps and dashed towards the bottom while his spirit in his psyche ocean turned into the form of Sui Sovereign as he visualized the Sui Sovereign. At the same time, rapid changes occurred in his psyche ocean and a huge and magnificent palace began to emerge from the ocean. Golden rays shined upon the palace and fire circled around it while countless totem carvings appeared on the surface of the palace – it was the Flame Order Palace!
He knew that chances like these come very rarely so if he only visualized the Sui Sovereign, it was possible he may not be able to condense enough spiritual power; hence, he also summoned the Flame Order Palace together with it!
The Sui Sovereign sat in the Flame Order palace and he extracted the spiritual power from the jade liquid. As he absorbed the spiritual power, the Sui Sovereign grew larger and even more divine, just like an ancient heavenly emperor!
The spiritual power in the jade liquid was voraciously absorbed by his soul and the sun and moon spirit in his eyes became even stronger. In his sun eye, the three-taloned Golden Crow inhaled a long breath and sucked in the fire of sun. Meanwhile, in the moon eye, the Star Toad swallowed down the moon essence. With that, more and more Pure Yin and Yang Qi began to be generated in their bodies!
At the same time, Yu Xuanji and Hu Qimei supported each other and eventually managed to arrive near the eightieth step. Suddenly, Zhong Yue rushed towards them like the wind grabbed them by the sides, continuing to dash towards the bottom of the stairs without missing a beat.
The two of them felt confused as they had no idea as to the reason for Zhong Yue's rush, but suddenly, a loud noise sounded out and they saw the huge palace collapsing. Their countenances changed in shock as dust billowed out everywhere from the ruins.
Zhong Yue then kept on running towards the bottom with the two monsters in tow as the stairs began to crumble, shattered by the power that was transmitted by the other dimension!
At that time, not even the so-called Monster God Ming King seals could do anything as although the Lotus Saint Spirit's roots could not break through the dimension, its attacks that did manage to slip through the dimensional barrier were something that not even the seals cast by Ming King could resist!
Finally, Zhong Yue passed through the hundred and eight stairs and he immediately step up his speed again, shortly breaking through the sound barrier!
Before Hu Qimei and Yu Xuanji could recover from their shock, the mountain where the palace was located started to disintegrate, crumbling and shattering, and just like that, the huge mountain disappeared in front of them.
The dimension started to tremble as if there was an invincible creature rampaging and it took a long time until the dimension calmed down!
Zhong Yue stopped walking and was panting as he put the duo down. The strange tentacle was nowhere to be seen, probably because the dimension was too far away from them and the strength of that Saint Spirit was still unable to travel so far.
The duo was still in shock and after a moment, they bowed and thanked Zhong Yue shortly thereafter.
"Xuanji has no way to repay my debt to you for saving us twice. Brother Long Yue, if you need me in the future, all you need to do is let me know!" said the relieved Yu Xuanji.
Hu Qimei hesitated and she bit her alluring lips as she said, "Is Brother Long Yue married? I could repay my debt to you by being your lover…."
Zhong Yue hurriedly shook his hands and he said, "You don't have to do that Qimei, I take both of you as my friends so I will definitely help out if my friends are in need! If I had something on, you guys would try your best to help me too, right?"