111 Changing at Will! (1/2)

The flashing of the purple glow relayed a weird sense of evilness, but that quickly disappeared. Everything returned to normal, and Wang Baole, who had just woken up, was still in a daze. Without a mirror, he had not seen the change in his eyes.

However, very quickly, his breathing quickened. He lowered his head forcefully to inspect his own body, and upon realizing that everything was intact, he immediately stood up to take a few steps to make sure that there was nothing different, apart from being more agile, before heaving a sigh of relief.

It's great that everything is fine, Wang Baole thought as he looked around. He had originally been in a valley surrounded by mountains, but the mountains had been completely ruined, and all that remained were rock debris scattered across the area. The mountain peak not far away from his cave had also been flattened.

What on earth was attacking me just now?

Everything that happened gave Wang Baole a huge headache, especially as he grew increasingly conscious. The memories of what had occurred resurfaced in his minds, and his facial expression turned awful.

His last memory was of himself sucking the purple glow into the devouring seed, causing his body to vibrate, as he gradually lost consciousness. His face changed thinking about that moment. He widened his eyes in shock when he suddenly realized that, within his body, the Spirit Root no longer existed, and his dantian had been replaced by the devouring seed black hole.

”Gosh, where's my Spirit Root? My nine-inch Spirit Root is gone!” Wang Baole cried out pitifully as he remembered that the Spirit Root had been swallowed by the devouring seed during his battle with the purple glow.

Wang Baole felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He was extremely agitated, wanting to cry but unable to do so.

”The nine-inch Spirit Root that I spent so much effort in obtaining!” Wang Baole was angry and indignant. He immediately checked his body thoroughly, and as he did, he suddenly froze, his breathing quickening.

”That's not right…” Wang Baole sat down quickly and took a deep breath before rechecked the bodily changes that he had felt. Gradually, his gaze fell blank as he sat there dazedly.

”What's going on…”

He noticed that even though there were no Spirit Roots in his body, all his meridians had already transformed into spirit meridians that he had felt when he was breaking through previously!

However, there were also differences. For one, the spirit meridians that he possessed now was purple and giving off a peculiar vibe that Wang Baole could not put his finger on.

This made Wang Baole confused. After a few moments, he tried to activate his cultivation to absorb the surrounding Spirit Qi. However, once he tried to do so, the surrounding Spirit Qi from all directions began spinning with him and doing so at speeds faster and sharper than usual, gathering all at once and surging into Wang Baole's spirit meridians.

What made Wang Baole even more shocked was that even though the Spirit Qi rushed into his body when he previously used the devouring seed to absorb it, it had leaked out continuously. That was why the Qi Fostering Art had arisen, where the Spirit Qi was gathered in one's hands to develop the cultivation technique of making Spirit Stones.

Drawing similarities to the Ancient Martial Arts, the Spirit Qi was a foreign object that was simply used to refine Spirit Stones. In another way, it could be seen as a way of cultivating one's body through the constant flow in and out of the physical self.

It could not be permanently stored within one's body. Wang Baole's Spirit fat was able to store the Spirit Qi temporarily to a certain extent only after the Spirit Qi had been gathered due to a large scale release of the devouring seed's suction force. After the Spirit fat had been digested, it merely strengthened Wang Baole's body. In conclusion, there was not any spirit energy that truly belonged to Wang Baole within his body.

The only spirit energy present was the Spirit Qi absorbed from the external environment when it was needed!

Even if one had reached the Pulse Enrichment realm, they could only temporarily store the Spirit Qi within their body. It was never for long, and it never belonged to their physical body.

However, right now, the surging of Spirit Qi allowed Wang Baole to immediately notice that something was different. As the Spirit Qi entered his body along his meridians, not a single bit of it leaked out. It seemed to be transformed into a Spirit thread, sinking into the black hole formed by the devouring seed after circulating within his meridians.

Wang Baole tested it and realized that if he put his mind to it, he could release the Spirit threads from the devouring seed and circulate it all over its body. With every complete circulation through his meridians, it was like a cycle that absorbed the external Spirit Qi into his body, causing him to become stronger after it integrated into his body.

This hefty process was slow, but it felt completely different from the Ancient Martial Arts. It was as if these Spirit threads completely and thoroughly belonged to him!

The Spirit threads could be transformed and controlled at one's will and thought, appearing like an inseparable part of one's body!

This made Wang Baole hold his breath in shock. After pondering for a moment, his gaze shimmered as he manipulated the Spirit threads within his body to spread out. The moment that the Spirit thread emerged from his body, a suppressive force unique to the True Breath realm rippled into Wang Baole's surroundings, forming a mini hurricane.

True Breath!