A glowing light surged in the depths of Zhou Yuan's eyes. In the way of cultivation, one must seek the ultimate at every cultivation level. Only then could one get rid of their countless competitors and step foot onto the lonely wooden bridge to refine the Nascent Source and open up a Law Domain!
Therefore, even without the Ancestral Dragon Lantern, he had to do his best in the nine regions tournament.
Seeing the blazing battle intent rising in Zhou Yuan's eyes, Chi Jing nodded in satisfaction. She raised her beautiful hand, and two jade boxes appeared in front of her.
She pushed one of them towards Zhou Yuan and lifted the lid.
It was a blue-green fruit the size of a fist, and it exuded a jade-like luster. An aroma filled the air that caused even the Genesis Qi within Zhou Yuan’s body to surge.
“This is?” Zhou Yuan asked, puzzled. He could feel the desire of his Genesis Qi.
“Divine Dwelling Immeasurable Fruit. The Tri-Mountain Alliance had lost years of supply, but such fruits only have a one-time effect on the Divine Dwelling stage, so I only brought you one. If you use it, it can help you connect another Divine Dwelling.”
“Amazing!” Zhou Yuan's eyes lit up. The nine regions tournament was fast approaching, and the Divine Dwelling Immeasurable Fruit could save him a lot of time.
Chi Jing smiled and opened up the other jade box, which contained a small spatial bag.
“The materials you asked me to find for you are all here.”
Zhou Yuan's face lit up, and he could no longer conceal his joy. The materials he had asked Chi Jing to search for were to evolve Silver Shadow. With these materials, his Silver Shadow that had gathered dust for a long period of time would be able to shine again.
Once Silver Shadow evolved, it would undoubtedly give Zhou Yuan another trump card.
He reached out to hold the spatial bag and couldn't help laughing.
“Looks like I'm going to be busy for some time.”
But he was looking forward to it.
No matter how difficult it was to make Silver Shadow evolve, Zhou Yuan would have to achieve it. He wanted Silver Shadow, which had accompanied him to command the wind and clouds in the Alpha-Origin stage, to fight alongside him once again.
Chapter 917 Evolution of Silver Shadow
In a training chamber.
The room was spacious and bright, with high ceilings inscribed with ancient and intricate Genesis Runes.
At this moment, mighty Genesis Qi of the universe was bubbling up endlessly from the numerous holes in the ground and walls, causing mist to linger in the room. This was a sign of the richness of the Genesis Qi in the room.
Zhou Yuan was sitting cross-legged on a gigantic jade boulder. Many precious treasures and materials were required to maintain a training room of this level every day. Therefore, only elder-level experts of Tianyuan Utopia could enjoy such a room. Before being promoted to chief pavilion master, Zhou Yuan was far from qualified.
But he was qualified now.
Zhou Yuan wore a very solemn expression on his face, and in front of him was a silver ball quietly suspended in the air. The surface of the silver ball was as smooth as a mirror, but upon a closer look, numerous Genesis Runes as subtle as dust were within it.
Even Zhou Yuan was amazed by the subtleties of Silver Shadow.
Silver Shadow was considered the pinnacle masterpiece of Blackwater’s most ancient sect. It was unknown how many generations of effort were infused into the masterpiece.
Unfortunately, the sect had suffered a disaster before they could thoroughly develop such a masterpiece.
With a thought, Silver Shadow slowly melted in front of Zhou Yuan, becoming a bubbling pool of silver liquid. Its depths shimmered like a starry sky as though it had some sort of life force.
Zhou Yuan slowly closed his eyes. His Spirit rose from the top of his head and sat cross-legged in the air.
On the fingertips of the Spirit, a Spirit Flame took shape.
It was at this moment that the spatial bag at Zhou Yuan’s waist opened itself, and several treasures exuding strange light floated slowly into the air.
Zhou Yuan's Spirit power spread out, wrapping some treasures and dragging them into the Spirit Flame.
The Spirit Flame blazed, rapidly melting the treasures. Their impurities were all purified, and they gradually became liquid.
Zhou Yuan's Spirit was fully absorbed in the process and dared not relax. The materials were all fairly rare, and it took Chi Jing a while to source them. Now that the nine regions tournament was imminent, he didn’t have time to wait for the next batch of materials to arrive.
His Spirit Flame continued to melt the treasures and materials, extracting a clump of thick liquid that emitted a colorful light.
Zhou Yuan's Spirit power was constantly fusing and breaking down the materials.
This process alone was enough to consume three days of his time.
When the fourth day came, the thick liquid fused from numerous treasures and materials started giving birth to countless dazzling crystal particles.
Hu.
Zhou Yuan drew a deep breath, a look of exhaustion in his eyes. But very quickly, he regained his energy because he knew that smelting the materials was only the first step.
The evolution of the Silver Shadow was more difficult than he had thought, and now that Yaoyao wasn’t with him, he could only depend on himself for everything.
Zhou Yuan unreservedly released his Spirit power, pouring it all into the dazzling liquid. The tens of thousands of crystal particles within the liquid slowly began to rise under his Spirit power’s manipulation. In the end, the dust circled his Spirit like a planetary ring.
Spirit power wrapped around the crystal dust, and subtle markings appeared and formed several mysterious Genesis Marks.
Yaoyao had once mentioned that Silver Shadow wasn’t complete and would only be useful in the Alpha-Origin stage. If Zhou Yuan wanted to continue to evolve it, he would need to make it internally complete.
Even the present Zhou Yuan wasn’t able to figure out the mystery of Silver Shadow, but fortunately, Yaoyao had helped him and had given him the method of derivation.
Zhou Yuan needed to inscribe the Genesis Runes that Yaoyao had derived onto the dust-like crystals one by one.
This required very strict control of his Spirit. Fortunately, Zhou Yuan’s Spirit, which was at the initial Transformative stage, was strong enough to do so.
But inscribing the runes was a slow process and would take a long time.
Zhou Yuan was very calm and patient as he operated his Spirit and inscribed Genesis Marks on the dust-like crystals one by one.
This process continued for half a month.
Half a month later.
When Zhou Yuan inscribed a complete Genesis Mark on the last grain of crystal dust, he almost collapsed from exhaustion. His Spirit, sitting cross-legged in the air, grew much dimmer than before. It was evident that the process had taken a toll on his body.
Zhou Yuan didn’t continue but activated the Primal Chaos Divine Grindstone Visualisation Method and began to restore the consumed Spirit power.
After a good while, his Spirit was glowing brightly once again.
Once recovered, Zhou Yuan's eyes blazed.
He looked closely at the crystal dust surrounding his body in a ring formation and saw that each particle was completely covered in complicated Genesis Runes.
“Yaoyao truly does have a terrifying mastery of Genesis Runes.” Zhou Yuan couldn’t help but marvel. Those Genesis Runes were like countless tiny gears in a machine, and once integrated into Silver Shadow, they could fill up the incompleteness and allow Silver Shadow to undergo evolution!
“The Genesis Runes have all been inscribed onto the crystal particles. The next step should be the last step, which is to integrate them with Silver Shadow!”
Zhou Yuan adjusted his state to its peak, and then, with one thought, the tens of thousands of crystal particles lit up and poured into the silver liq
uid.
Chi!
Zhou Yuan wore an unprecedented solemn expression. His Spirit power was unleashed without reservation, and even the veins on his forehead were throbbing. Furthermore, constantly rays of dazzling light were released from the Spirit sitting cross-legged in the air.
Dust-like crystals floated up and down in the silver liquid.
The Genesis Marks inscribed on the crystal dust exuded a bizarre power in an attempt to fuse with the silver liquid.
The two were constantly coming into contact with each other, causing wisps of stunning light to shoot out from the silver liquid. The light made the training room appear incomparably strange yet beautiful.
But as time went on, Zhou Yuan's forehead began to bead with cold sweat.
He found that no matter how the crystal dust and silver liquid came into contact, they couldn’t truly integrate.
“My Spirit isn’t strong enough! It is impossible to integrate the crystal dust into Silver Shadow at the initial Transformative stage!”
Zhou Yuan’s expression changed abruptly. He couldn’t help but cry bitterly in his heart. Yaoyao, you underestimated the difficulty of Silver Shadow’s evolution. After several attempts, he realized that this wasn’t something that someone of the initial Transformative stage could achieve. After all, not everyone could have a near-perfect control of the Spirit like Yaoyao. Even Zhou Yuan, who had remarkable talent in Spirit cultivation, wasn’t able to do so.
But everything was prepared, and he was only one step away. Could it be that he had to give up now?
If the crystal dust couldn’t integrate with Silver Shadow in time, the dust would soon dissipate.
Zhou Yuan anxiously asked himself, What do I do?
Chapter 918 Seek Assistance
What do I do?
Staring at the silver liquid and the crystal dust in front of him that refused to integrate together, Zhou Yuan felt a headache coming on. He didn’t think that the Spirit of the initial Transformative stage wouldn’t be strong enough.
But it wasn’t easy to further improve a Spirit of the Transformative stage.
Although the Spirit of the Transformative stage was simply divided into three levels—initial, intermediate and advanced—the gap between them was similar to a chasm. A Spirit of the intermediate Transformative stage was similar to the Heavenly Sun stage, while one of the advanced Transformative stage was similar to the Nascent Source stage. It was said that when a Spirit reached the Allroaming stage, it was equivalent to the Law Domain stage!
The three levels of the Transformative stage weren't simply three small levels. The gap between them was similar to that between the Divine Dwelling, Heavenly Sun and Nascent Source stages.
This was why Zhou Yuan hadn’t reached the intermediate Transformative stage despite training his Spirit nonstop.
According to his own estimation, if he wanted to step into the intermediate Transformative stage, he would still need a period of training. To suddenly break through like this was impossible.
Since he couldn’t depend on himself, it was time to seek assistance.
Zhou Yuan took out a jade tablet and crushed it.
It was to communicate with Chi Jing.
In just a few breaths after he crushed the jade tablet, space rippled within the training room, and Chi Jing’s long leg stepped forth.
“Please help, senior sister Chi Jing!” Zhou Yuan smiled bitterly.
Chi Jing cast a glance at the silver liquid flowing in front of Zhou Yuan and immediately saw the countless subtle Genesis Runes contained within it. A look of surprise came to her eyes, and she couldn’t help but ask, “This is a kind of puppet? It's so intricate. Is it a product of the Yaogui Region?”
Yaogui Region was one of the nine regions of Hunyuan Heaven, and its technique of refining puppets was unique in the world.
“But the puppet doesn't seem complete. Are you trying to perfect it?”
Zhou Yuan nodded. “Unfortunately, my Spirit isn’t strong enough, and I can’t complete the final step of integration.”
Chi Jing frowned. “I can’t help you. Although my Spirit is strong enough, I’m not proficient in this, and if I were to force it, I’m worried I would instantly destroy your puppet.”
Her Spirit was strong, but the inside of the silver liquid was too complex. Integrating it with the crystal dust would require someone specializing in Spirit cultivation. Although Chi Jing had practiced the Primal Chaos Divine Grindstone Visualisation Method, her main focus was still in Genesis Qi cultivation.
Zhou Yuan was dumbstruck. He didn't expect that even Chi Jing couldn't help.
“Then what should I do?” Zhou Yuan looked incredibly distressed.
Do I need to wait for the next opportunity? But the nine regions tournament is near, and without a trump card like Silver Shadow, my path ahead will undoubtedly be more difficult.
“Although I can't do anything, there's something that can,” Chi Jing said all of a sudden.
Zhou Yuan lifted his head abruptly, looking at Chi Jing with his eyes blazing, and then noticed something strange. “There’s something that can?”
Chi Jing cracked a smile. “You've seen it before too.”
Zhou Yuan was taken aback for a moment before asking, “You mean the divine grindstone of the Four Spirits Origin Tower?”
Chi Jing nodded with a smile. “Don't underestimate Elder Divine Grindstone. It is a sacred object. In the entire Tianyuan Region, in terms of mastery in spirit cultivation, besides our master, Elder Grindstone is ranked first.
“If you can get it to help, maybe your puppet can evolve perfectly.”
With a blazing look in his eyes, Zhou Yuan flung his sleeve and immediately put away the silver liquid in front of him. Without saying anything else to Chi Jing, he turned into a stream of light and rushed out of the training room, heading straight for the Four Spirits Origin Tower.
Immediately after entering the tower, he found a quiet place to release his Spirit, which he wrapped in Silver Shadow’s silver liquid. His Spirit soared into the sky, passing through the numerous obstacles, and came to a familiar chaotic void.
There, a gigantic divine grindstone was slowly rotating as if it had done so since ancient times.
Zhou Yuan immediately sent out a request for assistance.
The divine grindstone quickly responded and readily agreed. After all, it was a small matter, and Zhou Yuan was a disciple of Cang Yuan, so it would of course look after him. If not for this fact, Zhou Yuan would not have been summoned when he had initially entered into the Four Spirits Origin Tower.
“Thank you, elder!”
Zhou Yuan was overjoyed.
The next moment, a vast and powerful force swept out and enveloped the silver liquid.
While it was shrouded in that mighty force, Zhou Yuan could clearly see that the crystal dust inscribed with Genesis Runes was beginning to melt inside the silver liquid and fuse with it.
Zhou Yuan also noticed that that the fusion was extremely perfect. There were countless points of connection, all of which were incredibly harmonious.
This would undoubtedly make Silver Shadow even more perfect.
Zhou Yuan marveled at the sight. This control of Spirit power was remarkable. It was no wonder that Chi Jing said that her mastery of Spirit power was inferior to Elder Grindstone.
Bur the integration occurring inside the silver liquid was unexpectedly slow. It seemed that for Silver Shadow to complete its evolution, it would take a while even with the help of Elder Grindstone.
But Zhou Yuan wasn’t worried at all, because judging from the process’s smoothness, there wouldn’t be any accidents if he left Silver Shadow under Elder Grindstone’s care.
Zhou Yuan breathed a long sigh of relief and bowed respectfully to the grindstone before returning to his real body.
Sitting cross-legged on a towering mountain, Zhou Yuan calculated the time till the nine regions tournament. There was less than half a month left. Now that the probl
em of Silver Shadow was resolved, it was time to improve his Genesis Qi further.
His eyes flashed, and with the wave of his sleeve, a jade box emerged in front of him. The jade box opened up, revealing a sapphire-like fruit that emitted a strange aroma.
It was a Divine Dwelling Immeasurable Fruit.
Zhou Yuan originally planned to keep the fruit for his last Divine Dwelling, but during his training, he came to understand that he had underestimated the difficulty of connecting the last two Divine Dwellings.
He had already tried to polish the eighth Divine Dwelling with all his strength, but there still wasn’t much improvement.
It was much more difficult to connect through to the eighth Divine Dwelling than connecting all seven Divine Dwellings altogether.
This situation wasn’t unusual. It was the same for everyone who had opened up nine Divine Dwellings. After all, once the last two were connected, the improvement brought about was incomparable to any previous increase in strength. The higher the ranking of the Divine Dwellings, the harder it was to connect the last two. At the same time, the benefits would be much greater once successful.
According to Zhou Yuan's estimate, if he didn’t use the Immeasurable Fruit, it would most likely take another two months to connect through to the eighth Divine Dwelling, but he didn’t have time. The nine regions tournament was near, and there would be several powerful enemies there. Even if he had evolved Silver Shadow, it still wasn’t entirely safe.
Therefore, he had to at least connect the eighth Divine Dwelling and then wait for an opportunity to complete the last Divine Dwelling in the nine regions tournament. Only then would he finally step into the pinnacle of the Divine Dwelling stage!
At that time, if he obtained enough Alpha Spiritium, he could break through to the Heavenly Sun stage.
“Without any investment, how would there be any returns? It’s just a Divine Dwelling Immeasurable Fruit. I shouldn’t be so stingy and treat it as a precious treasure!
“If the old doesn't go, the new won’t come.”
With a resolute glint in his eyes, Zhou Yuan stretched out his hand, and the jewel-like Immeasurable Fruit landed in his palm. He immediately squeezed his hand and crushed it.
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