However, the transformation from a serpent-dragon to a sacred dragon wasn’t fully completed because the golden light specks that had gradually fallen vanished when the Sacred Dragon Qi’s power was all absorbed.
Zhou Yuan's Spirit peered at the huge silhouette inside the Divine Dwelling.
The former World Subduing Heavenly Serpent Qi was grade 7, and its form was an azure-golden dragon. It had clearly evolved. Its azure color had faded, and its silhouette was similar to a dragon cast from platinum.
There were specks of slight purple light flashing around its body, although it was not too obvious.
With one thought from Zhou Yuan, the platinum dragon silhouette transformed into a flash of light and vanished. The next moment, mighty Genesis Qi swept out. Its color changed from azure to platinum, and it gave off a cold and domineering aura.
“Such strong Genesis Qi...”
Zhou Yuan studied the Genesis Qi carefully, and a feeling of joy and pleasant surprise gushed up from his heart. The platinum Genesis Qi was undoubtedly much more powerful than the azure-golden Genesis Qi!
“The evolution succeeded!” Zhou Yuan exclaimed.
After integrating the Sacred Dragon Qi, his grade-7 World Subduing Heavenly Serpent Qi increased by one level and was now considered a grade-8 Genesis Qi. However, it was a pity that it was still a distance away from transforming into a Grade-9 Sacred Dragon Qi.
That distance was like a heavenly mountain stream. After all, grade-9 Genesis Qi was considered a top weapon in all Heavens.
At the very least, Zhou Yuan knew that nobody possessed grade-9 Genesis Qi in the Tianyuan Region!
“I'll call you...the Heavenly Dragon Qi,” Zhou Yuan muttered to himself.
Roar!
Mighty Genesis Qi roamed in his body, like a real dragon, causing his flesh and blood to tremble and his bodily strength to improve tremendously.
Zhou Yuan’s closed eyes snapped open, and his eyes appeared to be cast from platinum, shooting out beams a thousand feet long. The light beams were so sharp that they pierced right through the mountain peak in front of him.
He narrowed his eyes, and the platinum light beams gradually faded.
“Such domineering Genesis Qi!”
Zhou Yuan was overjoyed to see that the newly evolved Genesis Qi was much stronger than the World Subduing Heavenly Serpent Qi. If he had possessed Genesis Qi of this level when he had faced Zhao Mushen, he wouldn't have been stuck in a prolonged battle.
“Did I use half a month to evolve the Genesis Qi?” He calculated the time and let out a long sigh. “The war must have broken out by now, right?”
He peered into the distance, then soon retracted his gaze because his closed-door cultivation wasn't finished. When his Genesis Qi had evolved into a grade-8 Genesis Qi, he felt his Divine Dwellings vibrate and the countless Genesis Qi stars showed signs of fusing together.
This was a sign that he was on the verge of breaking into the Heavenly Sun stage.
Hu.
Zhou Yuan drew a deep breath, his eyes blazing. It had been more than two years since he reached the Divine Dwelling stage. Could he finally step out of this cultivation level?
Zhou Yuan slowly closed his eyes.
He looked forward to seeing what grade of Heavenly Sun he would refine in this breakthrough…
Chapter 1004 All Parties Breakthrough
Time flashed by, and three months passed since Zhou Yuan went into closed-door cultivation.
Many things had happened in Hunyuan Heaven during these three months. The biggest matter, of course, was the war between the Tianyuan Region and the top five forces. No matter how small or great, all sects and factions paid close attention to the changes in the war, and any new developments became the focus of Hunyuan Heaven and led to many heated discussions.
When the war first started, the top five forces swarmed out of their nests in full force and headed to the Tianyuan Region borders to capture the frontier cities and other major resource points. That, however, was met with the Tianyuan Region’s head-on attack.
Numerous battles broke out at the Tianyuan Region’s borders.
From the start of the war, the Tianyuan Region proved its powerful foundation to the world. Even if they had fallen into decline over the years, they still battered and bloodied the armies of experts from the top five forces with their counterattacks, and it was unknown how many experts lost their lives on the battlefield.
But the top five forces were extremely tenacious. They were unconcerned about their initial defeat and prepared stronger offensives in the blink of an eye and frantically attacked the Tianyuan Region’s borders.
Moreover, the top five forces issued a summons across the entire Hunyuan Heaven. They intended to enlist experts from any parties to join them to suppress the Tianyuan Region. The bait they threw out was that they would split the Tianyuan Region’s 900 prefectures with them.
The nine regions’ territories were not only the most abundant in Genesis Qi; they also contained a large number of cultivation resources. Therefore, although they were jealous of such resources, many experts feared the nine regions’ power and didn’t dare to touch them.
However, now that a pack of wolves surrounded the deteriorating Tianyuan Region, it was inevitable for some forces to lose their mind to greed and join in to tear a piece of fatty meat from the Tianyuan Region’s colossal body. However, they were still the minority. Many more forces remained neutral and watched from the sidelines. Therefore, it seemed that the top five forces’ move had little effect.
But unexpectedly, the top five forces’ armies grew stronger every day. After some investigation, some people found that there were forces continuously supporting the top five forces from the background.
Strictly speaking, the majority of those forces were vassals of the Wanzu Region.
Although their strength couldn’t compare to the top five forces, they had an advantage in number. With that huge reserve army, their attack against the Tianyuan Region became fiercer, and the borders were washed with blood.
Many sects and factions were shocked that the Wanzu Region wasn't holding back. Although the Wanzu Region didn’t act themselves, they used all the people, sects, and forces they could. It seemed that the Wanzu Region had finally revealed its years of plotting.
It seemed they wouldn’t rest until the Tianyuan Region was destroyed!
Many people secretly sighed and felt sorry for what was happening to the Tianyuan Region. In the face of the Wanzu Region’s fierce attacks, it seemed the Tianyuan Region was bound to suffer a calamity.
So, with the Wanzu Region assisting in secret, the war gradually changed.
In the face of the endless allied forces, the Tianyuan Region’s counterattacks were soon withstood, and the two sides were locked in a fierce battle like a meat grinder. Experts continued to fall endlessly, making the war even more tragic and bloody.
The smell of blood brought by the war almost shrouded the entire Hunyuan Heaven.
But while the two sides continued to send experts to fill the gap in the war, the Law Domain experts of both sides hadn’t yet acted. Perhaps the Law Domain experts of both parties were watching and waiting for the best moment to attack. After all, a move from a Law Domain expert could easily destroy the world.
Although Chi Jing, sect master Xuan Kun and the other Law Domain experts were stronger than those of the other party in terms of individual strength, the five forces had an advantage in number, and coupled with Wanzu Region’s secret support, it was difficult to find the best opportunity to attack. Therefore, they had to keep quiet for the time being.
In this war, the outcome depended on which side would reveal a flaw first.
...
While the war between the Tianyuan Region and the top five forces was like an unstoppable wildfire, another matter attracted a lot of attention.
The Divine Dwelling stage heaven prides in Hunyuan Heaven had begun to make breakthroughs one after another.
/> Among them, the most notable were undoubtedly Wanzu Region’s Zhao Mushen, the Wushen Region’s Wu Yao, the Zixiao Region’s Su Youwei and the Xuehai Region’s Wang Xi. The four had completed their breakthroughs at different times, but the most astonishing thing was that each of the four had refined a glass Heavenly Sun!
The result drew countless exclamations of admiration.
The glass Heavenly Sun was the highest-grade Heavenly Sun, and once refined, it could give birth to 400 million Genesis Qi stars!
There were three levels in the Heavenly Sun stage, and similar to the Divine Dwelling stage, as one increased one’s level, the refined Heavenly Sun would more greatly increase one’s foundation.
Zhao Mushen and the others had only just entered the initial Heavenly Sun stage, yet they already possessed a foundation of 400 million Genesis Qi stars. From this point, they could challenge even advanced Heavenly Sun experts who had only refined ordinary Heavenly Suns even if they were only at the initial Heavenly Sun stage!
After all, an ordinary Heavenly Sun meant that one would only possess a foundation of 100 million Genesis Qi stars. Even at the advanced Heavenly Sun stage, there would at most be 400 to 500 million Genesis Qi stars. In a real battle, it would be impossible for ordinary Heavenly Sun experts to compete against the various regions’ top heaven prides.
Of course, this was only for those with ordinary Heavenly Suns.
If the top heaven prides were to face a veteran Heavenly Sun expert who had refined a silver-snow Heavenly Sun, they could only challenge those of the intermediate-Heavenly Sun stage.
As for facing a veteran Heavenly Sun expert who had refined a purple-gold Heavenly Sun or even a glass Heavenly Sun, they needed to train for a period of time first.
Zhao Mushen could be said to have swept away all the bad luck in the nine regions tournament with his breakthrough. Countless people couldn’t help but compliment him. It was no wonder Zhao Mushen had dominated the Divine Dwelling stage for several years. Even if he had encountered a setback, he wasn’t dispirited and refined a glass Heavenly Sun.
And when Zhao Mushen, Wu Yao and Su Youwei broke through to the Heavenly Sun stage, many people began to turn their attention to the Tianyuan Region.
They realized that Zhou Yuan hadn’t appeared in the war and had heard that he was preparing to break through to the Heavenly Sun stage. This piqued many people’s interest because they were curious to know what kind of level Zhou Yuan, who had broken the Divine Dwelling stage’s limit, would reach after his breakthrough.
If his breakthrough failed...he was bound to become a laughingstock.
But that result wouldn’t be surprising. After all, Zhou Yuan had only been at the advanced Divine Dwelling stage for a few months, whereas Zhao Mushen, Wu Yao and Su Youwei had prepared for years at the advanced Divine Dwelling stage.
Therefore, Zhou Yuan’s breakthrough in Tianyuan Utopia had become the focus of much anticipation and speculation.
Chapter 1005 Mysterious Substance
On an island in the depths of the Tianyuan Utopia.
A figure was quietly sitting on a mountain peak, his face calm and without a ripple of emotion, like a bottomless pool.
However, there were earth-shaking movements in his Divine Dwellings.
The 100 million Genesis Qi stars inside his Divine Dwellings were gathering into a dazzling light cluster, and mighty waves of Genesis Qi were continuously sweeping out, creating howls and whistles within his Divine Dwellings.
It took Zhou Yuan two months to combine the 100 million Genesis Qi stars into a tremendous cluster of Genesis Qi light. Moreover, that was just the beginning.
Zhou Yuan's Spirit focused on the newly formed light cluster, and with one thought, wisps of Alpha Spiritium came pouring out his spatial bag and followed his breathing into the Divine Dwellings.
Swoosh!
Alpha Spiritium constantly gushed into the Genesis Qi light cluster.
With the addition of Alpha Spiritium, the Genesis Qi light cluster began to undergo major changes. The contained Genesis Qi became purer, as though refined a thousand times.
Moreover, Zhou Yuan could clearly feel the purest yang qi being born in the Genesis Qi light cluster.
The instant the yang qi emerged, the temperature in the Divine Dwellings soared. However, the temperature didn't make the Divine Dwellings uncomfortable. Instead, the heat spread out from the Divine Dwellings and penetrated Zhou Yuan’s blood and bones, making him feel burning hot like an oven.
An indescribable comfortable feeling spread throughout his body.
It was pure yang qi.
Once the Heavenly Sun was refined, pure yang qi would be born. The qi was mysterious and abnormal and could perfectly integrate with one’s Genesis Qi. After successful integration, one’s Genesis Qi foundation would soar to a level unimaginable to Divine Dwelling stage experts.
One’s Genesis Qi foundation would skyrocket once one stepped into the Heavenly Sun stage due to the presence of the mysterious pure yang qi. Additionally, Genesis Qi that had integrated with pure yang qi would greatly soar in power.
Pure yang qi could be called the Heavenly Sun stage’s greatest gift.
The pure yang qi’s appearance also surprised Zhou Yuan a little. He immediately calmed his emotions and continued directing wisps of Alpha Spiritium into his Divine Dwellings. The Alpha Spiritium acted like firewood—the more there was, the brighter the pure yang qi in the Genesis Qi light cluster.
The temperature inside the Divine Dwellings rose until the Genesis Qi light cluster resembled a blazing sun.
Under the hot temperature, the Genesis Qi light cluster, without any clear shape, shrank and gradually formed a sphere.
The initial form of the Heavenly Sun had appeared.
Zhou Yuan continued to pour Alpha Spiritium into the Divine Dwellings. As the pure yang qi refined the initial Heavenly Sun, it gradually changed from crimson-red to silver and then to purple-gold.
The Genesis Qi erupting from the Heavenly Sun also grew stronger with the color change.
The changes didn't end at purple-gold but continued at a slow and steady speed.
It was unknown how long had passed before a glint of glass flashed within the purple-gold.
The glassy light spread rapidly, and in just a few breaths, the Heavenly Sun turned sparkling and crystal-clear like glass, untainted by a speck of dust.
A glass Heavenly Sun was born!
“Is it a glass Heavenly Sun?”
The birth of a glass Heavenly Sun didn’t surprise Zhou Yuan because if even someone like him, who had broken the Divine Dwelling stage’s limits, failed to refine a glass Heavenly Sun, who else in the world could succeed?
But…
Was a glass Heavenly Sun the limit?
Zhou Yuan's Spirit gazed intently at the glass sun hanging high in a Divine Dwelling, and for some reason, he felt a strange feeling. It was a feeling of imperfection.
Zhou Yuan pondered for a long while, then suddenly patted the spatial bag at his waist. There were still one thousand strands of Alpha Spiritium left inside. He completely inhaled them all into his Divine Dwellings.
As he poured 1000 strands of Alpha Spiritium into the glass Heavenly Sun, the sun grew brighter and clearer. However, the particular change that Zhou Yuan expected didn't appear.
Zhou Yuan frowned with disappointment. It seemed that no amount of Alpha Spiritium could produce a change. However, he also understood that this was normal; otherwise, the glass Heavenly Sun wouldn't be called the highest grade if it were that easy.
If even Alpha Spiritium couldn't bring about the changes he wanted, what could he do to make the Heavenly Sun progress further?
Zhou Yuan pondered for a moment, and finally, he shifted his gaze to the Saint Rune light sphere hanging high inside the Divine Dwelling.
He previously was only able to break the Divine Dwelling limit with the help of the Saint Rune light sphere. He wondered if it could again improve the glass Hea
venly Sun. Was this possible?
But Zhou Yuan was disappointed once again. The Saint Rune light sphere remained motionless. He didn't know whether it was because it didn't want to help him or that it couldn't help.
“Am I overthinking this?”
Could the glass Heavenly Sun really be the limit? Is it really wishful thinking to want to advance even further?
Zhou Yuan smiled bitterly, but just when he was hesitating to withdraw from practice, he suddenly felt movements within his body.
He threw his head back and saw something suddenly falling from the void of the Divine Dwelling.
It was a mysterious substance flashing with purple-and-gold light.
Primitive and boundless, that purple-gold substance was mysterious and emitted an indescribable oppressive power.
“What is this?!” Zhou Yuan exclaimed, but very quickly his heart trembled because he felt a familiar aura from the mysterious substance.
“It’s...Yaoyao?!”
Zhou Yuan felt an earthquake in his heart. That mysterious substance is from Yaoyao?! When did Yaoyao inject that mysterious substance into my body, and what is it, and why would it suddenly appear?
While Zhou Yuan was panicking, the mysterious substance touched the glass Heavenly Sun and fused with it.
Waves of light erupted from the glass Heavenly Sun, causing the Divine Dwellings to quake violently.
Zhou Yuan's Spirit stared intently at the glass Heavenly Sun.
He could clearly see ancient and pale yellow light runes spread across the pure and untainted glass Heavenly Sun, and eventually, they enveloped the entire glass Heavenly Sun.
The glass Heavenly Sun has turned into a...rune glass Heavenly Sun?
Confusion crossed Zhou Yuan’s face. Is this a variant version of the glass Heavenly Sun?
However, he could faintly feel that the glass Heavenly Sun had undergone tremendous changes. The ancient and obscure runes weren’t as simple as he had imagined. Each one seemed to be born since the beginning of the world and was filled with an indescribable aura.
“Never mind, let's see what level my Genesis Qi foundation has reached with the new Heavenly Sun...” Zhou Yuan muttered to himself.
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