The radiance of the Ice Jade Divine Lotus passed through the flames and fell upon the Spirit, but it actually had no effect.
Although the Ice Jade Divine Lotus was an innate divine healing treasure, it only worked on the physical body. Spirit Fire affected only the Spirit and caused no harm to the flesh. Therefore, even though the Ice Jade Divine Lotus did its best to release its power, it still could not lessen Liu Bai's pain.
Day after day passed. From Liu Bai's occasionally distorted expression, it was clear that he was still undergoing the Spirit Disaster.
Of course, although he was in the midst of Disaster, Liu Bai's spiritual power still circulated steadily. This showed that his consciousness remained clear and that his Spirit had endured the scorching of the Spirit Fire, slowly transforming bit by bit.
Finally, after half a month, Liu Bai's expression gradually calmed. Within the Qi Sea, his Spirit had undergone tremendous changes. The small figure had become even more crystal like, as if cast from flawless glass. Its tiny hands formed seals, its face solemn and sacred.
The three stages of the Spirit Disaster were a process where the Spirit was continuously tempered, becoming increasingly solid, and ultimately condensing into true substance, shedding its intangible state.
Upon reaching this level, the Spirit gained the potential to exist independently of the physical body, greatly increasing life span.
Of course, for Liu Bai right now, the most important benefit was the increase in the spiritual power within his body.
Although switching his cultivation method to the Innate Five Elements Grand Law made each breakthrough require far more terrifying amounts of spiritual power, the density of the spiritual power within him also rose proportionally.
Just like now. After overcoming the first stage of the Spirit Disaster, Liu Bai felt that the spiritual power within him had increased tenfold compared to before.
Liu Bai stretched his body that felt almost rusted. The crisp crackling sounds ringing from within made him exhale in comfort.
"One stage of the Spirit Disaster, yet the density of my spiritual power feels no weaker than those who have already passed all three stages."
A joyful expression appeared uncontrollably on Liu Bai's face.
After this rise in spiritual power, Liu Bai was now capable of arranging any sixth rank Spiritual array with complete ease, giving him the ability to confront a Sovereign head on.
Well, actually, Liu Bai had already been unafraid of ordinary first or second grade Sovereigns even before this. Before condensing their Sovereign Celestial Body, Sovereigns were only pseudo Sovereigns since their combat strength was greatly reduced.
"With this, my Demon Lotus Spirit Slaughtering Array will be able to display the power of three lotuses."
The three lotus power of the Demon Lotus Spirit Slaughtering Array possessed enough might to suppress first grade Sovereigns. In the original work, it even defeated Liu Ming, the young master of the Sky Profound Palace who had activated the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body, proving its overwhelming strength.
Having successfully passed the first stage of the Spirit Disaster, it seemed Liu Bai's misfortune had disappeared along with the tribulation. He could already sense Jiu You's aura rapidly approaching.
The next moment, a massive spatial fissure appeared ten thousand feet away from Liu Bai. Then a colossal creature tore its way out of the void. Its enormous silhouette cast a shadow so large that Liu Bai felt as if the sky were collapsing.
"Northern Sea Dragon?"
Back in the deepest part of the lightning storm, Liu Bai had seen the true form of the Northern Sea Dragon battling the Thunder Spirit. But although its size was already enormous then, it was nothing compared to the unbelievable scale before him now.
Its body had grown dozens of times larger since its previous breakthrough.
"Hahaha kid we are here to pick you up." Radiant light rapidly contracted. The tens of thousands of feet large body shrank at a frightening speed. The surrounding space warped under the transformation, the immense gravitational force twisting everything around it.
Hum.
The Immortal True Form Scroll above Liu Bai's head released a final resonant hum. It neutralized the distortion force one last time before turning into a streak of light and flying into Liu Bai's Qi Sea, falling silent.
"Oh was that…" The Northern Sea Dragon, now in the form of a bald old man, had a glint flash through his eyes.
If he had not been mistaken, the streak of light had been protecting this little fellow the entire time. With such a long and dangerous journey, the Northern Sea Dragon had assumed Liu Bai would never survive. If not for Jiu You constantly confirming that Liu Bai's life force had remained unchanged, he would have given up long ago.
Unfortunately, the streak of light had been too fast for even him to see clearly.
His gaze landed on Liu Bai. "Not bad. You have passed the first stage of the Spirit Disaster. Judging from your aura, your gains should be significant."
Liu Bai smiled faintly. "I owe it to you senior. Without you, I would not have had this opportunity."
"So, do you still want to return to the Five Element Continent?"
Liu Bai shook his head.
"There is no need. I have already obtained everything I wanted."
If the people of the Five Element Divine Sect discovered what he possessed, they would no doubt try to seize it. Everything Liu Bai brought back from the Fallen Continent was a treasure that could make even a Heavenly Sovereign covetous.
He even suspected that the so called Five Element Divine Sect had been founded by someone lucky enough to discover the Five Element World in ancient times. Perhaps that person had also encountered the demonic spirit of the Hundun Demon Emperor who impersonated the Five Emperor Divine Sovereign.
One thing was certain. Before Liu Bai, no one else had reached the Fallen Continent.
"In that case, we can head straight back to the Spiritual Academy. But before that… you should coax this little girl first."
The Northern Sea Dragon suddenly changed his tone and glanced teasingly at the black robed girl beside him.
Liu Bai scratched his head, sensing something bad. When he turned, he saw a cold pretty face.
"Jiu You, thank you for this time. If not for your quick thinking, I really would not have survived…"
The Northern Sea Dragon twitched the corner of his mouth at Liu Bai's stiff expression, sighed, and shuffled away with his cane.
"No need. I was only saving myself."
Jiu You's voice was filled with icy coldness. She was clearly furious about what had happened.
She had been frightened out of her wits, forced to beg for help everywhere. Some of those she begged were even natural rivals, like the Jin Chi. Her pride had been trampled, and her dignity deeply wounded.
Liu Bai scratched his head helplessly. He truly did not know how to coax girls. Moreover, with Jiu You's personality, a few soft words were useless. For a moment, he did not know what to say.
The atmosphere froze until another spatial storm formed in the distance, threatening to sweep toward them.
Crack.
Liu Bai felt a knock on his head. He turned to see the Northern Sea Dragon standing behind him at some point, cane raised, expression filled with disappointment.
"Enough you foolish boy. Stop dazing around. Do you want to be torn apart by the spatial storm? Prepare yourself. We are leaving."
Liu Bai smiled bitterly and obeyed. The Northern Sea Dragon waved his hand, sending two lights to envelop Liu Bai and Jiu You before turning into a streak of light that shot into the distant darkness.
Now that the boy was rescued, there was no need to rush the journey. Even the Northern Sea Dragon would grow exhausted after using all his strength to travel. He needed time to recover his spiritual power. Therefore the journey that took over three months earlier now took five months on the return.
Along the way, both the Northern Sea Dragon and Jiu You clearly sensed how terrifying Liu Bai's gains in crisis had been.
In this starry sky where even Sovereigns struggled to absorb spiritual power, Liu Bai could draw Five Element origin power directly from the void, continuously tempering his body, spiritual power, and Spirit. Before they even reached the Northern Heaven Continent, he already showed signs of entering the second stage of the Spirit Disaster.
"This kid really is something exceptional…" the Northern Sea Dragon muttered as he looked at the increasingly heated Liu Bai.
Jiu You had already calmed down by now. After all, no one could have predicted this situation. When they formed their bloodline link, they had already considered such risks.
The reason she was upset earlier was simply because she disliked bowing her head to others. If this had happened before she met Liu Bai, she would rather die than do such a thing.
As the most gifted young member of the Nine Nether Clan, her arrogance had been vividly displayed the moment she appeared in the original story.
For her to lower herself for Liu Bai's sake… it was undeniable that Jiu You had changed far too much.
"A fortune gained through nine deaths and one life. It would be strange if the results were ordinary." Jiu You said calmly.
Hearing this, the Northern Sea Dragon glanced at the girl, then gave a light smile without responding to the hidden meaning in her words.he chose a barren astral body in the starry sky, landed, and placed Liu Bai on the ground.
"If he could overcome the first stage of the Spirit Disaster, then the second and third stages should not be too dangerous. All we need to do now is wait peacefully." The Northern Sea Dragon said with what seemed like reassurance.
Jiu You nodded. She had also experienced this phase before. As long as one prepared sufficiently or possessed a strong Spirit, the Spirit Disaster was not too difficult to overcome. The danger of this Disaster applied mainly to ordinary people. Although each stage was stronger than the last, once you experienced the first time, breaking through the rest was not too hard.
Thus, Liu Bai's Spirit began to burn once again, and that familiar pain descended even more intensely than before, several times stronger than the first time.
But Liu Bai remained calm. After all, within his Qi Sea Space lay a Saint Artifact capable of suppressing the heavens. A mere Spirit Fire was hardly worth mentioning.
Of course, the process could not be avoided, because the Spirit Fire was an important method of tempering away the impurities of the Spirit, and was also a crucial preparation stage before ascending to the Sovereign Realm.
Endless waves of Five Elemental Source Energy were forcefully drawn from the void. As Liu Bai's Spirit continued to be refined, the upper limit of his spiritual energy also continued to break through. Eventually, his spiritual energy suddenly began to compress.
"Hmm?" The Northern Sea Dragon and Jiu You both noticed the change in Liu Bai's body at the same time and revealed astonishment.
"This little fellow is only at the second stage of the Spirit Disaster. Why does it look like he is about to open the Sovereign Sea?"
Transforming the Qi Sea into the Sovereign Sea was the necessary step to entering the Sovereign Realm, but it was only reachable after passing through all three stages of the Spirit Disaster and absorbing a vast amount of spiritual energy.
Yet Liu Bai had actually filled his Qi Sea to the limit during only the second stage?
Even Jiu You, who was linked to him by bloodline, could not fully understand Liu Bai's bizarre cultivation speed. She constantly witnessed impossible things from him.
From their first meeting in the Black Eerie Swamp until now, how long had it been? Yet Liu Bai had risen from the Heaven Completion Realm to the Spirit Disaster Realm, and now he seemed ready to step into the Sovereign Realm…
Maybe when the one year agreement between them arrived, he really would give her an enormous surprise.
After ten days, the temperature around Liu Bai's body began to return to normal, but the spiritual energy within him had ballooned to its very limit.
At this moment, Liu Bai's focus was entirely within his Qi Sea Space. The sky was filled with five colored spiritual energy, and the Immortal True Form Scroll that had originally been rolled up had automatically unfurled. The five emperor statues stood within the scroll, their differently colored pupils staring directly outward.
Red, white, black, blue, and yellow. Ten beams of light shot out from their eyes, quickly transforming into Five Elemental Spiritual Energy that poured into Liu Bai's Qi Sea.
Chiiii.
Agonizing pain surged forth, and Liu Bai's expression twisted once again.
When the Qi Sea could no longer hold any more spiritual energy, its very center suddenly distorted. The distortion grew stronger, and a tiny black point abruptly emerged.
That tiny black point was extremely small, like a speck of dust drifting in the air. A strange wave radiated from it, and Liu Bai instinctively sensed that within that point lay a mysterious miniature world.
The next moment, a terrifying suction force erupted from the black point. The entire Qi Sea rose into a tsunami of spiritual energy, roaring like a storm before it was swallowed whole by the tiny black point.
In just a few breaths, Liu Bai's Qi Sea had become utterly empty, not even a trace of spiritual energy remaining.
However, this unexpected change did not alarm Liu Bai in the slightest. Instead, joy filled his heart.
Under the gazes of the Northern Sea Dragon and Jiu You, Liu Bai slowly stood up. He looked at the two of them, smiled brightly, and gently raised his arms.
Boom.
The space behind Liu Bai suddenly distorted, and from within that distortion surged a massive sea of five colored spiritual energy. One could even hear the thunderous crashing of ocean waves echoing throughout the heavens.
"The Sovereign Sea…"
Jiu You's graceful figure trembled as she uttered the three words in disbelief.
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