Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension Chapter 1604: 864: Hunyuan Self-Transformation, One Qi Gives Birth to Yin Yang (Part 3)

As it swept through, the green bamboo crumbled into powder. The flames drew in the surrounding green bamboo, swelling ceaselessly.

In an instant, it ballooned from millstone size into a “green sun” thirty feet across.

It grew ever more turbulent and expansive, surging outward nonstop while devouring the nearby bamboo forest without end.

Soon enough, the bamboo woods spanning dozens of miles were wholly consumed by it, expanding the mass to a hundred feet wide—like a distant small mountain.

Just then, Zhao Sheng’s figure flickered into existence above the “green sun” from nowhere. His right hand spread its five fingers wide, extending toward the “green sun” below.

With a thunderous rumble, the “green sun” shrank rapidly while soaring upward at once.

Before anyone could blink, the mountain-like “green sun” compressed to fist size, settling quietly into Zhao Sheng’s palm.

The fist-sized light orb turned solid in a flash, radiating blinding brilliance—as if some dreadfully potent power of laws lurked inside.

Zhao Sheng’s right hand slowly clenched inward. Bursts of pure, mighty mystic light of magic power erupted from his palm.

At that very moment, the heart light of will split into countless fine threads, piercing into the radiant orb within his grasp.

In merely a dozen breaths, the immense mana power had dwindled by nearly eighty percent. The heart light of will around his body dimmed sharply.

Finally, Zhao Sheng’s right hand closed tight, the last gleam of light snuffed out by his fingers.

A few breaths more, and faint sweat beaded on Zhao Sheng’s forehead. He lightly opened his right hand.

A bean-sized, emerald-transparent crystal grain appeared in his palm.

It rested calmly there, emitting subtle ripples of law power.

Should a Half-Immortal of the Void witness this now, they would recognize it instantly as a supremely rare principle crystal.

…

At dawn, Heavenly Wave Lake shimmered with green waves under a misty veil.

A spirit boat abruptly appeared from the horizon.

The vessel crossed hundreds of miles before descending silently onto the lake. An elder and a youth stood upon it.

The elder’s face beamed with vigor, his long blue beard flowing to his waist. He seemed kindly and affable, the picture of benevolence.

The youth looked refined but uneasy—none other than Zhao Qingwen, saved earlier by Zhao Sheng.

The elder scanned the boundless lake, then addressed the youth. “Qingwen, remember, when you meet your savior later, immediately fall to your knees and kowtow, making sure to kowtow twenty-seven times without rising. Understand?”

Zhao Qingwen shuddered, replying in a meek, hushed tone, “Grandson understands.”

The long-bearded elder nodded faintly and sped the spirit boat toward Heavenly Wave Lake’s depths.

A quarter-hour passed. The spirit boat pierced the mist, revealing an open lake surface—yet Hualong Island lay hidden.

The long-bearded elder’s eyes narrowed, suspicion flickering in his mind.

Refusing defeat, he urged the spirit boat deeper into Heavenly Wave Lake again.

Another quarter-hour elapsed. They burst from the mist once more, the vast lake smooth and empty—no sign of Hualong Island.

“This…” The long-bearded elder’s face turned grim. He stroked his beard with his right hand, unsure how to proceed.

At this sight, Zhao Qingwen said cautiously, “Ancestor Lord, perhaps we should return. It seems that esteemed elder doesn’t wish to meet us.”

The long-bearded elder snapped in fury, “Silence! It’s merely some formations arranged on the periphery, which cannot stop my genuine intent to repay kindness. Wen’er, your disposition is too rash; if you do not change, you will never achieve greatness!”

Terror gripped Zhao Qingwen; he trembled violently, frantically apologizing to Ancestor Lord.

Seeing his grandson’s earnest repentance, the long-bearded elder’s anger melted into approval. He started extolling words of motivation.

However… the long-bearded elder knew not that upon entering Heavenly Wave Lake, they had already drawn the gaze of countless hidden watchers.

Their repeated failures to reach the island had been closely monitored by all those with a stake.