Cultivation Starts from Farming Chapter 1100 - 463: Cloud Thunder Celestial Venerable’s Self-Destruction; Dao Aura Baptism_2
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If he could possess an Escape Technique surpassing that of a Divinity Transformation Cultivator, even if the Nine Nether Elder ran to the ends of the earth, he could still slay him.
However, the Nine Nether Elder escaped.
His main objective had already been achieved.
Moreover, he also had leverage over the Nine Nether Elder, so the other party would not dare to easily reveal that he possessed the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure.
As long as he attained Divinity Transformation, not even the mortal realm could pose a threat to him.
"Hoo!"
Xu Ping slowly exhaled a deep breath, suppressing the turbulent energy and blood, as his Divine Sense enveloped the Profound Celestial Embryo within the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
The Cloud Thunder Celestial Venerable was annihilated, and his fortune returned. It was unknown whether changes would occur.
The Nine Nether Elder, after all, had escaped.
Xu Ping stood alone amidst the ruins, surrounded by ten slightly dim Star Meteor Battle Puppets. A few of their shells bore clear cracks and distortions, evidently sustaining some damage from the self-detonation of the Divinity Transformation Nascent Soul.
Yet, the Puppet Array remained intact, its core undamaged, requiring only future materials for meticulous repair and nurturing to be restored to its original state.
He gazed in the direction where the Nine Nether Elder had fled, with a deep and profound gaze, showing no signs of rage, only a cold and calm stillness.
"Escape Technique..... still fell short somewhat."
He quietly pondered to himself.
Aside from the Soul-Breaking Needle, he had exhausted his trump cards, with his combat strength already surpassing that of Early-Stage Divinity Transformation Cultivators.
But in terms of pursuit capabilities, against the Nine Nether Elder, who was desperate to escape and not hesitating to burn his essence, he still appeared somewhat inadequate.
"If only I had the speed surpassing that of a Divinity Transformation Cultivator, even if he fled to the ends of the earth, I could still drag him out and slay him with one stroke of the sword!"
Nonetheless, Xu Ping soon became indifferent.
"Escaped, then just let it be."
The main objective of his journey to Nanchuan had been achieved.
The Cloud Thunder Celestial Venerable was vanquished, the Heaven-Suppressing Sect was destroyed, and the vendetta haunting his heart for hundreds of years was finally avenged.
More importantly, he also held leverage over the Nine Nether Elder.
Their mutual restraint ensured the other party dared not easily expose the fact that he possessed the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure until a completely secure method was found.
"Once I break through to Divinity Transformation..."
A keen glint flashed in Xu Ping’s eyes.
Once he officially steps into the Divinity Transformation Realm, relying on the Nirvana Golden Body, Puppet Array, and the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure, by then, there will be no existence in the mortal realm capable of posing a genuine threat to him.
Neither the Star Palace Saints nor the escaped remnant soul of the Emperor Xuan will be of concern.
"Hoo!"
Xu Ping slowly exhaled a deep breath.
With a thought, he first retracted the ten damaged puppet arrays into his Magical Treasure for further handling in the future.
Subsequently, his Divine Sense quietly enveloped the Profound Celestial Embryo residing within the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
The Cloud Thunder Celestial Venerable, a genuine Divinity Transformation Cultivator, the overlord of the Nanchuan Realm, was already obliterated.
Based on his prior observation and estimation, the fall of such an existence, with its vast accumulated fortune, would return to the earth, and as the embryonic form of the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure, it might absorb unimaginable nutrients from it.
"I wonder what changes this could bring...." Xu Ping felt a slight anticipation in his heart.
Buzz!!
Just as his Divine Sense touched the Profound Celestial Embryo, like a still lake disturbed by a massive stone, the embryo suddenly trembled violently.
A vast, invisible, intangible energy seemed to be drawn, spanning across the void, frantically converging towards the Profound Celestial Embryo, greedily absorbed and devoured!
This magnitude of fortune far exceeded any previous experience.
It was like the difference between a stream and a great river!
"It really works!"
Xu Ping’s eyes suddenly brightened, an uncontrollable joy surged in his heart!
He could "see" clearly, that green gourd-like embryo, after absorbing the vast fortune and Divinity Transformation essence.
The once blurry Spirit Sword phantom within became significantly more solid at a visible speed.
A faint, crystal-like luster that seemed capable of cutting through space began flowing over the sword’s body.
An absolute sharpness capable of severing causality and annihilating all laws uncontrollably emanated.
This sharpness was so pure, so terrifying.
Even Xu Ping, as its master, felt a thread of primal chill in the instant his Divine Sense perceived it.
"What a terrifying edge, even in its embryonic form, it possesses such power..." Xu Ping felt a deepening level of understanding towards the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure.
However, as the embryo rapidly evolved and transformed, a new problem emerged.
Having devoured such vast fortune, the embryo’s demand for pure Spiritual Qi had reached an unprecedented, terrifying level.
The Spiritual Qi reserve within the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was instantly depleted, and the embryo itself began to shimmer faintly, sending Xu Ping a clear and urgent sense of longing—
It required more, purer, and more immense Spiritual Qi to support this crucial metamorphosis and the subsequent Dao rhythm feedback.
"The Spiritual Qi is insufficient!"
Xu Ping instantly realized, not daring to delay even a moment.
With eyes like lightning, he immediately turned his gaze towards the depths of the already ruined Heaven-Suppressing Sect beneath his feet.
As a former Divinity Transformation power, the foundation of the Heaven-Suppressing Sect lay in that vast fifth-level Spirit Vein.
Although the mountain gate was destroyed, and the Array collapsed, the Spirit Vein’s essence was unaffected, still deeply hidden underground.
"That’s the place!"
His figure flickered, transforming into a streak of azure light, ignoring the broken walls and sporadically burning flames along the way, heading directly towards the earth’s vein source where the Spiritual Qi was most concentrated, once the core hall of the Heaven-Suppressing Sect.
Moments later, he arrived before a massive, bottomless pit.
This was once the base of the main peak, but now the mountain had been destroyed, exposing below the winding, dragon spine-like, majestic Spiritual Pressure-emitting fifth-level Spirit Vein’s main trunk.