Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2501: 236: True Spirit Transformation (2)

Though he responded at once, chaos roiled fiercely in his mind just then, leaving him unable to discern anything clearly!

Only after a long while did he scarcely steady himself, discovering his body faint like a shed cicada skin, holding shape yet empty of essence.

“What sort of book is this? A mere sidelong glimpse unleashes such dreadful might. Had I delayed by the slightest, my True Spirit would have been wholly eradicated!”

“It's totally unlike those earlier books!”

Looking at the prior tomes caused at worst unbearable torment; evading them swiftly sufficed.

But this volume, sealed in its book case, crashed upon him like the whole Realm Sea in that split second!

Impossible to resist!

Terror seized Wang Ba utterly, his True Spirit drained to exhaustion with zero gains; he naturally fled without hesitation.

His shape shimmered unsteadily as he rushed from the study, luckily dodging any maids.

Emerging from the Waterside Pavilion, he spotted pools by the stepping stones, feeling an uncanny pull, and dove instinctively into the depths, reverting to his primal fish shape.

He failed to notice that, as a True Spirit Fish, a striking glow briefly lit his surface before fading away.

“Strange…”

Wang Ba mulled silently.

Submerging fully, it felt like returning to his mother's embrace.

The water, once unremarkable, now carried a special warmth that tenderly restored his frail body inch by inch.

This replenishment lagged behind Li Yuehua's Elixir in speed, yet flowed endlessly and mildly.

“What's happening here?”

Wang Ba reeled in shock, realization striking soon after:

“Is it tied to that grand vow I uttered before?”

He mused that swearing to halt the Supreme True Buddha effectively placed him on the Realm Sea of Origin's side against that entity.

“If the Realm Sea of Origin holds a spirit, this vow marks me as its ally.”

“So it naturally aids me… embodying the tenet of many helpers for the Dao-aligned, few for the opposed.”

Success demands allies aplenty and enemies scarce; that was his steadfast creed.

He'd upheld it in the Little Cang World, and in the Sea of Chaos Realm alike.

Though by chance now, it subtly synced with the Realm Sea of Origin.

Wasting no moment, Wang Ba mended slowly via the Water of Origin, grasping the Sky Dome rules overhead all the while.

He dimly perceived his time in this Origin Space drawing short.

This hunch was enigmatic, arising only post-vow, plainly linked to it.

“Vow undone, but I've seized ample treasures ahead of time.”

His approach pivoted instantly: imprinting Sky Dome rules in memory without deep probe, just enough to reclaim later in the Realm Sea.

As rule study sapped his True Spirit, the Water of Origin steadily nourished it in tandem.

Through this ebb and flow of drain and restore, his True Spirit steadily regained vigor.

At intervals, he shifted form, hauled ashore, slipped into the Waterside Pavilion to delve into “Realm Sea Miscellany” for escape clues.

That near-lethal book case he wouldn't dare touch lightly again.

Days passed, and Li Yuehua returned, seeming restless.

Seeing the True Spirit Fish glide to and fro in the pool, surprise filled her:

“Why is your body stretching longer and longer?”

Wang Ba felt perplexed.

Though startled, Li Yuehua pondered it little, blaming his rule studies; hearing his Elixirs depleted, she freely offered more without delay, departing soon after.

Wang Ba fretted:

“Master’s wife, do you have sufficient Elixirs left for yourself?”

Li Yuehua smiled:

“Rest easy, scarcities abound here but not these; just avoid consuming too many together.”

This reassured Wang Ba.

Unlike prior visits, Li Yuehua stayed to converse with Wang Ba awhile.

Learning Yu Wuheng had a child, her face mingled complexity, yearning, and delight:

“Does that make me a grandmother?”

Wang Ba smiled, nodding as he described his Clone adopting Yu Yu as goddaughter.

Li Yuehua appeared content.

After brief thought, she earnestly cautioned:

“Of late, the Cui couple mentioned that in the Realm Sea of Origin, your surrounding Water of Origin is paramount.”

“It's the Third Realm Sea's hoard over eons, all gathered here.”

“When returning your True Spirit, swallow some of this water first to carry away.”

Wang Ba wavered momentarily, recalling the Lord of Realm Sea Taiyuan's talk overheard at the Waterside Pavilion floor.

Back then, they'd stressed the Realm Sea water's rarity, bestowing it on guests.

Plainly, this Realm Sea of Origin water was a supreme rarity.

Wang Ba nodded, etching it in memory.

Li Yuehua soon withdrew; with fresh Elixirs to aid, Wang Ba plunged back into the Waterside Pavilion.