Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? Chapter 814: The Wells of Heaven Fully Open, Hua Jin Breaks Through

Previously on Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal?...
Chen Huaian directs the ancient Fierce Beast Zhu Huai to separate his souls, fusing the seven corporeal ones with Taotie to perfect its resurrection while the three ethereal souls delay the opening of the Wells of Heaven. Within the Demon Sealing Pagoda, Chen Huaian establishes a concealing sword formation to shield the process from detection. As Taotie emerges in its formidable form from the Purple Gold Gourd, Zhu Huai's suppression fails, unleashing a torrent of spiritual energy that forms a roaring dragon in the sky, triggering the other eight Wells to open and intertwine with it, plunging the heavens into an abyssal darkness.

"Opened! They're finally all open!"

Hua Jin the True One stared at the nine beams of light supporting the heavens, her eyes bursting with overwhelming delight.

Senior Chen was indeed a fortune she had earned through eight lifetimes of cultivation.

Now, every one of the nine Wells of Heaven stood fully opened.

The restrictions and seals imposed on her cultivation by the laws of the world were removed once again.

Boom—! A powerful pulling force radiated from her as the focal point, gathering the pure True Essence from heaven and earth. In an instant, a formidable whirlpool of True Essence swirled around her form.

Hua Jin the True One eagerly absorbed this True Essence.

Her inner realm's energies and her aura surged in response.

"Break—!"

She shaped a hand seal with her palms and shouted softly.

The nearby world trembled fiercely, her cultivation advancing sharply, surging straight into the mid-stage of the Feathered Transformation Realm.

Phantasmal, rainbow-hued, gem-like feathers appeared behind her, as though cloaking her in a splendid phoenix mantle, yet this marked only the beginning.

She kept drawing in True Essence.

Her physique appeared to morph into an enormous void, devouring endless quantities of True Essence.

"Break for me once more!"

Pop—! Late-stage Feathered Transformation.

"Break yet again!"

Pop—! Feathered Transformation Grand Completion.

Feathered Transformation Grand Completion. This stood as the peak of her cultivation in her last reincarnation cycle.

Typically, upon each reincarnation when all nine Wells of Heaven unlocked, the cultivation from the prior cycle would fully merge into her being.

As a result, with every reincarnation, she grew slightly more potent than before, inching ever nearer to achieving the Dao and rising to immortality.

Yet in this latest cycle, those sword cultivators dubbed 'the variable' had pressed her relentlessly. For vengeance, to seize resources, she had no option but to hasten the Wells of Heaven's activation. This caused the current cycle to lack proper buildup; actually, relative to past cycles, the Wells of Heaven had opened a full century too soon.

The outcome was that she lingered just one step shy of the Dao and immortality.

Moreover, all creatures on Earth Star had been saturated with thick True Essence against their will. They had skipped the three standard phases of the Spiritual Revival entirely, leaping nearly from the second phase directly to the ultimate stage. Before they could properly develop, this realm was on the verge of linking with the gods and buddhas of myriad realms.

But Hua Jin the True One paid no heed to such matters now.

The priority at hand was the supreme Celestial Jade Marrow!

"Boundless Myriad Worlds! For This Venerable One, open—!"

Normally, Hua Jin the True One would require substantial time to cultivate a small world through a medium.

However, with her cultivation surging to late-stage Feathered Transformation Realm, the verdant green sprout orbiting in her grasp ripened visibly before their eyes.

Once its foliage turned utterly transparent and its roots and limbs grew sturdy, a pure, limpid green glow exploded outward from Hua Jin the True One.

That glow engulfed the four Demon Sealing Pagodas, engulfed Lin Fan atop Chen Niu's avatar, engulfed the faintly breathing Chen Niu avatar, engulfed the stunned Zhang Mengchu gazing skyward, the Kunlun Immortal Palace disciples, and even the other Ascenders who had withdrawn extremely far yet remained within its reach.

The entire world took on an emerald tint.

Crack—!

Noises resembling ice forming echoed. The glow slowly dissipated.

And the vista before them had transformed into an entirely new landscape.

This realm consisted wholly of flora and woodlands.

Everywhere one looked, lush green extended endlessly to the distance. As the wind gusted, the sea of trees rippled like emerald swells.

And Hua Jin the True One floated mid-air, positioned at the heart of this 'new world', surveying all like a divine sovereign.

Her garb had shifted from the simple white gown of earlier, now crafted from foliage and tendrils. A thorny circlet adorned her brow, and she clutched a reversed floral staff almost matching her height. Behind her, countless roots formed myriad limbs, portraying her as a nature-ruling thousand-armed Guanyin.

"I... what on earth!" Wang Shouyi stood completely stunned by Hua Jin the True One's majestic visage.

"Jinjin, so beautiful!"

His words were faint, scarcely audible.

But within Hua Jin the True One's domain, every action, every utterance from those ensnared fell under her awareness.

At once, her lovely features reddened, the regal detachment nearly shattering. She cast several blaming looks toward Wang Shouyi.

"The circumstances have grown somewhat complicated..." Zhang Yibai and Gu Changsheng each perched on a massive lotus pad—these were dedicated perches Hua Jin the True One had prepared for them, yet they shifted restlessly, as if pricked by needles.

"Ancestor... Old Zhang, can you gauge what power level Hua Jin the True One has attained now?"

Gu Changsheng gulped, sending a Divine Sense message to Zhang Yibai.

"Hiss—! This girl is excessively formidable. Who advances power in such a manner? If this old man's detection is accurate, she likely possesses strength surpassing the Great Ascension Second Tribulation... How can Lin Fan and Zhang Mengchu possibly contend with this!"

Zhang Yibai grinned amiably outwardly, but inwardly he swore profusely.

Regardless of Lin Fan and Zhang Mengchu's battle prowess, they lingered only at late-stage Void Shattering Realm.

Lin Fan had freshly triumphed over Chen Niu's avatar, achieving a breakthrough mid-fight, not just reaching Void Fusion Grand Completion but also brushing the edge of Great Ascension Stage, rendering him a true half-step Great Ascension. Still, the disparity in cultivation with Hua Jin the True One yawned too vast.

Beyond Great Ascension, every tribulation forms its own domain.

No matter the arsenal of skills, one must first break free from Hua Jin the True One's World.

Though Hua Jin the True One's World seemed rudimentary against the miniature worlds of Cangyun Realm cultivators, it shared the same essence. Through her superior cultivation, it could impose rule-based dominance over their own worlds. Under such conditions, no edge could be seized.

"What to do? We can't simply witness Lin Fan and Zhang Mengchu felled in one blow by Hua Jin the True One, right?"

As they conversed, Hua Jin the True One had descended into the airspace over Lin Fan, Chen Niu's avatar, and Zhang Mengchu.

She retained a playful, toying mindset like a cat with prey. After such intense oppression, how could she release her pent-up emotions by merely erasing them outright?

"Not a major issue." Zhang Yibai fondled his beard and shook his head steadily.

"The Ancestor surely anticipated this scenario ages ago. Lin Fan and Zhang Mengchu ought not face lethal peril. Merely...

The superior Celestial Jade Marrow yielded later will probably fall to Hua Jin the True One.

We must wait for an opportunity to wheedle those premium Celestial Jade fragments from Hua Jin the True One..."

By now, Zhang Yibai pondered schemes to deceive Hua Jin the True One.

And over the fray, Hua Jin the True One truly nursed mischievous designs.

She peered down with a malicious stare at Lin Fan and companions, pinned by her World's laws, and unleashed a string of icy chuckles.

"This Venerable One declared I would address matters with you post-harvest. It wasn't that I intended to avoid it; the moment simply hadn't arrived!"

"Now—" Her fingers clenched in a seizing gesture. Whether Lin Fan, Zhang Mengchu, or Chen Niu's avatar, all found themselves firmly ensnared by vegetative vines.

"You can now utter your final words!"