Celestial Refining Divine Scripture

Chapter 578: Chapter 576: Major Discovery and Gathering

The Blood Ming Divine Sparrow’s true body furrowed its brow, staying alert and ready to sever connection with its avatar at any moment, while carefully trying to sense what was happening.

Xu Yang, on the other hand, was incredibly nervous.

The Divine Sparrow’s avatar was reacting far too intensely.

One must know, this avatar is at the Divine level!

The commotion was easily dozens of times greater than when Xu Yang personally absorbed Essence Qi.

Could it be that it’s not going to work?

Just as this thought arose, Xu Yang saw the Divine Sparrow’s avatar barely stabilize its form, and the piercing screech stopped abruptly.

The avatar kept trembling, but seemed to be slowly improving.

Seeing this, Xu Yang immediately looked toward Blood Ming Divine Sparrow with anticipation.

The Blood Ming Divine Sparrow kept its eyes closed, motionless.

Several dozen breaths passed.

Suddenly, he rippled, a flash of blood-red light, and the avatar merged into the main body like a bolt of lightning.

"It’s done."

Xu Yang’s heart skipped a beat.

Since Blood Ming Divine Sparrow dared to directly absorb the avatar, it meant there were no further adverse effects.

The refined Essence Qi could be absorbed by others as well.

What intrigued him most now was whether the sensation and transformation others felt from absorbing this Essence Qi matched his own.

After a long while.

When Blood Ming Divine Sparrow opened its eyes, Xu Yang couldn’t wait: "Senior, how was it?"

Blood Ming Divine Sparrow inhaled deeply, eyes flashing with dazzling blood-light: "This kind of Essence Qi, I’ve never heard of before—though it’s weak, it actually caused a faint transformation and elevation of my power!"

"If there were vast amounts of it, the degree of transformation would be unimaginable."

He had an even more daunting suspicion that he dared not voice aloud.

If there were enough Essence Qi, could one directly ascend to the Celestial level?

Perhaps even to the Immortal path?

"What did it feel like when the Essence Qi entered your body?" Xu Yang pressed.

Blood Ming Divine Sparrow pondered, then said, "Flawlessly pure!"

"That’s all?"

"That’s all!"

A hint of confusion flashed in Xu Yang’s eyes.

A top-tier Divine always perceives clearly.

It ought to be far more vivid and thorough than what he himself experienced.

Yet only flawlessly pure?

"Brat, these two strands of Essence Qi are almost the same, right?" the sparrow said.

"Yes."

"With you, there was a transformation and elevation; with me, the same happened. But you’re only a True Lord; I am a top Divine!"

As he finished, Xu Yang’s heart stirred.

"In other words, the Purest Essence Qi refined from the divine cauldron only displays its full marvels when I absorb it myself; others can absorb it, but they lack a key condition."

"The Celestial Refining Divine Scripture!"

Because of the cultivation technique!

Waves rippled through Xu Yang’s heart as he recalled and tallied up all his cultivation since the beginning; more information surfaced the more he thought.

At first, Purest Essence Qi was a tremendous aid to his cultivation!

But with his growing power, various specialized Spirit Pills and wondrous medicines seemed even better than simple Essence Qi.

He mostly used Essence Qi to recover, or for desperate breakthroughs.

"These inheritances are definitely from the Immortal path!"

"Looking at it this way, Purest Essence Qi is anything but simple. Combined with the Celestial Refining Divine Scripture, perhaps there are secrets to be unveiled in the future!"

As for that future, Xu Yang guessed he might need to reach the threshold of the Immortal path to glimpse it.

"Brat, any more questions?"

Seeing Xu Yang fall silent, Blood Ming Divine Sparrow’s eyes flickered with doubt, suspecting something went amiss.

"Nothing much—this is already a major gain."

"Please keep this secret, Senior!"

Xu Yang grinned wide.

Blood Ming Divine Sparrow didn’t ask more and laughed sharply: "Rest assured!"

He’d have to be out of his mind to speak of this!

Xu Yang took out his Communication Jade Talisman for a look; not a single message had arrived, so he promptly said, "Seems no one else has made any discoveries. Let’s keep searching."

"Although the improvement is minor, the fundamental elevation this Essence Qi brings may be extraordinary!"

Xu Yang spoke with deeper meaning.

Especially in a place like the Ancient Immortal Land.

Blood Ming Divine Sparrow readily grasped the significance in Xu Yang’s words, his eyes lighting up with excitement.

This sliver of Essence Qi didn’t bring much immediate advancement, yet as Xu Yang said, the fundamental elevation was unmistakable.

If they could collect more, it’d surely be beneficial!

At that, the man and the sparrow set out again.

This time, they had a goal— their search was full of renewed vigor.

In the blink of an eye, four months had gone by. ƒгeewebnovёl.com

Here, the very concept of time grew vague.

During this period, Xu Yang and Blood Ming Divine Sparrow located a total of four bone fragments and three suspect ancient artifact shards.

Xu Yang refined all of them, condensing them into Essence Qi.

He gave two strands to Blood Ming Divine Sparrow.

He absorbed all the rest himself.

Several subsequent strands of Essence Qi didn’t raise his cultivation, but Xu Yang could feel his martial foundation undergoing transformation.

On this day—

Xu Yang suddenly opened his eyes and pulled out his Communication Jade Talisman.

Seeing a message from Shi Feng himself, Xu Yang’s whole body shook.

"News?"

Blood Ming Divine Sparrow noticed Xu Yang’s change in expression, asking in surprise. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

"Seems there’s a huge discovery. The patriarch wants us all to gather!" Xu Yang said, glancing up.

"All to gather..." Blood Ming Divine Sparrow’s eyes grew alert.

If Shi Feng himself sent this summons, it was certainly no small matter!

If there had really been a big discovery...

"Let’s go!"

Blood Ming Divine Sparrow instantly swept Xu Yang up and darted toward the location Shi Feng gave.

Only as they drew near did Blood Ming Divine Sparrow hide within Xu Yang’s body.

When Xu Yang arrived, he found quite a crowd already gathered, all the experts surrounding Shi Feng, so he hurried toward them.

"Mr. Xu, any gains?"

"Damn it, after all these months I haven’t even seen a hair—"

"I’m starting to doubt if this place is really an immortal battlefield at all."

...

Xu Yang casually mumbled something as he walked closer.

"Patriarch, what did you find?"

Shi Feng smiled, "Let’s wait until everyone’s here."

"By the way, did you find anything?"

Xu Yang smiled bitterly and shook his head, keeping quiet about having refined the taboos.

Shi Feng didn’t seem surprised by this.

Basically, no one had found much.

Even if someone had seen bone fragments or ancient artifact shards, the threat of taboos meant even Divines didn’t dare touch them.

About half a day later—

Over four hundred people had assembled.

No one had unexpectedly perished.

Everyone was deeply curious about the big discovery Shi Feng’s message had hinted at.

"Now that everyone’s here, come with me."

Shi Feng gestured mysteriously, leading the way ahead.

The crowd exchanged glances.

So mysterious?

"Mr. Xu, you got here early. Did the patriarch say anything?" Shi Haoting came over to ask.

Xu Yang shook his head and smiled wryly, "Not a word."

The nearby few all looked bewildered.

Shi Feng’s actions were simply too intriguing.

For now, all they could do was follow and see for themselves.

The group surged forward like a small army, impressive in their momentum.

Twenty thousand li, took them most of the day.

"What is that?"

"Heavens, the land is broken."

"Is that a cliff, or what?"

"Damn, I can’t see the end!"

"No end to either side? Does this fracture encircle the entire ancient land?"

...

Shouts of astonishment swept through the ranks in an instant.

From True Lords to Divines, all stared wide-eyed, utterly incredulous!

Xu Yang was no exception, gazing dumbstruck at the shadowy abyss suddenly appearing ahead.

Drawing close, the earth was split asunder, and ahead lay an endless expanse of darkness—an abyss.

Looking out, you couldn’t see the far side; looking to either flank, you couldn’t see the ends; looking down, there was only a shrouded gloom, mist-like yet somehow foreign and unfathomably deep. No sign of the bottom. It made one’s skin crawl with cold horror!

"Patriarch, what is this place?"