194: A breakthrough in cultivation, the light of the primordial spirit illuminates the sea of ​​stars

"It'll be fine once This Cat gets familiar with it," Xiao Hei said confidently.

"Do you recognize the characters on the map?" Mo Fan asked.

"I don't need to recognize characters. Being able to distinguish directions and general terrain, then matching them with the model constructed in my perception, allows me to determine the location, meow," Xiao Hei explained.

"Hiss—" Mo Fan sucked in a breath of cold air. "Your perception ability is too perverted!"

"Hmph, does that even need to be said? If This Cat is willing, I could stay sitting here and draw a map of the entire Blue Star," Xiao Hei said, head held high with pride.

"Awesome, awesome!" Mo Fan praised sincerely.

Such a talent was a bit excessively powerful.

"Then let's start locating!" Mo Fan said with an expectant look.

"Alright, time to get to work, meow~" Xiao Hei wiped his face, focused his mind, and looked seriously at the map, scanning it quickly.

The mental strength of a Supreme being was not something ordinary creatures could compare to.

In just a few minutes, Xiao Hei seemed to have familiarized himself with the map.

Then, he slowly closed his eyes and perceived seriously again, matching the map to the world in his perception one by one.

Time passed minute by minute.

About five minutes later, Xiao Hei jumped onto the map with a 'shua' sound, patted it with his paw, and said proudly:

"The place with the most Essence Stones is right here, meow!"

Mo Fan looked delighted and hurriedly looked over.

However, his face soon darkened.

It was a pitch-black area, like a black hole.

Two large characters came into view: Demon Abyss.

"Demon Abyss? Xiao Hei, you didn't perceive it wrong, did you?" Mo Fan was dumbfounded.

"This Cat's perception ability is unparalleled in the world. How could I perceive it incorrectly, meow?" Xiao Hei said dissatisfiedly.

However, Mo Fan felt a bit of a headache about this.

He had originally thought that if the place wasn't too dangerous, he would sneak over and take the Essence Stones away without anyone knowing.

That way, with a million Essence Stones in hand, he could instantly achieve the freedom to add points, adding them however he wanted, in any way he pleased!

However, this batch of Essence Stones was in the Demon Abyss... The Demon Abyss was the Holy Land of the Demon Race, where the strongest handful of beings from the Demon Race gathered.

Never mind a little rookie like Mo Fan; even the top figures among the Supreme beings would probably only be going to their deaths if they went there.

Taking a deep breath, Mo Fan decided to bear the loss and temporarily leave the Essence Stones "stored" there.

"Next, next! Where is the location with the second-most Essence Stones?" Mo Fan looked at Xiao Hei.

"Wait a moment, let This Cat perceive again." Xiao Hei focused his mind and began perceiving once more.

This time, it only took him a dozen seconds to locate the corresponding position on the map.

With a stretch of the cat's paw, a brown area appeared before Mo Fan's eyes.

"The location with the second-largest reserves of Essence Stones is right here, meow~"

"Let me see!" Mo Fan focused and looked closely.

"Eh, this location is actually within Jiangnan?" Mo Fan was somewhat surprised.

"The Jiangnan border, adjacent to the Yao Race territory, Canglang Mountain?"

Looking at the map, Mo Fan pondered seriously.

Canglang Mountain was within Jiangnan, in the border region, about four thousand kilometers away from Yuxu Academy.

This distance might be far for ordinary people.

But for a Heavenly Mandate being, it was merely the distance covered in an hour of continuous flight.

Furthermore, the Canglang Mountain Range was a border area, plagued by constant warfare and desolation.

If a large amount of Essence Stones were hidden in the Canglang Mountain Range, it would be quite suitable for Mo Fan's actions.

"Roughly how many Essence Stones are in this place?" Mo Fan asked with concern.

"Only about one-tenth of the amount in the previous place, meow," Xiao Hei said.

"One-tenth?" Mo Fan nodded. "One-tenth of a million is a hundred thousand—"

"Converting a hundred thousand Essence Stones into attribute points would be ten million."

"That's enough to add a point to the name column once; it's not a small amount!" Mo Fan felt moved.

Thinking about it, he looked at Xiao Hei and asked, "If we go there, can you lock onto the specific location?"

The Canglang Mountain Range was huge, covering an area of over a million square kilometers.

If he couldn't lock onto the specific location, Mo Fan diving in would likely result in him spinning around like a headless fly.

"Of course, meow. As long as the distance isn't too far, This Cat can lock onto the specific location~"

"That's good, then let's set off!" Mo Fan was delighted.

Although a hundred thousand Essence Stones wasn't a lot, it could still be converted into ten million attribute points.

But it was enough to solve the urgent need.

Right now, he only had one million attribute points left.

One more upgrade and it would be completely cleared.

At that time, if the attribute points couldn't keep up, he would have to waste a lot of time.

However, to this, Xiao Hei said:

"Aren't you going to look at the other locations, meow? Although the remaining three locations have slightly fewer Essence Stones, they add up to about a hundred thousand as well, meow. Are you sure you don't want to take a look, meow?"

Hearing this, Mo Fan focused his mind and finally nodded. "True. In case those places are easier to act in, or I can even just pick them up for free... then let's take another look!"

"Alright, meow~" Xiao Hei shook his head and continued to focus his perception.

Soon, Xiao Hei marked the next location.

Mo Fan looked closely and was instantly dumbfounded.

"Isn't this area the location of Biyou Academy?"

Biyou Academy, like Yuxu Academy, was one of the three great ancient legacies. They had excavated the existence of ruins even before the Spiritual Qi Recovery, and their Legacy had lasted for three to four thousand years.

The depth of its foundation was evident.

"How many Essence Stones are in this place?" Mo Fan inquired.

Xiao Hei thought for a moment and said, "Meow, about twenty thousand or so."

Mo Fan: "..."

So poor, even poorer than Yuxu Academy!

And those Essence Stones were most likely inside Biyou Academy; getting them probably wouldn't be a simple matter.

"Next, next."

Xiao Hei scratched his head and continued to perceive.

After a while, he stretched out his paw and patted another location.

Mo Fan hurried forward to look seriously.

Soon, he was dumbfounded again and frowned:

"This location seems to be where Bajing Academy is?"

"Roughly how many Essence Stones are here?"

"Not much different from the last location, also twenty thousand or so, meow."

"Too poor, boring. Next." Mo Fan shook his head upon hearing this.

The situation with Bajing Academy was similar to Yuxu Academy and Biyou Academy.

They were all ancient entities with legacies spanning three to four thousand years and deep foundations; it wouldn't be easy to get Essence Stones for free.

And referring to the Essence Stone reserves of Yuxu Academy, one could see.

Whether it was Biyou Academy or Bajing Academy, the Essence Stones were likely insufficient.

"Alright, meow, only one left." Xiao Hei nodded and continued to perceive.

Half a minute later, he stretched out his fleshy paw and pointed to a location in the northern part of the Human Race territory.

Watching Xiao Hei's fleshy paw land, Mo Fan was instantly dumbfounded. "The Imperial Capital?"

Clearly, the last batch of Essence Stones was most likely in the hands of the authorities.

"Forget it, let's just prepare and set off for Canglang Mountain."

"Okay, This Cat will go with you and help lead the way." Xiao Hei also agreed with Mo Fan's choice.

However, at this moment, he seemed to have just thought of something and added:

"When I was perceiving the Essence Stones, This Cat also sensed some auras there. These Essence Stones should be guarded by living beings."

To this, Mo Fan was not surprised.

With so many Essence Stones, the possibility of them being exposed in the wild was not high.

After thinking, he asked, "Are the beings guarding the Essence Stones from the Demon Race, the Yao Race, or the Human Race?"

"There's a Magic Array interfering, so This Cat can only vaguely perceive their cultivation auras and can't distinguish which race they belong to," Xiao Hei said, shaking his head.

Hearing this, Mo Fan was thoughtful.

If there was Magic Array interference...

That batch of Essence Stones was likely stored in some small dimension.

And the beings guarding the small dimension were likely not from this era.

Thinking of this, Mo Fan focused his gaze on Xiao Hei. "Are they strong?"

"A little bit strong, but they shouldn't be your match, meow," Xiao Hei yawned.

"Hiss—" Mo Fan sucked in a breath of cold air. "Then let's wait a bit longer!"

Although Canglang Mountain was located on the border and adjacent to the Yao Race, it was still within the Human Race's defensive line, so naturally, there couldn't be any powerful Yao Beasts.

And the Human Race experts at the border were mostly gathered in the defensive line bases, controlling everything through the defensive line magic arrays; they wouldn't go to Canglang Mountain for no reason.

Then there was only one truth: Canglang Mountain indeed hid a small dimension.

And the auras Xiao Hei perceived, like Xiao Hei himself, belonged to survivors of the previous epoch.

Perhaps due to the erosion of time, their strength was almost gone.

But after all, they were beings who had luckily survived the World-Ending Calamity; they couldn't be simple.

In that case, before taking action, full preparations must be made.

"Meow meow meow?" Xiao Hei looked bewildered. "What are we waiting for, meow?"

"I think it would be more secure to go after my cultivation breaks through to the Returning to Origin Realm!" Mo Fan said seriously.

Xiao Hei rolled his eyes at Mo Fan and said, "Don't be afraid, meow. This Cat can lend Equality for All Beings to you; it'll definitely be foolproof, meow!"

Hearing this, Mo Fan was stunned and said with a face full of surprise, "If you lend Equality for All Beings to me, aren't you afraid of being detected by the Heavenly Dao?"

"Hehe, even without Equality for All Beings, This Cat can hold on for a while, which is enough time for you to deal with the enemies, meow," Xiao Hei explained.

"Then it's settled!" Mo Fan looked delighted.

"Setting off now, meow?" Xiao Hei also became happy.

He had wanted to go out and play for a long time.

But he was also afraid of encountering danger.

If Mo Fan was with him, it would be much safer.

He still remembered the scene when he first met Mo Fan and was locked onto by him.

At that time, he knew that Mo Fan possessed a great Killing Intent capable of killing Supreme beings.

So, staying by Mo Fan's side was the safest.

"We can't set off yet. I'm going into seclusion and will try to break through as soon as possible," Mo Fan said.

"Meow meow meow? Didn't you just say it's settled, meow?" Xiao Hei was bewildered.

Mo Fan grinned and said, "What I meant was, with your Equality for All Beings, and after I break through my cultivation to the Returning to Origin Realm, then it'll be truly settled when we go out to mess around!"

"You're way too cautious, meow!" Xiao Hei wanted to hit someone.

How long will we have to wait for you to break through to Returning to Origin?

Mo Fan just smiled.

With his potential, once his cultivation broke through to Returning to Origin...

He wouldn't be afraid even against someone at the Guiyuan Peak.

Combined with the Heaven-Defying power of Equality for All Beings, as long as his cultivation entered Returning to Origin...

Then even if he encountered a Supreme being, he would have the strength to fight, and could even counter-kill them.

This way, it could be considered truly secure.

"I'm going into seclusion, you go feed the fish." Mo Fan waved his hand, sending Xiao Hei away.

Although a hundred thousand Essence Stones were quite a lot.

It wasn't enough to make Mo Fan lose his head.

His cultivation had already broken through to the Ninth Heavens Mandate, and in about ten more days, he would be able to break through to the Peak of Heavenly Mandate.

Once he reached the Peak of Heavenly Mandate, the condensing origin pill would come in handy.

At that time, Mo Fan would be able to break through to Returning to Origin in one go.

So, what was the harm in waiting ten more days?

...In the following days, Mo Fan continued to improve himself in all aspects.

In the blink of an eye, ten days had passed.

On this day, Mo Fan woke up from his sleep feeling refreshed.

After washing up, Mo Fan waved his hand to disperse the Magic Array shielding, letting the morning sunlight shine in.

Then, he took a deep breath and cultivated the Golden Body Art facing the rising sun.

The gentle sunlight shone down through layers of mist, scattering about.

Mo Fan closed his eyes and focused, circulating the Golden Body Art breathing technique.

In an instant, the surrounding sunlight brightened significantly, becoming distinct like particles, brilliant and dazzling.

Besides that, one could even see some dazzling and thick particles of light vanishing into his body with his breathing.

Gradually, bursts of thunderous sounds came from Mo Fan's abdomen, starting from the Dantian and spreading to the four limbs, hundred bones, five viscera, and six bowels, before slowly returning to the Dantian and settling down.

During this process, the bones throughout his body crackled, faint thunder bloomed from his mouth and nose, his blood flow accelerated, his flesh and blood writhed, and a faint golden light erupted from his pores.

At the same time, Mo Fan's aura was sometimes ethereal and sometimes domineering; one moment he was like an elegant scholar, the next like a battle-hardened iron-blooded general.

After a quarter of an hour, the light particles gradually dimmed, and Mo Fan stopped his cultivation, slowly opening his eyes.

Slightly feeling his own state, a flash of joy crossed Mo Fan's eyes.

"The Golden Body Art has reached a critical point?"

"I also happened to defeat the Red-Clothed Female Ghost once again last night."

"Hiss, if I don't add points now, then when?"

Mo Fan smiled, connected to the virtual panel, checked his attribute information, and began focusing on adding points.

Opening the attribute panel, Mo Fan took a deep breath and lightly tapped the plus sign behind the cultivation column.

Boom!

Mysterious information poured in from an unknown space like an epiphany, frantically flooding into Mo Fan's mind.

Then, the great momentum of heaven and earth surged from the unknown space, flowing into Mo Fan's forehead and resonating with his spirit.

Mo Fan took a deep breath and sensed it seriously.

As his understanding of 'momentum' deepened, Mo Fan's martial dao foundation embryo became increasingly solid.

Soon, his martial dao foundation embryo seemed to reach its limit, showing a tendency to break out of its shell.

Immediately after, Mo Fan's physical hidden treasury suddenly opened, and endless mysterious power poured out, moisturizing his Soul and increasing his spirit while also bursting forth with wisps of dazzling golden light.

Perceiving this scene, Mo Fan couldn't help but be stunned.

"Am I starting to give birth to Primordial Spirit Light and about to condense a Primordial Spirit?"

At this moment, Mo Fan knew his cultivation had broken through to the Peak of Heavenly Mandate, with one foot already in Returning to Origin.

In this Realm, one only needs to continuously gather Primordial Spirit Light to facilitate the transformation of the martial dao foundation embryo and condense a Primordial Spirit to be considered as having entered the Returning to Origin Realm, returning to one's true self and roaming freely between heaven and earth.

Of course, this was an extremely long process; normally, even for a top-quality martial dao foundation embryo, it would take at least one or two years, or even two or three years.

If it were a lower-quality martial dao foundation embryo, condensing a Primordial Spirit might take several years, a dozen years, or even decades.

But Mo Fan was different; the quality of his martial dao foundation embryo was ridiculously high, being incredibly solid from the moment it was condensed, not ethereal at all.

Now it had completely transformed from illusory to solid; as long as the Primordial Spirit Light was in place, he could condense a Primordial Spirit at any time.

"It's time!"

Mo Fan took a deep breath, took the condensing origin pill out of the system space, and without any hesitation, swallowed it.

Boom!

In an instant, the hidden treasury in Mo Fan's body vibrated violently, and streaks of golden light surged out recklessly, gathering towards the martial dao foundation embryo that had already become a solid entity, directly illuminating the entire starry sea.

At the same time, Mo Fan's body also erupted with endless golden light.

At this moment, he seemed to have transformed into a scorching star.

Meanwhile, a golden figure similar to Mo Fan but several sizes smaller slowly condensed within the martial dao foundation embryo.

In the blink of an eye, a day had passed.

When the morning light rose, Mo Fan slowly opened his eyes.

He clenched his fists and quickly sensed the changes in himself. He "saw" the golden figure sitting in meditation within the martial dao foundation embryo and couldn't help but look delighted, immediately checking his attribute information.

(PS: Terrible, my state is a bit poor, finished writing after four o'clock—)