142: Chapter 142 Returning to Tianya City for Secluded Cultivation, Refining Gains for Another Breakthrough

It was just past noon when he returned to Tianya City.

Golden sunlight spilled over the azure sea, creating shimmering waves that contrasted beautifully with the buildings built of white reef stones within the city.

The pier was still bustling with noise and excitement, with fishing boats and merchant ships coming and going—a scene of pure busyness.

Ye Qing landed his flight light at the city gate, blending into the flow of people entering and leaving the city, and slowly walked back to the inn near the pier that he had rented.

He did not rush back to his room, but instead sat down in the lobby on the first floor of the inn, ordered a pot of clear tea and a few plates of snacks.

He appeared to be drinking tea leisurely, but in reality, he was quietly sweeping his Divine Sense across the entire lobby, capturing the conversations of the Loose Cultivators around him.

In the few days he had been away, Tianya City did not seem to have changed much.

The topics people discussed were still about which sea area had another powerful Yao Beast appear, which hunting team had returned fully loaded, or which unlucky fellow had lost his life at sea again.

After listening for a while and hearing no particularly valuable news, he got up and returned to his room.

Closing the door and setting up a soundproof Restriction, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

His face showed a hint of undisguisable fatigue, but even more so, a sense of excitement and satisfaction.

This trip to the Storm Sea Region, although short, had yielded gains far exceeding his expectations.

Not only had he hunted a fourth-stage Early Stage Black Scaled Flood Dragon and obtained a precious Yao Beast core and a full set of Materials, but he had also unexpectedly discovered an undersea Spirit Stone vein with astonishing reserves, which he had completely devoured, causing his Cave Heaven World to Breakthrough to the astonishing scale of 70,000 zhang!

"70,000 zhang Cave Heaven World... just thinking about it feels unbelievable."

He sat cross-legged on the bed, his mind sinking into the Cave Heaven World, carefully sensing the changes within.

A 70,000 zhang Cave Heaven World could no longer be simply described as a "space".

It was more like a real, embryonic small world.

The land was vast, mountains and rivers rose and fell, rivers meandered, a sea of stars spanned the sky, the sun and moon alternated (although the sun and moon here were only simulated by the star core and moonlight jade tree), and even the flow of wind and the gathering and dispersing of clouds had begun to appear.

The Spiritual Qi permeating the air was so dense it had almost materialized.

Taking a deep breath made him feel refreshed, and his mana circulation became several times smoother.

The Floating Landmass suspended high in the sky had expanded to an area of several thousand zhang, like a real immortal island in the sky.

On the landmass, various spiritual plants grew lush and gratifyingly, especially that ten thousand poison soul-eating wood.

After absorbing part of the essence of the Black Scaled Flood Dragon's Yao Beast core, it had grown significantly taller, with many buds shimmering with eerie light emerging from its branches, emitting a purer, more domineering Law of poison fluctuation.

"The evolution of the Cave Heaven World is already on the right track. As long as it is continuously provided with resources, it can grow autonomously and eventually evolve into a real, complete world."

Ye Qing was filled with a sense of achievement and withdrew from the Cave Heaven World.

He did not immediately start Cultivating, but instead first organized his gains from this trip to the Storm Sea Region.

The Black Scaled Flood Dragon's Yao Beast core was the size of a fist, pitch black all over, and radiated intense water-attribute and poison Law fluctuations; it was one of the most valuable items he had obtained this time.

The Black Scaled Flood Dragon's scales, sharp claws, fangs, and dragon tendons were all excellent Materials for refining defensive Magic Treasures or offensive Magical Artifacts.

Although most of that Spirit Stone vein had been devoured by the Cave Heaven World to expand its area, there still remained hundreds of high-quality High-Grade Spirit Stones, as well as several Top-Grade Spirit Stones emitting brilliant starlight.

Each of these Top-Grade Spirit Stones contained extremely pure and vast Spiritual Qi, which could be used to set up large Formations or to quickly restore mana at critical moments.

"With this batch of Top-Grade Spirit Stones, my confidence has increased a bit more."

Ye Qing carefully put away those Top-Grade Spirit Stones and took out the Black Scaled Flood Dragon's Yao Beast core.

He thought for a moment and did not directly swallow or refine it, but instead buried it at the roots of that ten thousand poison soul-eating wood.

"Let this ten thousand poison soul-eating wood slowly absorb the essence in the Yao Beast core. The water-attribute and poison Law contained in this Yao Beast core are the best nourishment for it. Once it has completely absorbed it, perhaps it can evolve into a brand-new variety."

After doing this, he officially began his closed-door Cultivation.

He sat cross-legged, circulating the Hunxu Yandao Scripture, and completely immersed his mind in the Cave Heaven World.

The 70,000 zhang Cave Heaven World, under the communication of his thoughts, began to operate slowly.

Deep in the earth, the ancestral earth vein, which had fused with the yin vein, the Spirit Stone vein, and part of the Black Scaled Flood Dragon's essence, emitted a low rumble like a sleeping giant dragon, exhaling and inhaling massive amounts of pure earth energy and Spiritual Qi with every breath.

Within the sea of stars, countless stars flickered, casting endless starlight that blended with the earth energy to form a more Advanced type of Spiritual Qi containing a trace of Chaos Origin.

On the Floating Landmass, the moonlight jade tree swayed with silver radiance, casting specks of silver light to nourish the various spiritual plants planted on the landmass.

Near the Poison Source Land, that ten thousand poison soul-eating wood, having absorbed the essence of the Black Scaled Flood Dragon's Yao Beast core, seemed to have been activated, emitting more active and purer poison Law fluctuations, forming a delicate balance with the surrounding Spiritual Qi.

These energies from different Origins of the Cave Heaven World, under Ye Qing's guidance, gathered together like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.

After being filtered and purified by the rules of the Cave Heaven World, they turned into the purest and most vast Chaos Infant Essence, surging into his Dantian like a great river.

Inside the Dantian, that three-inch-tall Chaos Nascent Soul looked solemn, its hands forming seals, swallowing and spitting out this vast pure energy.

After absorbing this energy, the body of the Nascent Soul became more solid and transparent, as if carved from the purest Chaos crystal, emitting a faint, warm luster.

The star, Void Realm, Five Elements, moonlight, and poison Dao patterns on the surface of the Nascent Soul also became clearer and deeper, intertwining and wrapping around each other to form a more complex and perfect Dao pattern network.

Ye Qing's Cultivation, driven by this vast energy, began to improve steadily.

The Bottleneck of the Mid-Nascent Soul Stage began to show obvious loosening under continuous impact.

He guided the Chaos Infant Essence, repeatedly washing and refining his Nascent Soul and Meridians, polishing every Realm to the extreme.

Cultivation has no concept of time.

When Ye Qing opened his eyes again, seven days had already passed.

He exhaled a long breath of turbid air.

That breath was like a sharp sword, remaining condensed in the air without dissipating, faintly carrying a trace of silver-white luster, and it took a long time before it slowly dissipated.

"Mid-Nascent Soul Stage peak, only one step away from the Late Stage."

He felt the surging Chaos Infant Essence in his body, which was several times stronger than seven days ago, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"However, this step is not so easy to take. It requires more accumulation, or... a more powerful opportunity."

He stood up, stretched his muscles and bones, and his whole body's bones made a series of crackling sounds.

He walked to the window, pushed it open, and looked at the distant Endless Sea shimmering in the sunset.

"The gains from the Storm Sea Region have been digested almost completely. It is time to go and take a look at the legendary Dragon Bone Abyss."

A hint of anticipation and sharpness flashed in his eyes, and he had already made up his mind.