216: Chapter 216 Mid-stage Celestial Realm

At this moment,

the Void Realm was no longer just shattered; it had been struck by the Taiyi Purple Extreme Thunder, creating a massive "void hole."

There was no space there, no time,

no light, and no darkness,

as if a piece of the world itself had been gouged out, and even the Laws were detouring around it.

The distant mountain ranges, though tens of thousands of miles away, were caught in the aftershocks.

The entire range vanished instantly, rivers evaporated, and all living beings were reduced to scorched earth and dust.

Birds had no time to flee; their wings had just spread before they turned to ash in mid-air.

Deep-sea behemoths hidden ten thousand fathoms down had the thunderous intent penetrate the earth's veins, causing them to explode from the inside out, staining the vast ocean with blood.

Inside Fuyu Palace,

Zhao Yi was left with only a thumb bone, shivering under the protection of the Law of Money.

As for Approximate between his brows, the moment the Taiyi Purple Extreme Thunder arrived, he transformed into the purest runes, floating outside Zhao Yi's thumb bone like a protective shield.

Zhao Yi's consciousness was intermittent.

He hadn't expected the Taiyi Purple Extreme Thunder to be so Heaven-Defying; just a single strike had killed him.

Not only was his flesh vaporized, but his entire body's Immortal bones were struck into nothingness, leaving only a thumb bone to linger on the brink of death.

Boom!

The second bolt of Taiyi Purple Extreme Thunder arrived. After passing through the runes surrounding the thumb bone, it was weakened by thirty percent.

The mini hoe that appeared out of thin air reduced it by another thirty percent.

Yet even at forty percent power, the Taiyi Purple Extreme Thunder was not something Zhao Yi's single thumb bone could withstand.

"Am I going to perish like this?"

Subsequently, that thumb bone was struck into powder,

and Zhao Yi's consciousness sank completely into darkness.

Outside Fuyu Palace, the tribulation clouds that had been churning incessantly began to slowly dissipate.

This Taiyi Purple Extreme Thunder had actually wiped out both sides.

The tribulation clouds vanished.

Without the suppression, the Divine Stone Mine erupted with divine light,

illuminating not only the entire Great Awakening Spirit Realm but also the chaotic space outside the world.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Heavenly Immortal Miao Hua and Venerable Deng appeared above the Divine Stone Mine,

their faces filled with shock.

"A Divine Stone Mine?"

"Is this Netherworld Hall's Mang Mountain?"

"There's a Divine Stone Mine under Mang Mountain?"

Miao Hua clutched his chest, which was dotted with bloodstains. He had sensed the Divine Stone Mine and forced himself out of seclusion, sustaining heavy injuries.

"Where are the ten Hall Masters of the Netherworld Hall?"

"How strange, there seems to be the aura of Taiyi Purple Extreme Thunder here."

However, with all life within ten thousand miles extinguished, Miao Hua had no way to find anyone to ask.

Looking at the divine light filling the sky, Venerable Deng grew anxious.

"Who cares about them?"

"The news of the Divine Stone Mine has already leaked out."

"Dig first."

"Before those great experts arrive, dig as much as we can!"

Miao Hua rolled his eyes.

"Who's going to dig?"

Venerable Deng...

"Right, who's going to dig?"

Ordinary people couldn't even mine an Immortal Stone Mine, let alone a higher-level Divine Stone Mine.

"I know."

"Zhao Yi..."

Zhao Yi, who had been mining spirit light sandstone in Luoluo Immortal Severing Cave, had left a deep impression on Miao Hua.

Now that they needed to mine a Divine Stone Mine, he naturally thought of him.

"Hmm?"

Then Miao Hua felt awkward; he didn't have Zhao Yi's contact information.

He could only send a Clone to the Lower Profound Sect.

Miao Hua was anxious.

Sitting on a mountain of treasure but with empty hands—how could anyone endure this?

"Earth Overturning Technique!"

A streak of Immortal light entered the mineral vein, but the mountain rock didn't budge an inch.

"Mountain Moving Technique!"

"Earth Spike Technique!"

...

With his Late Stage Heavenly Immortal cultivation, Miao Hua used every Spell and Immortal Art in his repertoire.

As a result, the rocks on the Divine Stone Mine remained completely unmoved.

"What the hell is this thing?"

Miao Hua kicked a rock on the mineral vein.

"Ouch, ouch!"

He immediately clutched his foot and started hopping.

"What hard rocks."

"Hmph!"

"Fortunately, I came prepared."

Miao Hua's Clone had also mined for thousands of years; he had some experience.

An Immortal Artifact grade hoe was naturally not an issue.

With one swing of the hoe,

Bang!

The massive boom left Miao Hua's hands numb.

At that moment, the Clone from earlier also received news from One Who Listens to Emptiness that Zhao Yi had gone to investigate the plague and was no longer at the Lower Profound Sect.

"Plague?"

"What plague?"

Jian Xu had already perished in the Lightning Tribulation. Without the caster, the plague in the Great Awakening Spirit Realm had mostly dissipated.

Therefore, Miao Hua didn't sense anything unusual.

"This..."

"First a plague, now a Divine Stone Mine. How did so many things happen while we were in seclusion?"

Venerable Deng frowned.

"How would I know?"

"Eh!"

"Oh no, something's wrong with the Great Awakening Sect too."

The two of them could no longer worry about the Divine Stone Mine.

They turned into two beams of light and rushed straight toward the Great Awakening Sect.

The Great Awakening Sect was currently a desolate wasteland, with bleached bones scattered everywhere.

Those bones all had spirit light flowing through them; they were actually the bones of Immortals.

Looking at the massive fist print on the ground,

how could Miao Hua not know who had done this?

"Ten Directions Heavenly Net Formation?"

"It's the Netherworld Hall again!"

Venerable Deng was crestfallen.

"It was I who harmed these Human Immortals..."

"If I hadn't let them comprehend the Primordial Scripture, perhaps this tragedy wouldn't have occurred."

"Mu Ma~"

It turned out that Mu Ma, who was guarding the Great Awakening Sect, had lost his Divine Soul, leaving only a dried corpse hanging upside down from a withered tree.

"Ah!"

"Netherworld Hall, you have gone too far! I'm going to fight them to the death!"

Before Miao Hua could stop him, Venerable Deng began to head back toward the Divine Stone Mine.

...

In the darkness, Zhao Yi slowly woke up.

"I'm not dead?"

"Hmm?"

It was the System's special reward.

'Substance of Eternity' appeared in Zhao Yi's mind.

"Whoa, so I'm actually this powerful."

"The Substance of Eternity is an existence comparable to an undying body."

First a dark shadow appeared, then it slowly took on a human shape,

finally solidifying into Zhao Yi's Immortal body.

"This—"

"Where is the Immortal power in my body?"

"It seems that resurrecting via the Substance of Eternity isn't unconditional."

At the very least, Zhao Yi was currently incredibly weak.

"However, if I remember correctly, the System's experience points seem to be enough for a Breakthrough."

Zhao Yi planned not to leave Fuyu Palace for now and recover his cultivation first.

【Miner: Zhao Yi】

【Cultivation: Early Stage Heavenly Immortal Realm (Can be upgraded)】

【experience points: 3231/3200】

【Reward: good luck card (nine heavens)】

Sure enough, the System still had 3231 experience points, just enough for a Breakthrough.

Thus, Zhao Yi didn't hesitate,

and said directly,

"System, upgrade cultivation!"

The brilliant Law of Money descended as expected.

Golden light surged into Zhao Yi's body like a tide.

Unlike before, this time the Law of Money transformed into ancient copper coins, flowing slowly within Zhao Yi's body, repairing his still somewhat illusory Immortal body.

Wherever the copper coins passed, flesh grew, bones solidified, and Immortal power surged out from his Dantian Qi Sea like a spring tide.

Boom!

A soft sound rang out, not from the outside, but from within Zhao Yi's body.

The Middle Stage Heavenly Immortal Realm was achieved.

The moment his cultivation broke through, billions of tiny runes appeared around him, all in the shape of "$", encircling him like a galaxy guarding an imperial star.

"Alright."

"experience points are used up."

Having attained the Middle Stage Heavenly Immortal Realm, Zhao Yi wasn't particularly happy. Looking at the attribute panel, he frowned.

【Miner: Zhao Yi】

【Cultivation: Middle Stage Heavenly Immortal Realm (Insufficient experience points, cannot be upgraded)】

【experience points: 31/3200】

【Reward: good luck card (nine heavens)】

"Only 31 experience points left."

"Holy crap—"

"My Divine Stone Mine!"