106: Transcending the limits, tenth-grade Dao fruit
Rumble—
Rumble—
Thunder roared as the Baptism of Heaven and Earth quietly began.
Bolts of thunder converged into special lightning, descending from the sky and striking directly upon the floating Five Qi Primordial Fruit.
With each lightning strike, the Dao Fruit was not ruined; instead, it became increasingly solid. Its luster grew more restrained, yet its radiant divine light could not hide its inherent power.
Time flew by. Under the baptism of lightning, dark red divine runes gradually began to emerge on the surface of the Dao Fruit.
For a moment, Zhenyuanzi and the others outside grew excited.
It finally started to condense divine runes. Soon, the grade of Li Yun's Dao Fruit would be revealed. Would it be the ninth grade as they speculated?
Under the gaze of the crowd, the number of divine runes rapidly increased: three—five—seven!
In the blink of an eye, there were already seven divine runes, and the speed of their spread showed no signs of stopping.
"Seven divine runes already, that's truly fast."
"Indeed. My Five Qi Primordial Fruit only has six divine runes. Comparing oneself to others is truly frustrating!"
"So what? My Dao Fruit also has seven divine runes, but they aren't quite complete. They're nowhere near as continuous and long as Fellow Daoist Li Yun's."
"Just watch. Eight divine runes are a sure thing, and reaching nine isn't impossible. There's at least a seventy percent chance!"
"..."
Amidst the discussions of the gods, the eighth divine rune soon appeared, traversing the Dao Fruit at high speed and wrapping around the center like a belt.
Seeing this, the people outside fell silent, holding their breath as they continued to watch the Dao Fruit, the look of anticipation in their eyes growing more intense.
After all, they believed the eighth divine rune was guaranteed to appear, so it wasn't much of a surprise.
Another fifteen minutes passed, and a dark golden line quietly appeared at the bottom of the Dao Fruit.
"It's here!"
"The ninth divine rune!"
Seeing this, many Cultivators felt their spirits lift and cried out in surprise: "It really reached the level of nine divine runes!"
"The highest-grade Five Qi Primordial Fruit!"
"A nine-fold increase, how shocking and unheard of!"
"I'm so envious. This is truly the first time I've seen a Five Qi Primordial Fruit with nine divine runes!"
"Fellow Daoist Li Yun has extraordinary potential; his future is limitless!"
"..."
For a time, everyone was talking at once, their eyes filled with extreme envy and longing.
A Nine-Grade Dao Fruit!
This was already the most powerful existence among the known Dao Fruits in the Primordial World.
Although Li Yun's cultivation wasn't high yet, being only in the Golden Immortal Realm, his potential was undeniable.
And according to this trend, once the nine divine runes of the Dao Fruit completely solidified, Li Yun's advancement to Golden Immortal Realm Perfection would be a certainty.
Given some time to overcome the Nine Tribulations, stepping into the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm would mean he was no longer considered weak.
Don't be fooled by the fact that Quasi-Saints are currently supreme.
Most are actually Grand Unity Golden Immortals, with very few reaching the Quasi-Saint level.
In such circumstances, a Cultivator at the Taiyi Golden Immortal level was truly not weak in the Primordial World.
As time passed, the dark golden divine rune also grew rapidly, soon connecting the bottom and the top, forming a cross pattern with the previous eighth divine rune.
Once the two were completely connected, the entire Nine-Grade Dao Fruit suddenly vibrated and shone brilliantly, bursting with a blinding light.
Before everyone could react, the Nine-Grade Dao Fruit seemed to be pulled by something, flying directly into the gathering dark clouds in mid-air.
The next second, a dark golden vortex appeared.
It absorbed the endless lightning at a visible rate. The entire Dao Fruit became even more radiant, even growing slightly in size.
"What's going on?"
"The Dao Fruit is devouring the power of the Baptism of Heaven and Earth?"
"Is this the dominance of a Nine-Grade Dao Fruit? Even the appearing power of heaven and earth is being absorbed by it?"
"..."
For a moment, many Cultivators looked at each other, their eyes full of confusion and surprise.
Especially Zhenyuanzi, Hongyun, and a few others; they stared wide-eyed at the Nine-Grade Dao Fruit in the air, vaguely sensing that it might undergo a further transformation.
Before long, the lightning in the sky was completely absorbed, and the dark clouds dissipated entirely. The original Dao Fruit had now turned into a pure dark gold.
On it, nine golden divine runes crisscrossed. Especially at the top and bottom areas, a hint of a Chaos-colored divine rune actually began to spread.
However, this rune didn't extend very far, only an inch or two, but it was still eye-catching, proclaiming the uniqueness of the entire Five Qi Primordial Fruit.
"A tenth divine rune?"
"How is that possible? How did this last divine rune appear?"
"Even if it's incomplete, it has already surpassed the scope of a Nine-Grade Dao Fruit!"
"Unbelievable. The limit of a Dao Fruit's divine runes isn't nine, but ten?"
"..."
At this moment, the Cultivators were in an uproar.
Everyone saw that flickering, incomplete divine rune, and feelings of jealousy quietly spread.
A Nine-Grade Dao Fruit was one thing; although rare, some had achieved it.
But a Dao Fruit with ten divine runes was simply unheard of. Li Yun had accomplished a feat that broke the limits, directly overturning everyone's understanding that the limit for a Dao Fruit was only nine grades.
At this moment, they all wished they could take his place, wishing that the unprecedented Grade 10 Dao Fruit belonged to them.
Unfortunately, such a thing was born from personal insight, foundation, and potential, polished under the Baptism of Heaven and Earth. Even if one tried to seize it, it could not be taken or used!
Under the complex gazes of countless Cultivators, the Grade 10 Dao Fruit descended from the sky and fell directly into Li Yun's body.
Right then, the aura around Li Yun's body became restless. The circulation of the Swallowing Heaven Technique suddenly accelerated, and a continuous stream of heaven and earth energy began to pour into his body at a visible rate.
As time passed, the spiritual power and aura around him began to climb rapidly.
Crack—
Before long, the sound of shackles breaking within Li Yun's body rang out, and his cultivation directly entered the stage of Golden Immortal Realm Perfection at that moment.
At this point, Li Yun's tightly closed eyes quietly opened.
After standing up from the ground, Li Yun immediately checked his own condition.
"I've broken through!"
"I've finally reached Golden Immortal Realm Perfection."
"A Dao Fruit with ten divine runes... the boost from this Five Qi Primordial Fruit actually reached twenty-fold?"
"Unbelievable. Just one more divine rune, and the boost increased by an additional eleven-fold all at once!"
"The Five Elements Law—I must comprehend and master it as soon as possible!"
At this moment, Li Yun was extremely excited.
If he wasn't worried about the limited Fusion space in his upper dantian, he would have immediately fused several special innate spiritual roots to obtain the missing Laws of the metal, wood, fire, and earth attributes.
After all, this was a twenty-fold increase. Such a massive boost to the Five Elements power and the Five Elements Law would be enough to cause a transformative evolution!"