394: Improvement, region

At this moment, Ye Kai had already been waiting for a long time.

"Fellow Daoist Su, you have arrived."

You nodded slightly and said, "Fellow Daoist Ye, after we reached that world earlier, did you notice anyone else?"

"Anyone else? Fellow Daoist Su, are you referring to... cultivation level?"

"Correct."

You nodded gently and recounted everything you had observed.

You told Ye Kai that there were many people carrying a System who had been brought over with you.

Although their Realm, without exception, had reached at least the Eighteenth Realm.

Yet, among them, there were a few who had surpassed the Eighteenth Realm.

This proved beyond doubt that before you were brought to that world, it was possible to continue making a Breakthrough.

"This... sigh."

"Fellow Daoist Su, how could I not know?"

"Even after traveling to that world the second time, I began to inquire about their cultivation levels."

"Most of these people's cultivation levels were raised by the System, and only three of them relied on other Opportunities."

"But although they might be in the same Universe as us, they are very far away from us."

"Even though I used Swift Steps for nearly one hundred thousand years, I was unable to find any traces of them."

"I see."

You nodded with some regret.

It seems that the only way for you to continue improving is through the altar and the mysterious energy before you.

After discussing it with Ye Kai, you finally brought him to that God Race graveyard.

There was a large amount of mysterious energy here, and it might be different from what Ye Kai had searched for you.

You stepped into the God Race graveyard.

With a roar, that powerful God Race corpse appeared once again.

However, you were no longer who you used to be, so you did not take it to heart at all.

You and Ye Kai attacked together and quickly blasted it into dust.

However, what you did not expect was...

The moment this God Race corpse was completely annihilated, the entire God Race graveyard rumbled.

The next moment, a huge blood pool appeared, immediately attracting your and Ye Kai's attention.

"Brother Su, this blood pool seems similar to the altar we were at before."

"Especially the patterns on them; it is as if they were carved from the same mold."

Hearing this, you also nodded thoughtfully.

If nothing unexpected happened, the blood pool before you should be the same as the previous altar, capable of converting this mysterious energy.

You collected a large amount of mysterious energy from the God Race graveyard and stepped into it.

In an instant, the blood pool emitted a radiant glow.

And you could clearly feel your cultivation level rising once again.

The 121,000th year.

Your cultivation level successfully improved, reaching the Early Stage of the Seventeenth Realm.

But this was already your limit.

If you continued to stay in the blood pool, not only would it not allow your cultivation level to have a Breakthrough, but it would instead trigger a fierce warning from your Crisis Awareness.

After pondering for a moment, you called Ye Kai over.

"Fellow Daoist Ye, do you want to try this blood pool?"

"Me?"

Ye Kai hesitated.

Although he also knew that the Eighteenth Realm was not the limit and that one could continue to improve, he had once tried to absorb this mysterious energy in the altar.

The pain from back then was still fresh in his memory.

Just by absorbing half a drop of the mysterious energy, he had nearly died on the spot, his body and Dao dissipating.

However, after thinking for a long time, Ye Kai finally decided to enter the blood pool and try.

After all, you had also stayed at the altar.

Since you could make a Breakthrough again, he should be able to as well.

Ye Kai stepped into the blood pool, and you collected some mysterious energy for him.

As the formations of the blood pool began to glow, Ye Kai also slowly began to improve.

His improvement process was far more difficult than yours.

In just a few years, the pain the blood pool brought him had already reached an unimaginable level.

This forced him to jump out of the blood pool and begin to regulate his breath.

A moment later, Ye Kai finally recovered.

"Fellow Daoist Su, this blood pool is indeed useful."

"But if it continues at this pace, I am afraid that even if I suffer here for a few thousand years, I will at most reach the Middle Stage of the Eighteenth Realm."

"Hmm, as long as it is useful."

You nodded slightly, thousands of thoughts flashing through your mind.

The reason why your absorption of mysterious energy was becoming more and more painful was simply that your Realm was getting higher and higher, or the mysterious energy had developed resistance.

If it were pain brought about by a high Realm, that would be fine.

But if it was pain brought about by resistance, then you could do something about it.

Because your System was far more powerful than Ye Kai's.

After each simulation ended, it would inject a stream of pure energy into your body.

At the same time, in the next simulation, the resistance effect you had to the mysterious energy would no longer exist.

Of course, after discovering this situation, you did not choose to end the simulation.

Because you could not be sure what the root cause was.

If the pain level increased based on cultivation level, you would be at a great loss.

In the time that followed, you and Ye Kai took turns using the blood pool.

Your cultivation level successfully reached the Middle Stage of the Seventeenth Realm.

And Ye Kai's cultivation level also reached the Middle Stage of the Eighteenth Realm.

However, from this point on, the blood pool could no longer provide you with any help at all.

Even if you just thought about entering the blood pool, your Crisis Awareness would give you a fierce warning.

There was no other way, so you had to explore the vast Universe to see if there were any other ways to improve your cultivation level.

The 290,000th year.

You traveled with Swift Steps for over one hundred thousand years, passing through countless Realms.

Finally, in this year, you found an extremely prosperous Realm.

This place was called Earth Domain.

Its area was far larger than any Realm you had ever seen before.

Although the Cultivators here had not been able to break through the limitations brought by their Realm, they were all exceptionally skilled.

Even with a cultivation level at the Peak of the Tenth Realm, they could rival many Cultivators of the Fifteenth or even Sixteenth Realm.

You and Ye Kai descended, intending to see if you could find anything in such a prosperous Earth Domain that could allow you to improve your Realm.

"Halt! Which Realm are you lords of, and why have you come to our Earth Domain!"

Just as you had landed in the Earth Domain, several Cultivators suddenly surrounded you.

They were short in stature and ugly in appearance.

They gave you an inexplicable sense of familiarity.