290: Mahayana Realm

In the light, countless golden bodies of ancient Cultivators turned to dust.

Reflecting golden beams, they flew towards Chen Tianming, integrating into his body.

When Chen Tianming opened his eyes again, all the fiery light on and around everyone’s bodies receded the moment he opened his eyes.

The area immediately became pitch black.

Only a fiery golden sun mark on Chen Tianming’s forehead was emitting light.

For some reason, upon seeing the mark on Chen Tianming's forehead, the Cultivators felt their legs weaken and their heads spin.

They knelt down with a thud, performing a grand bow to Chen Tianming.

At this moment, a terrifying Kirin roar echoed within Chen Tianming’s chest.

But it was bounced back the moment it reached Chen Tianming’s throat.

At this point, Chen Tianming began to introspect.

Within his Qi Sea, atop a snowy mountain.

Nine mysterious ethereal figures stood majestically at different heights on the snowy mountain.

Leading them was a Fire Kirin.

As soon as it saw Chen Tianming, it immediately glared at him.

“How is this possible! How is this possible!”

Chen Tianming sighed.

“Senior! I clearly told you not to just now… didn’t you just directly enter my heart!”

The Fire Kirin was unwilling.

“I had clearly merged with my physical body; you should have been taken over by me!”

Chen Tianming merely waved his hand, and he was immediately lifted into the air by a cool spring of water beneath his feet.

Moreover, the higher Chen Tianming ascended, the larger his body appeared.

By the time he reached the top of the snowy mountain, he was almost as large as the Fire Kirin.

He reached out and touched the Fire Kirin’s head.

“That’s all true… but unfortunately, the great deity who split the Small World divided you into two parts. One part formed a seal and remained in the Small World, but that was your physical body, without much spiritual power. Perhaps it could take over most people in the Small World, but I am not from the Small World, and compared to me, hehe, it’s truly insignificant!”

“Your true form drifts in the void, like a cage, and has no physical form. To preserve your true form, you have to expend a large amount of spiritual energy every moment, and your realm has already suffered a decline!”

“Most importantly, because you have no physical body, your soul can only reside in the spiritual energy controlled by your bloodline origin. You are a pure mass of spiritual energy… and unfortunately, I happen to have an Energy Converter!”

Saying this, Chen Tianming took out the object from his chest that looked like an Iron Man reactor.

The Energy Converter emitted a blue-white light, appearing harmless and very stable.

However, as soon as a wisp of spiritual energy emerged from Chen Tianming’s fingertip, it was immediately absorbed by the Energy Converter.

And converted into a concentrated spirit stone the size of a silver paper, emitting a gem-like radiance.

The Fire Kirin was dumbfounded.

“You… how do you possess such miraculous cultivation techniques! This is definitely not something you mortals can access!”

Chen Tianming gave an embarrassed smile.

“A divine beast is a divine beast, just a bit slow-witted… But it doesn’t matter, Senior, since you’re here, make yourself at home… Anyway, you’ve already integrated into my body, becoming one of my primordial spirits. Our goals are inherently the same, why not try cooperating?”

The Fire Kirin was naturally unwilling.

However, although it now possessed its own thoughts and consciousness, the power within its body was no longer under its conscious control.

Its physical body had merged into Chen Tianming’s body.

Its boundless spiritual power had also become Chen Tianming’s stepping stone.

At this moment, Chen Tianming completely transformed from a Cultivator into a Great Immortal!

The restless Heavenly Tribulation was actually glared at fiercely by him, and it retreated.

The Fire Kirin also knew.

Aside from cooperation, it had no other choice.

Finally, it lowered its proud head.

“Very well, let us find our way back to the original world then!”

After discussing with the Fire Kirin, Chen Tianming regained his senses.

Only then did he realize that all the Cultivators were kneeling before him.

Chen Tianming asked, puzzled.

“What are you all doing?”

The Cultivators cried profusely.

“Thank you, Great Immortal, for purifying our souls. Now I feel my Dao Heart is stable, and my strength has advanced to a higher level!”

Chen Tianming scratched his head.

He didn’t expect he had such an aura?

However, looking up at the sky, the Small World was completely exposed in a lightless void.

Chen Tianming knew that everything in the Small World relied on the powerful spiritual energy emitted by the Fire Kirin to continue existing.

Now that the Fire Kirin had been devoured and merged by him, the entire Small World no longer had the original power protection from the Xuanhuan World.

The safety of the Small World was precarious!

Just as Chen Tianming was thinking this, a gigantic, explosive sound suddenly erupted in the sky.

A crack appeared in the void.

From within that crack, countless evil black eyes spread out.

Chen Tianming was instantly anxious.

But then he heard the Fire Kirin’s true form shout loudly in his ear.

“What are you waiting for! Project my ultimate Yang and ultimate rigid power into the sky, otherwise we will perish along with this Small World!”

Chen Tianming heeded the warning and, with a forceful push, lifted the Fire Kirin’s Samadhi True Fire.

A small ball of flame broke through the clouds, soaring directly into the sky.

Even beneath the void, everyone could still clearly see it.

The black clouds in the sky were twisted by Chen Tianming’s fireball.

Forming a swirling, tornado-like cloud.

And that fireball grew larger and larger in mid-air.

When it rose high, it had already entered the void, becoming as scorching hot as the sun.

Illuminating everything around it.

The monsters that had originally poured out from the crack were now pierced by the light emitted from Chen Tianming’s artificial sun, turning into a wisp of black smoke and instantly disappearing.

And after the sun appeared.

The previously turbulent mountains and weather in the Small World now returned to calm.

Even the South Heaven Gate, which had been smashed by Chen Tianming, was once again covered by a patch of green vegetation of varying heights.

Chen Tianming finally let out a long sigh.

“The things in this Xuanhuan World are indeed mysterious…”

Chen Tianming was still marveling at the wonders of the Xuanhuan World.

The Cultivators who had just stood up beside him, however, knelt down again upon seeing Chen Tianming casually conjure a sun with a wave of his hand.

For a moment, some chanted, some recited scriptures.

Chen Tianming found their noise somewhat annoying, so he gave a sharp reprimand, making them all shut their mouths.

Although the Cultivators fell silent, there were still curious ones among them.

“Great Immortal… should we… continue searching for ancient ruins?”

The remaining Cultivators had been purified by Chen Tianming, and the impurities in their hearts were now very few.

Therefore, when these people spoke now, it was from genuine concern.

Chen Tianming chuckled softly.

“Search, but you won’t need to. You may return now!”

Chen Tianming casually waved his hand again, and a light wave began to spread out from his feet, hitting the void at the edge of the South Heaven Gate and immediately bouncing back.

The light wave swept across the entire Small World at an extremely fast speed.

The clouds drifting in the sky were deformed by this light.