Chapter 919: Chapter 918: Void Origin Enters the Mortal World_1
"Patriarch, the imperial army has retreated."
In the sixth floor of Yinfeng Pavilion, Zhu Ling, clad in white, approached with excitement, her face blooming with rosy flushes that hadn’t been seen for a long time.
"They left just like that?"
Shi Xiaole couldn’t help but be surprised.
Zhu Ling couldn’t resist rolling her eyes at him, explaining, "It’s said that recently, our dynasty had a major dispute with the Daxia Dynasty to the south at the border, and to the west, Lord Wei Langyi seems to have been targeted by the hundred nations of the Western Region, with war about to break out."
The East Victory continent was never peaceful, and disputes between nations were common, but happening at this critical moment, it undoubtedly saved Nine Heavens Mountain.
Heaven knows, when Zhu Ling saw millions surrounding Nine Heavens Mountain, how anxious she was, nearly suffocating from it, especially later, when even the Martial World forces intervened, employing all kinds of methods against them, all Zhu Ling could do was pray to the heavens.
Looking at Shi Xiaole, who remained calm with an imperturbable expression from beginning to end, Zhu Ling’s heart steadied, and she inexplicably got the idea that no matter what they faced, as long as Shi Xiaole was there, no difficulty was insurmountable.
Her heart raced even faster, long-suppressed affections surged out of control, causing her to lower her head.
"When will the other three villas be completed?"
Though currently there were only two villas under construction, Zhu Ling surprisingly did not correct him, and after a brief silence, she earnestly said, "I’ve ordered Master Tian and the others to work day and night. I believe that within half a year, the two villas to the north will be completed, as for the other one, due to the huge workload, even adding the previous five years, it still needs one more year!"
"The alignment of the Nine Stars around the sun, I am truly looking forward to that day. Miss Ling, I am fortunate to have you."
Don’t call me Miss Ling, how I wish you would call me ’Ling’er’! Zhu Ling thought to herself, but hearing the gentle voice of the young man, she felt extraordinarily content.
Shi Xiaole sighed to himself.
How could he not be aware of Zhu Ling’s feelings for him? This proud White Phoenix had long entrusted all her tender affections to him. To say he was unmoved would be false.
But being moved did not mean liking, frankly speaking, Shi Xiaole himself did not know if he liked her or not. Since that was the case, why not let time prove it!
As the outside world was in turmoil, Shi Xiaole, in the eye of the storm, felt no anxiety. Aside from his moments of affection with Xia Yunxi, he immersed himself in cultivation every day.
And after the recent events, the masters of Nine Heavens Mountain had full confidence in the Nine Profound Great Formation, banishing worry and fear altogether, continuing on their path as if determined to follow it to the end.
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"The Vigorous Air Vortex is not about quantity but about quality, its strength related to the body’s acupoints and meridians."
Beneath flowing waterfalls, there was a huge rock where Shi Xiaole had been sitting for a full three days.
For others, to form a Vigorous Air Vortex, they must first raise their cultivation to the peak of the Divine Barrier Realm, but Shi Xiaole was different. The density of his Vigorous Air had already surpassed the limit of the Divine Barrier Realm, fully capable of supporting a vortex.
When Gui Zhihang’s trio learned of this, they were greatly surprised but did not stint, quickly passing on the experiences of the Gui Family’s Void Origin Realm experts breaking through to Shi Xiaole.
Shi Xiaole had been sorting through this information for the past three days.
The incident in Sky City, especially what Gui Nanyan revealed, gave Shi Xiaole an unprecedented sense of urgency and crisis. Great changes were coming and he had to raise his strength at any cost.
And his immediate goal was to become a Martial Emperor of the Void Origin Realm, only then would he genuinely have the power to protect himself!
Shi Xiaole rested for half a 2-hour period, cleared his mind, and then fully immersed himself in a state of complete self-forgetfulness.
Forming a Vigorous Air Vortex depended on one’s spiritual power, the purity of Vigorous Air, and the harmony between body and mind; fortunately, Shi Xiaole was unimpeded in all three aspects.
In just half a 2-hour period, Shi Xiaole formed his first Vigorous Air Vortex at the Baihui acupoint.
"No, this vortex is not profound enough, the stored Vigorous Air is insufficient."
To surpass others, one must lay a solid foundation at every step. Without hesitating, Shi Xiaole dissipated the first Vigorous Air Vortex and started to form it again.
Once, twice, three times...
After half a month, Shi Xiaole dispersed sixty-five Vigorous Air Vortices, each one more solid and majestic than the last, drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth at an even faster rate.
But he was not satisfied.
Shi Xiaole, tireless in his thoughts, repeatedly verified the experiences of Heaven and Earth Surprised Swan Castle, Carefree Unmoving City, and the Void Origin Realm Martial Emperors of the Gui Family, striving for perfection, determined to forge a path that surpassed his predecessors.
Flowers fell and bloomed, clouds unraveled and smoothed.
Half a year had passed in the human world.
One day, above Shi Xiaole’s head, a beam of light as thick as a thumb suddenly appeared, which upon closer inspection was like a miniature tornado, with its base aimed directly at the position of the Baihui acupuncture point, especially strong in its suction.
This was the first truly satisfactory Vigorous Air Vortex to Shi Xiaole. Compared to the first one, its capacity for containing Vigorous Air had increased tenfold, and its speed of absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth had reached five times as fast!
Shi Xiaole intuitively felt that the Vigorous Air Vortex he had condensed at that moment ranked among the best within the Void Origin Realm Martial Emperors, as it surpassed all the Martial Emperors from forces like the Heaven and Earth Surprised Swan Castle.
"With my current foundation, this is all I can do; I can continue to deepen it in the future," he muttered.
Where there was one, there could be a second, and what followed was simple. With his unsurpassed mental control, Shi Xiaole progressed rapidly and, within just one month, had condensed a total of twenty-six Vigorous Air Vortices.
Boom!
With twenty-six streams of spiritual energy from heaven and earth pouring into him, he smoothly broke through to the mid-stage of the ninth layer of the Divine Barrier Realm.
Two more months passed.
The number of Vigorous Air Vortices had reached eighty-six.
Shi Xiaole’s cultivation level climbed all the way to the peak of the ninth layer of the Divine Barrier Realm. His increase in strength, however, was much greater than what the numbers showed. Now, facing the same palm strike from Murong Chun that had injured him before, he was completely confident in taking it.
While Shi Xiaole made rapid progress, others from the Nine Profound Mountain were also advancing quickly. Meanwhile, something earth-shattering occurred in the outside world.
In the sky, a hundred-zhang-tall golden seal suddenly appeared, seemingly composed of infinite symbols containing unfathomable mysteries, each strand of script casting a glow that reflected upon all living beings.
The strangest part was that only Martial Emperors of the Void Origin Realm could see this golden seal.
"The Golden Abyss Covenant has finally expired. This damned restraint has forced me to hide from the world for a thousand years, only able to endure the loneliness of self-pity amidst the surging waves of the Martial World, hahaha, Martial World, I have returned!"
An old man with a blue face howled atop a mountain.
"The entry of the Void Origin into the world portends the start of strife. Holy Monarch, the thing you didn’t want to see happen is inevitably taking place."
In the depths of the South Sea, a slender man gazed at the sky.
"This is the era of the mighty, a once in ten thousand years opportunity is today. I shall seek that slim chance to shatter the void!"
Within a world of endless flames, an overwhelmingly dominant voice echoed faintly.
"With the shackles lifted, our opportunity has arrived. This world will ultimately bow down at our feet!"
Within a valley shrouded in mist, a group of people were inexplicably excited, their desire for battle soaring to the heavens.
"Sigh."
Within the courts of the Flying Horse Dynasty, the National Master who never showed his true face put aside the divination dish in his hands. Behind him stood a smiling, pure-hearted man who was none other than Zhou Zihuan, a disciple of the Vast Air Mysterious Gate.
"Senior Brother, we are destined to have a battle. I will prove to you that I am the strongest."
Zhou Zihuan laughed heartily, took three steps forward, and vanished into thin air.
That day, the golden seal shattered the heavens, and the Void Origin entered the earthly realm.
