Chapter 2127: Chapter 2125: 3 Years
The Blood Owl’s saintliness was far stronger than that of those Blood Race Saintly Venerables in the stellar space; during that previous clash of saintliness, Lu Ye had clearly sensed that the Blood Owl’s saintliness was actually not much weaker than his own.
Yet it was precisely that tiny difference that suppressed him and brought death.
This battle could be said to have refreshed Lu Ye’s understanding of the Blood Ancestor’s strength!
All of his saintliness came from refining the residual Sacred Blood left behind by the Blood Ancestor, and from that drop of treasure blood remaining in the core of Mount Fangcun.
Even at his peak, how much of the Blood Ancestor’s saintliness could he possess? Ten percent, twenty? Or more?
The only thing Lu Ye could be certain of was that his saintliness was far inferior to the Blood Ancestor’s; yet even so, he had still been able to suppress the Blood Owl.
The Blood Owl was at Peak Dao Fusion, and the Blood Ancestor?
He must necessarily be stronger than Peak Dao Fusion, so at the very least the Blood Ancestor was at Dao Harmony!
But earlier, Uncle Duan had said that trivial matters like eroding the stellar space were beneath the notice of Dao Harmony experts; such powerhouses were all deep within the Star Abyss, so why had the Blood Ancestor invaded the stellar space back then?
With doubts in his heart, he had no time to ask now; Lu Ye calmed his mind and refined the Blood Owl’s post‑death legacy.
The vast Blood Sea rapidly withdrew, and along with it Lu Ye’s saintliness rose swiftly.
After a day, Lu Ye finally began refining the Dao force remaining after the Blood Owl’s death; this was the first time Lu Ye had seen Dao force preserved in such a form—those clusters of golden light were clearly condensed Dao force.
It was just that in this form, Dao force could not be maintained for long, just as Uncle Duan had said before: it would dissipate within a few days.
Although only a day had passed, quite a bit of Dao force had already dispersed.
Uncle Duan and Yin Luo each occupied a corner, quietly refining.
Lu Ye joined them.
Though he no longer had much craving for Dao force, since his strength had already reached his own limit and no amount of Dao force could bring further improvement, this stuff was ultimately "the more the better"; even if he could not use it now, he would need it in the future.
The moment he began refining, Lu Ye immediately felt the difference.
In the past, when refining those Dao Bones, his efficiency had been very high thanks to the Talent Tree, but it had never been this high!
The Dao force remaining after the Blood Owl’s death seemed extremely pure and highly condensed, making it very easy to refine.
In just one day, Lu Ye’s Dao force had actually increased by several hundred strands!
However, as time passed, this efficiency gradually weakened.
A few days later, when Lu Ye checked his own Dao force, his accumulation was close to three thousand strands, which made him secretly click his tongue; one had to know that a few days earlier, he had only around twelve hundred strands of Dao force, which was the accumulation of several years.
Now, from refining only a small portion of the legacy of a Peak Dao Fusion cultivator, he had actually gained so much.
Unfortunately, his own foundation had not improved; he still could only wield the power of the 7th Dao.
Looking across the stellar space, he was probably the most unusual Beginner level cultivator; there was absolutely no other cultivator at the Beginner level who possessed such a quantity of Dao force.
Yin Luo and Uncle Duan returned to the Qing Palace; the great battle on that battlefield had also ended, with only some scattered skirmishes still ongoing.
Chen Wulei and the others had already returned to the Qing Palace a day earlier; their three teams had obtained quite a few Dao Bones in this battle, so naturally they needed to hurry and refine them now.
The Blood Owl’s death had made this region much calmer, but only relatively so.
Drawn by the soon‑to‑open Star Abyss Gate, Star Abyss living creatures kept converging in this direction from time to time; small‑scale battles erupted almost every single day, with extreme frequency.
Aside from his own cultivation, Lu Ye went to the Star Abyss Gate every few months to have brief communications with the Tree Elder and confirm the situation.
Thus, three years passed in a leisurely manner.
Over these three years, the strength of the nine cultivators in the three teams had all changed.
Chen Wulei had already advanced to the 8th Dao; with his affiliated treasure in hand, he could burst out with the strength of the 9th Dao. This kind of improvement undoubtedly gave his team a much stronger ability to protect themselves and kill enemies.
Zi Ji had advanced to the 7th Dao; among the others, aside from Chen Li who was still at the 5th Dao, everyone else had advanced to the 6th Dao!
Chen Li’s luck was truly poor, and perhaps his foundation was slightly weaker than the others’; time and again he polished Dao Bones, only to meet with repeated failure.
He did not lose heart; every time his Dao force accumulation exceeded two hundred, he would attempt again.
As for Jiu Yan, she had already advanced to the 8th Dao even before Chen Wulei; she was now attacking the 9th Dao. The resources obtained from Yin Luo’s side were enjoyed by her alone, naturally giving her more opportunities to attempt; however, she herself could not say exactly when she would succeed.
But as long as Jiu Yan succeeded in advancing, the team would have its first 9th Dao powerful expert.
What Lu Ye wanted to know even more was: after Jiu Yan advanced to the 9th Dao, if she then wielded her affiliated treasure, would she be able to possess the power of the 10th Dao? If so, then she could basically be considered invincible below Dao Fusion, and the team’s strength would undergo a qualitative transformation.
Yin Luo’s supply of Dao Bones would not be cut off; by then they could choose another person, such as Chen Wulei, and help him advance to the 9th Dao.
In this way, one by one, the members of the team would all eventually achieve the body of the 9th Dao.
The others were progressing well; Lu Ye’s side was also acceptable. Although his cultivation efficiency had slowed somewhat, he was ultimately still accumulating.
The only troublesome thing was that the Talent Tree’s fuel was running a bit low.
Back then on that Giant Red Planet, the Talent Tree’s fuel reserve had reached an extreme, and not long after that it began its metamorphosis. All these years Lu Ye had never replenished it and had been consuming it nonstop.
Especially after entering the Star Abyss, the consumption was a bit greater than before. After these years, the fuel reserve had already reached a warning line.
He still had some fire-type resources left, but those had to be kept in reserve for the fire gourd.
So the most pressing matter was that Lu Ye had to find a way to replenish the Talent Tree.
This was easy to handle. Although the environment in the Star Abyss was vastly different from the stellar space, that mainly referred to the pervasive Star Abyss ambience. In terms of various celestial bodies, the Star Abyss and the stellar space weren’t much different.
There were also suns in the Star Abyss.
There was one nearby. Lu Ye just needed to make a trip over and he would naturally get what he wanted.
However, moving alone with the strength of the 7th Dao was still somewhat unsafe, so Lu Ye decided to go find Uncle Duan before setting out.
To ask him to act as his protector.
After living together for several years, Lu Ye and Uncle Duan could be considered familiar with each other. When bored, Lu Ye would even use his Talent Tree Avatar to play chess with Uncle Duan, so they had built up some rapport.
So when faced with Lu Ye’s request, Uncle Duan refused without hesitation: "Not going!"
Lu Ye blinked: "You sure about that, old sir?"
Uncle Duan snorted: "If you want to go, go yourself. This old man is busy."
Lu Ye didn’t try to persuade him. He merely flicked his finger, and a drop of treasure blood flew out, rapidly transforming into a Treasure Blood Avatar. Off to the side, Yin Luo’s eyes immediately shone, and with an "ah-woo" took a big bite.
Ever since he killed that Blood Owl and obtained enormous benefits from it, Lu Ye hadn’t been too concerned about consuming treasure blood.
If there was one Blood Owl in the Star Abyss, there would be a second and a third. The Blood Race he would run into in the future would only become more and more numerous; raising and replenishing his saintliness wasn’t a problem.
"Yin Luo, if I die, you won’t have anything to eat." Lu Ye shot Yin Luo a look.
Yin Luo immediately turned to look at Uncle Duan.
The veins on Uncle Duan’s forehead bulged: "You little brat!"
After these few years, how could he not see clearly that Lu Ye had long since gotten Yin Luo thoroughly tamed with that Treasure Blood Avatar? Yet he still had no way to deal with it.
He also couldn’t figure out why, after so long, Lu Ye still hadn’t been tainted by the Star Abyss ambience and was still maintaining that unique purity of the stellar space.
In the end, Uncle Duan still set out together with Lu Ye. Once Yin Luo spoke up, he couldn’t refuse.
"A horse dies from running toward a distant mountain"—travelling in the stellar space followed the same logic. Fortunately, with Uncle Duan handling the journey, Lu Ye didn’t need to split his attention; he only had to focus on his own cultivation, so no time would be wasted.
A month later, the old and the young pair arrived before that big sun.
This big sun was different from the Giant Red Planet Lu Ye had gone to back then. This was a star in its peak state, and the searing high temperatures permeating from within were far beyond what that old Giant Red Planet could compare to.
But Lu Ye’s current strength had undergone a complete transformation, and the Talent Tree had already gone through four metamorphoses. Drawing fuel from this big sun shouldn’t be a problem.
If he were in the stellar space, Lu Ye would still have to consider whether he might affect a nearby domain, since the survival of all living beings in any domain depended on the sunlight from its sun. But here in the Star Abyss, he didn’t have to worry about that.
Under Uncle Duan’s lead, the two figures directly slipped into the interior of the big sun. The intense heat that could make a Peak Sun Blaze cultivator retreat three sectors away became gentle under the protection of Dao force.
They went straight into the deepest part of that sun before Lu Ye finally stopped.
Feeling the scorching heat all around, he was satisfied.
From now on, replenishing the Talent Tree’s fuel wouldn’t be as troublesome and laborious as before. If he ran out of fuel, he just had to find a big sun. Whether in the stellar space or the Star Abyss, there were plenty of suitable targets to choose from.
Activating the Talent Tree’s power, invisible roots spread out, crazily extending in all directions.
This was the first time Lu Ye had done this since the Talent Tree’s four metamorphoses, and he immediately felt the difference. The roots the Talent Tree extended now were tougher than before, as well as longer and denser.
Each root stretched out thousands, tens of thousands of li, and still didn’t stop. Only after several tens of thousands of li did they finally run out of momentum.
With Lu Ye’s location as the source, the area within a radius of several tens of thousands of li inside the big sun was filled and pierced through by the Talent Tree’s roots.
In the next instant, Lu Ye felt immense, surging heat being devoured through countless roots and stored inside the Talent Tree.
He could even feel the Talent Tree’s ravenous hunger...
Uncle Duan just stood quietly to the side, watching. Yet even with his eyesight, he couldn’t make out much; he only knew that Lu Ye had activated some method and was crazily devouring the heat inside the big sun.
A month later, Lu Ye slowly opened his eyes.
After four metamorphoses, the Talent Tree’s fuel capacity was undoubtedly far greater than before. After this month of frenzied devouring, Lu Ye estimated that, barring any accidents, he wouldn’t have to worry about fuel for the next ten or twenty years.
After greeting Uncle Duan, the old and the young pair headed back toward the Qing Palace.
Behind the two of them, the brightness of that big sun was clearly dimmer compared to a month ago.
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