Light and shadow shifted. Lu Ye's black hair danced wildly, his aura skyrocketing. Around his body, four identical Lu Yes sat in the four directions: southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest. The "Nine Lives Undying Celestial Scripture" continued to operate. Three streams of light intertwined above his head, and gradually, a new figure began to appear above Lu Ye's head. Ghost Valley Wood transformed into essence, Fire Breath Soil transformed into qi, and Wind Soul Sand transformed into soul. A trinity. The sixth life was formed! The breakthrough was successful!
The five Lu Yes simultaneously transformed into streams of light and merged into Lu Ye's body. Although it wasn't Lu Ye's first time breaking through to the Spirit Connection Realm, he still quietly experienced the mysteries of the Spirit Connection Realm. Spirit Connection is about the Nascent Soul! This realm allows the soul to complete its third transformation. It doesn't significantly increase true qi, but in terms of the soul, it brings about rapid progress. Generally, once the cultivation of the Spirit Connection Realm is completed, a cultivator's soul ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) strength will advance by leaps and bounds. If they are not targeted and without relying on external objects, their soul can exist in nature for a very, very long time. Lu Ye also felt his soul power becoming more profound, his divine sense covering a larger area, and his perception becoming sharper. All sorts of benefits. He even had the feeling of his soul separating from his physical body.
"Congratulations!" Lin Chuyue wiped away her tears and congratulated Lu Ye. A breakthrough, for a cultivator, regardless of the realm, is always a joyous occasion.
"Thank you!" Lu Ye reached out, the basin trembled, and a giant round bowl flew out from within the basin, finally shrinking to palm size and landing in Lu Ye's hand.
"Oh, it's actually a treasure? Is it the culprit that caused the qi of grief to condense and not disperse?" Lin Chuyue asked curiously.
"It is indeed."
"It has already recognized you as its master. What function does this thing have?" "The artifact spirit inside has already perished. If I had to say it has any function... it could be used for drinking water." Lin Chuyue couldn't help but roll her eyes. Everyone here is a cultivator, not an idiot. Who would believe that?
"The matter of the Cave of Grief has been resolved. Are we going to the Sinking Dao Star next?" Lu Ye asked. The Heavenly Dao's reward had truly given him a taste of sweetness. A single reward significantly boosted his strength with absolutely no side effects. Who could resist that? Lu Ye could do a thousand such tasks!
"Not so fast, not so fast. You should first stabilize your realm. I'll ask the Sect Leader if he can still hold on." Lin Chuyue flew towards the Drunken Sword Daoist. Lu Ye also glanced at the Drunken Sword Daoist. Hmm, he was at the absolute peak of the Heaven and Earth Realm, having reached the same level as the Human Emperor Banner, which was about to burst. He was on the verge of breaking through. If the Drunken Sword Daoist ascended again, would only he and Lin Chuyue be left in the Heavenly Gate of the Fourth Heaven? It's fine, it doesn't matter if only two people are left.
"Let's go to the Sinking Dao Star. The Sect Leader can still hold on." Lu Ye naturally had no objections. Once the issue with the Sinking Dao Star was resolved, Lu Ye could settle accounts in the Fourth Heaven. If there were no enemies, he would honestly cultivate. If there were enemies, he would continue to kill! Lu Ye did not like killing. He had absolutely no interest in it, but many people actively sought him out to be killed. If he didn't kill them, they would kill him. Regarding this, Lu Ye didn't have a better solution.
The three of them flew towards the Void. In the first three Heavens, beyond the Void was just pure Void, at most containing fragments of land suspended in the Void after planets had shattered. But the Fourth Heaven was different. In the Void of the Fourth Heaven, planets had already begun to appear, and the area of the Void was larger. The Fifth Heaven had an even frightening number of planets, with vast star rivers. Just imagining it, one could envision that ultimate beauty. Most of the planets were not suitable for living beings to inhabit. There were also some suitable for living beings, which basically belonged to a single force. In his previous life, Lu Ye had also searched for traces of Earth among the countless stars. He didn't know why he was searching, perhaps just wanting to see it one more time. Unfortunately, he didn't find it.
In the Void, the Great Dao still crisscrossed. After flying for a full three days, in the boundless Void, they finally found a trace of the Sinking Dao Star. Lu Ye couldn't help but feel curious. How did the Heavenly Gate discover this thing? After all, with so many stars, it would be extremely difficult to find this one Sinking Dao Star. Since he was curious, he asked. Lin Chuyue replied, "About fourteen hundred years ago, someone discovered a supreme treasure in the Void and began to track it." "After a long pursuit, that supreme treasure finally flew into the Sinking Dao Star." "The peculiar situation of the Sinking Dao Star made that person not dare to enter, so they invited a group of strong individuals to go together. After entering the Sinking Dao Star, they never came out again." "This star can not only devour the Great Dao but also energy. Look!" Lin Chuyue sent a palm strike towards the Sinking Dao Star. The palm print grew rapidly against the wind, a giant palm print powerful enough to shatter a star. However, upon contacting the Sinking Dao Star, it quickly dissolved. Ultimately, all the power of that palm strike was devoured by the Sinking Dao Star.
Lu Ye watched this scene and couldn't help but ponder. He looked at this hazy gray star, watching the various Daos enter the star and disappear. Why did it feel somewhat familiar? Lu Ye was thinking, his memory was naturally very good, and he quickly searched through it. He seemed to know what this thing was. "This is not a star," Lu Ye said.
"Hmm?" "Hmm?" "If I haven't guessed wrong, this is a living being, named the Devouring Dao Beast." "A living being???" Both of them were incredulous. No, whose living being is this big? This thing is even bigger than a star. "How did you figure that out?"
How did he figure it out? Of course, it was because he had fought it in his previous life. This Devouring Dao Beast was too fierce, belonging to the Quasi-Emperor level. In his previous life, it almost became an Emperor. During the Darkness Upheaval, the Great Dao of the Nine Heavens Great Sage was implicated, and terrifying existences harvested the living beings of the Nine Heavens. The Devouring Dao Beast also suddenly appeared at that time. The existences during the Darkness Upheaval also found this thing rare and wanted to devour it. The Devouring Dao Beast resisted fiercely and fought alongside Lu Ye. After the Darkness Upheaval finally ended, this thing actually wanted to devour the Great Dao and living beings again. Lu Ye naturally disagreed, and they ended up fighting. The Devouring Dao Beast was beaten miserably.
"The Devouring Dao Beast is one of the giant beasts born from chaos. Its innate ability is to devour the Great Dao. The more Great Dao it devours, the greater its strength grows." "It doesn't just devour the Great Dao; it also devours other things, like living beings and so on." "It's currently hiding in here, likely suppressed miserably by the Nine Heavens Great Sage, which is why it can't move and can only passively absorb the Great Dao." "Perhaps it wanted to devour some living beings from the Fourth Heaven, but found that the living beings it attracted were merely a drop in the bucket for it, so it gave up."
