Chapter 427 - Refining All the Way There
Chapter 427 – Refining All the Way There
The speed of the Void-Breaking Shuttle was incredibly fast. It was just that, because the chaos coordinates of Spirit-Martial Region B-031 and Uninhabited Region J-257 were too far apart, it would take a very long time to traverse. What was even more astonishing was that, while the shuttle was traveling through spacetime, Gu Zuo and the others’ senses of time and space were also unclear. The relative velocity and relative displacement were both unknown. They only had a vague concept of such things in their consciousness. More often than not, there was no way to perceive them.
Gongyi Tianheng did his best to improve the quality of his qi oceans. Although his realm didn’t advance, no one knew how many times he had been strengthened. In addition, under the tempering of the power of chaos, the changes to his physical body and profound qi were only one aspect. The most frightening thing was that he could feel the reddish-gold qi ocean, the blood river that hung upside-down, as well as the beast transformation blood pearls were all being tempered one after another. The impurities within them were refined out, which only left the purest of powers.
Through the enhancement of the power of chaos, it seemed as if even a single breath from the current him could injure someone.
However, good things didn’t last forever.
As the Void-Breaking Shuttle passed through spacetime, it gradually reached the deeper parts of the primal chaos.
As it was mentioned previously, the deeper the region of the primal chaos, the greater the density of the power of chaos. As such, at the gap of the five-elements Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects, the power of chaos that rushed over through spacetime also slowly changed from one streak to two, and two streaks to three…
When there were two streaks, because Tianheng’s body had already become twice as powerful, he was able to stand firm. Afterwards, he adapted to two streaks of the power of chaos with great difficulty. Then, when three streaks came, the pain they brought him was even more excruciating. Because he was getting stronger, he was still able to hold his ground. Using his supreme willpower, he continued to hone and strengthen his body… Soon after, there were four, five, and six streaks. The farther they travelled, the faster the incremental rates of the power of chaos, and the less time Tianheng had to adapt.
After enduring the seventh streak in a row, the Void-Breaking Shuttle was already approaching the C sub-region. In this sub-region of the primal chaos, the power of chaos didn’t increase one streak at a time. Instead, it suddenly came in a flood of twenty to thirty streaks at once!
At this moment, Tianheng reached out his hand, and made a grasping motion. In the hollow of his palm, he held a reddish-gold colored great saber.
It was like this saber had been cast out of his reddish-gold power of the sun. Its surface circulated with a halo of an extremely pale-gray light, and revealed fearsome and unparalleled qi emissions.
Tianheng chopped down with the great saber!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The power of the great saber burst forth. The speed of those incoming streaks of the power of chaos didn’t reach his limits, so Tianheng’s saber strikes were accurate. Without exception, all of the power of chaos was chopped into fragments!
After that, Tianheng abruptly operated his inner cultivation method, and pulled these fragments into his body.
The next instant, the corners of his mouth and eyes leaked rivulets of blood. The reason for this was because the power of chaos within him had reached a certain concentration, and it was difficult to digest.
However, Tianheng was hardly afraid. He swiftly accelerated the workings of the inner cultivation method. The six qi oceans exerted force together, and sucked in the fragments.
At this time, one could see the benefits of the six qi oceans &#k2014; If it had been an ordinary prodigy, they would only have one qi ocean. As such, no matter how powerful they were, after this many fragments of the power of chaos penetrated into the body, their qi ocean would have no choice but to explode. At that time, let alone treating this matter as an opportunity, it would become a great and terrible misfortune!
After a long while, Tianheng finally suppressed these fragments within his qi oceans.
That’s right. They were suppressed, but not absorbed.
Indeed. His qi oceans were numerous and expansive. However, if he wanted to digest them so quickly, he wouldn’t necessarily be able to accomplish that.
Tianheng knew that another deluge of the power of chaos would come eventually. On the off-chance that he was right in the middle of the absorption process at that moment, who would guard the gap?
As a result, it was better that he used those primal chaos-infused qi emissions he previously absorbed to pacify these fragments, and hold them in his qi oceans. Once he had some free time, he could slowly absorb the rest.
Speaking of which, it was also rather strange. The fragments of the power of chaos, which other people basically had no way to stockpile, were truly suppressed and stored under some kind of attractive force that had been inexplicably born from the six qi oceans.
From this, Tianheng developed another ambition — He didn’t want to drive out the power of chaos like the system said before. Instead, he wanted to chop them all up, and keep them!
If it was like this, even if he returned to the Central Continent, he would still be able to digest the power of chaos. Allowing this type of power to further temper his physical body would cause his strength to rise again!
Sure enough, following this latest onslaught, the power of chaos became even more concentrated. Without the slightest hesitation, Tianheng used the reddish-gold great saber to chop down the streaks one by one, and took them into his qi oceans. It was just that these moves used up a lot of his power of the sun, so each saber strike would diminish the size of the saber itself. For the sake of maintaining the saber, Tianheng poured his power of the sun into it… After several bouts, the power of the sun was used up until there was practically nothing left.
Then, he drew out the reddish-black power from the upside-down river of blood. It was condensed into a great saber with a hazy layer of the power of chaos on the surface. He continued to chop and slash. As he similarly hacked those streaks into fragments, they were taken into his body as well.
During the process of the fragments entering his body, the agony was not inferior to ten thousand swords stabbing into his flesh. Every time, it was like all of his muscles and blood vessels were being sliced apart. It was incredibly difficult to endure.
Yet, Tianheng’s expression never changed. Unexpectedly, there was a vague glimmer of fervency in his eyes. It was as if this kind of suffering wasn’t painful at all. Instead, this was a type of supreme ecstasy. When one thought about it, this made sense. With regards to a person who had been sick and weak for many years, for someone who always wanted to improve their own strength, wasn’t the feeling of one’s power rising dramatically and continuously amid the pain just another form of pleasure?
Gu Zuo didn’t stand too far away. His empathetic heart was somewhat pained.
Although he never experienced this kind of agony before, he still felt…like it was happening to himself.
After this round of chopping, Tianheng extended a hand, took out a medicinal pill, and threw it into his mouth. The medicinal power instantly transformed into a surge of energy that filled his dried-up qi oceans. The reddish-gold power of the sun and the reddish-black power of blood poison were also slowly increased.
Above the six qi oceans, some fragments of the power of chaos, which shone with rays of hazy light, floated up and down in a densely-packed formation. It looked like they possessed a supreme and might force. The more fragments that gathered together, the greater that force became.
What was even more astonishing was that a peculiar power, which was generated from the six qi oceans, actually held the fragments firmly. It seemed as if they were being pulled by countless silk threads like kites flying in the air. The fragments couldn’t escape at all.
After an unknown amount of time had passed, Tianheng had been tirelessly fighting without end. However, his body was already stretched to its limits, and his clothes were tattered and threadbare. As for the skin and flesh all across his body, there was practically no time for treatment. Often, while old injuries were being rapidly healed, new wounds would quickly take their place and cover them up again.
Something like this…was heart wrenching.
Gu Zuo held his breath. It was only after Tianheng became a blood-drenched figure that he swiftly turned his head away, and took deep breaths.
He didn’t want to watch anymore… But, he also couldn’t not watch.
After closing his eyes, Gu Zuo took every bit of pain that Tianheng suffered into his eyes, and firmly remembered everything.
Right now, his big brother was suffering so much pain. Gu Zuo wanted to make it up to Tianheng somehow. In the future, even if it was just cultivation, he wanted to think of better ways so that big brother would no longer be this…this miserable.
Though his big brother was perfectly willing to do this, he also wanted to refine better medicines to assist big brother!
Even Gu Zuo was feeling this way. Not to mention Gu Qi and Zhao Ji, who were originally ordinary people.
The gaze that Gu Qi used to look at Tianheng was almost one of abject horror. He didn’t expect that a person who practiced martial arts could train himself into such a state!
At the same time, he saw some of Tianheng’s inherent qualities — As it turned out, he was this frantic and crazy? This fellow didn’t conform to the appearance of that elegant and graceful young master at all!
For a short while, Gu Qi was somewhat at a loss.
With this kind of temperament, this guy had been able to become boyfriends with his son… Okay, how did such a personality hook up with his foolish son? Could it be because his son was that thickheaded?
Never mind. He didn’t understand, so he wouldn’t think about it.
In any case, Gu Qi knew that no matter how much his son was being romantically pursued, Tianheng was indeed genuine and sincere. Thus, his silly son probably didn’t care about a flaw in one’s character.
What’s more, Gu Qi felt that no matter how flawed Tianheng’s character was, it didn’t hold a candle to the fellow next to him. And didn’t he still love this guy to death?
Aiya. Actually, this fellow loved him to death, too.
Thinking up to here, Gu Qi looked at Zhao Ji.
Zhao Ji’s gaze was unrelentingly focused. He reached out a hand, and rubbed the space between Gu Qi’s brows: “Don’t worry.”
Gu Qi smiled optimistically: “Okay, I won’t worry.”
The Void-Breaking Shuttle continued to push its way through spacetime. Finally, everyone suddenly felt a sense of dizziness.
Gu Zuo’s heart stirred: “We’ve arrived!”
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