Volume 1, Chapter 491 – Source Power

“Demon Emperor essence blood…”

The young girl fell silent. After a long while, she let out a sigh.

“If you run into a Demon Emperor, escaping with your life would already mean your ancestors blessed you.”

Even within the Demon-Suppressing Army, those Demon-Suppressing high generals who commanded tens of millions of troops would not dare claim they could kill a Demon Emperor in the Demon Domain and take its essence blood, especially now, when relations between the two races were so tense.

Shi Qinghu said nothing more and silently dragged the great crocodile onward.

After tempering himself outside for so long, he was no longer as impetuous as before, nor was he willing to waste energy arguing with others.

Before the demon calamity broke out, the goal of his life had merely been to become an Earth Fiend Realm martial artist like his father, guard a single city, and range freely across a thousand-li territory.

But now, his horizons had broadened. He was no longer confined to one small corner of the world. His elder sister had reforged his Dao foundation for him, which was equivalent to giving him a chance to overturn the fortunes of his life.

If he still failed to carve out a world of his own, he would be unworthy of being a son of the Shi family.

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Shenwu Great World, northern region of the Great Meng Sacred Court.

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A mass of pitch-black demon cloud streaked across the sky. More than a hundred transformed Demon Kings protected Qinglan at the center as they sped toward the ancestral land of the Lan clan.

Qinglan sat sideways in the middle of the demon cloud, her face pale. There was a huge hole in her chest, her heart had been completely torn to pieces, and arrow qi raged around the wound, preventing it from healing. If her true body had not been a green lotus, that arrow would have completely slain her fleshly body.

The Lan clan had performed far too conspicuously on the battlefield and had long since drawn the attention of the Tianyun Dynasty. To kill her, the Tianyun Dynasty had even directly dispatched an eighth-rank divine archer. Fortunately, the Great Meng Sacred Court had powerful experts nearby to support her and break her deadlock.

Though she had survived the disaster, Qinglan felt little joy in her heart. From the day she was struck by that divine arrow, her connection with Shi Lan had been severed.

Logically speaking, that should have been a good thing for her. But once that happened, everything concerning Shi Lan became unknown to her, and she did not like that feeling very much.

At that thought, she ignored the gaping hole in her chest and summoned Cangyue along with several newly advanced Nascent Soul great demons.

“Once we return to the clan, prepare immediately to relocate.”

“Relocate where? With your injuries, I fear travel would be inadvisable.”

Cangyue froze slightly. The Lan clan had only just barely adapted to their new environment. If they relocated now, they would have to start all over again. Moreover, Qinglan’s injuries were so severe that if they encountered a powerful enemy during the move, the consequences would be unimaginable.

“As far away from here as possible!”

Qinglan had made up her mind. If one day she emerged from seclusion, opened her eyes, and found Shi Lan standing right in front of her, what a terrifying thing that would be.

Her temperament was extremely similar to Shi Lan’s. When it came to a lack of security, she was even worse than Shi Lan.

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Qiongluo Realm, Tianyan Sect stronghold.

Within the blessed grotto-heaven, Shi Lan’s entire body was submerged in a spirit pool. Above her head, the completely purified world source crystal floated up and down slowly.

Thread after thread of source power flowed out of the crystal and merged into her limbs and bones.

The instant the source power entered her body, Shi Lan keenly sensed the changes in her fleshly body. Her physique, which had already been strengthened to a certain limit, began another round of transformation.

Nourished by the source power, the strength of her physique began to surge at a rate visible to the naked eye, as if it would never reach an end.

This transformation met with no obstruction whatsoever, and there was not the slightest bottleneck.

Within the source crystal, aside from source power, there was also an extremely special kind of energy. It was not only nourishing her fleshly body, but even her Nascent Soul felt a rare sense of comfort.

At that moment, Shi Lan felt as if she had merged with the entire universe. All the distracting thoughts and troubles in her heart were washed away completely. She entered a state of unity between heaven and man, almost forgetting her own existence, and her entire being sank completely into a state of emptiness.

The feeling was too wondrous. Shi Lan all but ignored the passage of time, and only when the stream of source power flowing down from above her head was cut off did she gradually recover some of her senses.

The world source crystal above her head had already vanished completely, having fused entirely into her body, and her fleshly body had also finished its transformation.

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At this moment, even without using her Nascent Soul, with her body alone, a single punch from her would be enough to shatter a small world and kill a great power at the perfected ninth stage of the Heaven-Man Realm.

After absorbing the world source crystal, it was as if an additional space had appeared within her body, enough to contain nearly three times as much true essence as before.

“No wonder those factions crave source power so desperately. The feeling of raising one’s strength without any obstruction is simply too marvelous. Samsara, does this power exist only within the many worlds? Can it grant eternal life?”

Shi Lan gazed at her palm and asked in a low voice.

If even this was only the source of a great world, one could hardly imagine what kind of wondrous power the core of a great world might contain. It might directly push her into the Emperor level, or even higher.

“Apart from worlds, it may exist elsewhere as well, such as the underworld, though I have never gone there myself. Source power is the foundation of all things’ continued existence. If your source power is abundant enough, then naturally you can attain eternal life.”

Samsara was all too familiar with source power. Across the Myriad Worlds, this was what factions fought over.

“And now that you hold the Qiongluo Realm in your hands, even if your lifespan runs out, so long as the source power of the Qiongluo Realm has not dried up, you can continue living.”

Holding a great world in one’s grasp was an opportunity that even some weaker Supremes did not possess. In that respect, Shi Lan was already walking at the forefront of the great universe.

“I originally thought my fleshly body had already reached its limit. Looking at it now, I was still far from it.”

Shi Lan did not dwell on it any longer. She rose from the pool, spiritual liquid sliding down along her legs. With a single thought, a robe covered her smooth body.

“Pick a suitable world for me. I want to start tempering my blood and qi all over again.”

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True essence was limited by her cultivation. Even if she stepped into the peak of the Heaven-Man Realm, the increase in her true essence would still be quite limited. She might as well focus her energy on her fleshly body and her Nascent Soul instead. Her Nascent Soul had the nourishment of the Extreme Dao seal, so there was no need to worry about it for the moment. That left only her fleshly body.

“There are not many worlds like the Qiongluo Realm. Most great worlds have Supreme-level experts. You should be prepared.”

Samsara spoke up in warning. Great worlds without a Supreme overseeing them were, in the end, a minority. Even the Qiongluo Realm had once possessed a Supreme tens of thousands of years ago. If the power of the Heavenly Dao had not been so feeble, the Qiongluo Realm would never have fallen to such a state.

“It does not matter. I just need to be careful.”

Shi Lan shook her head slightly. She currently had four Emperor-level combatants by her side. As long as she avoided Supreme-level figures, she should not encounter any danger.

Samsara said nothing more. It had only been a reminder to begin with.

To meet Shi Lan’s requirements, it reviewed the past, listed one great world coordinate after another from bygone days, combined them with the system’s records, and began screening them.

“Found one.”

Several hours later, a message entered Shi Lan’s mind.

[Parsing information…]

[Parsing complete. Great world coordinate x1 discovered.]