I took the last Earth Immortal Fruit from the box filled with water and once again forcibly stuffed it into my stomach using Fuyang's cucumber-swallowing method. I once more sank into cultivation to refine the Earth Immortal Fruit. This time, refining it was purely to strengthen the power of my Dao Soul, and the method of enhancement was still tempering my Nascent Soul. After all, I had already possessed the power to comprehend the Dao long ago, so the reason I was refining the Earth Immortal Fruit now was very simple.
To devour the Earth Immortal Fruit for the sake of my Dao Soul.
This time, the refinement proceeded very quickly, and I also found the answer to what affected the speed of refining the Earth Immortal Fruit: the power of the Dao Soul. The Dao Soul had existed ever since the Nascent Soul was born, because it was the source of the spiritual root's power. It simply had not been very strong back then. As the Dao Soul grew stronger, the Earth Immortal Fruit was refined faster. Thus, the Earth Immortal Fruit could also be called a fruit that strengthened the Dao Soul.
I greedily extracted and nurtured the power of my Dao Soul. After finishing the refinement of the fourth Earth Immortal Fruit, I could already release my Dao Soul's power steadily. The extent of its effect naturally depended on the other party's Dao Soul strength. If my Dao Soul crushed theirs, Deconstruction could instantly finish them off.
After refining four fruits, I already felt that they were completely insufficient. I glanced at the roots by the underground river and suppressed my urge to dive in. Then I turned and drifted up toward the mountaintop above. Now was not the time to offend Sky City. It was full