It took Lin Xiao a full five years to refine the remains of the Myriad Phenomena Ancestor.
As an Ancestor that still retained a trace of will and whose Ancestor Mark had not fully died out, the energy contained within its remains was far stronger than that of other Ancestor Remains. It was much harder to devour, but the benefits gained afterward were correspondingly greater. Deep within the remains, he even discovered some Ancestor flesh that had yet to completely dissipate.
Before an Ancestor had fully died, no one could merge with its flesh. Once fused, one's own self would inevitably be replaced by the Ancestor's will.
This was an Ancestor's instinct, something that could not be changed by the Ancestor's own will.
Only after an Ancestor had completely fallen and the will within its flesh had vanished could its flesh be fused.
After merging with the Myriad Manifestations remains and the Ancestor flesh within them, Lin Xiao's Second True Body grew vastly stronger once more, allowing his physical body to contain even more power.
At the same time, the improvement in his body fed back into his True Spirit, strengthening it as well and raising the upper limit of what his soul could contain.
Soul, body, and mana were integrated as one under the influence of the True Spirit. Changes to the True Spirit constantly affected the soul, body, and mana. As his True Spirit strengthened, his own power naturally rose rapidly.
Having accumulated so much soul power and high-energy matter, what he lacked now was a stronger True Spirit.
Over the next few years, Lin Xiao successively found the remaining two Ancestor Remains and spent several years completely devouring the two Ancestors that had thoroughly died.
After that, he reached the deepest part of the Progenitor Tomb. The