Gains and Losses

Xu Yunfan flicked his sleeve, and purple-gold lightning patterns faintly appeared within it.

Purple-gold thunderbolts flowed soundlessly between the hall pillars like congealed liquid lightning, illuminating the entire Divine Vault Main Hall as brightly as day.

Xu Yunfan sat cross-legged atop the Cloud Platform at the center of the hall, his aura deep and still as an abyssal sea. Only the Star Spirit Banner, over ten feet long in his hand, trembled faintly and let out an almost inaudible hum.

The vast, profound star chart once depicted on the banner was now covered in fine cracks. In particular, where the molten-gold blazing sun formed by the Crimson Sun Dao Fruit met the purple-gold thunderbolt star formed by the Dao Fruit of the Divine Vault at its center, the spiderweb-like fractures were especially glaring, even spreading onto the sturdy banner pole.

Xu Yunfan ran his fingertips over those cracks. Purple-gold Divine Firmament Mana, like the finest threads, carefully seeped into them in an attempt to mend the damage.

With every infusion of mana, tiny electric sparks lit up along the edges of the cracks, emitting faint crackling sounds, yet the repairs progressed exceptionally slowly.

His brows drew together slightly, and an almost imperceptible trace of heartache flashed through his eyes.

"Forcefully reviving a spiritual treasure in a deadly place like the Sea of Suffering of Reincarnation, then using cross-realm power to pour in the Crimson Yang Heaven-Burning Flame and Divine Vault Annihilation Thunder—two forces of extreme yang and unyielding power—inevitably damaged its foundation."

Xu Yunfan felt somewhat helpless.

The pure yang flames of the Crimson Sun Dao Fruit were violent and blazing, while the annihilating thunderbolts of the Dao Fruit of the Divine Vault were domineering and fierce. Though both belonged to the yang element, their attributes were not perfectly compatible.