Exploring Cultivation, Chaos Energy Is Too Hard to Absorb

After breaking through to High-level Chaos, Lin Yue shifted his cultivation focus from "raising his realm" to "consolidating laws." He discovered that as his strength increased, absorbing ordinary Chaos Qi grew more difficult—higher realms demanded greater purity of energy, and the impurities in ordinary Chaos Qi not only slowed cultivation but could also destabilize his laws.

One morning, Lin Yue tried absorbing the Chaos Qi outside the valley. Following his previous method, he guided the flow into his body with his will, but as soon as it touched the golden vortex in his dantian, a sharp pain shot through him—the impurities in the flow clashed with the Law of Heaven Opening within the vortex, even threatening to damage the Law Triangle.

"It really won't work." Lin Yue frowned and immediately stopped absorbing. He looked at the violent Chaos Qi outside the valley, feeling somewhat helpless—ordinary Chaos Qi could no longer meet his cultivation needs, while Chaos Qi Condensation was limited in quantity, and Origin Qi Condensation was even more precious. He couldn't keep relying on Senior Pangu's gifts.

He took out the Space Leaf and tried using the Law of Space to filter the impurities from the Chaos Qi. The leaf spun in his palm, forming a small spatial vortex that drew the surrounding Chaos Qi into it. The vortex spun at high speed, using the power of Space Distortion to separate impurities from pure energy. The pure energy flowed into his body along the vortex, while the impurities were flung out and dissipated into the chaos.

"It works!" Lin Yue's heart leaped with joy. Although this method could filter impurities, its efficiency was extremely low—it took half an hour to absorb a single strand of pure energy, more than ten times slower than absorbing Chaos Qi Condensation. Moreover, the Space Leaf consumed energy rapidly; before long, its green glow dimmed, forcing him to stop.

"It seems I need to improve it." Lin Yue wasn't discouraged and began thinking of a more efficient method. He recalled the Law of Life from the Spiritual Root Fragment—the Law of Life could nourish and purify energy, perhaps it could work together with the Law of Space to boost filtering efficiency.

He placed the Spiritual Root Fragment beside the Space Leaf and guided both laws simultaneously. The Law of Life, like a gentle stream of water, wrapped around the spatial vortex, not only accelerating its spin but also actively attracting the pure energy within the Chaos Qi while repelling impurities. This time, absorption efficiency tripled, and the Space Leaf's energy consumption decreased significantly.

"Excellent!" Lin Yue excitedly sped up his guidance. The two laws worked together more and more smoothly, the spatial vortex gradually expanded, and the energy absorbed increased. He could feel the golden vortex in his dantian slowly strengthening, and the stability of the Law Triangle improving.

But before long, a new problem emerged—the impurities in the Chaos Qi grew more numerous, and some fragments containing the "Law of Destruction" even appeared. These fragments couldn't be filtered out and instead attacked the spatial vortex and the Law of Life, causing the fusion of the two laws to become disordered.

Lin Yue had to stop absorbing. Staring at those Law of Destruction fragments, he furrowed his brow. He knew these fragments were remnants of battles between Demon Gods, containing violent destructive energy that ordinary filtering methods simply couldn't handle.

"Can I only give up on absorbing ordinary Chaos Qi?" Lin Yue felt reluctant. Looking at the Space Leaf and Spiritual Root Fragment in his hands, a bold idea struck him—use the Law of Space to temporarily seal the destruction fragments, then purify them with the Law of Life.

He tried using the Law of Space to form a small "spatial cage," drawing the Chaos Qi containing destruction fragments into the cage, then slowly permeating it with the Law of Life to purify the destructive energy. This method worked, though it was time-consuming and labor-intensive, it successfully handled Chaos Qi containing destruction fragments.

"Slow, but better than nothing." Lin Yue patiently repeated the "seal-purify-absorb" process. With each successful strand of Chaos Qi processed, his control over the two laws improved, and their fusion became smoother.

During this time, Senior Pangu occasionally sent new Chaos Qi Condensation, each batch purer than the last. Lin Yue knew the senior was encouraging him to keep exploring rather than relying on resources. He carefully stored the condensation Senior Pangu sent, only taking out a small piece to absorb when he encountered an insurmountable difficulty. The rest of the time, he focused on figuring out how to absorb ordinary Chaos Qi.

One day, while using his improved method to absorb Chaos Qi, Lin Yue suddenly felt the valley's light barrier tremble violently. Then, a familiar green light shot in from outside—it was Great Immortal Yang Mei.

"Little one, your method is quite interesting." Great Immortal Yang Mei smiled as he walked into the valley, the Snowball in his arms curiously watching the spatial vortex in Lin Yue's hand.

"Great Immortal!" Lin Yue immediately stopped absorbing and bowed with his hands clasped.

Great Immortal Yang Mei walked up to him, examining the spatial vortex and the Spiritual Root Fragment. A flicker of surprise passed through his eyes: "I didn't expect you to fuse the Laws of Space and Life so well, and to use this method to absorb Chaos Qi. Not bad, not bad." He paused, then added, "But your method is too inefficient. Let me teach you a simpler one."

With that, Great Immortal Yang Mei took a willow branch from his bosom and gently waved it. A green spatial energy merged into Lin Yue's spatial vortex. Instantly, the vortex's rotation speed increased tenfold, the efficiency of filtering impurities soared, and it could even automatically repel Law of Destruction fragments.

"Is this... the 'purification' application of the Law of Space?" Lin Yue was both surprised and delighted.

Great Immortal Yang Mei nodded: "The Law of Space can not only distort and cut, but also purify energy—it just requires higher mastery. Your direction was right before; you were just missing a bit of technique." He explained the method of spatial purification in detail, then added, "Although Chaos Qi is chaotic, it contains no small amount of pure energy. Mastering the right method will improve your strength more than relying on Chaos Qi Condensation—after all, if you want to eat well, you have to work for it yourself."

Lin Yue listened intently, nodding continuously. The confusion he'd felt earlier instantly cleared. Following Great Immortal Yang Mei's method, he tried absorbing Chaos Qi again, and the efficiency was more than ten times higher, with the Space Leaf's energy consumption greatly reduced.

"Thank you for your guidance, Great Immortal!" Lin Yue said gratefully.

Great Immortal Yang Mei smiled: "A mere trifle. By the way, the chaos is about to end soon. That fellow Pangu will be back before long, so be prepared—after the chaos ends, the landscape of the chaos will undergo a major shift. For you, it's both a challenge and an opportunity."

With that, Great Immortal Yang Mei hugged Snowball and vanished as a streak of green light. Lin Yue stood in the valley, looking at the spinning spatial vortex in his hand, his heart full of anticipation. He knew a new phase was about to begin, and he was ready.