Purple Mist Crystals, a Whole New World

Purple Mist Space.

This mysterious space, which had been his greatest reliance since he embarked on the path of cultivation, was now empty.

The original Spiritual Enlightenment Qi had completely vanished.

Lin Yi's heart skipped a beat and sank.

It should be noted that ever since the True Source Realm began to have more money, Source Essence Crystal have become almost worthless to him, and he has always maintained a full reserve of Spiritual Enlightenment Qi in the Purple Mist Space.

The purple mist fueled his breakthroughs time and time again, and was the fundamental reliance that allowed him to reach the Constant Source Realm.

Now, that space that was once shrouded in mist is now just an empty expanse.

wrong.

It can't be said to be completely empty.

There is still something there.

Lin Yi's gaze fell on the very center of the Purple Mist Space.

There, a small, purple crystal floats silently.

The crystals are only the size of a thumb, with an extremely regular dodecahedral structure. Each facet is as smooth as a mirror, but it is not the kind of dazzling crystalline luster. Instead, it presents an extremely deep and restrained dark purple color.

It floats in the void of the Purple Mist Space, rotating on its own at an extremely slow pace, each rotation creating a tiny, dark purple ripple on the surface of the crystal.

The ripples would disappear quietly when they reached the edge of the crystal, only to reappear with the next rotation, and so on, in an endless cycle.

The fluctuations emanating from this crystal gave Lin Yi a sense of inexplicable familiarity.

It's like Spiritual Enlightenment Qi, but not entirely.

More intense, more profound, more...

Lin Yi couldn't find the right words to describe it for a moment.

However, he didn't rush to study the crystal. His immediate priority was to see if his Spiritual Enlightenment Qi could still be replenished.

This is the most important thing.

Lin Yi took a deep breath, temporarily withdrawing his mind from the Purple Mist Space, and then took out a Source Essence Crystal from his Divine Kingdom.

These Source Essence Crystal were piled up in countless places in a corner of his Divine Kingdom; they were all stockpiles purchased during his time in the True Source Realm.

Lin Yi held the Source Essence Crystal in his palm, closed his eyes, and, as he had done countless times before, probed the Source Essence Crystal with his Soul Power, drawing its essence into the Purple Mist Space.

The Source Essence Crystal glowed slightly in his palm.

Then, there was no further response.

The Purple Mist Space remained unchanged.

Lin Yi's heart sank.

He didn't give up immediately, but took out a second Source Essence Crystal, then a third, and a fourth.

The result for each one was exactly the same.

Jinghua was drawn out, swirled around the edge of the Purple Mist Space, and then dissipated on its own.

The Purple Mist Space was like a completely shut door, and no matter how he knocked, it wouldn't budge.

Lin Yi slowly withdrew his Soul Power and sighed deeply in his heart.

The day has finally come.

In fact, he had thought about this question long before breaking through to the Eternal Source Realm.

Given how inexpensive Source Essence Crystal are, could they possibly be insufficient to support the soul essence of the Eternal Source Realm in achieving sudden enlightenment?

Although it turned out to be a false alarm, the Source Essence Crystal was still useful, and the Purple Mist Space accepted it all.

However, this worry remained in his heart and was never truly eliminated.

And now, those fears have come true.

Lin Yi speculated that the reason why the Source Essence Crystal could still charge the Purple Mist Space when he was in the Eternal Source Realm, but not when he reached the Constant Source Realm, might be related to the fact that his soul essence had improved and he had partially broken away from the river of time.

Because if we're talking about differences, this is probably the biggest one.

This deduction is logically sound.

But that's just logic.

He had no way to verify it, nor could he ask anyone for advice. This was his biggest secret, which he had never mentioned to anyone, not even his closest relatives.

Lin Yi shook his head, putting these deductions aside for the time being.

Forget it, since the Source Essence Crystal has already failed, there's no point in thinking about it now. Let's take a look at what that suddenly appeared purple crystal is.

He refocused his mind on the Purple Mist Space, his gaze falling on the quietly rotating dark purple crystal, and tentatively sent a wisp of his Soul Power toward it.

The moment the Soul Power touched the surface of the crystal, the dodecahedral crystal trembled violently.

Then it exploded with a deafening roar.

There was no sound at the moment of the explosion; only a vast expanse of deep purple mist spread wildly in all directions from the point where the crystal burst.

The mist was a deep purple, much thicker and heavier than the original Spiritual Enlightenment Qi, but its slow, drifting motion within the Purple Mist Space was not much different from the original Spiritual Enlightenment Qi.

Lin Yi stared at the deep purple mist that was slowly churning within the Purple Mist Space, and remained silent for a moment.

"This looks quite similar to Spiritual Enlightenment Qi, only the color is darker. I wonder if the effect has changed."

With that thought in mind, he directly used his Soul Power to extract a wisp of the deep purple mist and absorbed it.

The moment the mist entered the Soul Origin, an extremely familiar feeling suddenly surged up.

That's the unique sense of clarity that comes when Spiritual Enlightenment Qi is ignited; it's a state of sudden enlightenment where the soul's understanding is instantly elevated.

But that's not right.

Lin Yi quickly and keenly realized that this feeling was different from the Spiritual Enlightenment Qi.

In addition to the unique sense of enlightenment and clarity that Spiritual Enlightenment Qi, this deep purple mist also contains an extremely subtle yet clearly discernible feeling of exhilaration.

"Hiss... this..."

Lin Yi was startled.

This feeling was all too familiar to him.

Each time I consume a Soul Crystal, whether it's Cosmic Source Soul Crystal, True Source Soul Crystal, or the Stellar Radiance Water, the exhilarating feeling of having my brain grow after my soul's comprehension is enhanced is exactly the same as the feeling I have now.

It's just that the quantity is much smaller, but the essence is the same.

Lin Yi immediately immersed himself in the depths of his Soul Origin, carefully comprehending its essence.

After a long while, he slowly opened his eyes, a hint of barely suppressed joy flashing deep within them.

That's right.

It's the feeling of increased spiritual understanding.

Although the increase was extremely small, so small as to be almost negligible, a mere fraction of a second, it did increase.

Lin Yi suppressed his excitement and quickly estimated the size of the dark purple mist that was slowly drifting in the Purple Mist Space, and soon came to a conclusion.

The mist formed from this crystal, if continuously burned and absorbed, would be just enough for him to use for 100,000 Epoch.

Based on the growth rate of the wisp of mist absorbed earlier, if the entire crystal of mist were absorbed, the increase in soul comprehension would be roughly equivalent to the effect of a Cosmic Source Soul Crystal.

The increase in soul comprehension from a single Cosmic Source Soul Crystal is indeed insignificant to him now.

The problem is that, given his current level of soul comprehension, all the treasures in the entire Seventh Constant Domain that could enhance his soul comprehension are extremely rare, often only seen with a very small chance at the Cosmic Era Auction, and are incredibly expensive. Ordinary treasures that enhance comprehension no longer have any positive effect on him.

This only applies to those at the Eternal Source Realm; those Soul Enlightenment Treasures that can affect those at the Constant Source Realm exist only in legends.

Now, all he needs to do is burn the deep purple mist formed from this Purple Mist Crystal, and within 100,000 Epoch he can enjoy the enlightenment effect brought by the Spiritual Enlightenment Qi, while also slowly improving his soul comprehension!

While pleasantly surprised, Lin Yi quickly thought of a very practical problem.

The mist produced by these purple crystals is effective, but if it can't be sustained, then it's all over.

Everyone who knew him thought that he had broken through to the Constant Lord in a million Epoch, and that he would definitely continue to advance rapidly. Even if he didn't Dao Lord, he would at least reach the Late Constant Source Realm.

As a result, he was stuck at the First Order of the Constant Source Realm and could not advance even an inch further.

Lin Yi could even picture that scene.

It went from "Lin Yi's legendary story" to "Lin Yi's legendary accident".

Thinking of this, Lin Yi gave a bitter smile to himself.

Therefore, we need to try quickly to see if there are any other ways to recharge the Purple Mist Space.

Actually, even now, Lin Yi's mindset is still quite calm.

After all, he had been a victim of weakness, experienced helplessness, and faced death. He always believed that everything he had now was earned.

Even if his cultivation can no longer advance, his current Silent Nether Soul-Rending Flame, plus the remaining Spiritual Enlightenment Qi, is enough for him to complete the <Nine Radiant True Spirit Art> and condense his first true treasure.

Combined, even if he remains at the First Order of the Constant Source Realm forever, he is still considered a strong person among those at the Early Constant Source Realm. He is not without the qualifications to even challenge ordinary people at the Constant Source Realm Mid-Rank.

This level of strength is enough to protect oneself in the Chaos Cosmic Sea, and it wouldn't be a problem to protect those old friends from the Origin Universe or those who guard Mist Sea City.

Of course, while maintaining a peaceful state of mind is important, finding a solution is always better.

Who would complain about becoming stronger?

With that in mind, Lin Yi immediately began searching through his inner Divine Kingdom.

First came those condensed, giant crystals of Source Essence.

This was an item of a whole grade higher quality than ordinary Source Essence Crystal. Lin Yi held it in his palm and tried to draw its essence into the Purple Mist Space.

The surface of the giant Source Essence crystal shone much brighter than that of ordinary Source Essence Crystal, and the entire crystal trembled slightly. However, the crystalline essence that was drawn out still swirled around the edge of the Purple Mist Space a few times before dissipating on its own.

no.

Lin Yi put down the giant Source Essence crystal and took out several crystal cores of low-level chaotic beasts.

These are spoils he collected on his way to Constant Island years ago.

He tried each crystal core one by one, each one turning to dust in his palm, its internal energy being channeled into the purple Purple Mist Space. The Purple Mist Space remained completely still.

It still doesn't work.

Then came the compressed, high-purity chaotic energy crystals, while the Purple Mist Space remained completely unchanged.

Then came a drop of blood essence from a chaotic beast ranked in the thirties.

Lin Yi held the essence blood in his palm, attempting to absorb its primordial essence and draw it towards the Purple Mist Space.

The essence blood trembled slightly in his palm, and the remnant spirit of the chaotic beast inside was still emitting a weak and futile hiss. He suppressed it with a wave of his hand, but the essence blood that was drawn out only circled a few times at the edge of the Purple Mist Space before dissipating.

Still not working.

Lin Yi thought for a moment, and even took out the Cosmic Source Soul Crystal and True Source Soul Crystal he had purchased earlier to test them out.

It still didn't work.

Lin Yi carefully put away the remaining soul crystals, then searched through his inner Divine Kingdom for a while, trying out all the miscellaneous items he had on hand.

None of them work.

Lin Yi let out a long sigh.

He tried almost everything he could.

"Well..

Lin Yi sighed inwardly, thinking, "Since that's the case, I can only use the remaining Spiritual Enlightenment Qi to learn the <Nine Radiant True Spirit Art> first, then use the Origin Constant Crystal to quickly condense my True Body, and later slowly search for other rare things outside..."

"Huh?"

Thinking of this, Lin Yi suddenly had a thought.

He hadn't even tried the Origin Constant Crystal when he was testing it.

This thing is too valuable, starting at ten million Eternal Judgment Crystal for a single piece, and it's priceless. It's the most core resource he used to condense the Origin Law True Body. He subconsciously didn't think in this direction and tried all the conventional consumables, but he missed this one.

Now that he had an idea, Lin Yi immediately found the crystal box containing the Origin Constant Crystal in his Divine Kingdom. He then took out a Origin Constant Crystal from the box, held it in his palm, closed his eyes, and probed the crystal core with his Soul Power, attempting to guide the Primal Essence within it into the Purple Mist Space.

The Origin Constant Crystal suddenly lit up in his palm.

This time, it did not dissipate.

In the very center of the Purple Mist Space, where the dodecahedral purple Purple Mist Crystal had dissipated and was originally empty, a very thin and faint purple light thread is now rapidly condensing.

Upon seeing this, Lin Yi immediately poured all the essence of the Origin Constant Crystal in his palm into it.

In the very center of the Purple Mist Space, the wisp of purple light grew brighter and more solid.

Countless deep purple threads converged from all directions toward the center, intertwining and entwining with each other.

Soon, a new thumb-sized, dark purple dodecahedral crystal condensed and took shape, hovering in the very center of the Purple Mist Space, and began to rotate on its own at an extremely slow pace.

It's exactly the same as the previous one!

Lin Yi was overjoyed.

It actually works!

Moreover, it wasn't even one of those extremely rare and hard-to-find treasures.

He had just tried all the miscellaneous consumables he had on him, from giant Source Essence crystals to True Source Soul Crystal, from exotic beast cores to essence blood, but all of them were to no avail.

With each failure, he became more and more anxious.

He even thought at the time that even if he found a replacement in the future, what if the replacement was some kind of rare treasure, or a rare item that only occasionally appeared at the Cosmic Era Auction? That would be too painful and torturous.

While the Origin Constant Crystal is very expensive, it's not particularly rare.

However... the downside is, it seems too expensive!

Lin Yi couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

One Origin Constant Crystal can only be transformed into one Purple Mist Crystal. With his talent, even if his soul comprehension increases slowly after absorbing Purple Mist Crystal, it is foreseeable that as his comprehension of the Origin Law improves, the number of Origin Constant Crystal required to maintain rapid progress will be extremely large.

It's not just a few dozen, it might not even be a few hundred.

Lin Yi's head throbbed with worry.

"Where are we going to get so many Origin Constant Crystal? We can't just rob them..."

Lin Yi froze halfway through his sentence.

Rob?

He suddenly remembered something.

That was before he came to Constant Island, when he had just become Constant Guard, and he was looking up information about the <Nine Seal Cosmos Art> in the database.

While researching materials related to the "Nine Source Eternal Pact Art," I also casually flipped through some historical texts about the imperial era.

One of them is a biography of the emperor Luo Shengping, which is said to have been compiled by a Dao Lord while the Emperor was still alive, and its credibility is quite high.

As mentioned above, before the establishment of the empire, the Chaos Cosmic Sea was not yet unified. Large and small forces and clans were constantly fighting each other, and the entire Chaos Cosmic Sea was in complete chaos.

After Luo cultivated to the Constant Source Realm, he felt that the lives of lower-level cultivators were precarious in this chaotic situation, and that they could be slapped to death by some passing high-level expert at any time. So he began to build his own power, conquer the surrounding areas, and gradually embark on the path of unifying the Chaos Cosmic Sea.

When Lin Yi saw this part, he was quite impressed with Luo.

He started vying for supremacy at the Constant Source Realm; if it were him, he would have waited until the Path Source Realm before daring to even have such a thought.

It should be noted that there were many more Constant Source Realm forces back then than there are now. Large and small Constant Source Realm forces were scattered throughout the Chaos Cosmic Sea, and there were even Path Source Realm forces.

Trying to conquer all directions with the strength of a Early Constant Source Realm is risky; you might just get slapped to death by some old monster in the Path Source Realm.

This is also why many powerful figures in later generations greatly admired Luo.

They didn't start unifying the Chaos Cosmic Sea after reaching the Path Source Realm; they started doing it when they were in the Constant Source Realm. They fought their way up from the Constant Source Realm to the Path Source Realm, and then from the Path Source Realm to the throne of the Emperor.

But now, when Lin Yi recalls this period of history, he has a vague feeling that something is not quite right.

He had previously suspected that Luo was connected to the Purple Mist Space.

And now, there's another coincidence.

Did Luo encounter the exact same problem when he was in the Constant Source Realm?

With the Spiritual Enlightenment Qi failing, only the Origin Constant Crystal can recharge the Purple Mist Space?

If this hypothesis holds true, then it makes perfect sense why Luo started waging wars everywhere as soon as he entered the Constant Source Realm.

It wasn't because he had any grand ideals, although perhaps he did later on, but the initial reason was probably probably... poverty?

One Origin Constant Crystal is enough to burn for 100,000 Epoch. If you want to advance rapidly in the Constant Source Realm, the number of Origin Constant Crystal needed will be a bottomless pit.

In that chaotic era, relying on one's own honesty and spending a lot of time condensing the Origin Constant Crystal was too risky. One might be killed by the Path Source Realm one day. The only way was to become stronger quickly.

To become stronger, resources are needed, so where do all those Origin Constant Crystal come from?

Then we'll have to steal it.

Anyway, it was a time of war, and it was common for forces of all sizes to fight each other.

Luo used the guise of saving lower-level cultivators to rob, and to others, he might just appear as a powerful figure overflowing with a sense of justice, attracting no attention whatsoever.

The more Lin Yi thought about it, the more plausible this hypothesis seemed.

Moreover, there's another point that matches up.

<Nine Radiant True Spirit Art>.

Compared to the Nine Seal Cosmos Art and the Nine Source Eternal Pact Art, this technique has one significant change: it no longer provides an enhancement to soul comprehension.

The Nine Seals of the Nine Seal Cosmos Art can enhance one's understanding of the Chaos Rules. The Nine Source Eternal Pact Art also inherits this, and the boost to soul comprehension provided by the nine divine-grade seals is quite considerable.

However, this function was completely abandoned in the <Nine Radiant True Spirit Art>.

Instead, it possesses extremely formidable combat capabilities.

The True Body nine layers, each containing a true treasure. When these nine treasures are combined, their power is unparalleled.

The entire design philosophy of this cultivation technique has shifted completely from "serving as a supplement to cultivation" to "enhancing combat power".

Lin Yi had previously wondered why the Emperor had given up on increasing his comprehension in the most crucial method of forming his True Body.

Is it because they think everyone's soul comprehension is sufficient after reaching the Constant Source Realm, and no further enhancement is needed?

Now it seems that it's indeed unnecessary.

The increased soul comprehension from cultivation techniques is less valuable than boosting combat power, then aggressively seizing resources from others and exchanging them for Origin Constant Crystal.

If the Origin Constant Crystal were to power the Purple Mist Space, the Purple Mist Crystal could provide both a state of enlightenment and a slow increase in soul comprehension, making the comprehension bonus of the cultivation technique itself seem rather useless.

Strengthening combat capabilities has become a much higher priority.

After all, if you're going to start fighting and snatching Origin Constant Crystal right after you enter the Constant Source Realm, you really need to have some real strength.

Combining the two findings, Lin Yi's confidence in his guess that "Luo is related to the Purple Mist Space" increased even more.

One coincidence can be called a coincidence, two coincidences can be called luck, but when several coincidences are combined, then it becomes inevitable.

But here's the problem.

Even if Luo is related to the Purple Mist Space, the cultivation techniques he created also subtly pave the way for those who come after him.

But... times have changed.

Back then, it was a time of war, and it was common for various forces to fight and plunder each other. It was normal for you to attack me and for me to attack you. But the current Chaos Cosmic Sea is no longer a chaotic era.

Although the empire has long since collapsed, under the supervision of the Constant Guard, the forces that can operate in the Seventh Constant Domain are generally still relatively ethical.

As the maintainers of order in the Seventh Constant Domain, the Constant Guard will not stand idly by and tolerate any unprovoked attacks on other forces within their jurisdiction.

If he dares to attack someone without cause and steal their Origin Constant Crystal, it won't be long before he's wanted by the Constant Guard.

Moreover, even disregarding the rules of the Constant Guard, this practice itself contradicts his principles.

Attacking others without cause, just to seize resources to improve one's own cultivation—what's the fundamental difference between this and the Ziles Family of yesteryear?

He attacked the Huo Family in Mist Sea City back then because the Huo Family struck first, and they were in the right from beginning to end.

Therefore, trying to take this road is unlikely to work.

Of course, there are also targets that can be legitimately targeted.

Those shady and gray forces, and the Lightless City.

But these goals aren't so easy to achieve.

The reason why black and gray forces can survive is that they have their own wisdom for survival. They are either extremely well hidden or insignificant. Even if you wipe out a bunch of them, you might not get a single Origin Constant Crystal.

As for the Lightless City, it was just taken down by the combined forces of the Constant Guard, Constant Island, and the Imperial Army. They might be eager to retaliate. Going to cause trouble for them now would be much more difficult and risky than before.

Moreover, even if they were to take action against the Lightless Ones, Lightless Ones would all be hiding deep within the Black Mist Sea, making them difficult to find. Otherwise, they would have been killed by the Imperial forces long ago.

Such large-scale battles, involving the capture of an entire Lightless City, were still quite rare.

Besides, even if he could find some trace of the Lightless Ones and successfully eliminate them, how long would that take?

Therefore, this piecemeal accumulation of the Origin Constant Crystal is still somewhat inefficient.

After thinking for a long time, Lin Yi felt that he needed to change his approach.

Since stealing doesn't work, what if someone gives it to you willingly?

He thought about his current situation.

He has just broken through to the Constant Source Realm.

According to the tradition of the Chaos Cosmic Sea, breaking through to the Constant Source Realm is a major event.

In any power, the Constant Source Realm is an extremely important threshold.

Reaching the Constant Source Realm means being considered a high-ranking member even in top-tier forces, and in ordinary universes, one could even be considered a top-tier family patriarch.

Therefore, as is customary, after breaking through to the Constant Source Realm, one should invite many guests, hold a grand banquet, and celebrate.

It was both a celebration of his own breakthrough and an announcement to the entire Seventh Constant Domain of the birth of a new Constant Lord.

After all, there are only so many Constant Lord in the entire Seventh Constant Domain, and they often run into each other.

At such celebrations, invited guests naturally do not arrive empty-handed.

As for receiving gifts, Lin Yi has no qualms about it now.

He wasn't the kind of person who only took and never gave back; he always remembered those who helped him.

When he becomes successful, he will repay them far more than they initially gave.

Just like this time when he purchased a large quantity of Cosmic Source Soul Crystal and True Source Soul Crystal, as well as a large amount of auxiliary cultivation materials from the Kan Merchant Guild, he spent a total of more than 100 million Eternal Cosmos Crystal, all of which were prepared for those who had helped him in the Origin Universe.

If they were to try to accumulate those resources themselves, it would take them countless Universal Epoch to gather enough.

Therefore, those forces and individuals who sent him congratulatory gifts will naturally repay him tenfold or a hundredfold when he becomes stronger in the future.

He has that confidence.

Actually, Lin Yi had originally been thinking about whether to hold a low-key celebration.

After all, he doesn't really like crowded occasions. He managed to socialize with the students on Constant Island, but he didn't really enjoy it.

If it were up to his own nature, after breaking through to the Constant Source Realm, he would simply focus on cultivation and that would be the end of it; there would be no need for any grand celebration.

But now, he immediately dismissed that idea.

Low profile?

Can a low profile bring you the Origin Constant Crystal?

cannot.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi's lips curled up slightly, and he thought to himself, "There's nothing wrong with Luo's path of conquest, but having others willingly offer gifts to me is far more appealing."