Xingyu looked at Ye Wen with a kindly expression. He reached out, hoping to pat Ye Wen on the head, but his arm, made of white light, passed straight through him.
Xingyu froze for a moment, then continued.
"Child, I've told you just about everything I know, and this memory of mine is about to fade away. You don't need to be too sad. For me, this is a kind of release. There's still a little of my blood essence left in this body. It should still be active. Use the Endless Sacred Dao Scripture to absorb it. I can't give it to you with my own hands like Zong Shu did.
"After this memory of mine disappears, bury my body on the mountain behind us. And when you leave, remember to use the Order Law to seal off the path to the next level. Make sure you block it completely.
"Under no circumstances are you to go down there. Don't ask me why; I don't know either. It's something every City Lord is specifically warned about."
After giving his final instructions, the white-light body Xingyu had become suddenly blazed with dazzling radiance and vanished from the sky above the ninth level. Perhaps, before finally fading away, he had wanted one last look at the mountains and rivers of the Ancestral Star.
Following Xingyu's instructions, Ye Wen helped his body sit upright, pressed a hand to his shoulder, and began circulating the Endless Sacred Dao Scripture. Sure enough, a drop of blood essence remained in Xingyu's heart, still brimming with vitality.
As Ye Wen circulated the technique, the drop of blood essence flew out from Xingyu's heart, traveled along Ye Wen's arm, and entered his flesh. His pre-cancerous cells drew it in, transforming it into the purest energy, which surged into the cells.
As the technique circulated, the entire drop of blood essence was converted into energy and absorbed by the pre-cancerous cells. Ye Wen could feel that his pre-cancerous cells were close to breaking through. They were about to divide again.
Ye Wen hurriedly contacted the Demon Suppressing Token and asked the Order Law to send him outside, to the space in front of the first level. Although that space was also inside the Demon Suppressing Tower, it wasn't a place devoid of spiritual energy. He could absorb spiritual energy there to nourish his body after the breakthrough.
A flash of white light from the Order Law, and Ye Wen reappeared in the first-level space. With no time to make any other preparations, he stopped suppressing his pre-cancerous cells.
Just as during the previous division, the two pre-cancerous cells began spinning rapidly around each other. Then a great deal of energy, along with other Mysterious Substances, was flung out from the rapidly rotating cells.
The substances flung from the pre-cancerous cells also began circling one another at high speed. The expelled substances and energy gathered together once more, gradually forming new pre-cancerous cells.
When the technique stopped circulating, the pre-cancerous cells stopped spinning too. The original two had now become four.
At that moment, Ye Wen's body was like a beggar who hadn't eaten for ten days or half a month, spotting a table laden with delicious food and being told, "Go on, eat whatever you like."
The abundant spiritual energy around him began pouring frantically into his body. Once again, Ye Wen's body began to strengthen. This time, it didn't feel like a mere doubling of his strength. It felt as if it had quadrupled outright.
The spiritual energy was still being absorbed, and his body was still strengthening. He would only know how strong he would become once the absorption reached saturation and the strengthening was complete.
Several hours passed before every cell in Ye Wen's body had absorbed its fill. He felt that the spiritual energy in the air was more abundant than before, so it had taken his cells much less time to absorb it all.
Then he stood up, waved his arms, kicked his legs, and burst into loud laughter.
"Hahaha! This time, my strength has increased by nearly five times. Ordinary weapons won't even be able to scratch my skin anymore. I'd need at least a Spirit Artifact to hurt me."
Ye Wen quietly compared his current strength with his old one. If he fought that old bastard Mo Chengkong again, at the very least, Mo Chengkong wouldn't be able to defeat him easily. And if Ye Wen also went berserk, he should be able to hold his own against the old bastard.
Without going berserk, Ye Wen's current strength was probably Fifth Rank. His defense and speed had both improved significantly. His defense was more than five times stronger than before, and his speed had doubled.
This improvement was truly terrifying! With Ye Wen's strength combined with his berserk state, he might not be invincible below Seventh Rank, but he'd certainly be a match for anyone there.
Ye Wen returned to the ninth level, carried Xingyu's withered body to the mountain behind it, and buried him in a spot with a wide-open view. Since this was Xingyu's final wish, Ye Wen would of course grant it to the poor old man.
After burying Xingyu, Ye Wen found a boulder and carved several Chinese characters into it with his finger: "Tomb of Xingyu of the Hongmeng Human Race." After paying his respects, he left the mountain.
Ye Wen's improvement this time had been tremendous. So, when his pre-cancerous cells divided again, would he be able to advance straight to Xiantian Seventh Rank?
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