Traversing Space

Yan Chihuo secretly shook his head. Li Ran had been born into the human race, so he had taken the gathering of cultivation arts very seriously. He had also realized that the four great demon races had grown suspicious of him, and had begun refining a Void Vessel, but in the end, he had been one step too late. Had he not been a Five-Colored Divine Ox with extraordinarily powerful defenses, he would have died the instant he entered this space.

Even so, he had suffered grave injuries. If he had not forcibly stabilized himself with mana, his body would have collapsed long ago. Yet this place lacked specialized spirit medicines for treating wounds, so his injuries could not improve and only worsened step by step.

The greatest benefit Yan Chihuo obtained from Li Ran's soul was basic knowledge regarding Origin Cores. Void Beasts had weak souls, so they knew little about cultivation matters. Yan Chihuo had likewise gained no valuable information from that Void Spider.

Only by searching Li Ran's memories did Yan Chihuo learn that Origin Cores fell into three categories. The first was called a Void Core. As the name implied, an Origin Core formed as a Void Core appeared almost tangible yet insubstantial, like gathered clouds and mist.

Demons and Cultivators who formed Void Cores were the most numerous, accounting for over eighty percent. But Void Cores were simply too fragile to be used in attacks. Moreover, among those who formed Void Cores, barely one in a thousand could advance to the Dao Integration Stage. Even if they did advance to the Dao Integration Stage, their cultivation would never improve by even half a step afterward. They could only endure stubbornly, preparing for the heavenly tribulation that came once every thousand years, only to ultimately fall