As time passed, Lu Ye observed carefully and discovered that the Star Abyss aura refined into his body could roughly be divided into three parts. One part was impurities burned away by the Talent Tree—things useless or even harmful to cultivators.
The second part was ordinary spiritual energy, the kind found everywhere in the starry sky and upon which cultivators depended for cultivation.
As for the final part... Lu Ye had not noticed it at first, because its presence was too faint. Yet it truly existed.
Strangely, as he refined the Star Abyss aura and cultivated, that tiny trace actually merged into the Talent Tree.
It was not absorbed by the Talent Tree, but merged into it. As a result, an hour later, Lu Ye found a tiny mark appearing on one of the Talent Tree's blank leaves. Had he not been intently sensing it all along, he would almost have missed the change.
After examining it in silence, Lu Ye keenly sensed that this tiny mark was a condensation of an exceedingly profound power. It was simply too little, making it difficult to detect.
This was... Dao Power!
Though he had already suspected it, when that suspicion was confirmed, Lu Ye was still thrilled beyond measure.
According to the intelligence provided by Thunderbolt War Fort, beings like him who had not been born from the Star Abyss could not possess Dao Power of their own before forging a Dao Foundation. Only after forging a Dao Foundation and entering the Dao Entry Realm could Dao Power enter their bodies.
Yet now, relying on the Talent Tree's uniqueness, he could break this rule by refining Star Abyss aura!
This had always been an advantage exclusive to Star Abyss beings.
That faint trace of Dao Power was incomplete. Even if activated, the