This wasn't over yet!
Lu Ye still had the identity of Son of the Star Abyss.
Being a Son of the Star Abyss did not merely give him a greater chance of obtaining Star Abyss Coins. There were even greater benefits, though those benefits had not manifested during the Dao Fusion stage.
In truth, the greatest benefit of being a Son of the Star Abyss revealed itself at the Dao Union stage.
The blessing of the Son of the Star Abyss could leverage external power to augment oneself, because Sons of the Star Abyss inherently possessed an affinity with Dao Power.
The reason Jiao had been so obsessed with killing Lu Ye and seizing his blessing was that, at his level of strength, every bit of improvement was exceedingly difficult. But if he seized the blessing that belonged to Lu Ye, he could increase his own power. That was a full ten percent increase in strength—something extraordinarily precious to him.
As Lu Ye opened his body and mind and the Son of the Star Abyss blessing took effect, he felt the Dao Power drifting around him become far more intimate, making it increasingly easy and effortless to draw upon.
Another thirty percent increase in strength!
Including the thirty percent increase from advancing to Dao Union itself, this borrowed-power augmentation amounted to a full sixty percent.
More than two thousand one hundred Dao of power!
Even the usually noisy Fang was stunned speechless. Only its blade trembled softly.
It felt terrifyingly strong right now!
And this strength came precisely from the improvement of its weapon master's power.
Lu Ye's advancement this time brought such an enormous increase in strength that it was simply unprecedented and unmatched!
Never before had a cultivator advancing from Dao Fusion to Dao Union gained such a