Inside the chamber behind the hidden door in the rock wall.
Hong Yuan sat cross-legged, a faint radiance blooming between his brows and spreading outward. Specks of dust and fragments of stone rose into the air, as though lifted by an invisible hand.
This was a means of commanding matter with the mind.
The efficiency of absorbing numinous energy depended on the spirit soul, while the strength of the fleshly vessel determined how much numinous energy it could contain.
If either was insufficiently strong, even someone inside a great dragon vein would have to rely on years of patient, grinding effort to accumulate true qi.
One careless mistake could even cause numinous energy to backlash against them. Being reduced to an idiot or exploding to death was nothing unusual.
As it happened, Hong Yuan far exceeded the standard in both respects.
So what if Mingxu Zi was closer to the dragon vein?
So what if the Dragon-Locking Well sealed away most of its numinous energy?
He, Hong Yuan, would snatch it away all the same. With something like numinous energy, whoever seized it got to keep it.
At a stir of Hong Yuan's mind, strands of thought spread like a vast net, scattering through the void.
Just one word: Absorb!
Beside the Dragon-Locking Well, the altar flames lit the cavern hall as brightly as day.
Dressed in a dark Daoist robe, Mingxu Zi wore a smile, his expression relaxed and assured. "I spent these three days in meditation, returning to the source and clearing my mind. Now there is no more fog ahead of me, only an open road."
"This time, I will break through my shackles and enter the lesser celestial circuit!"
Hearing this, Elder Cangyun's lean, gaunt face showed a trace of relief. The stern expression of Suqing,