Whoosh, whoosh—
The cool, icy Moon Pool Spirit Liquid entered Xu Yan's stomach, and vast currents of pure energy spread through his Dao body.
The liquid contained not only pure mystic qi and blood essence, but also considerable amounts of untainted spiritual consciousness. Xu Yan circulated the Primordial Foundation Establishment Method, and after refining just a wisp, all the exhaustion of the past few days vanished.
Hum!
His primordial chaos immortal aperture emerged, hanging in midair like a gigantic black sun. Within it, the Heavenly Calamity Myriad Phenomena evolved and howled, forcing even the surrounding yellow springs qi to disperse. Its power was supremely domineering.
Three immortal aperture marks were full and naturally flawless. On the inner wall, the faint outline of a fourth mark was beginning to appear.
"Fellow Daoist Xu... are you about to break through?" Nie Wushuang narrowed her eyes and looked over.
Seeing this, Jiang Beixuan and the others immediately moved to guard him without another word, forcibly pushing the churning waters of the Forgotten River and the yellow springs qi more than a dozen yards away.
The surroundings settled into tranquility. Only the primordial chaos immortal aperture continued to rotate and roar faintly, its might chilling.
"Junior Brother's progress is astonishing. How little time has passed, and he's already about to reach the fourth turn," Chongwu Chun said intently.
He had entered the Immortal Aperture Realm long before Xu Yan, yet he was still only at the fifth turn.
That went all the more for Jiang Beixuan. When he arrived in Cloud Province, Xu Yan had only just entered the Immortal Aperture Realm.
Now, their dao attainment was almost identical.
With the breakthrough at hand, Xu Yan steadied his mind.
He sank his spiritual consciousness into the world within his dantian. Nourished by the spirit