Before acquiring innate mana, ninety percent of Chen Nianzhi's combat strength lay in his Innate Primordial Chaos Indestructible Body.
The aid provided by mana, divine abilities, and immortal treasures had been negligible. Even with the innate Yin-Yang Void Realm, constrained by his mana, he could only unleash one or two moves. It could assist him, but could not heavily wound or slay a Heavenly Immortal.
Now that he possessed innate mana, although its abundance was still far inferior to that of a mighty Heavenly Immortal, Chen Nianzhi's combat strength had nevertheless increased considerably.
From now on, roughly seventy percent of Chen Nianzhi's strength would lie in his physical body, and thirty percent in his mana. The gap between the two had narrowed considerably.
Most crucially, with innate mana, he could now unleash the power of half-step Hierarch-level divine abilities. Chen Nianzhi had gained another trump card capable of deciding the battle with a single blow.
Its killing marvel was not the least bit weaker than the Gale God-Slaying Gourd. Though it lacked the Gale God-Slaying Flying Knife's sharpness that pierced a point to split all things apart, its destructive power alone was several degrees stronger.
Thinking of this, Chen Nianzhi returned to the microcosm in high spirits.
After returning to the Five-Element Pure Yang Cave-Heaven, Chen Nianzhi found five-colored light filling the heavens within the cave-heaven, all of it flowing into Jiang Linglong's secluded cultivation chamber at its deepest point.
After a long while, once every trace of light had withdrawn, an incomparably majestic aura erupted from the depths of the immortal abode.
Jiang Linglong stepped out, five-colored rosy light spreading across the sky behind her head and forming a dazzling Five-Elements divine ring.
"Congratulations, my wife. Your cultivation has reached completion this time. It seems that even against an