"Success."
Just as the seven supreme powerhouses sensed something, Chen Nianzhi opened his eyes.
Watching Jiang Linglong gradually awaken from her seclusion, a faint smile surfaced in his gaze.
"Linglong, how do you feel?"
Jiang Linglong opened her eyes and, after briefly sensing the power within herself, said, "So this is the True-Spirit Primordial Spirit. It truly is unprecedentedly powerful."
Delighted, she began telling Chen Nianzhi about her True-Spirit Primordial Spirit.
This time, Jiang Linglong's True-Spirit Primordial Spirit had, like Chen Nianzhi's, opened nine natal apertures. This was the proper foundation of a True-Spirit Primordial Spirit.
But unlike Chen Nianzhi, she had received far fewer True-Spirit marks. After completing the transformation of her True-Spirit Primordial Spirit, only a tiny portion remained—not even enough to fill a tenth of the first natal aperture.
"Even after cultivating the same True-Spirit Primordial Spirit, the True-Spirit marks obtained can differ."
Chen Nianzhi murmured slowly. After a long while, he smiled and said, "With this breakthrough, your strength is no longer what it once was. It seems we can gain a few more measures of confidence for the battles ahead."
Jiang Linglong nodded, then said, "Continue cultivating first. We can discuss everything else after you emerge from seclusion."
"Alright."
Chen Nianzhi nodded and resumed his secluded cultivation of the Primordial Chaos Undying Body.
Meanwhile, outside the Soul-Annihilation Ancient Grounds, several figures gazed gravely into its depths.
Had Chen Nianzhi been present, he would certainly have recognized them as Skyvault Imperial Son of the Golden-Winged Roc Lineage, along with Heavenfall Watchtower, Azure Heaven Roc, and other Roc Clan imperial sons from the Dark Roc Clan.
At that moment, Heavenfall Watchtower looked at the Soul-Annihilation Ancient Grounds before him and said coldly, "I have investigated it already. The ones who took this Soul-Annihilation Ancient Grounds were precisely