Gold of Life

"It had taken too long. It was time to leave!"

After adapting to his surging strength, Xia Yu began packing up and prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest.

He had not even extracted the Gold of Life hidden within the Golden Tortoiseshell's corpse.

It was not that he did not want to, but that the time and place were unsuitable.

After all, this Gold of Life had been specially provided to the Silver Dragon King for her recovery.

After all these years, it was impossible for Di Tian and the others not to have discovered that a substantial portion of the Gold of Life beneath the Lake of Life had been stolen.

As a result, the piece of Gold of Life within the Golden Tortoiseshell's corpse became extremely significant.

It was fine while the Golden Tortoiseshell's remaining power still suppressed it, but if Xia Yu directly extracted the Gold of Life within the Star Dou Great Forest, he could not guarantee whether Di Tian and the others would sense it.

Therefore, to be safe, Xia Yu planned to wait until he returned to Radiant City before taking the Gold of Life out of the Golden Tortoiseshell's corpse.

Boom!!!

After packing everything up and casually destroying the underground cavern, Xia Yu left the Star Dou Great Forest without looking back.

The journey went rather smoothly. Other than dealing with a nest of Phantom Sound Bats that had failed to recognize their betters, no other mishaps occurred.

Before long, Xia Yu left the Star Dou Great Forest and returned to the Sun Moon Empire.

Unbeknownst to him, not long after he left, Bi Ji, the Emerald Swan ranked fourth among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, went to inspect the Golden Tortoiseshell.

When Bi Ji discovered the ruined underground cavern and inferred from the traces that the Golden Tortoiseshell had been hunted by a human Soul Master, she was heartbroken for a long time.

Had Bi Ji and Xia Yu truly crossed paths, Xia Yu would likely have been in serious trouble.

Although Bi Ji's strength did not quite match her cultivation level,

her abilities were formidable, her connections extensive, and her network vast.

It could be said that if Bi Ji called out within the Star Dou Great Forest, countless soul beasts would rush over to help her.

Even Di Tian could not accomplish that. He merely ruled the soul beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest through the prestige of the Beast God.

When it came to how beloved she was by soul beasts, he truly could not compare to Bi Ji, this exceptionally powerful healer.

Sun Moon Empire, Radiant City.

After hurrying nonstop for more than two days, Xia Yu finally returned home.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xia Yu eagerly brought the Golden Tortoiseshell's corpse into his cultivation room.

He did not even check whether Meng Hongchen was home.

This alone showed just how desperately Xia Yu had coveted the Gold of Life and how long he had awaited it.

And the Gold of Life did not disappoint him.

When he extracted that emerald-green piece of Gold of Life, like a cyan crystal, radiating an intense aura of life and seeming to contain boundless vitality, it truly gave Xia Yu a tremendous shock.

It was hard to imagine that such a palm-sized piece of metal could conceal immeasurable life force.

Facing it felt like gazing directly upon a Sea of Life.

That sense of awe was simply impossible to describe with words.

"So this is the Gold of Life. As expected of a treasure condensed from endless life force. It's truly wonderful..."

Looking at the exquisite and magnificent Gold of Life in his hand, like a work of art, Xia Yu could not suppress the upward curve of his lips.

The more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and he could not help becoming somewhat intoxicated by it.

But intoxicated or not, Xia Yu would not be soft-hearted when it came time to use the Gold of Life.

First, he searched his memories for the process in the original work where Electrolux helped Huo Yuhao fuse with the Gold of Life.

How should he put it? It was quite simple, not particularly difficult.

The only uncertain matter was the specific method of opening a Second Sea of Consciousness.

The original work had not described that in detail, so Xia Yu could only proceed according to his own ideas.

He was, after all, a Titled Douluo specializing in spiritual power. Could something as trivial as opening a Second Sea of Consciousness possibly stump him?

It truly could not!

Although he did not know Electrolux's method, Xia Yu still relied on his own experience to develop a method of his own.

First, he would use the Ghost Martial Soul's abilities to create an illusory Ghost Domain Space within the Mud Pill Palace, located between his brows.

Then, he would use the Gold of Life's power to turn the illusory into reality and forge it into a Second Sea of Consciousness.

Not to mention, this method seemed fairly convincing and possessed a certain degree of feasibility.

After all, the original work mentioned that Huo Yuhao's original Mental Sea of Consciousness had been transformed into a real world under the influence of the Gold of Life's power.

If the Gold of Life could turn a Mental Sea of Consciousness into a real world, then strengthening and expanding an illusory Ghost Domain Space into a Second Sea of Consciousness should be effortless, with plenty to spare.

"Phew... Let's begin!"

After confirming the method for opening his Second Sea of Consciousness, Xia Yu immediately began.

He summoned the Ghost Martial Soul to possess him and unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar, first giving his spiritual power a significant boost.

Only then did he use that enhanced spiritual power to guide out the life force contained within the Gold of Life.

Although the Gold of Life looked harmless and gentle,

drawing out the life force within it still cost Xia Yu a great deal of effort.

Fortunately, perseverance paid off. Through Xia Yu's persistent efforts, he finally drew out a strand of incomparably pure life force from the Gold of Life.

Once he had made a start, the rest of the process went much more smoothly.

Buzz!!!

As Xia Yu drew out more and more life force, the originally tranquil, placid Gold of Life erupted with a dazzling emerald radiance.

The dense aura of life that rushed toward him made Xia Yu's entire body feel clear and refreshed.

He had not even absorbed the life force yet, and it was already like this.

He did not dare imagine what it would feel like once that incomparably dense life force flowed through and washed over his body.

Without further delay, Xia Yu immediately guided that massive life force into his body.

"This?"

The moment he came into contact with that life force, Xia Yu froze.

It felt as though he had returned to the womb—warm, comfortable, relaxed...

Then, he inevitably became immersed in that sensation.

Sizzle!!!

As Xia Yu lost himself in that feeling, intense changes simultaneously occurred within his body.

Under the frenzied torrent of life force washing through him, his limbs and bones were stained a faint green.

As time passed, his flesh, bones, internal organs, and other parts seemed to awaken anew, undergoing a rebirth-like process of growth and strengthening.

Who knew how much time had passed.

When the emerald radiance around Xia Yu's body dimmed, he finally came back to his senses.

Then, he was stunned by his completely renewed body.

Brimming with vigor and overflowing with vitality, Xia Yu felt that his physical condition had never been better.

It was so good that words could no longer describe it.

If Xia Yu could not clearly sense that everything was real, he would have thought he was dreaming.

The transformation brought about by the Gold of Life's cleansing was simply too unbelievable.