Xu Yuan was overjoyed.
Though he had grasped an Advanced Imago like Spring Dawn, who knew how the Imagos of the Primordial Era might differ?
Stones from another mountain could polish jade.
The more he learned, the broader his horizons would grow—and perhaps his methods would grow stronger, too!
Several powerful cultivators nodded to him, then turned and left.
The war was still raging.
Everyone was run off their feet, especially the stronger ones.
Only a few mid-level cultivators stayed behind to make records and deal with the monster's corpse.
Of course.
Xu Yuan stayed too, and he had not forgotten the final step—
He stood beside the monster's corpse and willed it.
Lines of faintly glowing text quickly appeared:
"As the leader and a member of the bronze team Solely Revering the Skyscraping, you have killed an Immortal Species;" "Will you sacrifice it to the Universe?"
"Sacrifice it," Xu Yuan said.
A hazy glimmer rose from the Immortal Species' corpse, slipped into the Void, and vanished.
"Sacrifice complete." "This is the first Immortal Species sacrificed since the Dark Staircase began." "The Universe has gained replenishing energy." "Accordingly, you have received a reward: a slight increase in cultivation."
The Spiritual Power throughout Xu Yuan's body surged.
An even stronger wave of Spiritual Power radiated from him.
The Integrated Body Middle Stage!
His total Spiritual Power had risen by about ten percent.
Not bad.
Xu Yuan was quietly pleased when the light and shadows around him suddenly began to shift.
He was clearly in the midst of an ancient war, yet he suddenly saw through the entire world to the mountain wall outside the Ruins.
Was time dying?
No—
They were fusing!
What on earth was happening?
A line of small text popped up before his eyes: