Middle Celestial Being Stage

The soul merging with the embryo was also called the Lesser Fusion.

Several jiazi of cultivation had, in truth, all been preparation for this moment.

Only when the soul had completely merged into the Spirit Embryo could it be considered true great completion.

Within the Violet Palace Realm.

The enormous phantom of the soul above the Immortal Court slowly extended a finger, accurately pressing it against the Dao Embryo Infant's baihui acupoint, like an immortal bestowing enlightenment with a touch to the crown.

The next instant.

The Dao Embryo Infant rapidly grew.

From youth, to middle age, then old age, until it finally settled into a form identical to Li Rui.

This was—union as one!

At this moment.

Li Rui's Dao Embryo seemed to have finally become truly complete.

Yet all he felt was hunger—an overwhelming hunger. The Dao Embryo Infant opened its mouth, and the immortal qi within the Immortal Court was swallowed up in Whale Swallowing and Sea Absorption, directly forming a vortex of immortal qi around it.

This process lasted a full seven days and seven nights.

Even with the reserves of Li Rui's Violet Palace Realm, the immortal qi was sucked completely dry.

The Dao Embryo's strength soared more than tenfold along with it!

One had to know that a cultivator's Spirit Embryo was not incapable of leaving the body. The reason cultivators rarely released their Spirit Embryos to fight was simply because they were far too weak.

But once one reached the middle Celestial Being Stage, the situation changed drastically.

The Spirit Embryo already possessed half the strength of the main body.

If it could condense into a Primordial Spirit, its strength could even surpass that of the main body, achieving true great transcendence and great freedom.

Of course, that was something only the Spirit