Life from Beyond the Heavens

Lu Qing'an approached step by step.

With every step he took, the energy being at the center of the heavenfall divine metal rapidly unleashed a powerful surge of pressure against him, trying to stop him from approaching.

"You've got quite a temper, but do you think you can hurt me?"

The energy being attacked him again and again to stop him, but Lu Qing'an casually swatted every attack away. It was as easy as swatting a mosquito to death.

At last, he reached the heavenfall divine metal, touched it, and abruptly unleashed the Immortal-Slaying Black Flame. The energy being inside suddenly fell quiet.

It was as though he had subdued it. All at once, it no longer felt violent.

"Is this thing a little afraid of the Immortal-Slaying Black Flame?"

Whenever he collected a piece of heavenfall divine metal, he had to use the Immortal-Slaying Black Flame on it, as though demagnetizing it, to remove its ability to harm the human body.

He had used it the same way this time, but to his surprise, after using the Immortal-Slaying Black Flame, the energy being that had been attacking him frantically just moments ago suddenly went as quiet as could be.

It was like a dog that took him for an enemy and barked madly at the sight of him.

But once he came right up to it and pressed a gun against its head, it stopped barking.

"Still, this thing feels as though it's alive, and there's a strong life force flowing inside it."

It was probably a kind of life-form made primarily of energy, one he had never seen before.

Yet even the well-traveled and knowledgeable Eternal Night Demon Emperor had never seen anything like it and had no idea what it was called.

"I still can't figure out what it is. The heavenfall divine metal fell from beyond the heavens, so it's only natural that no one's seen it or recorded it on the Cangyun Continent."

He didn't recognize it, but someone else might. He could take it back and see.

"Since you've quieted down, come on out."

Lu Qing'an split the heavenfall divine metal with a palm strike and enveloped the entire energy being in terrifying Demonic Qi, as though wrapping it in a layer of black plastic wrap.

He needed the heavenfall divine metal to forge weapons, so he had to store the energy being in something else.

"I'll just put you in here."

Lu Qing'an took out an exquisite box about the size of his palm, with a decent amount of space inside.

However, just as he was about to put the energy being into the box, the now-quiet being suddenly changed again.

Instead of attacking him as it had before, it trembled and conveyed a strange thought.

The thought felt very indistinct to Lu Qing'an, like the words of a child who had yet to develop sufficient intelligence.

It was awkward and its meaning was very unclear.

"Roughly speaking, does it dislike this box?"

He could more or less sense that the energy being disliked the box.

"You mean you don't like this box? If that's true, give me a little sign."

As soon as Lu Qing'an finished speaking, the energy being trembled slightly.

"Looks like you really don't like this box, but I can't let you keep guarding the heavenfall divine metal. I have a use for it. So you'll have to go inside."

Without giving the energy being a chance to refuse, Lu Qing'an forcibly stuffed it into the box.

Once he was done, he clapped his hands.

"This thing feels just like a child to me. But it's special and powerful, at least twice as powerful as I used to be."

In other words, if this thing really was a life-form and was still only a child, yet had twice his former strength, that was rather frightening!

It could casually kill someone at the Peak Great Emperor Realm in an instant!

And that was just while it was still a child. How strong would it be once it grew up?

"I'll take it back and study it carefully."

He wasn't afraid that it could hurt him, either.

He still had a million times his cultivation and strength stored up. No matter how strong this thing was, it couldn't be stronger than him.

Lu Qing'an put away the heavenfall divine metal, then looked around the deepest part of the cavern and scanned it with his divine sense. Only after making sure he hadn't missed anything good did he fly upward.

It was time to go back and see how the children's tempering was coming along.

As he flew upward, the formations surrounding the red-haired woman more than twenty li deep suddenly broke!

"Ah, it looks like I can't stay at this depth any longer. My state of mind has changed a little. I need to leave the Heavenfall Demon Cavern and rest outside for a while before coming back down to cultivate."

The being she had seen pass by not long ago had caused a great change in her state of mind, and she was now terribly distracted.

Finally, after deciding she could no longer stay, she cast a deep look at the depths below. Still seeing no one coming up, she could only control her formations and head upward.

She left at a considerable speed, and the pressure on her lessened as she flew upward.

When she reached a depth of nearly three li, she suddenly stopped.

Her gaze darted toward a corner.

What she saw was a black shield of light.

Lu Zixuan and the others had listened to Lu Qing'an and continued cultivating inside the black shield of light.

Lu Miaomiao had the weakest cultivation and could only sit cross-legged about a zhang from the center of the shield. Her little face still wore a pained expression, and her body was soaked in layers of sweat.

Even so, she continued to cultivate and temper her body diligently.

Lu Zixuan and Sun Minzi were cultivating a little farther out.

As for Xu Yunyi, she sat cultivating almost right up against the black shield's screen of light!

Not only was she letting that energy temper her body, but she was also practicing formations!

She had truly gained a great deal from this trip.

Her body had not only been tempered but had also become thoroughly unimpeded. Her future cultivation should go more smoothly, with fewer bottlenecks.

Most importantly, she had discovered that she had awakened a physique!

A physique related to formations!

The more she comprehended the Array Dao, the stronger this physique became. At that moment, waves of multicolored Array Dao light radiated from her body!

It was the Innate Array Physique!

"What is that? How can people with such cultivation be inside it without dying?" The red-haired woman spotted the black shield of light from afar and couldn't help growing curious. She fixed her gaze on it.

While she was still wondering what the black shield was, her gaze suddenly shifted.

"Wait! Does this woman have... the Innate Array Physique?!"

The red-haired woman was overjoyed at the sight of the multicolored light surrounding Xu Yunyi.

It really was the Innate Array Physique!

Even she, whose talent in the Array Dao was maxed out, didn't have the Innate Array Physique!

Yet this woman, who hadn't even reached the Great Emperor Realm, actually had the Innate Array Physique!

For someone with the Innate Array Physique, learning formations would be as easy as drinking water. It was a physique every formation master dreamed of!

"Could this black shield actually be a formation I've never seen before? If so, then it's this woman's formation! Good! With aptitude like hers, if she became my disciple, there would be someone to inherit my legacy!"

She had been looking for a disciple in recent years, but despite searching the entire Demon Domain, she hadn't found one who satisfied her.

She hadn't expected to gain so much from coming here to cultivate!

She flew rapidly toward them.

Her approach caught the attention of Xu Yunyi and the other three.

All four instantly became wary.