Escape: Danger Is Also a Fortuitous Opportunity!
The ground beneath their feet had cracked into pieces, and grayish-white void turbulence surged from the cracks, engulfing the remains of the lotus platform.
Half of the dome collapsed, and rubble fell into the bottomless gray abyss.
Shi Xiao's heart was bleeding as he summoned a special treasure the size of his palm.
This object is made entirely of black iron, with a spiral tip resembling a dragon horn, and its surface is covered with fine, piercing runes; beneath the runes lies a full-force attack from a Spirit Transformation level being sealed away.
This was one of the life-saving measures that his maternal grandfather, Shan Wanling, gave him before he left. It was originally intended as a trump card to break through the restrictions of the Spirit Transformation and tear apart the spatial barrier.
"Grandfather, oh grandfather, today I've given you everything you gave me."
Shi Xiao muttered something to himself and poured his spiritual energy into the drill bit.
The runes suddenly lit up, and a powerful force that made him gasp for breath erupted from the drill!
That power was far beyond what Nascent Soul Cultivator could control. Shi Xiao felt a numbness in his arm, and his tiger's mouth split open, with blood flowing down between his fingers.
The next instant, the drill emitted a piercing whistle that seemed to shatter eardrums. Its tip spun, carrying the might of Spirit Transformation, and fiercely drilled into the void above!
Boom!
The entire space shattered completely under this attack, and the dome turned to dust.
The drill instantly tore through the spatial barrier; the barrier that isolated this secret realm of over ten thousand miles from the outside world was as thin as paper in the face of the power of the Spirit Transformation.
Blinding white light poured down from the crack—it was the Spiritual Qi of the outside world!
Shi Xiao lit up with joy. He pushed his Immortal Foundation power to its limit, and his figure transformed into a streak of purple-gold light, rushing out along the torn passage.
The channel is extremely unstable.
The turbulent flow of space on both sides was like a blade, and most of the Purple Firmament Lightning arcs around Shi Xiao's body were cut off. His shoulders and back were scratched by spatial cracks, and several deep wounds that revealed the bone were cut out. The blood turned into purple mist in the void.
Continue to protect your entire body and force your way out.
A few breaths later, Shi Xiao was ejected from the crack and crashed onto a pile of barren rocks.
The drill-shaped treasure had its surface runes completely faded and was covered with cracks. It then shattered into several pieces and was completely ruined.
Shi Xiao struggled to his feet, panting heavily, a true survivor of a disaster.
Behind them, in the void, the secret realm was collapsing at a visible speed; the space of over ten thousand miles was collapsing inward, like a crushed bubble, with fragments constantly peeling off from the edges and falling into the depths of the void.
Fragments of a Secret Realm.
Shi Xiao suddenly sat up, his eyes flashing with purple light.
Those collapsed and peeling fragments are not without value; each fragment retains the Space Dao aura Xu Yan from the original master of the secret realm, as well as the essence of Space Dao materials that maintain the space.
These things disperse into the void and then vanish completely.
However, if some of it is captured before the collapse is complete, it can be integrated into one's own personal secret realm.
Shi Xiao didn't think about it any further.
Purple Firmament Lightning Dao Yun unleashed its full power, transforming into dozens of lightning bolts that shot towards the fallen fragments of the secret realm. The moment the lightning bolts entangled the fragments, a fierce repulsive force was felt.
Within the fragments of the secret realm, the remaining Space Dao aura was fundamentally different from his Dao of Lightning. Forcibly fusing them was like stuffing ice into a furnace; the Daoist aura within each fragment was eroding each other.
Shi Xiao groaned, a tearing pain shooting through his meridians.
The Daoist essence of the Nascent Soul circulated wildly within his body, and the fierce and intense power of the Purple Firmament Lightning transformed into a brute force that forcefully obliterated the repulsive force within those fragments.
A large number of fragments of the secret realm were forcibly dragged out of the void by Lei Suo and then collected into Shi Xiao's personal secret realm.
The secret realm trembled violently in an instant.
The spatial barrier within a radius of fifty miles developed numerous cracks under the impact of the fragments; yet the Space Dao essence contained within those fragments was also constantly repairing and expanding the space itself.
The crack appeared and then healed, and the space became larger after it healed.
Behind them, the secret realm collapsed faster and faster, its outermost layer shattering into countless streams of light.
Those spatial fragments that couldn't be intercepted fell into the void, turning into countless tiny specks of light that vanished in an instant.
He could only manage to grab a very small portion.
But that's enough, after all, it was created by Spirit Transformation himself; even a small fragment of space is enough to expand his secret realm more than twofold!
Even if we could obtain more, the secret realm couldn't sustain it.
After all, the largest secret realm that Nascent Soul can open is only a hundred miles in radius; and Nascent Soul can still carry it with them.
If it expands further upwards, transforming into a more complete secret realm, then it loses its portability and is not Nascent Soul can possess.
Finally, that secret realm spanning over ten thousand miles collapsed into a single point of light with a final, muffled boom, before vanishing into the void.
Nothing is left; everything has vanished.
"It's truly dangerous. Spirit Transformation is still Spirit Transformation Spirit Transformation Spirit Transformation, even a dead one. They shouldn't be underestimated."
Shi Xiao took a long time to catch his breath before he could recover.
He then activated his Divine Sense and probed into his personal secret realm, which had undergone tremendous changes.
The small space, which was only fifty miles in radius, has now expanded to nearly a hundred miles; the spatial barrier is several times thicker than before.
The residual Space Dao energy within those fragments of the merged secret realm, like mortar, filled in the originally rough secret realm.
The entire space was reinforced by it.
More importantly, there is Spiritual Qi; these fragments of the secret realm come from a realm cultivated by a Nascent Spirit Transformation for countless years.
The Spiritual Qi essence contained within it is extremely rich.
After merging, the concentration of Spiritual Qi in the entire portable secret realm increased several times over; the Spirit Vein that had been transplanted earlier, nourished by this Spiritual Qi, began to overflow with earth energy and were even showing signs of operating on their own.
Those Spirit Plant and herbs, which were originally half-dead and rooted in the soil, are now visibly sprouting new buds.
In a corner of the secret realm, several Golden Core beasts also became restless, instinctively absorbing and cultivating amidst the rich Spiritual Qi...
Within a radius of a hundred miles, this is already the limit of the personal secret realm that Nascent Soul Cultivator can bear.
If it were any larger, even his Nascent Soul wouldn't be able to withstand the drain on the spatial framework.
When Shi Xiao withdrew his Divine Sense, he was in excruciating pain all over his body. Several of his meridians had minor cracks, and his Nascent Soul foundation had also loosened somewhat due to the ordeal he had just endured.
His mind was in complete disarray. The injuries left by the possession, coupled with the depletion from forcibly fusing the fragments, had left his soul extremely weak.
Shi Xiao lay there for a long time, motionless.
The wind blew from the south, carrying the pungent smell of wild grass.
He suddenly laughed, not with elation, but with a sense of relief and joy at surviving a close call. If he hadn't been so cunning, he probably would have lost his life.
He obtained most of the legacy of the old monster who Spirit Transformation.
Two Spirit Transformation skeletons, dozens of high-level rare spiritual items, fifth-level spirit medicine, materials for the Space Dao, plus that Xu Yan Ring.
The secret realm has expanded from fifty miles to a hundred miles, brimming with Spiritual Qi and vibrant life.
The spoils from this trip are enough to feed him for many years, enough to support him until he reaches the Nascent Soul Perfection, and there will even be many more treasures to fill the treasure trove of the Lightning Bear Line.