Chapter 476 - Third-Level of the Heavenly Phase Realm

Chapter 476 - Third-Level of the Heavenly Phase Realm

After Liu Wuxie put away the coral jades, they quickened their pace because the exit was near.

When they emerged from the cave, bright sunlight shone through the sea's surface and reached them. They exchanged glances and quickly swam towards the surface.

The two finally broke through the sea's surface a few minutes later; strangely enough, a beach was near them. They leaped out of the water and transformed into streaks of light, landing on the beach.

When they finally returned to land, Gu Yu burst into tears, overwhelmed by the long-lost feeling of being on solid ground. They had endured countless hardships over the past few months, narrowly escaping death on multiple occasions.

Liu Wuxie surveyed his surroundings and realized they were on an uninhabited island. The island wasn’t large, with a diameter of only about a thousand meters. They could circle it in just ten minutes. The landscape was barren, covered with bare rocks, and there was no sign of vegetation.

This was a desolate island, and they flew to the sky before looking into the distance. It looked like the sky and sea had merged into one, with no signs of land in sight.

They didn't know where they were even after leaving the ocean, but they could fly freely after reaching the Heavenly Phase Realm. They didn't know where the Southern Province was and didn't dare to fly around aimlessly in the sea. After all, it would become troublesome if they couldn't find a place to land.

To avoid attacks from sea demonic beasts, they settled in the island's center and constructed a stone house. They also set up spiritual arrays around it for added protection. Once everything was secure, Liu Wuxie let out a sigh of relief and finally allowed himself to relax.

"This place isn't bad. Let's focus on making a breakthrough in our cultivation and hope a ship will pass by. Otherwise, we can only try to leave this place by flying a month later," Liu Wuxie quickly decided, which was the worst-case scenario.

However, they had to increase their strength as much as possible to increase their chances of survival.

Gu Yu nodded and agreed with Liu Wuxie's suggestion.

They had reaped many rewards during their time on the Blood Sea Abyssal Island, but they had been holding back on advancing their cultivation. Now that they were alone, they could break through their limits without restraint and fully unleash their potential.

The two sat about five hundred meters apart, a necessary distance due to the Desolate Devouring Art. If they were too close, Gu Yu might have struggled to absorb any spiritual energy.

Liu Wuxie wasn't in a hurry to make a breakthrough in his cultivation. He planned to use the xiantian spirit's water-attribute energy to strengthen his desolate world and use a portion to upgrade the Heretic Blade.

The xiantian spirit hovered before Liu Wuxie as the water-attribute energy began pouring into the desolate world as he circulated the Desolate Devouring Art.

The desolate world suddenly came to life, with rivers pouring down from the sky, coiling in a canyon, and forming waterfalls and lakes.

The world had developed from primordial times, evolving through various stages—the birth of the volcano, the growth of the mysterious tree, the emergence of the abyssal realm, and the infusion of metal-attribute energy. Now, with the addition of waterfalls and rivers, the world was beginning to take shape, but it still lacked the power of the earth to complete the five elements.

Under the impact of water flow, Liu Wuxie's true essence became more complete, and even the quality had improved significantly.

Liu Wuxie's bottleneck began to loosen, and he was about to reach the third level of the Heavenly Phase Realm. The spiritual energy above the sea was much richer than on land, so Liu Wuxie didn't have to worry about running out of spiritual energy.

A spiritual cloud began to form in the sky, gathered from the surroundings. Liu Wuxie absorbed spiritual energy from tens of thousands of miles, and the speed of spiritual energy refinement by the Desolate Devouring Art increased.

Right at this moment, there was a warship sailing on the sea.

"Third lady, the surrounding spiritual energy seems to be converging over there," an old man said to the red-clothed woman as he walked out to the deck.

He remembered that Liu Wuxie was a human who had lived in the mundane world and had only been in the cultivation world for a year. So, how could Liu Wuxie possibly understand dragon runes?

However, Gu Yu's excellent trait was not to gossip. He closed his eyes to continue his cultivation. He held onto the Dragon Clan Scepter with both hands to nurture it with his energy.

The grade of the Heretic Blade increased swiftly as more materials merged into it. Even if it couldn't be elevated to a monarch artifact, Liu Wuxie was determined to refine it into the finest xiantian treasure.

Thunderbolts flashed above the island, thick clouds forming, and this meant Liu Wuxie was about to face a tribulation. However, only someone advancing into the True Profound Realm from the Nascent Transformation Realm would face a tribulation. Could it be because of the Heretic Blade?

Liu Wuxie frowned and quickly changed the original refinement technique. He didn't know if pushing the Heretic Blade beyond this world's limits was good or bad.

"The heavens seek to destroy the Heretic Blade. Could it have violated the laws of heaven and earth?" Liu Wuxie murmured. However, he had already passed the point of no return, resolute in his determination to reforge the Heretic Blade, even if it meant defying the heavens.

During his first encounter with tribulation in the cave, he hadn't been too bothered. This time, however, was different, as a thunder tribulation loomed overhead.

The sudden appearance of the tribulation startled Gu Yu. Only the creation of a heaven-defying treasure could attract such a response. The world operated under its own rules, and breaking them meant inevitable punishment. Even the heavens seemed to feel threatened by the birth of the Heretic Blade.

As more materials merged into the Heretic Blade, lightning flashed in the sky and weaved into a net, flickering with thunderbolts. This scene was terrifying, and anyone with a faint heart would've been paralyzed by fear.

Humans were pathetically weak before the power of heaven and earth.

"Ready to awaken! Xiantian spirit!" The Heretic Blade had already developed spirituality and only lacked the xiantian spirit to awaken the artifact spirit.

The water spirit was transformed into a xiantian spirit and merged with the Heretic Blade. The embryo within the artifact spirit began to expand, devouring all the surging xiantian energy.

An even more terrifying scene occurred as the artifact spirit within the Heretic Blade grew rapidly. It might not have awakened, but it was being strengthened.

This situation was similar to pregnancy, where the child would be born when the time was right. However, in this case, the Heretic Blade was different. The artifact spirit should have awakened after absorbing the xiantian spirit, but it continued to grow at an alarming rate. The Heretic Blade could only endure so much, and if the artifact spirit became too powerful, the blade might not be able to contain it.

It was like a mother carrying a child—if the child grew too large, the mother's body might not be able to withstand it, leading to a tragic outcome before the child could be born. Although the analogy is somewhat forced, the principle is the same.

The Heretic Blade was like the mother, and the artifact spirit was the embryo. If the artifact spirit continued to grow unchecked, the blade might fail before it could fully awaken. Liu Wuxie felt a surge of anxiety, as he had never encountered such a precarious situation before.

"Could it be that the artifact spirit has devoured too many treasures, causing it to be more powerful than ordinary artifact spirit?" Liu Wuxie soon identified the cause: the Heretic Blade had devoured too many spiritual treasures, absorbing the spirituality within and making the artifact spirit's embryo powerful.

The Heretic Blade was still maintained at the level of a xiantian treasure and couldn't advance while the artifact spirit grew.

"Damn it! I’ve been planning to use many treasures to upgrade the Heretic Blade to a monarch artifact. It seems I’ll have to use them to strengthen the blade instead, so it can match the power of the artifact spirit if there’s no other choice." Liu Wuxie realized that if the artifact spirit grew too powerful, it wouldn’t awaken properly. The only solution was to enhance the blade to accommodate the spirit’s strength.

Liu Wuxie's current approach was to strengthen the Heretic Blade, forging it into a xiantian treasure with the method of a monarch artifact, which was already beyond logic. As long as the artifact spirit awakened, it would perfectly merge with the blade, preventing similar issues from occurring.

He abandoned the plan of upgrading the Heretic Blade to a monarch artifact and could only focus on helping the artifact spirit awaken. After all, the xiantian spirit Liu Wuxie had obtained was too powerful. The spirituality it contained was too overwhelming, causing the artifact spirit to surpass other xiantian treasures.

After all, the benefits would be significant if it could advance to a xiantian treasure with power comparable to a monarch artifact.