Chapter 1533 Chapter 1526: Ready for a Journey (3)
The changes of the world were as unstoppable as the passing of a single second. That feeling echoed in the mind of every living thing within the Ancient Sealed Regions as lamentations and exclamations of the Neo-Dawn Defiance Era dawned on them. The rise of the Neo-Dawn Empire, the fall of the Imperial Clan, the violent arrival of foreigners, and so much more had happened within the short period of a few decades.
And all of it could be linked to a single existence: Wei Wuyin, the Ascendant Emperor of Neo-Dawn, the Neo-Dawn Alchemic Saint, and the strongest mortal cultivator beneath the heavens.
However, what other changes will unfold? The beginning of this era was bound to bring more!
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Kree!
Vermilion Graveyard.
Wei Wuyin briefly met with Bai Lin and Wei Si as the former was gleefully showcasing the Tang Clan's subservient attitudes. After retrieving two Prime Ascendants and keeping Zuhei in his Saint Ring for further cultivation, Wei Wuyin needed to confirm something with Bai Lin before going forward.
Bai Lin's strength was astonishing, and her natural height was almost thirty-three feet, a physical indicator that her bloodline had been pushed to an extreme limit, on the precipice of her Third Nirvanic Transformation. Her current cultivation and physical appearance had been instantly noticed by Su Nianzu and Jia Yang, and their reaction could be described in a single word: "Somber!"
After consuming that feather of an ancient Fire Phoenix that was at the Third Nirvanic Rebirth Realm, Bai Lin had undergone great changes. However, coming to the Vermilion Graveyard absorbing the ambient bloodline energies, and digesting the various fruits born from the environment, her changes became more extraordinary. These factors alongside Wei Wuyin giving her a seemingly endless supply of raw mystic-graded materials and first-rate quality products left her stuffed.
As a Genesis Beast, her cultivation was straightforward. She had two parts: Bloodline Elevation and Bloodline Excavation. The former was using materials, chaos mana, and other beasts, to strengthen one's bloodline to strive to reach closer to the Ancestral Level. The latter was slowly pondering on the nuances and principles of her Unique Intent of her instinctively known bloodline abilities.
Wei Wuyin followed that exact path with Kratos. Aside from his spiritual Cultivation Base, Wei Wuyin's body required bloodline energies and the excavation of his power. While Wei Wuyin could have kept it simple and used the Infinite Void Wings to simply traverse the Void with his physical body, he instead delved into the depths and devised creative and exceptional ways to deploy Void Images, Void Anchors, and even conjure Void Portals.
Bai Lin's path was similar. With the Neo-Dawn Vortex-Zone Pellet or the assistance of any Ascended being willing to expend their mystic powers and potentially their lifespan, she could rapidly cultivate by ingesting and digesting in these spaces of accelerated time and using her time where she's not eating to contemplate her abilities, even test them out if the zone itself was stable enough.
When Wei Wuyin checked in, he wanted to test the current stage of Bai Lin's cultivation. She wasn't at the Third Stage of the Nirvanic Rebirth Realm, but she was at the absolute apex of that stage, perhaps even a transcendent level.
According to debonair Wei Wuyin's knowledge of Fire Phoenix lineages from the Azure-Prime Galactic Zone's history, phoenixes who would undergo their first Nirvanic Rebirth had a strength between the ninth stage of the Astral Core Realm and the first stage of the Mystic Ascendant Realm. The second Nirvanic Rebirth granted strength between the second stage of the Mystic Ascendant Realm, the Soul of Mysticism Phase, and the third stage, the Demi-Mortal Lord Phase. The third Nirvanic Rebirth was usually at the fourth stage, the Earthly Saint Phase initially, and then the fifth stage, the Worldly Saint Phase at full maturity.
This was merely the "common" Phoenix standard. This could be seen by how a mature third Nirvanic Rebirth Realm's Fire Phoenix feather could exert Earthly Saint levels of power as a refined armament.
However, despite not fully excavating her power and being extremely young, Bai Lin's second Nirvanic Rebirth had initially granted her the power of an ordinary Demi-Mortal Lord. She was as abnormal as Wei Wuyin! She currently had the strength to contend with Worldly Saints at merely the peak of the second Nirvanic Rebirth.
Wei Wuyin hated parting, but he understood its necessity.
His Second Mind tossed the scroll frustratingly at the roof and then went back to writing something else.
That day, after Wei Wuyin let Bai Lin handle her affairs, Wei Si and Wei Wuyin saw her enter the Myriad Yore Crystal, the name Wei Wuyin decided to call it. It was extremely hot, dyed a rich scarlet-gold light, and glowed intensely. He stuffed it in his shirt and the radiance was suppressed.
"When will you leave?" Wei Si asked.
"In a few days," Wei Wuyin answered.
Wei Si nodded. "Can I stay here?"
Wei Wuyin's eyebrow lifted. But then he thought about it and nodded. The Vermilion Graveyard had a strong fiery yang energy, Wei Si would love it here.
"I'll pick you up after I'm done."
"No rush!" Wei Si laughed as he rushed off to a mountain peak formed around a Vermilion Bird's bony corpse.
Wei Wuyin heaved a soft sigh as he glanced inward at the Library of Eden. That scroll was a heap of information, but the contents were utterly shocking despite its simplicity.
"Rebirth-Void Blood-Body-Soul Union: Yin-Yang Cultivation Method - Version 7.6." The name needed work, for sure.
The idea?
To transfer the incredible properties of his Stellar-Paragon Physique linked with his blood and soul, allowing Bai Lin to bypass her limits without further harm.
Why didn't he like it?
It required him to reach the pinnacle stage of his Stellar-Paragon Physique! Bai Lin would have to be experiencing that form of pain until then. Who knows how long that could take?!
Wei Wuyin recalled the entry of the martial art required.
"Suppress Humanity, Evoke Divinity."
It was a simple four words, but Wei Wuyin understood the implications.
"Haaa..."