Chapter 169 - 167: Scorched

Chapter 169 - 167: Scorched

Woosh!

Wei Wuyin’s body was like scorched earth, black as night and burnt beyond recognition. As he plummeted to the eighth level, the intense heat and blazing fire energies turned his enhanced flesh into barbeque. His eyes were shut, and sealed, melted at their ends to his face. His hair was incinerated, and his clothing was vaporized.

The damage was extensive, and his consciousness only lasted for a few seconds after his devastating gamble to open up a pathway to the dark void beyond the sky. Completely unconscious, he fell powerlessly and his body started to burn even greater from the increasing velocity of his fall.

Cultivators were oftentimes far, far heavier than their average, and Wei Wuyin’s body could not only be considered as heavier, but denser, and more sturdy as well. He fell like a meteor becoming a shooting star, streaking through the atmospheric layers of the planet, and he picked up a shocking amount of speed on his descent.

At the moment, those below might see a tiny meteor that resembled burning fire approaching. They might gawk, stare, or believe it could grant them a wish, but it was merely Wei Wuyin!

"..." While Wei Wuyin remained unconscious, he was unable to use his qi to help stabilize his body, heal, or take any sort of action. But a shocking event occurred! From his glabella, a surge of rainbow-colored light erupted in its brilliance. It started to send itself throughout his body, reaching his heart, and then his dantian.

As it touched his heart, an ancient roar resounded that dispersed the fire that wreathed across Wei Wuyin’s body, like an instant fire extinguisher. In a single blink of an eye, Wei Wuyin’s body that was burnt to the point that even his mother might not recognize him was fully revealed! He was truly like burnt, overly crusted toast. His skin had been seared and blackened to its limits, and his flesh had a hard texture, flaked and jagged.

The light reached his dantian, and saber energies exploded! The faint image of a saber encapsulated his entire body and controlled his body, causing its descent to slow down considerably despite the terrifying momentum. Then, wind, water, and ice energies started to gather and intrude into the saber image, and entered his body.

While he wasn’t healed, his body’s temperature cooled down considerably and so did the surroundings. If Wei Wuyin was awake, he would be startled! His Natal Souls were acting on their own! While they had done so before, such as to snag an alchemical product, he didn’t think they had such levels of autonomy! They controlled their innate energies and acted with their own will!

This was not the standard ability of a Natal Soul. In fact, if this was told to others, they might not even believe it. Natal Souls were like secondary limbs that acted as controllers for one’s energies, but it was only driven forth by their mental commands. They could not take action themselves, and weren’t sentient existences that could communicate or interact of their own free will.

Upon his heart, the Mark of Eden flashed with resplendent green light! In a blink of an eye, Wei Wuyin’s entire body, every orifice and every cell was integrated with green light! This light was wood energies, unfathomably pure and refined wood energies that originated from the Tree of Eden himself!

His eyes shot open as he calmly inspected his surroundings. At this point, his four Natal Souls had already gone into a dormant state of complete inactivity, but Wei Wuyin’s eyes flashed as he glanced at his physical body. He felt saber energies roaming across his body and within the air.

He took a deep breath and lifted his head upwards towards the sky. According to the records in the Beast-Taming Sect regarding the little of what they knew of the Awakening of a Phoenix, it took nine years to complete. He exhaled his held breath and relaxed his heart.

With a wave, his three-layered ring, which was one of the two items that remained undamaged on his body, was used to bring out a set of clothing and he properly refitted himself in another set of Extreme Creation Mountain’s black robes.

Woosh!

A valiant figure garbed in black flashed over, and directly kneeled before Wei Wuyin. "Lord Wei..."

It was Su Mei. Wei Wuyin was somewhat taken aback by the kneel. He couldn’t even react, but he didn’t admonish or order her to do otherwise. He had always allowed her to act according to her own will, and if she decided to call him ’Lord Wei’ or kneel with that will, he would never interfere. He respected her enough to not manage her mannerisms towards him. However, he felt something different about her, a nearly imperceptible change.

He couldn’t quite put his finger on it...

"Bai Lin won’t return for nine years, likely. As for this..." Wei Wuyin’s eyes once more lifted towards the Sky Layer and saw three gaping holes. While they were healing, it wasn’t instantly and will likely take quite a while to do so naturally.

The last hole, the one at the ninth level, was over thirty kilometers wide! He could still see the starry sky as if night had descended specifically in that area. The sunlight and unrefined astral essence would likely cause exceptional damage to the ninth level, eighth level, and seventh level if they seeped through.

He could already feel a cold aura that even eclipsed the burning heat he felt the moment he launched his last attack and penetrated it!

"We’re likely going to have some trouble, so prepare for some guests." Wei Wuyin helplessly chuckled.

Su Mei didn’t bother asking about the details, simply glanced at the sky above, her eyes shimming with exceptional brightness, before she flashed away and started to make preparations for guests.

A few seconds after she left, several powerful spiritual senses descended!