Chapter 211: First Step into Spiritsong

Chapter 211: First Step into Spiritsong

A day later, on the Eastern Sea, Xiao Nanfeng's main body took down another spiritbeast lair and excavated a six-hundred-meter-long draconic vein.

"Let's dig in!" Xiao Nanfeng shouted.

"Yes!" the cultivators replied in excitement.

Xiao Nanfeng was the first to launch himself at the dragon. As roiling draconic aether entered the cultivators' bodies, they began glowing with golden light.

Six hours later, a wave of energy burst from Xiao Nanfeng's body. He opened his eyes wide. "The tenth stage of Ascension. I've reached the peak of Ascension!" New novel chapters are published on

Blazing golden flames emanated from Xiao Nanfeng's body. It was as though there were ten suns revolving around him, causing the cultivators to be taken aback.

"Just what sort of technique does King Xiao cultivate? Why does it seem as though that Ascension-realm technique is even stronger than most Spiritsong-realm techniques?" Ye Dafu cried out.

"Come on. We'll head to the next draconic vein!" Xiao Nanfeng called out.

"Got it!" everyone cried out in excitement.

Back in the valley within the draconic palace, where Xiao Nanfeng's avatar was located, the serpent recovered from its wounds as it considered what Xiao Nanfeng had said. It had been reflecting on its own actions in the past, but it didn't consider any of what it had done a mistake. Even if others had died, it had been able to remain alive. What was wrong about that?

On the other hand, Xiao Nanfeng's theory of alliances sounded eminently reasonable. His cultivation had skyrocketed over the serpent's own, and he was clearly in far better straits. How had its life become such a mess?

Confused and worried that Xiao Nanfeng was trying to hoodwink it, it wanted to confirm whether Xiao Nanfeng was truly telling the truth. A day would pass quickly; Xiao Nanfeng had claimed that the red rope would provide him with enough spiritual aether to reach Spiritsong. Whether that was true would have to be seen.

Suddenly, Xiao Nanfeng's avatar shook. A tremendous wave of energy emitted from him.

"The peak of Ascension!" the serpent cried out.

It was confident that Xiao Nanfeng hadn't eaten a thing in the past day, and there was no source of spiritual aether he could have consumed. How could his cultivation have improved out of nowhere? That couldn't be—unless the red rope he held really did help him.

"What're you shouting about? Haven't you ever seen someone break through?" Xiao Nanfeng asked.

The serpent swallowed a gulp of saliva. "Did you really ascend because the red rope helped you?"

"That's none of your business." Xiao Nanfeng ignored the serpent.

Just then, Xiao Nanfeng flung out a hand. A length of red rope shot out from his palm and lassoed a crocodile spirit that was acting suspiciously in the distance.

Xiao Nanfeng pulled the crocodile spirit over and stepped on its body with his foot.

"You dare spy on me?" Xiao Nanfeng interrogated.

"No, you're mistaken!" the crocodile spirit cried out. "I was spying on the black serpent!"

The serpent gaped at the red rope in Xiao Nanfeng's hand. It recognized this technique. A few months ago, it had seen the red rope cursed effigy use it. There could be no doubt—Xiao Nanfeng really had formed an alliance with the red rope! Not only did the red rope help him raise his cultivation, it even helped him seize anyone spying on him. Had everything he said been right?

"If I say that you're spying on me, then you're spying on me. Give me something worthwhile in exchange for your life, or you'll be my dinner tonight," Xiao Nanfeng threatened.

The crocodile spirit didn't expect that Xiao Nanfeng would be so unreasonable. It spat out stubbornly, "Our king is a Spiritsong-realm spirit. You had better let me go now, or you'll be dead when it shows up!"

At that moment, he could feel a miraculous golden bloom at the heart of that sun, a nascent spirit that was giving off tremendous vitality.

"The gestated spirit—I've hit the first stage of Spiritsong!" Xiao Nanfeng's eyes lit up.

Under ordinary circumstances, cultivators only gestated a single nascent spirit in their dantian, but from the looks of it, Xiao Nanfeng would be gestating ten.

All the energy from his body had been wiped out to spark this transformation. Fortunately, there was plenty of draconic aether remaining, which he absorbed into his body and transformed into pure yang origin qi, filling up his supply of energy.

Xiao Nanfeng opened his eyes to see Croak and Warble giving him a strange look.

"Xiao Nanfeng, have you hit Spiritsong? How could you have caused such a tremendous disturbance? Everyone around you was sent flying from the force of the energy leaving your body!" Croak exclaimed.

"My technique's simply a little unusual," Xiao Nanfeng replied.

He infused energy into his nascent spirit. A strange force caused him to float. It was a mysterious, fascinating sensation.

"Is this what flight feels like? It's like I'm levitating!" Xiao Nanfeng exclaimed.

Just then, four of the spectral guards shook as a tremendous wave of energy emanated from each of them. They awoke in shock.

"King Xiao, we've reached Spiritsong!"

Ye Sanshui's body underwent the same transformation.

"King Xiao, I've reached Spiritsong as well!" Ye Sanshui cried out.

Ye Dafu, who had reached the peak of Ascension, had been overjoyed by his performance before learning that so many of those around him, including his own uncle, had surpassed that achievement. He sighed in pride and exasperation.

"Mr. Zheng, it looks like I've fulfilled my promise to you ahead of time." Xiao Nanfeng smiled.

Zheng Qian exclaimed, "King Xiao, I never expected to reach Ascension so quickly. You have my gratitude."

Xiao Nanfeng was about to continue talking when You Jiu flew through the barrier of fog. He was the first to awaken after the breakthrough in his cultivation; after he woke up, he went out patrolling alertly.

"Master, something's wrong. There's a group of people spying on us from afar. We've excavated three draconic veins in a row these last few days and have attracted the attention of those from nearby sects," You Jiu reported.

"Only from afar? That means that they're not too confident in their own strength. They must only be at Spiritsong. However, they'll likely summon Wingform-realm cultivators soon enough, so we can't be too ostentatious for the near future. We'll stop here rather than take on more risk. Let's solidify our cultivation for the time being," Xiao Nanfeng suggested.

"Understood!" the disciples replied.

The cultivators packed up and were quickly on their way.

Back in the draconic palace, the serpent grew more and more anxious for two whole days as it continued to stare at Xiao Nanfeng's avatar.

Suddenly, energy surged around Xiao Nanfeng's avatar, then spread out all around him. The earth and rocks in the vicinity were sent flying.

"The first stage of Spiritsong?!" the serpent exclaimed.

The serpent wasn't envious any longer. It was irritable and anxious. If this was what being part of an alliance was like, who would want to work by themselves? Getting the support and backing of as powerful a cursed effigy as the red rope... Just look at Xiao Nanfeng! How much had he benefited from this alliance? If it were to hesitate any longer, Xiao Nanfeng might drain the red rope dry of resources!

"I, I've thought it through! You're right. My friend's very interested in joining your alliance. How can it join?" the serpent asked politely.

Xiao Nanfeng didn't respond, but he was inwardly pleased. The serpent had been hooked; it was time for the next step of his plan.