Ayao closed her eyes, and then her body emitted a faint blue light. The light grew larger and larger until a water sphere enveloped Ayao completely.
A Yao's body floated in mid-air, and the water sphere grew larger and larger, expanding to a radius of fifty zhang. A Yao opened her eyes, her fingers forming hand seals, drawing upon her immortal power to refine the water's essence.
Her sea of consciousness began to boil, and the source of water devoured everything in her sea of consciousness.
Ayao controlled her power, wanting to make the source of water submit.
In the sea of consciousness, a fist-sized, deep blue water droplet and a thumb-sized, deep blue water droplet were locked in a battle, constantly clashing and entangled. The fist-sized deep blue water droplet was the source of water that Xu Fengzhi had found in his cave realm, while the thumb-sized deep blue water droplet was the source of water that A Yao had comprehended herself.
She had independently comprehended the essence of water, which attempted to devour the external essence of water, resulting in a fierce collision that stirred up turbulent waves in her sea of consciousness.
Her own understanding of the water essence wasn't strong enough, so Ayao summoned the lightning essence she had already refined to help. Bolts of lightning appeared from various parts of her sea of consciousness, merging into the water essence that was only the size of a thumb. Although the water essence didn't expand in size, it was imbued with terrifying thunderous power.
The water essence, no bigger than a thumb, crashed with tremendous force towards the water essence the size of a fist, and the two collided violently once again.
Each collision caused considerable damage to A Yao's primordial spirit, since the battle took place within it. Tiny cracks appeared in her primordial spirit, but her life essence quickly helped repair the damage.
And so it went, one day, two days, three days...
It took Ayao three years to refine that fist-sized water essence.
Inside the cave, the water sphere enveloping A-Yao had disappeared, and A-Yao slowly landed on the futon from mid-air. She then took out a golden gourd from her storage space. After the gourd was opened, a beam of icy blue light shot out and flew towards A-Yao's brow, merging into her body. This time, A-Yao absorbed a source of ice essence.
A large amount of cold air immediately emanated from her body, and the entire cave began to freeze with crackling sounds. Her long, black hair turned ice blue, and she exhaled white breath with each breath.
Click click~
The ice had frozen the entire cave, and even Ayao was frozen into a beautiful ice sculpture.
Inside the ice sculpture, Ayao remained motionless. In her sea of consciousness, the source of ice had transformed into a petite and adorable snow fox, battling against the sources of water, lightning, and fire...
Several years passed in this way, and she refined the essence of ice.
Then she took out a golden gourd from her storage space. After opening the gourd, a beam of red light rushed into her body...
————
A thousand years later.
The mountains of the Spirit Realm soared into the clouds. Several Earth Immortals, both men and women, descended from the horizon and flew in one direction. Leading the way was a beautiful young woman dressed in a blue gauze robe. A cute three-eyed beast perched on her shoulder. The woman in blue smiled and said:
"Hurry, it's just ahead. My spirit pet senses there must be treasure ahead."
“Really? I’ve been here before. Thirty years ago, I passed by here and didn’t find anything.” A woman in red said.
“Senior Sister Ye’s spirit beast is best at finding spiritual herbs. Junior Sister Bai, you were just passing by and didn’t look closely,” said a burly young man.
All of them, driven by a desire to find treasure, continued flying forward.
Suddenly, golden rays of light appeared on the peak in front of them. Then, they watched in shock as the towering peak collapsed. The shockwave turned into a hurricane and swept outwards. The True Immortals hurriedly set up protective shields to protect themselves.
Even with the protective shield up, they were still blown away by the hurricane and carried thousands of miles away.
A blue figure flew out from the towering peak. The moment it appeared, an overwhelming pressure filled the heavens and earth, causing the treasure hunters to tremble in fear. This...this feeling...
Celestial King!!
The woman in blue stared wide-eyed; she had experienced such terrifying pressure before.
It resides within a Celestial King.
The Celestial King, this must be the Celestial King.
Good heavens, how could there be a Celestial King here?
The blue figure flashed and tore through space, disappearing in an instant. After the terrifying pressure vanished, the woman in blue stood up and flew into the sky. She held a small beast with its fur standing on end in her arms, and her junior brothers and sisters flew towards her, all with terrified expressions.
"Senior Sister Ye, what was that just now...?"
The woman in red spoke with a pale face.
"There's no mistake, that's the aura of a Celestial King." Senior Sister Ye said with lingering fear.
"It's quite unexpected to encounter a Celestial King in a place like this," said the burly young man.
"I wonder who it is?" the woman in red asked curiously.
They only caught a fleeting glimpse and couldn't even make out the other person's appearance. However, given their low cultivation levels, even if the other person were truly standing there for them to see, they wouldn't be able to see through the Immortal King's protective aura.
"We're just mere Earth Immortals, so let's not be curious about the affairs of important figures," Senior Sister Ye said.
"Shall we continue our treasure hunt?" the woman in red asked.
Senior Sister Ye fell silent, staring at the collapsed mountain peak ahead, now only a section remaining. After much deliberation, they decided to turn back. They wondered what that Celestial King had done up there. If he had committed some terrible act, wouldn't they be dragged into some horrific mess? They were merely Earth Immortals; caution was the best policy, their lives were at stake.
They didn't realize that their excessive caution had cost them a chance.
The one who just left was A Yao. A Yao had cultivated for a thousand years at the foot of the mountain ahead, and her strength had reached the peak of the Earth Immortal stage. Because she had always had avatars active outside in recent years, she didn't need to use soul searching to gather information. After refining all the essence she obtained from the Kunpeng King's tomb, she put on the Kunpeng King's armor and left.
Although the cave dwelling collapsed, many things she no longer needed were buried beneath the mountain. While she looked down on them, these items were invaluable treasures to ordinary Earth Immortals. Senior Sister Ye and the others, being too cautious, missed out on this opportunity. Many years later, these things were finally picked up by a young True Immortal.
————
In the underworld, the banks of the Sanzu River are covered with beautiful red spider lilies.
The crimson moon hung high in the sky, its light like a red veil, shimmering on the water's surface.
Standing on the banks of the Sanzu River was a white figure, a young girl dressed in white gauze. Her skin was as white as snow, her face as beautiful as jade, and her figure graceful, like a lotus flower blooming by the water.
A spatial rift appeared in the sky, and she looked up. A figure flew out of the rift—a girl in armor. Her long, black hair danced in the wind, and her armor was adorned with a Kunpeng totem. She possessed enormous blue wings, and her entire body was enveloped in silver-blue light, making her appear like a female war goddess.
The girl in armor looks exactly like the girl in white.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
