Chapter 393 - 387: Returning to the Present World, Planning for Core Formation
BZZZT.
He leaped through the spatial light gate.
Instantly, a powerful tearing sensation assaulted his divine soul!
Su Ye felt as if a dozen invisible hands were tearing at his divine soul from different directions with terrifying force!
"Hm?"
Su Ye’s expression changed slightly!
Compared to when he had first entered, the Divine Kingdom was now on the verge of collapse.
The turbulence of the spatial teleportation was at least several times more violent!
’Thankfully...’
Su Ye couldn’t help but feel a sense of relief.
After refining the golden fruit, his Divine Sense had already reached the Tier Four Mid Stage!
It was much more resilient and stable, with a stronger resistance to all sorts of negative effects!
Otherwise, with his Divine Sense only at the Tier Four Early Stage, his divine soul would have been severely injured during the teleportation—it might have even shattered completely!
But now, it was much easier to handle.
Su Ye activated a Divine Soul Secret Skill. A pearlescent white membrane, like a sugar coating, covered his divine soul to resist the external pressure.
He even had enough energy to spare to extend his Divine Sense, covering Jiaojiao and Ziyuan with a protective membrane as well.
「A dozen or so breaths later.」
BZZZT.
A brilliant ray of sunlight entered Su Ye’s vision.
He had returned to the mortal world!
He took a deep, intoxicating breath. "Haaah... The air without any toxins is so fresh!"
The air in the Mist Forest Divine Kingdom was thick with spore toxins and carried a nauseating, putrid stench. It had thoroughly disgusted Su Ye during his time there!
After a moment of reflection,
Su Ye flipped his palm, and his Storage Ring flashed with light.
A Map Jade Talisman appeared in his hand.
’Can I still use this?’
Su Ye wasn’t sure, so he infused it with Magical Power.
It still worked.
The Jade Talisman was of decent quality. After flickering for a moment, it projected a holographic map.
Su Ye checked the map to confirm his position.
As expected, he was in a different location from where he had entered.
This was normal, as such Array spaces were usually like this.
Still, it wasn’t too bad.
’The deviation isn’t too great...’
’The straight-line distance to Hope Port is just over ten thousand li. At the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s speed, it’ll take less than half a day.’
He put away the Map Jade Talisman.
Without a moment’s delay, Su Ye activated the Ghostly Flood Dragon and flew off at full speed!
It was time to get out of there!
Su Ye didn’t think for a second that leaving the Divine Kingdom meant he was home free.
The Far South Continent was not a safe place!
The memory of the Eternal Hunting God gathering a host of Divine Incarnations to ambush and kill him was still fresh in his mind!
While inside the Divine Kingdom, Su Ye had once again slain the Eternal Hunter Incarnation. This had rendered the master god of the Northern Territory powerless to interfere with the mortal world, forcing him into slumber.
For now, their feud was over.
The problem was, on this trip to the Divine Kingdom, Su Ye had offended a whole new batch of gods, including an ancient, mysterious, and terrifying entity like the Nether Mirror!
As one of the Four Pillar Gods, its combat prowess was beyond question!
Killing the Nether Mirror’s incarnation had been a stroke of luck. Even if time were to rewind and let Su Ye try again, he wouldn’t be confident about his chances.
If the Nether Mirror sent down another incarnation right now, Su Ye would be completely screwed!
Therefore, after leaving the Divine Kingdom, Su Ye’s first priority was to flee the Far South Continent and return to the Yaoguang Islands!
In reality, Su ye was worrying for nothing.
Although the Nether Mirror was powerful, the loss of its incarnation and the destruction of its Divine Artifact’s projection were not matters to be taken lightly.
Moreover, at the last moment, the Nether Mirror had used the power of the sun—a power it had yet to master and still needed to refine!
Even the Fourth Generation Divine King, deep in slumber, would have a faint sense of this transgression and become vigilant!
Thus, for some time, the Nether Mirror would have to lie low and be cautious to eliminate the repercussions.
For at least ten years, it would be unable to take action against Su Ye.
...
High in the sky.
BOOM!
The Ghostly Flood Dragon sped forward!
Pale cyan Gang Wind flowed along both sides of the ship’s bow, cutting through the air resistance.
Meanwhile, at its stern, thousands of bone-like nozzles spewed out blazing, plasma-like blood flames, generating immense thrust!
Accompanied by the roaring of its engines, the Ghostly Flood Dragon shot northward!
It left a striking streak of black and red light in the sky that lingered for a long time!
Along the way, they passed over several native settlements.
These settlements were mostly villages and towns with populations of just a few thousand. Seeing the mighty Ghostly Flood Dragon fly overhead, the inhabitants were terrified, prostrating themselves and crying out that a god had descended!
"How amusing."
Su Ye chuckled as his Divine Sense swept over them.
...
Taking advantage of the travel time, Su Ye’s thoughts began to race.
He decided to think about his plans for after his return to the Yaoguang Islands.
’The primary goal is to break through to the Golden Core realm!’
In the Spiritual Mechanism Immortal Dao, realm is fundamental!
Once he broke through to the Golden Core, Su Ye’s Divine Techniques would undergo a qualitative change!
And so, Su Ye began to take stock of what preparations he still needed for his Golden Core breakthrough.
’First, there’s my own cultivation...’
Thanks to his gains in the Mist Forest Divine Kingdom,
Su Ye’s cultivation had already reached Crystal Perfection!
The number of his divine seeds was exceptionally rare, having achieved the Nine Divine Techniques and constructed the Grand Triad!
’The only thing I’m lacking is the Divine Seed Nurturing Level.’
’But that’s easy enough to solve...’
Su Ye muttered to himself.
After forming the Grand Triad, the energies flowed between them, weaving back and forth!
The nurturing level of the divine seeds was increasing at every moment!
’What’s more...’
’I can cheat!’
With that thought, Su Ye opened his panel.
[Creation Points: 334]
During the previous great battle, activating the two Quasi-Techniques, End of Tracing Origin and Reversing Destiny and Returning to Life, had consumed nearly seven hundred of Su Ye’s Creation Points.
In addition, raising the Divine Seed Nurturing Level of Reversing Destiny and Returning to Life from the Early-stage Crystal all the way to the Late-stage Crystal had also consumed one hundred and fifty Creation Points.
—In theory, he could have saved them, but Su Ye didn’t dare.
His life was on the line. Would he have to be crazy to skimp on something like that?
So, after deducting these expenses, he had 334 Creation Points left!
Su Ye thought for a moment and decided how to allocate them.
He would raise the Nether Divine Seed to the Mid-stage Crystal.
And raise the Netherworld Boat to the Late-stage Crystal.
And then...
that was it.
He couldn’t help it; he didn’t have enough Creation Points.
The Nether Divine Seed was truly extraordinary. The number of Creation Points it required was three times that of a normal divine seed—just raising it to the Mid-stage Crystal cost 150 points!
After spending points on the Nether Divine Seed,
the remaining Creation Points were only enough to upgrade one of the two: the Netherworld Boat or Soul-Chasing Life-Taker.
Although Soul-Chasing Life-Taker was useful, the Netherworld Boat had a higher potential ceiling by comparison.
Additionally, Su Ye discovered that after spending points on any single divine seed, the nurturing speed of all his divine seeds increased—and the boost was quite significant!
It was like a snowball effect. It seemed the higher the Divine Seed Nurturing Level, the faster the nurturing speed?
’At this rate, won’t all my divine seeds reach perfection in just a year or two?’
"This..." Su Ye was amazed, but on second thought, it seemed reasonable.
’That’s true.’
’A characteristic like this is worthy of the Nine Divine Techniques!’
A smile touched the corners of Su Ye’s lips.