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It was as if it had sensed Shen Lang’s thoughts.

Just as Shen Lang’s palm brushed past the seed, the ordinarily silent seed suddenly emitted a strange mental fluctuation!

This mental fluctuation carried a sense of joyful cheering as it soaked in the Supreme Yin Qi, as well as a comfortable feeling, like a child being caressed by its father.

Shen Lang was stunned for a moment, then he felt the seed emit another trace of mental fluctuation.

This fluctuation was extremely faint and difficult to describe.

But Shen Lang felt it clearly... It was asking for his opinion!

It was just like a child acting spoiled, asking if it could eat the candy in front of it.

’Does this seed actually have a consciousness? And it sensed my thoughts in an instant?’

Shen Lang couldn’t help but chuckle. "This Energy is still being absorbed continuously, and the Tai Chi Diagram is already having a hard time handling it. It won’t be able to digest it all in a short time. If you like it, then go ahead and take it all."

"But remember, don’t be greedy. You need to work with the Tai Chi Diagram to digest this Supreme Yin Qi. Keep it at a level where the Tai Chi Diagram can perform Refinement and the Yin Yang within the Chaos won’t lose balance. Understand?"

Shen Lang spoke as if to his own child, his tone full of affection, yet also sternly majestic.

The seed, carrying the aura of Origin, trembled slightly and released another faint mental fluctuation.

It was as if Shen Lang could see a cherubic, well-behaved child nodding at him...

Immediately after, the terrifying black ocean within the Tai Chi Diagram grew even more turbulent.

Endless Supreme Yin Qi surged continuously toward this single seed!

The pressure on the Tai Chi Diagram to refine the Supreme Yin Qi was instantly reduced, and a balance was quickly achieved!

And at this moment, even though it was clearly the seed absorbing the Supreme Yin Qi, Shen Lang felt as if he himself were the one devouring the Energy!

It was as if the seed and he were one and the same...

The feeling was exhilarating, utterly gratifying!

Although the Spiritual Power in Shen Lang’s Pill Sea didn’t increase, and he didn’t comprehend anything new, he had a strange feeling... He felt as if the seed was about to sprout at any moment, and that he had somehow taken another step closer to the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth!

As the seed absorbed the Energy, Shen Lang inexplicably felt himself growing stronger as well.

But he couldn’t quite put his finger on where, specifically, he had become stronger.

It seemed Shen Lang had gained nothing, and yet it seemed he had gained a great deal.

Amidst the primordial Chaos, an aura of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth flowed, and Shen Lang seemed to have an epiphany...

Shen Lang immediately sat down cross-legged and began to focus his mind on this profound and strange sensation.

"Heaven is endless, the earth boundless. Between them lies the Dao. The Dao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things. All things are fundamentally one. What is called life is the transformation of the Dao; what is called death is the return to the Dao."

"A lone Yin cannot give birth, a solitary Yang cannot grow. Yin Concealing Yang. Yin Reaches Its Extreme and Yang Emerges. Only with Yin Yang Union can life be nurtured. This is the true Dao."

"From Wuji comes Tai Chi. Tai Chi is the Primordial Qi, mixed as one before Heaven and Earth were divided. Tai Chi moves and generates Yang. When movement reaches its extreme, it becomes still. Stillness generates Yin. When stillness reaches its extreme, it moves again. One movement, one stillness, each the root of the other. Dividing Yin and Yang establishes the two polarities. Yang transforms and Yin combines to produce water, fire, wood, metal, and earth. The Five Elements are arrayed in order, and the four seasons proceed. The Five Elements are one Yin Yang, Yin Yang is one Tai Chi, and Tai Chi is fundamentally Wuji."

"The two Qis interact, transforming and creating all things. All things are born and reborn, their changes endless..."

Shen Lang sat cross-legged in the void, as immovable and steady as Mount Tai.

As the seed absorbed the endless Supreme Yin Qi, he entered the deepest state of Cultivation.

This state was completely different from the feeling of absorbing Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to strengthen himself or using it to temper his body.

In this state, he felt as if he had become the Dominator of this world, merging as one with Heaven and Earth.

He could clearly feel the seed’s mood after it absorbed the endless Supreme Yin Qi. He could feel its jubilation, its breath, and its growth.

At the same time, he seemed to mystically embody the seed itself, desperately absorbing the Supreme Yin Qi, drawing it into his body, strengthening himself while also transforming it into other forms of Energy in the world.

Yin Yang Qi mingled, Light and Dark Coexisted, clouds churned, and wind and thunder appeared.

The sun and moon shone together, illuminating all life!

Vaguely, Shen Lang felt as if he had become a Creator, bringing forth Wind, Thunder, Earth, and Fire, infinite creation, and even giving birth to the Chaos Rule!

After only a moment, the connection between Shen Lang and the Tai Chi Diagram deepened.

His control over the Tai Chi Diagram grew even stronger.

With a single thought, countless massive pillars of lightning erupted—BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!—from the Chaos ahead, joining the ranks of those refining the Supreme Yin Qi!

This new batch of lightning pillars more than doubled the original number!

Within the Tai Chi Diagram, with the addition of these lightning pillars and the vigorous activity of that mysterious seed, the vast black sea began to recede at a visible rate!

After a good while, Shen Lang committed his epiphanies to memory and opened his eyes.

He fell silent for a moment. With a thought, a stream of pure, clean Energy from within the Tai Chi Diagram was released, flowing toward his Pill Sea.

’Dingdang inexplicably became a King Martial Realm expert, lost all her memories, and became my enemy. Things have become much more complicated. If I continue to suppress my Cultivation now, I’m afraid I won’t even be able to handle her.’

’Breaking through to the King Martial Realm seems a bit too hasty. First, I’ll raise my Cultivation to the Peak of Xuanwu Realm!’

At this thought, Shen Lang urged the roiling Energy from the Tai Chi Diagram to pour continuously into his Pill Sea.

At the same time, the Spiritual Power within his Pill Sea began to spread through the meridians in his body, frantically starting to break through the various Mystic Gates!

The Xuanwu Realm is the stage where the Pill Sea solidifies into a pill, transforming from ethereal to solid.

Once the Mystic Pill is formed, it opens the "Mystic Gates." From then on, using the Mystic Pill as a medium and one’s Qi as a guide, one’s entire body can continuously absorb the essence of Heaven and Earth without deliberate Cultivation, making the Cultivation speed many times faster than in the Spirit Martial Realm.

A Martial Artist’s Cultivation advancement depends on a few key points...

First, the abundance of Spiritual Power within the Pill Sea.

Even among Martial Artists of the same rank, there can be huge differences in the abundance of Spiritual Power in their Pill Seas.

The grade of one’s Cultivation Technique and the amount of resources available are both directly related to the Spiritual Power in the Pill Sea.

Breaking through the various Mystic Gates requires an enormous amount of Spiritual Power.

At this stage, having High Grade Elixir Pills or other Magical Treasures to assist will greatly increase the success rate.

However, for Shen Lang, who possessed the heaven-defying Tai Chi Diagram, other Elixir Pills were of little use besides those for Body Forging. It was impossible for him to rely on a single Elixir Pill to determine his fate like an ordinary Martial Artist.

Second, one’s Physique.

A good Physique means smooth meridians, and some powerhouses are even born with their Mystic Gates already open.

Back then, because Shen Lang’s Chaos Divine Body had not yet awakened, he was mistaken for having a Celestial Vein Sacred Body and deemed unable to cultivate. This was because his meridians were hardened and obstructed, and his Pill Sea could not accumulate Spiritual Power.

A good Physique destines a Martial Artist to achieve more than their peers.

Shen Lang, who was once treated as trash, was described by Xia Su, the Crocodile King of Sorrow Swamp... as the one and only person in heaven and on earth to possess the Chaos Divine Body!

Even now, with his Chaos Divine Body in its newly awakened state, his Cultivation speed and this powerful Divine Body were unparalleled in all of heaven and earth.

Third, the degree of one’s comprehension of the Realms.

Unlike external items, this requires the Martial Artist’s own aptitude, as well as guidance from a renowned master.

Shen Lang’s fusion with the War Emperor’s Half Soul was equivalent to experiencing the War Emperor’s lifetime, or rather, inheriting it.

With his understanding of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, the number of powerhouses on the entire Star Continent who could compare to him could be counted on one hand!

With all these factors, an abundance of Energy within his Tai Chi Diagram, and his physical body already meeting the standard, Shen Lang could truly raise his Cultivation however he wished!

At this moment, he was multitasking: on one hand, controlling the Tai Chi Diagram to continue absorbing and refining the Supreme Yin Qi;

on the other hand, driving the Energy from the Tai Chi Diagram into his Pill Sea to break through his Mystic Gates;

and at the same time, he was beginning to condense Elements Mansions within the Tai Chi Diagram... a Water Element Mansion, a Fire Element Mansion, a Wind Element Mansion, a Wood Element Mansion...

The Elements Mansions, which only Xuanwu Realm Powerhouses could condense, were not of much use to Shen Lang himself.

When one’s Cultivation rises to the Xuanwu Realm, once the Pill Sea condenses into a Mystic Pill, one can begin to condense Elements Mansions of various Attributes at the edge of the Mystic Pill.

When Xuanwu Realm Powerhouses use Cultivation Techniques of different elements, they can instantly call upon the corresponding Energy from their Elements Mansions, no longer needing to draw Spiritual Power from their Pill Sea and convert it into Energy of the corresponding Attribute like a Spirit Martial Realm Martial Artist.

In this way, the speed of Cultivating and casting Magic, as well as the power of the Cultivation Technique, would be greatly enhanced.

But Shen Lang’s Tai Chi Diagram was practically an all-powerful Elements Mansion. Whether it was the Power of the Five Elements or Thunder and Wind Power, he could draw it out almost instantly. Why would he need any other Elements Mansion?

However, aside from making Xuanwu Realm Powerhouses even stronger, Elements Mansions had another special purpose.

That was, after reaching Xuanwu Realm Ninth Heaven, when a Xuanwu Realm powerhouse was about to break through to the King Martial Realm...

The Martial Artist’s soul, Mystic Pill, and Elements Mansions would merge into one to form a Nascent Soul!

And the number of Elements Mansions, along with the abundance of Energy within them, had an immeasurable impact on the strength of the resulting Nascent Soul.

There was a significant gap in Cultivation between a King Martial Realm powerhouse whose Nascent Soul was formed from the fusion of four Elements Mansions and one whose Nascent Soul was formed from five.

Therefore, even though Shen Lang had the Tai Chi Diagram and had no need for Elements Mansions, he was still preparing for the Xuanwu Realm.

If anyone knew of Shen Lang’s current state, it would absolutely scare them witless.

On one hand, he was driving the Energy from his Tai Chi Diagram to his Pill Sea, breaking through his Mystic Gates, and raising his Cultivation from Spirit Martial Realm Ninth Heaven to the Xuanwu Realm;

On the other hand, before he had even broken through to the Xuanwu Realm, he was already beginning to condense one Elements Mansion after another within his Tai Chi Diagram...