In the blink of an eye, three days had passed. These three days of cultivation brought tremendous progress to all three of them. Ye Jingyun even broke through two levels in a row. Ji Die also advanced one level and reached the peak of the sixth layer of the Profound Fate Realm.
Only Ye Chu remained stuck at the Innate Realm. When Ji Die and Ye Jingyun woke from their cultivation and looked at Ye Chu, who was still sitting cross-legged there, the two women exchanged a glance. Both saw the surprise in each other’s eyes.
Right now, Ye Chu sat quietly in a cross-legged position. Spiritual energy flowed into his body, but he did not actively absorb it. The rate at which it entered him was extremely slow. At this speed, it would be impossible for Ye Chu to reach the Primordial Spirit Realm.
Ye Jingyun shook her head. She thought that Ye Chu’s talent was ultimately limited after all. The Primordial Spirit Realm was a major hurdle. If Ye Chu could not use this precious place to break through, reaching the peak of the Innate Realm was probably already his limit.
At this moment, Ye Chu was slowly absorbing strands of power. He had no intention at all of breaking through to the Primordial Spirit Realm right now. His mind was completely immersed in his sea of qi. Inside his sea of qi, various strange phenomena appeared.
The patterns on his arm flashed with light, and surprisingly merged with the flowing brilliance of the black iron. As the two fused together, they tempered Ye Chu’s sea of qi. His sea of qi kept expanding and growing larger.
At the same time, the brilliance enveloped Ye Chu’s primordial spirit. His primordial spirit could no longer devour even the slightest trace of spiritual energy. Yet the patterns on the black iron guided his primordial spirit in circulation. With each cycle, his primordial spirit became noticeably more lively.
Jin Wawa once said that the black iron was a heaven-born and earth-nurtured supreme treasure, with astonishing spirit-moulding effects. Now Ye Chu truly felt the chilling weight of those words. As his primordial spirit circulated along the patterns on the black iron, strands of strange intent appeared within it. This intent came from Ye Chu himself, yet it carried the aura of the black iron and gained several layers of profound mystery.
Similarly, the patterns on Ye Chu’s arm little by little merged into his primordial spirit. Ye Chu clearly sensed that as the patterns integrated, the spread of the supreme intent finally stopped.
This was an astonishing transformation. How terrifying was the supreme intent? The fact that these patterns could block it was enough to prove their extraordinary nature.
The primordial spirit was undergoing metamorphosis. The brilliance of the black iron shrouded it, while one mysterious and intricate pattern after another flickered, continuously refining Ye Chu’s primordial spirit. His mind merged into them, comprehending the profound laws within the patterns.
His cultivation was still low, so what he could comprehend was limited. Yet he forcibly memorised every single pattern and deeply imprinted them into his primordial spirit. The effort nearly made his head explode.
But Ye Chu persisted. This black iron was a supreme treasure. Even a Supreme Being once relied on it to create the Spirit-Moulding Golden Book. Ye Chu lacked the ability of a Supreme Being, so he could only forcefully engrave the patterns into his primordial spirit, hoping that one day he could truly master them.
When Ye Chu finally imprinted those patterns into his primordial spirit, the brilliance of both finally broke apart. At the moment they shattered, the overwhelming spirit-moulding energy in the sky surged madly into his primordial spirit.
Boom, boom…
Outside, a storm erupted. Spirit-moulding energy mixed with true essence rushed wildly toward Ye Chu. The previously calm surroundings instantly turned violent, whipping up a hurricane.
This hurricane-like spiritual energy all converged toward Ye Chu’s body, causing the heaven and earth to change dramatically.
Ji Die and Ye Jingyun were right beside Ye Chu. The hurricane swept over them, sending their dresses fluttering and exposing their fair thighs. The sight was sensual and alluring, enough to make anyone’s blood boil. Yet Ye Chu had no chance to witness such a beautiful scene.
The two women retreated several steps to avoid the raging wind. They stared blankly at Ye Chu as he frantically absorbed the surrounding spirit-moulding energy. They were shocked and terrified by the tide-like flood of energy continuously pouring into his body.
Ye Jingyun clicked her tongue and muttered to herself, “Ye Chu is about to break through to the Primordial Spirit Realm. But the amount of spiritual energy he is devouring is far too terrifying. Back then, even when I used my family’s treasure, it was only comparable to this.”
Ji Die also stared at Ye Chu with blazing eyes. This speed of devouring spiritual energy exceeded even her imagination. She could hardly understand why Ye Chu needed such a horrifying amount of energy just to mould his spirit.
“Do you know what kind of spirit-moulding technique he is cultivating?” Ji Die asked Ye Jingyun. She thought that with Ye Chu’s talent, it was impossible for him to reach this level unless his spirit-moulding technique made up for it. But for someone with such limited talent to cause such a violent disturbance when breaking into the Primordial Spirit Realm, his spirit-moulding technique must be truly world-shaking.
“I don’t know either. But before this, when he was still in the imperial city, he had never even started worrying about a spirit-moulding technique,” Ye Jingyun replied.
While the two were talking, the churning spiritual energy erupted again. It surged like a dam breaking, several times more terrifying than before.
Ji Die’s expression finally changed. She stared wide-eyed at Ye Chu. This frenzied speed of absorption was not much inferior to what she had achieved back then. Although she had not obtained the Golden Book at that time and her spirit-moulding technique was not as good as her current one, the technique she used was still extraordinary. Combined with her own talent, the phenomenon during her Primordial Spirit Realm breakthrough was rarely matched by anyone.
Yet right now, Ye Chu’s momentum while devouring spiritual energy was almost the same as hers back then. Since Ye Chu’s talent naturally could not compare to hers, there was only one possibility: his spirit-moulding technique surpassed what she had used.
“How is this possible? Does he possess a Supreme Being’s spirit-moulding method, comparable to the Golden Book?” Ji Die stared with wide eyes, stunned as she looked at Ye Chu. If that were true, it would be far too shocking. But how could it be possible?
Supreme Being techniques were incredibly rare, among the most precious treasures in the world. Even her Golden Book was obtained only by sheer luck. There were so many ancient clans in the world, yet how many people could actually obtain a Supreme Being’s technique?
Even some descendants of Supreme Beings could not possess one.
No matter how mysterious Ye Chu’s background was, such a supreme treasure should not have fallen into his hands.
Ji Die watched Ye Chu. She saw the surging spirit-moulding energy pouring into his body and felt his aura constantly rising.
At this moment, with his primordial spirit as the foundation and guided by the patterns of the black iron, it was as if all the spirit-moulding energy of heaven and earth existed solely for him. It frantically merged into his primordial spirit, making it shine brilliantly.
The patterns flickered. As the spirit-moulding energy scattered into his primordial spirit, the sense of liveliness grew stronger and stronger. Ye Chu’s state of mind felt as if he were about to comprehend the sun, moon, mountains, and rivers. He even felt as though he were about to ascend into immortality.
It was an illusion, but the meaning behind this illusion was immense. It showed that Ye Chu’s intent had far surpassed the level of merely refining his own primordial spirit. His state of mind was beginning to transform toward comprehending the heaven, earth, mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and stars.
The spirit-moulding energy kept pouring in. The patterns scattered throughout his body. His sea of qi trembled endlessly. Ye Chu gritted his teeth and desperately drove his primordial spirit. He wanted to condense his own intent pattern.
Although his primordial spirit was extraordinary, his sea of qi had limited talent. Intent patterns had to pass through the sea of qi and were influenced by it, making them extremely difficult to condense.
Ye Chu was unwilling to accept this. The significance of an intent pattern was too great. If he did not condense it now, even if he managed to do so later, he would have already lost the initiative compared to others.
Ye Chu suddenly shouted. His aura erupted violently. His state of mind surged, combining with the power of his sea of qi, and burst outward. “Condense!”
Ji Die and Ye Jingyun both opened their eyes wide. They wanted to witness the condensation of Ye Chu’s intent pattern. They wanted to see just how powerful his intent pattern would become after devouring such a terrifying amount of spirit-moulding energy.