Chapter 71: The First Spiritual Energy Tide Arrives, Life Will Be Redefined

However, for this cultivation session, Ye Xuan did not use the Hōgyoku to guide himself, but instead employed a new method.

Ye Xuan sat in meditation within the cultivation room; the visor of the Emperor Armor glowed with a faint gilded light. At this moment, his consciousness seemed to transcend the limitations of his physical body, resonating mysteriously with the laws of heaven and earth.

Countless insights into the Sword Dao poured down like a river of stars, circulating within his thoughts.

Every sword intent, every sword technique, decomposed and reassembled before his eyes, transforming into the most fundamental rules; sword principles that ordinary swordsmen would need decades of bitter cultivation to comprehend were now reflected before him, without reservation.

The sharpness of Metal, the endurance of Wood, the flexibility of Water, the ferocity of Fire, the heaviness of Earth.

How can taking humans as teachers compare to taking heaven and earth as teachers?

Now that all things under heaven and earth are before his eyes, it is difficult for the Sword Dao not to advance.

While in the state of the Emperor Armor, comprehending the Sword Dao—why had he never thought of this principle before?

If he had thought of it, what would he need the Hōgyoku for?

He had originally believed that after breaking through his limits in strength, he would fall into a "bottleneck period" for a long time to come; although his strength would improve at a visible speed, it would no longer be as rapid as before.

The distance to his next evolution was even more far off.

But now, with the Emperor Armor's enhancement, the comprehension that did not belong to "humans," and the "favor" of heaven and earth, the time until his next evolution probably would not require much time at all.

Moreover, he felt that even if his future strength reached the level of "Sheng Zhu," this enhancement would still exist; only then would the "Emperor Armor" manifested by the Rat Shu Shu Fu Zhou serve him only as a cultivation boost, and transforming would instead become a limiter.

Damn, why does he feel a bit jealous of the person in reality who might obtain the Emperor Armor in the future?

Compared to the Emperor manifested by the Rat Shu Shu Fu Zhou which has a limit, the person who gains the recognition of the true Ultimate Emperor Armor—that is what one calls leaping straight to the sky.

Time passed imperceptibly, and in the blink of an eye, it was the night seven days later.

When the clock hands quietly crossed midnight, the entire atmosphere of the Blue Star suddenly rippled with a barely perceptible disturbance.

"Boom—!!!"

With a booming sound, the starlight in the originally pitch-black night suddenly became exceptionally bright.

The atmosphere was becoming transparent; the light of the stars fell upon the earth without obstruction, and occasionally one or two meteors streaked across, their trailing flames not the common white, but a dreamlike seven-colored flow of light.

A torrent of pale green spiritual energy surged from the depths of the universe, pouring down like the Milky Way, and crashed into this blue planet.

The earth emitted a dull boom under the scouring of the spiritual energy; deep within the soil came the "rustle" of roots growing wildly; on the streets, tree trunks twisted and swelled, bark cracked and fell off, revealing the jade-like wood layer beneath.

Their roots broke through the pavement tiles, winding across the surface like giant pythons, crunching the undercarriages of parked cars with a "creak," while branches sprouted new buds at a visible speed.

Rivers began to glow; on the winding surface of the Jianghe, a thin layer of pale blue radiance floated, and the water became even clearer; towering peaks were shrouded in mist, and crystal-clear spiritual liquid seeped from the rock walls, nourishing the plants growing stubbornly in the cracks.

The calm sea surface suddenly rose up a hundred-meter giant wave, with green spiritual light flashing within the surging waves.

Beneath the deep sea, countless marine creatures began to mutate wildly.

Sharks swelled in size, their dorsal fins sharp as blades, creating high-pressure water blades as they swam, easily slicing schools of fish into fragments; the tentacles of the Giant Octopus grew ferocious bone spurs, sharp mouthparts protruded from the suckers, and they frantically tore at the flesh and blood of the fish before them.

Countless schools of fish tore at each other to fight for waters rich in spiritual energy; coral reefs grew wildly, their sharp branches piercing marine creatures that failed to escape in time, greedily absorbing the spiritual energy from the blood-stained seawater.

On land, the animals were restless.

Wolf packs in the forest stopped hunting, raising their heads in unison to howl at the moon, the sound waves carrying an indescribable joy; rats in the city sewers surged continuously, their oil-glossy fur beginning to grow;

Domestic pet cats and dogs suddenly awoke, instinctively growling at the window, some even trying to open doors and windows with their claws, wanting to go outside.

Inside the Tianshu Bureau.

A piercing alarm suddenly rang out, and red warning lights bathed the entire Tianshu General Bureau of the Imperial Capital in a blood-red hue.

【Warning! First Spiritual Energy Tide Erupts!】

【Current Spiritual Energy Concentration: 1027% of Baseline!】

【All units immediately enter Level One Combat Readiness!】

The broadcast repeated three times consecutively, the voice cold and urgent.

Inside the command center, real-time spiritual energy monitoring data from all over the country jumped on the large screen; the Director suddenly stood up, grabbing the communicator:

"All branches immediately activate the emergency plan, combat teams deploy in full force, 24-hour rotating monitoring! Discover anomalies, report immediately!"

No superfluous orders, no complex deployments; at this time when the laws of spiritual energy had not yet been fully understood, the only thing the Tianshu Bureau could do was the fastest response.

What needed to be done, what needed to be prepared, they had already prepared beforehand; now, they only needed to execute.

In the corridors, fully armed combat personnel ran towards the equipment room.

Weapons, bulletproof vests, and spiritual energy monitors were quickly distributed; no one spoke, only the sound of nearly perfectly synchronized movements.

At the same time, lights in Tianshu Bureau branches across Great Xia flickered in succession; from the snowfields of the Northern Frontier to the shores of the South Sea, countless headlights cut through the night, rushing towards every corner of the cities.

The arrival of the Spiritual Energy Tide marked that the process of spiritual energy revival had crossed the critical point; a brand new era crashed down.

From this night on, the rules of the world will be completely rewritten; "great power resides within oneself" is no longer an empty phrase, but a reality happening now.

All things begin to evolve; life is redefined.

Plants, animals, humans—everything will, due to their own luck or misfortune, become either possessors of power or witnesses of the era.

This is the best of times:

Countless ordinary people will gain the opportunity to change their fate, break through the shackles of life, and touch the threshold of the extraordinary.

This is the worst of times:

The old order is collapsing; the jungle law of the strong devouring the weak will once again rule the world.

On the monitoring screens, the spiritual energy curves from all over the country continued to skyrocket; no one knew what tomorrow would bring, but everyone was clear—after tonight, the world will no longer be the same.

Hangcheng, the night was deep.

Ye Xuan stood on the balcony, looking up at the sky.

The originally thin spiritual energy now surged like a tide; an unprecedented energy fluctuation permeated the air. He narrowed his eyes slightly, perceiving the changes around him—

"The spiritual energy concentration has increased more than tenfold compared to before, and it is still rising rapidly..."

"The first Spiritual Energy Tide has come, has it?"

(End of Chapter)