Chapter 1528: Chapter One Thousand Five Hundred and Thirty-Six: Nurturing the Fourth Phase

Wang Taixi's sigh echoed through the heavens and earth, instantly shocking everyone's hearts, and even Cloud Heavenly King and Void Heavenly King had looks of utter astonishment flash across their faces.

This Heavenly King corpse at the deepest part of the Celestial Mirror Pagoda was actually Wang Taixi?!

This was far too dramatic.

But although it was dramatic, judging from how Wang Taixi easily controlled the Heavenly King corpse to restrain the dissipating destructive energy, the truth was probably exactly this.

Cloud Heavenly King secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Wang Taixi had restrained that destructive energy, so Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e were fortunate enough to be preserved. Otherwise, with their strength, if they were touched even slightly by that kind of destructive energy, they would have simply vanished into thin air.

Void Heavenly King, however, grew increasingly sullen. The originally fine situation had repeatedly thrown up variables, which was truly somewhat infuriating.

While everyone was shocked, Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e had already been pulled by the reverse-suction force of the "Divine Fruit Crystal Aspect" straight into the depths of the Celestial Mirror Pagoda, and Wang Taixi's Heavenly King corpse also entered their field of vision.

It was like a continent floating in the endless void. Yet even though the destructive power dissipating from the corpse had now been controlled by Wang Taixi, the terrifying pressure emanating from the Heavenly King corpse still made Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e feel as if they were treading on thin ice.

"So this is what a Heavenly King existence is like? It's truly terrifying. Just a corpse that lost its vitality countless ages ago can easily erase us." Li Luo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Being forcibly drawn here earlier had truly scared him to death, after all, being obliterated by the power of a corpse would be a rather aggrieving way to die.

"This game is far too high-level."

Li Luo said with a bitter smile to Jiang Qing'e. Who could have expected that what was originally a trial among juniors would end up dragging out Heavenly King existences? This kind of game was simply not something they, at their current level, were qualified to meddle in.

Even a sliver of power casually leaking from either side would be enough to kill them several times over.

"Don't sell yourself short. One day, you and I will reach that realm as well," Jiang Qing'e consoled him.

Hearing her consolation, Li Luo couldn't help but laugh and said, "Alright, when the time comes, we husband and wife will team up and grab that Void Heavenly King and slaughter him like a chicken!"

What's so hard about being arrogant? Anyone can do it.

Hearing the playfulness in Li Luo's words, Jiang Qing'e couldn't help but shoot him a glare.

Bantering with Jiang Qing'e, Li Luo did manage to adjust his mindset a little. Then, with a worried gaze, he looked toward the "Divine Fruit Crystal Aspect," which was drawing ever closer. As they approached, he finally got a clear look at the thing.

It was a giant, perfect crystal, gleaming in a gilded hue. Ancient patterns he had never seen before were inscribed upon it. It floated quietly in the void, as if it were a world-treasured crystal born from gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Within the crystal, mysterious rays of light intertwined, faintly forming the outline of a golden fruit that seemed to appear and disappear.

"The super ninth-grade Crystal Aspect that birthed the Divine Fruit..."

Li Luo swallowed hard. It was no exaggeration to say that the thing before his eyes was the most precious and powerful treasure he had ever seen in his life. Generally speaking, even a Marquis-level strongman probably wouldn't even have the qualification to glance at this thing, even though Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e were Marquis Realm cultivators who had embarked on the Path of Unparalleled.

Yet this "Divine Fruit Crystal Aspect" before them was a supreme treasure that would even stir intense covetousness in Heavenly King-level powerhouses.

"Huh?"

While Li Luo was looking at the "Divine Fruit Crystal Aspect," he suddenly noticed that some crystals were beginning to grow on his skin. These crystals emerged from his flesh and blood and were actually drawing the phase force from within his body.

"Li Luo, be careful!" Jiang Qing'e hurriedly called out a warning from the side, because at this moment, crystals were also popping out one by one on her skin.

The Myriad Phases Wheel within Li Luo's body roared and trembled at this moment. The power of all the phases fused together, rapidly washing through his body, and only then were those crystals eliminated.

Jiang Qing'e beside him also erupted with her three mid ninth-grade Light Aspects, using their powerful purification effect to dissolve them.

"What a terrifying 'Divine Fruit Crystal Aspect.' Just looking at it a few times, and we were infected by its radiation," Li Luo said with some horror.

If this had been some ordinary Marquis-level strongman, they probably would have already been unknowingly infected by the power of the "Divine Fruit Crystal Aspect" and directly transformed into a human-shaped crystal.

"Its power is too terrifying. This is not a fortuitous encounter we can bear," Jiang Qing'e said, her exquisitely beautiful face filled with Solemnity.

"We're already here, we have to at least try!"

Li Luo, however, was unwilling to give up easily. Such a fortuitous encounter was far too rare. The "Divine Fruit Crystal Aspect" before them was probably the only masterless one in the world today. Even if they couldn't fully absorb it, just taking a small bite would be greatly beneficial to them.

Moreover, after he arrived here, the Myriad Phases Wheel within his body had grown increasingly restless.

Therefore, a look of resolve appeared in Li Luo's eyes. To pursue powerful strength naturally required a bold and courageous spirit. With fear in one's heart, how could one overcome the myriad difficulties and reach the peak?

Seeing Li Luo's expression, Jiang Qing'e understood his intention, but she did not try to dissuade him further. Instead, she said softly, "I will help you."

Li Luo smiled and said, "You're my wife, of course you have to help me."

He formed hand seals with both hands, and suddenly a beam of Jin Guang shot up from the top of his head. As the Jin Guang spread, it actually transformed into a giant, ancient, mysterious golden wheel.

It was precisely the Myriad Phases Wheel within his body!

This was the first time Li Luo had ever summoned it out of his body.

Boom!

The Myriad Phases Wheel slowly rotated in the void, and Li Luo's own four Phase Palaces were reflected upon it, each occupying a corner. However, at the position of the fourth Phase Palace, it was empty inside, with no phase radiance flickering.

At the central position of the Myriad Phases Wheel, a fire cauldron floated. Within it, a platinum-gold fire pill at this moment spewed out rolling platinum-gold flames. The flames surged and churned, and in the blink of an eye, they permeated every corner of the Myriad Phases Wheel.

It was as if a platinum-gold fire wheel had risen in the void.

And as the Myriad Phases Wheel rotated, it actually directly and boldly aimed itself at the distant "Divine Fruit Crystal Aspect." Mysterious power emanated from it, gripping the Crystal Aspect, and at the same time beginning to draw its power.

Boom!

Stirred by this, the "Divine Fruit Crystal Aspect" also suddenly began to tremble. Countless ancient, mysterious light patterns upon it began to light up, and the energy emanating from within started to become somewhat restless.

Wisps of crystallized, flowing radiance peeled off from the "Divine Fruit Crystal Aspect" and drifted toward the Myriad Phases Wheel.

These flowing, radiant energies streaked across the void, and wherever they passed, they actually condensed into long stretches of crystal terrain in the void—magnificent and dazzling to the extreme.

Seeing this, Li Luo's eyes filled with wild joy, and his heart pounded wildly along with it.

Because as these brilliant energies poured into the Myriad Phases Wheel, he faintly felt that within the fourth, empty Phase Palace, mysterious crystal light was beginning to be nurtured.

That was... the fluctuation of a phase!