Chapter 1725: The Arrival of the Turning Point

The towering Great Wuxiang Fire raged like a sea of flames, engulfing Lv Qing'er and the copper coin altar she stood upon, while the mysterious, faintly glowing seed at her smooth brow suddenly erupted with a terrifying pulling force.

Under this pulling force, the aura of fortune permeating the array ritual seemed to be drawn by something, transforming into countless streams of golden light that whistled over and poured entirely into the faintly glowing seed at her brow.

The faintly glowing seed grew ever more dazzling at this moment, its primal, ancient aura becoming richer.

And the Great Wuxiang Fire repeatedly scorched the primal seed, as though tempering a perfect piece of porcelain through countless refinements, gradually bringing it toward completion and perfection.

That aura of completion was not unfamiliar to Li Luo, for he had once sensed it on Jiang Jiang Qinge.

Clearly, Jiang Jiang Qinge's Innate Primal Seed had already reached completion without needing these steps.

What followed would be a matter of patient grinding; once the tempering reached an extreme, Lv Qing'er's endeavor this time could be considered a great success.

"This aura of fortune is truly a fine thing."

Li Luo gazed at the golden flood permeating the ritual; even he felt his eyes opened wide by the "aura of fortune" diffused within, for in a certain sense, this too was a form of heaven and earth's fortune.

It was just that the Gold Dragon Mountain had used extremely special means to give this fortune concrete form and claim it for their own.

And heaven and earth's fortune could always enhance potential and foundation. During these ten years of Heavenly Fortune, the reason the ten great Outer Shenzhou had birthed far more king-realm experts than in the past several hundred years—was it not precisely because heaven and earth's fortune was at its peak now, benefiting countless people?

Yet although Li Luo was amazed, he did not give rise to any greed, for after all, he was now a top-tier expert in this world; he had obtained too many opportunities already, and did not lack this bit.

And just as Li Luo withdrew his gaze from surveying the aura of fortune, he suddenly sensed some unusual movement in the ritual, and immediately a flood of golden light carrying a vast aura of fortune surged toward where he stood.

Li Luo was briefly stunned, then immediately perceived that the ritual's unusual movement was being driven by Lv Qing'er, who sat at the central hub. He hurriedly said, "Qing'er, you don't need to do this; you should first bring your own primal seed to completion."

Clearly, Lv Qing'er had sensed his amazement and scrutiny of the aura of fortune, and had directly drawn a portion of it surging toward him.

Yet in response to his polite refusal, Lv Qing'er's tightly shut eyes did not open; only an indifferent, ice-like voice rang out: "You helped my primal seed reach completion; this is what you deserve."

"Wasn't the reward already given...?" Li Luo said helplessly. Three portions of Upper Nine-Rank Spiritual Water Marvelous Light were already an extremely generous reward; now there was still an extra gift of some "aura of fortune" attached—that was far too extravagant.

Lv Qing'er did not answer again, but immersed herself wholly in her cultivation state.

Li Luo sighed, his gaze turning to Lv Sui and Lv Taiyi outside the ritual; he spread his hands helplessly, indicating that he truly was not coveting the Gold Dragon Mountain's aura of fortune.

Lv Sui's expression was exceedingly complex as he kept muttering, "What's going on? Didn't she seal away her emotions? Why does she keep giving things away?"

This aura of fortune was no ordinary treasure; it was the accumulation of their Gold Dragon Mountain's efforts over several thousand years, each portion costing a generation's worth of accumulation. Yet now, his daughter was giving it away lightly.

Lv Taiyi chuckled as he soothed, "Actually, this also shows that perhaps Qing'er wants to settle things clearly with Li Luo. Sometimes, once things are settled clearly, there are fewer entanglements instead."

Lv Sui gave a bitter smile—hopefully so.

As they spoke, the aura of fortune had already surged toward Li Luo; he could only circulate the Great Wuxiang Fire to wrap it up, then gradually refine it.

And as the aura of fortune was refined, Li Luo's vision seemed to grow somewhat hazy. Vaguely, ancient, primal golden coins, carrying the worldly smoke and fire of a hundred mortal scenes, seemed to fall from thin air into the crown of his head.

As these ancient golden coins fell into the crown of his head, the Myriad Aspects Wheel floating in the void behind Li Luo seemed to be drawn by it, its rotation becoming lighter and swifter.

At the same time, the five aspect palaces within it were gradually growing brighter.

That was the blessing of fortune, augmenting his own foundation.

In Li Luo's mind, wondrous sounds like a great bell and a grand chime seemed to reverberate, filling every corner of his body, which caused a touch of enlightenment to well up in his heart.

This was the opportunity he had long been anticipating.

Perhaps, with this, he could try taking a step forward with his mid-nine-rank Wood-Earth aspect.

At this thought, he did not hesitate in the slightest. With a sweep of his sleeve, four jade boxes inscribed with countless ancient patterns appeared before him. As the boxes opened, vast, pure-to-the-extreme energy fluctuations filled this stretch of starry sky.

Those were four portions of Upper Nine-Rank Spiritual Water Marvelous Light.

Li Luo gazed at these four treasures precious beyond measure—each one alone was enough to make king-level experts green with envy. Yet now, he had offered up four at once; such foundation, even if they emptied the entire treasury of their Li Li Tianwang lineage, probably could not be scraped together.

Boom!

The Myriad Aspects Wheel roared and trembled at this moment, as if in longing.

Li Luo's eyelids drooped slightly, then his palm suddenly clenched tight.

The seals covering the four portions of Upper Nine-Rank Spiritual Water Marvelous Light were instantly crushed; pure energy beyond description swept outward, transforming in this starry space into a blazing great sun and a vast lake-marsh.

The Myriad Aspects Wheel erupted with surging, torrential pulling force, directly swallowing the entirety of the strange phenomenon formed by the four portions of Upper Nine-Rank Spiritual Water Marvelous Light.

Boom boom!

At the edge of the Myriad Aspects Wheel, ten mysterious, ancient divine seal scripts became brighter than ever before; the five aspect palaces roared, and the ten aspect natures leaped and boiled.

Yet Li Luo's state of mind was like a deep, still pool, without a ripple, maintaining an extreme calm as he drove the Myriad Aspects Wheel to absorb the vast, surging pure energy, while channeling the vast majority of it into the Wood-Earth aspect palace.

At this moment, within the Wood-Earth aspect palace, a towering ancient tree swayed, its canopy blotting out the sky like the World Tree, spilling boundless, inexhaustious vitality.

Beneath the ancient tree, brown earth spread out, as if forming a continent.

The Wood-Earth aspect, which had long been stagnant without any sign of further evolution, finally showed the first hint of evolution at this moment.

Li Luo quietly felt the joyous boiling of the Wood-Earth aspect, then split his focus: on one side maintaining the Great Wuxiang Fire's tempering of Lv Qing'er, on the other refining the aura of fortune surging toward him. Under the blessing of this aura of fortune and the four portions of Upper Nine-Rank Spiritual Water Marvelous Light, the Wood-Earth aspect was gradually transforming...

At Li Luo's brow, the "Tracing Antiquity Aspect Pattern" emanating vitality was gradually converging, and vaguely seemed to form a verdant vertical mark.

Within the vertical mark, crystalline light faintly flowed.

That was the omen of the birth of an Upper Nine-Rank "Sacred Aspect Crystal Core."

Once the Wood-Earth aspect completed its evolution, then all five dual aspects within Li Luo's body would thoroughly and completely step into the Upper Nine-Rank tier.

At that time, with everything complete, he would have the possibility of charging into the Unparalleled Nine-Rank!

Li Luo took a deep breath, maintaining a calm mindset, quietly awaiting the arrival of this day.

And this wait lasted a full four months.