Chapter 608: Three Phases Perfected

In the room, Li Luo, who had rested through the night and felt refreshed, pushed open the window, stretched lazily into the morning light, and the smile on his face from yesterday's successful breakthrough still lingered, unwilling to fade.

"Earth Fiend General Stage..."

Li Luo couldn't help but sigh, the pride in his eyes impossible to conceal, for he truly had the right to be proud.

After all, less than a year ago, he had still been an empty-phase practitioner, yet in this short span of under a year, he had not only become a dual-phase practitioner, but with an astonishingly rapid cultivation speed, he had surpassed all his peers—no, not just his peers anymore.

The current him, even within the Two-Star House of the Sacred Void Star Academy, there was no one who could compare to him.

Even if he were to be a bit more arrogant, he might already count as one of the very top tier among Two-Star Houses across the entire Outer Shenzhou of the Eastern Region. The reason he didn't claim to be the strongest in the Two-Star House was because top-tier Two-Star House practitioners like Senior Ao Bai, after the Holy Grail War, would surely have made progress as well, so it was entirely possible that they had also broken through to the Fiend Palace Stage by now.

Such tremendous progress in just one year—Li Luo felt that even someone born with a Zheng De Jiu Pin phase might amount to little more than this, right?

However, Li Luo also understood that his breakthrough to the Fiend Palace Stage this time did indeed have some element of luck. If his bloodline power hadn't manifested at the last moment to help him refine the vast Earth Fiend energy, then his breakthrough absolutely could not have been completed perfectly; at best, he might only have reached the Void General Stage.

But there was no helping it—time was far too pressing for Li Luo. Whether it was the limit on his own lifespan, or the upcoming Prefecture Sacrifice, all of these forced Li Luo to grow stronger in the most extreme manner possible.

But sometimes, it is precisely under such extreme pressure that one's potential can be squeezed out.

"The water-light phase force within me is more than several times thicker than it was a day ago."

Li Luo sensed the surging phase force within his Water Light Phase Palace, and couldn't help but smile. The sense of fullness and power brought by the flowing phase force was almost unprecedented; the gap between the Phase Master Stage and the Fiend Palace Stage was extremely vast, for the difference in phase force alone between the two was hard to bridge.

Moreover, because he possessed dual phase palaces, and his Wood Earth Phase Palace had not yet been fully strengthened, comparing the two made this disparity even more pronounced.

After immersively feeling the wildly surging phase force for a moment, Li Luo closed the window again, sat cross-legged on a soft couch nearby, and in his eyes, an unconcealable thick anticipation flickered.

Because what he was about to do next excited him and made him even more impatient than breaking through to the Phase Master Stage.

That was the filling in of the third phase.

Back when Li Luo discovered that he was born with three phase palaces, he experienced what could be called both sorrow and joy. Innate Three Phase Palaces—what a heaven-defying talent this was. After all, one had to know that the Three Phase Palaces were the hallmark of King Stage powerhouses.

And what kind of lofty existence was the King Stage? Looking across the entire Great Xia Kingdom, there was only Dean Pang alone, and a figure of that level, even placed within the Inner Shenzhou, would surely count as a top-tier powerhouse.

So Innate Three Phase Palaces—truly enough to shock one to death and back to life.

This was a true child of heaven!

At that moment, Li Luo felt he must be the legendary protagonist.

Until one minute later.

He discovered that all three phase palaces were utterly empty.

The Innate Three Phase Palaces were real, but no phase nature had been born within them.

Then Li Luo was dumbfounded.

Without a phase nature, no matter how many phase palaces you had, there was no way to absorb the energy of heaven and earth and cultivate phase force.

At that moment, Li Luo, caught between great sorrow and great joy, nearly fainted.

He truly tasted what it meant for fate to toy with people.

But fortunately, heaven always leaves a way out. The "Minor Formless Divine Forging Art" left behind by his father and mother saved him, and afterward, Li Luo lived every moment in anticipation of the day he would step into the Earth Fiend General Stage and fill all three phase palaces.

And that day, was finally about to arrive.

Li Luo raised his palm, and a golden disk in the shape of a triangle flashed into view. In the central groove, a wisp of mysterious light like a candle flame flickered. After nearly a month of nurturing with essence blood, the once extremely frail "Dragon Lei Xiang" had now become much more stable.

"Dragon Lei Xiang."

Li Luo gazed with burning eyes at this mysterious light like a candle flame—this was his long-dreamed-of third phase. Once this phase was added, his Three Phase Palaces would be completely perfected, and with the augmentation of three phase palaces, Li Luo felt that at the same level, the thickness of his phase force would be enough to rival a true Zheng De Jiu Pin phase.

Far surpassing Jing Tai Xu's pseudo-nine-pin.

However, what was a slight pity was that even if he possessed three phases, it would likely be very difficult for him to wield the legendary Three-Phase Power. After all, the current him hadn't even fully grasped Dual-Phase Power, let alone the more profound Three-Phase Power.

But it didn't matter—it was enough.

The phase force advantage granted by the Three Phase Palaces was enough to make him dominant among those of the same level.

"But I wonder just how much consumption this filling of the third phase will take..." Li Luo thought of this point, and couldn't help feeling a bit uneasy. After all, although this acquired phase was peculiar, each filling required a considerable price. The first time was the most brutal, directly cutting his lifespan down to only five years. The second time was a bit better, but it still damaged his foundation. Fortunately, the Spirit-Restoring Paste refined by Seeing Niu Niu Biaobiao helped him recover, otherwise the aftereffects would have been endless.

This third time, following precedent, would certainly also require a price to be paid, and Li Luo wasn't sure whether his current strength at the Earth Fiend General Stage could withstand it.

But no matter the price, Li Luo could not give up, because he had no retreat left to speak of.

As he thought this in his heart, he had already reached out, took out that "Dragon Lei Xiang," and without hesitation swallowed it into his mouth, then activated the "Minor Formless Divine Forging Art."

Boom boom!

When Li Luo swallowed the "Dragon Lei Xiang," faint dragon roars and thunder rumbles immediately sounded within his body. A wisp of mysterious light entered his body, heading straight for that third empty phase palace.

And at this very moment, Li Luo discovered in terror that his phase force and essence blood within his body were draining away at a terrifying speed.

"Hope I can endure it!" he trembled inwardly.

Li Luo's tightly closed door remained so from early morning all the way until late at night.

Until at a certain moment, the door was suddenly gently pushed open.

Li Luo's trembling figure walked out from within. One could see that at this moment, his complexion was deathly pale, his features gaunt, his eye sockets sunken, and the skin and flesh beneath his clothes had shrunk considerably. This time, refining the "Dragon Lei Xiang" had not only drained his phase force completely, but had nearly drained every last drop of essence blood from his entire body.

"Sun and Moon Splendor"

If he hadn't previously cultivated the Thunder Roar Body, which had strengthened his physical body's essence blood, he felt that the current him might have been sucked into a dried corpse.

But even so, Li Luo at this moment also felt the utmost weakness.

He reached out with trembling hands and knocked on the doorframe, summoning a maidservant who usually attended him, and said in a trembling voice: "Quickly go arrange a table of food for me. Anything that can replenish essence blood, bring it all to my room. Also, do it quietly, don't let Jiang Jiang Qinge know."

That maidservant, seeing Li Luo in such a pale state, was also startled, then her expression turned a bit strange, because Li Luo in this state looked very much like someone who had overindulged in carnal excess.

Young Lord, has he become this wild?

The maidservant stole a somewhat envious glance into Li Luo's room—exactly which wanton hussy had drained the Young Lord into such a state?

No wonder the Young Lord reminded her not to let the Young Lady know.

"Go quickly!" Li Luo saw the maidservant spacing out and urged her.

The maidservant hurriedly acknowledged and rushed off.

Only then did Li Luo close the door again, leaning against it with trembling legs, but on his pale and weak face, a smile couldn't help but bloom.

Because the third phase had ultimately been filled in successfully, narrowly escaping disaster.

From now on.

His Innate Three Phenomena Palace had finally reached completion.