Chapter 989: Improvement in Strength

On the Golden Dew Terrace, golden mist permeated the air, and a profound silence reigned.

All those occupying the seats were quietly absorbing the golden mist at this moment, feeling their resonant affinities improving bit by bit within their bodies.

In the blink of an eye, half a day passed.

After half a day, those who possessed the bluestone seats were the first to awaken; the golden mist they received was the thinnest, so it was the first to be exhausted.

Looking at those who had received the baptism of the bluestone seats, only a handful of people experienced an evolution in the resonant fluctuations emanating from within their bodies, successfully breaking away from their original grades.

However, without exception, these people did not have very high resonant affinity grades, roughly around the sixth or seventh grade. Perhaps their resonant affinities had already reached their limit in the past, and now, being stimulated by the Golden Dew Terrace, they naturally crossed that barrier and successfully evolved.

Do not underestimate this step; if not for this opportunity, they would likely have needed to consume a significant amount of Spirit Water and Strange Light, as well as time, before they could have taken this step when a certain opportunity arose.

Many gazes from around looked over with some envy, though the crowd was not disappointed with their own gains. Although they did not complete the evolution of their resonant affinity, they could feel that this baptism was equivalent to saving them half a year of resonant affinity tempering time. Moreover, this half-year was not just a consumption of time; the Spirit Water and Strange Light consumed during this half-year would certainly be a substantial amount of wealth, a consumption that could never be ignored by many rogue cultivators, or even the prodigies of some major factions.

Did you not see that even Li Luo, a direct descendant of the Dragon Tooth Pulse, was

living frugally even before that expensive eighth-grade Spirit Water and Strange Light? Because others worry about the accumulation of impurities leading to the eventual solidification of their resonant affinity, they can only maintain a controlled absorption and refinement. However, Li Luo's special constitution, while allowing him to be unscrupulous, also made him a true "gold-swallowing beast."

A ten-million-level Purple Eye Treasure, in his hands, was merely a few days' worth of Spirit Water and Strange Light consumption.

And when the baptism on the bluestone seat side ended, Li Luo's side, as expected, ushered in an evolution of his resonant affinity.

That was the evolution of his lower seventh-grade Dragon Thunder Resonance.

After Li Luo possessed the Dragon Thunder Resonance, he had invested a great deal of effort into cultivating this third resonance, so this Dragon Thunder Resonance had long been on the verge of evolution. This opportunity on the Golden Dew Terrace brought the arrival of this evolution forward by some time.

Li Luo's mind sank into his third resonance palace, only to see the thunderclouds within constantly expanding, with thunder flashing amidst them. Between the thunderclouds, a dragon shadow was also becoming increasingly majestic, and the dragon roars that occasionally emerged, gathering together with the thunder, were filled with a sense of wild violence.

This evolution lasted for quite a while before the violent thunder gradually weakened. Li Luo then saw the dragon shadow in the thunderclouds; its body, which was originally only a dozen or so zhang long, had now extended to over thirty zhang, its dragon scales shimmering with thunderous light, quite miraculous.

Dragon Thunder Resonance, upper seventh grade.

A sense of joy welled up in Li Luo's heart; although it was only a small grade increase, he was very clear about the difficulty involved.

Moreover, this baptism was not yet completely over for him.

Next, he wanted to use the power of the Golden Dew Terrace to push his upper seventh-

grade Wood-Earth Resonance to the eighth-grade level! This was Li Luo's main goal this time. Once the Wood-Earth Resonance advanced to the eighth grade, he would possess two eighth-grade resonant affinities!

However, although there was only a one-grade difference between the upper seventh and lower eighth, the difficulty involved was far greater than that from the lower seventh to the upper seventh. Therefore, Li Luo did not know if this Golden Dew Terrace could help him complete it, but it would be best if it could; if not, at least it would fill in a large part of this progress bar, which, for Li Luo, was never a losing deal.

Thinking this in his heart, Li Luo then began to pour all the golden mist flowing into his body into his Wood-Earth Resonance.

In front of the Golden Dew Terrace, time flowed, and the golden mist drifted and moved.

About an hour after the baptism of the bluestone seats had completely ended, the baptism on the jade cushion side was also gradually drawing to a close.

And among the jade cushion seats, those who successfully achieved resonant affinity advancement were also extremely rare. After all, most of those who could seize a jade cushion seat were considered elites within major factions, and their own resonant affinity grades were naturally not low. Since the starting point was high, evolution was naturally not that easy.

Li Fengyi, Li Jingtao, Lu Qingmei, Deng Fengxian, and others did not obtain an improvement in their resonant affinity grade, but they had other gains, which was that their own strength had received a not-insignificant boost during this baptism.

Li Fengyi and Deng Fengxian were originally in the late stage of the Extreme Fiend Realm, and the condensation of their Fiend Qi had reached their own limits. Although they had not touched ninety-nine zhang, they could be considered to have a solid foundation.

After this baptism by the Golden Dew Terrace, their own resonant affinity became even purer through tempering, thereby leading them to take that

step of breakthrough in resonant power.

Behind both of them, a brilliant and solid Heavenly Pearl had condensed; they had truly stepped into the one-star Heavenly Pearl Realm.

Li Jingtao had already reached the Virtual Pearl Realm during the Dragon Head Dispute. After experiencing training during this period, he had also completely stepped into the one-star Heavenly Pearl Realm. This time, after the baptism, his strength increased by another step, becoming a genuine two-star Heavenly Pearl Realm cultivator.

Lu Qingmei had also improved from her original one-star Heavenly Pearl Realm to a two-star Heavenly Pearl. Moreover, looking at the brilliance of that second Heavenly Pearl, I am afraid that in terms of grade, it had already caught up to Zhao Shenjiang before the baptism.

In the jade cushion seats, everyone was overjoyed. Although their resonant affinity did not directly evolve, the increase in their resonant power level was real. This was indeed a rare opportunity that could save them nearly half a year of hard cultivation.

While rejoicing, many gazes were cast toward the innermost lotus seat area. Their gazes were filled with envy and curiosity; after all, if even the jade cushion seats could bring them such benefits, how powerful would the golden lotus seats be?

Under the gaze of these eyes, in the inner area, the dense golden mist flowed as if it possessed life. As time slowly passed, people on the golden lotus seats finally began to open their eyes one after another, ending their baptism.

Without exception, the resonant power fluctuations of those who ended their baptism climbed steadily. The extent of that improvement was indeed a large margin stronger than that of the jade cushion seats.

Jiang Wanyu and Zhao Shenjiang were the most obvious.

These two were originally at the two-star Heavenly Pearl Realm, but when the baptism ended, they climbed directly to the four-star Heavenly Pearl Realm.

Of course, the starting point of these two's resonant affinity grades

was quite high, especially Zhao Shenjiang, who possessed a lower ninth-grade Force Resonance. For a ninth-grade resonance to advance further, the difficulty was unimaginable, and the amount of Spirit Water and Strange Light required was massive. Therefore, even the Golden Dew Terrace could not achieve such an effect; at best, it only made Zhao Shenjiang's lower ninth-grade force a bit purer.

However, both of them had expected this, so they were not disappointed; instead, they were happy about the improvement of these two Heavenly Pearls.

Zhao Shenjiang's arm had already been reattached with spiritual medicine. Although it slightly affected his combat power, it was already much better than the fate of Zhao Jingyu back then. At this moment, he cast his gloomy and sinister gaze toward Li Luo.

At this time, he was quite eager to try, wanting to clash with Li Luo again to get his own back.

But Li Luo clearly had no time to pay attention to Zhao Shenjiang, because he was also gradually approaching the end of his baptism, but... what disappointed him was that even though he had poured all the subsequent golden mist into his Wood-Earth Resonance, this resonant affinity was still lacking some heat to evolve to the eighth grade.

Li Luo was naturally quite unwilling to accept this result, but the golden mist was gradually becoming thin, which meant that the baptism was about to end. What else could he do?

And just when Li Luo was feeling unwilling, the words previously spoken by the lamp-bearer suddenly flashed through his mind.

"The ceremony on the Golden Dew Terrace..."

Li Luo's heart stirred. Until now, he seemed to have not yet touched upon that so-called ceremony. Could it be because some steps had not been completed?

He racked his brains, thinking that if this ceremony was set for those direct disciples of the Formless Sacred Sect, then what was missing

?

Li Luo pondered for a few seconds, and a flash of inspiration struck his heart.

Missing identity verification!

Then how could he complete the identity verification of the Formless Sacred Sect?

At this moment, Li Luo felt a sudden flash of insight, and then, with a thought, the "Little Formless Divine Forging Art" began to circulate slowly within his body.