Chapter 595: Five-Colored Divine Sea

As time passed, forty years later, a burst of wild laughter suddenly erupted from the room where Zhang Nuo was staying!

The laughter shook the entire Underground Palace until it seemed on the verge of collapse. The Great Prophet's brows twitched, and then he exhaled two puffs of air through his nose! Over these past hundred-plus years, he had basically not known a moment of peace; Zhang Nuo would stir up some commotion every now and then!

Lifting his heavy eyelids, he cast a glance toward Zhang Nuo's room. He saw five-colored halos shimmering around the room, and even the Great Prophet took a deep breath upon seeing that peaceful and auspicious light!

"What powerful Divine Sea strength!"

The Great Prophet was no stranger to this situation. The five-colored radiance bloomed because the nine Divine Seas within a cultivator's body had merged into one. However, among the cultivators he knew, it was rare to see such powerful Divine Sea radiance right at the beginning of the fusion stage!

A strand of Divine Sense rushed out from the Great Prophet's body and surged toward Zhang Nuo's room. Everywhere it sensed, it was filled with dense Spiritual Qi! The Divine Sense moved forward again and submerged into the room. He saw Zhang Nuo sitting cross-legged, his body also emitting five-colored rays of light, his exposed skin smooth as jade and full of texture!

The Great Prophet stood up and walked toward Zhang Nuo's room! Despite his massive size, he made not the slightest sound as he walked! He did not stop until he reached the doorway.

At this moment, the door opened, and Zhang Nuo walked out from within. The five-colored rays of light on his body had not yet faded, giving him an appearance like that of an immortal!

"Your cultivation has also improved?"

The Great Prophet narrowed his eyes, saying this as if he found it somewhat unbelievable.

"It has improved by two minor realms!"

The current Zhang Nuo was simply like a different person compared to the Zhang Nuo who had self-detonated his Divine Sea back then! One must endure the bitterest of the bitter to become the master of masters! Looking at it now, all the suffering endured previously had been worth it!

A smile hung on Zhang Nuo's face as he felt the surging Spirit Power emanating from the Divine Sea in his dantian; his entire cultivation had climbed directly from the Integration Early Stage to the Integration Late Stage!

"Not bad! Let this old man see your Divine Sea!"

The Great Prophet nodded slightly, a look of approval appearing in his eyes. Normally, after a cultivator fused their nine Divine Seas, their cultivation would improve to some extent, but it was very rare for someone to improve by two minor realms all at once like Zhang Nuo! This also showed that Zhang Nuo's usual cultivation was solid; once given the opportunity to erupt, he could achieve astonishing results!

Hearing that the Great Prophet wanted to see his Divine Sea, Zhang Nuo did not hesitate at all. He formed a hand seal, and five-colored rays of light burst forth from his dantian. As the light grew brighter, his body became somewhat transparent. At this moment, the Great Prophet could clearly see a five-colored light mass, half a foot in size, slowly flickering within Zhang Nuo's dantian!

This was the Five-Colored Divine Sea after fusion. Unlike the previous nine gods, the Five-Colored Divine Sea belonged to the most ultimate existence, and its power was far greater than the sum of the nine Divine Seas. The Spirit Power it contained was even more astonishing, which was precisely the reason why Zhang Nuo could raise his cultivation to the Integration Late Stage right after fusing his Divine Sea!

"Very good! Have you decided what Xia Xia Xia Linggen to plant?"

After the Five-Colored Divine Sea took shape, one naturally had to plant the Xia Xia Xia Linggen that countless cultivators yearned for. Zhang Nuo was no exception, though the matter of planting Xia Xia Xia Linggen was almost the same for all cultivators, with no major differences.

"I have several attribute Magic Treasures in my possession and wish to plant them all together. You are knowledgeable and experienced, Great Prophet, please give me some guidance!"

"There is no need for this old man to guide you on this matter; you only need to fuse the attribute Magic Treasures with the Five-Colored Divine Sea. But do not be too hasty in anything; you must take it one piece at a time. If you are overly eager for success, you will achieve the opposite result!"

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Nuo nodded slightly, then asked the Great Prophet about what had happened outside over these years! Afterward, he returned to his room.

After sitting cross-legged, Zhang Nuo flipped his hand, and a dark red firebird appeared on his palm! Looking at the slowly flying Red Glow Fire spirit, he gave a soft shout. The firebird then disintegrated, turning into several clusters of firelight floating before him!

The first to be fused with the Five-Colored Divine Sea was this Red Glow Fire spirit. Once the fire spirit was fused into the Divine Sea, a fire Xia Xia Xia Linggen would be planted. When that time came, Zhang Nuo could trigger fire-attribute attacks whenever he wished.

He cast a spell technique from his hand, which submerged into a cluster of firelight. The firelight flashed with a 'whoosh' and submerged into his dantian!

The surface of the Five-Colored Divine Sea surged with rays of light. Upon seeing the firelight rush in, it immediately rolled back its light, wrapped this cluster of firelight within it, and sank toward the interior of the Divine Sea!

Suddenly, a faint red blush appeared on the surface of the Divine Sea! However, it vanished in an instant! With the power of the Five-Colored Divine Sea, this bit of power divided from the Red Glow Fire spirit was simply not enough to damage it!

Zhang Nuo cast several spell techniques in succession, which all submerged into the fire clusters divided from the fire spirit, and then, after a flash, they disappeared into his dantian!

Three years later, above Zhang Nuo's Five-Colored Divine Sea, a miniature firebird danced incessantly, and the Divine Sea itself was suffused with a faint red glow! Deep within the Divine Sea, a point of dark red light flickered unsteadily! This was the fire Xia Xia Xia Linggen! A fire Xia Xia Xia Linggen that countless cultivators had to look up to!

Zhang Nuo gave a light wave of his hand, and immediately, a dark red flame appeared in the void before him. The temperature of the surging flames was very high, and the strange power within them was not comparable to ordinary flames!

The Red Glow Fire spirit itself had fused with the Phoenix Bloodline, and coupled with this fire's characteristic of specifically burning blood, Zhang Nuo's fire Xia Xia Xia Linggen was also more powerful than that of ordinary people!

As the joy of possessing the fire Xia Xia Xia Linggen faded slightly, Zhang Nuo checked his cultivation. This time, however, his cultivation did not move in the slightest. It seemed that for the Integration Late Stage, wanting to charge toward the Refining Void Stage was not a particularly easy matter!

At the thought of charging toward the Refining Void Stage, Zhang Nuo's heart sank heavily, because he thought of the 'Heavenly Demon Tribulation'. Back when he advanced to the Integration Stage, he had encountered an 'Outer Realm Heavenly Demon' in his Divine Sense sea. Fortunately, however, because they were acquaintances, that Outer Realm Heavenly Demon had let him off quite easily!

But before leaving, that Outer Realm Heavenly Demon had also stated very clearly that when he charged toward the Refining Void Stage, perhaps it would not be the same Heavenly Demon that appeared!

For the sake of safety, Zhang Nuo decided to first refine the 'Purple Lightning Wild Thunder' and 'Blue Flame True Thunder', these two types of strange thunder, into Xia Xia Xia Linggen! If he truly advanced to the Refining Void Stage during this period, he would then have the means to restrain those Outer Realm Heavenly Demons!

Looking inward, he saw that within the Four Spirits Square Cauldron, purple electric arcs and blue electric arcs were jumping incessantly! Over the hundred-plus years, the Small Tripod had already finished refining the 'Blue Flame True Thunder'!

With a movement of his Divine Sense, the 'Purple Lightning Wild Thunder' was the first to surge out of the tripod and rush down toward the Five-Colored Divine Sea below. Immediately, a flash of light appeared above the Divine Sea, and it sucked the purple lightning into the interior of the Divine Sea!

Another five years passed, and Zhang Nuo not only planted the Purple Lightning Wild Thunder in the Divine Sea, but also implanted the 'Blue Flame True Thunder' as well!

Up to this moment, Zhang Nuo had a faint feeling that he was about to break through the shackles of the Integration Stage. This was a feeling that thousands upon thousands of cultivators could not obtain even if they wished!

But things did not develop as he had imagined. In the subsequent cultivation, although this feeling was very strong, there was still some distance to a true breakthrough!

Helpless, Zhang Nuo had no choice but to fuse the wind-attribute 'Autumn Water Home' into the Divine Sea as well! This Magic Treasure was crafted using the four sharp claws of the 'Lufeng beast', so its wind-attribute power was naturally not weak. Coupled with some methods previously applied by Chunyangzi, it was fully capable of planting a wind Xia Xia Xia Linggen in the Divine Sea!

Seeing that he still had not achieved a breakthrough, Zhang Nuo finally planted the 'Pure Underworld Divine Tree' into the Five-Colored Divine Sea as well!

This time, the wind and clouds above the Divine Sea changed suddenly. The Divine Tree was inherently an existence that defied the heavens; forcing it to enter the Divine Sea and become a wood-attribute Xia Xia Xia Linggen was truly somewhat difficult!

It took a full thirty-plus years for Zhang Nuo to transform the entire 'Pure Underworld Divine Tree' into a wood Xia Xia Xia Linggen!

Just as the wood Xia Xia Xia Linggen was formed, Zhang Nuo felt a change occur in his body. The surging Spirit Power within the Divine Sea was as tumultuous as crashing waves, and rays of various colors flashed incessantly in his dantian!

"I'm going to break through!"

Thinking this in his heart, Zhang Nuo seized the time and guided the Nine Dragon Sword Case above the Five-Colored Divine Sea! Now, almost all the Magic Treasures with five-element attributes in his body had been refined into Xia Xia Xia Linggen; only this final metal Xia Xia Xia Linggen was missing. After much thought, Zhang Nuo decided to use the Nine Dragon Sword Case as the foundation for the metal Xia Xia Xia Linggen!

At the same time, he also had to spend some time refining the Sword Box into a 'Life-Bound Magic Treasure!'

The so-called Life-Bound meant it was connected to Zhang Nuo's heart and spirit, with shared magic power. In this way, the power of the Flying Swords within the Sword Box would also greatly increase!

Although the 'Shangqing Sword Art' was still a fragmentary text, Zhang Nuo still believed its power would not be limited to just this! Furthermore, as one of his three main cultivation techniques, Zhang Nuo using the Sword Box as a 'Life-Bound Magic Treasure' would also enhance the strength of the Shangqing Sword Art, which was also indispensable for him to cultivate the 'Beast-Driving Return-to-One Immortal Technique' to perfection in the future!

After thinking for a while, he began to fuse the 'Nine Dragon Sword Case' into the Five-Colored Divine Sea without stopping!

While fusing, Zhang Nuo also had to cultivate it into a 'Life-Bound Magic Treasure', so the speed was naturally much slower!

Decades later, the entire Underground Palace felt as if there were an earthquake. Boundless Spiritual Qi surged from the ground, and at the same time, above the sky of the Prophet Hall, the wind and clouds changed color, and Spiritual Qi surged! A massive Spiritual Qi vortex spanning tens of thousands of miles appeared!

"This is the Golden Core phenomenon for entering the Refining Void Stage!"

"Could it be that Great Prophet has advanced to the Refining Void Stage?"

Inside the Zhai, countless minotaurs looked up at the sky, watching the strange phenomenon, each of them guessing secretly!