Chapter 957: Iron-Strong (Requesting Monthly Tickets)

Tongxuan Star Island.

The Emperor of the Void Abyss had devoured six geniuses he had nurtured over the years who cultivated the Star Void Seed Realm Art, and his mood was greatly improved.

The cumulative gains had already caused his Void Domain to surge by fourteen percent, nearly one and a half tenths.

The increase was extremely significant.

There’s only one left!

That Xu Jin, who has recently attracted great attention.

Normally, having cultivated for only a few months, devouring him would hold little value.

But judging from this boy’s performance, his talent is extraordinarily astonishing, especially in cultivating the Void Domain.

From what he understood, Xu Jin’s achievements after only months of cultivation already surpassed Lu Qi’s after years of practice.

“At least twenty percent, right?”

What a pity!”

Before activating the Star Void Seed Realm Art to devour, the Emperor of the Void Abyss felt a twinge of regret.

Because, theoretically, this was not yet the optimal time to harvest Xu Jin.

Generally speaking, the first ten years after forming a Void Domain are when growth is fastest; afterward, it slows progressively.

Just like himself.

When he first cultivated his Void Domain, he was short on resources and didn’t take it seriously—only one of the treasures he used was a primordial material, so his initial domain was tiny.

After forming it, he endured six full years of ascetic cultivation before it could even accommodate another person.

After six more years of ascetic cultivation, it could hold over ten people and had gained basic combat power.

Ten years later, it reached about fifteen meters in diameter—roughly the same size as Lu Zhan’s after decades of ascetic cultivation.

Then, the rate of refinement slowed dramatically.

At first, he could still expand it by two meters per year; later, only one meter, then half a meter, growing ever slower, and the effectiveness of the primordial treasures diminished accordingly.

But when he first harvested his cultivated seed realm, he discovered that devouring others’ Void Domains was far faster than his own ascetic cultivation.

From then on, he walked this path.

Although cultivating others to develop Void Domains was difficult, the same investment yielded far greater returns than ascetic cultivation alone.

Over these many years, his Void Domain had grown to ten li in diameter, its power immensely formidable.

Today, after this devouring, his Void Domain would soon reach twelve li in diameter.

This was the miraculous aspect of the Star Void Seed Realm Art—he had infused nearly all the spatial primordial Dao into it, yet its growth was excruciatingly slow.

But when devouring others, even a very weak Void Domain—

could cause his own Void Domain to grow rapidly.

He speculated it had something to do with primordial power.

The Void Domain didn’t just devour the target’s Void Domain—it devoured everything about the target.

Including the target’s essence-blood primordial source, spirit-soul primordial source, and even spatial-type primordial artifacts could be devoured.

Only those with higher cultivation realized how miraculous the primordial source of life truly was.

He didn’t fully understand the details, but that didn’t stop him from doing it!

And the Xu Jin he was about to devour was still in rapid growth.

Given Xu Jin’s demonstrated talent for cultivating the Void Domain, if he waited ten years to harvest, the yield would be ten times greater than now—that would be the true bounty.

But this current crisis was critical for him.

He had to harvest early.

It was like plucking fruit before it ripened.

That was why he felt regret.

But facing off against Dongxuan, strengthening his trump card by even a little meant an extra measure of security.

So he must devour.

In the next instant, the Emperor of the Void Abyss activated the Star Void Seed Realm Art once more; the moment he sensed Xu Jin’s Void Domain’s aura, he began devouring.

But the instant he sensed the devouring begin, the Emperor of the Void Abyss’s expression froze slightly.

So strong!

At this moment, the Star Void Seed Realm Art he activated could faintly sense the target’s Void Domain aura.

This filled the Emperor of the Void Abyss with delight.

The aura emitted by Xu Jin’s Void Domain was stronger than any he had devoured before—even stronger than Lu Zhan’s.

Even slightly stronger than the aura of his former disciple, the True Person Fuying.

Remember, when he devoured Fuying’s Void Domain, it caused his own to surge by one and a half tenths!

Of course, that was long ago.

But even now, it would still boost his Void Domain by six or seven percent.

“This is an unexpected delight!”

The instant joy flashed in his eyes, the Emperor of the Void Abyss unleashed the full power of the Star Void Seed Realm Art.

In half a breath, he sensed his Void Domain had already drawn the target’s Void Domain across the dimensional realm, pulling it close.

In the next instant, his Void Domain unleashed its full suction, as if savoring a delicacy, instantly dragging Xu Jin’s Void Domain into his own and biting down hard!

Crunch!

The Emperor of the Void Abyss’s expression suddenly froze, utterly bewildered.

He felt as if his Void Domain had bitten into a rock!

No—it was as if he’d bitten into a hundred-fold refined steel!

Couldn’t bite through!

His Void Domain could no longer devour and absorb Xu Jin’s Void Domain as it had before!

Logically, this shouldn’t happen—his Void Domain had always swallowed others’ domains in one gulp.

Even Fuying’s powerful domain had been devoured instantly, melting like butter!

“Could this brat be strange?”

As he wondered, the Emperor of the Void Abyss plunged all his spiritual sense into his Void Domain, unleashing its full power once more to devour and absorb Xu Jin’s Void Domain!

Crunch!

Still no devouring!

The Emperor of the Void Abyss’s expression turned grimly sour!

It felt like savoring a delicious piece of meat, only to bite into a lump of steel—couldn’t swallow it, and now his teeth ached!

With the failed devouring, the Emperor of the Void Abyss’s Void Domain shuddered violently.

In contrast, Xu Jin’s Void Domain, already gripped by his, remained utterly unmoved.

The Emperor of the Void Abyss’s expression turned grave.

His spiritual sense sank directly into the core of his own Void Domain, manifesting his spirit as the Void Domain itself, carefully sensing the peculiar nature of Xu Jin’s Void Domain while seeking a way to devour it.

Getting stuck here now was no good.

In the Star Wastes.

Xu Jin felt his Void Domain suddenly tremble, then began to ripple uncontrollably.

Half a breath later, a terrifying suction pulled his Void Domain directly into a realm shimmering with silver light, resembling a monstrous beast swallowing the heavens—and it was swallowed whole!

In an instant, Xu Jin’s face turned pale, then deathly white.

Mistake!

He had misjudged!

He had assumed the Emperor of the Void Abyss’s method would be to capture or kill him first, then devour his Void Domain.

He hadn’t expected direct Void Domain-level devouring.