Chapter 977

March 2nd.

This was the sixth day Xu Jin had been on Youshi Star Island.

Over these six days, Xu Jin had spent every day in rigorous cultivation under time acceleration.

Never before had Xu Jin felt so close to attaining True Personhood.

He had used up all the Purple Yuan Bodhi branches.

The six hundred and forty-plus Purple Yuan Bodhi branches he had gathered from Qingman Star Island, collected himself, and received from Master Louyang and Second Senior Brother Mu Jia True Person were all gone.

These allowed Xu Jin to directly refine over ten additional Purple Yuan bone veins, reaching a total of sixty-nine.

Afterward, Xu Jin began using the cultivated Purple Yuan Bodhi roots to refine his Purple Yuan bone veins.

After being cultivated under the Candou Star Lamp, the inch-long Purple Yuan Bodhi roots did not undergo any elevation in quality or increase in power.

But under the Candou Lamp’s cultivation, they began growing rapidly.

Theoretically, if Xu Jin could cultivate this single inch of Purple Yuan Bodhi root within the Candou Star Lamp for a thousand years, it could grow into a Purple Yuan Bodhi root of Secret Realm treasure grade.

But a thousand years was far too long—even with time acceleration, Xu Jin could not afford to wait that long now.

So Xu Jin cultivated many at once and used them directly.

He occasionally injected large amounts of Chaotic Cultivation Force and Chaotic Star Force to stimulate growth, which could accelerate its development.

Each inch’s medicinal potency increased by two to three percent.

Over these six days, Xu Jin had already used over two meters—more than seventy inches.

This successfully allowed him to refine twelve and a half additional Purple Yuan bone veins.

Currently, the number of Purple Yuan bone veins on his Dao Embryo had reached an astonishing eighty-two.

Natural Nascent Soul formation might occur within just a few days.

Notably, when Xu Jin’s Purple Yuan bone veins reached sixty-seven, the Sixteenth Divine Sword Essence fully solidified.

It was indeed true that refining Purple Yuan bone veins could strengthen the Divine Soul’s origin and reconstitute Divine Sword Essences.

Now, the prototype of the Seventeenth Divine Sword Essence had already emerged.

As long as he continued refining, the Seventeenth Divine Sword Essence would surely form.

Additionally, over these days, Xu Jin took time to fully comprehend all the True Person Blood Crystals he had acquired.

The True Person Blood Crystals gathered from these numerous battles allowed Xu Jin to comprehend thirty-seven additional elemental Dao principles, all suppressed by the Chaotic Cloud Tower.

Accumulated together, the total number of Dao principles suppressed by the Chaotic Cloud Tower reached an astonishing three hundred and ninety-nine.

Yet, this still had not reached the Chaotic Cloud Tower’s limit.

Xu Jin planned to ask his Master this question after forming the Transformation Nascent Soul.

Where exactly was the limit of the Chaotic Cloud Tower?

Boom! Boom! Boom!

March 3rd. The dull sound of the assembly drum suddenly echoed over Youshi Star Island.

The moment the drum sounded, Xu Jin, who had been in deep cultivation, opened his eyes.

But he did not look toward the training ground—he turned his head toward the direction of the Star Wastes.

Though he could not see it, Xu Jin had sensed the faint yet intense pulsation deep within the Star Wastes.

A star surge had occurred.

And the disturbance was extreme.

At least a medium star surge—possibly approaching a large star surge!

Merely by sensing it remotely with his divine sense, Xu Jin made a judgment far clearer than before.

Suddenly, Xu Jin realized this must be one of the benefits of his greatly enhanced Divine Soul cultivation.

His Divine Soul cultivation had recently surged again, and the power of all his divine abilities and Dao techniques had risen further.

His sensing ability had grown stronger as well.

“Ling’er, end your deep cultivation,” Xu Jin called out.

He must participate in this battle—and in recent battles.

A few days ago, to arrange Yu Zhong’s transfer, Xu Jin had shared a few drinks with Master Louyang True Person.

Their natural rapport was close, and they spoke at length.

Xu Jin asked nothing classified, so Master Louyang held nothing back, allowing Xu Jin to learn much.

For instance, his mistress, Emperor Duoyue’s current predicament, was tied to rescuing him.

Youshi Star Island had suffered consecutive defeats.

After the first defeat, the original Level-11 Breakthrough Warden died in battle, severely weakening Youshi Star Island.

On the surface, it appeared to be a normal death in combat.

But under normal circumstances, a Level-11 Breakthrough True Person could hardly die unless an Emperor intervened.

Yet he died precisely when Emperor Duoyue was absent.

That meant the enemy’s Emperor had struck a treacherous blow, with no one able to stop it—or even know of it.

This was why Emperor Duoyue faced pressure and criticism.

And the timing coincided exactly with when Emperor Duoyue and Emperor Fenghua had gone together to help Xu Jin slay the Jade Whale Emperor.

The second defeat was also coincidental.

Because Emperor Kongyuan had threatened to devour Xu Jin’s Abyss Domain, Emperor Duoyue had rushed over for emergency aid.

Coincidentally, a star surge occurred here at the same time.

During the star surge, a Level-9, a Level-8, and a Level-6 True Person died.

This further crippled Youshi Star Island’s strength.

Since then, in multiple star surges, due to Youshi Star Island’s depleted high-level combat strength, even with Emperor Duoyue present, they continued losing, with True Persons dying in every battle.

Because Emperor Duoyue was present, enemy Emperors dared not strike treacherous blows.

The real bloody battles were fought between the True Person champions on both sides.

But Youshi Star Island’s disadvantage had become entrenched—every battle lost, every battle claimed lives.

It was only a month ago, when Emperor Duoyue urgently summoned his eldest disciple, Master Louyang True Person, that the tide of defeat was finally stabilized!

But it was only a stabilization against total collapse—no more high-level True Persons died, yet the overall trend could not be reversed.