Chapter 115: Breaking Through to the Black Hole Stage

What surprised Nuwa even more was that after these members of the Human Race underwent Tribulation Transcendence Becoming Immortal, their strength was basically quite good; not a single one was a Human Immortal, and at the very least, they were all at the Earth Immortal level.

Clearly, besides the immense potential of the Martial Dao and Literature Dao passed down by Lu Yun, part of the reason was that these members of the Human Race who could become immortals so quickly possessed very powerful innate talents themselves.

This was only the Human Race in the vicinity of the Zhushan Tribe; looking at the entire Primordial Human Race, she feared there were even more people rapidly improving! Nuwa felt that the fortune of the Human Race was rising rapidly.

While this made her happy, she could not help but feel a bit worried.

Because the Human Race growing stronger and their survival capabilities improving was naturally a good thing. But at the same time, it was unavoidable that the Human Race would also invite more trouble.

At the very least, the Demon Race could not possibly allow the Human Race to grow stronger.

Therefore, conflict between the Human Race and the Demon Race was already a matter of time.

Originally, Nuwa was actually more inclined to let the Human Race integrate into the Demon Race, and gradually becoming the masters of the Demon Race would have been the best situation.

Unfortunately, in the current situation, Lu Yun and Di Jun and the others had already clashed, and Lu Yun was also going to snatch the sisters of Xihe; when the time came, this conflict would continue to intensify, and it was basically impossible for Di Jun and the others to sit by and watch the Human Race grow stronger! Of course, if Di Jun and the others competed with Lu Yun fair and square, she would not interfere too much, but if Di Jun and the others went too far, then they should not blame her for turning against them!

Steadying her mind, Nuwa continued to observe the outside world.

The first thing she saw was the twelve Ancestral Witches; at this moment, they were actually surrounding the Thunder Spirit Immortal Wood, divided into more than ten different positions, each with a group of Great Witches separately cooking different ingredients and enjoying different foods! Nuwa was left speechless at the sight.

She had discovered that ever since Lu Yun created various methods of cooking gourmet food, these members of the Wu Clan had all turned into foodies, changing ways to eat every day whenever they had free time.

It was just that they were all eating various Demon beasts, which would obviously further intensify the conflict between the Wu Clan and the Demon Race.

Thinking of this, Nuwa saw Taiyi and the other high-level members of the Demon Race who remained outside.

Sure enough, at this moment, Taiyi and the others all had gloomy expressions, clearly feeling hateful toward the twelve Ancestral Witches.

It was not that they cared much about the Demon beasts currently being caught by the Wu Clan for cooking, but because the behavior of the twelve Ancestral Witches cooking right in front of them was a slap in their faces.

But thinking that Di Jun had not yet come out and had not yet obtained the Hongmeng Purple Qi, they had to forcibly endure it.

Seeing this, Nuwa did not pay much more attention and turned to observe other matters instead.

What she cared about more was what Laozi and the other Saints were doing now.

Yet she saw Laozi and the others staying above the clouds, actually waiting patiently, with no intention of doing anything.

Very clearly, they were also waiting to see who the Hongmeng Purple Qi would eventually fall to, and then decide how to act.

Regarding this, Nuwa gave a cold smile: She imagined they would not have thought that Lu Yun could play such a hand! Of course, it could not be ruled out that a few Saints might disregard their reputations and forcibly act in a moment to force Di Jun and the others to hand over the Hongmeng Purple Qi; when that time came, if Lu Yun's scheme fell through, she imagined everyone would also think that the Hongmeng Purple Qi had fallen into the hands of her brother.

If that really happened, a battle would naturally be unavoidable.

Therefore, Nuwa quickly settled her mind and began to adjust her state, preparing to deal with the battle that could break out at any moment! ……

Outside, above the clouds.

Without realizing it, more than two days had passed, and the Three Pure Ones still looked calm, only continuing to communicate via sound transmission about the relevant details of preaching to the Human Race later.

Zhunti, however, was becoming impatient.

Although a mere two days was but a snap of the fingers for Saints like them, the moment he thought about what might be happening inside the Map of Mountains and Rivers, he felt somewhat restless.

He was almost unable to hold back from rushing into the Map of Mountains and Rivers to directly snatch the Hongmeng Purple Qi.

However, Jieyin remained relatively calm and instead sent a sound transmission to soothe Zhunti, saying: "Junior Brother, be patient; even if that Hongmeng Purple Qi is refined, Proving the Dao and Becoming a Saint is not such a simple matter!"

Reminded by him, Zhunti also recalled that after they had obtained the Hongmeng Purple Qi back then, they had had no clue about Proving the Dao for a long time.

It was only after watching the Three Pure Ones Proving the Dao that they found inspiration, and later they even made various great grand vows, borrowing massive amounts of Heavenly Dao Merit, which was how they achieved the Saint position.

Among those who entered the Map of Mountains and Rivers, there should be no one with higher comprehension than them!

Thinking of this, Zhunti completely calmed down and sent a sound transmission to Jieyin: "Thank you for the reminder, Senior Brother! By the way, Senior Brother, if we obtain the Hongmeng Purple Qi, which disciple under our sect do you think would be best to refine it?"

Jieyin said: "Let us discuss this matter after we obtain the Hongmeng Purple Qi! Actually, I feel that if we could directly recruit the person who obtained the Hongmeng Purple Qi to join our Western Sect, that would also be good!"

Regarding this, Zhunti nodded repeatedly.

If they could really recruit them, their harvest would actually be greater than just snatching the Hongmeng Purple Qi alone, because besides being able to have one more Saint, it would be equivalent to having one more powerhouse join the Western Sect!

Moreover, if the other party were willing to join the Western Sect voluntarily, the two of them would not need to give the Three Pure Ones any additional benefits! Of course, if the other party was not sensible, then they would have no choice but to act and snatch it!

……

Inside the Map of Mountains and Rivers.

Lu Yun was completely immersed in his cultivation.

And while he was cultivating, the surrounding spiritual energy, light, and even space were actually constantly twisting toward the place where he was! The reason was that the Dark Star within his body had now been compressed to the extreme by him and was about to undergo a new transformation, producing a terrifying attractive force that even exerted an influence on the outside world.

Looking inside Lu Yun's body, the vast energy at this moment was like a trickling stream finally merging into the sea.

The Star True Fire in his dantian also began a passionate change amidst the violent evolution of the Dark Star.

Suddenly—

"Boom!"

The Star True Fire, like a suppressed giant beast, roared out from Lu Yun's body, instantly spreading in all directions like wild dragons of flame, fierce and peerless.

The valley where Lu Yun was located was almost instantly about to be destroyed by the flames.

Fortunately, Lu Yun had already collected that large pile of cultivation resources beforehand, so it was not destroyed by the Star True Fire at this moment.

However, such a scene of destruction did not last long, and suddenly—

"Hum!"

The flames suddenly changed from an expanding state to an introverted one!

The originally violent and raging Star True Fire rapidly retracted and returned to Lu Yun's body in an instant.

Immediately following, a vast suction force erupted from within Lu Yun's body, like a dragon drawing water or a whale swallowing the sea, crazily sucking in all the surrounding spiritual energy.

At this moment, Lu Yun himself seemed to have turned into a bottomless Black Hole, crazily devouring the incoming spiritual energy, even causing a terrifying spiritual energy vortex to form within the Map of Mountains and Rivers.

At the core of Lu Yun's dantian, that Dark Star black dot, which had been compressed to the extreme, still displayed an astonishing adsorption force, crazily taking in massive amounts of spiritual energy. Slowly, the volume of that black dot began to increase gradually, while simultaneously emitting strange changes; such a disturbance naturally caught Nuwa's attention immediately.

She suddenly opened her eyes, her gaze fixed on Lu Yun, and a look of joy appeared on her face: "Lu Yun has actually broken through so quickly?"

She had originally thought that Lu Yun would need to cultivate for at least a year or a half, and that being able to break through would already be extremely fast.

After all, in the Great Desolation, there were countless Golden Immortals who, even after being in seclusion for hundreds or thousands of years, might not necessarily glimpse the opportunity to step into the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

She had not expected Lu Yun's breakthrough to come so quickly! And when she saw the disturbance caused by Lu Yun, Nuwa was even more astonished for a moment: "What kind of technique is this that Lu Yun is cultivating?"

Even as a Saint, she had never seen such a unique cultivation technique, but it was clear that this technique was quite extraordinary.

Especially now, after Lu Yun had completed his breakthrough, the aura that erupted was absolutely not something an ordinary Taiyi Golden Immortal could possess!

"This technique... it must be something Lu Yun created himself!"

Inexplicably, Nuwa actually felt that Lu Yun's previous claim that he wanted to prove the Dao independently might not be impossible to achieve! However, such a thought flashed through her mind and vanished.

Because independent Proving the Dao is different from Heavenly Dao Saints like them; it is the realm of a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal.

This is simply too difficult! Since the beginning of the world, in all these years, Nuwa had only seen Dao Ancestor Hongjun achieve this step!

Moreover, Nuwa had no time to ponder these irrelevant matters at this moment.

Because she discovered that the commotion Lu Yun was causing was growing larger and larger, to the point that it was almost about to alarm Di Jun and the others whom she had placed in various locations.

She immediately mobilized the Map of Mountains and Rivers, forcefully isolating the commotion so that Di Jun and the others would not notice, and only then did she secretly heave a sigh of relief.

Subsequently, Nuwa silently watched over Lu Yun, waiting for his breakthrough to complete.

Lu Yun was unaware of the commotion his breakthrough had caused.

He only knew that he had condensed a black hole within his dantian, and inside that black hole, there actually existed a passage that connected directly to a mysterious space!

That space was strikingly gray and misty, filled with a substance resembling paste.

Clearly, he had now broken through to the Black Hole Stage and had successfully connected his dantian to the Chaos Space!

He could feel that as long as he activated his technique now, he could naturally absorb the spiritual energy from within that chaotic substance through the passage and refine it into his own magic power.

This step was crucial.

Because, if the space connected by the black hole were not the Chaos Space, then the cultivation potential of "Star Transformation" would not be able to reach its maximum.

Even if he could open up a world in the future, it would not reach a perfect state, and it would not allow him to become a First-level Controller.

In that case, the most he could achieve would be a Heavenly Dao Saint, and he would be unable to truly transcend! Fortunately, his luck was not bad after all! Having completed the breakthrough, Lu Yun was in a great mood and immediately tried to activate his technique to absorb spiritual energy from the other end of the passage within the black hole.

Before long, he successfully absorbed a wisp of Hongmeng Spiritual Qi, and his heart was filled with joy.

"With this Hongmeng Spiritual Qi, I can practice the Hongmeng Incarnation Technique! At the same time, the Deceiving Heaven Spirit Leaf can also be used to achieve the best effect!"

Lu Yun immediately began to comprehend the "Deception Method"! With his current heaven-defying comprehension, he mastered the "Deception Method" in just a moment.

He also immediately began to try applying it within his dantian.

He saw himself activate a Deceiving Heaven Spirit Leaf, fuse a wisp of Hongmeng Spiritual Qi into it, and then, in coordination with the "Deception Method," he instantly changed his appearance.

Soon, a wisp of strange purple energy appeared within his dantian.

This purple energy looked exactly the same as the real Hongmeng Purple Qi; if Lu Yun hadn't done it himself, he would have suspected it was the real Hongmeng Purple Qi! "Excellent!"

Lu Yun's mood became even more excited, and he then activated the technique again, continuously drawing Hongmeng Spiritual Qi from the Chaos Space on the other side of the black hole.

In just half a day, he had evolved five fake wisps of Hongmeng Purple Qi in his dantian!

"This much should be enough for now! If it's not enough, I'll just make more later!"

Lu Yun finally stopped.

He intended to end this session of cultivation, ask Nuwa about the current situation, and then prepare to start selling the Hongmeng Purple Qi!

Immediately, Lu Yun quickly retracted his aura and opened his eyes once again.

On the other side, Nuwa, who had been watching Lu Yun, noticed that he had finished his cultivation and immediately moved to appear before him.

She looked Lu Yun up and down and smiled, "Congratulations on breaking through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm!"

Lu Yun hurriedly stood up, bowed to Nuwa, and said, "I must thank the Goddess for her help; otherwise, I would not have broken through so quickly."

Nuwa knew he was being polite, waved her hand, and said, "There is no need for that; even without my help, you likely could have completed the breakthrough!"

She did not know that if she hadn't used the Map of Mountains and Rivers to shelter Lu Yun, he might not have broken through successfully.

After all, the Heavenly Condemnation Halo was still there, and if Lu Yun had stayed in the Great Desolation, he could have encountered all sorts of unpredictable crises at any time.

However, Lu Yun naturally would not explain this to Nuwa, nor did he correct her words; he simply asked, "By the way, Goddess, how are those people who came to buy the Hongmeng Purple Qi doing now?"

Nuwa told Lu Yun about everyone's previous performance and the prices they had each offered.

She did not know Lu Yun's true plan, so after finishing, she asked, "Several days have passed without us noticing; should we send them out now?"

Lu Yun, however, said with a smile, "No rush, let me see them personally one more time first!"

Nuwa nodded and added, "Since you have now broken through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, the control of the Map of Mountains and Rivers is officially handed over to you! This way, when you go to see them later, you can mobilize the Map of Mountains and Rivers to confront them at any time!"

"Thank you, Goddess!"

Lu Yun was overjoyed and hurriedly expressed his gratitude again.

With his current cultivation, he could exert a certain amount of the Map of Mountains and Rivers' power; even if he couldn't suppress those Quasi-Saints, it was more than enough for self-protection! This way, his upcoming deception would be even more secure!

(End of chapter)