Chapter 176 Leap in Strength (1/2)

Bzz!

A frightening ripple abruptly pulsed from between Zhou Yuan’s brows the moment he opened his eyes. The pulse shook the bottom of the golden pool, forming a gigantic whirlpool with Zhou Yuan at its epicenter.

Endless golden light whizzed over, flooding into Zhou Yuan’s body.

Pahpah!

As the boundless golden light poured in, pitter-patter noises sounded in his body. His flesh and blood began to boil, while more and more golden light flowed into his Qi Dwelling, causing the Genesis Qi inside to grow steadily.

In a short period of several minutes, a layer of foul-smelling scabs appeared on the surface of Zhou Yuan’s body. It was the impurities that had been expelled.

Zhou Yuan shook slightly, breaking the scab layer, and revealing skin under which golden light flowed. It was an extremely magical sight.

Dazzling light blossomed in Zhou Yuan’s eyes as he felt the strong surge of power in his body, causing bliss to appear on his face.

Zhou Yuan shut his eyes and began to view his Spirit. It silently sat between his brows, giving off a gentle glow. Compared to before he had entered the golden pool, his Spirit was undoubtedly more concentrated and corporeal.

The illusory feeling from before was gradually fading as it began to shift toward being corporeal.

This was a sign that his Spirit was about to corporealize.

Once his Spirit stepped into the Corporeal stage, its amazingness and wonders would gradually be revealed. The Spirit would even be capable of leaving the body and perform numerous Spirit attacks, making it even more unfathomable.

“What a crazy blessing. Spirit cultivation is so difficult. I had originally forecasted at least half a year of training to reach the peak of the advance stage, but I ended up reaching it so quickly.” Zhou Yuan’s heart was filled with joy.

Back then, he had spent nearly a year bitterly training to raise his Spirit from the mid Illusory stage to the advance level.

Above his seated Spirit, the milky white Saint Spirit Crystal hovered, giving off holy light that tempered the Spirit bit by bit.

It was the Saint Spirit Crystal from the Gu clan. The golden pool blessing may have been the main reason for the rapid progress of his Spirit cultivation this time, but the Saint Spirit Crystals tireless nourishing was not to be ignored.

In addition, a faint glow surfaced between the brows of Zhou Yuan’s Spirit, an ancient rune barely visible...

The rune was ancient, holy and sacred, as if it had been born the moment the world was created.

“Is this… that Saint Rune?!”

Zhou Yuan’s heart shuddered violently. This rune was clearly the same ancient and mysterious Saint Rune from before!

“That mysterious Saint Rune has been imprinted onto my Spirit?” Zhou Yuan was shocked.

He did not know what exactly this mysterious Saint Rune was, but it was definitely of unbelievable origins, something that could clearly be seen from how it was able to match the primal chaos divine grindstone.

“I wonder what function this mysterious Saint Rune has.” Zhou Yuan tried to activate it, only to discover that even after giving his all, the rune merely brightened a little without any other response.

“Is it because my strength is lacking?”

Zhou Yuan let out a bitter laugh. Evidently, a tremendous amount of power was needed to activate the mysterious Saint Rune, which he was currently still unable to provide.

He inwardly shook his head, and temporarily gave up on the idea, turning his attention instead to his Qi Dwelling.

“The Genesis Qi inside my body has upgraded, reaching the mid Heaven Gate stage.”

Zhou Yuan peered into his blood-red Qi Dwelling, finding that the dark gold Genesis Qi whizzing about within was more concentrated and abundant than before, a sign that it had already reached the mid Heaven Gate stage.

“As expected of the Saint Remains Domain, a single blessing is akin to reaching the heavens in a single step!”

Zhou Yuan’s heart overflowed with happiness. His progress was nothing but amazing. His Spirit had grown more corporeal, while his Genesis Qi had received a breakthrough again, ascending to the mid Heaven Gate stage.

Most importantly of course, he had obtained the mysterious Saint Rune. Although he had yet to discover its abilities, he just knew that they would surely be extraordinary.