371: Chapter 371 Peak of the Third Level of the Sea Transformation Realm

Time passed minute by minute.

Fine beads of sweat gradually seeped from Ye Tian's forehead, but his eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Because he felt the Law power and Spiritual Qi of the lightning, fire, and metal attributes being preliminarily "tamed" by the Chaos True Intent, continuously pouring into his Meridians and flowing into his Dantian.

The Dantian Qi Sea greedily absorbed it; the volume of the Qi Sea expanded, and his True Essence became increasingly robust.

"Not enough! I can go even faster!"

Ye Tian steeled his heart and once again peeled two water-attribute and two wood-attribute Law fragments from the rock wall.

He wanted to try using the principle of the Five Elements' mutual generation to assist in the refinement, while further tempering his own Five Elements Foundation.

Eight Law fragments of different attributes bobbed simultaneously within the Chaos force field, and the energy conflict between them suddenly intensified!

The force field shook violently, as if it might collapse at any moment.

Ye Tian let out a muffled groan, and blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

Controlling so much violent energy of different attributes at once was a massive test for his mind and soul.

But his gaze was as sharp as a sword, and the Illusory Sea Heart Sutra operated at full power.

The chaos bead rotated slightly in his Sea of Consciousness, emitting a clear glow that helped him stabilize his mind and harmonize the conflicts.

"Refine for me!"

He gave a low roar, and the suction of the Qi Sea vortex at his Dantian surged, forcibly fusing the different attribute powers of the eight fragments.

A day passed quietly.

Inside the stone chamber, the Chaos force field in front of Ye Tian had stabilized.

The light from the eight fragments had clearly dimmed, and their size had shrunk by a circle; more than half of the Law power and Spiritual Qi within them had been refined.

The aura around Ye Tian's body became increasingly thick, with various colored glimmers flashing across his skin from time to time, eventually all returning to the color of Chaos.

"Crack..."

A cracking sound rang out as a fire-attribute fragment was the first to exhaust its energy, turning into fine powder and scattering.

Immediately after, the other fragments also cracked and dissipated one after another.

When the final water-attribute fragment also vanished into nothingness, Ye Tian's tightly closed eyes snapped open!

Buzz!

An aura significantly more powerful than before erupted, causing the air in the stone chamber to tremble!

The divine light in his eyes was like lightning; his aura had remarkably stepped from the Peak of the second stage of the Huahai Realm into the Early Stage of the Sea Transformation Third Stage!

"Whew..." He exhaled a long breath of turbid air, and within that breath, there were faint flashes of wind, thunder, and fire.

Ye Tian felt the vast True Essence surging within his body and the further strengthening of his Divine Soul, a slight smile appearing on his face.

"As expected, high risk brings high rewards. Although refining multiple attribute fragments simultaneously is difficult, the tempering effect on the True Essence is also better."

He adjusted his breathing for a moment to stabilize the Realm he had just broken through to. Then, his gaze turned toward the rock wall once more.

"Continue! The fragments here are enough for me to push my cultivation to the Sea-Transformation Realm Level 3 Peak, and perhaps even challenge the Fourth Stage of Sea Transformation Bottleneck!"

Without stopping, Ye Tian once again drew in new Law fragments...

In cultivation, time has no meaning.

In this enclosed Law treasury, Ye Tian was completely immersed in the pleasure of cultivation and Breakthroughs.

When hungry, he had the dried beast meat and fresh water stored in the qingxuan ring.

When tired, he would operate the Illusory Sea Heart Sutra to recover his spirit.

His cultivation was also skyrocketing.

Sea Transformation Third Stage Middle Stage... Sea Transformation Third Stage Late Stage... Sea-Transformation Realm Level 3 Peak!

After refining nearly half of the Law fragments in the stone chamber, Ye Tian's cultivation stood firmly at the Sea-Transformation Realm Level 3 Peak! He was only a hair's breadth away from the Fourth Stage.

At this moment, his aura was deep, and as his eyes opened and closed, a restrained brilliance shone within; every movement he made carried a naturally formed Dao charm.

His Chaos Thunder True Essence became increasingly condensed, and its total volume was more than ten times larger than when he first entered the Huahai Realm!

"Sea-Transformation Realm Level 3 Peak..." Ye Tian clenched his fist, his knuckles popping loudly.

"With my current strength, if I encounter Bei Minghong again, I can definitely defeat him within three moves! Even if I face a Cultivator at the Fourth Stage of Sea Transformation, I might not be without the power to fight!"

This wasn't arrogance, but absolute confidence brought by the explosion in his strength.

His Foundation was too solid; the Five Elements Sword Body, the Chaos True Intent, the Chaos Thunder Emperor Sword Scripture, multiple limit Breakthroughs, the accumulation of massive resources... various factors stacked together made his actual combat power far exceed those of the same rank.

"Unfortunately, it seems I've hit a small Bottleneck." Ye Tian frowned slightly.

He tried to charge into the Fourth Stage of Sea Transformation, but found that while his True Essence accumulation was sufficient, something seemed to be missing in the dark, preventing him from breaking through that final layer.

"Is it that my comprehension of the Chaos True Intent is not enough? Or do I need some kind of opportunity? Or perhaps, while there are many fragments here, their attributes are ultimately limited, making it difficult to support a further qualitative change in the Path of Chaos?"

He looked at the remaining Law fragments on the rock wall.

Although there were still quite a few, he had felt his efficiency gradually decreasing. At the beginning, refining just a few fragments would result in a felt increase in cultivation.

Later on, it took refining nearly a hundred fragments to break through a minor stage, and finally, after refining dozens more fragments, his cultivation made no further progress at all.

Ye Tian estimated that even if he continued to refine these Law fragments, they would likely have no effect on him whatsoever.

"Fine, the way of cultivation requires a balance of tension and relaxation. I have been in closed-door cultivation here for nearly ten days, and the speed of my cultivation increase has been terrifying. I need time to settle and adapt to this surging power."

"Besides, there are more important things outside."

Ye Tian stood up and stretched his somewhat stiff muscles and bones.

"It's time to leave. I must find the third taichu seal, and then... go see that Brood Core!"

How to leave this enclosed stone chamber? Ye Tian already had a guess.

A treasure land like this couldn't possibly have only that one unstable spatial crack entrance he came through.

The predecessor who arranged this place must have left other exits, which might even be related to the Enforcers Ruins.

He began to carefully inspect every inch of the stone chamber's walls, floor, and ceiling. His spiritual sense swept over everything minutely, not letting any abnormal energy fluctuations escape him.

Half an hour later.

"Found it!" In a corner of one wall of the stone chamber, Ye Tian discovered an extremely well-hidden array pattern.

This array pattern's color and texture were almost identical to the surrounding rock; if he hadn't been looking for it intentionally, he wouldn't have found it at all.

The array pattern was small and complex, with a groove in the center that was remarkably similar in shape to the taichu seal!

"As I thought! It needs the seals to be activated!" Ye Tian's spirits rose, and he immediately took out the two taichu seals from his qingxuan ring.

He brought the two seals close to the array pattern.

The seals glowed slightly, but the array pattern was not activated.

"Two aren't enough? Do I need three?" Ye Tian was thoughtful. He tried injecting his own Chaos True Essence into the array pattern, but there was still no reaction.

"It seems this is likely a verification or teleportation mechanism. It requires collecting at least three seals to open..."

Ye Tian pondered, "Fine, I needed to collect three seals anyway to exchange for clues about the ruins. The priority now is to leave here and find the third seal."

He put away the seals and examined the array pattern again.

He discovered that in addition to needing the seals, this array pattern also seemed to contain spatial fluctuations.

"Forcibly destroy it? No, while the structure here looks stable, it involves space. If it triggers a collapse or teleports me to an unknown dangerous location, it would be trouble." Ye Tian immediately rejected this dangerous idea.

"Perhaps I can try using Chaos True Intent to simulate the aura of the seals, or interfere with the spatial structure of the array pattern to create a brief opening!"

No sooner said than done! He immediately sat cross-legged and concentrated his spiritual sense on that miniature array pattern, while simultaneously driving his Chaos True Intent to slowly envelop it, simulating the unique Secret Realm Origin aura of the taichu seal.

This was an extremely delicate task, and not long after starting, sweat was already visible on Ye Tian's forehead.

About another hour passed.

Suddenly, the miniature array pattern trembled slightly, and the central groove actually began to emit a light similar to the taichu seal on its own!

Although it was unstable, it had indeed been triggered!

"It works!" A sharp light flashed in Ye Tian's eyes, and striking while the iron was hot, he increased the output of his Chaos True Intent.

Buzz, buzz, buzz...

The light from the array pattern grew brighter and brighter, and the fluctuations grew stronger.

Finally, under Ye Tian's expectant gaze, the light in the center of the array pattern suddenly condensed, transforming into a small light portal!

The light and shadows inside the portal were distorted, making it impossible to see the scene on the other side, but a clear spatial teleportation fluctuation could be felt.

"It's done!" Ye Tian felt a surge of joy, but he did not lower his guard. He first sent a thread of spiritual sense into the light portal to perceive the situation on the other side.

A moment later, he withdrew his spiritual sense, his brow slightly furrowed: "The other side... seems to be a rock passage. The aura is different from here, without such dense Law fluctuations, but the Spiritual Qi is still not weak."

"Moreover, I can vaguely sense... the auras of other people moving in the distance!"

It was other Cultivators who had broken into the Secret Realm!

Ye Tian's gaze sharpened as he gripped sword in his hand, the black tortoise spirit armor shield glowing with a hidden light, and stepped into the light portal.