79: Chapter 79 Collective Breakthrough

Since he decided to go big, Ning Yuan naturally didn't dally any longer.

With a flash of his body, he arrived above the massive True Dragon corpse, his expression becoming more focused than ever before.

"nine dragons spirit nurturing pendant, rise!"

With a low shout, he forcefully tossed the ancient jade pendant in his hand high into the air.

Hum!

The jade pendant expanded rapidly in the wind, instantly becoming the size of a millstone and hovering directly above the dragon corpse.

Immediately after, nine brilliant dragon-shaped phantoms roared out from the jade pendant, circling and dancing in the air before finally occupying nine positions, forming a profound array that firmly locked down the True Dragon corpse below.

A mysterious and powerful fluctuation of energy spread out, seemingly pulling at some sort of rule between heaven and earth.

This was a treasure Ning Jianghe had obtained in his early years, and it had miraculous effects on cultivation after the Transcendent Realm.

"heaven refining bottle, come forth!"

Ning Yuan waved his hand again, and the small green bottle flew out, hovering at the core of the array.

The mouth of the bottle tilted, and a stream of violet fire poured down like a waterfall. It was precisely that extremely rare cosmic divine fire—the Star Burning Violet Fire!

Under Ning Yuan's control, the violet fire spread rapidly, completely enveloping the entire True Dragon corpse.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle!

Under the roasting of the divine fire, the incredibly hard dragon scales began to soften, and the massive dragon corpse gradually melted, turning into wisps of extremely pure golden energy. Guided by the nine dragon phantoms, they gathered at the center of the array.

Just then, Ning Yuan suddenly seemed to remember something and slapped his head.

"Right! I almost forgot there's another good thing!"

He shifted his gaze to Yu Wangji, who was still unconscious like a dead dog not far away.

This guy's left eye had awakened only after devouring the essence of several True Dragon eggs. The dragon race essence contained within, while not as good as this Young Dragon, was definitely not to be underestimated!

Adhering to the principle of "never wasting," Ning Yuan unceremoniously reached out and grabbed.

An invisible suction force erupted, and from Yu Wangji's still-bleeding left eye, wisps of dark-golden light containing an ancient aura were forcibly extracted and thrown into the heaven refining bottle.

Yu Wangji's body twitched, seemingly feeling intense pain even in his coma. His left eye also completely lost its extraordinary quality because of this, becoming dull and lifeless once more.

"Still not enough! Let's add some more ingredients!"

Ning Yuan looked at the energy gradually gathering in the array and felt it was still a bit lacking.

He opened his dimensional bracelet without hesitation and threw in various rare precious medicines and spiritual materials he had "robbed" during this period as if they cost nothing.

Ten-thousand-year Blood Ginseng, Nine-turn Spirit Reishi, Star Grass...

Any one of these would cause countless experts to fight over them in the outside world, but at this moment, they were thrown into the sea of fire like common cabbages, turning into surging medicinal power and merging into that mass of golden essence.

Jiang Mingyue and Ling Wanhe watched from the side with racing hearts, their mouths twitching.

This guy... is way too wasteful!

With so many good things, if used for alchemy, who knows how many miraculous pills could be refined!

And now he's just stewing them all together like this?

It's simply a waste of heavenly treasures!

However, as more and more precious materials were added, the mass of golden essence became more and more brilliant, and the aroma grew richer, even causing the essence power within the two women's bodies to start stirring.

Only then did they realize that Ning Yuan was playing a big game!

This wasn't stewing soup; this was clearly refining a batch of supreme divine medicine capable of changing heaven and earth!

"Alright! That's about it!"

Seeing that the timing was right, Ning Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

He flipped his wrist and took out a special container the size of a bathtub. Under the infusion of essence power, it expanded rapidly, turning into a huge pool dozens of meters in diameter that landed steadily below the array.

The refined and purified True Dragon essence and medicinal power, like a golden waterfall, slowly poured into the pool.

Before long, a full pool of shimmering golden "True Dragon Tonic Soup," emitting an enticing aroma, appeared before everyone.

That dense energy fluctuation even caused the surrounding space to begin to distort!

"dragon slaughter spear, go!"

Ning Yuan also threw the dragon slaughter spear in his hand into the pool.

This divine weapon also needed this top-tier energy to be cleansed and nurtured. Perhaps it could take this opportunity to go a step further and awaken even stronger power.

After finishing all this, Ning Yuan clapped his hands, turned around, and grinned at the two people and two beasts who had been waiting expectantly for a long time.

"What are you still standing there for? Dig in!"

"This is the first celebratory feast for our Xing Dao Trio. If anyone is being polite, they're looking down on me, the boss!"

Before he finished speaking, he had already impatiently taken off his outer clothes, leaving only a pair of boxers, and dove headfirst into the pool.

"Refreshing!"

As soon as he entered the water, he let out an extremely comfortable groan.

That surging heat flowed into his body through his pores, instantly traveling through his limbs and bones, making him feel as if his whole being was about to float away.

Jiang Mingyue and Ling Wanhe glanced at each other, a hint of shyness flashing across their faces.

They were girls, after all. Doing this in front of a man... they were still a bit reserved.

But faced with such a massive temptation, that bit of shyness was quickly tossed to the back of their minds.

"Let's do it!"

The two also quickly shed their outer robes and, wearing their close-fitting cultivation clothes, cautiously stepped into the pool.

Wang Zai and the little fox White Moon had long been unable to wait. With a cheer, they jumped in with a splash and swam happily in the golden liquid.

"Myriad Tribulations Star Dome Dragon Elephant Scripture, absorb!"

Ning Yuan stopped talking and sat down cross-legged, circulating his cultivation technique.

Boom!

The vast golden essence sea within his body instantly boiled!

The immortal ancient star, Primordial Divine Elephant, and Nine Heavens True Dragon—the three great visions did not manifest externally, but at this moment, they simultaneously let out heaven-shaking roars within his body!

A terrifyingly powerful devouring force erupted with him as the center!

The golden essence in the pool seemed to be pulled by a black hole, frantically converging toward his body, forming a huge vortex!

His body was like a bottomless pit, greedily devouring this massive energy to strengthen his essence sea and temper his physical body!

Jiang Mingyue and Ling Wanhe had just settled their minds to begin cultivating when they immediately noticed something was wrong.

"Is... is this guy robbing us?!"

They were horrified to find that the energy concentration around them was dropping at an alarming rate, with most of it being pulled toward Ning Yuan's side!

"No! We can't let him take all the benefits for himself!"

The two grew anxious and didn't dare to hold back anymore, each fully circulating their respective cultivation techniques to fight for this rare opportunity.

For a time, the small pool was filled with surging winds and clouds!

Starlight flickered, moonlight flowed, and dragons roared while elephants trumpeted!

Various visions appeared, and the scene was spectacular to the extreme!

Time flew by during cultivation.

Who knows how much time had passed.

The first to be unable to hold on was the little fox, White Moon.

Although it had a Saint-level Bloodline, it had only been born recently, and its foundation was still shallow.

After absorbing enough energy, its body size had clearly grown by a circle, and its fur had become even more translucent. It let out a satisfied whimper, wobbled out of the pool, and lay on the shore, falling into a deep sleep to digest the medicinal power.

Next was Wang Zai.

As a Heaven Swallowing Beast, its appetite was naturally much larger than White Moon's.

Not until its belly became round and bulging, its scales began to emit a dark-golden luster, and its aura surged by a large margin did it reluctantly crawl out. It lay down next to White Moon, burping with an expression of pure comfort.

Then, it was Ling Wanhe.

Boom!

A powerful aura fluctuation erupted from her body!

She suddenly opened her eyes, which were filled with brilliant starlight, like a miniature galaxy flowing.

"Sixth Order!"

She joyfully sensed her own cultivation level.

With the help of this opportunity, she had not only completely stabilized her realm but also broken through to the early stage of the Sixth Order in one go, which was equivalent to a Heaven Rank Transcendent of the human race!

For her, this was definitely a huge leap!

She stood up happily, preparing to show off a bit to Ning Yuan and Jiang Mingyue.

But when her gaze fell on the two of them, the smile on her face instantly froze.

Jiang Mingyue was surrounded by moonlight, her aura rising steadily, clearly at the critical moment of a breakthrough.

And Ning Yuan...

He was still sitting cross-legged at the center of the vortex, like an eternal divine statue.

The golden essence that was originally full in the pool had actually decreased by more than half by now!

At least seventy percent of it had been devoured by him alone!

"This freak..."

Ling Wanhe was secretly shocked and silently stepped aside to protect the two.

Not long after.

Boom!!!

A loud boom also came from within Jiang Mingyue's body!

A vision of a bright, clear moon flashed above her head!

Her long hair fluttered, and her momentum was like a rainbow. A powerful pressure belonging to an Earth Rank Transcendent swept out!

"Earth Rank!"

She suddenly opened her eyes, a hint of pride flashing within them.

Breaking through in one go!

This was the foundation and courage of her, this Reborn Martial Saint!

She instinctively looked at Ling Wanhe. After sensing that the other party's aura had also reached the Sixth Order, she gave a light snort and retracted the provocation in her eyes.

"I guess you aren't slow either."

Immediately, she turned her gaze toward that figure who was still motionless with closed eyes.

Then, she was stunned.

At this time, the golden essence liquid in the pool was almost gone, nearly hitting the bottom.

The remaining dregs were still continuously flowing into Ning Yuan's body.

But...

What shocked Jiang Mingyue, and even made her feel a bit terrified, was this.

After absorbing such a massive amount of energy—energy several times more than what she and Ling Wanhe had combined!

On Ning Yuan's body, there was actually... still no sign of a breakthrough?!

His aura still remained at the peak of the Human Rank, though it was much deeper and more condensed than before, like an abyss or a sea, unfathomable.

But that realm barrier seemed to be a natural chasm that had never been breached!

"This... how is this possible?!"

"What on earth did he grow up eating? This foundation... is simply too terrifying, isn't it?!"

Jiang Mingyue was completely dumbfounded.

According to common sense, this much energy was more than enough for an ordinary Human Rank Transcendent to break through to the Heaven Rank!

But when it came to this guy, there wasn't even a sound?

Is he even human? He's simply a bottomless pit!

Ling Wanhe was also filled with suspicion and uncertainty.

"Has he... encountered some kind of bottleneck?"

Jiang Mingyue shook her head, looking at that figure with a complex expression.

"No... it's not a bottleneck."

"It's that... he's too strong!"

"His foundation is so deep that it has already surpassed our understanding. To break through, the energy he needs is naturally ten or a hundred times more than ours!"

"This kind of person... once he breaks through, it will be earth-shattering, and he will be invincible among his peers!"

The two women looked at each other, both seeing deep shock and admiration in each other's eyes.

They stopped talking and just stood silently on the shore, waiting quietly.

Waiting for the moment that monster woke up!