441: Advanced Seven Systems

Bai Huang understood clearly in his heart that all of this was by no means accidental; rather, the Yuan Ling Universe had premeditatedly implemented comprehensive defensive measures with the intention of completely blocking their path forward.

Just then, the Void Spirit Beast on the side appeared increasingly impatient. It growled and urged, "Hurry up! Wasn't it promised that there would be countless Souls waiting for me? Why are you still dawdling here?"

Bai Huang had previously solemnly promised the Void Spirit Beast that all the Souls of the living beings in the entire Yuan Ling Universe would belong to it, serving as nourishment for its Cultivation.

Therefore, the Void Spirit Beast displayed extremely high enthusiasm and initiative regarding this operation.

Just imagining the number of living beings in the entire Universe, that vast Soul resource was enough to make it drool.

At this moment, two consecutive Teleportation Array failures had caused the Void Spirit Beast to gradually lose patience.

As a type of exotic beast that uses Soul devouring as its method of Cultivation, its nature was extremely brutal and impatient; any delay would trigger its dissatisfaction and agitation.

Bai Huang's heart jolted. Without hesitation, he quickly took out several Soul bodies flickering with dim blue light from his unique storage space. These Souls were all left behind by experts of the Saint King Realm and contained vast energy.

He carefully handed these few Souls to the Void Spirit Beast.

Seeing this, a trace of greed flashed in the Void Spirit Beast's eyes. It opened its giant mouth without hesitation and swallowed those few Souls directly into its belly, only then revealing a satisfied expression, quietly lying on the ground, closing its eyes to rest, and no longer making any sound.

Bai Huang felt very helpless about this, and a sense of powerlessness welled up in his heart.

He sighed softly, took out an ancient and detailed map from his bosom, slowly unfolded it, and scanned every mark and path on the map with focused eyes.

He carefully studied all possible routes of passage, attempting to find the optimal plan for moving forward.

After clearly seeing all the route options, Bai Huang's brows knit tightly together again, and deep worry appeared on his face.

He realized that regardless of which seemingly convenient shortcut was chosen, as long as it lacked the support of a Teleportation Array, the entire process would be exceptionally long and difficult.

According to his estimation, if he wanted to successfully arrive at the Yuan Ling Universe, even if he went all out, it would take at least nearly a year at the fastest.

Bai Huang turned his head to look at the Void Spirit Beast quietly lying beside him, no longer making a sound, and then glanced at the remaining Soul reserves he carried, feeling slightly comforted in his heart.

He silently calculated that the current amount of Souls could barely support a year's consumption, and pushing through should not be a major problem.

However, if the travel time were to be extended further, the situation would become extremely dangerous—at that time, he might have to consider killing members of his own team and extracting their Souls to feed this greedy Void Spirit Beast.

If it really reached that point, I fear that before even arriving at the Yuan Ling Universe, the entire team would have already been completely devoured by the Void Spirit Beast.

True Person Yuan Ling consumed a massive amount of resources, almost utilizing more than half of the precious materials of the entire Yuan Ling Universe, and finally, through secret channels, successfully purchased an extremely rare Soul-type cosmic core on the black market.

As long as he could successfully achieve Fusion with it, he would be able to cross the critical Bottleneck and ascend to an Eight-System Saint King in one go.

At the same time, he did not forget his companion, Jiuyou, specifically obtaining a precious Light-type cosmic core for him.

This core not only had rare attributes but also contained vast energy, allowing Jiuyou to finally welcome the opportunity for a Breakthrough, with hopes of ascending to a Seven-System Saint King, achieving a qualitative leap in strength.

After completing this series of important transactions and preparations, True Person Yuan Ling and Jiuyou quickly returned to the Yuan Ling Universe.

The two did not delay for a moment and immediately entered a state of deep seclusion.

They isolated themselves from all external interference, fully dedicating themselves to the Fusion process of the cosmic core, eager to Break through their Realm in one go and achieve a complete transformation of power.

Xie Nanqiao leaned over slightly, her gaze gently watching the four-year-old Ji Siyuan before her, a gratified smile spreading across her lips.

This child was intelligent and talented, having completely inherited his mother's extraordinary and peerless talent for Cultivation; his natural aptitude was rare in the world.

Now, at only four years of age, he had already faintly touched the threshold of the Innate Realm. Such a speed of Cultivation, let alone in the Great Barren World, even looking across the long history of the entire Yuan Ling Universe, could be called unprecedented.

What was even more rare was that although Ji Siyuan was gifted, he was never slack.

At such a young age, he displayed diligence and focus that surpassed ordinary people, Cultivating painstakingly every day without the slightest relaxation.

Such Heart-Nature was completely different from his free-spirited mother—Xie Nanqiao had always acted according to her own will, Cultivating entirely based on interest, and never deliberately forcing it.

However, the most astonishing person was precisely Xie Nanqiao herself.

Over this past year, her Cultivation could be described as following her heart: when interested, she would focus on Cultivation, and when busy with affairs, she would set it aside.

It was precisely in such seemingly casual Cultivation that she had unknowingly broken through to the Three-System Saint King Realm.

Yes, she not only easily crossed the threshold of the Saint King Realm, which countless Cultivators find difficult to reach in their entire lives, but also achieved the Three-System Saint King in one go.

In comparison, even the renowned Li Jingtian and Xie Cangtian, although they had reached the Great Sage Realm, were still far from the Saint King Realm.

Even the combat-hardened Xun Xiuyuan had not yet visibly broken through to the Saint King Realm.

Therefore, Xie Nanqiao naturally became the first Cultivator in the history of the Great Barren World to achieve the status of Saint King through her own Cultivation.

Of course, that Dao Law Progenitor from the Initial Domain was not included—because he was already at the Saint King Realm when he descended to this world.

Such an earth-shattering achievement by Xie Nanqiao was truly worthy of the reputation of a "Heaven's Proud Son."

If Xun Xiuyuan were to know that she had achieved the Three-System Saint King without the help of a cosmic core, he would certainly be shocked beyond measure.

Recalling back then, from when True Person Yuan Ling first entered the Saint King Realm to achieving the Six-Element Saint King, he spent long years and experienced countless hardships.

Yet Xie Nanqiao's advancement was as natural as eating and drinking; such a relaxed and effortless method of Cultivation was truly breathtaking.

At this time, Xun Xiuyuan had already successfully achieved Fusion with the Life-type cosmic core, and the exotic beast energy accumulated within his body was exceptionally abundant. Since he could not temporarily break through to the Saint King Realm, he simply stopped hesitating and decisively chose to continue the Fusion with the eighth cosmic core—the one containing Soul power.

After successfully advancing to the Seven-System Saint King, Xun Xiuyuan clearly felt that his strength had undergone a qualitative leap. The power within his body was surging, and even he himself could not accurately estimate just how strong he had become.

He secretly pondered that if he were to face his six-system self now, he would likely be able to kill him with a single punch; the gap in strength had reached the difference between heaven and earth.