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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 2: [Jiuli Insect Valley]
Chapter 89 (117): [Ten Springs Open, the Mystery of the Divine Palace]
(89th of Volume 2)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Outside the Jiu Li Tribe's Camp, all the Surging Spring Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators emerged, drawn by the Immortal Haze emanating from the distant figure.
Their gazes held reverence, envy, and admiration.
For half a month, "Sima Qin" had alternated between meditation, martial practice, and consuming Radiant Flame Pills. The Immortal Haze from Burial Immortal Town visibly converged upon him, a mystical and wondrous sight.
This was truly an extraordinary individual!
Even the Jiu Li Dao Academy's Elders, despite their high cultivation levels, lacked the enigmatic charisma that allowed "Sima Qin" to defy conventional understanding.
Yin Ershi Wu gazed into the distance and murmured, "His aura grows stronger by the day. Is he about to break through to the Five Seas Realm?"
"Break through to the Five Seas Realm here? In this region, a breakthrough would likely cause his body to spontaneously combust. He must know that," Yaoyin said, her expression filled with concern.
Yin Ershi Wu replied, "He can even absorb Immortal Haze. His body seems to have merged with the very fabric of the world. We can't apply ordinary logic to him."
Yang Yun's vitality proved remarkably resilient.
Despite having his limbs severed, enduring repeated beatings over the past half-month, and receiving only meager rations every two or three days, he clung to life.
As he watched the Immortal Haze ripple outward from Li Weiyi's meditating form like concentric waves, despair washed over him.
Tears streamed down his face, and he felt all hope of revenge slip away.
Such extraordinary feats could only be compared to the legendary tales of ancient Sons of Heaven in their youth.
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Over the past half-month, Li Weiyi had exhausted nearly all of his dozens of Spring-Breaking Needles.
The Innate World beneath his Divine Gate Point was now completely filled with Immortal Haze, and a narrow fissure had opened in the Heaven-Human Barrier.
Immortal Haze seeped through this crack, permeating his flesh and organs before finally escaping through his pores.
"I've already opened a fissure, so why hasn't the Acupoint appeared yet?"
"If that's the case, then I'll use Combined Spring Wall-Breaking."
On the Martial-Mystic Path, Li Weiyi always charged forward fearlessly, pushing himself to the limit to climb higher.
Maintaining his Breathing Technique, he activated all nine Acupoints in his body: both feet, both hands, Central Hub, Tan Zhong, Bai Hui, Fengfu, and Ancestral Field.
Spiritual Power erupted from these nine Acupoints simultaneously, surging into his 108 Meridian Veins.
Over the past half-month, he had not only been absorbing Immortal Haze to break through to the Tenth Spring but also absorbing Immortal Haze Light to temper his Meridian Veins.
The number of Golden Meridian Veins within his body had reached sixty-two, leaving forty-six Silver Meredian Veins.
The Spiritual Power flowing through all his Meridian Veins rapidly converged toward the Divine Gate Point.
"Boom!"
With each convergence, ripples of Immortal Haze Spiritual Qi erupted from Li Weiyi's body, spreading outward in all directions.
After sixty-two attempts at Combined Spring Wall-Breaking, the acupoint beneath Li Weiyi's Divine Gate Point finally stirred within his Innate World.
Like a frantic heartbeat, it pulsed faster and faster, as if about to burst forth from its shell.
A torrent of raw Spiritual Qi energy, like a tidal wave, merged with the Immortal Haze and surged outward with explosive force.
"Whoosh!"
A mile away, the Jiu Li Tribe's Martial-Mystic Cultivators felt the violent gust of energy sweeping toward them.
Yaoyin's long hair whipped wildly as her expression shifted dramatically.
"The purity and level of this Spiritual Power... it's definitely at the Five Seas Realm Boundary. Has he truly broken through?"
Yin Ershi Wu reassured her, "Don't worry! If anything goes wrong, he'll immediately rush into the Qi Barrier ahead and enter the Immortal Realm Space."
The scene before them was dazzling. Li Weiyi was completely enveloped in dense Immortal Haze, appearing to sit atop a sea of clouds.
At that moment, he was overwhelmed by shock and confusion.
The Innate World within his Divine Pivot was nothing like the (Shenque) Ancestral Field or the Qi Sea described by Five Seas Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators. It was chaotic and boundless, seemingly without limits.
The edges of the Divine Pivot were shrouded in Immortal Haze, beyond which lay a darkness so profound it seemed to devour all light.
Even more astonishing was the fact that the Spiritual Power surging from the Tenth Spring was in liquid form.
To understand the significance of this, one must know that even Martial-Mystic Cultivators in the Five Seas Realm were said to be incapable of condensing liquid Spiritual Power.
Only those who had reached the Dao Seed Realm could consciously condense small amounts of spring liquid within their Acupoints.
This was an active process, not an automatic eruption from the Acupoints themselves.
While Li Weiyi's liquid Spiritual Power couldn't compare to the spring liquid of a Dao Seed Realm cultivator, its mere existence was already beyond comprehension.
"Whoosh!"
From the Acupoint, the first Meridian Vein extended like a rapidly growing vine, manifesting immediately as a Golden Meridian Vein.
This golden Meridian vein didn't stretch far, instead branching into countless fine tendrils that enveloped the heart.
The heartbeat, already thunderous, grew even stronger and more resonant.
"Whoosh!"
A second Golden Meridian Vein emerged, wrapping around the lungs.
The five lobes of the lungs resembled five flourishing divine trees, making each breath feel lighter and more natural.
"Whoosh!"
A third Golden Meridian Vein surged from the Acupoint, splitting into two streams that flowed toward the kidneys.
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The first eleven Meridian Veins surged into the Five Viscera and Six Bowels (Internal Organs). The twelfth Meridian Vein followed his spine, passing through the (Zhongshu) Central Point and Fengfu points before shooting straight to the Bai Hui point at the crown of his head.
Li Weiyi's body now contained one hundred and twenty Meridian Veins. The golden light emanating from him could no longer be contained, continuously radiating outward and merging with the Immortal Haze and Spiritual Qi.
Another half-day passed as he integrated the newly acquired power, fully mastering it.
Only then did the golden light, Immortal Haze, and Spiritual Qi recede into his body with each breath, restoring his natural composure.
Li Weiyi didn't immediately attempt to break through to the Five Seas Realm. Instead, he planned to refine the remaining forty-six Silver Meridian Veins into Golden Meridian Veins first.
If each Golden Meridian Veins represented a Dragon Vein, cultivating one hundred and twenty Dragon Veins would lay a truly solid foundation for his future cultivation path.
Yin Ershi Wu and Yaoyin hurried over.
"Did you break through?" Yin Ershi Wu asked.
Li Weiyi opened his eyes, the world now crystal-clear. His heart filled with joy as he nodded with a smile, then quickly put on his clothes.
Yaoyin, assuming Li Weiyi had broken through to the Five Seas Realm, grew anxious.
"Do you feel your Spiritual Qi becoming scorching hot, as if it's about to ignite?"
"Not yet. I don't feel that for now."
Li Weiyi stood up, stretched, and gazed at the Jiu Li Tribe Martial-Mystic Cultivators watching him from afar.
"Why aren't you all gathering herbs?" he asked curiously, "Why are you back at the camp?"
Yin Ershi Wu replied, "We didn't dare disturb you while you were focused on breaking through to the Five Seas Realm. About seven or eight days ago, the Immortal Realm Space beyond the Qi Barrier on the Surging Spring Realm path was sealed off by Five Seas Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators from Heavenly Cliff Ridge and the Four Great Sects. Any Jiu Li Tribe Martial-Mystic Cultivator who entered is immediately killed. Over a dozen young cultivators have already died at their hands, and even I barely escaped with my life."
"Seven or eight days? It feels like only two or three days have passed," Li Weiyi said.
"Your breakthrough took far longer than that," Yin Ershi Wu countered, "Probably twice as long."
Li Weiyi's expression turned alarmed, then he realized something, "The Mangshan Grand Festival should have ended long ago! What's the situation at the Five Seas Realm Boundary?"
Yaoyin answered, "The situation is dire! We've sent three suicide squads - eight Seven Springs Martial-Mystic Cultivators in total - to break through the Five Seas Realm Boundary and return to Yaoguan City. But all of them have vanished without a trace."
Li Weiyi's brow furrowed.
The distance from the Five Seas Realm Boundary to the Nine First Commanders' rendezvous point was over a hundred miles.
Even a single Five Seas Realm expert from the Four Great Sects could completely cut off the path.
Li Weiyi asked, "Have any Five Seas Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators from the Jiu Li Tribe appeared on either side?"
Yin Ershi Wu nodded: "That's what worries us most. If all the Jiu Li Tribe's Five Seas Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators have been wiped out, we're just waiting to die here! Entering the Immortal Realm Space means death, and going to the Five Seas Realm Boundary means death too."
"How much food do we have left?" Li Weiyi asked.
The Mangshan Grand Festival was originally scheduled for nine days, but nearly twenty days had already passed.
Yin Ershi Wu replied, "We've lost a third of the young Martial-Mystic Cultivators who participated in the Mangshan Grand Festival. Combining that with the food we scavenged from enemy corpses, we can last another three to five days."
"We can slaughter the mounts. That should buy us more time."
Li Weiyi turned to Yaoyin and noticed her hesitation.
"What is it?" he asked.
Yaoyin clenched her fingers so tightly that her nails dug into her palms. After a long struggle, she said, "Yin Ershi Wu hasn't told you the whole truth. More than a dozen Jiu Li Tribe Martial-Mystic Cultivators died at Heavenly Cliff Ridge and at the hands of the Four Great Sects' Five Seas Realm experts. But initially, these cultivators were captured alive. They wanted to force you to appear, so they threatened to kill two hostages every day you remained hidden. Even now, they still hold five or six hostages."
"Boom!"
Li Weiyi's anger surged from his heart, his gaze darkening as he demanded, "Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
Yin Ershi Wu replied, "During the battle half a month ago, not all the Surging Spring Realm cultivators fled to the Five Seas Realm Boundary. A small number escaped into the Immortal Realm Space. They were the ones who spread news of your massacre to the major factions. Of course, Wang Daozhen's efforts may have contributed as well."
"In any case, whether they seek revenge or aim to crush you in your infancy, they will stop at nothing."
"They are too powerful and numerous. If you step outside, your death is certain."
"What else could we do? We couldn't let someone who isn't even a member of the Jiu Li Tribe face such a dilemma - either walk out to be killed or remain trapped in inner torment and guilt. You've already done more than enough. After discussing it, we decided to keep this hidden for now."
"We'll bear the burden of being the villains, we'll endure the inner torment and guilt. You just focus on your Breakthrough."
Li Weiyi gradually calmed down, his gaze shifting to the Qi Barrier ahead.
Yaoyin said anxiously, "Don't let this weigh on your mind. This situation is beyond what our cultivation levels can resolve. It's the responsibility of the Jiu Li Tribe's Five Seas Realm experts. That battlefield doesn't belong to us, and it has nothing to do with you either. I'm telling you this because I don't want to keep secrets from you, I don't want to deceive you."
"You're right! If you hadn't spoken up today, it would have shown you have no regard for me, the Divine Hidden One," Li Weiyi said, his posture ramrod straight, a lethal intent concealed beneath his calm demeanor.
Yin Ershi Wu explained, "From the moment they were captured, we've been waiting for Five Seas Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators from the Jiu Li Tribe or Hidden Ones from the Hidden Sect to arrive, but no one ever came."
Li Weiyi gazed toward the distant Jiu Li Tribe camp, his gaze sweeping over the young figures.
"This place has become an isolated island, seemingly safe but actually a death trap. I'll go scout ahead and try to find a way out."
If all else failed, he had one last resort.
"I'll go with you," Yaoyin offered.
Li Weiyi shook his head: "I have the Nightwalker's Garment, a High-Grade Spiritual Artifact that grants invisibility. Do you have one? You need to stay here and keep watch. I don't trust Yin Ershi Wu's strength."
Yin Ershi Wu's lips twitched: "Which way will you go? Back to Yaoguan City?"
"Returning to Yaoguan City would be suicide," Li Weiyi replied, "After all this time, how could the Nine First Commanders not know about the disaster at Burial Immortal Town? If they know but can't break through, what does that mean? The world outside might have already changed, with war raging everywhere."
Yin Ershi Wu and Yaoyin's expressions shifted dramatically.
Li Weiyi's analysis might be extreme and pessimistic, but it wasn't entirely impossible.
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