Chapter 799: An Explosive Reward
[Ding! Master, would you like to fuse with the Supreme Pure Yang Holy Body?]
"Fuse. Of course, I'll fuse."
Shen Anyu's body swayed for a moment. He steadied himself and moved into the adjoining room before accepting the fusion. Instantly, he felt a colossal, searingly warm power begin to stir and awaken deep within his very cells, an energy that felt as ancient and potent as the sun itself.
In that same instant, as the fusion took hold, a celestial anomaly centered on Shen Anyu rippled outwards for a thousand li. The sky itself seemed to fracture as a second great sun blazed into existence, hanging opposite the first. The two celestial bodies mirrored each other across the heavens, bathing the world below in an eerie, dual-toned light.
Early morning commuters stuck in traffic and elderly folks practicing their square dancing in the parks all stopped mid-motion. They craned their necks, their mouths hanging open and eyes wide with disbelief, completely stunned by the impossible sight.
"Oh my god... what... what is happening?"
"My god, did the Trisolarans finally attack?"
"Don't be an idiot! The Trisolarans have three suns. There are only two up there!"
"What's going on? Why are there two suns in the sky?"
"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? I have no idea... but it doesn't feel any hotter."
"It has to be a mirage, right? Some kind of optical illusion?"
"Heh, maybe some big-shot cultivator just broke through and is about to ascend."
"Alright, I'll come clean. It was me. My minor breakthrough caused this phenomenon. Send me fifty bucks, and I'll teach you the secrets of the Immortal Way!"
"Let's just wait and see what the experts have to say..."
"..."
Countless people in and around Hangzhou looked up simultaneously, pointing and debating the two great suns in the sky, but not a single one had any idea what had truly transpired.
Meanwhile, in the mountains bordering Hangzhou, two streaks of light that had been slicing through the air came to an abrupt halt. A tall man robed in white looked up at the sky, a rare expression of pure shock breaking through his composed facade.
"Master Chen, what is it?" The beautiful young woman beside him, Lin Qingqing, clad in a light purple dress, also stopped. She followed his gaze, her soft, pink lips parting in astonishment.
"What... how can there be two suns?"
"Two suns burning in unison... How could a supreme-tier anomaly like this possibly manifest in the Secular World?" the man in white, whom Lin Qingqing respectfully called Master Chen, murmured to himself, the shock in his voice obvious.
This was a man whose mental fortitude was so deep that the collapse of Mount Tai before him wouldn't make him flinch, a man who might not even frown if a world war erupted on the mortal plane. Yet, the celestial phenomenon of two suns blazing in the same sky had genuinely shaken him.
How could a supreme-tier anomaly like this appear in the Secular World, a place so barren of spiritual qi?
The man in white knew that even in the Upper Realm, the sight of two suns was a legendary event, something that occurred perhaps once in ten thousand years. It only happened when a cultivator practicing a supreme Yang-attribute divine art achieved a breakthrough of an impossibly high level.
Of course, an anomaly of that magnitude wouldn't be confined to a mere thousand li; it would stretch across tens of thousands.
'Could it be... that someone has awakened a supreme-tier, Yang-attribute physique?' Master Chen's eyes narrowed, and a flicker of avaricious joy sparked in their depths.
If that were truly the case, it would be a magnificent opportunity.
With that thought, Master Chen turned and shot off like an arrow toward the epicenter of the phenomenon.
"Master Chen, where are you going? Weren't we heading into the mountains to find where the last anomaly occurred?" Lin Qingqing asked, hurrying to keep pace.
"We are," Master Chen said faintly. But no sooner had the words left his lips than he stopped again, his brows knitting together.
The twin suns in the sky had already vanished without a trace, as if the entire event had been a mass hallucination.
But Master Chen knew better. It had been real.
"How did the phenomenon dissipate so quickly? Did the awakening fail?" Master Chen's brow furrowed in thought. He felt a pang of regret, though he wasn't entirely surprised. Awakening a supreme-tier physique required a confluence of immense talent and fortune, but it also demanded a sufficient foundation. Attempting to force an awakening without the requisite power would only result in one's body being incinerated into ash.
It seemed this attempt had ended in failure as well.
Master Chen shook his head. If the awakening had failed, there was no point in investigating further.
"Lin Qingqing, we'll first search the mountains for Spirit Medicine, then we will proceed to the Yu family to pay our respects," Master Chen said, his mind quickly regaining its usual calm, his tone once again unperturbed.
His primary purpose for coming to these mountains was to seek out Spirit Medicine. Although the spiritual qi in the Secular World was thin, rare herbs could still be found in the depths of its ancient forests.
'Once this business of paying respects to the Yu family is concluded, I must find a way to travel to the Xuanhuang Cultivation World,' Master Chen resolved internally.
Being in the spiritual qi-starved Secular World was like being a dragon trapped in a shallow pond. It was a truly suffocating experience.
"Yes, Master Chen," Lin Qingqing nodded obediently.
The two streaks of light then veered, heading deep into the mountain range.
...
Shen Anyu knew that fusing with the Supreme Pure Yang Holy Body would trigger a celestial phenomenon. However, the system's fusion process was incredibly efficient, completing in just a few seconds.
He slowly opened his eyes. For a fleeting moment, it was as if a pair of golden crows were unfurling their wings within his pupils, their flight radiating a brilliant, soul-shaking light.
An immense power of pure Yang now surged through his veins.
A faint smile touched Shen Anyu's lips. He extended a hand, and a brilliant golden flame instantly erupted from his jade-like palm.
The instant the golden flame appeared, the color drained from Shen Anyu's face. He hastily extinguished it. Though it was no larger than the flame of a candle, it possessed the terrifying potential to incinerate anything it touched, and the sheer power it consumed was something even a cultivator at the peak of the Foundation Establishment realm would struggle to sustain.
Shen Anyu quickly popped several hundred-year zhu fruits into his mouth, their essence slowly restoring his depleted energy.
He wasn't distressed, however. On the contrary, the smile on his handsome face grew wider, a rare, genuine expression of joy.
That brilliant golden flame was the innate divine ability born from his fusion with the Supreme Pure Yang Holy Body: the Golden Crow Sacred Flame. When cultivated to its peak, it was said that incinerating stars would be an effortless task.
'As the Supreme Pure Yang Holy Body develops further, I'll be able to awaken even more innate divine abilities.'
Shen Anyu found himself looking forward to it. At his current level—the eleventh stage of Qi Refinement and a Martial Dao Earthly Immortal—he would have lacked the foundational power to even attempt this fusion without the system's aid.
Even though the fusion was successful, he had awakened, at most, one ten-thousandth of the physique's true power.
But its potential was truly unimaginable.
The current Shen Anyu was like a Golden Crow chick—no, more like an embryo—with limitless prospects.
His strength had surged as well. Even without relying on the Yin Corpse Devil Sword, Shen Anyu was confident he could defeat a peak Foundation Establishment realm cultivator with his bare hands, transcending an entire major world of power.
'Even if some Immortal Venerable returns or a mighty expert is reborn, as long as they don't descend with their full strength, I refuse to believe anyone in this Secular World can be stronger than me.'
A confident smile graced his handsome face as he slowly rose. Tall and elegant, he walked back toward the adjoining room.
It was time for another nap, with Yu Guannan in his arms.
"Brother Shen... I... I really can't..." Sensing his movement, Yu Guannan startled awake. Her face went pale, and her delicate body trembled almost imperceptibly.
"I'm just going to sleep, not do anything else," Shen Anyu chuckled softly.
Seeing that he was only holding her, Yu Guannan breathed a quiet sigh of relief.
But after a few moments of him simply holding her, a captivating blush crept up her neck and bloomed across her cheeks. She whispered, her voice barely audible, "Brother Shen... you said you weren't going to do anything else..."
"Nannan, it's so good that you're here with me."
Meeting Shen Anyu's affectionate, peach-blossom eyes, Yu Guannan's heart filled with a sweet warmth. She whispered back, "Perhaps it was the fate from our past lives that brought us together."
"Mm. I must have accumulated a lifetime of good karma, a mountain of hidden virtues, an ocean of good deeds in my past life to deserve being with you, Nannan."
Yu Guannan was so moved by his words that a shimmering mist began to gather in her beautiful eyes.
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