Cultivating in Honkai!

Su's situation soon became stable. His body cultivation began to skyrocket with each repair attempt done by spiritual qi. As long as there are spiritual qi present outside, this repair session will not stop.

It is the equivalent of him auto-cultivating his physical body.

"I can't make you wait for a while longer."

Just like that day, he stood in front of a huge tree. It is ninety percent similar to the bubble world where he met Durandal.

"Make sure not to strain yourself, Grandpa."

"In terms of age, aren't you older?"

"..."

Eh.

He beat me to it.

I won't win a verbal fight against a 4,500 year old guy.

I missed the times with Kiana more.

Two formation plates floated atop my palm. It took the shape of a Bagua, with eight flags floating on each intersection of a line. I focused on the left one.

The outer plate remains stationary. The inner and core plate can be moved in various directions, however.

I pushed the core plate with the yin-yang symbol in the middle. A small circular chamber emerged. Its insides are completely hollow.

Su tossed me a spirit stone. A brief glance is enough to tell it is fourth grade.

The moment it touched the small chamber, it shrank down and fitted into its hollow part. I did this with the ten other spirit stones tossed by Su. All of them fitted the small chamber.

Click.

I handed the other formation plate to Su and kept the other one. I am very careful of it.

After all, this is the first fourth-grade reward I got from the gacha. It reached the late fourth grade, atop that.

The plates' main function is to enable teleportation to and fro its counterparts. It housed strong attack, defense, and auxiliary functions, to boot. Most importantly, it is very simple to operate. It allows a lower realm to exert a part of its capabilities.

As long as its batteries (spirit stones) exist, only some external input is required for it to continue running.

It is a bonafide sect-defending treasure capable of dealing with Golden Core cultivators.

"Take care of it for me."

I said as I tossed a storage ring in his direction. He caught it.

Zoom-!

A dark blue line appeared in front of me.

A huge sigil appears behind Su. He is utilizing the Second Divine Key's power again. Its Zeroth Form is not required to operate within the Sea of Quanta.

"Remember to take your meds."

"..."

With what seemed like a victory, I touched the dark blue light. My surroundings began to move.

My vision changed into nothing but dark blue. My physical body trembled.

A foreign energy washed over me. It sensed the honkai energy inside my body. I could feel its aggressiveness soaring off the sky.

Just then, my spiritual qi began to act up.

Like a bard, it caused the Sea of Quanta's energy to calm down.

…

Well.

Spiritual qi works well with the Sea of Quanta..?

This thought only died down when I broke out of the endless dark blue. The movement stopped.

In the blink of an eye, I found myself on a coast.

Swish-!

The waves crashing attracted my senses.

Although the bubble world has a peak fourth grade spirit vein, it lacked something compared to the real world. It is more like a false world complemented with the thick dao rhymes.

If the same amount of energy is in the real world, it would have reached the fifth grade already.

Rumble-!

The faint shaking of the ground attracted me.

Swoosh-!

My spiritual consciousness spread out.

One mile.

Three miles.

…

One thousand miles.

I locked onto a source of honkai energy. I retracted my spiritual consciousness and focused on the said source.

In the depths of the seabed, an extremely huge honkai beast remained dormant. Its sheer body size is larger than an average city.

Inside its body lies a sword.

…

Gramps really knew what I wanted to do.

Our exchanges in immortal cultivation and honkai gradually led to me wanting to do some practical tests.

Sending me to fight this Judgement-class honkai beast showed Su's trust on me… rather, on my abilities.

I will prove it right.

Tap.

Honkai energy is actively mobilized around me. My mind is burdened to control it. My body, on the other hand, served as the gateway of honkai energy. These two aspects are deeply tied to honkai adaptability.

The [True Form] state of my [Blade Mantra] activated. The burden decreased sharply. I can use more honkai energy now.

Creak-!

Each passing step caused a foothold made of frost beneath my feet.

Flutter-!

The sea breeze swept through my cape.

A hazy silver light covered my face. It is enough to shield some prying gazes.

For now…

It's time to stretch some muscles.

*****

There are a total of four initiatives passed from the Previous Era, the so-called Project S.A.V.E.

Stigma.

Ark.

Valuka.

Ember.

The fourth section, Project Ember, is related to passing on advanced honkai knowledge to humanity.

The advanced honkai knowledge caused civilization to develop, in turn prompting the honkai to grow stronger as well.

It spawned the first Judgement-class Honkai Beast of the Current Era, codenamed Chiyou.

A total of three heroes died in order to seal it. Fuxi and Nuwa, two Previous Era researchers, managed to seal and imprison it at the depths of the sea.

The First Emperor of Shenzhou, Xuanyuan, lost her mortal body inside the honkai beast.

Now, the ancient legends of yesterday reappeared to the present age.

Fwooosh-!

Sea levels started to rise. It instantly alarmed the people boating in the area. Its intensity is enough to shake them off their boats.

"Shit!"

"It's tilting backwards!"

"What—"

Numerous profanities and shouts rang across the sea. They appeared sparse as the distance between them is huge.

This area does not produce much fish. It is more of an area for sightseeing. The number of boats in this radius does not exceed twenty.

It was precisely due to the lack of people that they were panicking. Losing control of one's boat in the boundless sea, without being able to send a distress signal, is a death warrant.

Just then…

Swoosh-!

All of the boats stopped rocking. An invisible force held them still.

"The Dao is endless."

A soft whisper unheard by everyone marked a new change. The people on top of the boat began seeing small fishes made of water. They are so intricately sculpted it briefly sent them into a daze.

Then…

Wooosh-!

Under each boat, a dolphin sculpted out of water began pushing forward. The acceleration of the boats soon outclassed the heavy waves.

"Dad! Look above!"

"Huh?!"

A family of two are forced to hold on for their dear life. The acceleration did not throw them off. It is manageable by holding onto something.

That was how they had the leisure to think of something else.

"What…"

"An immortal! Just like the folktales!"

"Celestial."

The father and daughter duo bowed their heads in the floating figure's direction.

If there was an immortal, he is one!

"..."

Shi Tian fell silent. He made sure to clear out eight hundred miles of Chiyou's radius. It covers the entire coast from Shenzhou to the Far East.

He is the sole person within Chiyou's range.

"Following one's heart… is also being free and unfettered."

His sword cultivation grew slightly. It affirmed his notion.

Shi Tian waited until the people he sent out were fine. He stared beneath his feet and saw the waves surging. A lot of marine species are disturbed and want to migrate, only to fall ill of honkai energy.

The originally near-zero honkai energy concentration spiked in less than five minutes.

"Sword."

His attention was caught not by Chiyou, but by the sword inside it. The Xuanyuan Sword is responsible for watching over Chiyou's seals. It is gradually weakening over the years, showing how it ended up wrecking havoc in the near future.

Right now…

Shi Tian saw through the sword's experience.