Cultivating with Symbiosis Panel

These resentful qi are not caused by the harm to living beings, but rather remain from the deaths of sea-dwelling Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts with a hint of spiritual intelligence.

With spirituality comes survival, and naturally, death would be met with reluctance.

However, the purification power of the East Pole Yang Sea is exceptionally strong, so such problems don't usually occur. Yet, what object remains here that allows this resentful qi to linger?

Strange.

A hint of doubt flashed in his eyes, but he did not speak.

He stood barefoot on the sea.

The radiance of the Four Brahma Immortal Qi and the Emotion Song flowed out spontaneously. His robes fluttered with the wind, and the sunlight cast a gleaming but non-dazzling golden halo upon him.

Soon from behind him, the light gradually spread to the entire sea, enveloping the vast ocean almost instantly in the branches of the Emotion Song and the Four Brahma Immortal Qi.

Natural Celestial Dao.

As it happens, Li Ye, a Celestial Being and direct disciple of the Four Seasons Sect, excelled in adjusting these mottled and chaotic spiritual power structures.

Immortal Ribbon branches imbued with immortal qi gently swept through the sea.

Although there were no particularly noticeable changes, the sea became "clearer" wherever it passed, whether it be the fish or Spirit Plants — all became more spirited.

Li Ye also slightly adjusted the array previously set by a cultivator — as a Celestial Being, he could now sense how to better utilize the Power of Heaven and Earth.

An array harnesses the Power of Heaven and Earth for one's use.

After his modifications, the array became more concealed and almost undetectable, but its effect improved.

Finally.

Li Ye suddenly opened his eyes and formed his fingers into a sword.

With a light touch upon the sea.

"Go!"

Numerous spiritual qi rapidly converged, eventually forming a giant sword, a sword of seawater and spiritual power suspended above the sea. With a point of Li Ye's finger, it pressed downward into the sea.

The seawater parted instantly. The Spirit Beasts and Spirit Plants had long been moved by Li Ye, and the busy merfolk paused in shock, staring at the giant sword.

The giant sword plunged straight into the seabed.

As if puncturing a bubble, it made a "sizzling" sound, but what spewed forth wasn't gas but substantial resentful qi.

Like petroleum, it erupted forth.

The foul stench quickly spread, turning the once sunny sea somber.

"Resentful qi?"

Yang Ke was astonished.

How was it he didn't know there was such terrifying resentful qi beneath their largest fishing ground, which their tribe patrolled constantly to prevent such issues?

"It is resentful qi, yet not resentful qi."

Li Ye stared at the seemingly endlessly erupting resentful qi, rarely showing a hint of hesitation and embarrassment.

He had thought it was resentful qi before, but upon sensing it now, he had inadvertently struck the "turbid vein" of the sea.

Due to the convergence of vitality, some special situations arise in the sea, like the "turbid qi vein eyes" needing purification that accumulate over time.

Just like the impurities in the meridians of the Human Race, these turbid qi are subject to the sea's self-purification ability. The resentful qi Li Ye sensed wasn't just from this fishing ground, but the turbid qi vein eyes of the entire East Pole Yang Sea!

Yet due to the unpredictable nature of sea qi, these so-called "vein eyes" drift erratically, and he happened to strike one, causing the unresolved resentful qi from the East Pole Yang Sea to erupt.

If he hadn't struck so gently, this place might have been submerged in resentful and turbid qi.

"Ah."

"Yang Ke, I've heard your Merfolk Race possesses some special dharma methods to help disperse the resentful qi in the sea. Now presents an opportunity, are you willing to give it a try?"

"I reckon you could seize this chance to form your Golden Core."

He winked.

Yang Ke paused slightly.

He immediately realized Li Ye referred to the merfolk's unique ability to weave mermaid silk, which was their inherited divine techniques, originally used only by female merfolk but gradually learned by all.

After all... mermaid silk is indeed quite valuable.

In this era of self-reliance, why worry about men or women doing the work, when earning money is the priority, which led to some discontent among the female merfolk, feeling their business was being usurped.

Ahem, anyway.

Their race uses not special threads, but sea qi to weave mermaid silk.

So Li Ye is asking him to weave the resentful qi in the ocean into mermaid silk? This is...

He gritted his teeth: "I can."

Honestly, weaving mermaid silk requires the purest sea qi, lightly caressed by moonlight, since one must integrate mind and spirit into the silk. Such resentful qi would cause immense harm.

But since Li Ye asked, he complied.

He believed Li Ye wouldn't harm him, whether as a friend or in terms of mutual benefit.

Yang Ke sat in mid-air.

His normally slender legs transformed into a deep blue fish tail, and with a slight beckon, the erupting resentful qi found a release point, continuously rushing toward him.

His complexion instantly paled.

Yet he swiftly grasped the incoming resentful qi, kneading it into thin black threads, using the sea as his spinning wheel, beginning to weave the mermaid silk.

As his mind sank into the sea qi to weave, the sea life's despair and death qi also merged into his body.

His skin instantly turned pitch black.

His fingers trembled, nearly unable to hold the sea qi.

But he endured, pouring all his strength into weaving the mermaid silk; originally meant to be as beautiful as moonlight, the silk was now indescribably pitch-black, and his breath became increasingly weak, even showing signs of death qi clinging to him.

As his spiritual power was about to be eroded and destroyed.

Li Ye, observing all along, placed a hand on his shoulder, softly saying:

"Do not worry."

"You are inherently an ocean-favored Spirit Race; by aiding her, she will naturally not abandon you."

"Don't you agree, East Pole Yang Sea?"

With his words.

The Immortal Ribbon interwoven deep into the sea exuded an overwhelming and unstoppable force, along with a sound akin to a whale's song.

"Moo—"

Cobalt blue sea qi surged out from the Immortal Ribbon, with its spiritual power, encircling around Yang Ke, spontaneously flowing towards the pitch-black threads in his hand.

Rather than destroy the death qi, the sea qi enveloped it, turning the outside cobalt blue, while the interior remained black and lifeless.

With the sea qi's aid, Yang Ke genuinely felt relieved.

Then hurriedly increased his speed.

He felt a gentle yet powerful force from the cobalt blue-covered black sea qi merging into his dantian, speeding up the condensation of his already nearly-formed Golden Core's mana.

A flawlessly round pill with a slight cobalt blue glow was slowly forming.

Watching from aside, Li Ye observed the increasingly abundant mermaid silk in Yang Ke's hands, communicating with his senior brother: "How did you know this method could help form a core?"

"…I, after all, as the spirit of Jianmu, naturally know some secrets of the East Pole Yang Sea."

"But aren't you planning on doing as I just advised?"

Li Ye replied: "Of course, I will; I just am waiting."

"Waiting for whom?"

"Uh… so it's her."

The senior brother frowned helplessly and went silent.

From the Heavenly Dome, the originally bright sunlight transformed into a stream of water-like moonlight, illuminating the entire East Pole Yang Sea.

The overly scorching sea qi of the Yang Sea mingled under the yin and yang moonlight, turning into surging sea mist floating atop the sea, becoming hazy under the moonlight.

Everyone raised their heads at this moment.

Wangshu Moon God?

It has been a long time since she directly illuminated this sea, why has she come now?