Dao Equaling the Heavens
Chapter 218 - 156: Acquiring the Earth Soul, Losing the Sense of Taste_3

Chapter 218: Chapter 156: Acquiring the Earth Soul, Losing the Sense of Taste_3

The Earth Core Crystal was fully condensed, and Gu Wen sensed that something was amiss as he projected his Divine Thought.

The Earth Core Crystal was red, its red light illuminating half of the Grotto Heaven, and a blurred phantom emerged, bearing an identical appearance to Chi Yu Zi but exuding a sharper aura.

A Demi Immortal descending?

Gu Wen’s expression turned grave. As Chi Yu Zi walked towards the Heavenly Altar, she said, "This is one of my sister’s three souls and seven spirits, the Earth Soul. The reason she wants to devour my two souls and six spirits is that she placed them into the Immortal Land, and what condensed is this Earth Core Crystal."

"Red is for the soul, yellow for the spirit."

"Do you want to absorb her?"

"No, I want to defeat her and devour her soul and spirit. With the Heavenly Girl present, my sister wouldn’t dare to come down."

Chi Yu Zi, holding half a pot of wine, stepped onto the Heavenly Altar, and turning back slightly, she shook her head to stop Gu Wen from following.

"The Heavenly Altar can only accommodate one person, and I alone am enough."

Golden Light spread over her body; Chi Yu Zi, just over one meter six, transformed into eight Chinese feet tall, her gaze steady, and the dark red phantom’s eyes gained spiritual depth.

The two did not need to exchange words and disappeared with a thunderous sound, followed by dozens of colliding noises erupting in the void, sweeping the surrounding with a wave of force.

Gu Wen could only keep up with their speed through his Divine Thought and gradually he sensed trouble.

Relying on the Golden Light Spell, sixty-six Dao bases unleashed the combat power of the Fourteenth Level and faintly touched the Fifteenth Level. Considering it might turn into a war of attrition Chi Yu Zi probably had the talent to surpass three levels on her own as well.

However, unlike Gu Wen, she could not achieve a single-strike kill, and conversely, Gu Wen could not engage in prolonged attrition either.

Chi Yu Zi was of a higher level than the phantom, but in actual combat, she was instead being suppressed.

Gu Wen realized that the ability to surpass levels when fighting applied to very few people and could even be reversed.

This world is like Russian nesting dolls; there are always stronger individuals. Considering how strong Chi Yu Zi was, she still got surpassed by a Demi Immortal soul and put into a disadvantaged position.

He looked at Yu Hua and said, "Chi Yu Zi might lose."

Yu Hua confidently responded, "She will win, just not as gracefully."

A stick of incense burned, a quarter of an hour, two hours.

The vibrations from their punches already shook the Grotto Heaven nonstop, and the destruction felt in a Body Cultivation battle was stronger than a Swordsmanship duel.

Chi Yu Zi’s aura climbed steadily, breaking through the Fifteenth Level with a punch that burst through the red shadow and grasped the Earth Core Crystal.

Swallowing it in one gulp, her Dao base reached the Seventh Level, a mere half-step to being fulfilled.

Rather than calling it a breakthrough, it was more like a completion of oneself.

Chi Yu Zi was afflicted with a Heavenly Defect, possessing only one soul and one spirit. She could move and seemed no different from ordinary people, but to a cultivator, she was akin to a cripple.

Descending the steps, she faced Gu Wen and Yu Hua, beaming with joy, "I’ve acquired the Heaven Soul and even broke through to the Seventh Level Dao base; with this, my Primordial Spirit and Golden Core can merge to form my own dharma form, and then comes the fulfilled Divine Skills of the dharma form."

Seventh Level Dao base, dharma form.

Gu Wen and the others, relying on their talents, had already condensed their dharma forms, but many only possessed one dharma form.

"Red Dust, this is what I promised you."

Chi Yu Zi tossed a piece of the Earth Core Crystal shell, which Gu Wen swallowed and began refining.

[Nine Revolutions Golden Pill, above fulfillment, requires one hundred and ten years together with the Golden Pill Iron to be tempered]

[Nine Revolutions Golden Pill, requires fifty years of Heavenly Marrow, lacking half a strand of Golden Pill Iron]

Golden Pill Iron refers to the tempering level of a Golden Core through the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill, with the most evident method being consuming a spiritual sword.

Two hours later, Ao Tang transformed into a white snake and spit out the body of a Qing python. Having just experienced a major battle and breakthrough, Chi Yu Zi, usually disliking the taste of Devil beast meat, competed with Gu Wen to eat.

Watching their expressions of relishing the meal, Gu Wen took out a bottle of vinegar he had obtained from town and handed it to Chi Yu Zi, saying, "It tastes even better with some soy sauce."

"Really?"

Chi Yu Zi poured up the vinegar and continued to voraciously eat the snake meat, unaware of any peculiarity, and instead smiling at Gu Wen, "Hee hee hee, it’s indeed quite good."

Gu Wen frowned, refraining from commenting further.

Chi Yu Zi lost her sense of taste, but her strength had increased; perhaps upon acquiring all the Earth Core Crystals, her power might compare to a Demi Immortal.

The next day, everyone left the Grotto Heaven, and as soon as they stepped out, a dazzling streak of firelight from the sky dome crashed down.

In a moment, Chi Yu Zi turned into a golden figure and shattered the fireball, and amidst a sky filled with firelight, a Fire Bird emerged, its wings spanning a kilometer, drastically raising the temperature within dozens of miles.

The leaves shriveled;བ the ground’s dried leaves caught fire.

The Angri True Fire, dormant in Gu Wen’s body for a long time, began agitating, heating his arm and causing previously unhealed wounds to crack open again.

The Angri Demon Saint.