Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 909 - 904: Devouring Part Two

Chapter 909: Chapter 904: Devouring Part Two

Lin Xin knew he had to devour as much as possible before others discovered this place.

Otherwise, if other Dao Ancestors who needed the corpse rushed over, he wouldn’t just fail to devour any attributes; he might not even keep his life.

Even though his average attributes have reached tens of billions, he is still far from being a match for the Dao Ancestor.

At most, he’s grown from what would be considered less than a speck of dust, to a tiny ant at the feet of Dao Ancestors. Able to make them notice him.

A massive amount of white substance surged into Lin Xin’s chest.

His mind was blank, thinking of nothing, all of his soul and spiritual power focused on digesting the devouring white substance.

The concentration of this stuff was too high, the quantity too much.

It’s like a person drinking water and suddenly having water poured into their mouth from a faucet; if not careful, they’d surely choke, maybe even drown.

Lin Xin could feel that the white substance he was devouring was rapidly being transformed and digested, absorbed as Free Attribute Points.

He closed his eyes, trying to control the speed of the influx, watching the Free Attributes increase rapidly like a rocket.

The clean attribute bar just filled, now growing furiously at a rate of thousands of points per second.

This was the maximum speed he could digest this substance.

"Slow... too slow!"

Lin Xin expanded his Divine Sense, still feeling the crystal continuously spreading the white substance, and his absorption and devouring couldn’t even remotely slow down the crystal’s spread.

"This must be the Dao Ancestor’s corpse after the fall of Song Ri Valley Master.

If I can’t devour and absorb the corpse at the fastest speed in the shortest time, the huge density difference will cause the corpse to rapidly decompose and diffuse, becoming diluted nourishment for the Abyss of Time and Space. My time is running out...."

He felt anxious, but the limit of digestibility was so much, nothing he could do about it.

"I finally got the chance to catch up with the Dao Ancestor, I must not miss this!"

Lin Xin hardened his heart, pouring all the increased Free Attribute Points into the four attributes.

Once the total attributes are increased, the attribute power will strengthen his devouring speed in return, thus cycling and accelerating the process.

Time passed slowly.

Lin Xin let go of all thoughts and focused on devouring.

His speed got faster and faster, more and more urgent.

The average attribute points determined how strong his devouring speed was.

Unknowingly, more than a year had passed.

Within the white substance ocean surrounding the crystal, at Lin Xin’s location, a tiny micro whirlpool had formed.

At this moment, his average attribute has broken through over a hundred billion.

This crazy devouring and absorbing, and then adding points.

Made Lin Xin’s four attributes surge as if they were rockets. But even so, the crystal and the white substance ocean formed after the demise of Song Ri Valley Master only slightly slowed its spreading speed.

By now, the white ocean has covered an enormous range of dozens of light-years.

And Lin Xin’s devouring speed had already far exceeded the initial stage.

Countless white substances poured into his chest, then were swiftly digested and absorbed, converted into attribute points.

Each second, four attributes could increase by over a hundred thousand points.

More than ten times faster than the initial speed.

Only now did he truly realize how deep and vast a Dao Ancestor’s accumulation and foundation are.

Song Ri Valley Master’s core Galactic Core was clearly taken away, but just the remaining corpse remnants without the Galactic Core, had such terrifying deep foundation.

Only then did he clearly understand how vast the gap between him and the Dao Ancestor was.

No wonder, throughout countless years, many Heavenly Venerables are stuck at the final step, unable to progress.

And within this group of Heavenly Venerables, the strength differences are worlds apart.

This, it turns out, is the reason.

Ultimately, it’s the stair-step threshold between Heavenly Venerable and Dao Ancestor that’s just vastly too great.

While frantically devouring and digesting, Lin Xin was also constantly worried, worried about his soul limit that he didn’t know when it would appear.

Ever since he broke through to Heavenly Venerable, the soul limit has not appeared.

Even now, with average attributes breaking tens of billions, there’s still no sign, which makes him slightly anxious.

The soul is the core of everything.

It is the root of controlling everything.

Spiritual power, Divine Sense, etc., are actually just like stamina, endurance, and strength; they are a type of material energy extended from the physical body.

The physical body generates Essence Qi, referring to three different but related substances and energies.

But the soul is not among these three.

The soul is wrapped in spiritual power at the core, the imprint of a person’s origin. Only with a strong enough soul can one resist and withstand the various impacts brought by the physical body.

"Then, what is the source of these impacts?"

Suddenly, a spark of inspiration flashed in Lin Xin’s mind. As if he thought of something.

His thoughts quickly evolved further.

"The impact on the physical body mainly lies in external stimuli causing changes, thereby generating various waves.

The most typical waves are emotional waves like joy, anger, sorrow, fear, and compassion!"

He seemed to have understood something.

"In my cultivation practice of Supreme Jiuyue Divine Wind Sword, it’s primarily about controlling and discarding emotions, absorbing the supreme Strange Force for intense combat.

Since the main impacts and influences of the physical body on the soul are primarily emotional.

"So, when I abandoned my emotions, the increase in Attribute Points, the enhancement of my physical body, and the limit of what my soul could manipulate naturally increased significantly."

He finally understood why his soul’s limit had not resurfaced for a long time.

This was entirely due to a stroke of luck in his cultivation with the sword technique, which inadvertently removed most of this hidden danger.

"No...besides emotions, the body’s influence on the soul involves the desire for reproduction!" Lin Xin vaguely recalled how he, in the Netherworld, had no resistance when Lin Yaoyang arranged for him to find a woman.

At this moment, he also understood the reason.

This influence had actually already begun to subtly take root.

If it were his former self, deeply influenced by Earth’s concept of monogamy, he would never have allowed himself to find multiple women.

But now, he didn’t care at all.

Thinking of this, Lin Xin finally opened his heart completely and fully devoured the material remnants of the Taoist Ancestor.

The four attributes he carried on his body also increased at an ever-faster rate.

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Divine Realm.

Jiu Se sat on the main seat of the Divine Palace, looking at the Four Seas Fairy Saint Yuzi who presented a Galactic Core below.

"So, you mean the Master of Song Ri Valley has been executed?"

He reached out, and the Galactic Core, shining with silver light, instantly flew up. It landed in his palm.

Yuzi stood below, smiling and nodding.

"Indeed, I chased him for over a hundred years and finally killed him entirely on the thirty-ninth layer of the Abyss."

"I sensed the will of the Great Universe, could it be you all..."

A female voice slowly rose from the side.

Inside the grand hall of the Divine Palace, only a few people stood.

Besides Jiu Se, there was Yuzi, the Lord of Four Seasons, and the representative of the Evil God, Yan Naia.

Yuzi’s body was covered with small blue mouths, making it seem like countless blue mouths grew on his body, making one’s hair stand on end.

The Lord of Four Seasons had a circle of nine-colored flowers slowly rotating behind their back, and the body was half male and half female, a strange blend of charming and dignified temperaments in one body.

And Yan Naia, the divine ancestor, was still in a white dress, turning her back to everyone.

She wasn’t arrogant or impolite; it’s just that her front had been destroyed 180 million years ago.

No matter who looks at her from any angle, they can only see her back.

These three were the strongest forces representing the current subordinates of the Jiu Se Divine Lord.

They were also a few Ancestor Level beings who chose his camp after breaking free.

The one speaking now was Yan Naia, representative of the Evil God lineage.

"The will of the Great Universe?"

With these words, everyone, including Jiu Se, focused their gaze on Yuzi.

"Indeed..." At this time, Yuzi’s expression also became grave.

"While fighting with Song Ri, I accidentally bumped into a Void Point. When the Void Point shattered, the void pull affected my soul. For a brief moment, it jumped and ascended to some region of the Great Universe."

"And then? What did you see?"

Jiu Se also clearly showed interest.

"Although Fang Yu and I will eventually merge and break through this barrier to step into the Great Universe, I didn’t expect you to accidentally jump in first."

Yuzi gave a bitter smile.

"As soon as we got in, we were pushed back by a tremendous force. The energy level difference in the universe was too great for us. We couldn’t hold on for more than a few minutes before we were powerless.

All in all, Song Ri’s death was mostly due to the energy jump consuming all his power, which allowed me to take advantage and finish him off.

Otherwise, given the strength difference between us, it might have taken at least another thousand years to determine life and death."

"So, you only took the Galactic Core from Song Ri’s remains, and the rest were left in the thirty-ninth layer of the Abyss?" The Lord of Four Seasons interjected.

"Why, are you interested?" Yuzi glanced at the other with no interest in this ambiguous character.

In the past, many disciples from the Four Seas Fairy Mountains died in Shadow City. As the ancestor of the Four Seas Fairy Mountains, having a good impression of the City Lord of Shadow City would indeed be strange.

"My little flowers are still lacking some fertilizer... The remains of a Taoist Ancestor are a rare high-density energy polymer..." The Lord of Four Seasons’ voice sounded like a man and a woman speaking simultaneously, mixed together, making it uncomfortable to hear.

"Just in the void before the gate to the fortieth layer of the Abyss. You have to fetch it yourself." Yuzi said casually.

"In that case, thank you. I’ll owe you a favor." The Lord of Four Seasons returned an androgynous reply and turned to leave.

"Lord of Four Seasons, please stay."

Seated on the main seat, Jiu Se suddenly called out to stop him.

"Does the Divine Lord have something to say?" The Lord of Four Seasons turned and looked at Jiu Se.

They were merely cooperative partners, not superior and subordinate, so he was not particularly respectful toward Jiu Se.

Jiu Se smiled slightly.

"The matter of the remains can wait; I have a task that requires your personal attention.

If you can successfully complete this task, the flower fertilizer you receive will surely be richer than a single Taoist Ancestor’s remains."

"Oh?" The Lord of Four Seasons raised an eyebrow, showing interest. "What does the Divine Lord have in mind?"

Jiu Se did not keep him in suspense.

"Have you ever heard of the legend of the Myriad Demon River?"

"The Myriad Demon River?" The Lord of Four Seasons’ voice instantly rose several notches, and his face faintly showed signs of seriousness.

Not just him, but Yan Naia and Yuzi also showed expressions of shock, focusing their attention intensely on Jiu Se.