Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1181 - 1181 0686 Abnormal_1

Chapter 1181: Chapter 0686: Abnormal_1 Chapter 1181: Chapter 0686: Abnormal_1 Chapter 0686: Abnormal

The energy transformed from the fragments of ghostly faces was vastly different from the energy Qi Tian had collected through various channels before. Fundamentally, this was the first time Qi Tian had truly transformed energy from a being at the Nascent Soul Stage, which meant not only was the energy more majestic and pure, but it also faintly carried some high-level insights and experiences from cultivation practices.

These insights, for the current Qi Tian, might have been too profound, but after fusing these insights into himself, they still had a significant impact. One of the most notable effects was Qi Tian’s cultivation level smoothly breaking through from the peak of the Gold Core Realm Third Level to the Fourth Level, officially becoming a cultivator at the Mid-stage Gold Core Realm.

Because Qi Tian was using the insights from a Nascent Soul Stage existence to make the breakthrough, this advancement was not only logical but also exceptionally smooth. The effects after the breakthrough were excellent, leaving no hidden dangers, and his foundation was very solid.

The breakthrough in cultivation level was something Qi Tian had not anticipated, as he had not initially considered this direction; it was an unexpected delight. What truly concerned Qi Tian were the fragments of the ghostly faces that had accepted his Blood Pact under coercion.

Apart from the four unwilling fragments, a total of fourteen fragments of the ghostly faces had accepted Qi Tian’s Blood Pact, accounting for more than two-thirds of the total number.

These ghostly face fragments had signed the Blood Pact with Qi Tian separately, and although they each had independent consciousness and could fight for Qi Tian individually, there was an issue; these individual entities were not strong enough. Even though entities at the Golden Core Stage Seventh Level were not considered weak, Qi Tian was not really lacking such combat power—neither he nor the likes of Emperor Jianwu and their respective Immortal Slaves and subordinates. Such combat power, if not abundant, was available in significant numbers, around twenty or so. Moreover, if Qi Tian unleashed his full power, he could easily outpace cultivators at the Golden Core Stage Seventh Level.

Qi Tian had subdued these fragments of the ghostly faces with the intention of making them his aids, not his burdens.

To make these ghostly face fragments useful to him, it was necessary to enhance their strength. For the time being, the only method Qi Tian knew to increase the strength of these fragments was to let them fuse back together, becoming a single entity again. It was similar to when Qi Tian was fighting Ghost Eye; as a whole, Ghost Eye was at the Nascent Soul Stage, which Qi Tian found highly formidable.

Qi Tian did not know whether, having signed a Blood Pact with each of the fragments separately, he could still enable them to fuse back together. If he couldn’t, he would have to think of a way to force them to recombine into a single Ghost Eye, rather than each fragment becoming a separate mini-Ghost Eye.

Qi Tian communicated his demands to these fragments of the ghostly faces, and while doing so, his heart was uneasy. However, the subsequent development of events allowed Qi Tian to breathe a sigh of relief.

These ghostly face fragments did not make any demands to Qi Tian, nor did they present any difficulties. Upon receiving Qi Tian’s request, they began to gather and merge with each other.

Once all of these dozen or so pieces had merged into one, a complete Ghost Eye appeared before Qi Tian.

This Ghost Eye was still somewhat incredulous, its Ghost Eyes rolling up and down as if assessing itself. After a moment, it finally accepted the reality of having returned to its original form.

Throughout the process, Qi Tian never let down his guard. He mobilized all of the Transporting Whirlwinds, surrounding Ghost Eye, and was also holding the flying sword that had previously chopped Ghost Eye into fragments, ready to act at any moment. If Ghost Eye showed any sign of violating the Blood Pact, Qi Tian would not hesitate to strike and chop it up again.

Ghost Eye’s expression slightly changed; deep inside, it really did harbor a flicker of the intention to rebel upon restoration. It dared to think this way solely based on the fact that it would surely possess substantial power once restored. Moreover, the Blood Pacts were signed with each fragment individually, not with the entire Ghost Eye, which might have offered loopholes that were beneficial to it; at the very least, the Blood Pacts’ constraints should be limited and unlikely to control the power of a Nascent Soul Stage being.

However, Ghost Eye soon discovered it had been overly optimistic. It had assumed that once restored, it would be able to regain its Nascent Soul Stage strength, but in reality, its power was far from reaching the Nascent Soul Stage. Qi Tian had consecutively transformed four fragments into fuel reserves for the Heavenly Dao Engine, effectively weakening more than one-fifth of Ghost Eye’s overall strength.

Such a significant reduction directly caused a considerable decline in Ghost Eye’s power, falling from the Nascent Soul Stage to the level of a Half-step Nascent Soul.

Strictly speaking, this reduction in Ghost Eye’s strength was not a demotion in level, but a reduction in power. It was like Ghost Eye originally possessed a full bottle of water, and now a portion of the water in the bottle had disappeared; the bottle itself remained intact. If the water could be refilled, then Ghost Eye could regain the strength of the Nascent Soul Stage.