When Yun Wuji first obtained the Eternal Heaven Pearl, it contained enough energy to accommodate a thousand people for three thousand years at a time ratio of 1 to 1000.
He later used it for around 330 years together with all his women to cultivate. When he exited the Eternal Heaven Pearl, it still retained enough energy to function for more than two thousand additional years.
After arriving in the Abyss, where the surrounding energies were countless times denser than those in the Primal Chaos, the Eternal Heaven Pearl underwent another transformation. With Hei Xiaolian serving as its Heavenly Spirit, far superior to the former Eternal Heaven's Great Ancestor, its recovery speed increased dramatically. The replenishment of its power not only compensated for what Yun Wuji had consumed but even surpassed its original state before he ever used it.
He had long planned to use the Eternal Heaven Pearl after obtaining the Divine Powers of Mo Su and the High Priests, and now the time had finally come. His main body was at the 11th level Divine Extinction Realm. He still had not refined the Divine Powers he 'borrowed'. The Heretic God Body remained at the 1st level Divine Extinction Realm. Only the Devil Body had advanced rapidly during this period, reaching the 10th level Divine Extinction Realm after devouring a part of Pan Yusheng's Divine Power.
"Do it, Xiaolian."
After entering his cultivation chamber, setting up a powerful barrier, and ordering the servants to prevent anyone from disturbing them, he instructed Hei Xiaolian to activate the Eternal Heaven Divine Realm.
All of Yun Wuji's women were present, including those from the Primal Chaos. Chi Wuyao, Xia Qingyue, Chu Yuechan, Chu Yueli, Murong Qianxue, and the others stood nearby.
His children were present as well.
Hua Caili was there too, accompanying her aunt.
"Yeah, sure." Hei Xiaolian shot him a grumpy look. With a casual wave of her hand, a gray light enveloped the entire chamber. When the light faded, everyone had vanished. Only a large pearl emitting a faint white-gray radiance remained suspended in the air.
Hei Xiaolian was in a foul mood. She knew Yun Wuji intended to focus on cultivation for the first few years to raise his strength, which meant he would not have time to go freaky with her.
"This is the Eternal Heaven Divine Realm." Pan Xiaodie gazed at the scene before her and let out a soft breath.
It was a white world. An endless expanse of pure whiteness stretched in every direction. A heavy, cold, ancient aura permeated every inch of the space.
This was the core world within the Eternal Heaven Pearl, the artifact once used by the Creation God of Order, Xi Ke, to imprison the three Devil Emperors until the war concluded.
In her eyes, the object that led to the destruction of the Devil Race and the deaths of her father and clan was none other than this artifact.
If the Devil Emperors had not been trapped inside the Eternal Heaven Pearl, the Devil Race would not have been driven into desperation, nor would they have released the Evil Infant from her seal.
"Whoa, this place is cool, Uncle Wuji!" Hua Caili's eyes darted everywhere in excitement. Even though she had been inside the Cradle before, she had never actually seen what it looked like. In the past, whenever she closed her eyes and opened them again, she simply found herself back where she started. Nothing moved for her. Nothing changed.
The news of Mo Su and the High Priests' deaths had shocked her quite a bit. With her aunt, Ling Xian, and her father talking to her, she managed to get through it, though she had not fully accepted it. Aside from Big Rage, everyone in the Pure Land had treated Hua Caili like a princess. They had shown her only kindness and care. It was natural that she would feel sad about their deaths.
"You can go play around if you want," Yun Wuji told her as he patted his daughter's head. "Wuxin, you'll show your siblings around, okay?"
Among all his children, only Yun Wuxin had entered the Eternal Heaven Divine Realm before.
"Alright, Daddy," Yun Wuxin replied with a slight pout.
After saying a few more words to the others, Yun Wuji transformed into a beam of light and shot toward a distant area with his three bodies.
The Divine Energies accumulated from the three High Priests and Mo Su far surpassed the combined power of all the Divine Regents he had plundered before. With that reserve, reaching the 13th level of the Divine Extinction Realm was guaranteed. There would even be around 35% of energy left, though it is not enough for him to break into the True God Realm.
"I'll give the remaining to the Heretic God Body."
Within one of the thousand palaces left behind from the time the Eternal Heaven Realm prepared accommodations for the thousand winners of the Profound God Convention, Yun Wuji sat cross-legged. His three bodies formed a small circle.
Refining all that Divine Energy would take months at least, perhaps up to a full year.
...
When one was immersed in cultivation, time lost its meaning. Eight months slipped by in the blink of an eye.
Swoosh!
A blinding beam of dense, shining silver light suddenly tore through the white sky of the Eternal Heaven Divine Realm. It descended like a divine lance, shaking the entire world as the thousand floating palaces trembled under the impact, alerting every woman within.
Inside one of the palaces, Yun Wuji's expression remained perfectly calm. His hair floated in the air as a dense aura of peak Divine Extinction Realm radiated from him, sending visible ripples outward across the surrounding space like cracks spreading through glass.
To his right, his Devil Body emitted a dark, light-devouring aura. The power of the True God Realm faintly emanated from it.
On his left, the Heretic God Body also released an aura that carried the same True God Realm feeling.
In eight months, Yun Wuji had completely refined the Divine Powers he plundered and raised his cultivation. The first among the three bodies to finish refining its power was the Devil Body, since it was essentially recovering its former strength. The second was his main body, and the last to complete the process was the Heretic God Body.
The three bodies extended their hands at the same time. Yun Wuji clasped the hands of his Devil Body and Heretic God Body and slowly closed his eyes. An invisible gale rose without warning, lifting his long hair into the air.
In the next instant, silver light bloomed from his lower abdomen. It spread upward in a swift tide, swallowing him whole. The radiance then flowed through his arms and into the two bodies he held, enveloping them as well.
When Yun Wuji created these two bodies, his intention had always been clear. Raise their cultivation to the highest possible realm, then return them to his main body. They were born from his flesh and soul. Fusing them back was nothing more than reclaiming what was originally his.
Creating the Devil Body with the strength of the Moon Slaughter Devil Sovereign and the stronger Heretic God Body with the power of the Heretic God was his way of ensuring those precious resources did not go to waste. He used them as stepping stones to push his cultivation to a higher realm, knowing that sooner or later he would reach a bottleneck.
That day had come.
Rumble!
Cracks tore through the surrounding space. The palace floor split apart, spiderweb fractures racing across the ground and up the walls. Shockwaves roared outward, shaking the entire Eternal Heaven Divine Realm.
From a safe distance, the women watched in silence. None dared approach for fear of disrupting him. Instead, they hurried to Hei Xiaolian. As the Heavenly Spirit of the Eternal Heaven Pearl, she perceived everything happening within.
"He is stuffing his bodies back into himself," she said flatly.
"…Why does that sound strange when you phrase it like that?" Yun Wuxin pressed a hand to her forehead, exhausted.
"It does sound kind of geh," Hei Xiaolian nodded thoughtfully.
"So you know!"
"Of course. I just wanted to mess with you."
"…."
BOOM!
A second beam erupted, thicker and more magnificent than the first. It pierced the heavens as the palace below shattered into rubble. Yun Wuji rose into the air, eyes closed, an overwhelming aura crushing the surrounding space.
The silver radiance around him gradually gained a hint of gold. The golden hue spread slowly, steadily, until the pillar transformed into a dense column of pure gold, more resplendent than the Brahma God's golden divine power and more tyrannical than the Southern Sea's might.
Within the pillar, Yun Wuji opened his eyes.
They shone with brilliant gold. His irises remained silver, yet his hair had turned entirely golden, dancing freely in the storm.
The aura of the True God Realm surged from him like a boundless, raging ocean.
From afar, everyone stood speechless at his transcendent figure.
Everyone except one.
"Oh, he really loves me," Qianye Ying'er cupped her face, whispering dreamily.
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