Translator: AnubisTL
Beneath the bright sky, a massive black shadow plummeted downward.
Boom!
The vast earth shuddered violently as a crater hundreds of meters deep was instantly carved out. Cracks radiated outward for thousands of meters, starkly visible across the landscape.
Soon, pitch-black primordial demonic qi began to seep from the crater. Unlike in the lower realm, however, this demonic qi was instantly purified upon emerging, vanishing without lingering.
Days in this world were exceptionally long, with a single cycle of the sun and moon equivalent to seven days in the lower realm.
Day after day, sandstorms swept across the land, punctuated by stretches of relentless rain and occasional blizzards.
The celestial phenomena here were bizarre, lacking even the division of seasons. Within a single day, one might experience both snowfall and thunderstorms in rapid succession.
After roughly seventy-eight days, faint sounds finally emerged from the newly formed crater.
"Cough... cough!"
"Still alive... a miracle. So, this is the spirit realm?"
Following the sound, one could see a figure at the bottom of the crater, half-buried beneath the weight of an immortal mansion. His eyes flickered open, his face pale and bloodless, even the slightest movement proving excruciatingly difficult.
It was Li Qing.
He gazed up at the sky through the deep pit, the scorching sunlight piercing his eyes, forcing him to close them again. He carefully recalled the last events he remembered.
He vaguely remembered being relentlessly pursued by the Formless Saint Ancestor's void refinement realm dao body, driven to the brink of exhaustion. In the final moments, he couldn't follow the original beacon coordinates and had to charge blindly forward.
Then, the Formless Saint Ancestor unleashed a terrifying strike that distorted space. If he hadn't activated the Heavenly Wonder Immortal Mansion in time to block the blow, Li Qing's body would likely have been completely corrupted by the terrifying demonic qi.
"Wait, where's Fan Tong?" Li Qing suddenly jolted upright, remembering that he had heard a tiger's roar just as he lost consciousness.
Before his ascension, he had placed Fan Tong inside the Heavenly Wonder Immortal Mansion. The impact from the Formless Saint Ancestor's attack likely ejected him.
Jiu'er, on the other hand, remained hidden and asleep within Medicinal Field Mountain, undisturbed by the chaos outside. Nothing could rouse her from her deep slumber.
"Good. Though the spirit contract imprint is broken, it hasn't dissipated. Fan Tong must still be alive," Li Qing sighed in relief. Enduring the excruciating pain radiating through his body, he struggled to sit up halfway.
With a subtle hand seal, Li Qing shrunk the Heavenly Wonder Immortal Mansion back into a portable, palm-sized form and concealed it once more.
Afterward, he assessed his current condition.
"My cultivation remains intact, but my mana is almost completely depleted. That's a minor issue. The real problem is the severity of my injuries—most of my meridians and bones are shattered. It will take a considerable amount of time to heal."
"Without repaired meridians, replenishing my mana will be a significant challenge."
"Still, these problems aren't insurmountable. Given enough time, I should be able to recover fully."
"The only real question is: is this truly the Spirit Realm? Why isn't the spiritual energy as dense as I expected?"
Li Qing lay back down, shielding his eyes from the glaring sunlight with one hand as he pondered quietly.
Ancient texts from the lower realm consistently described the Spirit Realm as a place of unparalleled spiritual energy, a true bastion of the great dao.
Yet the area where he currently found himself seemed to contradict these descriptions. The spiritual energy here was roughly equivalent to a first-tier spiritual vein in the human realm—hardly what one would call "dense."
However, Li Qing soon realized that this must indeed be the Spirit Realm.
"This place has no spiritual vein, yet the surrounding spiritual energy is comparable to a first-tier spiritual vein. The cultivation grounds occupied by daoist sects must be even more abundant."
"Exactly. This must be the spirit realm. No ordinary lower realm could possibly have such an environment."
"Those ancient texts must have exaggerated things slightly, leading me to mistakenly believe that every part of the spirit realm would be like a high-grade spiritual vein."
Having realized this, Li Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Now that he had reached the spirit realm, he shouldn't have to worry too much about the Formless Saint Ancestor's pursuit for the time being.
As for why the Formless Saint Ancestor's void refinement realm dao body hadn't followed him, Li Qing couldn't figure it out and decided not to waste any more time pondering the matter.
With his arrival in the spirit realm, another question immediately arose: Where exactly was he? Could this be human territory?
At this thought, Li Qing's anxiety returned. He worried about landing in the territory of some race hostile to humans, which would spell serious trouble.
Already severely injured, encountering enemies would indeed put him in grave danger.
"Never mind. I'll focus on healing my injuries first. I'll recover as much as I can. Fortunately, I can still use some mana and access my storage bag."
"If any danger arises, we'll let Jiu'er handle it."
At that moment, Jiu'er was still fast asleep inside the Heavenly Wonder Immortal Mansion, completely unaware that she had already ascended to the Spirit Realm.
Opening his storage bag, Li Qing retrieved several bottles and jars filled with medicinal pills he had once disdained—pills for replenishing qi and blood and healing injuries.
Now, he never imagined he would have to rely on these pills for survival!
At the bottom of the pit, Li Qing consumed the pills while focusing on healing his injuries.
With the aid of the medicinal pills, his qi and blood gradually replenished. The severely damaged areas slowly healed, and the severed meridians began to reconnect at an excruciatingly slow pace.
During his recovery, he finally realized that a single day in this realm was incredibly long—roughly equivalent to seven days in the lower realm!
This discovery further confirmed Li Qing's belief that he had indeed reached the Spirit Realm. After all, no ordinary minor world could possibly have such an extended day.
As the sun and moon cycled, sixteen days passed in the blink of an eye—equivalent to over a hundred days in the human realm.
"A hundred days to heal broken bones," as the saying goes. Under the effects of the healing pills, Li Qing's injuries had significantly improved. The fractured bones had regrown, and he could now move without difficulty.
As for his severed meridians, nearly half had regrown and reconnected.
"My current mana reserves are roughly equivalent to the nascent soul realm," Li Qing murmured, exhaling slightly in relief. "In another twenty to thirty days, I should be fully recovered."
Just as he prepared to continue taking medicinal pills to heal his injuries, the ground suddenly began to tremble.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
The sound resembled footsteps. Judging by the rhythm, Li Qing deduced it was a bipedal creature. Given the earth-shaking impact, its size and weight must be immense.
Li Qing cautiously crawled out of the crater and peered toward the source of the footsteps.
In the distance, a colossal humanoid figure strode slowly across the plains, wielding a massive bone club.
(End of the Chapter)
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