Spiritual energy is an extremely special, high-level energy that permeates the entire Nine Heavens and Nine Earths Great World.
However, beings below the Immortal Ascension realm typically find it difficult to perceive it.
But at this moment, even a mortal with no aptitude for spiritual energy, if they were to stand within the current small world of the Vast Sea Sect, could see the formation of a tangible spiritual energy vortex in the sky.
No, to the astonishment of all Immortal Ascension elders, after gathering spiritual energy from millions of miles beyond the sky, the massive spiritual energy vortex within the small world had transformed into a vortex of solidified spiritual liquid!
Every second, terrifying spiritual liquid, enough to overwhelm a peak Dao Path cultivator, was being poured into Chen Luo's body!
This masterless spiritual liquid, originating from the heavens and earth, was being infused with Chen Luo's aura through countless Great Cycle circulation, transforming into spiritual power exclusively his own!
And his realm, which had just broken through to the fourth stage of the Dao Path, began an unbelievable ascent once more!
Within the chaotic darkness of his dantian, vast quantities of liquid spiritual power poured in at high speed. The previously empty and boundless dantian was rapidly filling up at a visible rate.
But these large streams of liquid spiritual power were merely the residual energy after his physical body had absorbed them.
Chen Luo's incredibly powerful physique, under the influx of this terrifying spiritual energy, underwent a subtle new change.
It wasn't a further enhancement of his physical body; after all, Chen Luo's physique was of the Domain True Transformation level. If he were to fully unleash his True Transformation state, he would be a giant as grand as a planet.
The abundant integration and nourishment of spiritual energy actually brought a sense of comfortable harmony to Chen Luo.
It was as if lubricant had been added between gears; Chen Luo felt his power circulation becoming increasingly effortless.
However, the focus of the "Spiritual Inquiry" and the entire spiritual energy cultivation system was not the physical body, but the accumulation and qualitative transformation of spiritual energy within the body!
In the blink of an eye, Chen Luo's empty dantian was filled with liquid spiritual power.
The moment Chen Luo's dantian was filled with spiritual power, infinite pressure began to converge towards the center from the very core of all the liquid spiritual energy!
*Buzz!*
Long Ji was already somewhat numb from shock at the sudden appearance of the liquid spiritual energy vortex. It was known that even in the most spiritually dense areas of the Spirit Gathering formations of the Ten Great Sects, only then might liquid spiritual energy be formed.
But at this moment, the liquid spiritual energy that Long Ji could perceive alone was equivalent to her Vast Sea Sect's accumulation over a hundred years.
"What kind of monstrous spiritual energy aptitude is this..."
Suddenly, a sound like rippling water clearly echoed within the surging vortex of spiritual liquid.
Long Ji's expression changed: "So fast?!"
The immense pressure from the external spiritual liquid, the inherent instinct of countless spiritual liquids converging inward,
Within Chen Luo's dantian, the colossal volume of spiritual liquid was undergoing a new qualitative transformation!
At the very center of the sea of spiritual liquid, the convergence point of infinite pressure, the gathering place of boundless spiritual energy,
With a soft sound, under Chen Luo's will, an extremely tiny, pure white crystal was nurtured into existence!
The instant the pure white spiritual crystal appeared, unparalleled suction surged from it!
*Boom!!!*
The vast sea of spiritual liquid that had occupied the entire dantian, as if prey attracted by a black hole, converged towards the spiritual crystal, which was no larger than a speck of dust!
The moment spiritual liquid transforms into a crystal, it signifies the third tribulation of the Dao Path: the Tribulation of Crystal Condensation!
Under the terrifying suction, the liquid spiritual power stored in the dantian began to rapidly decrease at a visible rate.
The external spiritual energy was utterly insufficient to match the absorption rate of the spiritual crystal. In a mere moment, Chen Luo's dantian returned to its empty state.
With the influx of a large amount of spiritual energy, the spiritual crystal grew from the size of dust to the size of an egg in the blink of an eye.
And as the spiritual crystal grew larger, its suction force only increased!
The moment all the liquid spiritual power within the dantian was completely absorbed, the spiritual crystal, like a crystal-clear gem, hovered in the chaotic darkness of the lower dantian.
The imagined scenario of the spiritual crystal tearing apart the dantian with its suction did not occur. At this moment, the spiritual crystal seemed sated, merely hovering quietly within Chen Luo's dantian.
But!
"Chen Luo! Stabilize your dantian! Prepare to resist the Spiritual Burst!!"
Long Ji's anxious voice suddenly sounded in Chen Luo's ear, but it was too late!
*Boom!!!!*
The quietly hovering spiritual crystal suddenly trembled!
The next moment, Chen Luo felt as if he heard the deafening roar of a nuclear bomb exploding next to his ear!
And within the dantian, the spiritual crystal, which had been in a state of perfect unity, truly erupted with infinite radiance!
Accompanied by a colossal roar, the light scattered all the chaos and darkness within the lower dantian.
The entire dantian, at this moment, along with the great roar, underwent a new round of expansion!
And with this expansion, infinite light and spiritual energy instantly filled the entire dantian completely!
And that spiritual crystal, like a great sun, quietly hovered at the source of all the light and power.
This was the truth of the third tribulation: the Spiritual Burst that occurred at the moment of crystal formation!
The effect of this Spiritual Burst would be determined by the amount of spiritual energy the cultivator input during the condensation of the spiritual crystal.
If less was absorbed, the Spiritual Burst would be weaker, illuminating a smaller area of the dantian, but it would be extremely safe, though the spiritual power reserves would not be outstanding.
The more absorbed, the greater the power of the Spiritual Burst; any area of the dantian illuminated at this moment would be completely covered by new spiritual energy.
Based on the illuminated range of the dantian, there would be a significant difference in spiritual power reserves and output among cultivators of the same rank, a gap that could hardly be bridged through subsequent self-cultivation.
However, the greater the power of the Spiritual Burst, the more dangerous it was for the cultivator! One must remember that this was an extremely fragile area, the dantian. With the slightest misstep, the cultivator could suffer from crippled cultivation, or worse, transform into a human hydrogen bomb!
Moreover, Long Ji could see very clearly that the spiritual energy this young man had gathered in such a short time was more than ten thousand times that of ordinary cultivators of the same rank.
Long Ji could barely imagine what terrifying effects would occur when a spiritual crystal that had gathered such astonishing spiritual energy underwent a Spiritual Burst!
Therefore, while warning Chen Luo to be careful, she had also fully deployed her Immortal Essence shield to envelop Chen Luo, attempting to guard against the worst-case scenario!
After all, if such a massive amount of spiritual energy were to explode, the entire Vast Sea small world might be annihilated!
However, as the Spiritual Burst completed, Long Ji's eyes were no longer filled with shock, but with a kind of horrified awe.
Ten out of ten parts of the dantian were completely illuminated by the Spiritual Burst, which was the highest grade of crystal condensation.
But such prodigies could be seen once every thousand years.
What Long Ji could not comprehend was that she clearly saw Chen Luo's dantian expand autonomously during the Spiritual Burst!
This was impossible! Dantians only burst!
How could it automatically adapt to the erupting power and expand on its own?!
At this moment, within Long Ji's Piercing Eye Golden Pupils, Chen Luo's dantian was vast and boundless, and the spiritual energy contained within it made even her, an Immortal Ascension True Dragon, feel a sense of awe!