"Swish!"
The crystal-clear seed burst open, and a green plant rapidly grew, greedily absorbing the Qi Yun Pure Qi, Merit Golden Light, and the energy of hundreds of thousands of True Spirits.
Luo Yu's mind shook.
He felt that at the moment the seed sprouted, both his physical body and soul were undergoing an essential and special transformation, an ineffable and profound sensation.
It was as if his entire being had been sublimated.
If one were to refer to the even more mystical legends, it would be described as leaping out of the Three Realms and not being among the Five Elements.
Eventually, the growth of the green plant came to a halt inside Luo Yu's Dantian, like a bud about to bloom. Luo Yu hesitated—was the energy insufficient? Or was it the lack of opportunity, or perhaps his practice of the Holy Path Invocation Technique had not yet reached the next level?
This flower, it seemed somewhat similar to a lotus.
"Whoosh—"
After taking shape, the green plant swayed in the Dantian, radiating a clear, light green glow. Luo Yu suddenly felt a strong sensation of hunger.
Coming from deep within his soul.
Even as he absorbed the surrounding nature's spiritual energy, it did nothing to alleviate the hunger, which seemed to surge up from deep within his soul, making every cell in his body tremble.
What's happening!
What is this!!!
The other treasure that had always nestled in Luo Yu's Dantian began to quake, the mysterious Azure Stone Lotus, from which Golden light threads surged and entered the green plant.
Hiss—
In an instant, Luo Yu experienced what could be called a marrow-deep relief, akin to a traveler on the brink of death from thirst in the desert who suddenly finds an oasis.
This was the Divine Origin's power within the space of the Stone Lotus.
Did this green plant need to absorb Shen Yuan Zhi Li to continue growing? Luo Yu gasped at the outrageousness. It was known that the Shen Yuan stored within the Stone Lotus came from legendary top Deities, which was extremely remarkable. He had no idea what this plant, which fed on Divine Origin, would eventually bloom into.
"Buzzing!"
The green plant gently shook, speckles of light falling upon Luo Yu's Dantian. In an instant, as if blessings had descended upon his spirit, understandings of countless skills in cultivation, martial arts techniques, supernatural powers, and even insights into the Heaven and Earth Laws filled Luo Yu's mind.
After Luo Yu regained his composure, he was utterly shocked.
While the green plant absorbed the Divine Origin, it also didn't forget its master, deciphering the Divine Origin and turning it into something of his own?
In this short time, it was equivalent to cultivating for countless years.
Too ruthless.
The Holy Path Invocation Technique was simply too domineering.
Previously, it was about seizing other people's supernatural powers for his own use, but now with the emergence of the green plant, it was even more defying.
Luo Yu could easily mimic others' signature skills, and was it just because of his sharp eyesight? Of course not, it's the Holy Path Invocation Technique, favored by the Supreme Elder Lord, that is the essence of it all.
"Boom boom!"
While Luo Yu was immersed in his consciousness space, busy with a breakthrough, the outside world had already been shocked.
The high-ranking aura emanating from his body made everyone subconsciously feel an urge to worship him. It was still somewhat manageable for the elite Martial University members around the Third Grade, but even all the First-Grade Experts present, along with Shi Kai, Chang Yin Shan, and Luo Tiance, felt this overwhelming sense, which was terrifying.
Those with Fourth-Rank cultivation had simply collapsed on the ground, as if in submission.
Cao Ritian's forehead was covered in cold sweat as he cursed, "Damn it! What kind of transformation is this guy completing, to put such pressure on me."
"Bloody hell, why do I feel like kneeling, I have dignity, you know," Zhu Qing was incredibly astonished.
Shi Kai and other well-informed big shots were also baffled, a look of surprise and uncertainty on their faces: "Elder Luo, your grandson's condition doesn't seem like a breakthrough to First Grade, but what's with this bizarre feeling of submission?"
Luo Tiance swallowed hard, completely unable to comprehend his grandson's current state.
"Why do I feel it's not so much a feeling of submission, but more like our very essence from years of cultivation, a sense of fear of being devoured, of being seen as food?"
"Hiss—"
The few strongest First Rank Summit experts couldn't help but shiver, because upon reflecting on Luo Tiance's words, they realized his description was accurate.
"Boom boom—"
The entire Secret Realm suddenly shook, as if it were about to shatter, startling everyone.
"What's going on?"
"Is this Secret Realm about to collapse?"
"Is someone outside attacking the Secret Realm?"
Zhu Qing cursed, "How is that possible? Even if ten First Rank Summit experts joined forces outside, they wouldn't be able to shatter the Secret Realm."
Everyone started to panic because once the Secret Realm collapsed, they would all be lost in the space-time rifts, with their fates uncertain.
"Keep calm!"
Luo Tiance stepped forward in the void and reached out to press against the void, creating a magnificent sword world that covered the entire several hundred-mile radius of the Secret Realm. The imminent collapse of the shuddering Secret Realm was immediately stabilized.
Cao Ying and the others contracted their pupils, "Elder Luo, since when has your Dao Ze World become so vast!!!"
Chang Yin Shan exclaimed in shock, "How is that possible? I'm also at the First Rank Summit, but my Dao Ze Summit is not even a tenth or twelfth of this."
Shi Kai squinted his eyes and slowly said, "Old Chang, the gap between one First Rank Summit and another can also be huge."
"Some reach the First Rank Summit because they've truly hit the limit, while others are there because the peak of their cultivation level is at the First Rank Summit. Elder Luo is the latter."
If even the top experts were so shocked, there was no need to mention other First-Grade Experts, all of whom were awed by Luo Tiance's grandiose Dao Ze World.
"If he could break through, he would've reached a higher level long ago, right?"
"Isn't that obvious? I was scared to death. Now I finally understand why Elder Luo is the number one in Great Xia, and why the First Rank Summit experts from beyond our borders don't dare to invade us."
Luo Yu's body continued to pulsate with a special radiance.
At this moment, outside Mount Huju, Qian Han and a group of Second Rank experts had already fled a hundred miles away, and above the Secret Realm were dense clouds and rolling thunderstorms.
Striking the Secret Realm madly, it stunned Qian Han and the other Martial Artists.
"What is going on here?"
"Why has there suddenly appeared a heavenly tribulation that seems to obliterate something?"
"This scale of thunder is terrifyingly terrible."
What they did not know was that this was because the Secret Realm itself formed its own world, significantly concealing the breath of Luo Yu's break-through.
Otherwise, the power of the heavenly thunder could have risen by a hundred or even a thousandfold.
At the same time, in the Island Country's Takamanopara, the nearest to Great Xia from outside, pairs of eyes opened in the darkness, and a terrifying aura began to revive.
Even the faintest whiff of the aura spreading made the First Rank Summit ninjas stationed in Takamanopara prostrate on the ground, trembling.
"Great... God..."
"Your lowly servant has always been guarding here; what are your orders?"
The Divine Spirit in the darkness didn't respond to him, but within Takamanopara's Divine Realm, several indifferent voices that outsiders couldn't hear began to speak.
"What is this disgusting, nauseating feeling about?"
"I don't know, I just suddenly awoke with a sense of palpitations."
"If both of us feel this, it's not a coincidence. Something special must have happened."
"Logically, there shouldn't be any existence in this world that threatens us anymore. We can't appear to the world at this time, and gods from other nations cannot emerge either. So what's the problem?"
"Send someone to investigate, see if something big has happened in the world."
"Hahaha, Amaterasu, do we need to be so cautious?"
"Tian Yu, although the deities of Great Xia have faded from this world, they might have left something behind. We have to be vigilant. As for the gods of other nations, heh, we don't have much to fear."
"Alright."
In the North American Pantheon, a number of gods were shaken to their core, and they opened their eyes from deep within the Holy Temple.
The Dark Council in Europe, Mount Olympus in Northern Europe, were all startled by the presence of a deadly enemy...