Chapter 140: The Fire of Mortals
It was dusk again. Xu Wenwu took his horse out for a run after finishing his writing. The great immortals of the Palace of Absolute Beginning had also returned from their journey and begun processing today’s thirty thousand words.
Thanks to yesterday’s experience, Xiao Yu had learned the trick of filtering and sifting through information before committing it to memory. As a result, he was able to avoid a repeat of yesterday’s fate.
While reading, Xiao Yu complained non-stop, “Useless, drivel, non-stop gibberish! What on earth is this? I feel like I’ve been reading for ages, yet I can hardly find a single useful sentence!”
Wei Yuan felt the same. Out of the thirty thousand words Xu Wenwu had written today, only nine hundred were useful. The rest had all been archived as trash. With that done, the group briefly exchanged what they had accomplished today.
Wei Yuan had explored about three hundred li in the direction of Willow Ash Town, gaining a general understanding of the terrain and topography, as well as the small groups of humans and Shamans scattered throughout the region.
Besides that, Wei Yuan also confirmed the limitations on his Dao Foundation. Because the Great Realm had become one with Qingming, its power gradually diminished the further away he strayed from the domain.
During this exploration, he had repeatedly tested the extent to which his Dao Foundation was weakened. According to his calculations, the Great Realm would weaken below normal levels when he was approximately 1,500 li away from Qingming, and become nigh impossible to manifest at 3,000 li. Any further than that, and he would be left with his physical body only. He would not be able to utilize his Dao Foundation at all.
Fortunately, it wasn’t all bad news. The range in which he could utilize his Dao Foundation was constantly expanding with the domain. At the moment, Qingming’s domain was thirty li in radius. In other words, he could operate within a range of up to a hundred times the size of the domain. Beyond that, he would not be able to manifest his Dao Foundation, and he could only exert two or three-tenths of his full power.
The fifty times mark was yet another dividing line. Within this range, the Great Realm would receive a boost from Qingming and become stronger than usual. Beyond that, it would weaken.