Chapter 450 - 448: Dao Flower Realm, Consolidation
A truly heaven-shattering aura swept through the Flower Sea.
The ordinary flowers were obliterated.
Only the flowers that were Spirit Plants survived, stubbornly resisting the pressure.
Su Qing, however, felt as if he had merged into a vast ocean.
He felt the ocean’s turbulent, surging waves.
But its flower bud was slowly beginning to bloom.
It stabilized Su Qing within the ocean’s depths.
The Dao Flower was like a small boat on this vast ocean, giving Su Qing a firm place to stand.
Gradually, Su Qing grew steadier.
His understanding of this ocean grew ever deeper.
Time passed.
Xing Zhu, meanwhile, stared at the incomparably magnificent Primordial Dao Field, completely at a loss.
Its Immortal Qi was truly enchanting to every living being.
This was an aura even more powerful than the Power of the Stars.
The ethereal quality of the Immortal Qi, though new to him, seemed to perfectly match Su Qing’s own disposition.
’Is this the Immortal Palace Cultivation Method?’
’This is too incredible.’
’This kid has an incredibly strong constitution, doesn’t he? Why does it feel like he’s being assimilated by the Immortal Palace Cultivation Method?’
’No, that’s not right. He’s assimilating *it* with his own will, making it a part of himself?’
"’Heaven-Seizing Transformation... So this is why the Star Sea despises these cultivators from the Immortal Palace,’ Xing Zhu finally muttered in disgust."
But she couldn’t deny that this Immortal Palace Cultivation Method...
was incredibly powerful.
But as a member of the Star Race,
Xing Zhu was unwilling to seize power related to her mother.
The Star Race had no need for it, so they stood on the same side as the Star Sea.
Yet, the aura emanating from Su Qing was completely alien to the Star Sea.
It was an aura that seemed to hail from the remote, primordial past—from the very dawn of creation.
’His Power of the Stars is even more abundant now.’
Xing Zhu watched from a distance.
The protection of the Star Sea had manifested around her.
This was because the aura from Su Qing’s breakthrough was simply too magnificent.
It was as if he were putting on a display for the entire world to see.
....
「Several months later.」
The Primordial Dao Field dissipated.
The endless Immortal Qi on the horizon vanished completely.
All the flowers in the surrounding Flower Sea bloomed once more.
Even the flowers that had died from the shock of his breakthrough were granted new life the moment Su Qing awoke.
The Dao Flower Realm didn’t actually involve a major transformation of one’s various powers.
Still, it far surpassed the limits of the Daoist Initial Realm.
All the flowers on Su Qing’s great tree had bloomed. It was a sight of breathtaking beauty, yet also one of extreme danger.
A fact only Su Qing himself truly understood.
"The Eleventh Realm."
Su Qing opened his eyes, his face alight with joy. The quality of the Immortal Dao about him had intensified, making him seem like a perfect being.
Even his smile seemed to imbue the entire world with a different atmosphere.
Su Qing could feel the change.
’I still can’t quite control this power.’
’I need to rein it in.’
’And consolidate my new Realm.’
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Host: Su Qing
Realm: Dao Flower Realm[Great Dao Cultivation Method: Dao Flower (0/90000)]
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’The Great Dao Cultivation Method... It actually takes ninety thousand Skill Level to get from the Dao Flower Realm to the Dao Fruit Realm.’
’The gap between Realms is getting wider and wider.’
Su Qing frowned.
But he decided to focus on consolidating his power first.
Then, Su Qing closed his eyes again, his expression perfectly serene as he began to consolidate his new Realm.
....
’Damn it, he’s actually ignoring me.’
’So what if I absorbed a little of your Power of the Stars?’
’And he’s ignoring me over *that*!’
Xing Zhu fumed. ’That little boy toy of Black Abyss is surprisingly powerful.’
’And how long has he even been in Cultivation?’
’He’s already broken through.’
’His Power of the Stars is even more abundant.’
’But when he saw me, he paid me no attention at all!’
That was what really made Xing Zhu angry.
Hmph.
’This kid.’
’If he’d just said a few nice words to me, I might have even given him a Cultivation Method for the Source Path.’
Xing Zhu sulked.
She then ran up to Su Qing and dove right back into the core of his burning Immortal Star Fire.
"Whoa~"
’There are eleven flames now!’
"’What a rich Fire of the Stars!’" Xing Zhu stared at the surrounding flames in disbelief.
She couldn’t believe it.
She couldn’t believe Su Qing had progressed so quickly.
And his Power of the Stars seemed unbelievably strong.
Only by entering it herself could she appreciate just how potent his Power of the Stars was.
’I feel like he could even fight Black Abyss now.’
’If all his Star Fire were ignited...’
Xing Zhu silently made her assessment.
’...as long as Black Abyss doesn’t use *that* flame...’
With that, Xing Zhu once again fell into a slumber within Su Qing’s Immortal Star Fire, siphoning off a small amount of the Power of the Stars for her own Cultivation.
Xing Zhu was puzzled, however, as to why Su Qing’s Power of the Stars was so abundant.
It seemed inexhaustible, especially since there was hardly any Power of the Stars in the surrounding environment.
The Power of the Stars within his body seemed to regenerate on its own, always remaining plentiful.
Meanwhile, in the Taichu Daoist Palace rankings...
in the Daoist Initial Realm category...
Su Qing’s name had suddenly vanished.
The person in second place became first.
Everyone below moved up a rank.
The Taichu Daoist Palace only ranked those within the Tenth Realm.
Every living being was shocked. How could the top-ranked cultivator of the Daoist Initial Realm have changed?
Moreover, his name was nowhere to be found, no matter how they searched.
The first assumption was that he had died.
The second was that he had surpassed the Tenth Realm.
Most beings, however, believed the first theory.
The Star Sea Great World was a cruel place. One moment you could be laughing with a friend, and the next, news of their death would arrive.
This assumption...
...caused Su Qing’s friends to grow worried.
They found the location of the world Su Qing was in.
But they simply couldn’t enter.
This made them worry even more that Su Qing might truly be dead.
"Su Qing?" Yu Hu called out from the outside, but the world before them remained unresponsive.
Bai Di calmly remarked from the side, "He might be in seclusion, or maybe he’s no longer in the Taichu Daoist Palace."
"Su Qing couldn’t be dead, could he?" Yu Hu asked, extremely worried.
"Zhu Yuan isn’t in the Taichu Daoist Palace either. No one knows where he went."
"Sigh..." Yu Hu let out a helpless sigh.
Bai Di chuckled. "Don’t assume the worst. Perhaps Su Qing just broke through."
"Do you really think that’s possible?" Yu Hu retorted. "Breaking through so quickly? It hasn’t even been a single Star Sea Era, and he’s already broken through from the Daoist Initial Realm?"
World Master drifted over.
"Hello there. I’m looking for Su Qing. Are you two here for him as well?"
"We are. Are you a friend of his?" Yu Hu nodded, asking with a puzzled look.
World Master nodded. "You could say that. We had a match once. I just heard the news about the rankings and wanted to come see how he was doing."
"So, what’s the situation?" ’Su Qing couldn’t have died,’ World Master thought.
’In the entire Star Sea, fewer than a hundred people could truly threaten his life, and that’s counting everyone from all Four Domains of the Star Sea. It’s just not possible.’
"It’s hard to say," Bai Di interjected. "Su Qing isn’t responding right now."
Bai Di shrugged and said to Yu Hu, "Let’s go. He’s probably in seclusion, focusing on his breakthrough."
"Yes, that’s very likely," World Master agreed with a nod.
He then left along with them.
The three of them struck up a conversation as they went.
"Are you saying that Su Qing, while he was in the Daoist Initial Realm, defeated you, someone in the Dao Flower Realm?"
"Absolutely. A loss is a loss. And what’s more, it was his avatar that defeated me."
Bai Di and Yu Hu gasped.
That was utterly horrifying.
"Su Qing is growing that fast?"
"When he first came to the Daoist Palace, he couldn’t even defeat Zhu Yuan. Now he’s defeating people a full Realm above him?" Bai Di was completely astonished.
"Yes. His fighting style is bizarre. There’s one particular Magic he uses... I couldn’t land a single hit on him with my usual methods."
"That’s my creation, the Boundless Body! He learned it," Bai Di said, pleasantly surprised.
He hadn’t expected his Boundless Body to be so effective that even a regular Dao Flower Realm cultivator couldn’t land a blow.
"You created it?"
"Why don’t we go test it out?"
"No problem!"
World Master was astounded. He then recalled Su Qing mentioning that he had also learned the Reversal of Heaven and Earth.
If Bai Di’s Magic was similar to the one Su Qing used, it proved one thing.
Su Qing’s ability to learn was simply far too powerful.
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