Chapter activated in response to his will.
Chen Qing stood at the edge of the stone platform, his gaze sweeping across that bottomless rift beneath his feet.
Pale golden mist surged up from within the rift, enveloping the entire Spirit Vein grounds in a hazy golden glow.
He extended his hand, five fingers loosely grasping, and a thread of pale golden current slipped between his fingers.
This was no ordinary heaven and earth elemental qi. The elemental qi at the Xuanzhao Terrace was already a density that inner ring disciples could only dream of, yet compared to this thread of pale golden current before him, it was as thin as a stream compared to a great river, pitifully sparse.
This golden hue was the manifestation that resulted when earth-vein qi merged with heaven and earth elemental qi.
The Spirit Vein was the foundation of an entire blessed land, the fundamental source upon which its mountains, rivers, plants, and living creatures depended for survival. It was the very core of the entire Jingyang Blessed Land, the fundamental reason the sixteen Dao traditions could converge here at all.
The closer one drew to the depths of the Spirit Vein, the more astonishing the concentration of elemental qi became. Chen Qing could clearly sense that within the pale golden mist surging up from deep within the rift beneath his feet, threads of an even more searing dark golden current were mixed in. Those dark golden currents radiated a heart-stopping wave of scorching heat, and with each surge, a faint sound of dragon roars and tiger cries could be heard from the depths of the valley, shaking the stone platform with a faint tremble.
That place must surely be the cultivation ground of the blessed land's top-tier experts.
Chen Qing withdrew his gaze, harboring not the slightest thought of overstepping. Never mind how many seals might be laid deep within the Spirit Vein, the sheer dominance of that dark golden current alone was something his physical body could not currently withstand. Zhou Ang had said it clearly enough: forcing one's way deeper without sufficient cultivation would, at best, damage the Primordial Spirit, and at worst, cause the body to burst apart entirely.