Divine Wilderness Dragon Emperor

As he plummeted into the abyss, Ling Fei did not forget to save himself.

His Heart Spirit sank into his Sea of Consciousness, visualizing the True Dragon Intent.

'True Dragon Breaking Waves, soaring through the nine heavens!' As the thought crossed Ling Fei's mind, the image of the True Dragon in his Visualization Image began to shift and change.

'A dragon lurking in the abyss, soaring straight up!'

'That's right, a dragon lurking in the abyss can still soar straight up!' Suddenly, Ling Fei had a realization.

He then desperately circulated the True Dragon Power within him. Blood Qi surged, infusing his entire body as Light Patterns flickered along his spine.

With a final burst of power, Ling Fei temporarily stabilized himself, crossing his feet to gain leverage against each other.

'A dragon lurking in the abyss can still soar straight up!' With a stir of his Heart Spirit, Ling Fei's body became like a True Dragon, poised to soar. Within him, the True Dragon Power erupted.

WHOOSH!

Suddenly, like a True Dragon, Ling Fei burst through the raging winds and soared straight up.

Unfortunately, after breaking through the raging winds and soaring for a hundred meters, his momentum gave out.

With his momentum gone, the fierce winds of the Mountain Abyss assailed him once more. The downward force slammed into him, and Ling Fei began to plummet again.

'Is it still not enough?' Ling Fei frowned.

His True Dragon Power was nearly depleted. Soaring upward again was clearly impossible.

'If I can't soar up, I can still swim like a dragon in the sea!' The thought suddenly struck Ling Fei.

Soaring straight up was naturally difficult because of the opposing force of the fierce winds.

Moreover, the downward momentum was unstoppable. Exhausted as he was, soaring upward was far too difficult for Ling Fei.

However, swimming like a dragon in the sea was another matter entirely.

He could use the power of the wind to his advantage, at least preventing an immediate plunge to the bottom. Any injuries he sustained wouldn't be as severe.

With a shift of his Heart Spirit, Ling Fei allowed the raging winds to buffet him. The Mountain Abyss was a sea, and he was a dragon swimming within it.

Fortunately, the further down he went, the weaker the wind became. Gradually, Ling Fei was able to regain control of his body.

He then moved like a swimming dragon.

At the same time, he extended his Heart Spirit to sense the bottom of the abyss, hoping to find a relatively safe place to land.

This would also minimize the damage he would take.

'There's a pool of water!' All at once, Ling Fei discovered a pool of water at the bottom of the abyss ahead.

Overjoyed, Ling Fei used the momentum, swimming like a dragon toward the pool.

BANG!

In the next breath, Ling Fei crashed into the bottom of the Mountain Abyss.

Instantly, water splashed up, and ripples spread across the pool.

As his body hit the water, Ling Fei felt as if his skin had slammed against an iron plate. Intense pain shot through his entire body.

This cliff face, said to be a thousand fathoms tall, was in reality a full sixteen hundred.

Who could possibly survive a fall from such a height?

Only the truly powerful could ignore the force of the fall and the raging winds, moving as they pleased.

But cultivators in the Innate Realm were clearly incapable of such a feat.

It would be extremely difficult even for some cultivators in the Celestial Spirit Realm. They could only truly control their descent if the Mountain Abyss were free of its raging winds.

'Thank goodness!' Ling Fei inwardly sighed in relief after landing in the pool.

Although his entire body screamed in pain, he hadn't perished, and no bones were broken.

First, Ling Fei had attempted to stabilize himself several times during the fall, which had slightly slowed his descent.

Second, his final movements, like a swimming dragon, had bled off much of the downward force. That, combined with a physique and bones as hard as iron, was why he wasn't seriously injured.

The bottom of the Mountain Abyss was gloomy and incredibly dark.

The ripples in the pool gradually subsided.

Then, Ling Fei floated to the surface.

'I'm not dead. This is great!' As he surfaced, Ling Fei couldn't help but take a deep breath, the feeling of having survived a great disaster washing over him.

He then extended his Heart Spirit, sensing everything nearby.

'The Mountain Abyss is dark, and there are no living creatures nearby.' Seeing this, Ling Fei could finally relax a little.

'It would be a huge problem if there were powerful Demon Beasts here.'

'The Essence Qi here is richer than in any other part of the ruins.' Ling Fei's heart leaped with joy.

Here, Essence Qi filled the air, moving like a palpable current.

With such rich Essence Qi, he could quickly restore his True Qi.

Thinking of this, Ling Fei finally saw a glimmer of hope.

No matter how many difficulties awaited in the future, as long as he was alive, he had a chance to control his own destiny.

Clinging to that sliver of hope, Ling Fei leaped out of the pool.

He then reached the shore.

'First, I need to restore my True Qi.' Reaching the shore, Ling Fei immediately found a spot and sat down cross-legged.

WHOOSH!

As he circulated the True Dragon Body Refining Technique, vast amounts of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi poured into his body.

The Essence Qi was absorbed by his spine, then transformed into Cold Chi True Qi.

The Essence Qi here was very pure, even purer than the Essence Qi Ling Fei had sensed at Celestial River Academy.

Therefore, the conversion of Essence Qi was also extremely fast.

Three days!

Ling Fei spent three full days absorbing Essence Qi by the pool, finally restoring sixty percent of his True Qi.

After reaching the Late Innate Stage, Ling Fei's speed of drawing in Heaven and Earth Essence Qi had clearly surpassed what it was before.

Thus, his recovery rate was also extremely high.

'Time to find a way out.' After restoring sixty percent of his True Qi, Ling Fei ceased his cultivation.

After all, the most important thing now was to figure out his predicament.

Ling Fei then extended his Heart Spirit to sense his surroundings.

'The Essence Qi over there is getting richer and richer. That must be the deepest part of these ruins, the very core. I should head that way.'

Soon, Ling Fei locked onto the direction ahead.

There were definitely still people outside. If he found an exit that led back the way he came, he'd be in trouble if he ran into them.

So he had to go deeper into the ruins now.

The Mountain Abyss was long and narrow, dark and foreboding. Fierce winds howled, and a sinister, cold wind swirled around him.

The further he went, the more Ling Fei could feel the richness of the Essence Qi here.

At the same time, a faint trace of Yin Qi was also mixed within the Essence Qi.

Seven days had passed since Ling Fei fell into the abyss, four of which he had spent traveling.

Over four days of constant travel, Ling Fei had already covered a full five hundred miles.

At night, he would stop to cultivate, restoring his Soul Power and True Qi.

After this ordeal, Ling Fei felt his Soul Power had grown even more condensed.

When he extended his Heart Spirit Sensing, the things he detected were much clearer than before.

'Huh? Is that a person over there?' Suddenly, Ling Fei froze.

Ahead, the mist was thick, and it looked as though a figure was hidden within it.

Ling Fei grew wary.

He then sent out his Soul Power, carefully sensing the fluctuations in that area.

His Soul Power pierced through the mist, and Ling Fei finally saw what the "figure" really was.

There, a plant about a foot tall was swaying back and forth. Mist swirled around it, coalescing into the shape of a human figure.

The plant was as verdant as bamboo, with a nine-segmented stalk. A leaf grew from each segment, for a total of nine green leaves that Moved with the Wind.

The leaves were thick and smooth like jade, and wisps of hazy mist rose from them, forming tiny vortexes that drew in the surrounding Essence Qi.

Sensing it more carefully, he could feel a dense soul aura being drawn toward the leaves, mixed with traces of Yin Qi.

'This... this is the legendary Nine-leaf Soul-Gathering Bamboo!' Seeing it, Ling Fei's heart shook.