Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

The Divine Ruins Meteor Sea was vast and loosely structured; this colossal cloud of meteorites covered billions of miles, roughly divided from the outside to the inside into the No Spirit Domain, Mystical Spirit Domain, Black Abyss Domain, and the most unpredictable and dangerous Mixed Hole Realm.

Zhao Sheng and his four companions had been flying for over two months, delving millions of miles into the Meteor Sea, gradually moving from the outermost No Spirit Domain into the area of the Mystical Spirit Domain.

In the past half month, the Radiance of the Great Sun had been obscured by countless meteors, gradually turning the void environment pitch black, often devoid of a single ray of light.

Boom boom boom!

A dense cloud of interstellar dust struck Zhao Sheng and the others at an unimaginable speed, causing large "water-like" ripples to erupt on the outer layer of the magic domain they had expanded, and the enormous impact made the five Nascent Soul Ancestors' faces turn pale as their mana was rapidly depleted by a large margin.

"Quick, dodge it!"

"Right, right, we've been flying for half a month; it's indeed time to rest a bit."

In the blink of an eye, five streaks of light broke through the dust, plunging down to a broken meteorite ten-some miles below.

Once tunneling light dissipated, Zhao Sheng immediately retracted his magic domain, compressing it into an incredibly condensed golden force field around his body and landed steadily on a protruding rock with a calm expression.

Yama Ancestor, Nine-Life Ghost King, and the other three did the same, all retracting their magic domains and landing nearby.

Zhao Sheng waved his sleeve, instantly sweeping the surrounding dust aside; he sat down cross-legged, took out a Returning Spirit Pill, and swallowed it to silently replenish his mana.

Just then, Yama Ancestor suddenly transmitted a message, "Gentlemen, in my opinion, the Mystical Spirit Domain is in a 'violent' period; the void storms are too fierce. It's too dangerous to proceed now. How about we rest here for half a month and continue our journey after the storm has passed?"

"Sound advice! No haste anyway. Brother Tianqiong, what do you think?" Xian Kong Ancestor immediately agreed.

"Hmm, I also support this proposal," Zhao Sheng said, nodding and transmitting his voice to the other four.

Two days later, the void storm began to subside, and the group continued their journey deeper into the Divine Ruins.

...

Boom boom!

The collision of two meteors triggered a domino-like anomaly, completely disrupting the trajectory of big and small meteorites within a thousand miles, and then a series of violent collisions occurred right in front of Zhao Sheng and his group.

Dense meteor fragments rolled in all directions, shooting out, with large clouds of dust filling ten thousand miles around, swiftly passing by the group's location and engulfing everything.

Zhao Sheng slightly squinted his eyes; his golden magic domain instantly compressed to ten yards outside his body, with scrolls of Golden Crow True Fire circulating endlessly within, continuously defending against the attacks of the meteor dust.

Black Soul Death Flame and Golden Crow True Fire surrounded the outer layer of the magic domain, intertwining and colliding from time to time, bursting forth more and more Annihilation Grey Light, obliterating larger meteor fragments.

Suddenly, from the depths of the murky meteor dust "floated" a striking "Light Hair," only a few centimeters long but evidently emitting a profound fluctuation heavy as a mountain.

"Outer Heaven Mysterious Essence!"

"Hey, Earth Element Principle?! Jackpot! Not going to be polite here," Xian Kong Ancestor, being the closest, was overjoyed seeing the Mystic Crystal appear, instantly twisting into action, leaving a long afterimage as he pierced through a thousand yards of void, and in the blink of an eye, he reached above the Outer Heaven Mysterious Essence and snatched it away.

Just at the moment he succeeded, a human Shadow suddenly emerged beneath his feet, launching countless hands but ultimately a step too late.

"Jiu Ming, a bit slow on the uptake there, try to be quicker next time, haha!" Buoyed by his success, Xian Kong Ancestor, in a great mood, even dared to joke with Nine-Life Ghost King.

"Be careful!"

However, the next moment, he simultaneously heard two sharp cries beside his ear.

Xian Kong Ancestor was startled and instinctively darted away using tunneling light.

The next instant, a meteor the size of a thumb swept past where he had just been, at an unbelievably fast speed, almost exceeding the limits of divine thought exploration.

Zhao Sheng and Yama Ancestor flew from the left and right to Xian Kong Ancestor's side, both looking somewhat uneasy.

"Thanks for the warnings! Otherwise, this old man would surely have been grievously injured," Xian Kong Ancestor thanked them repeatedly.

"Taoist friends still need to be more prudent here; never let greed blind you to the dangers of this place!"

While Yama reminded them, Jiu Ming and Ou Feng also drew close, and the magic domains of the five Nascent Soul Ancestors faintly connected, jointly resisting the dangers around them.

Xian Kong Ancestor's eyes flickered cunningly, quickly nodding and smilingly agreeing.

After the first appearance of Outer Heaven Mysterious Essence, more appeared in succession in the following period, the second and third strands respectively picked by Yama and Zhao Sheng.

In the chaotic and complex environment, Outer Heaven Mysterious Essence exists for a very short time before quickly collapsing into a mass of pure spiritual energy, dispersing and merging into the surrounding environment.

In the Divine Ruins Meteor Sea, countless meteorites collided every moment, creating situations like Zhao Sheng and others encountered, occurring massively in the depths of the Divine Ruins.

Thus, every moment in the Divine Ruins Meteor Sea, immeasurable "Outer Heaven Mysterious Essence" is born, most of which automatically collapse into ordinary nature's spiritual energy, with only a tiny fraction under certain special circumstances maintaining their form.

The reason why the second level of the Divine Ruins, the Mystical Spirit Domain, includes the word "mystical" is naturally because of the Outer Heaven Mysterious Essence.

The Mystical Spirit Domain is also where Nascent Soul Ancestors most frequently appear,

while the deeper Black Abyss Domain, being too unpredictably dangerous, only allows for brief treks to seek treasures, unsuitable for long stays.