Chapter 362: Cyan Wood Nascent Soul

Just as the Heaven and Earth Wood Essence drifted toward Yi Xiaoyao, the Cyan Emperor let out a furious roar. A powerful cyan light instantly erupted from his body.

The roots embedded in the Cyan Emperor’s body flared with light, and a majestic, unending stream of Vitality Power rapidly poured through them into the giant tree.

“I will convert my fading Cultivation into Vitality and pour it into the Soul Spirit Pool. As for the three little ones up there, how much they can absorb will depend on their own fortune.”

As the Cyan Emperor spoke, the cage he occupied erupted with a dazzling green radiance in the murky depths of the Sea of the Dead, shining like a scorching sun.

Yi Xiaoyao’s eyes flickered at the sight. ‘It seems Yun Mengling and the other two will gain quite a bit from this as well,’ he thought.

Next, Yi Xiaoyao released his soul, trying to connect with the Heaven and Earth Wood Essence before him. A gentle power immediately flowed into his soul in response.

As if summoned by the Heaven and Earth Fire Essence within him, the Heaven and Earth Wood Essence followed the path of his soul, entered through the crown of his head, and merged completely with him.

A layer of green light instantly enveloped Yi Xiaoyao. He could feel a new power burgeoning within him—the ability to control all the wood in the world.

Wood represents Vitality.

Thus, bathed in the green light of the Heaven and Earth Wood Essence, his limbs—which the Necromancer’s Sea Water had corroded down to White Bone—immediately began to regenerate flesh, blood, and skin under the influence of this Vitality Power.

“Quick! Use the Heaven and Earth Wood Essence to absorb my Cyan Wood Vitality!”

The Cyan Emperor said, seeing that Yi Xiaoyao had successfully fused with it.

Yi Xiaoyao opened his eyes and saw the Cyan Emperor’s cascading, dark green hair drifting in the surrounding green light. It revealed an incredibly young face, nothing like that of an old senior who had lived for countless eons.

The Cyan Emperor’s body was constantly emitting a majestic Vitality. Even the Necromancer’s Sea Water, with its tremendously powerful Devouring Power, was momentarily unable to consume this Vitality and even became saturated.

‘Just how powerful must his Cultivation be to accomplish this?’ Yi Xiaoyao was shaken.

He quickly agreed. At his will, the Heaven and Earth Wood Essence within him immediately sensed the majestic Cyan Wood Vitality in the surrounding Necromancer’s Sea Water and began to absorb it rapidly.

Their proximity was such that it looked like a pillar of cyan light had erupted from the Cyan Emperor’s body and shot straight into Yi Xiaoyao.

A majestic Vitality surged into him. The Vitality for his soul and Spiritual Power was countless times richer than what he had absorbed from the water of the Soul Spirit Pool.

Yi Xiaoyao’s soul and Spiritual Power began to climb at a rapid pace.

Seventh Realm of Nascent Soul Transformation, Eighth Realm, then the Ninth Realm. Under the influence of such immense Vitality Power, it seemed there were no bottlenecks. He broke through all three Realms in just a few moments.

An idea struck Yi Xiaoyao. ‘Why not use this opportunity to form a fourth Nascent Soul?’

He immediately activated the Nine Transformations Nascent Soul Technique. The pure Wood Attribute energy shaped his fourth Nascent Soul. Its emerald-green body signified that this Nascent Soul belonged exclusively to the Cyan Wood Attribute.

Perhaps because this Nascent Soul shared the same Attribute as the Cyan Emperor, the Cyan Wood Nascent Soul’s advancement was several times faster than his other three.

It broke through the Nascent Soul Realm, entered Nascent Soul Transformation, and then reached the peak of the Nascent Soul Transformation Realm!

The instant his Cyan Wood Nascent Soul reached the peak of Nascent Soul Transformation, Yi Xiaoyao split his soul in half, compressed it, and infused it into the Cyan Wood Nascent Soul.

The Cyan Wood Nascent Soul’s eyes snapped open. They held a spiritual glint identical to Yi Xiaoyao’s own—it had gained sentience.

Yi Xiaoyao already knew that a Void-Entering Realm Cultivator’s Nascent Soul possessed its own consciousness. Even if their physical body was destroyed, they could survive as long as their Nascent Soul remained.

Therefore, this meant that Yi Xiaoyao’s Cyan Wood Nascent Soul had entered the Void-Entering Realm!

But at that moment, the flow of Vitality Power being absorbed by the Heaven and Earth Wood Essence abruptly vanished.

When Yi Xiaoyao opened his eyes, he discovered that the Cyan Emperor was now covered in wrinkles, his hair a weathered white.

“Leave now. Sunken Spirit Island will sink to the bottom of the Sea of the Dead along with my ruined body!”

A pang of pain shot through Yi Xiaoyao’s heart at the Cyan Emperor’s faint voice. He gave him a deep, respectful bow.

Just as Yi Xiaoyao turned to leave, he heard the aged voice again from behind him.

“What happened today concerns not only your own life, but the very survival of the Cyan Wilderness. Therefore, you must not speak of it to anyone—not even to the people of the Cyan Wilderness.”

Hearing this, Yi Xiaoyao whipped his head back around.

“If I can’t even tell the people of the Cyan Wilderness, then how am I supposed to get them to support me?”

Yi Xiaoyao’s brow furrowed. When he had subdued the various factions of the Chaotic Alliance Domain, it wasn’t just due to his own strength; a larger factor was his use of Cang Tianxing’s name.

But now, to save the Cyan Wilderness, if he couldn’t use the Cyan Emperor’s name, who would listen to an outsider like him?

The thought of the Chaotic Alliance Domain reminded Yi Xiaoyao of the Azure Heaven Order. He turned back to the Cyan Emperor. “Senior, could you give me a token of some kind, like a Cyan Emperor Order?”

“The Cyan Emperor Order? It exists, yes, but I do not have it with me.”

The Cyan Emperor smiled, a gentle expression on his face, as if recalling a fond memory of someone or something.

Then, he suddenly plunged his hand into the left side of his chest and pulled out one of his own ribs. The rib instantly transformed into a curved piece of wood.

The Cyan Emperor carved a name onto the wood and sent it flying toward Yi Xiaoyao.

“Take this and find the person whose name is carved on it. The Cyan Emperor Order is with her,” the Cyan Emperor said.

Yi Xiaoyao caught the rib-shaped piece of wood, stunned. “And what if she refuses to give me the Cyan Emperor Order?”

“That’s certainly a possibility.” The Cyan Emperor gave a bitter smile. “If she refuses, then tell her that I have already failed her. I cannot fail the Cyan Wilderness as well.”

Yi Xiaoyao nodded in understanding. He had a good guess as to the relationship between the Cyan Emperor and the person he was being sent to find.

“Go!”

The Cyan Emperor sighed, his eyes filled with reminiscence as he stood in his cage.

Yi Xiaoyao bowed one last time and hastily departed.

On his way down, the hollow interior of the giant tree had been filled with Necromancer’s Sea Water. On his way back up, it was now completely saturated with the Cyan Emperor’s Vitality Power.

Yi Xiaoyao had no time to absorb this Vitality; he shot upward with all his might.

He had just seen the Cyan Emperor’s state; the man’s life force was spent. Sunken Spirit Island was about to sink to the bottom of the sea. If he was even a moment too late, he would be buried here.

After shooting upward for about ten breaths’ worth of time, the surroundings suddenly shook violently.

A powerful current surged up from below. This water possessed an immense Devouring Power—it was the true Necromancer’s Sea Water.

“Not good!”

Yi Xiaoyao cried out in alarm. It was clear the Cyan Emperor could no longer hold out.

With no other choice, he ignored the Devouring of his Spiritual Power and activated Celestial Fire Instant Illusion, flashing rapidly toward the surface.

SPLASH! Yi Xiaoyao burst out of the Soul Spirit Pool next to Yun Mengling. He immediately scooped up the still-cultivating Yun Mengling and shot into the air, heading for the other two giant leaves of the Soul Spirit Pool.