Chapter 387: Continuous Breakthroughs!

Chapter 387: Chapter 387: Continuous Breakthroughs!

Chapter 387: Continuous Breakthroughs!

Swoosh—!!!

The blinding sphere of highly concentrated soul energy shot forward like a falling star, slamming directly into Rhain’s chest and sinking instantly into his spiritual sea.

The moment it made contact, an unfathomable, torrential flood of pure, unadulterated soul energy exploded within his mind.

It was the final soul power and essence of Venerable Augustus. Even though it was merely a fraction of what the old man had possessed at his peak, to a Core Formation youth, it was an ocean dropping into a pond.

"Ugh—!"

Rhain let out a low groan, his body swaying violently from the impact.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately sat cross-legged on the spot, closed his eyes, and instantly entered a deep meditative state.

"Abyssal Sovereign Technique!"

Within his mind, his spiritual sea roared like a hurricane.

Sensing this influx of energy, the Abyssal Sovereign Physique awakened with a ravenous roar.

The tyrannical devouring power of his physique aggressively latched onto the ancient soul energy, continuously breaking it down and assimilating it into his own.

The qualitative difference in Rhain’s soul power was instantaneous.

The invisible shackles binding his mental limits shattered one after another like fragile glass.

Middle-stage Domain Master!

Middle-stage Domain Master Peak!

Late-stage Domain Master!

Late-stage Domain Master Peak!

His soul power skyrocketed with an unstoppable momentum, tearing through the boundaries of cultivation until it slammed into a monumental wall and firmly stabilized.

Peak of the Domain Master Realm!

To possess the soul of a Peak Domain Master while still physically existing in the Core Formation Realm was a paradox that defied every known law of cultivation.

His spiritual perception was now so overwhelmingly vast and dense that he could effortlessly crush the minds of ordinary Core Formation and early stage Domain Masters with a mere thought.

But the miracle did not stop there.

The sheer volume of Venerable Augustus’s power was so overwhelmingly vast that his newly expanded spiritual sea could not contain it all.

Even after pushing Rhain’s spiritual sea to the ceiling of the Domain Master Realm, a massive reservoir of purified excess energy remained.

This excess energy cascaded down his meridians like a raging river of liquid gold, pouring directly into his dantian.

BOOM!

Inside his dantian, the pitch-black void spun at cyclonic speeds.

His four existing supermassive pitch-black cores ignited, ravenously devouring the torrential flood of supreme energy.

The pressure inside his physical body spiked to an unprecedented level.

CRACK!

Core Formation Realm—Level 5!

The bottleneck was annihilated in a fraction of a second, but the momentum didn’t even slow down.

CRACK!

Core Formation Realm—Level 6!

CRACK!

Core Formation Realm—Level 7!

The energy showed no signs of stopping. It roared through his meridians, tearing and rebuilding his flesh, reinforcing his bones with enormous strength.

The air around Rhain’s meditating figure began to distort.

A terrifying vortex of pitch-black essence materialized in the center of the grand palace.

Core Formation Level 8!

And finally, with a deafening sound...

BOOOOOOM—!!!

Peak of the Core Formation Realm—Level 9!

His cultivation had skyrocketed across five minor realms within a few minutes, directly reaching the peak of the Core Formation Realm.

After an unknown amount of time, the terrifying vortex surrounding Rhain finally subsided.

The vast amount of essence was finally digested.

As his cultivation stabilized at the pinnacle of the Core Formation Realm, the pitch-black void within his dantian convulsed fiercely.

Under the incomprehensible pressure and the sheer density of the refined dark essence, the formless energy began to compress inward at five distinct points.

Buzz—! Buzz—! Buzz—! Buzz—! Buzz—!

Five brand-new, crystallized pitch-black cores rapidly materialized.

They locked into perfect orbit alongside the other four, radiating an aura of boundless destruction and unfathomable depth.

Nine supermassive cores formed a flawless, rotating ring around the central void of his dantian.

Nine pitch-black cores, plus the endless void of the dantian itself.

Ten.

He now possessed ten supermassive repositories of essence.

An ordinary cultivator possessed one core.

The most peerles prodigies recorded in the ancient records of the Central Continent might have possessed two or three.

But ten?

It was simply unheard of in the history of cultivation.

Rhain’s raw essence capacity and stamina had just multiplied to a dimension that completely broke the natural laws of cultivation.

If he were to execute the Eight Desolates Tyrant Fist now, it would no longer drain him to the brink of death.

With ten repositories fueling his strikes, his stamina and destructive output had reached an unknown dimension of power.

Simultaneously, bolstered by his newly ascended Peak Domain Master soul power, the mysterious seed mark between his eyebrows pulsed with a blinding light.

The Origin Seed of Darkness and the Origin Seed of Fire which had also feasted on the sudden rush of essence, flooded his highly elevated consciousness with the profound, fundamental truths of the laws.

His comprehension of the supreme laws surged wildly.

Sixty percent!

Sixty-five percent!

Seventy percent!

Both the Law of Fire and the Law of Darkness shattered their respective bottlenecks, perfectly harmonizing and stabilizing at exactly seventy percent mastery!

In the outside world, a seventy percent mastery of a supreme law was a threshold that even peak Domain Masters spent centuries trying to grasp.

Rhain had achieved it before even stepping into the Domain Master Realm.

Rhain’s eyelashes fluttered, and he slowly opened his dark grey eyes.

For a fleeting second, a swirling vortex of blood-red fire and pitch-black abyss seemed to reflect within his pupils before fading back to their placid hue.

But the moment he opened his eyes—

RUMBLE—!!!

The unintentional pressure leaking from his body crashed into the surrounding.

The ancient white-jade floor beneath him began to tremble and shatter and the towering golden pillars of the magnificent palace snapped under the crushing weight of his aura.

Standing a few paces away, Lyra was forced backward, her crimson eyes wide with shock.

"Rhain... your aura...!" Lyra panted, her chest heaving as she instinctively summoned her True Heavenly Flame just to withstand the ambient pressure radiating from him.

He hadn’t even unleashed his domains or martial arts, yet just sitting there, the boy felt infinitely more dangerous than the Level 8 Domain Master eagle they had fought in the basin.

But the devastation was not limited to the palace.

Without Venerable Augustus’s remnant soul to sustain it, the hidden spatial realm was already on the verge of collapse.

Now, subjected to the overwhelmingly oppressive presence of Rhain’s Peak Domain Master soul power, the dimension simply could not bear the burden.

The azure sky above the collapsing palace shattered like a mirror struck by a heavy hammer, revealing the swirling darkness of the void beyond.

"The realm is collapsing!" Lyra shrieked over the deafening roar of crumbling space.

Rhain calmly stood up, his dark robes fluttering in the violent spatial winds.

"It’s time to leave," Rhain stated, his voice calm despite the destruction raining down around them.

Swoosh—!!!

As soon as Rhain finsihed speaking, a blinding vortex of white light erupted from beneath their feet.

It instantly covered Rhain and Lyra.

When the light finally dissipated, both Rhain and Lyra had disappeared from their spot, and the space was swallowed whole by the darkness.