Danwu God Emperor

The cave is not very large, only able to accommodate about twenty people. In the middle is a pool, with white mist swirling around it, obscuring its depth, like a dreamlike fairyland.

"This is the Heavenly Spirit Pool, formed from the Heavenly Spirit Holy Water. Don't underestimate that tiny drop; it has helped dozens of generations of us improve our strength. Now you are only one step away from breaking through to the Spirit Induction Realm. In the next few days, you should cultivate diligently here. I will keep a close eye on the Ye family's affairs. I hope you can give me a surprise when you come out."

Aunt Lan's eyes were full of expectation. She trusted her own judgment and Wanrou's choice. Now, the only thing she could do was to help Yelou grow up faster.

"Aunt Lan, thank you!" Ye Lou turned around, her face calm, but it was precisely this calmness that made her seem sincere.

Aunt Lan paused before the stone gate, a faint smile on her face. "Repay me with your strength; at least prove I didn't misjudge you!"

Ye Lou grinned, his resolute expression radiating youthful energy. His carefree demeanor always gave people a positive and uplifting feeling. Aunt Lan nodded with satisfaction before walking out.

Gazing once more at the Heavenly Spirit Pool before him, Ye Lou's eyes shone with brilliance, revealing a longing within them. The layers of white mist he inhaled had already caused a change in his body and mind.

This change was exceptionally significant. With each wisp of white mist he inhaled, he felt his meridians become clear and transparent, flowing through every single meridian, elevating his overall condition to its peak.

"No wonder the four great families of Gong, Shang, Jiao, and Zheng coveted such a treasure." If every member of the family were to cultivate inside, even without washing themselves in the pool, simply being influenced by it would greatly improve their strength.

However, the four great families were unaware that the Heavenly Spirit Holy Water of the Brahma Sound Pavilion was also running low, which was the reason for their gradual decline.

Ye Lou slowly sank one foot down, passing through the white mist. A cool sensation immediately followed. As soon as he touched the water's surface, a chill rushed up from below, instantly flowing through his limbs and bones, causing him to shiver unexpectedly.

"It's so cold!"

Ye Lou shook his head violently. The chill from earlier still made him feel fearful. He looked around and thought, "What a strange cave. The Heavenly Spirit Pool is freezing cold, but I can't feel a chill outside."

Taking a deep breath, Ye Lou carefully lowered his feet into the water again. White mist swirled around his legs, making him feel as if he were walking on thin air. But Ye Lou was in no mood for playfulness; his body was already trembling.

His bright eyes suddenly opened, his aura surged, and he steeled his heart, ignoring everything else. He stepped out with one foot and entered the Heavenly Spirit Pool with both feet, his body plunging straight into the water like a wooden stake.

However, the Heavenly Spirit Pool was not as bottomless as he had imagined; it was only half his height. As soon as his feet touched the bottom, a scorching heat spread throughout his body.

Ye Lou looked down and discovered that the bottom of the Heavenly Spirit Pool was actually composed of underground volcanic rock, which was said to be hot enough to burn through a high-grade magic weapon.

After thinking about it carefully, Ye Lou smiled slightly and understood the reason.

The Brahma Sound Workshop must have anticipated that most of the younger generation would not be able to withstand such biting cold, so they used underground fiery rocks to line the bottom of the pool to neutralize the cold of the Heavenly Spirit Holy Water.

Ye Lou, who was trembling just moments ago, no longer felt the slightest bit of cold. This temperature must have been achieved through countless trials and adjustments by the Brahma Sound Workshop.

The clash between hot and cold forces Ye Lou's body to continuously approach the critical point, stimulating all his meridians, and even causing his dantian to contract and expand from time to time. It can be said that his entire body is now growing stronger.

"So refreshing, so incredibly refreshing! No wonder it's the treasure of the Brahma Sound Pavilion." Feeling the frequent agitation within his body, Ye Lou couldn't suppress his joy.

The body continuously absorbs energy from the outside world. Each time it reaches the critical point required by the body, the fire rock will prevent the coldness of the holy water from harming it, thus maintaining a balance.

Ye Lou couldn't wait to squat down, sit cross-legged, and enter a meditative state. All the bones in his body made crisp sounds, and he immediately felt the changes in his bones and meridians became more obvious.

During the internal strength stage, cultivation through resources is completely different. The body can only absorb a small amount of spiritual energy because the dantian cannot yet draw spiritual energy into the body. It relies entirely on resources to strengthen the body and expand the dantian.

Only when one reaches the Spirit Guiding Realm, when the dantian expands and gradually takes shape, can one guide spiritual energy into the body.

However, at this moment, Ye Lou's physical strength has already surpassed that of the Spirit Induction Realm through the absorption he just received. His body has also reached the physical strength of the Spirit Induction Realm. Even without breaking through, he can still absorb spiritual energy.

"Now that I have surpassed the requirements of the Spirit Guiding Realm in every aspect, it's time!"

Ye Lou smiled, and his meridians opened like valves, allowing the energy in his dantian to wash over him again and again. His body absorbed spiritual energy while simultaneously trying to break through to the Spirit Induction Realm.

Like a miniature cosmic cycle, Ye Lou emptied his mind, his eyelids slowly drooped, and he gradually fell asleep sitting up.

He slept for a full day and night, entering a state of complete absorption. White mist enveloped him, and frost formed on his hair.

It's like an ice figure sitting in the void.

In fact, Ye Lou broke through to the Spirit Induction Realm in just half a day. What seemed like an insurmountable step to outsiders was only half a day for him.

After the breakthrough, my whole body became completely different. If my dantian was like a river before, it is now like a sea, more than four times larger. I had heard my father mention before that after breaking through to the Spirit Guiding Realm, my dantian would expand to twice its size.

However, Ye Lou didn't understand why he had twice as much spiritual energy as others of the same level, but the spiritual energy he absorbed was no longer drop by drop, but rather entered his body like threads.

In short, his body underwent tremendous changes, leaving him somewhat bewildered and at a loss.

Moreover, after breaking through to the Spirit Induction Realm, one usually experiences a feeling of weakness, as if the body has been completely drained, and is in a state of lethargy, requiring most people to rest and recuperate.

But Ye Lou was different. After his breakthrough, he was full of energy and vitality, and his desire for spiritual energy became even more urgent.

Like a poor child who has been starving for many days, his greedy gaze became even more blatant when faced with the spiritual energy of the entire pool.

This desire seemed to stem from instinct, and Ye Lou didn't know why.

"Too little, too little!" Ye Lou suddenly opened his eyes and muttered to himself.

Ye Lou didn't know why, but even after absorbing the Heavenly Spirit Holy Water for a full day and night, he was still only at the mid-stage of the first level of the Spirit Induction Realm. Logically, he should be at least at the second level of the Spirit Induction Realm by now.

"Could it be because my dantian is larger than others, so I need to absorb more spiritual energy than others?"

Ye Lou simply lay down in the Heavenly Spirit Pool, his whole body floating on the water as if being held up by white clouds, his whole body radiating light, and the spiritual energy nurtured in the water slowly seeping into his pores.

And so I lay there for another day and night.

"Yuwen, Xiaolan, have you ever seen anything like this? It's been two days and two nights already, and this kid is still inside." Ever since Aunt Lan came out, the three of them have been waiting outside. Seeing that Ye Lou hadn't come out yet, they couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Xiao Lan shook her head. "The highest record of the Brahma Sound Pavilion is only half a day, and that was by a prodigy from three hundred years ago. Although I know Ye Lou is exceptionally talented, this is still a bit too much... Brother Wu, will something happen to him?"

When asked this, Aunt Lan looked nervous. This situation was too strange. If such a good talent was ruined because of her, she would probably feel guilty for the rest of her life.

"Xiao Lan, don't worry!" Yu Wen stepped forward and patted Aunt Lan on the shoulder. "Although the Heavenly Spirit Pool in Wushan Town is newly built, and this kid was the first to go in, there have never been any problems before, so don't worry too much."

"If that's the case, then this kid is even more monstrous than we imagined!" Yu Wu said incredulously.

The coldness of this Heavenly Spirit Holy Water penetrates to the bone marrow. Even with the addition of underground fiery rocks, it is still extraordinary. Moreover, a person's dantian is limited, and the Heavenly Spirit Holy Water is much purer than the spiritual energy outside.

A mere amount is enough to fill the dantian of an ordinary martial artist, so what exactly is Ye Lou doing inside? All three of them looked on with curiosity.

"call!"

Ye Lou gave a soft shout, sat up with a thud, shook the water off his face, and a warm smile involuntarily spread across his face.

"Finally a breakthrough!"

In just two days, Ye Lou broke through from the Inner Strength Realm to the second level of the Spirit Guiding Realm. To ordinary people, this might seem like an aberration, but if they knew that he had used the Heavenly Spirit Holy Water, they would definitely scoff at it.

Ye Lou was also quite helpless. He smiled bitterly before he came to his senses and was stunned by what he saw.

"Where's the white mist?" Ye Lou looked around and found that the white mist floating above the Heavenly Spirit Pool had all dissipated. The entire cave was devoid of spiritual energy, and even the Heavenly Spirit Holy Water had become turbid.

"This..." Ye Lou swallowed hard, his face filled with horror. Could it be that I have absorbed all of the Heavenly Spirit Holy Water?

Despite Ye Lou's utter disbelief, the facts were undeniable: the once crystal-clear, mist-shrouded Heavenly Spirit Pool had become murky sewage, and even the underground volcanic rocks had lost their heat.

"How am I going to explain this to Aunt Lan?" Ye Lou said anxiously. This place was the blessed land of Fanyin Pavilion, and now I've turned it into a cesspool. If Fanyin Pavilion blames me, Aunt Lan will probably be punished.

Ye Lou paced anxiously in place, then suddenly punched the stone wall beside him, causing the entire cave to shake violently, and many pieces of stone rolled down from the wall.

Looking at his fist in disbelief, he realized that the power of this punch was probably no less than that of the fourth level of the Spirit Induction Realm. He couldn't help but look inward at his dantian, which had expanded to a capacity comparable to the fifth level of the Spirit Induction Realm. Moreover, his physical strength had also reached the fourth level of the Spirit Induction Realm.

His gaze shifted, and a scene in a corner of his body made his eyes widen, followed by ecstatic joy—new words had finally appeared on the ancient scroll.